hphalloween_mod (hphalloween_mod) wrote in hp_halloween, @ 2005-10-31 10:16:00 |
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Entry tags: | !2005, #het, *scatteredlogic, ^neville/luna, rating: g |
Gift for rillathegrape
Original poster: mchoneygoose
Gift for: rillathegrape
From: scatteredlogic
Rating: G
Luna waited until lunch ended before approaching Neville. As students exited the Great Hall, she touched his sleeve, and he turned toward her.
"I'm going out tonight to look for pollygumps," she said. "They're only visible on Halloween. Will you go with me?"
"Pollygumps?" Neville echoed. "What are they?"
"They're related to jarveys, but they're herbivores. They're not dangerous, just shy," Luna answered. "But after what happened to Katie Bell, I'd like someone with me, to be safe."
"You want someone there in case something bad happens, and you're asking me?" Neville's expression wavered between disbelief and pleasure.
"Yes."
"Me?" he repeated.
"Yes, you. Besides Harry, you were the last one standing at the Ministry that night. You lasted longer than the rest of us against the Death Eaters."
Neville blinked, then slowly began to smile. "I did, didn't I?" He nodded. "Okay, I'll met you here after dinner."
Luna smiled and walked away. Neville's self-confidence was growing, but it still needed an occasional boost. Without the DA this year, he was feeling a bit lost.
Truth told, so was she.
Besides, Neville was nice; she liked him a lot.
He need never know that pollygumps didn't live in Scotland.