the days
Neville and Luna and the days that could have been - freeverse poem for the Freeverse Competition
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Neville never lived up to the Gryffindor expectations
Because he was
NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM
And he was clumsy
And awkward
And shy
And everything that a Gryffindor was not
He heard the whispers
("Should've been in Hufflepuff")
And it hurts to know that they were /right/
That the red on his tie should be replaced with yellow
But it makes him eager to prove himself
He just doesn't know how
-.-
Her sanity is questionable in the eyes of everyone else
She had always been different
By believing in the impossible creatures she had been told stories about
- NaRgLeS -
- CrUmPlEd HoRn SnOrCaCk -
- BlIbBeRiNg HuMdInGeR -
But they couldn't expect her to not believe in what she was raised to believe in.
Could they?
Maybe they were the ones who were /i/n/s/a/n/e
Not right in the head
Mad
LOONY
Maybe they were the ones with questionable sanity
-.-
It takes a war and lots of death for them to come together
It should've happened sooner
After all, they were so similar
(Both outcasts for being different to everyone else)
And it's Harry who congratulates them first
With tired eyes and an older face but with an honest smile
And then it's Ron
And then it's Ginny
And then it's Hermione
And then it's Seamus
And then it's Parvati
And then it's Padma
And then everyone else
Because everyone is happy
And there's not much time be happy about at the minute
So Neville and Luna let them be happy for a minute
Just a minute
Because they deserve it
(They especially deserved it)
-.-
They get serious fast
-Very fast-
And it all comes crashing down when Luna travels to write a book about the creatures she loves
Neville's expecting it
When her letters get shorter
And her visits less often
He asks her what his name is
And she doesn't lie
"Rolf Scammander"
Neville hopes Rolf makes Luna happy
-.-
Neville tries to forget her
He honestly does
He even gets a new girlfriend
In the form of Hannah Abbot
In order to forget about her
And he's doing a good job until her book comes out
It becomes an instant bestseller
So Neville buys a copy
(For old time's sake)
And his efforts are ruined when he reads the first page
For my Mum
And Neville, for encouraging me to write about the wonderful things that once made me 'Loony'
Hannah pretends not to notice how often he reads that page
-.-
He loves Hannah
He really does
But it comes nowhere close to the love he has for Luna
He looks at his son and his daughter
And wonders what it would be like for them to have
Dirty blonde hair
Or
Silver grey eyes
But then he regrets it because he would never change his children
Never
Even if he does love Luna more than their mother
Sometimes, he feels lonely
Lonely because Hannah isn't Luna
Because Luna left him
Because Luna wasn't here
And he felt like the frightened little Badger in Lion's fur once again
Wondering what had been
And what could have been
