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Ginny Weasley’s Diary - intrigue, mystery, danger? Heck NO! More like missed curfews, catty comments and disastrous parties. This ‘just for fun’ writing exercise is plotless, lighthearted and amusing. Join Ginny ‘Ginger Spice’ Weasley as she gives in to teen revelry, the occasional whinge fest, a jot of angst and a rubber chicken’s worth of silliness. Her 3rd year Hogwarts diary has no end; each chapter is a stand-alone. So need a quick laugh? Come check up Ginny’s latest entry. Features Ginny’s best mates, Blaise ‘Imaguy’ Zabini, Terry Boot and Neville Longbottom. Occasional drop-in visitors include Harry, Ron, Fred (boo!) and George (huzzah!), Hermione and everyone’s favorite rotten bloke, Malfoy.

A thousand years into the future, and half the galaxy away, a bereaved young woman stalks through a high society cocktail party and thinks bitterly: "anywhere but here". Meanwhile, in the most desperate days of the Voldermort conflict, the Dark Lord has unleashed a deadly plague upon the wizarding world. A potion to cure it does exist, but can only be made with a certain plant. Which exists on one mountain in Scotland. A very well defended mountain... Worlds are about to collide.

When Harry returns to the Dursleys after his fifth year, he discovers that his aunt and uncle are having financial troubles. Sirius, who is disgusted with the way Harry is being treated, makes a proposition: he will pay all of the Dursleys expenses if they will stay at the Potter Manor during Harry's summer breaks so that Sirius can give Harry the support he needs. This fic features the Trio, Moony, Padfoot, Ginny, Fred, George, Neville, Cho, and many more.

At Ginny's sixteenth birthday party, she asks Harry for a present he hadn't planned on giving her. (Warning: HBP Spoilers)

London, early 21st century. The war is won. Voldemort is dead. But the scars still remain.``In a world increasingly unfavorable to pure-bloods and suspected death-eater sympathizers, a series of murders in London brings the best aurors to investigate. And during the investigation, the auror Harry Potter runs into a suspect, one Narcissa Malfoy, and begins something that neither of them ever dreamed possible. Meanwhile, Harry's partner Neville Longbottom meets his new neighbor. Who also happens to be an old friend from his school days - Cho Chang.``Harry/Narcissa, Neville/Cho.

Harry James Potter comes back from Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft after his abysmal fifth year, as Albus Dumbledore had asked him to do. There, he mourns about the loss of his godfather, Sirius, but someone he did not expect to see will help him... HPxGW, RWxHG

Third in the Lily's Charm series. As he makes the choices that define his life, Harry learns exactly what it means to be Severus' son.

Once upon a time, there was a prophecy. However, the Boy Who Lived is no longer the boy destined to defeat Voldemort -- or be defeated by him.

Harry is back in Privet Drive just a few days after the happenings in the DoM and he is struggling to cope with his loss and the immense burden placed on him. He suddenly finds it very hard to go on - To find a reason to live. Will his task break his spirit? After all he is just a sixteen year old... He knows that he must fight. Knows that he has to win at all costs. But he knows that if he even is to have a slim chance of defeating Voldemort he will need to make some hard decisions. Decisions that would hurt him and those close to him. But will Harry be able to take the hard road back when he finally realizes that his decisions only made him weaker? That they took away his only reason to live. His only reason to fight.

Sequel to Free Will and Fate. Harry and Neville share the harsh reality of being the Boy Who Lived, Hogwarts politics and experience the uncertainty of relationships in the face of pending death.

Picks up after Goblet of Fire. Harry is back with the Dursley s for the summer when he meets Iris, a Muggle girl that has moved onto Privet Drive. Upon Harry's return to Hogwarts, strange things begin to occur. Misfortune befalls certain students. Honest accidents, or possibly a sinister plot targeting students? Neville has a plant to help him with his memory problems, but at what cost? Hogwarts students are forced to return home for the Christmas Holiday and Harry must try to survive his two-week stay back at number four Privet Drive. Pranks, romance, Quidditch, angst, suspense, action and the Dark Lord, himself appear in this exciting tale of another year in the life of The-Boy-Who-Lived.

