Post by Fate on Oct 6, 2011 15:15:31 GMT -8
Title: Dear Mum
Rating: PG
Word Count: 856
Warnings: Get your tissues ready!
Summary: Neville's written letters to his mum all his life, sharing the good and the bad...
Dear Mum,
Guess what? I got my Hogwarts letter today! You'll remember I was worried I wasn't magic enough, but I got the letter this morning over breakfast. Gran was so pleased I thought she would cry again and she said Dad would be proud of me, do you think he would? Uncle Algie has bought be a toad to take to school. I have named him Trevor and he is forever escaping...
Dear Mum,
I'M IN GRYFFINDOR! Can you believe it? I was so nervous when the sorting hat was placed on my head and you'll never guess what happened next- the hat spoke! At least I think it did, not out loud at least, but in my head. The Hat said I have hidden strengths, that I will be brave and loyal, it said I could be either a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff. I choose Gryffindor of course, because that's your and Dad's old house...
Dear Mum,
I forgot to tell you, I have made a new friend! Her name is Hermione and she is a muggle born. She's in Gryffindor too and very clever. She helps me with my school work, especially potions which is my worst subject. Gran says Dad was good at everything but Professor McGonagall told me that potions wasn't Dad's best subject either...
Dear Mum,
I was awarded 10 points this evening and those 10 points won us the House Cup! I was hugged and patted on the back so many times that I think I must be black and blue, but I don't care, today has been the best day of my life...
Dear Mum,
Oh Mum it's horrible! The Chamber of Secrets has been opened at Hogwarts and a monster has been unleashed! There has been a cat attacked and a first year! They say the monster is only attacking muggle borns and squibs and I know I am a pure-blood but I'm so scared Mum! I wish you and Dad were here Mum....
Dear Mum,
We have a smashing new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. Today we studied boggarts. Professor Lupin said I was to assist him and I was absolutely terrified because I knew the Boggart would become Professor Snape, but when that dumb old boggart came out do you know what happened? I should Riddikulus! And my Snape Bogart became dressed in Gran's clothes! From the green dress to that moldy old vulture hat. Do you remember it? It was brilliant mum...
Dear Mum,
Gran says I have brought shame to the family. She sent me a Howler at breakfast and everyone heard it. It's all that git Sir Cadogan's fault! He kept changing the passwords so I wrote them down. I didn't mean to lose them...
Dear Mum,
It's still summer holidays still. The Quidditch World Cup is coming up (Ireland vs. Bulgaria!) and I really, really want to go but Gran dosen't want to. I wish you and Dad were here, I know Dad used to love Quidditch...
Dear Mum,
Sorry I haven't written in awhile but you see we have this new Professor of Dark Arts and we had a lesson on The Three Unforgiveable Curses and...
Dear Mum,
You-Know-Who is back. Dumbledore told us last night. I'm scared Mum...
Dear Mum,
Remember I told you about Dumbledore's Army? We're learning loads. I can nearly make a patronus but not quite, it's sort of just a whispy smoke at this point but Harry said that's how his started. There is also this girl called Luna and I think I might...
Dear Mum,
So much has happened since I last wrote you. I went to the Ministry to fight You-Know-Who. I met Bellarix Lestrange. Mum, I have never wanted to kill someone before, but when I laid eyes on her I wanted her to die and I wanted to be the one that did it...
Dear Mum,
I met Professor Slughorn. I think he was disappointed I wasn't more like Dad. Oh well, he can join the club, oh wait he already has one...
Dear Mum,
I'm sorry it's been so long since I last wrote you. So much has happened and I don't even know where to begin. I've left school, things just became too horrid, and I'm in hiding. The war is coming and I don't know if I'll survive, but I'm not frightened, I think you and Dad would be proud of me Mum...
Neville Longbottom, a man no longer a boy, flipped through the entries he had written to his mother throughout most of his childhood. He had written her letters he had never sent and bound them all in a journal with a cover plastered with the wrappers of Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. The good and the bad, he had told her all of it, she was the only person he had been able to be completely honest with.
He could hear Hannah's voice calling him, telling him if they didn't leave know they would be late. Neville rose, wiped the tears from his eyes and pocketed the journal. Today he would finally deliver the letters, today was his mother's memorial service.
