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harry potter; pureblood genocide series, 1997
not knowing (six of nine) 144 words
Maybe all of Neville's life was wrong. Maybe he should have been making friends with Slytherins instead of pissing them off. Maybe he should have been a Slytherin. It was weird, having everything you know suddenly be different and Neville didn't like it. He didn't like not knowing how he should act and react.
Like with Bellatrix Lestrange. Like when she made her way into the castle and begged at Professor Snape's feet to be given a safe haven, a hiding place. Her husband was dead, as was her brother in law and every one else she had loved. Neville thought he should have been among the students who turned their backs on her, but he wasn't, even after what she had done to his parents. He didn't know what he felt more guilty for - letting her die, or wanting to protect her.
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