QUICK NOTES! PLEASE READ. ON THE STORY: I revised it yet again! I seems I can never be happy with the result. Also the band part of this story will not be emphasized on, basically they will never move out of where they are and eventually they will break up, the point is… well you will see soon enough, I will write the next chapter as soon as I revise every other chapter! ON CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: If you feel you really must criticize something, please do it nicely, I know it is only to help me but it really just discourages me to write. You can criticize but lightly please!
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"Ginny! PLEASE! I'm trying to finish my homework!" Kitty, yelled from her four-poster bed.
"Oh! Sorry." A dripping wet, towel-wrapped Ginevra Weasley stepped out of the bathroom that she and her roommate, Kitty, shared. As usual Ginny had been singing in the shower and quite loudly!
Ginny loved to sing, she sung whenever possible, and when she thought no one was listening. She was pretty good... at least she thought so. Some people just don't know how to appreciate talent.
"It's okay," Kitty pulled open the curtains of her bed and said, "Ginny why don't you make a band or something. You have all those lyrics stuffed in your shoebox." Kitty said, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
"Kit, how the hell did you find out about those?" Ginny shrieked, those where personal, she wrote... stuff there. Kitty smiled innocently and said, "I was looking for a shirt-"
"In a shoebox?"
"Well maybe it was shoes... does it really matter? The point is you're really good"
"Don't try to change the subject! We'll talk about this later…" Ginny said while glaring at Kitty.
"No wait, I heard this band was looking for a lead singer, there was a paper posted in every common room. I saw it and I thought that maybe you could audition; I mean that you should audition! I don't know anyone who sings like you do!" Kitty said, walking over to Ginny's bed.
"Do you really think I should try out?" Ginny asked uncertainly.
"Yes! Here's the flyer, I picked one up for you." Kitty said fishing out a crumbled blue paper from the back pocket of her jean shorts. "You should give it a try! I'll be there rooting for you." She said getting up. "Now back to Snape's essay. Who really gives a shit about potions anyway?" Kitty mumbled as she walked back to her bed, closing her curtains.
Ginny unfolded the paper and read what it said inside.
"Lead singer wanted for the band Chaotic, male or female. 5th year or 6th year, not older we'll pass for a 4th year too, maybe... Auditions Friday at 8:00, near the green house, if you come make sure you can sing.
Band members:
-Draco: Lead Guitar -Blaise: Base Guitar -Spider: Drums"
"These are all Slytherin people!" Ginny said to herself. "Kit did you know that they where all Slyths?" She said aloud.
"Sort of, but I thought we could... you know make you look different or something, so they wont recognize you." Kitty yelled back.
"That wouldn't be a bad idea, but the try outs are in three days, how are we going to get me to look like someone else in such little time?" Ginny said opening the curtains of her bed and saw that Kitty had done the same.
"Easy," Kitty said flicking her wand.
She hopped off her bed and her upper body momentarily disappeared under her bed only to shortly reappear with a stack of Witch Weekly magazines.
"Ta da!" She said as she handed them to Ginny.
"These have tons of articles on how to change your image. Look we'll try something now, and then make up a spell, so you can zap your self back and forth between your two identities!" Ginny could tell Kitty was getting exited; she loved makeovers.
"Okay, then lets get started." Ginny began to flip through the first magazine. "How about platinum blonde for your hair?" Kitty said holding up the magazine next to Ginny's face.
"Let me see it." Ginny grabbed the magazine from Kitty, a witch was modeling the latest handbag, and her hair was almost white! "I don't know..." Ginny said uncertainly.
"Trust me!" Kitty said and snatched the magazine back from Ginny.
Okay, the hair color was forcibly chosen by Kitty, but what about everything else?
"Hey Gin listen to this. 'Tired of freckles, zits and, pimples, well just say this spell and it will completely wipe out anything on your face' Uh-oh there's fine print. 'Side affects may include paleness, and itching.' That's not too bad. Want to try it?" Kitty asked Ginny.
"Umm," Ginny thought while looking at her unimaginable pale skin. "There's no way my skin can get paler." "Good then." Kitty said.
So now they had the freckles gone, now all they needed was the outfit.
"We can't really choose the outfit, we don't exactly know what kind of band they are. We should go with something neutral, nothing shocking and nothing too plain, a happy median." Kitty said.
"Oh! Then how about this?" Ginny said and pointed at the picture.
"That's cute Ginny!"
And so the outfit was decided.
Ginny cut out what they where going to use and carried it off to the shoebox in her closet. "Kit please don't look through this box anymore, okay?" Ginny said. "Fine… So Friday then… are you nervous?" Kitty said picking up her books, and quills and putting them on her night stand. "A little, but if it doesn't work out then, my alter-ego will just… disappear!" Ginny said changing into a big white t-shirt and baggy blue pants. "Mhm! Good night Gin." Kitty whispered. "Night." Ginny turned off the lights, and got in her bed.
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Friday came much too quickly for Ginny's liking.
She was starting to have second thoughts, she didn't know if this would work...How could theynot recognize her? Were they really that dumb? Did all it take was different hair and no freckles to completely physically change someone?
Well it was worth a shot, she kept reminding her self. If they did find out they couldn't do much to her anyway... besides kick her out of the band... and that wouldn't affect Ginny too much.
