Post by Professor Neville Longbottom on Oct 9, 2022 10:25:17 GMT -6
PROFESSOR NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM
41 year old HEAD OF GRYFFINDOR,
HEAD OF HERBOLOGY DEPARTMENT,
WELCOME TO HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
41 year old HEAD OF GRYFFINDOR,
HEAD OF HERBOLOGY DEPARTMENT,
WELCOME TO HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Name: Neville Longbottom
Nickname:
Gender: Male
Birthdate: July 30th
Orientation: Straight
House: Gryffindor
Occupation: Head of Gryffindor and Head of Herbology Department
Grade: Graduated
Age: 41
Species: Human
Blood Status: Pureblood
Ability: Apparition
Relationship: Married
Patronus: Non-Corporeal Patronus
Wand: 13 inches Cherry Unicorn Hair
Pet: Don't have one right now
Love it?
+My kids, Frank, Abbot, and Alice
+My wife Hannah
+Gryffindor
+Herbology
+Standing up for others
+Teaching
Hate it?
-That my godson got put into Slytherin
-Slytherin House
-Forgetting things
-What happened to my parents.
-When I get into trouble for the antics of my kids.
-Not getting to see my friends that often.
Strengths and Weaknesses?
+My wife Hannah
+My kids, Frank, Abbot, and Alice
+My bravery
-My wife Hannah
-My kids definitely
-My friends
Fears?!
- The return of He Who Must Not Be Names.
- Losing any of my family
- That I'll screw up in front of my kids and the other students.
Full Personality:
When I was younger, I was clumsy, forgetful, shy, and many considered me ill-suited for Gryffindor house because I seemed timid. However, I proved that the Sorting Hat had seen the bravery beneath my insecurity, as I stood up to my only friends as a first-year and later became one of the D.A.'s most courageous members. Part of my problem was poor self-esteem, as I referred to myself as a "nobody" and "almost a Squib" at times. This was because of my grandmother's belief that I was not living up to my parents' accomplishments, and browbeating from fellow students and people like Professor Snape. Though I came from a pure-blood family, I held no prejudice against half-bloods or Muggle-borns.
I suffered from a degree of post-traumatic stress disorder, as the torture of a spider via the cruciatus curse by Barty Crouch Junior in disguise as Alastor Moody was enough to cause me to have a severe anxiety attack. This was because of my own experience with my parents being subjected to the curse's worst possible outcome: the onset of permanent and complete insanity. This familiarity of what the Cruciatus Curse could do in skilled enough hands was more than enough to terrify me.
With the support of my friends, the encouragement of Professor Lupin to face my fears, and the motivation of knowing my parents' torturers were on the loose, I became braver, more self-assured, and dedicated to the fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. I proved this by my participation in many battles and my revival of the D.A. in the face of threats and torture at the hands of the Carrows in my seventh year, as well as my defiance of Voldemort himself during the final battle.
Throughout the trials I faced over my seven years at Hogwarts, I went from a timid, self-deprecating, and generally nervous student into a stalwart soldier possessed of an ironclad will, courage of outstanding merit, and a nobility of spirit, despite still having a comical and shy but at the same time courageous and fierce personality. In many ways, my transformation allowed myself to change from a scaredy-cat into a lordly lion, becoming a ferocious defender of my fellow students during Voldemort's reign. Suffice it to say, my appointment to Gryffindor House was well-deserved
Celebrity Play-By: Matthew Lewis
Eyes: Green
Skin: White
Hair: dark brown
Scars/Marking: none
Build: Stout
Mother: Alice Longbottom
Father: Frank Longbottom
Siblings: None
Spouse: Hannah Abbott Longbottom
Children: Frank Neville Longbottom Abbot Algie Longbottom Alice Hannah Longbottom
Other: Grandmother Augusta Longbottom, Great Uncle Algie
History:
I was born on 30 July, 1980, to Frank and Alice Longbottom, a pair of Aurors. Moments after my birth,I was able to adjust my blankets so that I was swaddled more snugly, but no one witnessed this unusually precocious display of underage magic. The midwife who attended the birth assumed that my father had tucked me in more tightly. I was born "several hours" before my classmate, Harry.
