Neville Longbottom

Is a pure-blood wizard, son of Alice and Frank Longbottom, born on 30th July 1980. Alice and Frank were Aurors members of the originally Order of Phoenix, who ended up in St. Mungo after being dragged to madness by Bellatrix Lestrange, Death-Eater who tortured them with the cruciatus curse.

Neville was then take in charge by his Grandma, Augusta Longbottom. She was very hard on him since the childhood of Neville, she wanted him to be like his father, a brave Auror. She also thought, like all the rest of the family, that Neville was a Squib, or a Muggle, since he did not show any magical power until the age of eight, when he was being hung from the window by his great-uncle Algie, who accidentally let him go, and Neville found himself bouncing up and down the garden.

Neville attended Hogwarts at 11 years old, and was sorted into Gryffindor; he started soon enough to be distinguished as the clumsy of the house, and many people kept asking why it was that he ended up in Gryffindor. His grandmother does not leave occasion of remember him that he’s not Frank, the first year she even give him a Rememberall because he kept forgetting things. He will not show any particular skill in flying either, in fact he will break his wrist at his first lesson. Aside of what everyone thought he started to point out that he was a true Gryffindor from the first year, when he understood that Harry, Ron and Hermione were trying to sneaking out again, he waited them intended to fight them, but the Pietrificus Totals of Hermione had the better on him.

The second year didn’t start better for him, for he was hang by the ears by the Pixies, in his third year he let his fellow schoolmates know his worst fear in Professor Lupin lesson: Proffer Snape, at his fourth year the Polijuiced Mad-Eye Moody will make him re-live his parents torture, showing him the Cruciatus Curse. He will start to show his true dedication: Herbology. He’ll be the first in the class of Professor Sproute. His studies about plants, and the million of books about them he read, allowed him to advise Harry the Gillyweed, which allowed him to make it through the second task of the Triwizard Tournament.

Finally in his fifth year he has the chance to show his true value, with the help of Harry and the Dumbledore’s Army he will improve a lot in Defence Against the Dark Arts. In the Christmas Break Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to St. Mungo to give Mr. Weasley a visit, when they’ll reach the wrong division they found Gilderoy Lockheart, their ex-professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts in the second year, who went mad after his jinx bounced back at him. They stopped talking to him, and they saw Neville and his Grandma in the same division, talking to someone behind a tent: Neville’s Parents. Before leaving his mother gave him a Droobles Blowing Gum wrapper, despite his grandmother wanted him to throw it away, he safely put it inside his pocket. The night at the Ministry will make him face his worst nightmare: Bellatrix Lestrange, the Death Eater who tortured his parents to death. During the fight he was bitten by Tarantallegra casted by Dolov, which made his legs shake uncontrollably and he accidentally smashed the prophecy.

Neville also achieved four known O.W.L.s: one ‘Outstanding’, two ‘Exceeds Expectations’, and one ‘Acceptable’. The classes he were cleared to take were Herbology, Charms, and Defence Against the Dark Arts. While for Transfiguration “Acceptable” wasn’t enough and he couldn’t proceed to N.E.W.T.

He had a principal role in the Hogwarts Battle, nor just he defended Hogwarts honour when rule by Death Eaters, refusing to torture the first years, and being tortured himself by the Carrows, but he also was the one who destroyed the last Horcrux: Nagini. In fact the Gryffindor Sword, which can appear to any brave Gryffindor appeared to Neville through the Sorting Hat, and he used it to kill the snake. He also raised a motivational speech when Voldemort thought that Harry’s death meant the end of the Order of Phoenix:

“I’d like to say something. Doesn’t matter that Harry’s gone. People die everyday—friends..family. Yeah, we lost Harry tonight. But he’s still with us…in here. So is Fred, Remus, Tonks…all of them. They didn’t die in vain! But you will! Cause you’re wrong! Harry’s heart did beat for us! For all of us! It’s not over!”

After the war he worked for a while as Auror, but after that he ended up working at Hogwarts as Herbology teacher, and married Hannah Abbott an Hufflepuff gir.