Theodore was very curious about this activity. He'd heard all about boggarts but never imagined that he would have to face one in school, or at least not until his seventh year. No matter, though. He was perfectly brave enough to handle it. He entered the defense classroom coolly, with his hands in his robe pockets. Taking a calm and collected approach, ya see? Theo wasn't even sure what his boggart was going to be, there was SO much choice.

Theo eyed the trunk up and down, and was about to face it properly, but WAIT... he wasn't READY for this?!!!!!!

Riddikulus... not ridiculous. And then finishing it off with laughter. OK....

The Slytherin pulled out his wand, straightened his posture, then cleared his throat. He was ready for whatever would be in there. He stood directly in front of the trunk. It dawdled a little bit, then opened with a loud CRACK, which made Theo jump out of his skin a little. A wispy creature shot into the air, and the boy knew immediately what it was. He could've guessed this. WHYYYYYYYYYYYY was he putting himself through it??!

It was a ghost, he thought. But the closer he looked at it, the worse it got. It wasn't a ghost, it was a poltergeist. It lingered in the air and stared down at him, and of course, he was in one of those states of shock where you couldn't move much. But all of a sudden it swooped down like a rocket until it was inches away from his face. "Riddik-"

"BOO!"

Theo's eyes shut immediately and his hands flailed up to cover his ears. The creature laughed hysterically and shot upwards and away from him. It was obvious what went wrong there. He had to cast the spell whilst the beast wasn't so up close and personal in his face! He straightened up and watched the poltergeist dance around the room, still hysterically laughing. The laughing was enough to send a shiver down his spine. "R-r-." The creature stopped to look at him again, so Theo knew it was now or never.

"RIDDIKULUS!"

And a brown paper bag appeared out of nowhere and covered the poltergeist completely. The creature frantically wobbled in the air, and bounced off all of the walls, and then it went crazy with trying to get the paper bag off it's head. Was it funny? No, not really, but at least that horrendous laughing had stopped. Oh, but laughter finished off a boggart, right? Theo cleared his throat and starting pointing, "Hahahahahaha!" The poltergeist was hurtling all over the room still, until it plopped back into the trunk with a thud. GREAT... that was horrible, but it was done. Theo tucked his wand away and left for the common room. He deserved a chocolate frog.