Separating Fact from Fiction
Chapter 4
Act 1, Part 2
(I do not own Harry Potter or A Very Potter Musical)
(Bold is the musical)
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"R-oooon!" Ginny yelled as Harry, Hermione, and Ron were walking towards where the piano was. "You were supposed to take me to Madame Malkins and use those sickles mom gave you for my robe fitting!" Ginny continued to berate him, tapping him harshly with her wand as Ron tried to defend himself.
The actress who played Ginny was much taller than she ever was, now and then. She had tan skin with large eyes and white, straight teeth. She also wore a red synthetic wig that ended midback and had short bangs, revealing most of her forehead. She wore only the Gryffindor tie, dress shirt, skirt, along yellow flats. She also had her wand in one of her hands.
"That's not me," Ginny denied, shaking her head. She would never do that.
"I dunno, she does sorta act like you," Ron said airily before Ginny harshly elbowed him in the gut.
"You just proved his point," Teddy pointed out before Ginny glared at him, making Teddy shrink back in fear.
"Uh, who's this?" Harry asked pointing at Ginny.
"Uh, this is stupid little dumb sister Ginny, she's a freshman," Ron answered as Ginny excited waved to them.
Ginny stayed quiet, but gave Ron a death glare, clutching the leather, nearly ripping it apart.
"Um, love, you're ripping the fabric and the couch doesn't come cheap," Harry told her hesitantly. She nodded, not bothering to take her eyes from Ron (who was looking extremely uncomfortable) and released her death grip on the furniture.
"What's freshman?" Scorpius asked.
"Muggle term," Hermione waved off, not explaining what the word meant.
"Ginny, this is Harry. Harry Potter, this is Harry Potter," Ron said, pointing at Harry. Harry shook her hand.
"You're Harry Potter. You're the Boy-Who-Lived," Ginny said awestruck, jerking her hand away from his grasp and pointed at him.
"I didn't really act like that, did I?" Ginny asked disbelievingly as James and Al laughed at the Ginny on screen's expression.
"Well, you did always drop whatever you were holding when Harry came to the room," Ron shrugged.
"And you did put your elbow in the butter dish," Lily reminded, remembering the part from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Ginny groaned softly, hiding her face into her hands. "This is going to get worse before it gets better."
"Yeah, and you're Ginny," Harry told her.
Draco snorted, "Yeah, real tactful."
"Yeah, dad wasn't very smooth with the ladies," Al laughed.
Scorpius nodded, "Wasn't there a part in one of the books where he kissed Cho Chang and she was crying."
"That bad of a kisser?" Draco mocked.
"I'm really starting to regret those books," Harry sighed to Ron, who just laughed at his misfortune.
"Oh, It's Ginvera," Ginny said.
"Ickle Gin-Gin isn't so tactful at all," Ron teased.
"Cool, Ginny's fine," Harry said raising his hands before dropping them to his sides.
The younger kids laughed at Ginny's embarrassment on screen, completely unaware of Ginny's embarrassment next to them.
"Stupid sister," Ron accused, hitting her over her head making her squealed loudly and clutch her head in pain. "Don't crowd the famous friend."
Harry gave a chuckle.
He put his arm over Harry's shoulder.
"Do you guys here music or something?" Hermione asked as a Japanese song started to play.
"Music? What are you talking about?" Harry asked.
Ron nodded, "Yeah, someone's coming."
"Someone's coming?" Harry asked, looking around before spotting three girls enter the stage.
All of the girls were wearing the Ravenclaw uniforms just without the sweater or robes and had their hands clasped together in front of them like they were praying. The one in the front was the shortest, with long black hair and was clearly Asian. The girl in the middle was just slightly taller than the Asian one, with slightly frizzy light brown hair and wore light make up. The girl in the bag was the tallest, wearing high heels and had straight brown hair tied into a half ponytail with a fake red rose.
"Cho Chang is in the musical?" James asked, upon seeing the small Asian.
"Does that mean Cedric Diggory is in it?" Lily asked as Al shrugged.
They were unaware of the cringe on their father's face upon hearing his name except for Teddy, who just patted him sympathetically on the shoulder.
"Cho Chang," They sang together, heading towards the trio. "Domo arigato."
"Cho Chang, Gung Hey Fat Choy, Chang," the three girls sang, moving their hips to the lyrics while Harry and Ron watched the, smoothing their clothes and straightening their ties.
"Men," Ginny and Hermione snorted.
"We haven't done anything!" The two replied.
"I dunno," Teddy sang. "I do remember one part in the books where you tried to impress Cho and messed up entirely."
"Teddy, I love you and all and I treat you like my own son but please, do kindly shut up or I'll ground you," Harry told him.
"You can't ground me, you're not my legal guardian," Teddy rebutted.
