white roses // neville longbottom

twelve

-two days until school, at the weasley burrow-

molly was wary of me when i first came to the burrow, rightfully so, but she learned that i was nothing like my mother and now she acts like she's is my replacement mom.
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"this is a bloody stupid idea ron." i say as i carefully shut the door to the burrow. "harry is in danger. we have to save him from that wretched place." ron says as we walk out to the family car. fred gets into the front seat and ron in the passenger. i sit tight against george in the back. fred starts the flying car and we take off. "i can't believe we're going all the way to surrey."

-at harry's house-

fred carefully pulls up next to harry's barred windows "hiya harry." ron says. harry's eyes widen. i peak my head so harry can see me. "ron, y/n, fred, george. what are you all doing here?" he asks. "rescuing you of course. now, come, on get your trunk." ron says. ron hooks something up to the bars on harry's window. fred drives off, pulling the bars off the window. he quickly drives back to the window. "pottahhhh!" harry's muggle uncle shouts. "hurry harry!" i say. vernon bursts into harry's room. he almost catches him but harry jumps into the flying car. i quickly close the door after harry and give him a big hug. "so good to see you harry." i say. "you as well y/n." harry says. "by the way harry. happy birthday." ron says. we fly over the buildings, they slowly get smaller the higher we get.

by the time we reach the burrow the suns already come up. fred pulls into the dirt driveway and we try to sneak back into the house. "okay, come on. ssh ssh." fred says waving us in. harry looks around astonished. harry looks around. george tosses me a piece of a baguette and i grab it. "it's not much, but it's home." ron says. "i think it's brilliant." harry says. there's running footsteps coming from the stairs and molly comes down. "where have you been?" molly shouts. she sees harry. "harry, how wonderful to see you dear." she says walking over to us. she gives me a quick kiss on the head. "beds empty. no note. car gone. you could have died! you could have been seen! of course i don't blame you harry, dear." molly says, her tone softening when she speaks to harry. "they were starving him mum. there were bars on his window." ron says. "well you best hope i don't put bars on your window ronald." molly says pointing a finger at ron. she puts her hands on harry and i's shoulders. "come on dears time for a spot of breakfast." molly weasley says.

there's footsteps coming down the stairs as we all sit at the table. "mummy have you seen my jumper?" ginny asks standing in her nightgown. "yes, dear, it was on the cat." molly says. ginny looks at harry and her eyes widen "hello." harry says. she slowly backs up and runs back upstairs. fred, george, and i chuckle. "what did i do?" harry asks. "ginny, she's been talking about you all summer. a bit annoying really." ron says. i look across from me at percy. his hair is a mess. i smirk to myself trying not to laugh. "morning weasleys!" arthur says coming into the house. "morning dad!" they say. arthur walks over to me and pats the top of my head. "morning to you too of course y/n." he says. "good morning mr weasley." i say. arthur sets his things down. "what a night. nine raids. nine!" arthur says. "raids?" harry asks "dad works in the ministry of magic, in the misuse of muggle artifacts office. dad loves muggles, thinks they're fascinating." ron says. arthur sits down. "and who are you?" he asks harry and molly serves him food. "oh, sorry sir. i'm harry sir. harry potter." harry says. "good lord. are you really?" arthur asks. "well, ron and y/n have told us all about you, of course. when did he get here?" arthur asks. "this morning. your sons flew that enchanted car of
yours to surrey and back last night." molly says. "did you really? howd it go?" arthur asks. molly hits him on the shoulder. "i mean- that was very wrong indeed boys. very wrong of you." arthur says. we all smile. "now, harry, you must know all about muggles. tell me, what exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" arthur asks. "oh, um." harry says but gets cut off by snd owl squawking. "well, that'll be errol with the post." molly says. their owl flies to the house and slams straight into a window. "fetch it will you percy, please?" molly asks. "he's always doing that." ron says as percy grabs the post from the owl. "oh look, it's our hogwarts letter. they've sent us y/n and harry's as well." he says walking back to the table. "dumbledore must know you both are here. doesn't miss a trick, that man." arthur says. percy hands me my letter and i smile at him. "this lot won't come cheap mum. the spell books alone are expensive." george says. "i could possibly help out, as a thanks for letting me stay here." i say. molly gives me a warm comforting smile. "it's ok dear, we'll manage." molly says. "there's only one place we're going to get all of this. diagon alley." molly says.

we all get dressed and stand infront of the fire place. "all right. here we are. harry you
go first dear." molly says picking up a jar of floo powder. "but harry's never traveled by floo powder before mum." ron says. "floo powder?" harry asks. "you go first ron so that harry can see how it's done." molly says. ron walks up to the large fireplace and grab a handful of floo powder. "diagon alley." he booms and throws the floo powder down. he's engulfed in green flames and he's gone. "you see? it's quite easy dear. don't be afraid come on." molly says. "in you go. that's it. mind your head." she says to harry as she guides him in. harry grabs a handful of floo powder. "that's it very good." molly says. i look around at the remaining boys, and ginny, and they're all watching harry intently. they're all so much taller than me. the twins are probably 6 foot by now. "now don't forget to speak very very clearly." molly says. "diagonally." harry says and throws the floo powder down. "what did he say?" molly asks. "diagonally." arthur says. "oh dear." i say.