The Lion and the Badger
Author's Note: Hello everyone! I have decided to write a long series of one shots about Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott, including all 6 years at Hogwarts, during Deathly Hallows, and their lives after Deathly Hallows-basically them being friends and falling in love. Of course, the title came from Neville being a Gryffindor and Hannah being a Hufflepuff. These one shots will be fluffy, dramatic, and hopefully good! Enjoy!! :D
A New Life
The war was over. Finally over. After all the strategies, planning, worrying, and courage, it was over. There was supposed to be relief for everyone, but all Neville Longbottom could see on the survivor's faces were grief and lost.
Many people didn't know what to think or even do. Some people still hadn't registered that Voldemort was finally gone and there would be no more nightmares in the Wizarding World. It still hadn't completely sunk in for Neville.
He thought back to the past year at Hogwarts. It was supposed to be a rememberable and enjoyable year, being his last year. It certainly was something he would never forget, and it was far from being enjoyable. Neville thought of how much he had changed in the past year. He never thought he would pull all those stunts he did with Ginny, Luna, and the others in the DA.
As Neville sat in the Great Hall thinking, he didn't notice when a certain Hufflepuff girl came over and sat right beside him. It wasn't until he noticed she was there until he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hi Neville." It was Hannah Abbott and when Neville looked into her eyes, he felt his stomach twist in weird knots that had never been there before. "Oh, hi Hannah. How are you doing?" "I'm ok, just really tired and all…" She stifled a yawn and Neville suddenly realized how tired he was too.
"I think I'm going to get a little sleep. I'll see you later Neville." "Bye." Neville didn't want her to go for some reason. Hannah stood up and turned to leave, but suddenly she paused and turned around. "I want to thank you Neville." "Thank me, for what?" "For being the leader this year when we all lost hope. For helping everyone and helping Harry. Without you, Voldemort could still be alive right now. You were so brave." She said all of this with gratitude in her voice and tears in her eyes. Neville could simply not look away from her. "Thank you." She whispered again, and bent down and kissed Neville on the cheek. She gave him a watery smile and turned around and headed to the Hufflepuff common room.
Neville touched his cheek in shock. He never thought that he was a leader this year; he always thought Ginny or Luna had that title. He never knew that Hannah thought all those things about him.
As he stood up and made his way back to Gryffindor Tower, he smiled to himself, hoping that Hannah was getting the same butterflies he had gotten when she kissed him.
The war was over, and there could peace. And Neville decided right then and there to make the most out of surviving the war, starting tomorrow, when he would a nice long "talk" with Hannah.
Well. What'd ya think? I had this idea in my head for a while, so hopefully many people will read these stories. I don't think Neville and Hannah have gotten many stories, so hopefully these one shots will satisfy your cravings..;)
I'll try and update this very soon. I'm on summer vacation, so I should have plenty of time this summer to add lots of chapters!
Hope you all like it and I shall add another soon! Thanks!
-Rosalie Weasley.