"Mummy." she whispered, almost pleading with her to stop as she again dodged the curse. This wasn't going too well. What was funny about her mother? There was nothing really funny about her, she was always so stoic and uptight that she'd never done anything remotely funny. At least not that Sakura could remember. However her father had told her that story about the time he took her mother riding... That was it! her mother on a horse, she remembered seeing the picture. She'd been clinging to the Arabian with a look of terror on her face, half slipping out of the saddle. Now what was the spell again?

"Ridi... Ridik..." That was as far as she got with the spell, still frightened of the Boggart that had advanced on her.

"Excellent, Toussaint and Steeyle! Two points for each of you, and you as well, Saenz! Be seated... Remember, infuse it with humor! Takenouchi, you're done, be seated." Kazimeriz coached, keeping his wand drawn in case things got out of hand.

Jai smirked at the retreating boys "Thats right, run." she sneered. A tear slid down her cheek as she turned away from the wardrobe. Walking to the wall she pressed her back against it ans slid down to the floor.

Celandine nodded and scooted out of the way, watching the antics of the Boggart-as-Will-and-Nico had been pretty funny. It felt weird to still be giggling while remembering the part that had been so scary. Cela frowned a little as she moved away from the boggarts; what she needed was to master her patronus to really be able to deal with the fear of the lethifold.

Sakura followed the professor's instructions and walked back to her desk with her head down. Laying slightly on top of it she buried her head in her hands and tried to stop the shaking. She couldn't believe she was still so scared of her mother that even when she thought of something humorous she couldn't stand up to the boggart and get rid of it. She really needed a hug right now but she didn't think she was likely to get one at the moment.

Ludo stood nervously in the semi-circle. He twiddled his wand nervously in his hands as he watched the students become attacked one by one.

He desperately ran the incantation through his mind. His gaze was focused on the wardrobes. Would he be next? He shuddered.

"Ridiculus and something happy.....Ridiculus and something happy. he thought again and again.

ooc: Ludo is very frightened by darkness, much darker than the current state of the classroom. A darkness that envelops everything.

Emalyn stood, ready and prepared, in the semi-circle. She held her wand in front of her, somewhat wishing she weren't there, though anxious at the same time. Her mind was fighting with what she was scared of the most.
She thought about, and only, of the task at hand, and what she was preparing to do. She readied herself.

OOC: Emalyn is afraid of her best muggle friend, Liam, dying alone. Dying without her with him, calling to her and suffering, but not being able to help it. She feels horrible deep inside that she is at Hogwarts and not with him. So, she fears him dying alone without his best friend.

"Ahhhh....trolllllllllllsss......what shall I do?....ummh..."Cedric was so scared because trolls running toward him and ready to strike...desperately,he grabbed his wand.."Riddikulus.."He shout slowly and softly

Another wardrobe began rattling violently, nearly knocking it on its side before its doors thudded open. There was absolutely nothing for a few moments; nothing was in the wardrobe. Suddenly, a thick, blindingly bright bolt of lightning struck a few yards away from Copernicus, its energy crackling menacingly. A rolling growl of thunder echoed around the classroom, vibrations moving through the ground like an earthquake.

When she realized she had reached the front of the line, Anna briefly froze in her tracks. She was only slightly aware that she'd stopped breathing for a few seconds as she anticipated what form the nasty little creature would take on. Anna took a few deep breaths and let them all out slowly. Being fearful in a situation such as this one would only end up getting her nowhere. She had to keep in mind that whatever it was that would soon approach her was only a nasty, creepy, evil little boggart. Oh how she wished Cale were here to stand by her! As it was, though, he wasn't, so she'd have to toughen up and face her fears alone!

The wardrobe shook, and oddly enough, Cale Newell himself walked right out of it. Only...this was certainly not the Cale Newell she'd just wished were standing right by her side. This Cale was one she wanted far, far away. This Cale was dead...and was apparently headed straight for her. Anna focused on the boggart and repeated over and over in her head, "It's only a boggart. It's only a boggart. It's only a boggart... Anna gripped her wand tightly and glared at Cale's cold, dead, creepy approaching form. Anna blinked and jumped back a bit as one of Cale's hands...ewww...fell off and landed on the floor in front of her. She stared at it for a second or two and then glanced back up at the rotting body in front of her.

Anna gripped her wand even tighter, thought one last, "It's only a boggart," and then swished and flicked her wand. "Riddikulus!" she exclaimed, a smile already forming on her face. In her head, the corpse was now wearing ballet slippers and a frilly, pink tutu. Soft music began to play in the background, and the corpse pointed its toes and twirled along to the beat of the music. Anna softly laughed at the fact that Cale---even in corpse form---was coordinated enough to perfom the little dance steps he was currently performing.

Copernicus jumped right out of his skin when the cupboard clattered open and the lightening struck. For one fearful moment, he had to check to be sure nothing was on fire and no one had been struck. How bad would he feel if someone else got hurt because of HIS crazy boggart?

He turned back to the cupboard, knowing that lightning was probably building up in there again. It could strike ANYWHERE this time, which meant that he couldn't screw up. He had to think of a way to make a huge lightening storm funny, and fast.

Closing his eyes, Copernicus waved his wand and spoke clearly. "Riddikulus!" He could see it now: when the lightening next flashed from the wardrobe, he imagined that it would suddenly split into an enormous magical rainbow that rained little Muggle candies down on all of them. Taste the rainbow and all that.

