The Moonlight Noon Chateau
By Hippy
Gypsy
Disclaimer: All
Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling, but the Moonlight Noon Chateau
people are mine! I'm experimenting here
with my own characters for a story I'm writing, so I'm testing out character traits. I know this seems a bit Moulin Rougey, but
please forgive me. I couldn't write my
own music at the moment, and besides, it seemed to fit. So the music belongs to the movie Moulin
Rouge. I know I've changed the lyrics
in "Lady Marmalade" to a drastic amount, but it previews some of the events in
that will happen in the fic, just like the original version hints at the events
in the movie. It works! I know I got the words wrong. I did it on purpose. Also, I'm trying to stay away from the
vulgarness of it (that was the only word I could think of at the moment), so
the French word "couchez", which means to…um…yeah…that's been changed to
"chantez", which means to sing! And I
know I put my name in the song, but I wanted to change the words, and I mean,
if you sing it, it fits! You're not
gonna hold it against me, right? Is
that it? All right. Here we go!
Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Moonlight Noon!
"A bohemian storm is brewing! Truth! Beauty! Freedom!
Love!"
~the
motto of Moulin Rouge
"Give it to them like a dragon!"
~the
motto of the Moonlight Noon
Chapter 1-Prologue: The New Marmalade
Carlotta
watched from behind the curtain as Little Rock and Devine sang on the center
stage. The people in the crowd, men and
women, danced until their feet could no longer guild them. Such was the life at the Moonlight Noon
Chateau. It's been a month already,
Carlotta thought to herself. It's
been a month since they were here…and him…
Exactly
a month before, the Moonlight Noon had been the ruins of a horrible fire and an
explosion of magic that had burnt it to the ground. But tonight was it's grand reopening, thanks to five friends from
England. Hogwarts to be exact. They had come to warn them who the new
ownership partner of the club had been, but now the Dark Lord was gone…but not
destroyed. It didn't matter to
Carlotta. As long as that…thing…didn't
come near her again…and he had her.
"Hey! You ready?"
Carlotta's
heart jumped when she saw Sammy. His
face now was changed from its usual clean shave to a black goatee. He was dressed in black robes, head to
toe. Carlotta blushed a bit at the
memory of him. Sammy now looked
just like him.
Sammy
walked to the dresser. He picked up the
picture of Severus Snape and compared it to the image in the mirror. "Well, you're the one of us that knows him
best Carlotta. Do I look like him?"
Carlotta
smiled fondly. "Yes you do. For a moment I thought you were him, coming
back to see me." She blushed a bit.
"You're
not looking bad yourself. You look just
like Diva."
Carlotta
compared herself in the mirror to the picture of Minerva McGonagall. It was a pretty good match. Her dark hair was tied back in a bun, a
diamond studded green top hat was pinned to her head, her dress was deep green
and to the floor, and she wore gloves that came up to the elbow. She was beautiful. She was ready.
Oliver,
Evan, and Tiffany soon joined them dressed in their versions of Albus
Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, and Sybill Trelawney. During their five-minute warning curtain call they all talked in
hushed whispers.
"Well,
here we go," said Oliver. He brushed
his hand through his newly dyed white hair.
His beard was far shorter than Dumbledore's, but the act was tonight and
tonight only, so it wouldn't matter much.
"The grand finally!"
"I wish
they were here to see it," said Tiffany, her red beaded dress brushing the
ground.
"We'll do
fine. Just remember the new words,
okay?" said Evan. His beard wasn't
exactly in the same bushy style as Hagrid's, but for the one night it would
pass.
Antonio
Safrin, owner of the Moonlight Noon Chateau, poked his head through the
curtain. "You five ready for your
cue? Get to you places."
Carlotta
took her place near the back, sitting on a prop in the shape of a sparkling
crescent moon. She was the last one of
the group to sing. Through the curtain
she could hear Antonio clear his throat and get the crowd's attention.
"Ladies
and gentleman, I am pleased to welcome you back to the Moonlight Noon Chateau
tonight after our unexpected renovation!"
