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Neville "Romeo" Longbottom
Chapter 2 - Brothers.
'Now guys, come on now. Calm down!' Azrael yelled.
'Don't you dare touch him!' Ginny yelled.
'Ron please' Hermoine said.
Azrael, Harry, Hermoine, and Ginny stood between Neville Longbottom and the Weasley boys. The rest of the students had cleared out of the way of the charging red heads. It was obvious Ron, Fred and George agreed for once on one thing. They were all going to rip Neville Longbottom limb from limb.
'Neville, I suggest you get out of here for a while,' Harry yelled at Neville, 'Dean help him!'
Dean managed to get Neville to the entrance and outside while the others held the Weasley boys in the common room. With the removal of their immediate object of violence, the three boys rounded on their sister Ginny.
'Ginny, how could you?' Ron snapped.
'It's none of your business Ron! And don't you dare hurt Neville. He didn't do anything wrong.' Ginny said sternly nose to nose with Ron.
'No one touches our sister and gets away with it.' George bellowed. His brother Fred nodding angrily in agreement.
'All three of you' Ginny yelled, now as angry as her brothers, 'upstairs now to my room'.
Ginny, Ron, Fred and George stormed up the stairs and soon the hole of Griffindor tower shook with the yelling coming from upstairs.
The portrait hole opened and Professor McGonagal came into the common room. 'What on earth is going on?'
'Its all my fault, Professor.' Azrael told her.
'Perhaps I could have a word with you Professor?' Hermoine said and leading Professor McGonagal aside began telling her about the revelation that had just occurred. Professor McGonagal nodded her thanks to Hermoine and then proceeded upstairs. The last thing yelled was in Professors McGonagal's voice. Silence descended.
It was a long time before Professor McGonagal came back down to the common room followed by four red headed, red faced Weasleys. All of them were looking very angry but they were not saying anything.
It was a tense evening in the common room that night. None of the Weasleys were speaking to each other but their looks could kill. Everyone else knew to keep well clear of them. Neville never returned that night; he spent the night in the hospital wing.
The night passed quietly enough but the start of the school week in the morning promised more to come.