The_Truth_about_Neville_Longbottom

Hermione grabbed another ancient, heavy library book off the shelf. 'Why does it have to be end of term?' she thought as she desperately scanned the index of Uncommon Magical Ways of Befuddling the Brain and Reversing the Damage. 'If I had more time this would be so much easier!' Hermione thought back to the conversation they had earlier on the grounds.

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"Ah! I forgot it again!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione heard Neville shout. It was a sunny day on the grounds of Hogwarts, and as their last day as 5th years, they decided to enjoy it. The three of them were lounging in the grass, talking quietly about their hopes for their new year, that is they were before Neville yelled out. At this outburst, Ron rolled over and commented lazily.

"Honestly, if I didn't know that Neville was always so forgetful, I would think it was some sort of a charm on his brain." Hermione gasped and sat up.

"Oh my gosh," she whispered slowly. Then she jumped up and began sprinting to the castle.

"Hermione!" Harry shouted after her. "Where're you going?"

"The library!" she shouted back.

"No surprise there," yawned Ron as he rolled back over and closed his eyes.

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"This is the page," she whispered to herself, still in awe that she hadn't thought of it before. The short paragraph read:

MEMORY CHARMS

If a small child witnesses something horrible, such as the death of his or her parent, a memory charm is frequently used. The incantation for a simple charm is aculeus effluo. However, if the adult performing the charm is not in a peaceful state of mind the charm will overpower, resulting in forgetfulness and/ or clumsiness of the child. Very few people are aware of how important state of mind is in this spell, so many children suffer the side affects well into adulthood.

To reverse:

6 weeks of intensive therapy with a healer is usually recommended to reverse this damage. The therapy essentially removes the charm, thus bringing back the painful memory and removing the clumsiness and forgetfulness.

'I've got to show Neville and talk to his gran about this,' Hermione decided. But with the feast and the train ride home, Hermione didn't see Neville again until they got off at Platform 9 ¾ where Neville's gran hurried them away. Hermione resolved to ask her parents to take her to the wizarding post office 15 km away so she could owl him.

A/N- hey guys this is the first chapter of my first fanfic and I'm slightly proud of it. If you want me to continue writing this, I need 10 reviews asking for another chapter. Thanks in advance, R/R!!!