"You want me to call Andy?" Harry asked as he saw Teddy pale and shook his head furiously.
Despite being old, Andromeda was very strict, much like Professor McGonagall in many ways.
"Happy Happy New Year, Cho Chang." Just as they finished the last song, they dropped down to the floor and rising slowly as the audience laughed and clapped at their little performance.
The three slapped there bums before turning to each other and talking to each other. The shortest one gave a small bow to her friends while the others giggled.
James wolf-whistled and the other guys laughed until a strict glare from Ginny cut him off.
"Sorry mum," He mumbled.
"Oh, who's that?" Ginny questioned, turning to the others, looking worried.
Harry drew in a breath, "That's Cho Chang."
"I smell a crush," Scorpius said mischievously and laughed when he saw Ginny glared at Harry who then glared at Scorpius who then was glared at by Draco.
Ron added, "That's the girl Harry's totally been in love with since freshman year." Harry was still staring at the girl trio, stretching his hands, legs, arms and neck.
"What year is this anyway? They keep mentioning all these different people and things," Ron said.
Harry shrugged, "I think it's just a mixture of all the years put together or something like that."
"Yeah, but he won't say anything to her," Hermione told her, shaking her head, making hey frizzy hair fly behind her as shrugging her arms.
"Well, yeah, you never tell a girl you like her because it makes you look like an idiot," Ron said and Harry nodded in agreement.
"Is that really what all guys think?" Lily asked and her brothers, Scorpius, and Teddy nodded slowly, blushing.
Ginny, however, was already speeding towards Cho Chang and her friends, making Harry and his friends stared at her bewildered.
Ginny, cleared her throat before tapping the girl with the black hair. She turned around. "Konichiwa Cho Chang," Ginny greeted, bowing to her. "It is good to meet you."
"Why do I think this isn't going to end well?" Draco asked himself.
The other girls giggled, holding hands and watching the scene unfold. Ginny said, enunciating carefully, "My name is Gi-nny Wea-sley."
She extended her hand in greeting as the girl looked at her friends before looking at Ginny with a smile.
She frowned and screamed at her, putting her hands on her hips, "BITCH! I ain't Cho Chang!"
Draco shook his head and sighed as the others laughed loudly, nearly falling off the couch.
Ron whirled her around and pointed to the girl who apparently wasn't Cho Chang. "That's Lavender Brown!" Ron yelled at her before smacking her in the head, making her react similarly like last time. "Racist sister!"
The tallest girl strode forward and stopped near Ginny, "Oh it's all right," the girl had a southern accent, "I'm Cho Chang y'all."
More laughter ensued.
She winked to the audience and gave a small grin before flipping her long hair.
"But I thought Cho Chang was Asian while Lavender Brown was English," Al said.
"Al, don't forget this is just a parody, musical, play, thing," Scorpius told his friend, who nodded.
"Why is she in Ravenclaw then?" Teddy asked.
Harry shrugged, "They're were probably too much people in the Gryffindor house so they had to spread them out so there were some Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs."
"She is totally perfect," Harry sighed, looking like a lovesick puppy.
"Totally perfect, you say?" Ginny asked, crossing her arms.
"Why couldn't you be like Hermione?" Harry grumbled underneath his breath. "She doesn't overreact when she gets offended in the musical."
"Harry, you're sleeping on the couch tonight," Ginny told him, hearing what he had said.
Draco clapped him on the shoulder and chuckled, "Bad luck, Potter."
"Yeah," Ron agreed, clapping Harry on the back while Hermione rolled her eyes "Too bad she's dating Cedric Diggory though, huh?"
"What? Who the hell is Cedric Diggory?" Harry angrily asked. "What is that? Who is that guy?"
"He's that guy—"Ron tried to explain.
Behind them, a tall guy pushed through them, knocking them onto the floor, making Ginny squeal loudly once more.
"I think that's the greatest entrance before Cho Chang and Uncle Ron's," Teddy said.
"Huh? My entrance is cool!" Ron protested.
"Not as cool as that," Al said, pointing to the screen.
Lily nodded, "Yeah, you're was just you entering with a spotlight."
Ron grumbled and crossed his breath, "There's no love in this family."
"I know," James nodded. He still remembered Harry dropping him on his head yesterday.
"Oh, Cho Chang," Cedric sang, putting his hands where his heart should have been.
The actor who played Cedric was perfectly tan, with a blinding white smile and neat brown, perfectly parted brown hair. He already wore his Hufflepuff uniform including the robes.
"He's handsome," Lily said absentmindedly.
Harry twitched; he did not like the idea of his daughter thinking anyone was cute.
"I am so in love with," Cedric continued, striding forward and taking her hand, spinning her into his arms, "Choooo Chang!
From Bangkok to Ding Dang!"
