A/N Hi there. Okay so this is a Harry Ginny Fic. It was in response to a challenge me and my friend Toni gave one another to write a fanfic to the wonderful Queen song! It has already been put up in under my name "Elmo" but I thought I would put it up here. Hope you guys like it! Please let me know!
Caught in a Landslide.
"Please state the relevance of the set song in Muggle Society"
Ginny Weasley; Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
May be of some relevance to the muggle Monarchy as Ginny scratched this out she couldn't help but groan. Why had she let Hermione talk her into taking this stupid subject? It wasn't as if she was going to use it, and if she hoped to get her and Harry closer she couldn't be more wrong. Harry wanted to stay as far away from the Muggle world for as long as possible. Last time she'd asked him about cleaning he had just mumbled something about Dobby and trifle and stalked off. Plus Ginny was trying not to like him. That was specifically why she had told Hermione that she had given up on him, not that Hermione had believed her but at least she had passed on the message and the teasing had stopped. Sighing, Ginny returned to her assignment,
Bohemian Rhapsody
What the hell was a "rhapsody"? Better yet, what
was a "bohemian"? Frustrated Ginny threw down her quill again;
she wasn't going to get anywhere with the title until she found a
muggle dictionary.
Deciding to actually listen to the song Ginny
searched through her bag for her tape player. They had done music
players and tapes the month before so Ginny was beginning to get the
hang of them. Finally pulling the instrument out from the bottom of
her bag Ginny got comfortable to listen to what was, according to the
tape box, "one of the greatest songs of our time.
Is this
the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
It started out like a ballad to Ginny; similar to one of the Weird Sister's old tunes. The words drew her in;
Caught in a landslide,
No
escape from reality
Strange thing to sing about. Maybe that's what rhapsodies sound like.
Open your eyes,
Look
up to the skies and see
Harry, Hermione and Ron had wandered into the common room and sat down near Ginny as she continued to listen to the song;
I'm just a poor boy,
I
need no sympathy
This seemed a really depressing and kind of familiar to Ginny. Maybe she was a Bohemian – really needed to find out what it was. She didn't want another incident like the one when she was five and thought protestant and prostitute was the same thing. The twins had a field day! She felt someone nudge her arm and looked up to see Harry, Ron and Hermione staring at her.
'What?'
'What are you doing?'
'Listening
to Queen on a tape recorder Ron, what does it look like I'm
doing!'
'Queen? As in the Queen!'
'No. Queen as in
the band.'
As Harry muttered this everyone turned to look at him.
'What?'
'Nothing! It's just….well…didn't
really think you listened to music that's all'
'Well I do
listen to some Hermione, I mean Queen were huge before Freddie
Mercury died. In fact they're bigger now. Bohemian Rhapsody was
voted best song over the summer'
'Bohemian Rhapsody?'
'You
know it!'
Ginny felt herself blush as Harry turned to stare at her along with Ron and Hermione.
'That's what I'm
listening to. It's for Muggle studies. Have to try and find its
relevance in society'
A smirk appeared on Harry's face.
'You've got to figure out the meaning of Bohemian
Rhapsody?'
Insulted Ginny just glared at him,
'Think
I can't Potter?'
'I don't think anyone can Gin.'
Ginny paused, since when did he call her Gin?
'Well…', Ginny struggled to argue, truth be told she couldn't make hide nor hair of it but she wasn't about to admit that to Harry. Thinking hard she remembered another girl in class doing the same song,
'Toni
thinks it might have been about a trial'
'Best theory I've
heard yet'
Harry was still smirking.
'Fine! If
you're so smug why don't you help me?'
'Like I said Gin,
no one can explain that song.'
There's that Gin again! Ginny glared at him even though her heart was now skipping beats,
'Well it's not like I'd expect help from you anyway!'
Ginny had not meant to sound bitter but from the look on Harry's face she had. Looking down to hide her blush she mumbled,
'Err…what I meant was you couldn't help…I don't want you help…really.'
Harry's eyes were now boring into her making her shift uncomfortably in her chair. Hermione, sensing the tension, put in,
'I did a queen song
last year for muggle studies.'
'You did!'
'Yeah…"
I Want to Break Free"…the twins helped…kind of…'
'The
twins helped!'
At this Ron looked incredulous.
'Yeah, they kinda acted out the video.'
Hermione was now blushing deeply while a look of realisation appeared on Ron's face,
'Oh THAT'S who Queen is!'
Harry, looking lost, glanced between the two,
'Wait a minute! The twins acted out the video. As in the video for "I Want to Break Free"? Really?'
Ginny started to giggle as she remembered,
'Yeah Harry, they really did!'
Flashback George dived down the
stairs from the boy's dorm, arms spread, leather miniskirt hitched
high, top pulled low to reveal a stuffed bra that looked awfully like
Katie Bell's, 'I Want to Break Free!' As he
continued to sing Fred appeared in Ginny's old school uniform which
was now too small for HER! Donned in a blonde wig, platform heels and
bubblegum pink lip-gloss he began to join in. George, swaying
on his stilettos, began to wave a feather duster in Ron's face,
which had gone green with revulsion. Ginny meanwhile was
trying not to be stepped on while rolling on the floor
laughing. Hermione was stuck between shock and laughter. Fred
preceded to do high kicks while twirling his blonde pigtails and
George blew kisses to a hysterical Ginny, pinging his suspenders as
he went. End flashback
Ginny now had tears streaming down her face. Giggling Hermione added,
'It really did help with my assignment. Though I don't think they liked what I said about "breaking free"!'
Looking green again Ron turned to Harry who was also laughing,
'Scarred me for life mate!'
Sputtering Harry managed to ask,
'How…When…', gasping for breath he added, 'How did I miss this!'
'I think you were asleep or off sulking somewhere.'
This earned Ginny a glare as Harry stopped laughing.
'Well why didn't
anyone tell me?'
'You weren't really talking to us mate,
sorry…but in my defence I do try to suppress any memory of it'
Ron shuddered
This got Harry chuckling again,
'I
can't believe they did that!'
'Well they thought that
helping would butter Hermione up to them testing their
produces.'
Hermione sniffed, 'I cannot be bought!'
Feeling that the Trio were going back into their own little world as they turned their backs on her to discuss Fred as a Blonde, Ginny got up to leave. Harry looked round then,
'Where are you going?'
The tone was slightly accusatory and Ginny bristled at it,
'I'm going to the Library, why? Got a problem with
that Potter?'
'I was just asking Gin! And why do you always
call me "Potter" – you sound like Malfoy!'
Harry's words hurt so instead of yelling at him, which she would usually do (and Ron expected judging by the way he was cringing), she just wrenched her gaze to her feet and mumbled,
'I don't think I know you well enough.'
And with that gathered her stuff, turned on her heel and left the common room, leaving two open jaws and a pair of hurt emerald green eyes in her wake.