As a pure-blood wizard, I was likely related to other wizarding families such as the Weasleys, Crouches, Potters, and the Blacks. My parents were members of the Order of the Phoenix and in these roles, they defied Lord Voldemort at least three times. I was one of two infants referred to in a prophecy made by Sybill Trelawney about the person with the power to defeat the Dark Lord. The other was Harry Potter, and it was Harry whom Voldemort targeted on 31 October, 1981 making Harry his equal and leading to his first defeat.
Shortly after, a handful of Voldemort's most loyal followers attacked my family. My parents, Frank and Alice were tortured into insanity with the Cruciatus Curse by Death Eaters Bellatrix Lestrange, her husband Rodolphus Lestrange, her brother-in-law Rabastan Lestrange, and Barty Crouch Junior. The four Death Eaters were all sentenced to Azkaban for their crimes, while my parents were sent to St Mungo's Hospital, where they would live the rest of their lives, not being able to recognise me, their own son. I was subsequently raised by my paternal grandmother, Augusta Longbottom. At some point early in my life, I also witnessed the death of my grandfather.
My grandmother was a stern and formidable woman who was concerned when I did not exhibit early signs of magic. She often chided me for not living up to my family's honor and was partly the reason for my lack of self-confidence early in my school years.
My relatives feared that I might be a Squib, though this was disproved when my great-uncle Algie was holding me out of a window by my feet when he was offered some lemon meringue and let go. Miraculously, I bounced. Previous to this, there were various attempts to make me show signs of magic, including dropping me off Blackpool pier, where I nearly drowned. I inherited my father's wand at the age of eleven when I started to attend Hogwarts. This wand was later broken during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
I began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1991. While with my grandmother at platform 9¾,I lost my toad Trevor. Once on the train, I met Hermione Granger, who agreed to help me find my lost toad, and then Harry Potter and Ron Weasley when I entered their compartment tearfully looking for Trevor. After arriving at Hogsmeade station, I managed to retrieve my toad from Rubeus Hagrid.
I felt intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation for bravery. During the Sorting Ceremony, I silently argued for a long time to be placed in Hufflepuff, but the Sorting Hat won in the end, and Sorted me into Gryffindor. I Was so nervous that when the Sorting Hat shouted out my house, I ran across the Great Hall with the Hat still on my head; I had to return to the stool to hand the Hat to the next student. On the way to Gryffindor Tower after the Welcoming Feast, I had a bundle of walking sticks dropped on my head by Peeves the Poltergeist.
Much of my first year was plagued by similar mishaps. In my first Potions lesson, I melted Seamus Finnigan's cauldron, and was subsequently drenched in the boil-curing potion we had been brewing The following week, in my first flying lesson with Madam Hooch, I accidentally broke my wrist after falling off my broom from a great height; afraid of being left behind on the ground, I had pushed off too early. I was taken to the hospital wing and my wrist was healed. Several hours later, I ended up heading to the Hogwarts Trophy Room with Harry, Ron, and Hermione for Harry's duel with Draco Malfoy. Nearly getting caught by Filch, we end up in the forbidden third floor corridor, where I drew Harry's attention to a giant three-headed dog. We manage to escape and safely return to Gryffindor Tower.
That year, I received a Remembrall from my grandmother as a gift which was flown in by an owl. This particular gift later allowed Harry Potter to become Gryffindor seeker. Draco Malfoy threw the small sphere into the air, and Harry flew to grab it, standing up for Neville. Minerva McGonagall saw how easily Harry retrieved the ball and asked him to join the team. That all happened when I broke my wrist and was taken to the hospital wing. I must have dropped the Remembrall when I fell off of my broom.
Shortly after the Christmas holidays, I was the target of a cruel prank by Draco Malfoy, in which my legs were stuck together with the Leg-Locker Curse. I had to bunny-hop all the way to Gryffindor Tower so someone could perform the counter-curse. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione urged me to report Malfoy, I replied that I didn't want more trouble. Harry gave me his last Chocolate Frog from Christmas and consoled me by telling me that I was worth twelve Malfoys, and that the Sorting Hat chose me for Gryffindor, while Malfoy was in "stinking Slytherin". Several seconds later, I inadvertently helped the trio identify Nicolas Flamel when I gave Harry Dumbledore's collectible card from the Chocolate Frog.
