Minerva and Albus should have celebrated, but how could they? It's not easy to celebrate when you have just lost people you hold dear. For not only did they lose Lily and James Potter, but someone, they held closer to their hearts, is missing and most likely dead. Is it possible to ever find those who are missing, even after years of them being gone? First Year.

What if Neville was the one that Voldemort decided to mark as his equal all those years ago? Neville Longbottom is in his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Having only just learnt the true nature of his parents death, Neville along with his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley must solve the mystery of what's hidden in the castle. (AU, obviously)