Neville Longbottom, fresh from Hogwarts, has no idea what to do with life. Mrs. Weasley, bored of her own mundane life as a mother and wife decides to seduce the innocent boy. Can Neville resist her, or will he fall for her like a moth to a flame?

One morning, Harry Potter wakes up in a different world. His parents are alive, and Neville now bears the lightning bolt shaped scar. Things are different and Harry finds that he's starting to like that the weight of the world is no longer on his shoulders. Unfortunately, Neville may not be able to bear that weight, and Harry has to make the decision about whether or not to allow an unprepared Neville to face the Dark Lord and complete the Prophecy, or if he should accept the responsibility again and finish what he set out to do.

Continues on from Guild of the Night and Crystalline Darkness. Voldemort is dead, along with Draco and Harry has his future more or less sorted out. His NEWTs, a Tyro and Ginny seem to be more than enough to handle. But Bellatrix and Pansy are still out there, looking for revenge.

Neville has finally stopped the second war of Voldemort, but as the Wizarding World starts to rebuild, the survivors must deal with the fall out of war. Life is tough for a hero who never wanted to be. Between his boyfriend turning on him, his best friend being a temperamental dark``wizard and his comrades going insane, Neville must deal with life as it is, and life as it will be. And with a new Dark Lord rising, life only looks like it's getting more hellish.

*HP/DM SLASH!* This saucy, romantic comedy involves an angsty, suicidal Harry whose love life gets completely revamped by a sex-crazed, manipulative red head. Will Ginny mastermind Harry’s seduction of his one true ferret? Does she have her own agenda? Hmm, let’s think....

Neville Longbottom has never been one to stand up for himself or stand out. Going into his sixth year at Hogwarts, will events in the Department of Mysteries last spring give Neville the courage to come into his own? What about the girl he's had his eye on for over a year? And why does he keep running into Luna Lovegood? HBP from Neville's point of view.

Harry Potter/Stargate SG-1 crossover. Wizards and Goa'uld can be a dangerous combination.

Harry learns that he is a wizard long before anyone intended. Without anyone teaching him, he does not know what should be impossible. He breaks the rules of magic with help from his bushy-haired friend. AU from age 7 through 7th year. Eventual Harry/Ginny/Luna soul bond, and a sibling bond with Hermione.

Hogwarts has changed. Severus Snape is Headmaster, Dark Arts is on the curriculum, and the shadow of Voldemort’s reign of terror hangs heavily over the remaining students. Faced with a choice between hope and despair, three students determine to fight back against the new regime. Neville, Ginny and Luna rally the remainder of Dumbledore’s Army and form a resistance movement. But the stakes are high and they must fight not only the administration but their own demons as they struggle to survive in a cruel new Hogwarts. This is ‘Deathly Hallows’ from the perspective of those Harry left behind, who never lost their faith that one day he would return, and prepared to fight alongside him for the very future of their world. COMPLETE

Hampered by bureaucratic red tape and a distinct lack of clues, Harry is nearly twenty one and is scarcely any further along with the Horcrux search than he was three years earlier. Only now - as Harry and Ron are taken firmly under the wing of the Auror Department, Hermione returns to London after two years of further study, and Ginny begins working for the deeply mysterious Cryptology Bureau - do the pieces start falling into place. Sinister affairs at Charlie's Romanian dragon camp spark a series of events which opens up a world of intrigue and begins a perilous quest that will take the quartet all over the globe. Exotic locations, dungeons, dragons, Unforgivable Curses, old friends (and foes!), and the essential ingredient, romance!

A new year at Hogwarts, and Luna still doesn't really feel at home in her House. After Dumbledore's speech she gets an idea how to improve inter-house relationships and get out of Ravenclaw at the same time... Will it work?

The Gryffindor dorm is abuzz with laughter and gossip after curfew as the boys cover for their friends' hot date. The talk turns to sex, and Harry gives away a little too much information. ``"Oh. I've been around," Harry said evasively. Everyone turned towards him. If he was going out with anyone it was news to them. But it would be just like Harry to keep it a secret.

It's the summer after Seventh Year. Five friends. One summer house. A weekend getaway without parents or rules. Leave your significant others at the door and watch as the wackiness ensues...

