NPOV

As we walked I could feel the air getting colder and I knew something wasn't right. It actually seemed like we had been walking for ages through the graveyard and I could have sworn we had been past this place before.

"Cathy?"

She halted and turned to me. "Neville?

"Where are we?"

She rolled her eyes. "Where does it look like we are genius?" When she said this I could Hear the words drenched with sarcasm, I looked at her stunned. She had never spoken to me like that before.

"I was…just..."

"You know what Neville. You are actually pathetic."

I felt a stab in my stomach.

"You really think I would take you back? I mean...come on Longbottom. Look at you. You're so…weak. And useless. I feel sorry for your parents, Great wizards like them having such a pathetic excuse for a son."

Every word cut into my like a knife "You don't mean that." I whispered. What the hell was going on?

She raised an eyebrow and an evil grin spread across her face. Her eyes were wide and she wasn't even starting to look like herself.

"Don't I? What will it take for you to understand Neville? I don't want you. No one does."

"Shut up." I said angrily.

"Aw Longbottom getting all tough now? That's so cute."

"SHUT UP!"

She was now laughing at manically at me. Why did I recognize that laugh?

I took a few steps backwards and ending up tripping over a broken headstone falling flat on my back. I laid there not even attempting to stand up and she walked over standing over me.

"Why don't you go back to your little herbology lab and play with some plants, seeing as you're so terrified of actual human contact. I practically threw myself at you and you turned me down. What kind of man are you?"

I was shaking now and practically fighting for breath. Why was this happening?

She kneeled down next to me and stroked the hair from my eyes in her usual Cathy like manor, but I knew this wasn't her.

"What will it take for you to see Neville? You're Weak. So...Very...Weak."

My eyes snapped open and I shot straight up panting heavily, covered in sweat. I looked around my room and my eyes shot straight to my calendar. July 31st.

How could all of that been a dream. That was probably one of the worst things I had ever experienced. I pulled the picture of Cathy off my wall and studied it closely trying to get the image of how she looked in my dream out of head. That wasn't Cathy. But it sounded just like her.

In my dream I had started out so fearless. Going there like that, refusing to back down. It wasn't me. The end of the dream was me, Weak. Whenever I was with Cathy i never felt like that, so her saying all those things in my dream just hurt even more. Why was I taking all this to heart? It had felt so real but it was just a dream.

Just a really, horrible, dream.

CPOV

Today was Neville's Birthday.

I sat on my bed starring at the card I bought him. I hadn't actually spoken to him since that day on the train. He had sent a few letters but I never replied. Just read them a thousand times over. I screwed the card up throwing it into my wastepaper basket and collapsed back on my bed. This actually sucked. I could feel myself getting more and more depressed. Worse thing was school was compulsory now so I had to go back. This actually really sucked.

I also kept having the same dream, me finding my dad. It kept replaying itself in my head, only this time when I pushed the door open it wasn't my dad. It was Neville. My aunt. Sometimes it was even my cousins kids. Lying there, starring at me with dead eyes. I was actually terrified to sleep. I didn't tell my aunt about it.

A couple of days went by and it was the day before my 17th birthday. I was sat at the table eating my cereal when I realised. My aunt wasn't there.

As I finished my cereal the fire place lit up and she walked through, her eyes red not looking like she had slept a wink. I leapt from the table and run over.

"Aunt Joan are you ok? Where have you been?"

She sat down and pulled a tissue out of her pocket blowing her nose.

"Your cousin was hurt last night. I was at Mungo's." she said weakly.

"Why didn't you wake me?"

She shook her head. "You looked so peaceful. I didn't want to disturb you."

I knelt down in front of her and placed my hands on her knees. "I wouldn't of cared. Is…is jack ok?"

She nodded slightly.

"Well what happened? I asked."

"Death Eaters. Blood Death Eaters. Tortured him because…Because he stood up for some Half Blood wizards working at the ministry."

Fucking Death eaters.

"I need to go. Help Leah...while he's in there" She added.

Leah was my Cousins Wife. A Muggle.

"But this means I can't look after you. There half blood Cathy. His kids. The eldest was meant to start Hogwarts this year."

"I know."

"So...you'll need to go somewhere...I can't…do all this."

I stood up and wrapped my arms around her. "It's ok. I can go somewhere else... you need to look after Leah. She can't protect them like you can."

She cleared her throat.

"How about Mrs. Longbottoms. I wrote to her last night and she said it was ok."

I was absolutely stunned. Not that she had wrote to her but more then fact Mrs Longbottom had agreed.

"I know...this isn't ideal. But I need to know you're going to be in a safe place. And I'm not leaving you with strangers. Augusta will look after you and so will Neville. I need to keep you safe."

"Whatever you think is best, I guess."

She stood up and placed her hands on my shoulders.

"Who knows what could happen...how long you have with the people you love and care for. My Jack could of…and if I had known George..."

Tears started to roll down her cheeks and her sobs became increasingly louder. I hated seeing her like this. When my dad died she was so strong for me. I guess she was finally letting it all out; it was too much for her.

If I had known I wouldn't of had that much time with my dad I would of spent more time with him. Maybe I should have spent as much time with Neville as I could of instead of pushing him away, trying to protect him because I couldn't protect my dad.

"You really think I should get back with Neville don't you."

"Of course I do. You're being so silly over this."

I nodded in agreement. "It will be ok; as long as Leah has you as a mother in law she'll be ok. So will the girls. I just wish I could be of help."

"Keep yourself safe. That's all I want."

She hugged into my harder and I held on back. "Write to me. Let me know how it's going. Ok? How jack is."

My aunt nodded tears in her eyes "it will be ok." She tried to reassure me.

I wasn't so sure

Yet again. I love you all x