HP Polar Night

At the beginning of the new semester, a lot of darkness has been added because of the dementor incident.The only good thing is that the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Lupine is much stronger than his predecessors.He was the only professor in the past ten years who didn't turn his Dark Arts class into a joke, and he was loved by many students.

Professor Lupine's first class was a success, and his prop was a boggart captured from a castle.These creatures tend to live in dark, enclosed spaces, maybe under a bed, in a cupboard, or in an empty drawer or old suitcase.

A Boggart can transform into any object, as long as it feels that it is the most feared thing in the heart of the human being in front of it.

It has to be said that this strange creature that has similarities with the Mirror of Erised made Agares curious.What do Boggarts use to pry into people's hearts?Racial talent?Did the creators of the Mirror of Erised refer to Boggarts for inspiration?What's more, there is a saying that there is an ancient Boggart sealed in the Mirror of Erised, which can peek into people's hearts and magnify their desires.

If possible, Agares hopes to get a Boggart to use as an experiment. He is currently researching the method of making the Mirror of Erised. Unfortunately, he is not very inspired. What he makes can only make people see what he is currently doing. The most desired thing.For example, he saw himself in the mirror making the Mirror of Erised.

Those who face the Mirror of Erised will see the longing in their hearts, and only the happiest people can use it as an ordinary mirror.If the Boggart and the Mirror of Erised have the same principles, does that mean that only those who have no fear in their hearts can see the Boggart in its most primitive form?

With this in mind, Agares questioned Professor Lupine in class.

Apparently Lupine hadn't thought at all that a student could think to such an advanced level, but he didn't find it difficult or anything, even though he really didn't know the answer.

"Mr. Black, your idea is very interesting, but unfortunately, I haven't met a person who has no fear in his heart, so I can't answer your question."

Agares was not surprised, he had already heard from the lower grades that Bogut turned into a white ball in front of Lupin. "Professor, I'd like to borrow your Boggart after class if possible."

"Of course, you can come to my office on Friday afternoon." Lupine readily agreed.

After the teachers and students reached an agreement, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class officially started.Fortunately, the other students were not dissatisfied at all. They seemed to be very interested in Agares' idea, and their eyes showed sincere respect for Xueba.Well, this is a class shared by Slytherin and Ravenclaw, which are probably the two favorite houses of Hogwarts.

Not long after this lesson, word spread throughout Hogwarts about Agares and his conjectures about Boggarts.Especially those students who have attended this session of Dark Magic Defense, it seems that they really want to know the true face of Boggart.They even set up a bet at school on who would be the bravest person to beat the Boggart on their own.

In this competition, Gryffindor students participated the most. After all, among the little lions, there is no lack of people who think they are brave.

But it is a pity that none of them are successful, including the Weasley twins who are not afraid of anything.They saw their own dead bodies in front of the Boggart, or they saw each other's dead bodies, after all, they looked exactly the same, didn't they?

When all the students were defeated in front of the Boggart, the only two who did not face the Boggart turned out to be the last hope - Agareth Black and Harry Potter.

Agares did not face Bogut in class out of his own request, and he hoped that after he was ready, Professor Lupine agreed to him.

And Harry because of Professor Lupine, who has been deliberately keeping him from confronting the Boggart.Originally, this incident was not special, only Harry himself felt depressed, and the others did not notice.But when this gamble spread to the whole school, someone really went to record what the Boggart changed in front of the whole school one by one, and it was natural to check that Harry hadn't tried it yet.

Such a highly anticipated situation was also unexpected by Agares.

Later, when Agares went to Professor Lupin's office to borrow a Boggart, he also picked up Harry by the way. The boy wanted to try what the Boggart would become in front of him. He thought it might be Uncle Vernon .

Professor Lupine gave them a small class alone.

It's a pity that Agares and Harry are destined to live up to everyone's expectations of them.Bogut turned into a 6 or 7-year-old in front of Agares, looking harmless and weak.He was himself in front of Harry too, wearing faded, ill-fitting rag-like clothes.

Harry recognized it as a school uniform dyed from Dudley's old clothes by Aunt Petunia, and she wanted to send him to Stonewall High School.

Neither of their fears seemed trivial, most notably Professor Lupine's massive relief.Agares wondered whether Lupine was worried that Boggart would conjure Voldemort in front of Harry, so he didn't let him face it.But based on what he knew about Harry, even though the You-Know-Who left a lot of fear and intimidation in the wizarding world, Harry was never afraid of him.So Professor Lupine's worries were unnecessary, and Harry would not fear his enemies.

After Hogwarts was wiped out, the heat from the Boggart incident dissipated, but it was inevitable that some good people would choose the most terrifying and funny images of the year.The former has different votes because everyone is afraid of different things, but the latter has the highest vote option, that is, Boggart is turned into an embroidered dress in front of Gryffindor student Neville Longbottom. Snape in the old taxidermy top hat and red handbag.

