Harry Potter Moment of the Week (#2)

Harry Potter Moment of the Week hosted by Uncorked Thoughts.

Bravest Character Moment:

There are so many brave character moments in these books, it's hard to pick just one.

'What are you doing?' said a voice from the corner of the room.  Neville appeared from behind an armchair, clutching Trevor the toad, who looked as though he'd been making another bid for freedom.
'Nothing, Neville, nothing,' said Harry, hurriedly putting the Cloak behind his back.
Neville stared at their guilty faces.
'You're going out again,' he said.
'No, no, no,' said Hermione 'No, we're not.  Why don't you go to bed, Neville?'
...
'You can't go out,' said Neville, 'you'll be caught again.Gryffindor will be in even more trouble.'
'You don't understand,' said Harry, 'this is important.'
But Neville was clearly steeling himself to do something desperate.
'I won't let you do it,' he said, hurrying to stand in front of the portrait hole. 'I'll - I'll fight you!'
'Neville,' Ron exploded, 'get away from that hole and don't be an idiot --'
'Don't call me an idiot!' said Neville.  'I don't think you should be breaking any more rules! And you were the one who told me to stand up to  people!'
'yes, but not to us,' said Ron in exasperation. 'Neville, you don't know what you're doing.'
he took a step forward and Neville dropped Trevor the toad, who leapt out of sight.
'Go on then, try and hit me!' said Neville, raising his fists. 'I'm ready!'
...
'Neville,' [Hermione] said.  'I'm really, really sorry about this.'
She raised her want. 'Petrificus Totalus!' she cried, pointing it at Neville.

I still say Neville standing up to Harry, Ron and Hermione in The Sorcerer's Stone is one of my favorite moments.  Think about it:  he was at a new school trying to make friends, which he sort of accomplished. They were quite possibly the only people he called his friends.  He was friendly with other people, but he probably thought that people viewed him more as a convenient or sympathy friend.  He most definitely had some insecurities about being liked.  He was 11, by the way.  AND he still told them that they shouldn't be leaving the common room at night.  I mean that's practically social suicide, he seemed prepared to loose the friends he had made because he knew what they were doing was against the rules.  When I was 11, I was most concerned about what people thought of me.  I probably would have never stood up to them given the chance, afraid they would hate me afterward.  All I'm saying is that it takes a lot of guts and Neville, as he proves again and again, has all of the guts.