A buzzing alarm sounded off in the bedroom of Neville Longbottom, he stirred with a groggy pace and hit the snooze button ceasing the annoying buzzing. He sat up on the bed and turned himself so he was sitting on the side and he stretched out his arms and gave a slow yawn, as Luna rose up next to him "Good morning." she said yawning as well and rubbing her eyes "Good morning love, sleep well?" asked Neville as he felt Luna's arms wrap around him from behind in a hug "Like a baby." she said kissing his cheek.
Neville smiled at the contact, out of all his ups and downs, and his achievements, he felt Luna was the greatest thing to happen to him, and being with her made him feel like he was still having the moment when he first met her, he was brought out of his nostalgia by Luna's voice "Today's the day." she said as she got off the bed and walked to the mirror and dresser by the bed, Neville stared at her as she walked, he loved everything about that oddball of a girl, the way her long blonde hair framed her face, the shine of her sliver-gray eyes, and her silk pale skin tone that was being perfectly complimented by the silk nightgown she was wearing. Neville drifted into deep loving thought again,while Luna was combing out her hair.
Luna caught Neville staring at her a good while then spoke "Dear, is something the mater? She said staring back at him from his reflection "No." he said shyly Luna saw right through him she could tell when he was fibbing "Are you sure? Because your staring at me like something's on your mind." she said turning around and sitting back on the bed next to him, and began rubbing circles on his back to coax him to talk "Well, its just I feel bad for leaving that's all." he finally said looking at Luna who just rolled her eyes and smiled "Is that all, oh, Neville you make it seem like we'll never see each other again." she said placing a hand on his cheek, which he sweetly leaned into "I know Luna, I just hate that we don't live close to Hogwarts, after all I wont be able to see you until the term ends, or on the holidays." he said showing a slight frown, but Luna looked him straight in the eye and said "Now, you listen to me Neville Longbottom, don't you ever feel guilty about this. We both agreed that you teaching Herbology was a good move for you." said Luna kissing him "And don't get down about leaving, we both know its quite a distance, but in the end all will be well.".
Neville smiled at her words, he knew Luna was right after all "Okay." he said kissing her back and they kept this one going for awhile then once they broke apart Luna said "Alright, you go get cleaned and dressed and I'll handle breakfast." she said giving a quick peck to Neville's cheek before she got up and left the room.
A few minutes later, Luna was almost done with preparing breakfast which consisted of eggs, toast, bacon, and a few fruit slices, but Luna was not actually making it thanks to her skills in magic she had charmed a few kitchen items to do the work while she sat and edited the new articles that were to be published in The Quibbler., Luna looked up every now and then to make sure her charmed items didn't go out of control, and greatly to her surprise preparing the meal went rather well. Once the meal was done and placed on the table Luna put away her work she called for Neville "Sweetie, the food is ready." after a few seconds Neville came into the living room, he was wearing a blue button-up with a black suit vest buttoned up over it, and a pair of black dress pants and matching shoes "Well how do I look Luna?" he said spinning around in place "Good, but something is missing." she said biting into her toast then she got an idea "Stay put I'll be right back." she said as she got up and went towards the bed room.
While he waited for Luna to retrieve her mystery item, Neville sat down and began eating his food, and sipping Orange juice as he checked himself to make sure he had everything he needed, in his mind he seemed to have everything ready to go; but he couldn't escape the feeling he had forgotten something but he put the thought out of his mind when he saw Luna come back into the room with a white tie "This should work, pop your collar." she said as Neville got up and did just that,as she put the tie on him and began to tie it she felt him staring at her again "You love to stare at me while I work don't you?" she said as she looked up at him and smiled which he replied back with "With a girl as beautiful as you, who wouldn't stare?" Luna didn't speak, she just kissed him as she pulled the tie to make it fit.
Once they broke the kiss, Luna stood back and looked at Neville's outfit "That did the trick, your all set. Did you get everything?" she said as Neville went back to the room for his suitcase "Yes Luna I'm sure." he said as he came back into the room with it and placed it by the front door "are you sure?" said Luna as she showed Neville that she was holding his rememberall "I knew I forgot something, Luna what would I do without you?" exclaimed Neville at the sight of the orb, Luna placed it in his hands and luckily it stayed clear so he knew he didn't forget anything else "just don't loose it." she said giving him a serious yet loving look.
Neville gave his rememberall a small toss off his hand "I wont, I promise." he was about to place it in his pocket until Luna grabbed it and said "Well to make sure you don't, let me do this." she said casting the reducio spell shrinking it, she then went into the kitchen and brought back a small jar tied to a rope of fabric "Here you are, now you wont forget it." said Luna as she sealed the jar with a cork, then placed the necklace around Neville's neck "Thanks Luna, I'll never take it off." he said admiring the homemade gift "Good." said Luna smiling at him again "Now get going don't want to miss the train." she said kissing him and and escorting him to the door "You're right, must be off." said Neville picking up his suitcase;as he did he smell a familiar smell "Do you smell butterbeer Luna?" he said sniffing.
