Lily's Son
Chapter 14
"They that's you're stuff here already" said Draco handing over the items to Harry and Hermione. They had just ordered them four hours ago at breakfast and had just finished Charms and Herbology.
"I'm not opening them, my hands are a mess" said Harry looking at his hands they were muddy still from Herbology.
"That's true" said Hermione.
"Let's eat quickly then and get to the room" grinned Neville, his Gran had also already replied. His owl had come during Herbology much to his embarrassment. He had taken the parcel without his teacher knowing and hid it under the desk. Thankfully no one told on him, not that he would have gotten into a lot of trouble. It was only a package after all.
"Yeah we might be able to stay there an hour! We are in the dungeons after lunch anyway" grinned Hermione.
"Speak for yourself I've got Transfiguration with the Gryffindor's" said Neville.
Sometimes they forgot Neville was in Huffelpuff and not in all of the classes with them. He didn't seem to mind telling them what he had so it was all good. Potions were with Ravenclaw's and Slytherin's.
It was either Hermione or Neville in their classes as they were mixed.
"It's a pity the classes weren't mixed" said Hermione.
"I know then we would be in all our classes together" said Neville.
"The classrooms are too small though" sighed Harry sadly.
"True" nodded Draco.
"I'm finished when you are" said Hermione pushing her plate away slightly.
"I'm full" agreed Draco and Harry together.
"Let's go" grinned Neville he wanted to see what kind of progress Dobby had made with the room.
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"WOW" gasped Hermione upon entering the room.
"Good job Dobby" said Harry wide eyed.
"Thank you Master Potter" grinned Dobby looking extremely pleased with his work.
"It's Harry not Master Potter please" said Harry feeling very uncomfortable.
Dobby looked like he was ready to burst into tears; as good as he was treated at Malfoy manor he had never been treated as an equal before. Draco looked uncomfortable before he said he wanted Dobby to use his given name too, the others chipped in.
"The fridge is stocked!" smirked Neville looking in the fridge in awe.
"Brilliant!" smirked Draco taking out four bottles of Pumpkin juice and handing them out.
"Where did this come from?" asked Harry.
"From my mum those are her cookies she's a great cook" grinned Draco holding the platter of cookies for them to try one.
"Mmm you're right they are delicious" moaned Hermione eating it.
"Yep" grinned Neville.
"I'm washing my hands first" said Harry. Which he did, then he ate the cookie and agreed with everyone else's assessment, Narcissa Malfoy did indeed make the best cookies he had ever tasted.
"This poster is smart!" grinned Hermione putting her posters up and also had her swan shelf's put up for her own books.
"Mine as well" grinned Harry. The room was full of them, no sight of anything else up on the walls.
"I have something to give to you Harry I can't wait till Christmas to give you them" said Neville they were his by right I mean they were pictures of his parents for goodness sakes.
"My parents!" gasped Harry wide eyed, he could see immediately that he looked like his mother and bits of his father. Smiling gratefully he pinned them to the wall beside his dragon shelf that expanded when his shelf got too full much to Harry's surprise.
"You didn't know what they looked like?" asked Draco wide eyed.
"No I've never seen them before" said Harry softly putting the pictures up and leaving some in the photo album which he put in his bag. He wasn't leaving it anywhere just in case anything happened to this room. Everything else he could let go but if he lost all the pictures he had just received it would devastate him.
"It's time to go already" gasped Hermione, where had the time gone? Shaking in disbelief she sighed grabbed her bag and left with the others, Neville had to go up to Transfiguration on his own. Draco, Harry and Hermione all assured him they would see him at dinner time Neville didn't have another class with any of them before then. He had flying lessons with the Gryffindor's after Transfiguration.
"Enter!" boomed Severus as soon as the bell went.
Hermione, Harry and Draco entered and shared a bench together, Hermione got paired with Harry and Draco with a girl called Pansy Parkinson. He groaned and moaned about it but eventually went over, whispering it was a pity no one could work in threes.
As usual Harry, Hermione and most of everyone in that class got their potions correct without the Gryffindor's everything went more smoothly. Once the potion was done they were told to bottle them up and take only one and put it in their potions collection the perfect ones would once again go to the Hospital wing to save Severus time.
It wasn't very often that happened though.
As they were going to dinner after hours of school, they were shocked to hear that Neville was in the hospital wing. Abandoning the thought of dinner they made their way to the Hospital wing wanting to make sure their friend was alright.
