A Hogwarts Musical: Inspired (sadly) by the Disney Chanel Original Movie High School Musical
The professors at Hogwarts are sick and tired of the infamous shouting matches between Lily Evans and James Potter. They decide to put a temporary, year-long spell that turns arguments into singing and fist-fights into choreography. How can the Marauders and Lily and friends make it through their 7th year with this torture? Find out in: A Hogwarts Musical.
Chapter one: Introductions, a speech, and a spell
Lily Susanna Evans was walking towards the Heads' compartment, wondering who the Head Boy would be. She hoped that it someone she knew. If it was, it would probably be her best guy-friend, Remus Lupin. He had been the Gryffindor Prefect like Lily had been. Yes, she thought, it's probably Remus.
Comforted by the thought of a familiar face, she pushed open the door, but didn't see a pale boy with sandy colored hair. Oh, it was a familiar face alright. But a face that filled her with loathing. It was also a person that was wearing a badge on their cloak. According to this badge, he was head boy. But that was impossible, so Lily knew better. "Potter," she began coldly, "go give the badge back from whoever you stole it from."
He only smiled that absolutely infuriating smile of his and said "See, I can't do that."
"And why the bloody hell not?" Lily snapped.
"Because Professor Dumbledore has finally lost it." Lily was about to reprimand him for saying such a thing about a teacher, but he plowed on. "He made me Head Boy."
Oh great. Starting off the year with a prank are we? "Oh ha ha ha, yes, very funny," Lily said, using her tone of voice to indicate it was anything butfunny. "But I am so not in the mood for one of your annoying little tricks, so go on, tell me who you stole the badge from."
James just sighed and said, "I didn't steal it. It's mine." And he handed her a letter which started with
Dear Mr. James Potter,
We are glad to inform you that you have been made this year's Head Boy…
Lily was only barely aware of the fact that her mouth was hanging open in disbelief. But... that's not… how could he be the Head Boy?! James laughed at Lily's incredulous expression, which earned him a rather painful Death Glare from the red head's emerald green eyes.
His own hazel eyes winced for a fraction of a second, but he quickly recovered and shot her a toothy smile. She used the letter to whack him on his head, and skulked out of the compartment towards the Prefect's compartment. James ran his fingers through his raven colored hair and followed. This was going to be a long year…
Lily's POV
In the Great Hall, Lily had once again convinced us to sit as far from the Marauders as possible. (Not before Cami said, "But… They're so cute!")Juniper, Cami, Zinni, and I were sitting at the Gryffindor table, each one tuned out the sorting hat.
Juniper was born in America, and both her parents had lived in America their whole lives. She had moved to England when she was five and hardly ever showed her accent. She was a half-blood and was a very smart witch. Juniper had almost been sorted into Ravenclaw, but the Sorting Hat decided she should go to Gryffindor. The Ravenclaw in her was obvious; she always got an O and she did well in everything she tried. She had fair skin, and her face was sprinkled with freckles. Juniper Madison Johnson had soft, dark brown hair that flowed to just above her elbows and kept falling into her electric blue eyes, causing her to tuck the hair behind her ear every now and then, only to have it fall forward again. She was the quiet one, and somewhat the most responsible.
Camilla absolutely hated her name and introduced herself as Cami. Should anyone call her Camilla more than once, she would hex them like they had never been hexed before. She enjoyed making up a few spells along the way, but never actually hurt anyone in the process. Cami had been born into a prim and proper British muggle family, but she proudly considered herself the black sheep, and was anything but prim and proper. Cami was the wildest of the bunch, and had added purple streaks (to match her magically altered purple eyes) to her naturally blond hair, and had it at a shoulder length.
Zinni's POV
I, Zinnia Quartilla Xiomara am from a country called C'Nisi Xiang; no one can really pronounce its name. My parents are a witch (who was a C'Nisi Xiang native) and a wizard (from Surrey), and they sent me to Hogwarts after my old school, Vainamoinen, was closed four years ago. Lily had volunteered to be my guide, and we have been being best friends ever since. I still am still living in C'Nisi Xiang, but I am now going to the school my father went to when he was my age. My three older sisters are living and working in our home country, and I visit them every summer. My nickname is "Zinni", and I prefer staying at Hogwarts for Christmas and Easter to going home. At times I burst into frantic rants in C'Nisese when the Marauders make me extremely angry.
A feast later…
Juniper's POV
Dumbledore stood and the Hall fell silent.
"Welcome to all first years, and to the students returning to Hogwarts, welcome back! Our groundskeeper would like me to remind you that the Forbidden Forest is off limits to all students…"
"Gee, I wouldn't have guessed. Hmm, I wonder if that's why it's called the Forbidden Forest?" Cami muttered sarcastically, a mock confused expression on her face. Lily shushed her, but there was a smile on her face. Cami was crazy.
"…new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Ackerley." The girls almost didn't hear the rest of the speech because I nearly spit out the pumpkin juice that was in my mouth and muttered quietly "'Ackerley' means dweller in the mead!"
"Shh!"
"Also, I am to give you a fair warning. All of us professors have combined our heads and have decided to try out a temporary spell here at Hogwarts. For the next school year, please do not be alarmed if your fellow classmates break into song or dance. We have put a spell on the castle so that all the students will behave somewhat like if they were in a musical. A sort of, 'Hogwarts Musical', shall we call it?" The Headmaster's eyes danced at the sea of incredulous and confused faces. But the best were the ones of dawning realization. "Yes, it's quite wonderful, isn't it? Now, should you have shouted arguments," he paused and gave a pointed look, first at Lily then at James, "or perhaps a fist fight some of you find so entertaining," again, a pause, and his gaze was directed towards Cami who innocently whistled, then Sirius, who pulled a 'who, me?!' look, "it will turn to a musical number. Though it is not strictly restricted to those two happenings, those are two of the main reasons we decided to cast this spell. A desire to express an extreme emotion will also trigger it. I think this year will be quite interesting, no? First years, follow your Prefects to your common rooms." He completed his speech with a dismissive air of finality.
Damn. I hate my singing voice…
A/N: This is my first fic, there's bound to be mistakes. My beta is my best friend, and I'm afraid she might not tell me about all my mistakes! So.. R&R! I'm really excited! I feel like a five-year-old... oh wel! check out my profile if you feel like it.