Some of
the crowd laughed while the rest burst into applause. Off stage, Carlotta stole a look at Little Rock and Devine who
whispered, "Break a leg," and gave her thumbs up.
"My
friends, a little more than a month ago, I was in a tight spot. It seemed that I was in danger of losing the
Moonlight Noon altogether," Antonio continued.
Some of the crowd booed. "I
therefore signed a partnership agreement in order to help my finances. My friends, I had not known that my new
partner was really the Dark Lord, Voldemort, who I was dealing with." Some of the crowd went dead silent. "But, five people came and warned me. These people have been dealing with the Dark
Lord for quite some time, and the last thing they wanted was to hear that the
people of the Moonlight Noon had been lost to his power. You see, my friends, one of these five used
to be one of our own. Some may know her
as Diva."
The crowd
began to whisper, "Diva…Diva…" Carlotta
smiled. Minerva always was in the spot
light.
"But
thanks to them, we are all here tonight, to celebrate…to dance…to live!" The crowd cheered. "So tonight, for our grand finally, we'd like to share their
story with you!" The crowd cheered
louder.
Antonio
took his top hat from his head and bowed deeply. "Madames et monsieurs!
Welcome back to the Moonlight Noon!" The crowd burst into applause and the curtain opened to reveal a
dark stage.
Sammy
began to snap his fingers while hidden in shadow and the lights came on to
reveal the setting much like the old Moonlight Noon stage.
Sammy
Where's all my soul sistas?
Let me hear y'all flow sistas!
Tiffany
sat on top of a black grand piano and began to chant with Carlotta.
Carlotta and Tiffany
Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista! (Sammy: O!)
Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista!
Oliver
burst through the doors at the top of the stage and began to sing strongly.
Oliver
They sang "Marmalade" down at ol' Moonlight Noon
Was strutting their stuff on the street
They said, "Hey Tom!
Oh no! You wanna give it the
go!"
They're singing
The
lights burst into total effect, covering the whole stage brightly!
All
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (Carlotta: Hey hey hey!)
Hippy gypsy ya ya yeah (Evan: Yeah yeah yeaha!)
Mocha chocolata ya ya (Tiffany: Oh yeah!)
Oliver
And Cream Lady Marmalade!
Sammy
What what?
What what?
Oliver
O wow wow!
All
Voulez-vous chantez avec moi, ce soir?
Voulez-vous chantez avec moi?
Sammy
Yeah yeah yeah yeah!
Tiffany
Ow!
The
spotlight now began to follow Evan as he stood on top of a setting like a bar,
wine glass in hand.
Evan
They started it all
(Carlotta and Tiffany: Hey
sista, go sista…)
The girls freshened up
And the boys drank all that Magnolia wine
O! When they
disappeared in the streets
The rat started to freak!
Yeah!
All
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (Evan: Ba da da!)
Hippy gypsy ya ya yeah (Evan: They're still singing!)
Mocha chocolata ya ya
Evan
And Cream Lady Marmalade!
Yeah!
All
Voulez-vous chantez avec moi, ce soir? (Sammy: Ce
soir? What what what?)
Voulez-vous chantez avec moi?
Sammy
Yeah yeah oh!
Tiffany
began to sing with an attitude from the top of the black grand piano, letting
her every word sweep across the audience.
Go Prima Donna, Carlotta thought for a quick moment.
Tiffany
They come through with the money in the guarder bags
Let me out! I'm
okay? I'm straight out the gate!
We're independent wizards
You mistake me for what?
I said "Why spend mine when I could spend yours?"
Is that for real?
Well, that's true, but I'm sorry.
I'm gonna keep playing these cats out like guitars!
My high-heeled shoes, getting' love from the grooves
Five good ol' wizards and the Moonlight Noon!
Evan, Oliver, and Carlotta
Hey sista, soul sista!
Better get that dough sista!
Tiffany
We drink wine with
diamonds in the glass
By the case, the meaning of expensive taste
Sammy
They want gitchi
gitchi ya ya!
Mocha chocolata!
Tiffany
I'm the real Lady
Marmalade!
Sammy
One more time!
