The notice board in Gryffindor Tower was being fussed over. Harry sat in the back corner, listening to the gossip.
"OHMYGOSH!I have GOT to go get Fran! She's gonna die!"
"Hey, our band could play…"
"EEEEEEEEKKK! I am SO going to sing!"
"COOL!"
The commotion dwindled down, and Harry made his way over to see the cause of his headache. There was a new notice pinned up, and it read:
NOTICE
Hogwarts will be throwing a talent show set for THIS Friday at 7:35 in the Great Hall. If you would like to participate, have your act approved by a Hogwarts staff member.
All entries are due by Wednesday. Please make sure you are going to go through with your entry, for you will not be able to drop out.
-Headmaster and Deputy Headmistress
Harry smiled. A talent show would be…interesting. Maybe he'd do it. He knew just the song.
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Friday rolled around, and Harry was anxious for classes to be over. He had practiced many times, and Hermione and Ron thought he was a shoe-in to win.
Harry glanced at the clock. 6:48. He had to kill some time, so he ended up walking around the castle, circling around the Great Hall. His watch slowly got to 7:30. Great, that'd give him time to set up.
Act after act went up on the stage and preformed their song. At last it was Harry's turn. He took his guitar and began to sing:
"Memories
consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safer in my room
Unless I try to start
again
I don't want to be the one
Who battles always
choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I
don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I
don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't
know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm
breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight .
Cultured
my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath
again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I have no
options left again
I don't want to be the one
Who
battles always choose
Cuz inside I realize
That I'm the one
confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I
have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I
don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be
alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
tonight
I'll paint it on the walls
Cuz I'm the one that
falls
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
I
don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But
now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know
how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the
habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight…"
Harry looked out at the crowd and saw tears in the headmaster's eyes. He knew Dumbledore had taken his words to heart.
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Harry had won the talent show, much to Malfoy's disgust. Harry didn't mind at all. He smiled a real smile and lit up the room.
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Review, please! It's short, I know, but…well, that doesn't matter.:)
