Disclaimer- If I owned this do you think I'd be writing fanfiction

Disclaimer- If I owned this do you think I'd be writing fanfiction?

A/N- Well I was just nosing around and noticed that there are few Harry/Neville romances out there, so I'm going to try and change that! And since we have Neville/Harry, I might as well screw everyone else over with slightly unusual pairings… So look out, this one's going to be a wild ride!

EXIT CLOSET, STAGE LEFT

Harry had been smiling all day. He'd been smiling so long his face hurt. He was going back to Hogwarts. It made the day. He looked down at his watch and smiled. Time to go. He lugged his bags out to Uncle Vernon's car, carefully placing them in the trunk. When he had Hedwig loaded he finally turned around and marched in. Uncle Vernon looked up, his large beefy hands holding the morning paper and cup of coffee.

"Alright boy, time for you to go." Harry smirked, Uncle Vernon was just as happy for Harry to leave as Harry himself was. He scratched his head and polished his glasses while Uncle Vernon looked for his car keys before finding them in his pocket. Aunt Petunia looked at Harry with distaste while Dudley moaned from hunger. The blob of fat the Dursleys claimed was their son had somehow managed to grow even on his Smelting's diet. Harry had the sneaking suspicion that Dudley was getting food from somewhere but he didn't really care that much if his cousin wanted to be fat. Although at this point fat was an understatement. Even Aunt Petunia had timidly commented that just maybe Dudley had a bit to much puppy fat although it was just puppy fat and he would definitely grow out of it.

Right, and I'll find a boyfriend at Hogwarts. Harry sighed, that had been one of the many downsides to the summer. Just an eensy teensy downside. The fact he was bi, and actually leaned towards guys more than girls… It was, unsettling to understate it. He hadn't told anyone, but he had the sinking feeling it would come up somehow. And if it did… Humans were inherently vicious and xenophobic, it was their nature, wizards would be no different, and Harry had no trouble thinking of the awful things that could happen to him.

"Come on boy, we're leaving now." Uncle Vernon barked. Harry sighed and snapped out of his reverie. It was definitely time to go. As they pulled out of Privet Drive Harry felt happier than he had in a long time. He hadn't felt this happy since Cedric's death. There, he thought it. That was something Sirius and Dumbledore had stressed, don't dwell on it, but don't bury it. After 3 months of gentle contemplation and no few tears Harry felt, more at peace.

In no time at all he reached the station. Uncle Vernon didn't even bother to help him unload, but he expected that. If Uncle Vernon had then he would have been concerned about the man. Summer was over, school was beginning. As he finally got everything out and loaded onto a cart Uncle Vernon roared out of the station. Harry sighed and smoothed Hedwig's head.

After checking discreetly around him he realized he was early. He shrugged and nonchalantly slid through the wall onto platform 9 and three quarters. Harry smiled cheerfully, the Hogwarts Express was there but very few other people were. However he did recognize someone…

"Heya Harry." Neville Longbottom greeted him. Harry nodded to him.

"So, how was your summer?" Harry politely asked.

"Oh it was alright," Neville seemed to wave it off with his hand. "Gran got an exemption from the Ministry so that she could have me practice spells at home." Harry nodded, he remembered Neville's grandmother, that woman was almost as intimidating as an angry Dumbledore could be. Neville sighed, his eyes creasing with something akin to sorrow. "I still am no good at magic." Harry patted him uncomfortably on the shoulder.

"Not everything is skill at magic Neville, your gifted with herbology and a good person, the same can't be said of many people." Neville suddenly smiled brightly at Harry. Harry felt a peculiar pang but was interrupted from it by a happy shout.

"Harry!" Ron Weasely cut over and grabbed Harry into a rough embrace thumping his back. Harry smiled and did the same. Ron leaned back his eyes sparkling.

"Wow it's great to see you again, you holding up ok?" Harry nodded; it was always nice to know that other people felt concerned for him. Ron immediately began talking about all the crazy things that had happened that summer. Neville sighed and wandered away, feeling that he shouldn't intrude on the moment. Harry noticed but was to busy listening to Ron to do anything but glance at Neville. There was that pang again…

"Oh Ron stop that!" Ginny squealed as her brother absentmindedly tickled. Ginny had, for lack of a better phrase, grown up. Harry couldn't help but notice she was wearing her hair down and had quite a figure. And as for Hermione… Harry had caught himself admiring her several times, Hermione was transforming into a beauty. But Harry had also noticed someone else's body language and knew that Hermione wasn't his to claim. And Ginny was like a little sister to him.

"Ron!" Ginny squeaked and then hexed him in a very unfortunate part of his body. Ron began to turn bright red and then whirled around to furiously itch at his crotch. Ginny smirked while Harry stifled his laughter, and how horny the site made him. Hermione sighed and whispered "Desino Pestis." Harry looked at her curiously.

"More powerful than the charm the teachers use and works only on curses, I just wanted to try it after reading about it this summer." Hermione said. Harry nodded and then asked her how she did it. Hermione smiled brightly at the chance to pass on some of her knowledge.

"Thanks 'Mione, now get back over here you little bitch." Ginny laughed and skipped out of the stall and ran down the car. Ron gave a strangled growl and ran off to catch her. Then Hermione looked pointedly at Harry.

"You better not be interested in him Harry because he is mine!" Hermione said firmly. Harry realized he had been watching Ron's ass as he jogged out of the car. He turned and smirked to her.

"What about dear "Vicky" don't you love him anymore?" Harry batted his eyes playfully at Hermione who smiled wickedly.

"Not particularly, especially since he wants in someone else's pants." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively making Harry choke. Hermione had done, insinuated- something naughty! It was like a pillar in Harry's world had been ripped asunder. Hermione frowned then.

"How uptight do you think I am? I mean seriously, I do let my hair down sometimes." She said this very similar to the way Professor McGonagall had last year when talking about the Ball. She blinked a lot and tugged on her hair and overemphasized every movement. Harry laughed, where had this side of Hermione been all this time?

"Hermione, is that still you? What have you done with 'Mione and who are you?" Harry was peering into her eyes and she giggled.

"Well you're not the only one that had an epiphany this summer." He looked at her. "A life changing moment of realization that greatly affects the said character." Harry rolled his eyes. "Anyway Mr. Potter, I realized just how uptight I was and how much fun it is to hit Draco Malfoy, so this year I resolve to be more outgoing and to hit Draco Malfoy more often!" She raised a fist and shook it. "At least until our OWL's, in which case we will have to study, study and study some more."

"Dear sweet lord of Mike who are you?" Harry finally said and then they both collapse laughing. Neville poked his head in.

"Uhm, excuse me have either of you seen Trevor?" Hermione smiled and Harry rolled his eyes while giving Neville a playful nudge on the shoulder.

"Accio Trevor." Harry said and suddenly a small toad came sailing out from the back of the car. When he handed Trevor to Neville his hand touched Neville's and Neville blushed. Harry didn't notice, he was thinking that he was damn glad he had Hedwig instead of a toad. But Hermione did, and her mind began to race. Like many girls, she liked coping with love lives that weren't hers, and this one would need a lot of help… And Hermione had always liked a challenge…

A/N- Ok, now, do you guys want shorter or longer chapters? Longer obviously take longer and shorter don't. And while Harry/Neville is obviously spoken for, no other pairing is. I don't dislike any pairing (except for teachers with students, this does exclude Severus Snape and Remus Lupin.) so I wanna hear what you guys want. So review and control the story to some small extent!