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ever
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"Harry it's time to go dear," Ginny
called from the living room, "Do you
have Lily?"
"Yeah
I just changed her" Harry said walking towards his wife with
their 3
month old daughter.
"Ok good." She said
kissing him on the cheek.
"We have to take a portkey with
Lily, Gin" said Harry as Ginny grabbed the
diaper bag and
nodded.
In a few seconds they were at Ellenville cemetery with
hundreds of other
witches and wizards wearing black cloaks.
Harry
held Ginny's hand and they walked towards one of the front rows where
seats were reserved for family and close friends.
Neville's
grandmother was crying lightly and kept trying to keep her
breathing
level normal.
Ginny's eyes then began watering and she completely
broke down. Harry
grasped her close and rocked her back and
forth. Lily was sleeping in her
carriage now.
A few minutes
later, Ron and Hermione (the newly weds) arrived and sat
beside
Harry and Ginny.
"Hey Lily" Hermione whispered smiling
down at the baby. Ron was biting his
lip as though if he didn't
bite it he would start crying and wouldn't stop.
Hermione was
crying but didn't look ashamed about it.
Slowly, all the rows
were filled up and sobs echoed all around. A casket had
been
placed to Harry's right and sunlight reflected off the brass top.
Moments later, a blond haired girl came and cleared her
throat.
All attention was then on her.
She cleared her throat
again and quickly wiped her eyes then used her wand
to magnify
her voice ten times the usual volume.
"Hello," She said
in a blank voice staring straight in front of herself, "My
name
is Luna Longbottom and I was Neville Longbottom's wife" She
finished
clenching her fists and squeezing her eyes tightly
letting a few tears spill
out. She placed one arm across her
stomach and held it there for a moment as
though thinking before
continuing.
"Neville was amazing. He loved plants and knew a
whole lot of curses, jinxes
and hexes.
He was my hero. I loved
him."
Luna read her speech for twenty minutes. People were
bawling now and Harry
was still rocking Ginny back and forth. She
was a bit calmer now.
Harry's eyes were glossy and he was slipping away...slipping into memories.
"Harry she's beautiful" Neville smiled
leaning over Lily's crib four days
after her birth.
"Yeah.
Yeah she is." Harry said grinning at his little girl with red
hair
and green eyes.
Neville placed a well grown plant on her
bedside table and watered it with
his wand.
"It's a
Allic," He said proudly pointing at the blue plant, "It
keeps the
room healthy and warm"
"Thanks Nev"
Mumbled Harry watching as the Allic smiled with it's smooth
face
towards his daughter.
Neville turned and walked around the room,
feeling the many objects in the
and smiling slightly. After a few
minutes he turned back to Harry.
"Harry, I'm going to be a
dad!" He said grinning, "Luna's due in September!"
Harry
was lost for words. That little round faced boy who was picked on so
badly was starting a family. Harry was so proud.
"Neville
Congratulations!" He said giving him a hug.
"Thank you,"
He said, "I'm so nervous. Good thing Luna'll be there to help.
I hope it's a boy but It wouldn't matter."
They looked
back over into the crib at Lily.
"I love you" Harry
thought staring at his baby.
"Harry come on
we have to go say our speech." Ginny was pulling his arm
lightly and passing Lily to Hermione so she could watch
her.
Harry wasn't even there. He was thinking about all the times
he'd spent with
Neville and how he could never spend time with
him again. Neville would
never see his baby be born.
Ginny was
speaking and the crowd laughed and cried at certain moments.
Finally, Harry was shuffled forwards and was placed in front of
the mantel.
He looked out into the crowd and saw many familiar
faces.
Dean Thomas was sitting with his muggle wife, Sara. She was
holding a small
boy and looking very blank indeed. Dean was
crying and kept rubbing the
tears away.
George Weasley was
sitting a few rows away with Katie Bell. George was
bouncing two
twin girls on his lap and looking into Harry's eyes.
Hermione and
Ron were smiling at Harry. They had grow up so fast and looked
so
happy together.
He saw many
other people from school and finally realized he was supposed to
be
doing a speech.
"Hi," He said pulling out some cards
with his speech written on it, "I'm
here to..."
His
voice trailed off. He was here because Neville was dead.
It was Neville's wedding. Harry was grinning up at him and he was
one of
many doing so. Neville was getting married and he of all
people deserved it.
"I do" said Neville smiling at his
soon to be wife.
"You may now kiss the bride" The
preacher said as Neville leaned in.
Neville looked the happiest he
had in years. Harry and Ron were whooping in
the background and
Hermione was crying. When they finally broke apart,
everyone
stood up and continued clapping. Neville and Luna walked down the
aisle together grinning ear to ear. It was great.
"Harry?" Ginny whispered quietly into his ear.
Harry
shook his head and noticed he was crying now. He was still supposed
to
be doing a speech.
"Sorry," he muttered and took
a deep breath, "Neville was great. He was
kind, happy and
brave. I'll miss him so much."
Harry couldn't read any more
of his speech cards. He shoved them back into
his robe pocket and
cleared his throat. He said a few more words but he
would break
down any minute. Why did Bellatrix have to get more revenge?
Wasn't
his parents enough? First the Crucio curse then the killing curse.
Why? Harry hated that it had to happen but in the end he had been
able to
kill Bellatrix but he couldn't save Neville.
"Neville Frank Longbottom died exactly like his parents."
Harry took a deep breath and shuddered.
"He died proud"
Harry walked off the stage and the entire hall
seemed to shake with tears as
they thought about how they would
never see that round faced boy again.
A/N
I don't really
support Neville and Luna but I couldn't think of anyone else
Neville could
go with so I just used her.
Also i'm not a big Neville fan and I
know him and Harry arn't that good of
friends but this small idea
kept bugging me to write it.
