Rating:
R
House:
Schnoogle
Characters:
Hermione Granger Neville Longbottom
Genres:
Drama Angst
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire Order of the Phoenix
Stats:
Published: 09/13/2003
Updated: 01/25/2004
Words: 8,056
Chapters: 2
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By What Measure the Strong?

A Literate Engineer

Story Summary:
It was prophesied that Lord Voldemort would mark as his equal one of 2 boys. The chosen one, Harry Potter, saved the world and gained fame, glory, and a snazzy scar. The other was Neville Longbottom, who nearly became a Squib. Racked by self-doubt and belittled by the world his whole life, he has lived in the wings until now, unacknowledged understudy to the Perfect Hero. But the fifth year at Hogwarts has ended, and he has learned faith in himself. Now it is his Sixth Year. It is his time for glory, his time for love, his time to remind the world that most feared Dark Wizard ever has not one but two equals. If the future holds a Chocolate Frog card that says "Neville Longbottom", the time has come for him to start writing it.

It was prophesied that Lord Voldemort would mark as his equal one of 2 boys. The chosen one, Harry Potter, saved the world and gained fame, glory, and a snazzy scar. The other was Neville Longbottom, who nearly became a Squib. Racked by self-doubt and belittled by the world his whole life, he has lived in the wings until now, unacknowledged understudy to the Perfect Hero. But the fifth year at Hogwarts has ended, and he has learned faith in himself. Now it is his Sixth Year. It is his time for glory, his time for love, his time to remind the world that most feared Dark Wizard ever has not one but two equals. If the future holds a Chocolate Frog card that says "Neville Longbottom", the time has come for him to start writing it.

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Chapter 01
01/25/2004

Neville Longbottom, the Boy Who Could Have Been The Boy Who Lived. As it is, he’s just some Boy, or perhaps The Boy Who Wasn’t A Squib, or The Boy Who Broke His Wand, or maybe just The Boy Who Lives With His Grandmother And Hates Draco Malfoy. As things stand, it’s the summer after his fifth year at Hogwarts, and he has begun to grow and mature. He must cease to be Neville Longbottom, The Boy, and become Neville Longbottom, The Man.

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