Ginny sighed into her plate; she began to dig her spoon into the large plate of mashed potatoes in front of her and washed it down with some pumpkin juice. Ron, Hermione and Kitty all sat watching her; she couldn't have been eating any slower if she tried!
Harry wasn't sitting with them only because Harry had found out thatRon and Hermione where secretly dating, and he got angry because he found out from Colin, 'Even Colin knew before me!' He would say, honestly Ginny thought he was jealous, because everyone knew he liked Hermione, he was just too proud to admit it and make a move.
"Ginny please eat faster it's almost seven! The auditions are at eight!" Kitty whispered to Ginny.
"All right…" Ginny pushed her plate out in front of her; "I'm done."
"Well then lets get going!" Kitty said loudly, seizing Ginny by the wrist.
In a minute, Kitty had dragged Ginny back to the Gryffindor common room. They said the password and made their way to their room.
"Quick, Gin! You want to be early!" Kitty said to Ginny as Ginny followed her into the bathroom.
Ginny had left the cutouts on the bathroom counter before they had gone into the Great Hall and, there they where.
"Okay, lets start with your hair. Kneel down." Kitty told her. Ginny kneeled down in front of the mirror.
"First lets straighten your hair." Ginny's auburn curls slowly straightened themselves out and became pin straight. Another wave of Kitty's wand and her hair became white blonde.
"Now for your freckles!" Kitty said the words and Ginny' freckles completely disappeared.
"Okay, now your outfit. Stand up Gin."
Ginny stood, Kitty waved her wand and her outfit went from tattered school robes to a light and airy white summer dress, simple yet stunning, and to the left of where Ginny stood appeared little plain flats.
"Ginny you look great!" Kitty said and reassuringly shook Ginny gently by the shoulders. Ginny slapped her softly and laughed. "I'm not too sure about this."
Ginny sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror, if anyone didn't recognize her it had to be because of the dress, Ginny would have never been able to afford it.
"Since I'll be there rooting for you, I have to look good too! Maybe I'll catch Blaise's attention!" Kitty said, waving her wand, She wore a short white summer skirt and a simple teal t-shirt that hugged her curves, she mused her hair with her hand and did a little turn. "Well how do I look?" Kitty asked Ginny.
"Great, now lets go, we're late!" Ginny said, running out of the Gryffindor tower.
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"Next to the Green House...Bloody hell! Where next to the Green House? There is nothing bloody next to it but sodding grass!" Ginny said angrily looking across the Hogwarts grounds.
"Shh Ginny!" A boy ten feet away from them was staring at Ginny intently, "Go ask him." Kitty said pointing at the boy who was now leaning against the green house.
"C'mon!" Ginny and Kitty walked hurriedly towards the boy, it was already 8:45. They were forty-five minutes late!
"Excuse me..."Ginny said tapping him (a little too strongly) on the shoulder.
Blaise turned to face the two girls. He rose to his full height, he was at least seven inches taller than both Kitty and Ginny. He wasn't wearing his robe, but he wore his school blouse and regular black pants. He ran a hand through his already messy straight black hair and gave Ginny his full attention.
Kitty blushed and Ginny spoke up, "Do you know where the auditions are?"
"Yeah, I'm part of the band. My name is Blaise." He said. "You girls follow me." Hewalked behind the green house. He waved his wand, a little patch of dirt moved to the side, and a glass staircase appeared.
"Ever wondered why we Slyths never get caught skipping?" He smirked.
Kitty blushed a deeper shade of red.
"Go down the stairs, and walk down the hall, to the last door." He told them. "Which one of you is auditioning?" He asked.
"I am." Ginny said.
"The other girl, with the brown hair can I talk to you for a second?" He asked Kitty.
Kitty nodded.
"I'll meet you down there Kit." Ginny told her.
She nodded again.
Ginny followed his directions, to the last door, the word AUDITION, was printed on the door in silver letters, and enchanted to make it blink. Ginny opened the door. A powerful wave of noise hit her. Damn, it was loud in there.
"Name?" A boy with dark red hair asked. He was also wearing his uniform, he hadn't even bothered to take of his robe.
"Uhm, Ally." Ginny said, it was the first thing that popped into her head.
"Hurry up, you're late... It seems that you're the last one of the day." Spider told her. "Hey Draco! This is the last one!" He called out to a guy sitting on a black chair farther down the room. In front of him there was a red mat. The spot had been charmed to project your voice.
"Then come along girl, I'm tired." He called out facing Ginny for the first time.
"My name is Ally." Ginny said angrily. She felt free in costume, like she could do anything.
"All right Ally, well… are you planning on singing?" He put strong emphasis on her name as if to mock her.
Ginny walked up to the stage and tried to stall a litte by massaging her throat, she needed Kitty there for support. Shortly after, Kitty came in followed by Blaise.
"Sing!" Draco said impatiently. He was still the same Draco, maybe more muscular, and taller, but still the same.
She glared at Draco and began to sing a part of teh first song she could think of:
"And she was lying in the grass,
And she could feel the highway breathing,
And she could se a nearby factory,
She's making sure she is not dreaming.
See the lights of a neighbor's house,
Now she's starting to rise,
Take a minute to concentrate,
And she opens up her eyes,
And she was drifting in the backyard,
And she was taking of her dress,
And she was moving very slowly,
Rising up above the earth."
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I also changed the song, my music taste has changed since I first wrote this chapter!
I listened to new things and stopped watching MTV!
:D