"I sing my love aloud for Cho Chang~," Cedric sang out, twirling Cho Chang out of his grasp before he chased her out of the stage, the other two girls trailing after them.
"I hate that guy," Harry vehemently spat out, "I hate him!"
"I sense jealously," Scorpius sang.
"Not helping," Harry hissed at Draco's son when Ginny glared at him.
"So are we going to get those robes or not?" Ron yelled to Ginny, who was still on the floor.
"Okay, alright, let's go!" Ginny screamed, angrily standing up.
"God! Sister!" He growled loudly, stalking off to the stage door along with Harry and Hermione when Neville Longbottom timidly walked onto the stage.
The actor who played Neville Longbottom was rather short and chubby, wearing glasses when the real Neville didn't wear any. He had short light brown hair and wore a red and gold scarf over his Hogwarts robes.
"That doesn't really look like Neville…" Hermione mumbled.
Ron rolled his eyes and snorted, "Yeah, and Cho looks exactly like the real one too."
Neville collided and screamed when he saw who he bumped into. He had crashed into a very tall and muscular Goyle with a smaller, much shorter and skinnier Crabbe.
The man who played Goyle wasn't short or chubby like the actual one and was very large and lean, with black hair and stubble of a beard. Crabbe was played by a woman and only reached the shoulder of Goyle's actor and wore a baseball cap, covering her hair. They both wore Slytherin robes.
Harry laughed, along with everyone else but Draco, who had frowned and asked, "Why is Crabbe a woman and why does Goyle actually look handsome?"
"Are you suggesting something?" Teddy said, wiggling his eyebrows. James caught on quickly.
"Yeah, are you still hiding in the closet Mr. Malfoy because I'm sure Mrs. Malfoy would be very disappointed if that was true," James laughed.
"Control your kids, Potter," Draco growled as Scorpius nodded obediently. He did not like the idea of his father being gay.
"Nah, they're good," Harry said, shaking his head making Ron chuckle and Ginny slap him the arm, though she could not hide the twinkle in her eye.
"Present your arm nerd!" Goyle barked out while Crabbed stuck his tongue out and flailed his arm around.
"W-w-ha are—"Neville started, showing them his forearm
"Indian burn hex!" Goyle commanded, pointing his wand at his arm. Neville gave a loud, boyish scream, falling to his knees as Crabbed stuck his tongue out once more.
Hermione and Harry laughed, the only ones who knew what an Indian Burn was.
"I've never heard of an Indian burn hex," James said.
"That's because it doesn't exist," Teddy told them.
"Potter, what's an Indian Burn?" Draco asked.
"Here, I'll show you," He chortled. He took Draco's arm and roughly twisted it different ways, making him yell in shock.
"What the bloody hell, Potter?"
"Yup, that's an Indian burn," Harry nodded,
Al looked thrilled, "Cool I wanna try!"
He roughly grabbed Scorpius's skinny arm and twisted as hard as he could.
"Ow!Ow!Ow!OW!" He yelled, yanking his arm back.
Harry had to pause the video as everyone did Indian burns on their friends, making them laugh or in some cases glare.
"I can't believe I'm saying this but can we please get back to the musical," Ginny said, wincing, after Hermione gave her a painful Indian burn.
"Sure," Harry shrugged, clicking play.
Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione looked on the scene.
"Ah, Crabbe and Goyle," Ron groaned as Ginny clambered to Neville's side.
"Hey," Harry said, walking towards them as Ginny helped Neville away from the two Slytherins.
"Why don't you just leave Neville Longbottom alone, huh?" He asked, pointing at a limping Neville who was being supported by a frantic Ginny.
"Well, well, well," Goyle said, stepping towards Harry. "If it isn't Harry Potter. You think all just because you're famous, you can boss everyone around?"
"Of course not," Harry said while Draco said at the same time, "Of course."
The two glared at each other.
"In-laws!" Hermione sang while Lily looked at her strangely, for she did not know what they were talking about
"No, I just don't think it's cool for guys on your size,"-he pointed to Goyle-"to be picking on guys like Neville,"-he pointed to Neville-"Come on!"
"You want to know what I think?" Goyle said, taking the glasses off Harry's face, making him stumble back in shock. "I think glasses are for nerds!"
He broke Harry's glasses and Harry yelled in shock and screamed, "We hate nerds!"
"And girls!" Crabbe added, pointing at Hermione and Ginny who were behind Harry.
"That explains so much," Harry said.
Teddy shook his head and said slyly, "So, you were gay with Crabbe?"
Draco thumped him in the back of the head while everyone laughed heartily.
"Uh, my glasses!" Harry groaned after Goyle gave them back.
"How considerate," Ron said sarcastically, "giving back his glasses after breaking them."
"Oh! Well you asked for it!" Ron told the two. "You don't mess with Harry Potter! He beat the Dark Lord when he was a baby!"
