Through All the Pain // N. Longbottom

Summer 1993 // Chapter 17

*This Chapter will contain one letter from each of the following characters: Lorrinda, Neville, Seamus, and Dean.*

Dear Lori,

I hope you are having a lovely summer! I am ... Dean came over for the ENTIRE month of July and we spent every day staying up late talking about Muggle things and about the upcoming year. We are planning on saving up all of our money for Hogsmeade weekends, mainly for sweets from Honeydukes.

We saw in the Daily Prophet you guys won the Lottery! Congrats! What did you do with it all? Dean heard you guys are going to Egypt, is that true? If so, you better have pictures! Anyway, I have to stop writing now ... my Mum is taking us to London for the day. I'll see you on September 1st! Love ya, Lori!

Seamus

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Dear Lori,

Greetings!

Seamus has probably already told you, but I spent a WHOLE MONTH at his home! It was amazing and fun. We may or may not be planning on buying like the entire store of Honeydukes during our weekends. Can we put you down for 2 galleons? 

All jokes aside, Lori ... I know we bet on your relationship ... but like ... I have heard from some Hufflepuffs I write to that he actually asked you out. Did he?? If he did, let me know. I can get started on your wedding plan LONG before you need it, haha. 

See ya at Kings Cross soon! Bye Lori!

Dean

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Dear Lori,

I MISS YOU SO BLOODY MUCH!  These past two years being your friend have been the best! I never thought I would have a friend like you, and I'm glad I do. How you and Diggory? In your last letter, you mentioned him writing to you through Fred and George. I'm only asking because we are friends and only friends ... not that I don't care about your love life ... but I just ... ugh

Trevor misses you, like always. However, he seems to like the new photo we took last year (thanks to Colin). You know which one I'm talking about right? The one where you walked into the Common Room and tripped it Dean and I ... While Seamus rolled on the floor with laughter? If you don't I'll make sure to show it to you in September. 

I've got to go, we are heading off to Diagon Alley. Gran says I need to get new robes, and those alone will be costly. Let's just hope the books this year aren't that expensive. See you on September 1st! Love ya!

Neville

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Dear Nevy,

I will never stop calling you Nevy, by the way so get used to it. This summer has been great! We won the lottery and are just on our way to Egypt! Fred and George have been trying to get me involved in a plan to lock Percy in a tomb there ... but I don't know if I'll do it. JUST KIDDING! You know I'm going to help! 

As for me and Cedric ... we are kind of dating? I don't know ... He came over to "See Fred and George" but he and I spent the day playing Quidditch. He is a really sweet, and caring guy, Nev. I know I'm only thirteen and that he is fifteen almost sixteen, but ... I really REALLY like him. He also likes me a lot too. Some of his letters, just made me feel so beautiful, and coming from a family of boys ... that is precious.

Anyway, I have to go finish packing. We leave tomorrow morning for Egypt. I'll make sure to bring lots of pictures back! Give Trevor a pat for me! 

Love ya so much Nevy. See ya in about a month!

Lorrinda

~*Authors Note*~

Thank you to all who have been reading this story so far! I promise it will get better, and there will be lots of ✨DRAMA✨ within these upcoming years.

I truly appreciate every single one of you reading this story. If you could share this with friends and family and get this out to more people, that would be awesome. I write this book for my creative outlet and also for everyone to escape into a whole new world. 

This is closely based on a DR that I am living (like stated before) and many of the "non-canon" plot points happened in my DR. Now, the previous two years mainly followed the movie plotlines, but from this point on they include a mixture of the movie AND the books. 

**This is a Neville Longbottom love story!! But in my DR I did date Cedric before Neville, and that created some great drama and plot points for future years. So just know, Neville will be the main relationship starting halfway through the fifth year!**

Anyway, I hope you enjoy what is to come!

(This is going to be one long zany ride)