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(Friday Evening)
Neville busted through the Fat Lady's portrait and sprinted to the boys' side of the dorms. He flung his bag on his bed and kicked his shoes off. The wizard punched the air and danced in a little circle before twirling so long that his head spun. He fell onto his bed back first and gazed at the ceiling. He did all of this without ever removing the giant smile from his face.
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(Saturday Morning)
Luna met Neville outside of the Great Hall that morning so they could eat breakfast together. After telling her of Aubrielle's invitation, the witch had agreed to lend some of her Ravenclaw spirit wear to the wizard so he could properly show his support. He had been to many Quidditch games in the past where Gryffindor didn't play, but he had never supported a certain house. Well, until now.
"I have a scarf that would be good for you. And a hat."
Neville looked up at the blonde witch who had just put a strip of bacon in her mouth.
"What will you wear though? I feel like I'm taking all of your spirit wear away from you."
Luna shook her head to reassure her friend.
"No, no Neville. Nielah and I made big feather headdresses, you know, cause our house mascot is a bird." The witch took a sip of pumpkin juice and put her cup down. She was surprised to see the look of confusion on her friend's face.
"Nielah? But you must know who she is."
"Err, I don't. Is that…bad?"
"Well you should know who she is since you're crushing on her older sister."
Neville practically choked on the strawberry that he had just started to swallow. Aubrielle had a younger sister that he didn't know about? Man, he felt so stupid. But how come she had never mentioned her? And how had he not seen her before? Luna answered all his questions, as if reading the wizard's mind.
"I guess you wouldn't know her that well since she is only a fourth year. Fourth years have those odd schedules so their passing times and such are different from everyone else's. It's weird that Aubrielle never mentioned her though. The two sisters are quite close to each other. They are always together in the Ravenclaw common room."
Neville shook his head in disbelieve. How had he missed this?
"You'll know they're sisters once you meet her. They look so much alike. The only difference is that Nielah looks younger and her hair is a lighter shade of brown."
Neville let his mouth gape for a moment. Not only was he just learning about Aubrielle's kid sister, but he was going to meet her too. At the moment, he felt more stressed than he should. Nonetheless, the game started in thirty minutes so the two scarfed down their breakfast and ran to the Ravenclaw dorms to grab their spirit wear. Once wrapped in the blue and bronze ensembles, Luna's looked quite, well, Luna-ish, the two walked out of the castle and headed towards the Quidditch pitch.
Luna and Neville made their way up the rickety wooden stairs and appeared in a sea of sapphire and bronze. Neville could see another feather headdress in the front row and he walked toward the witch with Luna leading the way. The two situated next her and Neville surveyed the crowd. Like always, Harry, Ron, and Ginny were located right by Lee Jordan, who was the announcer. Harry liked to go to every Quidditch game, regardless of who was playing, so he could observe and watch his opponents. Ron and Ginny just tagged along.
Luna was talking to Nielah about something and the younger Song sister turned to face him.
"Hi, I'm Nielah. Luna's told me about you. You're Neville Longbottom." She stuck her hand out and Neville took it in his, giving a firm shake. To his surprise, she gave a hearty shake back. He silently examined her for a quick minute. Yes, she was definitely Aubrielle's little sister. She had same mesmerizing hazel eyes.
"Err, yes, that's me. And you're Aubrielle's little sister, right?"
The young witch smiled and her face filled with pride. It was evidently an honor to her to be linked with her sister.
"Right."
Suddenly the far end of the spectator section rose and cheered as the Slytherin team flew to the field. Neville clenched his teeth as he saw Draco's unmistakable platinum blonde hair speed past him. He never had anything personal against the wizard, per say, he just hated how he treated his friends. And for that, he disliked him greatly.
The Ravenclaw took the field next and Neville stood with the others and cheered. Aubrielle came flying through and her long, dark hair was tied back in a braid. She sat on her broom with ease and flew to the center of the pitch where the seekers met to shake hands. She reached over and took Draco's hand in her own and wished him luck. Draco simply sneered.
The teams took their appropriate places and the referee called out the rules. Both teams gave a thumbs up, the various balls were released, and the game went underway.
Immediately Neville saw Aubrielle lock down on the Golden Snitch and she was zooming towards the other end of the field. Draco had seen her and he followed suit. The two were weaving in and out of the towers as Ravenclaw scored against the Slytherin keeper. The crowd around him cheered. Neville took a quick glace at Harry, no doubt he was rooting for Ravenclaw, and let out a small chuckle when he saw Harry do a fist pump. Soon, however, Slytherin came right back and scored. The game had just started and already Neville could tell that it would be a close one. This game would surely come down to which seeker was better. He inwardly prayed that Aubrielle stuffed it to Malfoy.
