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!