All The World's A Stage

Sequel to Hogwarts: A Musical

Act One
Scene One

(It has been two years since our main characters have graduated from Hogwarts. The main four, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione, are all sitting in Harry's apartment.)

RON: It's so good to finally be all together with you guys again!

HERMIONE: Yes, we've been so busy, I was afraid I would see all of you much anymore. So what are you up to now?

GINNY: Well, Harry and I still have to decide on a date for the wedding.

(She clears her throat, and Harry looks up guiltily.)

GINNY: I don't think we should wait much longer. It's been two years since you proposed. I think it should be soon.

HARRY: Well, we can't have it until the end of Act One. Weddings always take place in the last scene of Act One.

GINNY (sighing): Oh, I suppose you're right. Okay, our wedding will be in the last scene of Act One.

HARRY: Mione, what about you and Ron? What are your plans?

RON: We're thinking about getting married. As soon as I have a definite job. Otherwise, I don't want to rush into things. I want everything to be perfect for my Mione.

HERMIONE: But Ron, I don't want to wait much longer. I love you. Why don't you do what your secret dream is?

RON: No, Hermione, don't say it!

HERMIONE: To become a teacher.
(song)
A Hogwarts teacher, a Hogwarts teacher,
If only you'd been a Hogwarts teacher.
We'd have a little apartment nearby.
You'd get a summer vacation,
And we wouldn't let life pass us by.
A man who's got his masters is really someone
How proud I'd be if you had become one.
It could have been such a wonderful life.
I could have been Mrs. Weasley
Mrs. Ronald Weasley
Mrs. Hogwarts Professor Weasley!
The Hogwarts teacher's wife.
A Hogwarts teacher is really someone
How proud I'd be if you had become one
It could have been such a wonder life
I could have been Mrs. Weasley
Mrs. Ronald Weasley
Mrs. Hogwarts Professor Weasley!
The Hogwarts teacher's wife.
(song ends)

GINNY (laughing): You, Ron? A Hogwarts teacher?

RON (defensively): It's not funny!

(Harry has been trying to control his laughter, but can't anymore.)

HARRY: Actually, it is a little.

HERMIONE: Ron, seriously, I wish you would do something with your life.

RON (to himself): I don't know what to do with my life. I remember, I remember I time, back when I attended Hogwarts...

(The scene changes to outside of school, a few years ago, where Ron, the other three, and a bunch of other kids are standing around)

RON: I was always inbetween.

ALL (song): You're a good man, Ron Weasley
You're the kind of reminder we need
You have humility, nobility and a sense of honor
That is very rare indeed.
You're a good man, Ron Weasley
And we know you will go very far
Yes, it's hard to believe, almost frightening to conceive
What a good man you are!

HERMIONE: You are kind!

ALL: You are kind to all the animals
And every little bird
With a heart of gold you believe what you're told

HARRY: Every single solitary word.

ALL: You bravely face adversity you're cheerful through the day.
You're thoughtful, brave and courteous,

GINNY: And you also have some faults, but for the moment, let's just say-

ALL: That you're a good man, Ron Weasley
You're a prince, and a prince could be king
With a heart such as yours you could open any doors
You could go out and do anything
You could be king, Ron Weasley
You could be king!

RON: Everybody says to me-

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley!

RON: Every voice in harmony

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley!

RON: All I need is one more try
Gotta get up in the sky
And I'm not the kind of guy who gives up easily
Wonder why they stop to say

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley!

RON: Never liked me anyway-

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley!

RON: Trying not to rock the boat, not to make a scene
A good man, yes, but I confess
I don't know what they mean
I wanna rise like I should and do everything right
But I lie awake at night

ALL: Never sleep
RON: With questions in my ear

ALL: Loud and deep

RON: I wanna join the dance

ALL: Take the leap!

RON: But the answer isn't clear-
Then I hear-

ALL: Ron Weasley, Ron Weasley
You're a good man, Ron Weasley
You're a good man, Ron Weasley

HARRY: Get to class!

LAVENDER: Get to class!

SUSAN: Go ahead, get on to class Ron Weasley!

SEAMUS: Don't wanna get late to class!

ALL: That's right!

RON: Don't wanna be late!

ALL: Don't wanna be late to class!
You're a good man, Ron Weasley

RON: There they go again!

ALL: You're the kind of reminder we need!

RON: Don't know what they mean!

ALL: You have humility, nobility and a sense of honor
That is very rare indeed.

RON: I'm not good, I'm not bad, I'm something inbetween!

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley

RON: I don't understand!

ALL: You're a prince, and a prince could be king
With a heart such as yours you could open any doors
You could go out and do anything
You could be king Ron Weasley,
You could be king!

RON: "Nothing lasts forever"

ALL: You could be king

RON: "All good things must end"

ALL: Believe it

RON: I memorized that phrase by heart

ALL: That you were born for this part

RON: So tell me

ALL: You're a good man

RON: I need to know it

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley!

RON: When do the good things start?

ALL: You're a good man, Ron Weasley
You're a good man, Ron Weasley
You're a good man
Ron Weasley!
(Song ends)

(The scene switches back to present time, Harry's apartment)

RON: I'm sorry, Mione. I just can't marry you at this time. I don't have enough money to support us.

HERMIONE (sighing): I guess I understand. (to herself): I wish there was some way I could get some money. (turning to the others): Do you mind if I go for a short walk?

RON: Do you want me to come?

HERMIONE: No! I- I want to go alone.

HARRY: Go ahead, Hermione.

(The scene changes to where Hermione has entered just near the border of the woods)

NARRATOR: Hermione had planted a branch at the grave of her mother, and she had visited there so often, and wept so much, that her tears watered it until it had become a handsome tree.

HERMIONE (song):
I've been good, and I've been kind, mother
Doing only what I learned from you
Why then am I left behind, mother
Is there something more that I should do?
What is wrong with me, mother? Something must be wrong
I wish...

(The ghost of Hermione's mother comes and speaks to her)

HERMIONE'S MOTHER: What, child? Specify. Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor, and good fortune, like bad, can befall when least expected.
Do you know what you wish?
Are you certain what you wish is what you want? If you know what you want
Then make a wish
Ask the tree... and you shall have your wish.

HERMIONE: Shiver, and quiver, little tree
Silver and gold throw down on me.

(Many silver sickles and gold galleons fall from the tree.)

HERMIONE: I'm off to get my wish!
(song ends, end of scene)

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A/N: Ah yes, the first chapter to my sequel is completed. First of all, I'd like to welcome back any old readers from Hogwarts: A Musical. Secondly, I'd like to welcome any new readers. Please review! Now, I'm hoping that my first review will not by a flame, as was my first review for Hogwarts: A Musical. Because any flames will be used to toast marshmallows with!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by the great and wonderful JK Rowling. Now, where's book number five?
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