The Scarlet Witch °Neville Longbottom

°1.6°

1.6 |uncovered|

NEVILLE fell down next to Vera as the dog of Ron's patronus ran through his legs. Vera couldn't help but let out a loud laugh seeing Neville on the ground and Ron's guilty and slightly horrified face.
"Could you at least help me up?" Neville groaned.
Vera stuck out her hand while giggles still escaped her mouth.
The room of requirement looked stunning while it was filled with all sorts of patronuses.

Neville tried again but again just the strings of the spell appeared shortly but still no animal. He sighed while dropping his wand in defeat.
"Don't worry, Neville. Maybe you just need to think of another memory."
He nodded at Vera's comforting words. He tried again a few times but each time failed. Even though he was close to giving up, she wasn't.
Each time he raised his wand, Vera would give him an encouraging smile and a nod, silently trying to tell him he could do it.

"Wouldn't you like to know how to produce a patrons?"
Vera looked at Luna with a sad smile.
"I wish I could but I don't even know simple spells. I could never perform such a difficult thing."
Hermione joined their conversation as well.
"Maybe you can, just not in the way we're used to."
Vera raised an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?"
Surrounding students stopped their practicing and conversations and gathered around the trio, Neville included.
"Well you're incredibly strong with magic, just not with a wand. Maybe you can perform spells. But instead of using a wand like us, you use your hands, like you always have."
Vera started to smile and nod.
"That's actually very clever. Why didn't we think of this before?"
She turned to Harry with a smirk.
"Harry, please explain once again how to conjure a patronus."

After Harry gave her clear instructions on what to do, she felt ready. Every member of the D.A stood with bated breath around Vera.
Vera tried to think of a happy memory. The first time she met Rex when Andrew brought him home? Meeting the golden trio? No, she felt as if that wasn't strong enough.
She looked around the room and spotted Hermione giving her an encouraging smile.
Vera's eyes gazed over every students face until it stopped at one boy.

She thought back at all the practicing of spells, him succeeding the first time using the disarming spell and she hugged him in excitement, his Christmas gift and her giving him a kiss on his cheek.
The corners of her mouth turned up into a wide smile and she closed her eyes while lifting her hands.
The words 'Expecto patronum' left her mouth while she thought of Neville.

The gasps of her fellow students made her open her eyes and she grinned at the sight in front of her. An enormous beast made of red with white magic, that she named her wooden friend after, came out of her hands.
The T-Rex, filling most of the room of requirement, roared and Vera laughed. It actually worked.
She looked beside her, while the mighty beast still stood proudly, and caught a glimpse of Neville smiling proudly at her. Vera barely heard the praising words of Harry.

Her heart seemed a pace faster than normally and something inside her stomach tickled while looking at the shy boy. Vera had no idea what was happening but she had to admit that she didn't hate the feeling.

A banging against the wall made her lose concentration and the dinosaur patronus disappeared.
Everyone looked at the wall while the beating sound became louder.
"What the hell is that?"
She looked at Harry in concern.
"That thing you made didn't cause this?"
She glared at Fred and shook her head.
"No, Fred, my dinosaur didn't cause this."

Nigel stepped forward and not too long after Harry and Vera did the same. The girl pushed the boy behind her in case something were to happen.
Harry gave her a look as if trying to say she needed to stay at a close distance so she backed away while taking Nigel with her.
Vera stood back next to Neville and gripped the side of his sleeve.
For a quick second they looked each other in worry when a small hole appeared in the wall.
Vera could her murmuring from the other side of the wall and not too long after Harry backed away quickly and the wall blew up.
Vera turned around quickly while she felt someone holding her tightly and shielding her from the incoming blow.

She turned back around and gently pushed Neville's arms of her with a grateful smile. Both of their cheeks were red as the Weasley's hair.
Her smile, however, disappeared in an instant when she saw Umbridge alongside some Slytherin boys standing in the hole, where there was a wall just a second ago.
Her anger started to rise even more when she saw Cho Chang held tightly by a boy with bleach blonde hair.

They were betrayed.