A/N: Hey guys! I'm new at writing so sorry if it's not the best! I'm going to try and update regularly, but I have basketball practice everyday and I'm taking really advanced classes for my age, so it may be tough. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters, that belongs to J. K. Rowling

The D.A. Reads the Sorcerer's Stone

Chapter One

The Discovery

As Neville Longbottom sneaked through the hallway he couldn't help but think of how both he and Hogwarts had changed since he had first come to the school. At first glance, the castle was intriguing and full of wonder. It seemed as it was enormous and he would never be able to find his way around. Now, it was a dark and cruel place that appeared to not have enough hiding spots to be able to conceal him in.

He stopped for a moment and listened to see if anyone was coming then quietly kept walking. Many times before, Neville had been punished by the Carrows for sneaking out after hours in the castle, but this time was different. Neville was supposedly "no longer at Hogwarts" and if he got caught now he would get punished much more severely than before.

Finally, he had arrived. Neville slipped through the door in the wall and quietly closed the entrance to the Room of Requirements behind him. He didn't even have time to turn around before a wand was at the back of his neck and a familiar voice spoke,

"Who are you and what do you want?" asked the soft, but at the moment demanding, voice of Ginny Weasley. Neville smiled. It was remarkable just how far the DA had come since it was first created. He slowly pulled his cloak down off of his head and turned.

"Now Ginny, you wouldn't want to lose one of our members would you? We are depleting as it is." He said as he surveyed the room. Most of the DA was on their feet wands pointed at him, but slowly lowering as they realized who it was. Several were treating new cuts and bruises, and only a few were cowering behind the many couches and chair that filled the room.

"Neville," Ginny said breathing a sigh of relief. "Don't scare me like that, you prick!" She said slapping him on the side of the head. He laughed and walked past Ginny, to be able to speak to the group as a whole.

"Okay everyone, I've got some bad news." Neville said his voice turning serious.

"More?" Seamus asked from the corner, where he was nursing a fresh gash on his arm, "Great. Exactly what we need." He declared sarcastically and the rest of the DA started to whisper in confused voices.

"I'm serious." Neville exclaimed, getting them to quite down. "You all need to be more careful. They are after me, and technically I'm not at the school anymore. Every one of you needs to lie low and try not to bring too much attention to yourselves. Understand?" He asked looking around the room until each and every one of them nodded their head in understanding.

"But, what about you Neville? Where will you stay?" Luna questioned softly from one of the plush couches, her eyebrows scrunched together in worry.

"Me? I'll stay in here." He said looking around the room "We will have to get it to change into a room for living in, but that shouldn't be too difficult." Neville smiled. "You all should get back to your common rooms soon, before it gets to be too late." Ginny looked at him closely for a moment before saying,

"He's right. Come on, we need to go." Everyone started to head for the door and one by one exited. Neville turned around and started to decide how to change the room to fit his needs.

"Neville," Ginny said, making Neville turn back around. She and Luna were the last at the door, halfway out. "Are you sure you're going to be fine all alone in here?" she inquired looking at him cautiously.

He gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I'll let you know when the next meeting will be." He said pulling out his coin and holding it up so she could see it.

"All right, but don't hesitate to message us to come." She answered grudgingly. The girls both gave him one last glance before the slipped through the door and it closed gently behind them. Neville sighed, and turned back around.

While he had been turned the other way the Room of Requirements had changed to meet his needs. Now, the couches and chairs were moved to one side of the room and on the other side, was a door to a bathroom and a hammock-like bed. His trunk and possessions were underneath the bed. It was just what he required. Neville sauntered over to the bed and flopped down.

Yow! Neville sat up. What was that? A book? He picked up the hardback carefully in his hands.What was a book doing on his bed? The Room of Requirements wasn't trying to get him to read , was it?

He turned the book over to read it's front. As soon as he examined the cover his eyes became as large as the china saucers his grandmother kept in a cabinet.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? No, this couldn't be true! Harry had briefly told him about the Sorcerer's Stone, and there is no way that he has a book. He would hate to have even more attention. What was going on? All these thoughts went through Neville's head in just a few of seconds.

Neville grabbed his coin to send an alert to Ginny, Luna, and the others. Although just as he was about to send the message he paused. He couldn't send it now, they had probably just gotten to their dorms and it would be too risky for them to try and come back. So Neville put the date for tomorrow and 4 o'clock, so he could tell them, but for now they could all get some sleep.

Neville turned the book back around and read the description.

Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to catch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.

What all had Harry done while at Hogwarts? He thought amazed.

All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley, a great big swollen spoiled bully.

Neville's jaw hardened. Ron and Hermione had told him enough about the Dursleys to know that they didn't treat Harry very well.

Harry's room is in a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.

His jaw dropped. He couldn't believe that Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived, had been treated quite this badly.

But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger.

Neville smiled, remembering his own Hogwarts letter arriving.

The letter is an invitation to an incredible place that Harry will find unforgettable. For it is at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that Harry finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him if he can survive the encounter.

So it's true, the book is real. Neville thought. He decided that tomorrow he would ask all of the DA whether or not they would want to read it. With that last decision he placed the book on the floor and drifted off to sleep.

A/N: So, good? Bad? So-so? Tell me what you think (nicely please). Also I know that Ginny and Luna left Hogwarts before Neville "disappeared", but it worked better for me this way. I can change it if you want me to though. Oh, and I may need a beta, anyone up for the job?

Also if you tried to read it before and it was kinda squished together, sorry I'm trying to work it out.

Thanks!

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