Neville Longbottom

Early Years (1980-1991)
Neville Marlon Longbottom, named for his pseudo-aunt Marlene McKinnon, was born on July 30th, 1980, to Frank and Alice Longbottom.

In mid December of 1981, about two and a half months after the end of the First Wizarding War, Longbottom Lodge was attacked by Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange and Barty Crouch Junior. Frank and Alice, both prominent Aurors, were tortured for information on Voldemort's whereabouts. Thankfully, the attack was interrupted by members of the Order of the Phoenix and Frank and Alice were pronounced perfectly healthy after a short stay in Saint Mungo's.

As a child, his best friends were Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, both of whom are children of his parents' friends.

First Year (1991-1992)
Neville received his letter in June of 1991 and immediately accepted his attendance offer.

He met Hermione Granger on the train, as she was the only one who would help him find his missing pet, a toad named Trevor who was a gift from his maternal grandfather.

Neville, much to his own surprise but not that of others, was sorted into Hufflepuff rather than Gryffindor, the House both of his parents were sorted into. Within the first week of classes, he found he had the same talent for Herbology as his father and a knack for Charms that could have only come from his mother.

Alice and Frank both sent him regular letters, urging him to stay out of trouble and keep up with his schoolwork, and Neville always answered every single one.