Hogwarts pet owl

The first class for second-year Slytherins is Professor Lupine's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Although Errol fell asleep during the entire opening ceremony, she very clearly remembered what Dumbledore said at the opening ceremony in the original book.

To sum up, there are two points.

First, the professor of Care of Magical Creatures will be replaced by Rubeus Hagrid, while the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts will be Remus Lupin.

Second, in order to capture Sirius Black, the Ministry of Magic sent dementors to surround Hogwarts. With the efforts of the school, the dementors were ordered not to enter the school, but the students still had to be careful, because in Mercy is not a word in the Dementor's dictionary.

So today’s class is actually Professor Lupine’s first appearance at Hogwarts (the first appearance in the original book was given to Harry and the others. It is slightly adjusted here and has no impact on the direction of the plot - it can also be understood as The Butterfly Effect?).

Today we have Slytherin and Hufflepuff in class together.

Because during normal classes, the professors usually arrange for any two colleges to be paired together for a large class, so after the entire school life last year, Errol knew the entire second grade wizard.

There are actually fewer second-year witches in Slytherin than in Gryffindor. There are only two in total, one named Janice Spade and the other named Shaym Todd.

As the only second-year Slytherin witches, these two naturally had to sit together. Errol didn't care, since the seat was pretty empty anyway, so she flapped her wings and jumped onto the seat, then used the seat as a springboard to get onto an unoccupied desk.

Take out the textbook from the pendant and open it to the first page - "How to identify dark creatures in the forest?"

Then her whole bird "squeaked" and she lay down on the table - she had to go to Professor Snape's office to run the "bird wheel" later, so she had to relax her legs in advance!

"She is so cute," Shayim said quietly to Janice, "I really want to hug her!"

Janice replied softly: "She is in our college now, and there will be many opportunities in the future, but I advise you to be a little more reserved, we are Slytherin!"

"What does it matter! They are all girls!"

"Oh, silly girl, she's not even a human being. If others see you talking down to an owl, it will affect your reputation in the circle!"

What circle? Naturally, it is the small circle of pure-blood families.

Errol heard it clearly, but she didn't care.

The Spades and the Todds?

She had never heard of it.

She had already thought about the first step to break into Slytherin's social circle, and her target was extremely clear - freshman Astoria Greengrass, third-year student Daphne Greengrass' sister, Draco ·Malfoy’s future wife, a kind and lovely little girl.

Astoria Greengrass, like her sister, suffered from a severe blood curse and ended her life in agony shortly after giving birth to Draco's child.

Errol knew that the countdown to her return to human form had begun. When she could have real hands, curses and other things could be solved with her hands.

By then, are you still afraid that these pure-blood families won’t be able to rush to curry favor with you?

After all, a wizard who could lift the blood curse was an extremely scarce resource.

But now, unless I am the richest person in the wizarding world, it will be difficult for me to occupy a place in Slytherin's social circle. I am just a pure tool who earns points for the academy.

No, not even a tool man, a tool owl.

"Hello kids,"

Professor Luping came out of the door on the inside of the classroom.

"You should have met me yesterday. I am your new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Remus Lupin."

The little wizards of Hufflepuff began to applaud enthusiastically, but on the Slytherin side, they just touched lightly with their hands in a symbolic way - Lupin's patched clothes really compromised his image. , from this point of view, the sales of Gilderoy Lockhart last year were excellent.

"I looked at the progress of your Defense Against the Dark Arts class last year, and frankly, it was terrible,"

Lupine said,

"Before the Christmas vacation, and even until the end of February, Professor Lockhart didn't really teach you anything. Although his 'drama-style' lectures were very creative, there was really no way for you to learn more;

Although he suddenly changed his teaching methods from the end of February to the time of his accident, he was still unable to make up for the previous drop in progress. "

Lu Ping walked to a large cabinet by the window on the left side of the professor and patted it gently.

"So this semester we must first fill the big hole he dug for you last year - what we are learning today is actually something you should have been exposed to last semester - Boggart."

Lupine looked at the little wizards,

"Can anyone tell me what a Boggart is?"

Lockhart told them stories about werewolves, vampires, and hags last semester, and taught them some knowledge about black magic in the second half. As for the low-level dark creatures that lower grades should know, the young wizards actually know nothing about them. .

