Hey everyone. This story was brought to you by April Auction, and Pinata on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For April Auction I wrote for Day 19 Auction 3 Soulmate!AU: Each person has a spirit animal that can lead you to your soulmate. For Pinata I wrote for the hard prompt of Trio Era. Warning for slight out of characterness and fluff. Word count 612. I hope you all enjoy How Neville met Hannah.

The first time Neville Longbottom saw the elegant swan strutting down the street in Diagon Alley, before his fifth year, he took it for some kind of illusion. Something he was just seeing out of no where. He didn't think anything about it at the time because he truly did think he was just seeing things. So he went about his day like nothing out of the normal had just happened.

The next time he saw the elegant swan, before his sixth year, it stopped and looked right at him. A sense of peace went through Neville and he found himself intrigued to find out where the little swan seemed to be walking every time he saw it. He went to approach the bird and see if he could pick it up. Or touch the silky looking white feathers. Once he got near enough the bird started it's trek down the street.

"Wait," Neville called after the bird earning a few strange looks from passersby. He could a few of the other fifth year boys laughing at his antics as he tried to near the swan yet again. "Come on, bird. I just want to keep you safe. You might get trampled if you stay on the street."

The swan gave an indignant squawk as it started to walk down the street of Diagon Alley. Almost getting stepped several times on it's journey. The indignant squawk kept sounding every time someone got to close to the bird. Several people almost ended up getting their fingers bitten by the swan.

Neville watched from afar as the bird almost got trodden on for the umpteenth time in a row. He steeled himself and made ready to follow the bird in question. He didn't want to see the poor thing get hurt or anything. He was about to jinx a girl who looked about his age who was about to step on the swan when something barreled into his legs.

Wroof! Wroof! Wroof!

Neville looked down at his feet to come face to face with a brown puppy dog with fierce blue eyes. He was jumping up and down excitedly against Neville's legs and looking back towards were the swan and girl were. Neville picked up the puppy and walked towards the girl who had bent down to check on the swan.

"Is this your dog, Miss?" Neville asked the blonde haired girl as she fussed over the swan he'd been keeping an eye on.

The girl looked up and he was shocked to find that it was Hannah Abbott. "I'm so sorry," Hannah told taking the puppy from. "I was wondering where this little fellow had gotten off to. He's always wondering off at the most inopportune times." She lifts the little swan up and hands it over to Neville. "I saw you watching this fellow. Does he belong to you?"

Neville nodded and reached out for the swan who willingly came over Neville's reach. "How did you get him come over to you like that?" he asked wondering why he felt a sudden connection to Hannah that he'd never felt before.

"I just knelt down and he walked right over to me," she told him brushing a strand of hair out her eyes. "You might want to keep a closer eye on your spirit animal. You know? He could have gotten really hurt wandering around like that."

Neville nodded as he watched Hannah walk off towards where a nice looking couple awaited her. Little did he know that he'd just met his destined Soulmate thanks the little swan sitting in his arms.

I hope you all enjoyed How Neville met Hannah.