Ten years after Hogwarts everyone has scattered to continue with their own lives in peace, but not everyone had a happy ending.  Ron is one of a few who knows one of their circle didn’t die as the history books recorded; she was living in shamed exile.  He and Hermione must join forces again to battle dark wizards and pick up the pieces of their friendship with the help of an old enemy.

Written in honor of the H.M.S. Sixpack. In fourteen related vignettes, Harry begins to look at his five closest friends in a different light. Sixpack pairing: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Hermione, Neville/Hermione, Ron/Harry, Ron/Neville, Ginny/Hermione, Ginny/Harry, Ginny/Neville, Luna/Neville... you get the picture.

Severus Snape's survival skills are put to the ultimate test when Longbottom's class have to make corosion potions...

When anger leads to one reckless night with a familiar person, Ginny realizes she is in over her head.

Lily and James Potter had a daughter instead of a son. When they died, Dumbledore left the baby, Bethany Lily, at the Dursleys'. However, Vernon did not want a freak in his home and Petunia didn't really want to have anything to do with her sister's child. Beth was left on the steps of an apartment bulding. In the morning, the residents discovered the baby and wondered what to do. One of the tenants happened to be a single witch named Natalia Harper and recognized Bethany. She decided to adopt the child and Bethany grew up as Bethany Lily Potter-Harper. Eventually, Beth attends Hogwarts with her best friend and makes four other friends. I have also put this fic on fanfiction.net

The boys from Ron's dorm decide that it's another time for their "Truth Or Dare Game". There will be romance in the near future. Just a fun, kinda short fic, that so far does not have much plot. lol, have fun!

Sequel to Archenemy: Malfoys don't discuss feelings, least of all love.

Losing one's virginity isn't as easy as it sounds. Just go ask Hannah.

Take one failed actress, her super-genius cousin, two very different wizards and a miracle cure. What do you get? Trouble - that's what.

Glimpses of our heroes at the end of the battles and beyond, as they face what's lost and what's to come. Post-Deathly Hallows; spoilers abound.

Neville didn't get to go to the Yule Ball with Hermione because of Viktor Krum. Harry is now interested in Hermione, but she doesn't want to have to choose between him and Ron. Harry wishes that Neville could be her boyfriend, so one of them might be happy. Little does he realise what will come of this wish.... (Overt H/Hr, hinted R/Hr, overt N/Hr.)

What happens when Bellatrix Lestrange's strange niece comes to Hogwarts and is not exactly a hit with the students? And what IS she hiding behind the persona that she presents to them everyday? All secrets will be revealed and some will be stickier than others...

Luna and Neville don't see each other much during the day, so they use Post-It notes to talk to each other. What if Neville decides to act on impulse and write a note that could change both their lives?

Woobies of Destiny: Harry/Neville FQF, wave 2 #110. Harry doesn't know about wizard pregnancy possibilities and laws until it's much too late. Neville helps him.

Middle Earth has a problem: Gandalf the Grey is AWOL in Time and Space after destroying the Balrog of Khazad-dum. But who will take his place in the Quest to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron? Not who you think... HP/LOTR Crossover. Wildly AU! UK English.

Harry is bothered by strange erotic dreams in his sixth year at Hogwarts. What do these dreams mean? And what exactly is up with Neville and Greenhouse number eight?

After a horrible threat from Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley spills 6 Shrinking Potions above Snape's head, and now she has to face the consequences of her clumsiness, which involves a sponge, Malfoy and the Slytherin Quidditch team.

Set during the Triwizard Tournament, Neville finds out he's in love with his nemesis, Professor Snape! What can a boy do? Should he act on his feelings or keep them hidden? And what exactly is Professor Moody trying to tell Neville?

The sequel to the AT-housed

A possible ending for Book Seven and the Epilogue.

Actually, Harry did enter the sealed room in the Department of Mysteries at the end of his fifth year.

Will you marry me? It’s a simple enough sentence right? But for the eight Gryffindors in Harry’s year, each has different experiences with the phrase. They range from R/Hr’s casual proposal, in which they might have easily have been talking about a shopping list, to Pavati having to turn down a very public proposal.