The boggart gaped at her as suddenly its clothes turned into a ballet costume, complete with a tiara. It looked offended as it was forced to go up on tip-toe, spinning around and the zombie-Cale looked at Anna with wounded eyes as he did a pirouette, his head falling off and crashing to the floor, causing the boggart to shape shift again...

...transforming into a giant, disgusting cockroach with long feelers and spiky hairs along its segmented legs. It scurried hungrily toward Lyra.

At this latest hit, the boggart, in it's backing up, fell over onto its backside and most of its' clothing disappeared upon contact with the hard floor of the D.A.D.A. classroom floor. All that was left were an undershirt and some pajama bottoms which bore a ludricis and rather childish print. The cheeks of the boggart began to flush and it further retreated, sprinting the last of the way into the wardrobe far too unappetized to give Karma another shot.

Paris watched at everyone else battled the boggarts. She didn't know how far back in the line she was as she waited. She tapped her wand against her leg.

The boggart turned on Paris and enclosed her quickly... turning out the lights and keeping her in pitch black darkness. Dark laughter, heared faintly in the background.

"Greingoth, Atkins, good job- two points each, be seated please!" Kazimeriz said, nodding in approval. "Keep it up-- you are all doing well!"

Helios' turn had not even come up yet, but this was already the best class ever!

Though he pondered if it was wise to reveal his greatest fear to the world, but he had to know. What did he fear? In his own mind, Helios was fearless.

OOC: This should be a fun one. His only fear is Kayla Winters.

Cedric was that his spell works at the mountain trolls...."Hope its work",Cedric whipered..I can do it..I know I can..,Cedric thought

"Cantilini-Leone, cast your spell or stand down... and remember, think of something humorous! Quickly!" Kazimeriz barked his orders at the lad.

Cedric cast his spell quickly so he can get rid of those trolls."Riddikuluss.."Cedric sighed...he hopes for the best

Another boggart swooped out of the cupboard as a long blur of darkness, surrounding Samson Carswell as though he were trapped in a small room. The walls began to move in closer... and closer... and closer.

A dark, swirling rain cloud formed over Copernicus and the closest nearby students, a guttural roar of thunder rolling over their heads. The cloud began pelting down large, wrapped hard candies-- butterscotch, peppermint humbugs, mints, and everything else of the like. A bolt of lightning struck the ground again, closer to the students-- but unlike the first, the actual light of the bolt was... well, rainbow. Vibrant reds, yellows, blues, oranges, greens and purples flashed around the room as the lightning began to snap, crackle, and pop. A particularly loud, snarling bolt struck the ground no more than two feet away from Copernicus, sending sparks flying as it made impact.

The boggart turned to Helios and took the form of the female Hufflepuff prefect. She eyed him with a glare. "You better get this boggart soon you pasty boy, or I swear if you lose even one more point I will pull your spinal cord through your larinx!"

It was so fast and instantaneous that the sudden darkness swallowed her up and started to squeeze her. She stumbled and fell over something. "Help me!" She screamed into the darkness. "This isn't funny!" She said trying to keep herself from hyperventilating. It felt like a weight was pressing down on her. She was really scared of the dark and not just like a little darkness but darkness like this when you couldn't see anything but blackness.

She whimpered when she heard the laughter, this was a cruel joke. She started to shiver and she curled into a ball on the floor and she squeezed her eyes shut trying to block out the darkness. She tried to keep herself from crying for her daddy. He was always there for her when it got too dark. He was the only one who knew that she was really scared of the dark. She always told everyone she was scare of spiders. She almost had herself convinced, being scared of the dark was something for little kids.

She rolled over and lay on her back and tried to catch her breath, it was hard as the tears were flowing down her face. She reached up and grasped the little key charm around her neck. She squeezed her eyes shut again and tried to picture his face. Her father's picture blazed in her mind so bright she held up her hands trying to block out the light. He was smiling that shy, crooked smile that he always used when he was looking at her mother.

In the darkness it made her smile. "It's not real," she could hear him whispering to her like he was there in the dark with her. "Get up poppit, it's not real," he whispered again. She nodded her head and pushed herself up to a sitting postion. She groped in the dark and found the edge of a desk. She used it to pull herself off the floor.

She pulled herself up to her full height, her all of 4 ft 3 in self and pointed her wand into the darkness with her eyes still closed and her father's face smiling at her from behind her eyelids. "Riddikulus!" She shouted. This wasn't going to get the best of her.

This cursed darkness would burst into a rainfall of galleons that she would dance in like rain and giggle like a kid in a candy store.

"Cantilini-Leone, sit down, you are done." Kazimeriz said, shaking his head. "Humor. You need to inject the humor into what you imagine... if the boggart does not get a dose of humor an attack will not be deterred!"

The boggart rattled a little before sliding open one of the wardrobes drawers. It poured out of the drawer like a thick black vapor and began to head for the corners of the room. The darkest corners to be exact. Which seemed to be growing larger and larger, until those student standing farthest from Ludo were no longer visible. The boggart had the room surrounded and slowly began to advance ever dimming up the room by upsprouting tree-like branches that began to block and choke out the light.

"Sorry!,Professor....I'm really sorry"Cedric said sadly