I was sent to the hospital wing a third time after a Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. During the match, Malfoy began to taunt the Gryffindor Quidditch team, as well as me. I challenged Malfoy on hearing this, and single-handedly took on Malfoy's friends Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, while Ron fought Malfoy. Although I was knocked out by Crabbe and Goyle, Madam Pomfrey insisted that I would make a full recovery. This was the first time that I stood up for myself!
In time, I learned about Harry and Hermione's attempt to take Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback up to the Astronomy Tower to send to Ron's brother Charlie. When I learned Malfoy was trying to get them caught, I snuck out of Gryffindor Tower to find them and warn them. Instead I ended up getting caught by Professor McGonagall. I lost fifty House points, and was put in detention with Harry, Hermione, and Malfoy. Sent into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid to search for an injured unicorn, Me and Malfoy went along one path with Fang, while the other three took another. When Malfoy snuck up behind me and grabbed me to scare me, I panicked and sent up wand sparks to warn Hagrid. When Hagrid learned the truth, he instead paired me with himself and Hermione.
The night Quirinus Quirrell attempted to steal the Philosopher's Stone, I followed Harry's advice and attempted to stop Harry, Ron, and Hermione from sneaking out, though I did not know what they were trying to do. However, I thought that they should not be breaking rules and risking that Gryffindor would lose more points, and blocked the portrait hole, willing to fight them to make them stay. Hermione apologized and struck me with a Full Body-Bind Curse so that she, Harry, and Ron could leave. This was another early instance where I showed bravery, standing up to my only friends.
For standing up to the trio, I won ten points for Gryffindor at the end-of-term feast. Having moments before tied Slytherin for the House Cup, this pushed Gryffindor into undisputed first place. In the final exams, I scored well in Herbology, making up for my poor marks in Potions.
In 1992, after the Start-of-Term Feast, I applauded Harry and Ron for flying a car to Hogwarts. The following morning when Ron received a Howler from his mother, I warned him to open it quickly.
In Gilderoy Lockhart's first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, a pair of "freshly caught" Cornish pixies picked me up by the ears and hung me, by my cloak, from a chandelier. Moments later, I crashed back to the ground when the chandelier collapsed.
After the Basilisk attack on Colin Creevey, I feared that I might be attacked, due to my poor magical skills, and tried to protect myself by purchasing a large, "evil-smelling" green onion, a pointed purple crystal, and a rotting newt tail. However the other students pointed out that I should be all right; I was a pure-blood and thus unlikely to be attacked. However, I thought I was very close to being a Squib and was still in danger anyway.
I attended the first (and only) meeting of Lockhart's Dueling Club. To practise the Disarming Charm, I was paired with Justin Finch-Fletchley. When Lockhart suggested the pair to volunteer spell blocking, Snape shot this down, claiming that I had difficulty with the simplest spells, and they would have to send what was left of Justin to the hospital wing in a matchbox.
I would have been present at the end of term feast that year, having thankfully not been attacked or petrified by the Basilisk, and would have been present when all my classmates who had been petrified returned to full health after being cured by Mandrake Restorative Draughts, and would have been there to greet Rubeus Hagrid following his release from Azkaban.
Severus Snape: "Possibly no one's warned you, Lupin, but this class contains Neville Longbottom. I would advise you not to entrust him with anything difficult. Not unless Miss Granger is hissing instructions in his ear."
On the train ride to Hogwarts for my third year, I became alarmed when the Hogwarts Express simply stopped. I entered the compartment Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron, and Ginny Weasley were in to find out what had happened. A Dementor then entered the compartment, negatively affecting all the students within, though to varying degrees. Then new Professor Lupin gave us chocolate telling us it would help us feel better about the shock. After arriving at Hogsmeade Station, I told people about the experience in the compartment. This made its way to Draco Malfoy, who taunted Harry about fainting.
In our first Divination class, I accidentally broke two of Professor Trelawney's tea cups while reading tea leaves. As the class departed, Professor Trelawney warned me that I would be late for the next class and urged me to work hard to catch up with everyone else. In Care of Magical Creatures class, I practiced bowing to a hippogriff; I constantly backed away from the beast, which did not seem to want to bow back.
