In this chapter...It is rumoured that Sirius Black has been sighted, Malfoy is still acting the injured hero – but the trio aren’t convinced that he is as injured as he says he is. Malfoy also drops mysterious hints to Harry about Sirius Black. It makes Harry wonder what Draco knows that he doesn’t.
The third years have their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Lupin. Lupin takes the class to the staff-room to battle their first boggart. A boggart is a a shape-shifting creature that turns into whatever you’re most afraid of. Laughter is the best way to get rid of it – you have to make it turn into something you consider funny. Neville is nervous, when Lupin asks him to go first. His greatest fear is Professor Snape – not suprising as Snape bullies Neville about his poor Potion making, But Lupin manages to make Neville think of Professor Snape is his grandmothers clothes, complete with vulture hat and red handbag. Neville very easily gets rid of the biggart Snape with this. Everyone is successful except for Harry. When it comes to his turn Lupin steps in and gets rid of it before Harry can even test his skills against it. Lupin’s boggart, curiously enough, seems to be a cystal ball. Hermione, to her disappointment, does not get the opportunity to get rid of her boggart.
This is a absolutely fantastic chapter, full of details and we see Neville beginning to come out of himself.
“What would you say is the thing that frightens you most in the world?” Neville’s lips moved, but no noise came out. “Didn’t catch that, Neville, sorry,” said Professor Lupin cheerfully.
Neville looked around rather wildly, as though begging someone to help him, then said, in barely more that a whisper, “Professor Snape.”
What colour handbag does Neville’s grandmother usually carry? Red (Crimson)
Chapter 8: Flight Of The Fat Lady
In this chapter... Harry still wonders why Lupin did not want him to battle the boggart. Harry thinks Lupin didn’t think that Harry had the strength to face the creature he most fears. Crookshanks, Hermiones cat, keeps trying to eat Scabbers, Ron’s rat. This causes argruments between the pair, with Harry in the middle. But then again, cats always like chasing rats don’t they?…
The Quidditch season finally starts and the first visit to Hogsmead is arranged for Hallowe’en. But, seeming Harry hasn’t had his permission form signed by his guardians, he can’t go. Professor McGonagall says it is a shame, but she can’t allow Harry to go. Professor McGonagall is also concerned about Harry practising Quidditch in the evenings with Sirius Black loose. It is the first Quiddicth match of the season soon. It is usually Gryffindor against Slytherin. But Draco’s “injury” has made the Slytherin’s cancel the match. Draco is the Slytherin seeker. So it is going to be Gryffindor against Hufflepuff.
When the Hogsmead trip comes, Hogwarts is emptier than usual, seeming the pupils from third year upwards are allowed to go to Hogsmead. Harry wanders aimlessly atound the castle, and Lupin invites him to have a cup of tea with him. Harry finally voices his bewilderment about the boggart. He questions Lupin about why he didn’t allow him to fight it. Lupin admits that he was afraid the boggart would turn into Lord Voldemort and scare everyone. Harry says that he’s more afraid of the dementors than Voldemort. Professor Lupin isn’t looking very well. Professor Snape brings him a pick-me-up that he has brewwed himself – the Wolfsbane potion.
Ron and Hermione bring Harry loads of goodies from Hogsmead. At the Halloween Feast they all stuff themselves full of delicious food. After the feast, and when they return to their Common Room however, they discover the Fat Lady has disappeared and her portrait has been shredded. The Fat Lady guards Gryffindor tower. Professor Dumbledore is sent for immediately. Peeves informs the headmaster that the Fat Lady refused Sirius Black entrance when he didn’t know the password, and that he cut up her painting in his rage.
“Professor Snape has very kindly concocted a potion for me,” he said. “I have never been much of a potion-brewer and this one is particualy complex.” He picked up the goblet and sniffed it. “Pity sugar makes it useless,” he said, taking a sip and shuddering.
Whom did Katie, Alicia and Angelina giggle about in Quidditch practice? Cedric Diggory the Hufflepuff Captain
Chapter 9: Grim Defeat
In this chapter... The whole school sleeps in the Great Hall on Hallowe’en night, while the professors search the school for Sirius Black. There is no sign of him and the school is rife with gossip about how he got into the school. Hogwarts is well protected – and not only by Dementors.
Professor Snape takes the next Denfense Against the Dark Arts lessons, to the Gryffindors horror. Apparently, Professor Lupin is too ill to teach it. Snape snears at what Lupin has taught the class so far. He deliberately goes to the back of the textbook and questions to class on werewolves – it is obvious that they haven’t had time to learn about them yet. He takes points of Harry for being late to class, points of Hermione for knowing the answers about werewolves and puts Ron on detention for standing up for Hermione, after Snape calls her a “insufferable know-it-all”.
The day of the first Quidditch match arrives, The weather is terrible – a raging storm and torrential rain. Harry can’t see anything because of the torrential rain. Hermione puts a water repellent spell on Harry’s glasses which helps a little. Harry is horrified, while flying around, looking for the Snitch, to see a great black dog – the same he saw in Magnolia Cresent – in the stands. Harry knows it is a Grim – a omen of death. There is also about a hundred dementors on the grounds. His head is filled with screams and shouting. Harry passes out.
Harry regains conciousness in the hospital wing. He learns that Cedric Diggory got the Snitch just as Harry collapsed and that they lost the game. Diggory did want to forfeit the game, but Hufflepuff won fair and square, Harry finds out from Ron and Hermione that his broom was destroyed when he fell off. It drifted into the Whomping Willow and was beaten to splinters.
“Honestly, am I the only person who’s ever bothered to read Hogwarts, A History?” said Hermione crossly to Harry and Ron.
“Probably,” said Ron. “Why?”
When Professor Snape assigns Harry's Defence Against the Dark Arts class to begin studying werewolves, Hermione comments that they're due to start learning about what kind of creature? Hinkypunks
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