Edit: Awarded 10 Points by Bec, on 11/10/11.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 856
Warnings: Get your tissues ready!
Summary: Neville's written letters to his mum all his life, sharing the good and the bad...
Dear Mum,
Guess what? I got my Hogwarts letter today! You'll remember I was worried I wasn't magic enough, but I got the letter this morning over breakfast. Gran was so pleased I thought she would cry again and she said Dad would be proud of me, do you think he would? Uncle Algie has bought be a toad to take to school. I have named him Trevor and he is forever escaping...
Dear Mum,
I'M IN GRYFFINDOR! Can you believe it? I was so nervous when the sorting hat was placed on my head and you'll never guess what happened next- the hat spoke! At least I think it did, not out loud at least, but in my head. The Hat said I have hidden strengths, that I will be brave and loyal, it said I could be either a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff. I choose Gryffindor of course, because that's your and Dad's old house...
Dear Mum,
I forgot to tell you, I have made a new friend! Her name is Hermione and she is a muggle born. She's in Gryffindor too and very clever. She helps me with my school work, especially potions which is my worst subject. Gran says Dad was good at everything but Professor McGonagall told me that potions wasn't Dad's best subject either...
Dear Mum,
I was awarded 10 points this evening and those 10 points won us the House Cup! I was hugged and patted on the back so many times that I think I must be black and blue, but I don't care, today has been the best day of my life...
Dear Mum,
Oh Mum it's horrible! The Chamber of Secrets has been opened at Hogwarts and a monster has been unleashed! There has been a cat attacked and a first year! They say the monster is only attacking muggle borns and squibs and I know I am a pure-blood but I'm so scared Mum! I wish you and Dad were here Mum....
Dear Mum,
We have a smashing new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. Today we studied boggarts. Professor Lupin said I was to assist him and I was absolutely terrified because I knew the Boggart would become Professor Snape, but when that dumb old boggart came out do you know what happened? I should Riddikulus! And my Snape Bogart became dressed in Gran's clothes! From the green dress to that moldy old vulture hat. Do you remember it? It was brilliant mum...
Dear Mum,
Gran says I have brought shame to the family. She sent me a Howler at breakfast and everyone heard it. It's all that git Sir Cadogan's fault! He kept changing the passwords so I wrote them down. I didn't mean to lose them...
Dear Mum,
It's still summer holidays still. The Quidditch World Cup is coming up (Ireland vs. Bulgaria!) and I really, really want to go but Gran dosen't want to. I wish you and Dad were here, I know Dad used to love Quidditch...
Dear Mum,
Sorry I haven't written in awhile but you see we have this new Professor of Dark Arts and we had a lesson on The Three Unforgiveable Curses and...
Dear Mum,
You-Know-Who is back. Dumbledore told us last night. I'm scared Mum...
Dear Mum,
Remember I told you about Dumbledore's Army? We're learning loads. I can nearly make a patronus but not quite, it's sort of just a whispy smoke at this point but Harry said that's how his started. There is also this girl called Luna and I think I might...
Dear Mum,
So much has happened since I last wrote you. I went to the Ministry to fight You-Know-Who. I met Bellarix Lestrange. Mum, I have never wanted to kill someone before, but when I laid eyes on her I wanted her to die and I wanted to be the one that did it...
Dear Mum,
I met Professor Slughorn. I think he was disappointed I wasn't more like Dad. Oh well, he can join the club, oh wait he already has one...
Dear Mum,
I'm sorry it's been so long since I last wrote you. So much has happened and I don't even know where to begin. I've left school, things just became too horrid, and I'm in hiding. The war is coming and I don't know if I'll survive, but I'm not frightened, I think you and Dad would be proud of me Mum...
Neville Longbottom, a man no longer a boy, flipped through the entries he had written to his mother throughout most of his childhood. He had written her letters he had never sent and bound them all in a journal with a cover plastered with the wrappers of Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. The good and the bad, he had told her all of it, she was the only person he had been able to be completely honest with.
He could hear Hannah's voice calling him, telling him if they didn't leave know they would be late. Neville rose, wiped the tears from his eyes and pocketed the journal. Today he would finally deliver the letters, today was his mother's memorial service.
Edit: Awarded 10 Points by Bec, on 11/10/11.