The next day in Potions, I again managed to earn the ire of Professor Snape. I somehow was able to turn my Shrinking Solution orange instead of green. To ensure I would get the potion right, Snape told me that he would feed some of it to my pet toad, Trevor, at the end of the class. Desperately, I asked Hermione for help; she whispered instructions to me out of the corner of her mouth. By the end of class, I was able to turn my potion green, and successfully shrunk Trevor from a toad to a tadpole. Upon returning Trevor to his proper size, Snape took five points from Hermione simply to spite the Gryffindor's.
Later that day, I helped Professor Remus Lupin's first practical Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson about boggarts. I was the first person to be asked. This was most likely because of Professor Lupin's preference for the underdog and him wanting to build my confidence. When asked what scared me most in the world, I replied "Professor Snape", to which everyone found amusing. To counter the boggart, Lupin asked me to picture Snape in his grandmother's clothes. For my help, I earned ten points for Gryffindor and I confidently banished the boggart at the end of class.
In the spring of 1994, I lost the passwords to Gryffindor Tower; because Sir Cadogan changed them so frequently, I needed to write them down so I could remember them. After the passwords disappeared, Sirius Black managed to enter Gryffindor Tower with a knife. After learning I was indirectly responsible, Professor McGonagall banned me from all future visits into Hogsmeade for the remainder of the school year, gave me a detention, and forbade anyone from giving me the password to the common room, thus I had to wait outside the portrait until someone came by while security trolls hired to guard the Fat Lady leered unpleasantly at me.
But none of that compared to what my grandmother had in store for me. Two days later during breakfast, I received a Howler from her; I tore out of the Great Hall, amid shouts of laughter, and opened it in the Entrance Hall, where my grandmother's angry voice told me I brought shame to our family.
At the end of my Divination final exam, I was told that, if I told anyone my results, I would suffer a serious accident.
In 1994, I met up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the Hogwarts Express. I jealously listened to their recap of the Quidditch World Cup; my grandmother had not wanted to go, and did not purchase tickets. I was also awestruck by Ron's miniature figurine of Viktor Krum.[30]
In "Mad-Eye" Moody's first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, I was able to supply information about the Unforgivable Curses, in particular the Cruciatus Curse. When Moody demonstrated the curse on a spider, I was terrified; I gripped my desk so hard, my knuckles turned white. Hermione noticed this and called for the professor to stop. After class, Moody — who was in fact Barty Crouch Junior, one of the attackers of my parents, disguised by the use of Polyjuice Potion — took me to his office for a cup of tea.
Having heard from Professor Sprout about my aptitude in Herbology, Moody cheered me up by telling me what Sprout had said and gave me a number of books he thought I would enjoy. One of them was Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean, which Crouch intended for Harry to read in order to learn all about Gillyweed for the second task, but he was stubbornly searching through the library.
A few days later in class, I was put under the Imperius Curse by Moody, under the pretense of letting the class know what it felt like. Under Moody's influence, I performed a series of "quite astonishing gymnastics" that I could not have performed normally.
When the Yule Ball was announced during the Triwizard Tournament, I asked Hermione to go with me. After Hermione politely declined, having already agreed to attend with Viktor Krum, I asked Ginny Weasley. While we seemed to enjoy ourselves, I accidentally stepped on Ginny's toes while dancing.
In 1995, I met with Harry and Ginny on the Hogwarts Express. Searching for seats, the trio entered Luna Lovegood's compartment. Once inside, I excitedly showed them my Mimbulus mimbletonia, a birthday present from my great-uncle Algie. I told them about my plans to show it to Professor Sprout, as well as wanting to breed it.
After arriving at Hogwarts, I helped Harry get into Gryffindor Tower as Harry had not learned the new password yet, and then defended Harry during a verbal fight with Seamus Finnigan, claiming that the Daily Prophet was going downhill, not Harry and Dumbledore. My grandmother and I both believed Harry's claim that Voldemort had returned, and had canceled our subscription to the newspaper.
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione began organizing Dumbledore's Army, I was among the first to sign up. At our first meeting in the Room of Requirement, I was left partner-less when they began practice; I instead partnered with Harry. After successfully disarming Harry, I then joined Ron and Hermione, so Harry could check on the others. With Harry's encouragement, by the beginning of Christmas break, I had improved "beyond all recognition."
