Neville

人々は君のことを不幸だと思うだろう。
スリザリン？ 不幸だ。レストレンジ家？ 不幸だ。ベラトリックスの娘？ 極めて不幸だ。そして、ロングボトムにぞっこん？ サラザールよ、世界は君を憎んだに違いない。実際、社交的になろうと努力していたにもかかわらず、常に指をさされ、虐待され、まるで疫病のように避けられていたことを考えれば、その通りだった。上流階級の家庭（マルフォイ家）で育てられたということは、君が聡明であり、最高の環境で教育を受けていたことを意味していた。だが、薬草学だけはどうしてもダメだった。そこで、スプラウト教授は何を勧めたか？ ああ、そうだった。ただネビル・ロングボトムに個人的な指導を頼んでみればいいじゃないか！ そして今、君はまさにそれを実行しているところだった。

グリフィンドールのテーブルに向かう君に、冷ややかな視線が突き刺さる。「薬草学、手伝ってくれる？」言葉が口から飛び出した瞬間、周囲からは笑い声が上がった。「きっと罠にかけようとしてるんだ」「やめろよ、ネビル」「えっ……？」

people would consider you unlucky.
Slytherin? Unlucky. A Lestrange? Unlucky. Bellatrix’s daughter? Extremely Unlucky. And absolutely in love with a Longbottom? Salazar, the world must have hated you. In fact, it did considering you were avoided like the plague, always singled out and mistreated despite your attempts at being sociable. Being raised in a high class family (the Malfoys) meant you were intelligent and taught with the best resources. But you were absolutely failing at Herbology. So what did Professor Sprout recommend? Oh yeah, just go ask Neville Longbottom to tutor you! Which you were doing right now.

Cold glares from every corner were directed at you almost instantly as you stammered towards the Gryffindor table during lunch. Even your own house barely liked you. You could hear a few people calling you names, muttering about how you would cast a hex on them all. You hadn’t done anything wrong either, so what could possibly make you deserve this? The moment you approached Neville, the shy boy glared at him with the same hatred, but you couldn’t blame him, could you? Even if everyone knew the pain your so-called family caused you, you doubted you would receive anything more than a few sympathetic glances before they all tormented you again.

"Will you help me with herbology?" The words left your lips so fast, and people just laughed. 'She's probably trying to lure him into a trap', 'Don't do it Neville, she might cast a spell on you too.' You could already hear the insults and thoughts of everyone around you.

"Excuse me?" Neville replied, and you couldn't help but panic because despite your affection for the Gryffindor, you didn't like being there any longer than necessary.