During Potions class with Professor Snape, Malfoy sits watching other students do his cutting and mixing, while he gossips to his fellow Slytherins about his father's influence on Hagrid's job. Harry is mad, but is also puzzled by something Malfoy says about how he should want revenge on Sirius Black. Professor Lupin leads them all into an empty classroom to combat a Boggart that had lodged itself in a wardrobe. Lupin says that he wants Neville to be the first to fight the Boggart. Neville is terrified but manages quite competently to perform the "Riddikulus" spell, in which he transforms the Boggart from the shape that terrifies him most into something that makes him laugh. From this point on, defense against the dark arts becomes everybody's favorite class. Gryffindor House begins practicing Quidditch in the hope of winning the Quidditch House Cup. Halloween is near , signifying the first visit to Hogsmeade. Harry is still distraught at being unable to go, so his friends promise to bring him back lots of sweets. During the Hogsmeade visit, Professor Lupin invites Harry for tea in his office. At one point, Harry asks why he was not given the chance to fight the Boggart, and Lupin answers that he didn't want Voldemort to appear in the classroom.This is a surprise to Harry, who explains that he was more concerned about the Dementors.When the students return from Hogsmeade, Harry receives a bundle of candy from Ron and Hermione. He informs them of what he saw with Lupin. They attend the Halloween feast, and on their walk back to Gryffindor Tower, they are horrified to see that the portrait of the Fat Lady, who guards the entrance to Gryffindor, has been slashed, the Fat Lady herself missing. Peeves the Poltergeist is cackling midair during the commotion as he informs them that Sirius Black had attacked the portrait.
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