Neville Longbottom, the boy who lived year 4

Chapter 13

Neville was just standing looking out a window thinking when he heard someone.

"Hey Longbottom!" Cedric called.

He looked up and saw him coming.

"Cedric." he said back.

"How, how are you?" he said.

"Spectacular." he said back.

"Hey I never got the chance to thank you for telling me about the dragon."

"Forget about it. You probably would've done the same for me."

"Exactly, you know the prefects bathroom? It's not a bad place for a bath. Just take your egg and, lower things over at the hot water."

He nodded and then went to the common room to get the egg.

When he got to the bathroom he turned on the water and set his egg next to him.

He looked at it.

"I must be out of my mind."

Then he turned it open and it started to screech. He yelled back and then covered it again.

"I'm definitely out of my mind."

Suddenly he heard something.

"I'd try putting it in the water if I were you." someone said.

"Myrtle!" he said shocked.

"Hello Neville. Long time no see." Myrtle said and jumped out of the water. "I was circling a blocked drain the other day and could swear I saw a bit of Polyjuice potion. Not being a bad boy again are you Neville?"

"Polyjuice potion? Keep it a habit. Myrtle did you say try putting it in the water?"

"That's what he did. The handsome one, Cedric."

He took the egg out again and put it in the water. He looked at Myrtle.

"Well go on, open it." she said.

So he unlocked it and took a deep breath. Then went underwater to listen.

'Come seeker where our voices sound. We cannot sing above the ground. An hour long you'll have to look to recover what we took.'

Then he just up again and coughing.

"Myrtle, there aren't merpeople in the Black Lake, are there?"

"Oh, very good. It took Cedric ages to figure it out. Almost all the bubbles were gone." Myrtle said.

Then she sat next to him who just sat there and thought.

The next day Neville sat there thinking and not eating breakfast.

Seamus was on his way to eat when he saw the look on Neville's face and sped up.

When he got there he stood next to him.

"Neville? Are you OK?" Seamus asked.

He snapped out of it.

"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm fine."

He looked at him not convinced.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." he said again.

"I've known you for four years. What's wrong?"

He sighed.

"The next tournament is in the Black Lake. I have to find a way to swim under water for an hour."

"I have an idea of what you can use."