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Really, I have no good excuse for why this chapter has been so long coming. I’m very sorry to those who have been waiting patiently. I will do my best to finish the last two chapters before Deathly Hallows.

Growing (16/18)
Chapter Sixteen – Wake Up Brother
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Lydia has finally made some progress and Neville finally finds out who has been preventing him from reading his parent’s file.
Author’s Notes: Thank you to my beta

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Current Mood: calm
Current Music: The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

Growing (15/18)
Chapter Fifteen – Loyal
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Things rapidly fall apart after Neville receives a letter from St. Mungo’s.
Author’s Notes: Thank you to my wonderful beta Nathaniel. Thanks to those reading.

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( Chapter Fifteen )

Current Mood: indifferent
Current Music: U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

I tend to avoid reading wedding fics like the plague, but found myself writing a wedding day anyway. I hope I haven’t fallen into the cliché.

Growing (14/18)
Chapter Fourteen – Hope
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: The day of the wedding has finally arrived and Neville finds himself in charge of seating and trying to give some peace of mind of Harry Potter.
Author’s Notes: Thank you very much to my beta Nathaniel and all those reading.

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( Chapter Fourteen )

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Shihad - Comfort Me

Growing (13/18)
Chapter Thirteen – Saving the World
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: The Order meeting continues on into the night and Neville learns what Bellatrix Lestrange has been up to. And Harry, Ron and Neville sit their apparition test.
Author’s Notes: Thanks, as always, to Nathaniel, my beta. Also thank you to all of you that have been reviewing lately. It’s been very encouraging to know people are reading.

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( Chapter Thirteen )

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Growing (12/18)
Chapter Twelve – Not Given Lightly
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Neville heads off to Bill and Fleur's wedding and finds himself attending a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix.
Author’s Notes: A big thank you to Nathaniel my beta and thanks to those who are reading.

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( Chapter Twelve )

Current Mood: relaxed
Current Music: Gorillaz - November Has Come

You know what think I have never seen show up in Harry Potter fanfiction? Cricket. I have no idea of the attraction people have to watching professional cricket since any game people play for five days in a row only to more often than not end in a tie seems rather pointless to me. However, cricket played in the back yard or on the beach with family and friends is great fun. So, cricket is making an appearance.

Growing (11/18)
Chapter Eleven – Undone
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Very mild violence
Chapter Summary: Ted comes up with a brilliant plan to cheer everyone up. Though things become undone when Voldemort decides to send a message to Harry.
Author’s Notes: A great deal of thanks to my beta Nathaniel.

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( Chapter Eleven )

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon

I really hope that people haven't given up on this fic, what with the rather irregular updates. I'm not going to abandon it, I promise.

Growing (10/18)
Chapter Ten – As Good as it Gets
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Neville works on his Patronus with some one-on-one tuition from Tonks. Remus reveals his plan and Ted misuses a Muggle artefact.
Author’s Notes: Thank you to Nathaniel for the beta work.

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( Chapter Ten )

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: Robbie Williams - No Regrets

Growing (9/18)
Chapter Nine – She Will Have Her Way
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: The conflict between Andromeda and Tonks finally erupts, Neville gets and invitation and he and Tonks share a few conversations.
Author’s Notes: A very big thanks to Nathan for betaing.

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( Chapter Nine )

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Muse - Starlight

Yes, I am still working on this.

Growing (8/18)
Chapter Eight – Blue Lady
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: A Death Eater attack on Hogsmeade has a profound effect on the Tonks family. And Neville is forced to confront his new-found fear of werewolves when one shows up on the doorstep.
Author's Notes: Thank you very much to Nathaniel for betaing.

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( Chapter Eight )

Current Mood: gloomy
Current Music: The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

Because no society should be without a library I was forced to invent my own and this is the third fic it's shown up in, so I'm certainly getting some good mileage out of it.

Growing (7/18)
Chapter Seven – Lydia
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Neville visits the Ministry library to get some answers only to hit a snag. However, a strange woman is quick to offer some help.
Author’s Notes: Thanks to my beta Nathaniel.

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( Chapter Seven )

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly

With holidays over hopefully this will be updated more regularly. For all of those still reading, thanks for your patience.