During Christmas break, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny learned that my parents were not dead, but patients in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, having gone insane after being tortured by a group of Death Eaters at the end of the First Wizarding War. Harry was the only one who already knew this, having found out in the Pensieve in 1994, but he had told no one, keeping my secret safe. Before I left, my mother handed me an empty Droobles Blowing Gum wrapper; while my grandmother wanted me to throw it away, I instead pocketed it.
When it was learned that ten Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban in 1996, including three of the ones responsible for the torture of Neville's parents, I did not speak of it, but it "wrought a strange and even slightly alarming change" in me, according to Harry. I worked harder than anyone in D.A. meetings, and was the fastest to pick up new spells aside from Hermione.
When on 18 June Harry had a vision that Sirius Black was tortured by Voldemort in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic, he informed Ron and Hermione. The latter convinced Harry to check to see if Sirius was at 12 Grimmauld Place before rushing off to rescue him, and Ginny and Luna came to their assistance. Harry and Hermione broke into Umbridge's office, and Ron wanted to trick Umbridge, Ginny and Luna stopped people from entering the corridor. Umbridge unfortunately wasn't fooled and ordered the Inquisitorial Squad to round them up. I, seeing what was going on, tried to help, but I was caught as well.
When Harry and Hermione lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest, Ron, Ginny, Luna and I stayed alone with the Inquisitorial Squad. I and others broke free using skills that we had acquired in our D.A. sessions; I used good Impediment Jinx. We then regrouped with Harry and Hermione, who had left Umbridge with a group of enraged centaurs.. We flew via Thestrals to London, despite Harry's reluctance to let us accompany him.
Once in the Hall of Prophecies, Harry was drawn to an orb that had his name on it. Hermione and I urged him not to remove it; once Harry had, we were confronted by Death Eaters. In the subsequent battle, I accompanied Harry and Hermione. They ran into the Time Room, where I disarmed Rabastan Lestrange who was struggling with Harry, accidentally disarming Harry as well. Wanting to fix my mistake I tried to stun Lestrange, but he hit a rack full of time-turners. Escaping from the room he was hit by Impediment Jinx by Antonin Dolohov and Jugson, same as Harry and Hermione.
When Hermione casted Silencing Charm on Dolohov and Harry placed Jugson under Full Body-Bind, Dolohov cursed Hermione. Taking advantage of the moment I crawled from under the desk, but Dolohov broke my nose and wand, so Harry placed Dolohov under Full Body-Bind. I refused Harry's suggestion that I leave with an incapacitated Hermione to go get help, instead carrying her while we searched for Ron, Ginny, and Luna. When several Death Eaters cornered Harry alone in the Death Chamber, I stormed into the room to aid him, armed with Hermione's wand, but due to my broken nose, was unable to pronounce spells correctly.
When another Death Eater seized me, Bellatrix Lestrange briefly tortured me with the Cruciatus Curse, both to try to make Harry hand over the prophecy and to see how long I held out before "cracking" like my parents. Even under the threat of being tortured (possibly even going insane like his parents), I told Harry not to hand the prophecy over.
After the Order of the Phoenix members arrived, Harry tried to get out with me, but Harry was stopped by Walden Macnair. Harry urged me to run, but I refused, instead breaking Macnair's grip on Harry by jabbing the Death Eater in the eye with Hermione's wand. Then I was struck with Dancing Feet Spell by Dolohov, but Harry placed Dolohov under Body-Bind. Moments later we were attacked by Lucius Malfoy. Harry throws me the prophecy to cast Impediment Jinx on Malfoy. As Harry pulled me up a flight of stairs, I accidentally smashed the prophecy. As the battle continued, I alerted Harry to the appearance of Albus Dumbledore. The battle soon ended, and my friends and I were transported back to Hogwarts, where my nose was fixed by Poppy Pomfrey.
Harry soon learned the contents of the prophecy from Dumbledore. As both me and Harry were born at the close of July to parents who had all escaped Voldemort three times, we both qualified for the prophecy child. However, Dumbledore believed that the prophecy did indeed refer to Harry, not me, as Voldemort marked Harry as his equal by attacking him.
Neville's grandmother purchased him a new wand, 13" cherry wood, with a unicorn hair core, from Garrick Ollivander before his sixth year.
