"I was in the RAF—the Royal Air Force. No, I was not a pilot—nothing so glamorous as that."

Neville heard Ron whisper to Hermione, "What's a pliot?"

Andrews smiled again. "A pilot...Mr....Weasley, correct?" At Ron's confirming nod, he continued, "is someone who flies an aeroplane."

"Like you fly a broom?" Ron asked.

"No, more like you fly a Ford Anglia," Andrews responded

"You're asking us?" Neville said. "Don't know that you could find two blokes who know less about women."

"Hey, I resent that!" Harry said.

-That whole conversation was very funny.  Nice to see Neville interacting with his fellow Gryffindors.

the "Live life to your fullest" bit seemed a bit out of place for some reason.

I liked Harry's helping Neville with the spell.  That light spell put me in mind of the laser targeters that some attach to guns.  Hope you update soon.

Awww... I'm loving this story!  Poor Neville is so sweet!  I had to laugh in this chapter, though, when Harry said, "I'm not very hung--"  Apparently my mind's in exactly the WRONG place, because my first thought was, "Ginny'll be disappointed!" ;)

Nice job! I'm looking forward to an update when Tyler lets you. :)

You're asking us?" Neville said. "Don't know that you could find two blokes who know less about women."

This line confused me.  Otherwise, wonderful.  Where's the rest? (As if you have nothing better to do while you're in labor!)

Julie,

Yours had been one of those stories I'd been avoiding because I'd never found Neville all that exciting a character and because you're not particularly far along. But, in the spirit of the story of the week idea, I figured I'd give it a go, and I found rather more entertaining than I expected I would.

Lest I sound like a prude, that's not meant to sound like I had initial doubts about your writing; rather I had doubts about Neville as a star of a novel-length fic, especially considering my singular devotion to H/G. Now having read this far, I realize I needn't have worried. Your Neville comes off as very real and his unique characteristics -- the obvious self-doubt, hesitation and somber depression -- make him entirely likable. Next to Harry, he seems normal.

You also deserve a lot of credit for building on the group of six we see form a the end of OotP. It's let you keep what we know and expect of school life from canon -- Ron and Hermione's bickering; Harry's brooding and hatred for Snape; Luna's uniqueness -- and freshen it up with the new perspective. I think that works especially well because of Neville's somewhat more trusting personality makes it easy to understand his growing dialogue with all the major characters.

Also, I thought the way emphasize the parallels between Neville and Harry -- the wands, their parents, their singular hatred for the villians and so on -- really helped draw me into the story. The potions training and gran's disappearance make it obvious you're going somewhere with Neville's role in the prophecy. Now I just need to figure out where ...

Anyway, thanks for the eye-opening story. I'm definitely liking it so far,
-KC

Oh dear! LOL at the first part where Harry and Neville gang up on Ron! So very boyish behaviour and yet still in character.

What can I say? You have Neville going from strength to strength and showing that will some positive re-inforcement he will definately be a great wizard. I feel his lack of confidence stems from having his dads wand foisted on him and being raised by an elderly lady. I love the way you have paired him up with Harry and how they support eachother. I'm hoping you find time to work on this as it is a really great fic, although I'm aware how full your plate is.     and all. I'm in awe how you fit it all in!

     Well now, what to say about this story. I can't put it into the words that I want to use. My Daddy said,"Using curse words shows that you have a limited vocabulary." But on the other hand, I grew up in a generation that uses curse words as adjectives. So I will use a phrase that should be accepted here. "THIS STORY IS BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!"

     I've always enjoyed stories that the 'underdog' is the hero. Thats our Neville, the ultimate underdog. He is powerful, but he just doesn't know it. The relationship you are giving him with Harry and the gang, will give him the boost of confidence that he needs to grow emotionally to the wizard he can be, one to rival his parents' power. 

     I guess I see myself in Neville a little, but I'm subconsciously giving him my American atitudes (My family is from the south.).  While Neville loves his parents, he has no memory of interaction with them other than at St. Mungo's.  Bellatrix torturing them to the point of insanity and when she used the "crucio" curse on him would give him enough to hate her. After his Grandmother's disapearance-even if LaStrange personally had nothing to do with it, Neville is beginning to prepare for what I see as "The Feud", a state of war between the families Longbottom and LaStrange. I just know that our hero Neville is going to win this feud.    I don't know if it is cannon, or something that I have read in other fanfics, Bella is very conscious of her looks/figure. May I reccomend a spell/curse/hex that alters her looks/figure forever? That is if you want Bella to survive. A broken wand, and big open sores while trying to live in the world would be the beginnings of 'just deserts' for our villaness.

Thanks again for your awesome story,

Takon