"Nev!" gasped Hermione in dismay seeing her friends arm bandaged up.
"Hey guys I guess you heard" said Neville blushing bright red.
"Only that you were in here what happened?" demanded Draco.
"I'm no good on a broom, I kind of…lost control of it and went flying I dropped my rememberall as well Ronald Weasley has it" sighed Neville.
"That sucks Neville" said Harry.
"You fell of you're broom? So it's dangerous to ride a broom?" asked Hermione looking very nervous about the prospect of even going near a broom now.
"Not if you listen to the teacher and stop being nervous we won't get you get hurt anyway so don't worry" said Draco.
"I've never been on one either so we will both have to watch ourselves" said Harry softly.
"Yeah" said Hermione feeling a little better.
"That's you're writing hand what are you going to do for six months?" wondered Harry, Hermione nodded her head she was wondering that too.
Draco and Neville laughed.
Hermione and Harry frowned they didn't like being laughed at, that stopped the laughing and they quickly explained.
"There's something called Skele-Grow here that heals you within twenty four hours depending on how bad the break is" explained Draco.
"Yeah and it's disgusting and you need to drink it" said Neville.
"You've had it already so you should be ok for tomorrow?" asked Hermione.
"No not yet I'm…well accident prone" admitted Neville.
"I'm glad you're ok Neville" smiled Hermione.
"Thanks guys" said Neville beaming brightly at his first friends ever.
"Mr. Longbottom here is you're potion, along with something to eat and a stomach sealing potion you must take before you begin eating oh I see you have friends well I'm going to have to ask them to leave so you can get some rest!" insisted the Medi Witch.
"Is it ok if we come and see him in an hour?" asked Hermione softly.
"It's best to wait until the morning dear this potion isn't very pleasant you cannot take a painkiller until its done its job" explained the Medi Witch kindly.
"Oh ok then I guess I'll come down and see you first thing in the morning then Neville" said Hermione softly.
"No sneaking down Mr. Potter" said Poppy narrowing her eyes on the eleven year old.
Harry frowned, what made her accuse him of going to sneak down? Why would he want to see his friend in pain? Because by the sound of the way she was talking he was going to be. Still staring at the Witch in confusion he saw her look a little guilty and flushed. She kept forgetting that Harry didn't know his father, so she shouldn't be judging Harry on how his father was.
"I wouldn't do that ma'am" said Harry wide eyed.
"Of course not, I apologize Mr. Potter" smiled Poppy softly.
"It's ok I guess" sighed Harry wondering if he would have to put up with this happening each time he visited Neville.
"Goodnight children" said Poppy showing them the door and spelling it so they couldn't get back in. Neville was in her care and he needed rest and sleep especially when he drank that potion, it would feel like pins and needles only one hundred times worse.
A chorus of goodnights met Poppy and Neville's ears.
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"I hope he's going to be alright" sighed Harry.
"It's Neville he's made of stronger stuff than we all think" said Hermione.
"I hope so if Ron doesn't quit taunting Neville I'm going to kill the ginger headed weasel" glared Harry.
"And I'll join you!" sneered Draco.
"So what are we doing tonight?" asked Hermione.
"I'm going to do my homework in the room you coming?" asked Harry to both of them.
"Yeah" said Hermione.
That's how they spent the rest of their night, cosy in their own secret room getting to know each other better. Hermione telling Draco about very useful and destructive Muggle inventions, and Draco telling them more about Wizard traditions.
"Why don't they tell us this stuff in Muggle studies?" asked Draco.
"Why don't they have Wizard studies?" asked Harry.
"Don't know" said Hermione her answer for both questions.
"I'll give you some books if you do the same" said Draco.
"Deal" grinned Hermione she loved absorbing all pieces of information about the Wizarding world.
They then spent the rest of the night telling each other about every single piece of accidental magic they had ever performed. They got loads of laughs out of that, although Hermione was curious about the fact she had never gotten a visit from the Auror's when Draco explained that's what should have happened. The letter had been the first indication that she knew what she was for the first time - a Witch.
There we go! will Ron get a beating of a life time the Muggle way for hurting Neville again? or will Neville do it himself? finally showing his true colours? that hes made of sterner stuff than anyone other than his three best friends know? will neville be as powerful as his friends? will i have them become animagus' or has it been done to death? R&R please! as you can see I have my muse back woohooo! lol