Chapter Two
Neville's POV
Neville and Luna left the cauldron shop when they heard the horrified screams and the shrieks of passer-by's, they looked up to find, as horrified as the rest, a Dark Mark hovering in the sky above them, clearly over Knockturn Alley ((at least that wasn't a surprise))
"Go look for Panda, and go back home with her!" commanded Neville as he ran in the Dark Mark's direction. He pushed through the crowd, which got thicker and thicker the closer he got, that was until he got to the front, at the front people started to open up for him, murmuring between them. He spotted Aurors surrounding what was clearly was the crime scene, and between them a familiar face.
"Neville!" screamed Harry, rushing towards him.
"What's going on?" said Neville, stretching his neck to see above of the Aurors
"There's… there's been an attack" stuttered Harry, looking worried and hurt.
Neville took a step back, shocked as soon as an Auror moved, revealing the scene, Neville's stomach sank and his heart skipped a thousand beats. That was his daughter "No…" he cried, pushing Harry out of the way. That was his daughter!
Pandora lied there in the ground, her eyes lost in a horrified expression, an expression Neville had seen before, an expression he had seen since he remembered "NO!" he screamed, holding her as Aurors interrogated people around him.
"It must have been the Cructacious Curse" said Harry kneeling beside them, but Neville knew, he knew because that was the look on his parent's face, that was the look that had made his childhood miserable, flashes of her grandmother screaming at him, of Malfoy and his gang bullying him, of Snape's merciless scowling, all flew before his eyes.
His wife came running, with George Weasley helping her push through the crowd, because they knew it was Panda there, sobbing Luna fell to her knees next to Neville.
They were joined at ST. Mungo's by Hermione, Ginny, Ron and even George, who had accompanied Luna all the way from his shop.
They sat in the waiting room, expecting a Healer to show up and give them any news about their daughter. Luna had stopped crying and was now looking at her hands, which were being held by Ginny. But Neville kept sobbing, held in a tight embrace by Hermione, who was crying even harder. "Your healer is ready to meet you" said a witch, coming at them from behind her counter, Luna stood up, but Neville stopped her, "I'll go," he said, standing up and calming down, Luna nodded and sat back down, clearly understanding her husband's motives.
"I'll do with you" said Harry, following him.
They entered the "Spell Damage" ward. A blond healer stood in front of Pandora's bed, his back aced towards him. "Excuse me, are you our Healer?" Harry asked.
"Ah yes," said the healer turning around, revealing another familiar face, it was Draco Malfoy
"No…" Neville let out at the sight of him "Not you!" he screamed, Harry placed a hand on his friend's shoulder, equally surprised.
"Neville, just-" tried Malfoy, but was immediately interrupted by Neville's anger
"Not you! Anyone but you!" he screamed, and surprisingly it was Harry who spoke
"Neville, just… hear the man out"
Neville stood still, "Look, Neville, I know we've got our differences in the past-" Neville interrupted with a scoff "Okay, yeah, I know I was… crude... in the past, but I can assure you I'm the best healer for your daughter, I've worked with patients like this before, and I can assure you, we all want the best for her" he placed a hand on Pandora's shoulder, which only made Neville's anger grow
"YOU GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER!" he screamed, launching towards him. Harry held him to prevent a bigger scene "DON'T YOU FUCKING TOUCH MY DAUGHTER, YOU DIRTY… YOU DIRTY… PUREBLOOD!" screamed Neville as Harry dragged him out of the ward.
"What's wrong?" called out Ginny as they reached the waiting room. Neville broke into sobs once more, unable to speak, embarrassed and feeling like a scrawny teenager again.
"The Healer," explained Harry, "The Healer is Malfoy", stunned looks covered everybody's faces, everybody save for Luna and Hermione, who nodded "I read about that in the papers" said Hermione "He's been quite a success with Magical-Mental illnesses"
"I've heard he's dealt with that kind of illness since he was a trainee" said Luna, her voice sounded very serious in oppose to its usual dreaminess, but Neville shook his head "I can't let him near our daughter!" he said, determined
"Looked, Neville, if he's so good…" said George, and was promptly supported by Ron, "Yeah, mate, I know Malfoy's despicable but… what's best for Panda?" Neville took a deep breathe, and looked helplessly over at his wife. "It's the best for Panda" said she, sounding very sure of herself. Neville nodded and walked back in the ward, were Malfoy waited looking around awkwardly.
"Look Neville, I was horrid to you, I know, but I've matured, I switched sides and I regret awfully who I used to be!" he rushed to say, Neville took another deep breathe, "Look" he deadpanned "I know my daughter needs you right now, but I swear Malfoy, I swear if you do anything… y-you… you say something and you're a dead man!"
Draco nodded with seriousness.
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So am I M. Night Shyamalan yet? Because plot twist! Hopped you like it, there's more chapters coming whether you ask for them or not because I've grown real dear to Panda