Hello, everyone! You all thought I should continue, so here's what I came up with! Hope you enjoy, and don't be a silent reader!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, or any of the Harry Potter characters.
Neville's POV
"You haven't seen Luna have you?" "Luna?" "I'm mad for her, and it's about time I told her, since we'll probably both be dead by dawn!" And then I ran off.
I thought of that incident that happened earlier. I wonder what Harry and Ginny thought after I left them on the staircase. Did they think I was crazy? More of a loser?
I never actually did find Luna. I gave up after about an hour and a half later, when we heard Voldemort's voice radiate through the air. I decided it could wait and that I needed to fight. I found the sorting hat in the rubble of the castle in the middle of the court yard. It wasn't until Hagrid came back to the castle from the Forbidden Forrest with Harry's dead body in his arms with the rest of the Death Eaters that I saw her, but I figured this probably wasn't the right time. But I could try to impress her. Voldmort was right there, proclaiming that Harry was dead. I saw Bellatrix Lestrange, and almost chocked. She tortured my parents. I thought. It made me more mad, which made me want to stick up for myself. In front of everyone, including Luna, Bellatrix, and Lord Voldemort.
I limped forward, and Voldemort said, "Well I must say, I hoped for better…" I sighed, almost expecting myself to just back up and get back in line with everyone else. But I didn't. Voldemort continued, "And who might you be, young man?" I didn't know if I should have answered, with Bellatrix Lestrange standing right there, but the next thing I knew, I had chocked out, "Neville Longbottom." The Death Eaters laughed. "Well, Neville, I'm sure we can find a place for you in our ranks…" Voldemort started to say before I cut him off with "I'd like to say something." Voldemort looked annoyed, probably because people probably don't normally cut him off. "Well, Neville, I'm sure we'd all be fascinated to her what you'd like to say." Voldemort retorted sarcastically.
I took a breath and started. "It doesn't matter that Harry's gone." I started to say.
"Stand down, Neville!" Seamus called.
"People die everyday! Friends, family. Yeah, we lost Harry tonight. But he's still with us…in here," I said, motioning to myself. I tried reaching to my heart, but my arm was so tired it looked like I motioned to my stomach. I figured people understood so I kept going. "So is Fred, Remus, Tonks…all of them. But they didn't die in vain." I turned to look directly at Voldemort. He had a gruesome satisfied smile on his face. "But you will. Because you're wrong! Harry's heart did beat for us! For all of us!" By the end I was shouting, but it didn't matter. It made it more powerful. I reached into the sorting hat and pulled out the Sword of Gryffindor. Harry flew out of Hagrid's arms and the two of them started to duel. I decided I needed to find the snake considering I had the sword right there.
I must have passed out because I woke up in the broken-down infirmary. I saw the Sword of Gryffindor sitting right there beside me, almost as if it were waiting for me to wake up. I grabbed it and started running. Looking for Nagini. I ran into one of corridors when I saw Ron and Hermione running down the stairs running from her. I ran after it, and Ron and Hermione plunged off the stairs and into debris. The snake was about to bite when I sliced the snake in half. The snake kind of just burst into what looked like ashes. Ron and Hermione looked at me in astonishment and I just stood there panting, completely amazed at what I had just done. I continued to stand there as Harry killed Voldemort. It was almost as I was in a trance as I took a seat in the ruined Great Hall. I just sat there, loosely holding the sword. It wasn't until someone sat next to me that I came into reality. I glanced next to me only to realize it was Luna. I smiled at her. And she smiled back. That looked like a good sign.
"Hi, Luna," I greeted her.
"Hello, Neville," she said.
"How are you? Glad to see you're not dead." I replied.
"Yes, it is rather great isn't it?" she asked. I nodded, smiling to myself. There was a bit of a pause until Luna said, "I liked your speech, Neville."
I thanked her. "Yeah, after I started, the words just sort of came out."
"Well it was nice. You were right you know, about Harry living in us. Even though he wasn't dead." Luna said, smiling. I grinned. My heart rate probably went up in the last 5 minutes because I could feel my heart pounding. Harry went through the Great Hall, and everyone stared. Harry looked at me, and grinned. I didn't know if it was because I had killed Nagini, because I was sitting next to Luna and he knew I liked her, or both.
I looked over at Luna, who was gazing around at the destruction of the Great Hall. The natural light that was shining through the broken windows made Luna's hair glisten and her eyes sparkle. I decided that I should tell her now. It was the perfect time and if I didn't I might not ever have a chance. So I braced myself and then said, "Luna, I fancy you, and I was wondering if you feel the same way about me."
Luna looked at me with curiosity. She grinned slightly. "You do?" She asked.
I nodded. "Yeah. A lot. But it makes since if you don't like me back because I'm a loser but I just wanted to get it out there so…"
"Neville, you're not a loser. You're a hero." She smiled. I grinned.
"Luna! Luna!" I turned around and saw her dad calling her and looking everywhere frantically. I turned back around as Luna stood. I thought she was going to leave without an answer, but she said, "Of course I fancy you, Neville." She then leaned down and kissed me on the cheek before she left to join her father.
I felt like I needed to start off during the battle but I'm definitely a romance writer which is why the part where I talk about the battle kind of sucks a lot more than my usual writing.