In the midst of war, two men come together finding support and love despite the horrors around them. One is quietly fulfilling part of a prophecy, the other is giving him the strength to do so. Neville Longbottom has never known anyone like Charlie Weasley. (NL/CW)

Ever wonder what would have happend if it were Neville instead of Harry who was marked by Voldemort? In this AU fic, James and Lily Potter are still alive, Ron and Harry are still best friends, and a whole new generation of Marauders run amok. Set in their sixth year at Hogwarts. Rated R for violence, language, sex and other goodies.

He’s fought Death Eaters, Fenrir Greyback and more importantly, his self-doubt. When Defense Against the Dark Arts is removed from the curriculum to be revamped, and the trio gone from Hogwarts, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood decide it’s time to bring back the DA

At a dinner-party to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the DA, Harry and Ginny consider what might have happened if they had chosen different paths--and different partners.

Neville the hero...Neville in love...Neville Sacrifices.

Harry has graduated from Hogwarts, and Voldemort hasn't been seen since. One year later, as Harry struggles to complete his first year of Auror training, he has a vision of a friend in trouble. What does it mean? And more importantly, where will it lead him? Every decision he makes will take him closer to the truth, with suprising confrontations along the way, and a shocking betrayal. Written as a screenplay. H/G, R/Hr, N/L

Emily Williams is Swedish, basketball playing, sarcastic, and oh yes, magical. Sure, Emily knew that the Harry Potter books were realistic, but REAL? Boy, was she in for a huge surprise. When her family moves to England she just happens *coughRoncough* to fall through the barrier and to platform 9 3/4. She leaves for Hogwarts and meets all the usual characters, including some new ones, like the special Helen Shipley. Observe: No Mary-Sue-ing here! ;-)

During the reign of Snape and the Carrows, Dumbledore's Army becomes a true resistance movement under the most unlikely of leaders.

Neville Longbottom enjoys his quiet life with his Herbology research and a few good friends. He really doesn’t have room in his life for a houseguest, and he certainly doesn’t have time to be a suspect in a murder investigation. This story takes place six years after the end of “A Cord of Three Strands.” It is not necessary to have read the other story, but it would be helpful. This story was written before Half-Blood Prince, and therefore is only consistent with canon through Book Five. Rated R for adult situations.

A series of short vignettes featuring some of our favorite (and not so favorite) minor characters.

In the first hour after Voldemort's defeat, Remus Lupin is hit with a Memory Charm that goes wrong. His friends wait to see if he will recover.

Trying desperately to get back to Hogwarts before they are missed, Harry and his friends take a ‘shortcut’ through a boggy swamp and encounter much more than a few croaking toads.

When someone mysteriously deposits a baby on a doorstep, it's always strange. But it's even stranger when that doorstep belongs to four male bachelors--and even stranger when the drop-off was intentional. The four men bond with their little lady, but when her mother shows up, what will happen to the family they've forged?

Darkness has fallen on the planet and Lord Voldemort rules all. Muggles have been placed in stasis, where they sleep until roused to be slaves of the magic kind. Wizards and witches who defy the dark lord are either cut down where they stand or worse, placed in eternal prison called A.H., a school that used to be known as Hogwarts-- now Voldemort’s fabricated ‘artificial hell’. Harry Potter and all who fought along side him are trapped inside A.H. fighting day after day just to stay alive and reach their final destination; the outside world. But when they finally reach the outside they find it in ruins, albeit orderly ones. And once again Harry Potter will fight against the dark lord, but will he actually prevail this time?

Ginny finds herself being drawn into a hidden battle of the war that she never knew existed with an unlikely partner whose true intentions are unclear; Hermione and Ron struggle to keep Harry from drowning in emotional isolation, redefining their own friendship in the process. Neville reveals himself to be a force more powerful than anyone suspected with the help of Snape, who gets ambushed by the demons in his past when someone long thought dead shows up as the new DADA professor. Lavender discovers a horrifying bent to her magical abilities and is torn between two terrible choices. They all walk along their chosen path, stumbling in the darkness until a blow is struck that will leave them shattered... but suddenly able to see the light.

Harry attends Ginny Weasley's wedding and ruminates on life Post-Hogwarts without Ron.

Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas and Neville Longbottom resolve to find out what is up with Harry and Ron...and Hermione. Sequel to Gryffindor Girls. H/R/Hr.