Growing (6/18)
Chapter Six – Home Again
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: Neville realises that he no longer owns any pants, makes a plan concerning the voice and surveys the damage done to the Longbottom family home.
Author’s Notes: Thanks as always to my beta Nathaniel for reviewing and encouraging.

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( Chapter Six )

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: The Smiths - How Soon is Now

Apologies to those who have been waiting patiently for an update, the RLs of my beta and I have been hectic of late.

Growing (5/18)
Chapter Five - In the Morning
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Chapter Summary: While the Aurors head to Neville’s home and the Order scrambles to find Augusta, Neville is stuck at St. Mungo’s with Tonks.
Author’s Notes: A great amount of thanks to my beta Nathaniel who hopefully is not being slowly being driven insane by football.

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( Chapter Five )

Current Mood: energetic
Current Music: Gnarls Barkley - Necromancer

After spending my morning finishing a depressing fic, I went shopping and bought a new coat and it’s gorgeous. Well, actually it’s rather plain looking, but it fits wonderfully and is incredibly warm so I really love it. And now I don’t have to look like a homeless person when I go outside in the cold.

I was just watching TV before and there was three adds in the last add break for the new Muse album, Black Holes and Revelations, which as it turns out is coming out on my birthday (best birthday present from a musician ever). Everywhere else it is coming out on the 3rd. I suppose it’s a time zone thing. But with all this publicity, I want it now (I’m being a good girl and not down loading the leaked copy).

Now I have to go and work on the next chapter of Growing to get it up tonight or tomorrow. Its been a while so I hope the people who have been reading it don’t think it’s abandoned. I'm really glad I'm writing a Neville fic, he’s such a fascinating lead character, neither a conventional hero or an anti-hero, just a kid with a tonne of flaws and a good heart. Really, I am just so sick of anti-heros. Dark and brooding has just been done to death in every form of entertainment and I'm rather bored with it.

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Gorillaz - Every Planet we Reach is Dead

Look kids, a new chapter of growing. Of interest is that this chapter contains within it my first ever action sequence.

Growing (4/18)
Chapter Four – Run
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violence
Chapter Summary: Neville’s worst nightmare comes true when the wards on his home fail as Voldemort's forces attack. Alone, he is left desperately trying to save the life of his Gran.
Author's Notes: Thanks to Nathaniel for betaing.

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( Chapter Four )

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Muse - Sing for Absolution

Holy botany, Batman! It's a new chapter of Growing.

Growing (3/18)
Chapter Three - No Ordinary Thing
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Summary: Neville assists Andromeda in feeding the venomous tentacula. Ted shows Neville how to create a charm and Augusta and Neville go and visit Neville’s parents.
Author's Notes: Thank you to Nathaniel, my great beta. And feedback and reviews are love :-D

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( Chapter Three )

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Modest Mouse - Float On

Growing (2/18)
Chapter Two: Dominion Road
Rating: PG-13
Chapter Summary Neville starts his first day working for Andromeda. Tonks visits and has words with her mother and Luna writes a letter.
Author’s Notes: I know there is a bit of a mystery surrounding whether Ted is a wizard or a muggle. I’m going with what Tonks said in OotP instead of the Black family tree. Thanks to Nathaniel.

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( Chapter Two )

Current Mood: blank
Current Music: Th' Dudes - Be Mine Tonight

I’ve been working on my first novel length fic for a while now and haven’t been posting anything. But finally we have chapter one. It's a Neville centric coming of age family drama mystery war story.

Growing (1/18)
Chapter One – Persuasion
Author: Meddow
Rating: PG-13. May change in later chapters.
Parings: Background Andromeda/Ted and Tonks/Remus, but it's pretty much Gen.
Warnings: None
Summary: Neville’s summer plans change when he gets a summer job that could make his dreams come true. However trouble arises when he finds out his employer is the sister of Bellatrix Lestrange. But after the war strikes home he finds himself getting to know the Tonks family much better and a mystery surround his own family is unearthed.
Author’s Notes: The world of Harry Potter does not belong to me. Thank you to my ever-wonderful beta Nathaniel.

( Growing )

Current Mood: blah
Current Music: The Cranberries - Ode To My Family