I Love Plants {a Neville Longbottom story}

Sirius

Order of the Phoenix

The next day is exams day. I wonder to myself when the best time to place the visions would be. I lose about three minutes of my exam thinking about this. I look around the room to see umbridge up front admiring everyone's good behavior. I look to my left to see Harry. Would it be smart to do it now? I think to myself but before I can decide a giant boom is heard in the hallway.

Boom

Crack

Bam

Fireworks are going off everywhere, children are cheering. I see a firework fly past my face with the logo

Weasley's wizard wheezes

On it and I immediately recognize it as the logo I drew for the Weasley twins. I wish I could feel pride or happiness in this moment but I have a job to do. I look around the room for Harry and I spot him running out of the castle with the rest of the students.

....

Everyone is in the courtyard cheering for Fred and George and waving goodbye. I see Harry and close my eyes tightly. When I open them I see him fall slowly to the ground, sweat rolling off his head. Hermione and Ron notice and run towards him to help. I take this moment to slip away.

"ITS SIRIUS!" Harry yells as he runs up the stairs. "He is in trouble, it's like the vision I saw before Ron." He looks to Ron with a serious look on his face and Ron just nods
"Ok so how can we help?" I ask
"No Neville you guys won't be helping, I saw Voldemort this time, it will be too dangerous." Harry says as he continues running in a panic. Just then I think back to Serenity's words and wonder if she knew about this all along, or even if she has something to do with it. I shake the thoughts from my head.
"Harry you have no choice we are helping you." Hermione says. Harry turns around to look at all of us and he nods
"fine. Neville, Luna, Ginny, I need you to stop anyone from getting into office we are breaking into." I nod.
"Who's office?" Ron asks with a worried look on his face.
"Umbridge." Harry says.
"Of course." Ron sighs.

"Sorry there is a swamp down that hall, you'll have to go another way." Luna says to a student trying to get passed us.
"This is easier than I thought." I say.
"What is Loserbottom?" I hear a voice behind me.
"Shit."
"You and that dirty mouth Loserbottom." He says before grabbing my arm and sticking his wand to my neck. Crabbe and Goyle grab Luna and Ginny and we can't stop Umbridge from pushing passed us to enter her office.

Draco and his goons drag us into the horrendously pink office and I see Harry is sitting in a chair.
"You were going to Dumbledore weren't you?" She yells. Harry says nothing
Smack
Umbridge slaps his face harshly, but he still doesn't break. Just then Snape enters the room.
"Oh good Serverus, I require more Veritaserum. We will get answers." She says
"Unfortunately we are fresh out of Veritaserum. If it hadn't been for that uneducated Miss locks having access to the greenhouses we would have more hibiscus leaves. Quite the shame." Snape replies.
I feel Draco's hands tighten at the use of Serenity's name. Serenity knows Hibiscus like the back of her hand, if she had anything to do with them being destroyed she did it on purpose. This prospect makes me smirk a little bit until I hear Umbridge speak again.

"Well I have no choice, the Cruciatus curse with do." She says
"But that's illegal!!" Hermione yells. I see her wince as Blaise digs his nails deeper into her shoulders. It's then I notice how harshly all my friends are being held and how loose Draco is holding me.
"What fudge doesn't know won't hurt him." She whispers while pointing her wand at Harry.
"Fine if you won't tell her I will!!" Hermione yells.
"I'm listening." Umbridge says smirking.

Hermione and Harry were successful in luring umbridge out of her office but now the four of us were left on our own without wands. We had to escape and help Harry. Draco let's go of me and leans up against the wall. I look around at the rest of my friends being held and look back to the blond boy standing there annoyed he even had to be there.
"Draco you have to let us go." I say.
"Sorry Neville not going to happen." He says picking at his nails.
"Where is Serenity?" I ask. This makes him look up at me quickly.

"What do you mean where is she? I thought-" he looks around at his friends who are now giving him suspicious looks. He leans in closer to me.
"I thought she was with you?" He whispers
"She obviously isn't here, as you can see." I say
"so I ask again, where is she Draco?"
"Shit." He says.
"Always that dirty mouth." I remark.
"Shit shit shit!" He yells, now pacing around the room.
"Uhm? Draco?" Crabbe asks.
"Shut the hell up!" Draco yells
"Draco, what is it? Look I know you can't tell me everything but she told me not to go with Harry. So if it has anything to do with that you are going to have to let us go so I can help her." I exclaim.
All my friends are now looking at me oddly, trying to figure out what Draco and I are going on about.

Draco slowly hands me my wand.

"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"

We both yell at Crabbe and Goyle petrifying the two of them. Ginny knees Blaise in between the legs and
"STUPEFY!" she yells at him.

"Don't worry, I'll whipe their memory, you guys get out of here." Draco says.
I go to follow Ron out the door.
"Neville wait!" Draco yells. I stop in my tracks.
"She is going to be taking orders, she has no choice. Know that." He begs.
"And if you come back without her I'll kill you." He says before I run out the door.