A/N: I do not Own these Characters (Except future Children) I just get to play with them!

Chapter 9: A Birthday Celebration

The first few months at Hogwarts flew by, during the week they had different fascinating classes. Each one had their own favorite and their own Favorite teacher. Allie's Favorite was obviously her father and Herbology, there was just something so fascinating about Herbology. And Neville was never easy on his children, if they broke rules in his class he never hesitated to take points from their houses, even Gryffindor. Allie would often come help her father tend to the plants after classes and it was obvious from day on that she definitely had a talent in Herbology.

Connor loved Defense Against the Dark Arts and Professor Alaster was the coolest person he'd ever met. He especially loved when Harry Potter came for his random classes and would talk about what it meant to fight the Dark Arts. He told his father within a month that he wanted to be an Auror like Harry Potter and his own grandfather. Dinah enjoyed Charmed, though she wasn't terribly good at the subject. Her favorite teacher was definitely Professor Flitwik, she loved it when he would comment about how she was like her mother in some way or another. Brenna had serious talent when it came to transfiguration and loved the teacher, Madame Merrypott, a round, Raven-haired woman with sparkling eyes and a ready smile for every single one of her students. She was the Head of Hufflepuff house but she showed no favoritism towards them and treated all students with a motherly type of affection.

Ellie excelled at Potions. She absolutely loved in and by October could do 2nd year potions easily. Potions were taught by a newly hired professor named Dorskaff. He was one of the least liked professors in school and only showed favoritism to those students who showed a talent for Potions. Ellie fell in that Category and she was definitely one of his favorite students. He was also Head of Slytherin Houses but had no use for the students in his own house that couldn't do a simple potion. Ellie and Allie were the only two of the Quints that seemed to have a talent in Potions; Conner, Brenna, and Dinah were only average at the subject which suited them just fine.

And so the months passed and before they realized knew it, it was time to go home for the Holidays, and their birthday! January 5th was always a big day in the Longbottom home and it was always teaming with friends and family the entire day. When the day arrived Neville woke up early with Hannah and like usual they sat together and looked through the baby pictures and baby books. They had started doing it on the Quints first birthday and did it one every birthday after, it always reminded them of just how much of a miracle their children were. Then Hannah went to make everyone's favorite breakfast while Neville finished wrapping the gifts.

About 8 AM he went and knocked on Allie and Brenna's door and smiled, "Hi girls, I have a gift for each of you," he said smiling. That was another tradition, Neville gave each of the children a special gift just from him when they woke up and Hannah gave them a special gift just from her before they went to bed.

Allie had already been awake, reading while she waited, and beamed, "Hi Daddy! I'm ready," she said excitedly, sounding more like a 5 year old then someone who had just turned 12.

Neville chuckled softly and handed Allie her gift first, this was part of the tradition as well, the gifts were given in order of birth. "I saw this and thought you might like it," he said as she opened it.

Allie looked at the cover, " 'Rare plants of Brazil'? By Newton Glass…Is he new in the field Daddy?" She asked

"Yes he is, At least this is the first I heard of him. But his writing is fascinating," Neville said smiling

"Ok…Thanks Daddy," Allie said with a bright smile and opened the book and began reading as Neville walked over and handed Brenna her present.

Brenna beamed as she opened her present excitedly and Blinked in confusion when all she saw was what looked like a block of wood, "Uh, Daddy? What is this?" she asked

Neville chuckled at her confusion and hugged her, "It's a Transfiguration Block! It helps hone your Transfiguration skills. I know you like the subject so I thought you might be interested in that," he added

"Oh! That's so Cool!" Brenna said excitedly, "Thanks!" she added happily

"Ok, well I need to give more gifts, Breakfast should be done soon," he added before leaving the room. He headed to Dinah and Ellie's room next and knocked on the door. When he heard them give permission he walked in, "Ok, Present time," he said grinning and handed a sealed parchment to Dinah.

Dinah broke the seal and unrolled the parchment, " 'Dear Miss Dinah Longbottom, I am very pleased to inform you that you have been selected to join the Charms Wars Society Club'" she read outloud, her eyes widening in shock, "But Dad! They never let anyone in!" Dinah said, It took a lot to get into the CWSC, something she'd been wanting to do.

"You forget that your father has connections, it just so happens that the Lady who runs the membership is an old schoolmate of mine. She's also said she is willing to give you private lessons to help you improve your Charms skills. I know you will do very well in Charms, if you love something that much you will definitely have hidden talents," he told her smiling at how happy she looked, "Do you like it?" he asked, wanting to be sure.

Dinah threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, "I love it, Thank you Daddy," she whispered as Neville smiled and hugged her back.

Once Dinah let go of him Neville handed Ellie her gift. Ellie sat down and carefully opened the package and blinked when she saw a set of silver scales, "Daddy?" she asked in confusion, she's wanted silver scales for her potions work, since they were considered more accurate, but hadn't wanted to ask for them.

"I saw you looked at them last week," Neville admitted sheepishly, "I thought you might like to have a second set of scales in case you wanted to do extra potions work," he admitted honestly.

Ellie grinned and hugged her father tightly, "Thank you so much Daddy," she whispered, "This is the best present Ever!" she said, unable to contain the huge smile on her face.

Neville laughed and hugged her back, "Good, I want you happy on your birthday," he told her softly, glad he could make Ellie happy. Sometimes it was hard to figure out what she wanted.

A few minutes later he went to see Connor who was playing Wizards Chess against Al. "Good morning boys, did you like spending the night Al?" Neville asked

"Yeah, Thanks Mr. Longbottom," Al said grinning

Connor looked at his father, "So…is that for me," he asked hopefully as he eyed the gift in his fathers hand.

"Yes it is," Neville said chuckling as he handed the present to his son.

Connor tore open the paper and grinned, "It's a book about Mad-Eye Moody! He was the best Auror in the Entire world!" he said excitedly, "Thanks Dad," he said before opening the book and beginning to read it with Al. Neville grinned and shook his head in amusement then left.

The Day was Busy and filled with excitement. All the Weasley's and the Potter's came as well as Scorp whose Mother brought him. Astoria Malfoy explained that her daughter was sick and Draco was staying home with her. But Scorp secretly told Connor that his mom had been afraid their dad's would fight and didn't want his birthday ruined because of it. Great-Gran came too but sat on the couch most of the time. She was getting very old and didn't have the stamina that she used to have. After dinner Hannah brought out 5 individual cakes for each of the Quints and a large cake for all their guests to share. Paget started getting tired and cranky just about then so after the cake Hannah put her to bed. Everyone was there late as the festivities went on but eventually the kids started falling asleep in their pumpkin juices. It was nearly midnight when everyone finally left and all the children were in Bed. Al and Scorp were staying the night but all three boys were sound asleep in Connor's room.

Neville helped Hannah clean up and soon both of them collapsed on the couch in exhaustion, "Wow-I don't remember their birthday being quite that crazy before," he said chuckling.

"Its because they have all these new friends from school," Hannah said laughing quietly, "I swear it seemed like Half of Hogwarts flooded the place tonight," she added with a grin

"Well, I did warn you that they seem to be popular," Neville told her with a grin then yawned, "Is there anything else we need to do before going to bed," he asked, ready to fall asleep. When Hannah didn't answer he looked down and smiled, she'd fallen asleep in his arms. He closed his eyes too and was soon asleep. The day had been exhausting.