Luna laughed "It must be the cork on your necklace." she said picking up the jar and showing it to him "When I decided to get the jar for your rememberall, I couldn't find anything to seal it, so I used my old cork necklace." Neville tried to take it in "So, you gave me your old necklace, but Luna you've had that thing forever, why give it to me?" he asked. Luna just looked at him and laughed "Consider it, as something to look at while you're missing me." Neville smiled at the sweet gesture "Thanks that's sweet, but what about the Nargels?" he said, after being with Luna for so long a few of her superstitions rubbed off on him much to his own surprise "Don't worry, I have many ways of dealing with those pesky things." said Luna laughing a bit with a smile "Now off you go, the train is not going to wait on you." she said as she opened the door that led out of there apartment. Neville shook his head "Are you trying to get rid of me?" he said laughing as he stepped towards Luna at the threshold of the door "Well, I cant miss you if you don't leave." said Luna as the two gave looked each other in the eye and smiled, Neville gave her one last kiss and said "I'll write you as soon as I get settled in, and every other chance I get." which got a smile and a nod from Luna as she gave a small "Okay." she gave Neville a tight hug, then he stepped out and made his way to King's Cross Station.
Meanwhile, Neville had reached the station on foot, he felt lucky that he didn't live to far from it and enjoyed the pure feeling of nostalgia as he walked the platforms that led to the hidden entrance to Platform Nine and Three Quarters he felt like it was his first year all over again. A few minutes had passed and he had made his way to the wall between Platforms nine and ten and as he did during his school days, he looked around to make sure no one could see him before he ran towards the wall, greatly the coast was clear so he made the run and went through the wall and found himself in front of the Hogwarts Express, and just like all the years before; it was covered with students and parents alike.
After Neville had appeared, a familiar voice called him "Neville, is that you?" that voice belonged to Harry Potter "Harry!" said Neville happy to see his old friend, who he gave a tight hug to "I'm surprised to see you here Neville." said Harry after breaking the hug between them "What are you up to now?" said Harry beginning a conversation of catch-up "Well, after I left the ministry, I took up a teaching job at Hogwarts, I'm replacing Professor Sprout." as Neville said this, he didn't notice Ginny and Lily walk up "So it's Professor Longbottom now?" said Ginny with a laughing smile as she opened her arms and hugged Neville "Yes, I think that's how the title goes." he said breaking the hug between them, Neville then took notice of Lily "Hello there." he said to her which gained a reply of "Hello Mr. Longbottom." Neville then smiled and said "I see why they named you after your grandmother, you look just like her." which gained a smile from Lily as she said "I'm also named after Mrs. Longbottom aren't I?" this phrase made Neville a bit confused but then Harry spoke up "Yes dear, but Ms. Luna's last name is Lovegood, she and Mr. Longbottom aren't married." when he had finished explaining Neville put in "Yes, well we're not married yet, but yes Lily you are named after my Luna as well." after saying this he noticed a smile come up on her face, he figured what he said made her feel better for asking the question.
As more students began to broad the train and the crowd started to disappear, Harry asked "Speaking of Luna, is she here with you Neville?" which Neville replied with "No, she stayed home, she has a lot of new articles to look at and edit for The Quibbler, so she couldn't make it. Speaking of people not being here, where are James and Albus?" Harry was about to answer but Lily did for him "James and Albus are on the train, there so lucky I wish I was going already but mom and daddy say I'm not old enough yet." Neville picked up on her disappointment in the sentence "It seems you're excited to start school." he said and Harry interjected with "She and Hugo are vary enthusiastic about it, it's all they talk about."
after that was said Ginny said "Speaking of Hugo, here come Ron and Hermione." as she said that Nevile looked over Harry's shoulder and saw the couple and there young son "Hey Neville." said Ron when the approached the group Neville replied "Hello Ron,Hermione, and hello Hugo." he said nodding to Ron,hugging Hermione, and giving Hugo a warm handshake "Hi Mr. Longbottom." said Hugo with a polite smile, but Neville could pick up on his disappointment about not starting Hogwarts as well, but he looked over the Weasley clan and noticed they were short one "So, I'm guessing Rose is excited about starting school?" he asked the couple "Yes, Rose is greatly excited about school." said Hermione with a smile and a nod towards Neville, but Ron came in with his usual humor "Yeah, I already warned her about Malfoy's boy Scorpius." as he said this he got a small shove from the side by his wife "Hush Ronald, I already told you I don't want you turning those two against each other before school starts." as Ron was rubbing his arm he said "I'm not turning them against each other Hermione, I just told Rose not to get to friendly with him that's all." at hearing this Hermione decided to stop him in his tracks "Well, what if Rose and Scorpius did become friends, or perhaps they became more then friends what would you say then?" and as she predicted Ron got a horrible look on his face "My little Rose, with a Malfoy? Hermione don't scare me like that just thinking about that makes me shake.".
As the couple went on with arguing Neville felt lucky when he heard a ticket taker utter "All aboard!" so he decided to separate from the small reunion "Well, everyone that's my que to leave you and be on my way." as he said this he got the last hugs, and shoulder pats, and the last few "Good luck." phrases from his friends ans he boarded the Hogwarts Express, and headed for a new horizon ahead of him.
A/N:WELL, I HOPE WHO EVER READS THIS ENJOYS MY 1ST CHAPTER OF MY FIRST HP STORY, AND TO SOLVE ANY CONFUSION AS TO WHY NEVILLE TOOK THE TRAIN AND WAS NOT AT THE SCHOOL ALREADY WILL BE SQUARED AWAY IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES THIS STORY.