ENTER NEVE LONGBOTTOM
Summary: She's just a HP fan like many others until the day she buys a simple brooch at the Brighton flea market. The next day she not only wakes up in a world that is supposed to exist in only book and movies but it seems that she also replaced one of its most famous characters. With her knowledge of the story, will she able to save those that are destined to die? Future pairings undecided. Female!Neville in a way.
What can I say? I couldn't resist. I had this crazy idea yesterday and I needed to write it. Like the summary says, it's about a (female) fan that replaces Neville Longbottom. My OC will be called Neve Longbottom like the title says. However, this OC will not be like Neville at all, at least, personality wise and aptitude-wise. Though they will still have some things in common (like their passion for Erbology). BTW, I imagine Neve as Natalie Alyn Lind.
Though the pairings are undecided, one that I can exclude is the Harry/Neve and the Neve/Voldemort pairing. Otherwise, I have more than one person in mind for Neve so I don't know yet (not everyone that I have in mind is a teenager btw so if I decide on one of these two people, be advised that there will be a twenty years difference between them though nothing will happen until she's at least 15/16). Of course, since she's a teenager, she's going to have a few flings until she finds the person who she will spend the rest of her life with (and Ew! I can't believe I actually wrote that! So cliché!). Though right now I'm leaning towards a love triangle between Neve, Sirius and Severus. Though, once again, I'm not sure. I could change my mind (I will probably change my mind in fact). Anyway, if you're not okay with older man/younger woman relationship and, in the case of Severus, also teacher/student relationship, you probably shouldn't read this. About Ron and Hermione, yeah, they will probably end up together. And Harry? He will probably end up with Ginny though I despise the pairing. Though I'm not sure, it's possible that, as the story evolves, Harry will end up with someone else. (BTW, I accept suggestions about the pairings though, in the end, the choice will be mine).
Anyway, hope you like it! Tell me what you think!
Prologue
Neve wandered around the various stands, a little bored. She was in Brighton for the summer holidays and though she loved the town, today she was feeling a little restless. It was because she had wanted to go to the beach that day but unfortunately the weather hadn't cooperated. All day big, dark, clouds foretold rain but, at least for now, not a drop had fallen.
She stopped in front of a stand that sold antique jewels. She was looking for a pair of earrings and she hoped she would find something pretty that wouldn't cost too much. Unfortunately, most of these things looked garish and for old people.
She was just about to move on when a golden brooch in the shape of a lion head caught her eye. It was small, probably three centimetres in height and two in width, with two small rubies for eyes.
Neve knew it was stupid but the first thing that came to her mind was the gryffindor coat-of-arms. Like most sixteen years old, she had grown up with the Harry Potter books on her nightstand and she wasn't ashamed to say that, though she was a little old for it, she was still very obsessed with it.
She checked the price for the brooch and smiled when she saw that it was only fifteen pounds. She immediately paid for it and attached it to her t-shirt proudly.
The rest of the day was spent uneventfully. Not even half an hour after she and her grandmother had left the flea market, it had started to rain so they had returned to the hotel they were staying. Her grandmother was tired anyway, having spent more than four hours on her feet.
Her grandmother Augusta – yes, like Neville Longbottom's grandmother – was 75 but very energetic. Neve lived with her since she was 10 because her parents had died in a plane crash.
Now that Neve thought about it, she and Neville had a few things in common. Both orphans, both living with her grandmother, both chubby, blonde kids – well, at least when she was a child she had been chubby, now she looked rather good if she said so herself – with a round face, both a little buck toothed (just a little for her, enough that it looked cute and not ugly) and of course, short. Also, she liked gardening so she supposed she had that in common with Neville as well.
Neve shook her head. She was getting too old to still be this obsessed with Harry Potter. And thinking that, when she had turned eleven she had so desperately wanted for the letter to arrive. She laughed to herself and rolled her eyes at her naiveté.
It kept on raining heavily the rest of the day so she and her mother remained in their hotel room, watching movie after movie.
When it was time to go to bed, Neve changed into her nightgown and attached the brooch to it as well.
She was soon fast asleep so she didn't notice when, at exactly midnight, the eyes of the lion started to glow.