I was watching one of my favorite shows (American Idol) and I decided to clash it with one of my favorite book series. I don't know if anyone else has done this, but I would not try to copy them. I go out of my way to be different. This is rated for certain songs and language that's in it.
Oh yeah, I own not Harry Potter or American Idol (I am forced to say this even though I don't mention American Idol in any part. I guess the idea or something is punishable) or any of the songs I put in here or anything else for that matter. I also have a couple jokes in here about other shows on television you'll know where they are. On with the story!
Hogwart's Idols
The students of Hogwarts were buzzing with the news. A contest? What kind? No one had any idea. It was rumored to be bigger than the Triwizard Tournament, which was hard to do. Only fifteen-year-olds and up could enter and that ticked off a lot of students who were younger then that. But those who were older were overexcited.
"Attention! Attention!" Little Professor Flickwick tried to get the attention of the students. Everyone continued chatting away, blissfully unaware of the professor. He tried this for another ten minutes, recieving no respect or attention.
"SHUT UP!" Hagrid boomed, his voice shaking the dozens of chandeliers, and poor little Flickwick. "Continue." He said, his face red from embarrassment.
McGonagall cleared her throat, "Allow me, Professor." She magicked up a roll of parchment and put on her glasses, "Dear Students of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we are very pleased to bring what promises to be the newest hit to your school. We are the creators of 'So you think you can Cast?' and 'Magical Magic Made' and we would like to bring our newest show 'Magical Idol' to your school. You must be 16 years or older to enter. This is a singing competition with guaranteed fame attached. The auditions will start next week. Rules and sign ups will be posted tomorrow." She put the parchment down and conversation exploded throughout the hall.
"So, you gonna try out?" Ron asked, punching Harry playfully on the shoulder. He shrugged and continued to gaze into nothingness, what was the point of trying out for something that was so stupid?
"I am!" Ginny claimed and then demonstrated by singing a quick verse of a popular jazz song. She was had a good, solid voice with a little swing to it. A couple people clapped and cheered. Hermione felt a stab of jealousy and turned to Ron.
"Well, I could try out too, right?" She asked her boyfriend. He nodded and gave her a quick smile before more students claimed they could make it too. Ron boasted that he had won a singing contest before. Ginny whispered to Harry that Ron was three and everyone thought he was so cute singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, little star", naked.
"I'm gonna win; you're all a bunch of losers!" Dean stood on the table then fell into the laughing crowd of Gryffindors. Other claims were made before the professors managed to get them into their common rooms and soon into the dormitories. A voice echoed throughout the dormitories "LIGHTS OUT!" What could they do but follow?
"Ohh, Ohhh, yeeeaaah…wait. That's not right!" Hermione was practicing her song in the bathroom mirror in the morning. Her voice echoed off the pink bathroom tiles. It was either too high or too low. It was no where near Ginny's clear jazzy voice.
"Never mind it. It's just distracting to your studies." She whispered to herself. Tying her hair back into a quick, bushy ponytail, she ran out of the bathroom. Another girl was using her wand to straighten her long, black hair in a mirror on the other side of the bathroom.
"You'll do great." She encouraged herself, silently laughing at the pitchy girl that was singing before. She would surely be the winner. Her voice was better then that girl's by far.
With this, Cho Chang coaxed herself.
Harry looked at the dozens of song choices, mouth-wording the words instead of singing. If someone were to hear him, he'd be rather embarrassed. He never thought he had a good voice, but already made a pact with Neville that if one tried out, the other would. All the newest hits in both the muggle world and the wizarding world were allowed it was was hard to choose.
"La, la, la, la, la!" A voice sang from a shower in the bathroom. It was unmistakeningly Dean, hopefully rock or punk suited him better than the 'shower blues'.
Other voices rang through out the school. The teachers were really regretting saying yes to the stupid producers. Of course, it didn't interfere with classes whatsoever. The contest was on the weekends and usually at night. But it did interfere with studies, the students were sure to practice for their songs more than school.
"Sign it if you want to waste your life on something so foolish." Snape said to the students, who didn't mind taking any time off from lunch or their lives, considering everyone was singing a different tune. He held up a long parchment reading: Sign Ups. This soon read the following names (No particular order or whether they'll get in or not):
Ginny Weasley, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnegan, Emmy Nells, Ronald Weasley, Leigh Stump, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Justin Johnson, Neville Longbottom, Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Bonnie Simmons, Draco Malfoy...
A/N: As you can well imagine, there were so many more. But I won't bore you. Next chapter is the auditions, so please stay interested. It'll get better, I wanted to get on with the singing and being able to put actual songs in here. You have no idea who's going to make it or not. I'm really excited about it, it's gonna be awesome.