Out of resentment towards the Potions Professor and Head Slytherin, the students secretly voted for this image, probably except for Slytherin, students from other houses were not left behind.

I thought this game had come to an end at Hogwarts, but I didn’t expect that because some students told their parents about it, and there is no shortage of curious wizards among the parents, so the game of finding the bravest spread rapidly to the wizarding world, and spread abroad with exaggerated speed.

The Daily Prophet has been talking about this for several days. Similarly, the selection of the scariest image and the most funny image has become an "award" for wizards to compete for.

Snape's face was dark for a long time, the air pressure was so low that no little wizard dared to come within five meters of him.Because the image of him in women's clothing has been broadcast by the Daily Prophet as material, but fortunately there is no accompanying picture, otherwise there may be the first editor-in-chief and reporter of the Daily Prophet who was poisoned to death at home.

As the instigator, Agares was once again treated unfairly by Snape, and the labor service that lasted until the end of the semester took up almost all of his personal time.

The other person who was targeted was Neville Longbottom who created this image. He was the one who was often scolded in Potions class, but now he couldn't control the trembling all over his body when he saw Snape, and he wanted to cry miserable appearance.If you want to comment on the list of the most hated students in Snape's mind, No.1 Agares is well-deserved, followed by Harry, and Neville definitely ranks No.3.

Agares couldn't help thinking again: he probably knew why Snape hated him, and he also knew why he hated Harry, so why was he targeting Neville Longbottom all the time?Was it really just because Longbottom was stupid and kept blowing up cauldrons in Potions class?But judging from Harry's description, it was obviously because Snape often targeted Longbottom, and when Longbottom was nervous, he was prone to blowing up the cauldron.Is it because of this that they have fallen into a vicious cycle?

Leaving aside the Boggart incident, time passed quickly, and it was just before Halloween.Since the day before Halloween coincides with Hogsmeade Day, the students are talking about what kind of Halloween costumes they are going to buy in the village, especially the third graders, because it is the first time for them to go, they are more concerned than others. excited.

It's a pity that these students did not include Harry. His guardians were Muggle uncle and aunt. They did not sign his application form, and the stern Professor McGonagall refused to sign for him.

Harry was disappointed and didn't show much even after his friends promised to bring him all kinds of presents.

Draco Malfoy, who always liked to be against him, took the opportunity to laugh at him after knowing that he couldn't go to Hogsmeade, and every word and every word stuck in Harry's heart, which almost made him lose his mind. Resisting the desire to pounce on Malfoy and punch Malfoy in the face.

Harry wandered alone in the castle all day, and in the evening, all the students returned to school one after another.Hermione and the others brought Harry a lot of Honeydukes candies, like a candy rain.After listening to their description of Hogsmeade, Harry became more interested in the village where only wizards lived, and at the same time regretted that he did not have a good guardian.

This mood lasted until they went to the Halloween dinner, the food was very good, and the decoration of the hall was more interesting than last year, but it didn't excite Harry's interest.

But at the end of the dinner, when they returned to the bedroom, an unexpected incident disrupted everyone's rhythm-the portrait of the fat woman in the Gryffindor lounge was attacked.According to Peeves, her attacker was none other than the notorious jailbreaker Sirius Black.

So all the Gryffindors were brought back to the Great Hall, and 10 minutes later the students from the other three houses also returned to the Great Hall.Dumbledore asked all the students to stay in the Great Hall, and he was going to search the castle with the other professors.

Whispering voices started from Gryffindor and slowly spread to other houses.Even though the president of the student union and the prefects are presiding over the order, they can't control the whispering among the students.

They were talking about Black's invasion and attack, and the topic inevitably spread to Agareth Black.

Harry kept his eyes on the direction of Slytherin.

Finally, as night fell, the private gossip gradually subsided, and the auditorium returned to silence.While the students were in a dream, Harry remained awake.He heard Professor Dumbledore's voice, discussing something softly with Snape.Snape seemed to suspect that Black was in the castle, but Dumbledore dismissed this speculation.

Harry couldn't help but feel angry at guessing who Snape was suspecting.He trusted his dark-haired friend so much that Agares would never do such a thing!

Not long after, the headmaster asked the student council president who was on duty at night to go to the Slytherin rest area and wake up Agares.

Several people walked out and disappeared behind the gate.

Harry lay back, and although he closed his eyes, the anxiety in his heart could not be alleviated at all.

The author has something to say:

1. According to Pottermore, among Snape's most hated students (sub-era), Harry occupies the first place, and then Neville - if the Dark Lord chooses Longbottom, then Lily will not die.

2. What Agares fears most: a weak self

3. What Harry fears the most: No magic, everything is his dream, he is still the 11-year-old boy who was sent to Stonewall Middle School

4. Snape always felt that Lupine was an insider, and he didn't believe him.