Task 003 : Boggart & Patronus
Boggart:
Sirius’ boggart has took two forms over the years.
The first: his Mother.
Standing in front of the class as his boggart turned into his Mother was quite possibly the most humiliating thing that has ever happened to him. Though he managed to do the charm before the verbal abuse that he knew was coming had started. Ever year he went back home it got worse.
He was a disappointment. He spent his time around filth. He was worthless. A waste of space. He should be more like his brother.
His worst fear was hearing his Mothers voice again at the end of the year and hearing the hatred he knew lay underneath. And it stayed that way for years.
Now, however, if he were to come into contact with a boggart it would turn into himself.
He would look the exactly same...apart from the dark mark that would be very much evident on his arm.
He fears what he would have become if he had stuck to that path. And he is still scared that it would have been easy. But, mostly, he is scared that his friends will find out that he came close to giving in and getting the mark.
He fears their disappointment of who he could have easily been more than anything else.
Patronus:
Sirius’ patronus is the same as his animagus form: a dog.
He struggles to produce one as most happy memories he has are tainted with his own insecurities and doubts. But, one memory that always brings a smile, and the one he uses most often to produce a patronus, is sitting in James’ room after he had left home. And he was just laughing.
He doesn’t remember what they were laughing about, and it doesn’t really matter. But the fact James had managed to make him laugh in his darkest time always warmed his heart. He managed to forget all his problems and just let himself be happy. And he’s never forgotten that moment that he started to heal.
It reminded him that he was cared about. And that he is loved. And nothing can ever taint that.
