I Love Plants {a Neville Longbottom story}

School days ✓

Philosophers stone

Neville

She had slapped Malfoy across the face, infront of the whole school, on my behalf? So many thoughts were going through my head but I just stood there frozen in eye contact with the girl. She continued to walk over and grabbed me by the arm.

"Cmon Nev let's go to charms." She said as she pulled me down the hall. The last thing I saw was the unbelievably angry face of Draco Malfoy, and the anger was all directed at one person, and it wasn't the person who slapped him. He was glaring straight at Me.

She was silent the whole walk to class. We sat next to each other in the second row, first to arrive in class I took it upon myself to speak first.
"Are you alright Ren? That looked pretty serious."

"WHAT A GIT!" She yells "who does he think he is!?! He can't tell me who to hang out with and he can't disrespect you either! I just don't even-" tears were now leaving her eyes, she was angry but she couldn't hide that she was also sad, and slightly embarrassed.
"It's ok Ren, please don't cry." I pulled Serenity into a hug and began rubbing her back as she sobbed into my shirt. We stayed like that for what felt like forever until we heard footsteps enter the room. We looked up to see Hermione and Ron rushing in with worried looks on their faces.

"Oh Serenity are you ok?" Hermione exclaims, running up to check on her friend.
"Yeah I'm ok now." Serenity says while looking up and smiling at me. She rubs the last few tears off her face when she locks eyes with Harry entering the room.
"Harry!?!" She says. Everyone turns to see him. "Guys, guess what! I'm the new Gryffindor seeker!!!"

Serenity

The next few weeks go by smoothly. I do miss talking to Draco, but his actions continue to prove that I can't be friends with both him and my Gryffindor mates. Honestly I would much rather stay friends with the people who aren't known as the school bully. So I ignore him and spend each day either sitting with Neville or Hannah and Cedric.
One day in the courtyard I was sketching some plants when I heard Draco's goons make their way over to me.

"Whadywe have here?" Crabbe says, snatching my sketchbook from me.
"Ew you are drawing plants? So lame." Goyle says. "It's dittany you thick headed baboon, now give me my sketchbook back!" I yell.

He laughs as he holds it just high enough so I can't reach it.
"Guys Draco said not to mess with this one, I think we should leave." The voice of Blaise Zabini whimpers, while nervously checking their surroundings.
"Whatever Zabini, this ones a blood traitor, plus she slapped him so she deserves it." Goyle says. Crabbe grabs the book and tosses into a nearby puddle and they all fall into a laughing fit as I rush over to check the damage. Blaise is now halfway escaping the courtyard but he runs straight into Cedric. He glared at the first years with a look that could cause a non verbal killing curse.

Cedric was a 3rd year student so he stood much taller than the Slytherin boys. He dragged Blaise by his robes as he made his way over to where I was. I was kneeling on the ground crying and Cedric recognized my sketchbook infront of me but my drawings were destroyed by the puddle water.

"Who did this?" He asked angrily pointing at the damaged book. "Who was the one that threw it in the water!?" Goyle points to Crabbe and Blaise nods to signal he was telling the truth. Crabbe takes one step back but Cedric is to quick. He drops Blaise to the floor and is already holding Crabbe by his shirt, pinning him against a tree. Cedric pulls his arm back for a punch

"stupefy!"
Someone yells, and Cedric is thrown a few feet back. "Oh Diggory, you know better than to go punching my friends don't you?" The voice of Draco Malloy sings. He clicks his tongue and shakes his head with a nasty smirk on his face as he makes his way over to Cedric who is just about to lift himself up. Draco looms over him in attempts of intimidation.
"Why are we in a hurry pretty boy?" Draco leans down with a whisper.

Cedric points in my direction, making Draco look and see to his dismay, what actually was going on. He locks onto my eyes and I see his brows knit. He looks down to see my notebook soaked and all of my drawings ruined.

The blonde walked over and grabbed it out of my hands flipping to a familiar page. It was a drawing I drew on the train to Hogwarts, one he pretended not see me draw but one that meant a lot to him. A drawing of him. It was now unrecognizable. He drops the book in my lap and without anymore words he grabs Crabbe and Goyle by the robes and drags them out of the courtyard with Blaise trailing behind.

I wonder why Draco would just leave the situation like that but I shake the thought from my head so I can check on my friend.
"Ced are you ok?" I ask
"yeah no biggie" he says pulling himself to a sitting position. He winced and rubs his hand through the back of his hair.
"I'm sorry about your sketches Nerd." He says pointing to the book
"it's ok, no biggie." I say with a smirk. I'll remember to put a water protective spell on my next sketchbook.

Neville

Normally the different houses didn't mingle in other common rooms but Serenity spent a lot of time with us Gryffindors and the Fat lady portrait had a soft spot for Serenity and I. It was night and Serenity was deep into explaining sentient plants to Me, whom was half listening and half enjoying the show she was putting on explaining with her hands.

"And this is Devil's snare!! Wait I talked about Flitterbloom already right Nev?" I nodded with a smile
"the one you have on your night stand?" I question. "yes that one!! So it's like that but darker and scarier, semi sentient, and it can suffocate you! Isn't that crazy!!" She says while jumping up and down.

"Serenity could you please stop going on about stupid plants and just leave?" Harry says while rubbing his scar. Serenity and I both look at Harry disappointed. Hermione and Ron look equally as annoyed as Harry but also apologetic. No more words are said as Serenity, bright red with embarrassment, gathers her things and rushes out the portrait door.

An awkward silence overtakes the room as Harry looks towards the portrait door with slight regret.

"And it doesn't like light." I say breaking the silence. "What?" Hermione asks
"she was going to say that Devils snare doesn't like light." I repeat pointing at Serenity's book she left behind when she was in a rush.

I close it loudly and stomp up to the dorms leaving the trio behind. If they are on edge, They are up to something again. This time I wouldn't let them get away with it, they had already lost too many house points a few nights back when Malfoy caught them. Most of all I wouldn't let them get away with speaking to Ren like that.