I've seen this story before but never bothered to read it. Now I know how much I've missed out on! I'm very glad you've made Neville Harry's first friend his age instead of that Parasite MoooRon! That boy has got to have the worst case of foot in mouth disease ever seen! Not to mention being a coward! How he got sorted into Gryffindor is beyond me! I already know he hasn't the brains for Ravenclaw, the loyalty for Hufflepuff nor the cunning for Slytherin. So where they could possibly put him I have no idea. But I can see Snape trying to beat some manners into him and totally failing! As for doing his classwork/homework, that'd take an act of GOD, Merlin, Morgana Budda, and likely many other deities! Of course, sending him home would save his poor family much gold. Hogwarts ain't cheap!