Come on now!
All
Marmalade!
(Carlotta: O!) (Sammy: Oh lady!)
Marmalade!
(Sammy: O! Yeah yeah!)
Marmalade!
Carlotta
O wow wow!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Sammy
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah! (Tiffany: Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh!)
The lights above Sammy became sparks
and a large sign that said "Moonlight Noon" took to life as if it were almost
on fire! The spotlight feel on Sammy!
Sammy
The way that they
talk is so silky smooth
Hey!
With color of café
au lait
Alright!
They've made the
savage beast inside roar
Until it cried
Carlotta, Evan,
Oliver, and Tiffany
"No more!
Sammy
More…
Carlotta, Evan,
Oliver, and Tiffany
No more!
Sammy
More…
Carlotta, Evan,
Oliver, and Tiffany
No more!"
Sammy
O o o o o o o!
And finally it was Carlotta's
turn. The spotlights feel on her and
she was raised above the crowd and sang her heart out from the moon!
Carlotta
So when odds are
all up, oh, to nine to five
(Tiffany: Nine to five!)
When they're living
away the good life
And when the
curtain goes up you'll see
The crowds always
scream
For
Carlotta, Evan,
Oliver, and Tiffany
More!
Sammy
More!
Carlotta, Evan,
Oliver, and Tiffany
More!
Sammy
More!
All
More!
Carlotta
O wow wow wow!
And they all joined together on
center stage.
All
Gitchi gitchi ya ya
da da (Sammy and Carlotta: Ba da ya!)
Hippy gypsy ya ya
yeah (Sammy: I wanna know! Yeah!)
Mocha chocolata ya
ya (Tiffany: O!)
Carlotta
Cream Lady
Marmalade!
Carlotta and
Sammy
Hey! Yeah yeah
yeaha!
All
Voulez-vous chantez
avec moi, ce soir?
Voulez-vous chantez
avec moi?
Oliver
They're still
singin'!
All
Voulez-vous chantez
avec moi, ce soir?
Voulez-vous chantez
avec moi?
And Sammy ran down the runway to
finish up with his rap.
Sammy
Come on! O!
Trelawney!
Tiffany
O yeah yeah yeah
yeah o!
Sammy
Albus!
Oliver
Lady Marmalade!
Evan
Severus!
Sammy
Hey! Hey! O o o o o o o!
Oliver
Hagrid!
Evan
O o o wow wow!
Sammy
And Minerva baby!
Carlotta
Lady!
Sammy
Moonlight Noon!
Tiffany
O!
Evan
Da da!
Da da!
Sammy
Like a dragon!
Yeah!
They finished up together gathered
around the black grand piano. Oliver
had his head held high with his arms wide open, triumph in his face. Tiffany sat on the piano, legs crossed, and
her usual attitude in her face. Evan
held his wine glass high in a toast.
Sammy took his hat off with a look of pure happiness mixed with a bit of
what could've been evil. And Carlotta
was again sitting on the moon high above them, the most noticeable of all.
All
Cream Lady
Marmalade!
O wow wow
O YES AH!
With that, the crowd went wild and
was on their feet with applause. The
New Marmalade had been a complete success!
But not one of them, Oliver, Carlotta, Sammy, Evan, Tiffany, or Antonio
for that matter, could forget the events of a short month ago…
I wish you were here Severus,
Carlotta thought in her moment of glory.
I love you…
Note from the
Hippy Gypsy: So that's the prologue to the story. Now in the next chapter, you're going to see
what happened the month before that sparked Voldemort's urge to own a nightclub,
who the "rat that freaked in the street" is, Minerva as "Diva", why the
Moonlight Noon Chateau had to be rebuilt, and how an aspiring singer like
Carlotta ever fell for a man like Severus Snape! Unfortunately, it may take a while, because if you look me up in
the author's directory, I'm writing a couple of other stories in addition to
this. Read my other stories too! I'm working hard! But never fear! It shall
be completed! So stayed tuned and PLEASE
REVIEW!!! NO FLAMES!!! Thanks!
~Hippy Gypsy