On 1 September, 1996, I sat with Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood on the Hogwarts Express, where we both expressed disappointment that Harry did not plan to continue D.A. meetings during our sixth year. When Romilda Vane, a younger Gryffindor student, invited Harry to come to her compartment and implicitly insulted me and Luna, Harry coldly rebuffed her, emphasizing that me and Luna were among his closest and most loyal friends. I was later invited to join Horace Slughorn, the new Potions Master, in his train compartment. Slughorn was searching for new students to add to his Slug Club, but I didn't seem to meet Slughorn's requirements.
I also achieved four known O.W.L.s: one 'Outstanding', two 'Exceeds Expectations', and one 'Acceptable'. The classes I was cleared to take were Herbology, Charms, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor McGonagall informed me that the 'Acceptable' grade I achieved in Transfiguration was not good enough for N.E.W.T.-level, and I would not be able to keep up with the course work. McGonagall also stated that Professor Sprout would be delighted to see me back with an 'Outstanding' Herbology O.W.L.. I told her I only applied for Transfiguration for my grandmother's desires, but McGonagall stated it was time for Augusta to be proud of the grandson she had, as opposed to the one she desired. She let me down gently on my application on Transfiguration, and instead encouraged me to take Charms.
Towards the end of the school year, I participated in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. Along with Luna Lovegood, I was the only member of Dumbledore's Army to reply to the summons via the coins. I stood guard outside the Room of Requirement with Ron and Ginny, waiting for Draco Malfoy, who evaded us by using Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder. I suffered an injury that kept me in the hospital wing for some time, though I was able to attend the funeral of Albus Dumbledore shortly afterwards, where Luna helped him into my seat.
On 1 August, 1997, Lord Voldemort took over the Ministry of Magic. While Muggle-borns were rounded up and Harry, Ron, and Hermione went on the run to search for Voldemort's Horcruxes, I returned to Hogwarts, and, along with Ginny and Luna, restarted Dumbledore's Army. The D.A. opposed the new headmaster, Severus Snape, and the two new Death Eater professors, Alecto and Amycus Carrow, who taught anti-Muggle propaganda and the Dark Arts. I got in trouble with the Carrows for refusing to practise the Cruciatus Curse on other students as a method of punishment, as well as for standing up against their bigotry and cruelty.
The revived D.A. helped protect fellow students from being bullied by the Death Eater teachers, and generally rebelled against authority, such as writing "Dumbledore's Army, still recruiting" on the Hogwarts walls and freeing students from detention. Luna and Ginny, and I also attempted to steal Godric Gryffindor's sword from Snape's office, but were caught on the way out. In his own way to subvert the Carrows' manner of discipline, Snape only gave us a detention, sending us into the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. I eventually decided to cease our open rebellion after Michael Corner was caught and brutally tortured for freeing a chained-up first year.
I was eventually left alone to lead the rebellion efforts, as Luna was dragged off the Hogwarts Express by Death Eaters around Christmas of 1997 to coerce her father into ceasing his political dissidence in The Quibbler, and Ginny did not return to Hogwarts following the Easter holidays, as her family went into hiding following Harry, Ron, and Hermione's escape from Malfoy Manor. By this time, the Carrows were aware of my role in the rebellion, and I suffered beatings and torture. The Ministry also targeted my grandmother to try to intimidate me, but she evaded capture and went on the run.
Eventually, the Carrows realized that I was the main ringleader and decided that Hogwarts could do without me. Fearing that they may kill me, I made for the Room of Requirement, which I was able to turn into a hiding place for the D.A., and to connect to the Hog's Head in order to get food from Aberforth Dumbledore. By May, most of the D.A. had taken to living there.
On 2 May, 1998 I enthusiastically greeted Harry, Hermione, and Ron, and led them from the Hog's Head into the Room of Requirement. While in the tunnel I explained to the trio the nature of my injuries and the reign of the Carrows at Hogwarts. I also informed the trio that the D.A. had been reinstated and was currently resisting the new regime. Believing that their return meant the overthrow of the Death Eater professors, I signaled the rest of the D.A. to return to Hogwarts. As students returned, along with the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort and his Death Eater army approached, laying siege to the school in the hopes of capturing Harry Potter.
