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A/N: This chapter is all about Peter playing his keyboard...i picked up the plot from my friend...hope you like it... :)
Peter's Talent
"I can't believe that I'm gonna play for you all" said Peter excitedly. The Marauders and the Tri Angels were sitting together chatting in the Great Hall. The enchanted ceiling was just a simple dark blue sky filled with twinkling stars. There was a buzz of different sounds around the hall. A bunch of 2nd years were sitting not far away from the marauders making stupid moaning noises. Not far from the 2nd years were a group of girls arguing about something rather loudly. The Gryffindor table was as usual the noisiest among the four. The Ravenclaw girls were busy sharing some new gossip to each other and the boys talking about sports. The Slytherins like always were whispering to one and other or glaring at the Gryffindors (Who didn't seem to care at all). The Hufflepuffs were playing truth or dare. So there was a lot of giggling and clapping going on there.
"Neither can I" replied Remus truthfully.
"Food….Food…..Food…" moaned Sirius.
"Can you shut up already?"
"Anyway as I was saying" continued James. "Peter never played in front of anyone before. In fact I have only herd him 'mention' that he plays the board thing. He calls this 'The Sound'"
"I was playing since I was 8" said Peter. "My mom used to teach me"
"Enough with the life history Pete just tell me if you could get me some food." said Sirius.
Peter was saved from answering when Proffesor McGonagall, followed by the first years, entered the hall. She walked briskly towards the stool on which was an old battered looking hat. The sorting began and ended with Nelson Electra who was sorted into Gryffindor. Sirius had mumbled a few things like "If this goes on I'll eat Dumbledore" and "Isn't that kid shorter than usual" in between the sorting.
"What are you all waiting for?" said Dumbledore his eyes twinkling. "Tuck in."
"It's about time we got food" mumbled Sirius as the food appeared. He shoved all the food within his reach onto his plate and dug in as though there was no tomorrow.
"Slow down" Said Rohit who was sitting near Sirius. "Hogwarts isn't gonna run out of food"
"You never know" said James and he too dug in. "Food is like the miracle in life"
Sirius nodded in agreement.
"I accept but the way you two eat I'd consider it one disgusting miracle" said Lily who was watching Sirius and James eat with disgust.
After finishing their meal and listening to Dumbledore 'rumble about rules' as Anna put it, the students started to fill out. Lily and James, as Heads, had a short conversation with Dumbledore and headed towards the Gryffindor common room. They had to patrol for sometime. As they walked they talked about their holidays. On the way they had caught a few third year Hufflepuffs trying to sneak into the kitchens.
"Hey we just came here to get some butterbeer for our 'welcome-back-to-school' party!" one
Of the boys had said.
After giving the password (Fortuna major) to the fat lady they entered the common room. The common room unusually was empty. 'Everyone must have been very tiered' thought Lily as she and James walked towards the small group that sat beside the fire. Sirius was sitting on the armchair closest to the fire with his legs dangling on one side. Anna, Remus and Jade were sitting on the couch talking to each other. Peter was sitting on the other armchair opposite Sirius and had a small table in front of him on which stood his keyboard. Sirius welcomed them by throwing a chewed bubble gum at James. It almost hit him but just missed.
"Alright Peter play away" said Anna enthusiastically.
James sat on the floor leaning on the couch and Lily stood behind the couch to get a better view of Peter.
Peter played one note and said "I have never played my sound to anyone before and its really personal stuff". Everyone nodded and Peter played another note and started again as Sirius took a loud-deep breath to tell everyone that Peter was getting on his nerves. "It's been a long time as well and it's important that you understand that I might have lost the touch a bit. You could call my music wordless…umm…sound poems"
"Okay..." said jade hiding a giggle behind her hand.
Peter played another note and started to say something but was cut off by Sirius.
"Oh God just play" he said.
Peter then started to play. 'Oh Merlin' thought James as Peter played. First he had started with a techno music which was automatic in the keyboard. Then came the sounds of animals with an animal sound for every note. First was the dog bark which Peter played or rather pressed the note to the tune. And then it was the cow moo and the cat mew. Then it suddenly changed to the sound of glass breaking and then into the sound of an explosion after which the techno music stopped.
All through this the others were trying hard not to laugh or cry or tell Peter to stop.
"That was umm…." started Anna. "Terrific"
"Yeah it was really….dashing" said Sirius, his ribs almost bursting with laughter.
"You should…umm…play in public" said Lily. As soon as she said this her hands went to her mouth to control her laughter.
"Thanks guys…I mean I thought I sucked" said Peter oblivious to their sarcasm.
"You do" mumbled James. Only Remus heard him and smiled.
"I have myengine sounds in another disc I'll go get 'em" said Peter as he stood up.
"NO!" screamed Sirius and realized that it was a mistake and took a much lighter tone and said "I mean no Wormtail it's too late and I'm sure the girls are tiered" to support his statement the girls nodded furiously. "And besides you must be tiered too"
"Yeah your right" Peter paused as he took his keyboard. "I'll play again sometime if you guys want"
"Sure Peter. We will let you know" said Jade nodding. "Right guys?"
"Yeah sure why not?" said James sarcastically.
"O'course" nodded Anna.
The others just nodded in agreement. As soon as Peter left Sirius and James burst out laughing. Remus and Anna joined them.
"Oh my God!" muttered Lily grinning as she took the armchair that was now empty.
"What was he thinking!" asked Anna after she finally stopped laughing. "Did he actually think we liked it?"
"It certainly looked like it" replied Remus who had also stopped laughing but was grinning like a mad-man.
"I bet you ---that there---are rats somewhere around here ----hanging themselves" said Sirius between his laughs.
"I might have hanged myself if I didn't want Lily that much" said James as he stopped laughing.
"Yeah, yeah" said Lily rolling her eyes.
"Next time he plays remind me to have ear-plugs wont you Remus" said Jade. She had been dating Remus form the end of their sixth year. Lily hadn't had a single guy ask her out because James was always there to hex them till pigs could fly. She was happy though. She didn't know why but she was certainly happy. Anna was the only 'Angel' left. Everyone knew the Sirius had a crush on her but oblivious to this Anna always considered Sirius as a really good friend. Anna was a bit of a tomboy. She loved Quidditch and hated studying. She also loved to wear baggy pants and shirts that reached up to her thighs but she sometimes or rather most of the time wore jeans and normal shirts. Jade was a bit of a book worm and had the most perfect fashion sense but it was not as good as Lily's. Lily liked to play soccer, a muggle sport, and she was pretty good at it. She, like said before had a perfect fashion sense.
Sirius was a typical cool guy. He had a love for food and just loved to snog. He could give up studying History Of Magic for a good snog. It's not giving up much but yet he would gladly give it up. He also loved Quidditch. James was another amazing guy. He loved Quidditch and he absolutely loved Lily more than anything. He was also a fan of food. Remus was a quiet and a calm guy. He was also a book worm and a really trustworthy person.
"Sure thing" replied Remus.
"It's getting late" said Lily looking outside the window. "We better go to bed"
"I second that" said Jade and stood up to leave. "'Night everyone"
"Yeah later" said Lily and headed towards the girls dormitories.
"Sweet dreams flower" said James and pulled Sirius towards the boys dormitories. Anna followed Jade who had kissed Remus goodnight and was now heading towards the dormitories.
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