Harry Potter, now a 26-year-old Unspeakable, comes face to face with a bit of his past he did his best to run away from: Draco Malfoy. He finally learns a few truths about the both himself and the world around him. Contains both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

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.

Rose and Harry have been spending the summer at the Dursleys', and Rose insists on having a birthday party for the pair of them. The next morning they go to the European Summer Quidditch Academy again, and this time Rose's "cousin," Orion Black, is joining them, as well as a girl by the name of Malfoy-Pettigrew. Back at Hogwarts, there's another transfer... Aishaly Spe'orn. Despite being Sorted into Slytherin, Isha seems to be determined to win Harry's affections, and will go to any lengths to catch her prize. Can the new redhead on the scene distract Harry from the girl he loves...the girl he won't let himself near? Can Isha be trusted? Only one thing is sure: once more, all is not as it seems...

Or, Traditional Wizarding Holidays. Being a Fanfic of most Wonderous and Strange kind; in which may be Found a Tale of such High Adventures as are Fitting and Proper to Wizards, Wizzards, and Witches.``The rating be of R; the warnings be of mpreg; and the footnotes be forged of pure insanity.

Join the gang in their Seventh Year in a collection of episodes taken at various points of the year, filled with Teen comedy and starring Hopeless!Neville, Loose!Harry, FallDownDrunk!Ron, Nympho!Hermione, Pimp!Dean, Horny!Seamus, DrugDealer!Draco, Slash!Terry Boot, DirtyOldMan!Dumbledore, Dancing!Malcolm Baddock and Sexaholic!Voldermort. The collection of Episodes is inspired by the movies American Pie 1 and 2, as well as hopeless bouts of insomnia. Each time I cannot sleep, I shall add another one… unless people beg me to stop. Rated R due to language, adult content and because no one would read a Teen Comedy rated PG-13, let’s be honest. Enjoy!

Before you lies a quest, a quest of all quests, perhaps``the quest for the Holy Grail! (oops, wrong story) anyways, you do have``a quest, as the readers. An interesting quest of many consequences,``good and bad. A story in which you, the reader, pick what happens next!``So drive on, fair ladies and gents, and choose well!

Neville discovers some interesting plants while doing an extra-credit Herbology project. With assistance from Rasta!Dean, he turns Hogwarts into a land of free love and inexpensive pot. But what happens when the Ministry declares weed illegal? And what does The Jammin' Lord V. think of all this?

Five girls wonder whether their boyfriends have forgotten a certain date; five boys have not. Harry/Luna, Ron/Hermione, Neville/Ginny, Dean/Parvati, Seamus/Lavender.

It's Valentine's day and different people at Hogwarts celebrate in different ways. One thing they all have in common? Kissing.

In an alternate universe, members of the Order (including Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna) gather for an evening's relaxation. Pretty much everyone ends up naked. Don't worry, Dumbledore doesn't attend.

After Dumbledore's death, Harry goes on to finish the tasks that Dumbledore assigned him. With the help of his friends, a few unexpected allies, and the mysterious stone basin that found its way to Harry's possession, will he be able to defeat Voldemort as he looms ever closer?

Draco stumbles across two lovebirds in the bathroom and is in for quite a shock. (Harry/Draco slash)

If the end of Harry's fifth year was bad, the beginning of the sixth is going to be much worse. When Death Eaters capture both Harry and Neville and drag them halfway across Europe, it's up to them to find their way back - not to mention having to deal with a certain ex-miniDeathEater tag-along who happens to be cursed more than once. All three will need to work together to build up the skills necessary to survive - while back home, their friends are struggling to deal with their loss.

A Neville/Pansy romance. Companion piece to "That Which Does Not Kill Me." "When you put your arms around me/Baby, there ain't nothin' in this world that I can't do," Keith Urban. An unlikely sort of romance.

Unusual pairing of Ron/Neville. In their seventh year they are used as an experiment of an alternative unforgivable curse by the dark side. Includes Ron's blunt humour and accidental and embarassing situations for poor old Severus Snape.

Neville, Luna and Ginny (and Trevor) face their own set of dangers and challenges at Hogwarts while the Trio is away hunting Horcruxes.

The other girls think Hermione is a prude. She tries to prove them wrong by making a bet with Parvati, and now she must find a boyfriend before the dance. Will Hermione ever turn into a normal fifteen-year-old girl?