During the first round of battle, I used various plants to attack Death Eaters, and helped transport the injured and dead when a temporary cease-fire was called. I briefly spoke to Harry, who told me that it was top priority to kill Voldemort's snake and Horcrux, Nagini. When the Death Eaters approached with a "dead" Harry, I stood up in defiance of Voldemort. I was subsequently forced to wear the Sorting Hat as it burned because I refused to join Voldemort. Fortunately, due to Harry's sacrifice, I was able to shrug off the Full Body-Bind Curse with relative ease.
Because of my tremendous bravery shown on the battlefield, I was able to pull the Sword of Gryffindor from the burning hat, in the process proving myself a true Gryffindor, something that was doubted constantly throughout due to my apparently weak-willed, shy, and bumbling nature. In a single stroke, I carried out Harry's final order, slaying Nagini, destroying Voldemort's last remaining Horcrux. I subsequently teamed up with Ron Weasley as the defenders of Hogwarts and Death Eaters were forced into the Great Hall and defeated Fenrir Greyback. Also during the Battle I dueled Scabior on the Covered Bridge. Scabior fell to his death when the bridge fell down. I witnessed Harry's final defeat of Voldemort and survived the Second Wizarding War.
I briefly worked as an Auror, immediately following the war. Sometime afterwards, I was offered a place on the Hogwarts staff by Headmistress Minerva McGonagall, and ultimately landed a teaching job in the Herbology department under Head of Department, Pomona Sprout.
Throughout my new career, my students would come to be impressed whenever I showed them my Dumbledore's Army coin, which I and other D.A. members kept as a keepsake and had come to be seen as something of a badge of honor never thinking we would need them again in the future. I also became the Head of Gryffindor House after McGonagall went on to be Headmistress.
While an Auror I started to court Hannah Abbott, and eventually proposed to her. She studied and became the Matron of the Hospital wing at Hogwarts. We have had three beautiful children, Frank, Abbot and Allice. Frank and Alice were named after my parents, and we used Hannah’s last name for Abbot’s name. Abbot and Allice are twins. They were quite rowdy as children, and have not really grown out of it as teenagers. I’ve felt like pulling my hair out quite a few times. They are well mannered though and great kids. They are just prone to getting into trouble like I was.
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Albus had made his way to potions. A class that he really didn’t want to be in, but his parents had made him take it. Knowing his luck he would just blow the classroom up. He’d already gone through half a dozen cauldrons over the years. Just as he thought he was getting it right he’d do something stupid. Well this year was going to be different he thought, and he’d show his family that he could do something right. This year had to be different. It couldn’t be as bad as the first four years. Yet he wasn’t going to get his hopes up at all. He was going to take one day at a time.
He stayed in the shadows as he made his way into the potion’s classroom. No one talked to him and he was glad of that. Usually if someone did talk to him it was to put him down or goad him about his famous father. He let out a sigh of relief sitting toward the back and more to the shadows. Maybe the professor wouldn’t notice him over here either. He sat there looking down at the desk bored waiting for the class to start. He groaned inwardly as the boys in front of him were starting to dart glances back at him. He knew they were going to start in and they did, but he just tried to ignore them.
He didn’t even look over when the door opened and someone came in. He didn’t care who it was. He was more than startled though when the boy came over to sit by him. He knew who it was. It was Scorpius Malfoy. HIs father’s arch rival from Hogwarts. He was the seeker on their house Quidditch team. In five years he’d never even said a word to him that he could remember. He gaped a bit as Scorpius held out his hand. He swallowed hard wondering if he should shake his hand or not. Of course Scorpius had never given him a hard time like their fellow Slytherins. He was bringing up his hand to shake when he heard the boys in front of them snicker.
“You're making friends with Potter the squib? Are you crazy?” One of the boys asked, smirking at Scorpius. The professor was walking in, but they ignored him. “He can’t even ride a broom. Only reason he’s still at Hogwarts is because he's Harry Potter’s son.” The other one let out a laugh. “Ohhh is Potter going to cry?” He made a face at Albus mocking him and he and his friend were laughing some more.
Albus looked down at the table, dropping his hand as he heard the boys. He shot a glare at the boys. He definitely wasn’t going to cry. He hadn’t cried since he was eleven no matter what the other kids handed out to him. He was just trying to ignore them, but the moment had passed to shake hands with Scorpius and tell him his name.
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