The two seekers lapped around the field, both with their determination dead locked onto the tiny golden ball that was taunting them. They flew past the commentator and the teacher bleachers as Lee announced another score for Ravenclaw. The two split however, when Draco darted toward the center of the pitch while Aubrielle shot straight up into the air. Draco had his arm out stretched and it was obvious that the snitch was inches away from him. Surely Aubrielle had seen that. Neville scratched his chin, what was she up to?
Suddenly, the Ravenclaw seeker dive-bombed the center of the pitch. She flew straight down with so much speed that she was simply a blue blur. It almost looked like she was going to run head first into the ground, almost. As the crowd gasped in unison, the witch stretched her arm out and at the last second turned so she was flying parallel to the ground. Draco spun on his broom and his jaw dropped as the crowd grew silent. When Aubrielle came back towards the center, she held her hand above her head, displaying the golden treasure in her fingers. The entire Ravenclaw section erupted in cheers as they watched their seeker claim victory in about 2 minutes flat. Neville shot up and hollered. She was some witch. He snuck a look at Harry and saw that, even though he was clapping, his head was shaking in disbelief at what the witch had just accomplished. Surely, he was not looking forward to competing against her any time soon.
Aubrielle glided towards the referee and threw her the snitch before dismounting effortlessly off her broom. Her teammates soon encircled her and gave her congratulatory pats on the back. Neville could hear Nielah yelling next to Luna.
"WOO HOO! GO AUBRIELLE! THAT'S MY SISTER!"
Neville smiled at the young witch's cheers. He had to admit, it would be an honor to be so close to Aubrielle like Nielah was.
The Slytherin team landed on the ground and started walking towards the locker rooms. Aubrielle reached a hand out to Draco but he pushed her aside. Anger grew inside Neville as he saw the wizard be so rude to the girl. Hadn't his parents ever taught him how to be gracious in defeat? Guess not.
The Slytherin students started filing out of the stadium while the Ravenclaw students shouted, "SONG! SONG! SONG!" over and over again. Aubrielle gave a polite nod to her fellow Ravenclaws before leading the team out of the arena.
Once the team was outside, all the students wearing blue and bronze started to walk out as well. Neville immediately saw Harry and he ran up to him.
"What a catch! Wouldn't you say Harry?"
Harry answered his friend without even looking up at him.
"How the hell did she do that?" He then looked up to see Neville dressed in blue. He raised his eyebrows and a smirk soon occupied his face.
"I thought you didn't choose sides when Gryffindor wasn't playing."
Neville blushed at Harry's comment. 'Oh Gods Longbottom. What do you say to that?' He thought for a second before replying.
"Oh. Yeah I usually don't but…um… Luna wanted me to show support for her house."
Harry let out a small chuckle and patted his friend on his shoulder.
"Alright Neville. Do what ever pleases you."
Neville wanted to ask what he meant by that but Harry was already walking back towards Ron and Ginny. When he looked over to the two Weasley siblings, he locked eyes with Ginny, who winked at him. Neville felt the tips of his ears turn pink. Luna tapped him lightly on the shoulder.
"Shall we go congratulate Aubrielle?"
Neville turned around and smiled at her.
"We shall."
The two walked over to the seeker who was already being fawned by her little sister as well the entire Ravenclaw house. She graciously accepted the compliments with a simple smile and a "thank you."
Neville waited patiently with Luna and finally their time came to see her. It was like waiting in line to see a celebrity. Aubrielle smiled as she saw the two of them walk up to her, which made Neville feel light headed. He practically shouted at the witch.
"That was bloody brilliant! How-how did you decide to do that? And get it at the perfect moment and…" Neville took a breath when he saw her chuckle. "It was just pure genius is all."
"Thank you Neville. Nothing to it really. I knew that Draco had beaten me in speed so I figured if I shot straight down at it I would build up enough momentum to snatch it. Plus I know my skills flying wise so I knew I would be able to avoid the ground with a quick jerk."
Neville seemed to be doing this a lot around the witch but he let his jaw drop a tad. She never failed to amaze him. Nielah was busy hanging on her sister's hip, her eyes full of pride. Aubrielle was gently stroking her back and smiling down at her. This was one of those moments where Neville wished he had a sibling to love like that. Of course, his friends were pretty much his brothers and sisters. He would do anything for them and he knew that they would return the favor.
One of the Ravenclaw chasers, Jeremy Stretton to be exact, called for Aubrielle, saying that Colin Creevey wanted her picture for the school's paper. The witch blushed slightly and nodded in agreement. It was obvious that she was a humble person who didn't like the limelight. She said a quick good-bye to Luna and then Neville, adding that she would see him in Herbology on Tuesday. Neville just smiled and thought about how Tuesday could not come any sooner.
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