Fifth year fic. The year starts weird, and will continue as such throughout. Friends, Foes, massive battles, and a whole slew of new tricks. Who's the new guy? First fic here, and I'm American, so PLEASE read it through and tell me what you think or I'll never get any better.

With surprising help from Hermione, Neville may be able to bring his mother back from the dark recesses of her mind. But if she remembers what happened to her, she may be in more danger than ever . . .

What happens when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Charlie, and his new love interest get transported 1,000 years into the past? What will Voldemort do when a Death Eater finally speaks her mind? Death? Schizophrenia? Murder?

Seamus feels left out when Dean spends all his time with Ginny, Neville mourns the loss of a good friend, and someone is heading for Azkaban.

The sequel to Naked. What was Harry and Ginny's side to the story?

Harry's searching for the secrets of his family history and gaining new powers all the while. With Snape and Neville beside him, can he uncover the secrets and destroy Voldemort?

The summer before her final year at Hogwarts, Hermione Granger realizes how stressed out she is trying to live up to everybody's high expectations and wishes to know what it would be like to live as an ordinary Muggle. Hermione’s wish is granted when, luckily, she runs into Willow, a young Muggle who is way too interested in fantasy and magic for her own good. After much explaining and Polyjuice Potion ingredient shopping, Hermione switches places with Willow for two weeks while Willow takes Hermione’s place at Hogwarts as the new Head Girl and the perfect role-model student. See what happens when Polyjuice Potions go way wrong, love lives get really tangled and teeny bop little sisters annoy all.

When Severus forces Draco to sacrifice his free time by tutoring Neville Longbottom in the art of Potions making, it is meant as a punishment. Or that's at least how it appears at first. A small, stinky snake, a sneaky Godfather with an even sneakier lover, a lecherous father with his past affairs, Death Eater involvement, and of course the tutoring lessons force both boys to abandon their old masks of (respectively) coldness and incompetence and face each other as they are. Perhaps tutoring isn't such a bad idea after all... SLASH SS/RL DM/NL LM/SB, past SLASH LM/SS LM/RL.

It was a dark (but not stormy) night when Luna looked out of her hotel room and saw something extraordinary. The Wizarding world was in for a shock. Post-Hogwarts, N/L. Light, but not entirely plotless.

Draco Malfoy is used to people worshipping him every Valentine's Day (well, every other day too...), but this year he gets a huge shock from the least likely of people.

AU. What if Voldemort had not marked Harry Potter as his equal, but instead had chosen Neville Longbottom? How would Harry's life be different if he had grown up with parents, a godfather, and people who cared about him?

Sean shows off a trick he learned from an American relative which soon turns into a day-long contest.

During the summer before his fourth year, Neville acquires his first set of dress robes.

A single choice can define our lives. What happens when Severus takes the task of picking Harry up from Hagrid ? Onwards to a world were the Trio, Neville, Ginny, and a few of your other favorites are Slytherins, Evil is redefined, and no one ever accepts on of those damn lemondrops.

Divination is an imprecise branch of magic ... or is it? Harry, Hermione, Ron and Lavender plus a few Gryffindors try to find out one night after a heated argument between Ron and Lavender.

Here for the first time ever is the collection of correspondence between Neville and Luna during the summer before their 7th/6th year at Hogwarts. Trevor is acting odd, Neville is confused, and Luna smells a conspiracy.

What's there to like about Neville Longbottom? He is careless and dumb, he has no best friends, and everyone thinks he is a big joke. In short, he didn't bring a good name in the wizarding society. The tables are turned when he spills all of his emotions to a pen pal, a complete stranger.

"We cannot make everything right in the world. We blunder and stumble through the dark like everyone else, relying only on experience for guidance.... Some of us will fail. Who will protect the boy of the prophecy then?" Sixth year looms ahead... and no one will survive it unchanged.

Everyone dies. Some do it by old age. One such man, lying in his deathbed many years after his time at Hogwarts, has had his mind wither away like so many of the plants he cared for. Now, Neville Longbottom must die after a life unfulfilled, able to remember little more than his two mistakes: that he loved a woman and did nothing, and that he remained faithful to that love for all his life.