As my original disclaimer was deleted, as were all my author's notes, I'm adding it back in here.  For those of you reading, I am sorry this story is taking so long to get posted- life has been hectic in recent months and I'm afraid I've been a bit burned out.  I WILL eventually finish this story!  You can also find these stories on my webpage (info in my bio). - Alinora

Disclaimers: I am not in any way, shape or form the owner of Harry Potter or the world created by JKR.  Just in case anyone was wondering…

Assumptions: Hopefully you've already read my first story The Magic of Music.  If you haven't I suggest that you go do so, or this might not make as much sense.  As you've probably guessed, this is the sequel.

As my first story took place during the year that has (finally) become The Order of the Phoenix, I plan to ignore most of what happened during that book, so, if you haven't read it, there shouldn't be many spoilers here, unless I had already planned to work a similar idea into my plotline.

One last thing: as I stated in the past story, I had half that one written before I began posting and now I have barely more than what's going up right now, and nothing else has been Betaed yet.  Please be patient and stay with me.  I promise to post fairly frequently (I'm hoping for once a week or so) and that I will not stop for really long periods of time unless something major happens.  It's important for me to do this and if you're willing to read (and hopefully leave wonderful reviews *laugh*) I don't want to disappoint.

Wow, that was a bit long.  Enough said.  Here we go…

Alinora

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Prologue: The Interview

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Listening to the Sound of Sirens

By Toni Nichols

Since they burst onto the music scene three years ago, The Sirens have been making music history. These three women, Alinora Roane, Ginny Weasley and Katie Bell, have gone a long way towards breaking society's stereotypes of 'girl groups', touring and performing with such a variety of artists that the critics have finally had to give up on saying that "it'll never work." They've proven time and again that, for them, it does work- and they make it look easy.

Today, these amazing women have agreed to take time out of their hectic schedules to sit down with me and briefly discuss what the last couple of years have meant to them. When I arrived at the restaurant where we'd agreed to meet, I found them laughingly engrossed in a video game. Dressed casually in jeans and t-shirts, you'd never believe that they are the same glamorous women that we've seen on stage and in videos, and they turned out to be just as normal and down to earth as the clothing they were wearing.

Glamorous: I'm glad you guys had the time to come talk to me today. You've been touring non-stop for years now, only taking minor breaks for relaxing and working on new material, but somehow you've kept up the pace. What's it been like, achieving all this success while you're all still barely in your 20's?

GW: Barely is right…

KB: Hey, you got your birthday off!

AR: The pace can be grueling, but we're doing something we love. These ladies are my family- my best friends- they make it fun and all worth while. Besides, our friends and families keep us grounded. When we do get home for visits, we still have chores to do and normal lives to live- we're not famous to them. We don't really care about the hype that goes along with the job, that's not what's really important in the long run. Life, having the people you love with you and making a difference in their lives… helps you keep your head on straight.

Glamorous: You've mentioned many times before that the three of you are more family than friends. Have you known each other for a long time then?

KB: Forever! Well, maybe not quite that long, but we did meet in school and have been friends since. We've gone through a lot together over the years and it's only helped the friendship.

AR: I don't really have a family of my own anymore, as they all died when I was younger. I have made a habit of adopting people into my new family though, over the years, and these two are definitely my sisters, just as Colin has always been my brother- or at least since I met him.

Glamorous: Colin Creevy? Your manager and PR person? He's family too?

AR: Yes, he's my little brother- just ignore the height difference! He's not very interested in the musical side of things, but he's a wiz at marketing us. And since he is family; he looks after us quite well, leaving us to concentrate on the music.

KB: Well, more like leaving Ali to concentrate- she hasn't lead us wrong yet…

Glamorous: Have you always wanted to be a part of the music industry?

KB & GW: [pointing at Alinora] She has!

AR: Ever since I can remember. Music has always been my life. If I'm not singing, I'm humming or I have songs running through my head- there's a constant soundtrack running. I'm just lucky that these two agreed to join in the madness with me.

Glamorous: So many artists have a problem making a name for themselves in one genre over the course of their career. How do you account for your success in such a wide variety of musical types?

GW: Hard work. Ali's been determined that we not get pigeonholed into one genre or another, so we're constantly looking into other areas of music that we like and seeing what we can do there.

AR: Most people, including ourselves, like many different types of music, so why should we be limited, or limit ourselves, to only playing one? Where's the fun in that?

KB: And if we're not having fun, why do it? There are much more relaxing ways of living than constant touring!

Glamorous: Makes sense to me. You've had the opportunity to work with a variety of artists and musicians over the years, which has definitely not hurt your careers, but with the hectic life you lead; do you have time to do much of your own song writing?

GW: We do a lot of our own song writing- as much as we can, but half the fun of working with these amazing artists is being able to play with things that they've written as well. It helps broaden our musical background and it's fun! It goes along with the fact that, though we play our own instruments whenever possible, with so many talented musicians out there, why should we always do it all by ourselves?

KB: We certainly don't feel the need to do everything ourselves- no need to recreate the wheel. And it keeps us from trying to do too much.

Glamorous: Exactly. You're about to start your latest U.S. tour after having been on the road for the past couple years. When are you going to be taking some real time off?

AR: After this tour is over, we plan to stop for a while. We've only had time to make quick trips home over the past couple years to visit with our friends and family and we're really looking forward to being able to spend some quality time with them that doesn't involve writing long letters!

Glamorous: Maybe take some time for a relationship or two…? You three are notoriously closed mouthed on that topic.

GW: What's there to say that the tabloids haven't already made up?

KB: According to them, we've been involved with just about every male we've had any contact with- up to and including Colin! It's rather amusing, now that we're use to it. We've started making bets as to who makes it into the papers next… and with whom.

Glamorous: So, I'm not going to get any juicy gossip now, am I? No answer to the burning question on whether this mystery guy they've linked you to, Alinora, is real?

AR: You mean Fernando? Well, if the tabloids have said it, then it must be true. They never lie, do they?

Glamorous: No comment! I guess I'll have to leave it at that. Thank you all for your time and good luck on tour, though I doubt the three of you will need it.