"No one knows?"

Lu Ping smiled and said,

"Miss Miracle Owl of Hogwarts? What about you, Errol?"

Errol reluctantly stood up from her lying position.

"Boom!"

[A Boggart is a shape-shifting creature that can look into your heart and transform into the thing you fear most. They feed on fear, no one knows what they really look like, and the most effective way to kill them is to laugh, but few people can laugh heartily when they see the thing they fear most. 】

"A very thoughtful answer, Errol. Five points for Slytherin."

Slytherin's little wizards had smiles on their faces. Isn't that what owls came to their academy for?

"Okay, no matter how much I explain, why not try it directly,"

Lupine pointed to the big cabinet and said,

"I have prepared a Boggart for everyone. You can come forward one by one, and the Boggart will become the thing you fear most. But don't be afraid, we have ways to deal with it-"

Lupine waved his wand and explained,

"The spell is riddikulus. After using this spell, you will find that boggarts are not that scary after all. Say it with me, riddikulus!"

"Funny!"

After arranging the little wizards to line up, Lu Ping nodded with satisfaction.

The two little witches of Slytherin stood at the front. Shaym naturally picked up Errol and stood behind Janice.

"Arrol Weasley, I'm afraid you will get stepped on, so don't think too much."

Errol: Is Dean's arrogance contagious? girl?

Janice was the first to appear, and she was a little nervous.

Lupine naturally understood how Janice felt, he smiled and said,

"Don't be nervous, kid. There's nothing to be afraid of. Come on, I'll play some music, which will make you relax a little."

As he spoke, Lupine actually turned on the record player, and a brisk tune jumped out,

Errol blinked. She knew the song was "If I Were You-Know-Who's Daughter" sung by Audrey Astley.

Listening to the music, Janice really relaxed a little, and she took two steps forward——

"Come on, kid, I'm going to open the closet door now and the Boggart will come out-"

The cabinet door opened, and a black thing rushed out. Before Janice could see it clearly, the boggart had turned into a giant cockroach.

Errol suddenly thought of Dumbledore.

The little witch Janice Spader definitely doesn't like Dumbledore, because Dumbledore likes cockroaches very much.

Facing the cockroach's two dangling tentacles, Janice almost fainted.

"Don't be afraid, children, do you remember the spell I taught you?"

Janice gritted her teeth and waved her wand:

"Funny!"

The next moment, the Boggart banishing spell took effect, and the Boggart, who had turned into a cockroach, suddenly stood up, with all six legs wearing furry leather boots, and the cockroach's body was wearing a pillowcase usually worn by house elves. A huge cat-eared hat was put on the cockroach's head, not only covering the antennae, but even the entire head of the cockroach——

But the change in appearance was not enough, it also started to tap dance, which reminded the little wizards of last year's final exam, where Professor Flitwick almost made a fuss about the test questions.

The little wizards laughed, and Lupine nodded with satisfaction,

"Miss Spade, you did a great job!"

Janice raised her chin, trying to make a proud expression, but the raised corners of her mouth revealed her true mood.

"Okay, next one."

Xueyim was still a little scared, so she naturally put Erol in front.

"Let Weasley go first!"

Lupine didn't care who came first. On the contrary, he actually wanted to see what Errol, who could beat the dementors into running around, would be afraid of?

However, the Boggart, who was supposed to change the moment Errol stepped forward, still maintained his funny cockroach image.

Errol tilted her head and took two more steps forward.

To be honest, she herself wanted to know what she was afraid of.

The boggart wanted to change something. One moment it turned into a rain of arrows, another moment it turned into a faceless man in black, and another moment it turned into a cute little girl lying on the ground dying.

But no matter which one, they couldn't last for a second.

Yes, these things were all things that Errol was afraid of before, but she has come through them and she is no longer afraid.

After the Boggart changed into more than a dozen forms in succession, it began to shake violently. Lupine was shocked when he saw this. He knew that this was a sign of the Boggart's self-destruction——

"Ai Luoer, please step back, next!"

Erol helplessly jumped back, while Shayim pushed forward.

"Oh!"

The Boggart suddenly turned into a ferocious werewolf, which scared Shayim and screamed out.

This time Professor Lupine did not remind Shayim in time to use the Boggart Banishing Curse, because he himself lost his mind——

werewolf.