"Yeah, thanks for reminding me Ron, I almost forgot," Harry told him, rolling his eyes.
"Glad I could be of some help, mate," Ron grinned.
"All right, everyone just calm down," Hermione commanded, walking towards Harry, wand in her hand.
She pointed her wand to Harry's glasses, which were cradled in his hand and yelled, "Occulus Reparo!"
A sound effect that sounded like something being taped together rung through the stage as the glasses zoomed to Harry's face and he yelled, Wow, cool!"
"Is that how you really reacted around magic?," Scorpius asked, watching Harry on screen.
"Only the first few weeks," Harry shrugged, blushing.
"All right," Hermione said, intertwining her arms with Harry's. "Now let's leave these big baby childish jerks alone!"
"Yeah!" Harry yelled.
"Did someone say Draco Malfoy?" Draco asked, striding onto the stage, his hands raised as the audience laughed and cheered with glee.
"Great time to come in, Malfoy!" Ron and Harry laughed and soon everyone but the Malfoy's were laughing at Draco's misfortune.
"Yeah, your character is way cooler than mine," Harry laughed, wiping tears from the corner of his eyes.
Draco, like Crabbe, was played by a girl, despite being both males. She was small and short, with a large diamond piercing in her ears and wearing a light blonde wig that clashed with her rather tan complexion. She was already wearing her Slytherin Hogwarts robes and spoke in a very bad and loud English accent.
"This is an abomination!" Draco yelled, angrily standing up. "How could they choose some girl to play me?"
"You got something against girls too?" Ginny asked, referring to the time when James told Lily off just because she was a girl.
Draco shook his head and whined uncharacteristically, "But why is a girl playing me?"
"Face it Malfoy, you were kind of feminine back then," Harry laughed and Ron nodded in agreement.
Draco chose to ignore them and opted to see Scorpius, who was looking at the screen with a dazed expression.
"Scorpius? What's wrong?" Draco asked, sitting back down.
"Nothing but, uh, did you really look like, um, her?" Scorpius asked hesitantly.
Draco looked horrified. "NO! No! No! No! No! I though you knew! I looked EXACTLY like you when I was you age! NO!"
"Lily, what are you doing?" James asked, upon seeing pointing a small compact muggle technology pointed to Scorpius and Draco.
"Well, it's just that, um, I never actually saw-uh, pictures of you and when I asked, you, um, always just uh, said to look at my, reflection," Scorpius muttered.
"No, of course not!" Draco screamed, nearly tearing out his hair.
"You know my birthday was two months ago and I had a party ("A High School Musical THEMED party," Harry whispered to Ginny, who shook her head and sighed) and one of my muggle friends, Gia, gave me this. It's a camcorder, designed to record whatever you want and then you can watch if over and over again," Lily told him, zooming in on Draco, who was pink in the face and his hair messy.
"I love you Lils," James said and Al nodded.
"Yup, you're the best little sister a guy could have," Al said, slinging an arm over his shoulder.
"MALFOY!" Surprisingly Hermione barked, "If you're done with your little tantrum, a whole minute has passed and we had to rewind the video and pause it. Some people WOULD like to watch it and we sort of can't while you're BITCHING about it so please stop having a hissy fit!"
Draco nodded mutely, from shock and embarresment, and without permission, walked into the bathroom and came out a few minutes later, his hair perfectly slicked back.
"Did you use my gel?"Harry asked incredulously.
"Yeah," Draco shrugged, sitting back down.
"Why?" He nearly begged.
"Why do you even have gel? Nothing can tame that uncontrollable mop you can hair," Draco said.
Teddy nodded and sighed, "He's right Uncle Harry."
Harry furiously shook his head, "No, I know that. But it's the principle, you should've asked before you used it. It's not like I go to your Manor whenever I feel like, go to your closet , and wear your trousers!"
"I hope not," Draco said, faintly disgusted. "I actually like my trousers, thank you very much."
"You and you're guy's trousers aside, dad, can we please watch the video?" Al whined.
Harry sighed and pressed play.
"What do you want, Draco?" Harry asked as Draco smoothed down the front of his robes.
Instead of replying to Ron straight away, he turned to Crabbe and Goyle, his hand digging in his pocket.
"Crabbe, Goyle, be a pip and go pay for my robes, will you?" He asked, handing them so money. Goyle nodded, albeit grudgingly, and both of them walked off as Draco fiddled with his robes.
"Pip?" Draco muttered. "I don't say pip."
"So Potter!" Draco drawled, walking around the foursome. "Back for another year at Hogwarts are you? Maybe this year you'll wise up and hang out with the higher caliber wizard."
Draco stopped and turned around, striking a pose, making his robes fly behind him.
Everyone barked in laughed, even little Scorpius, as Draco looked mutinous.
"I'm going to sue whoever did this," Draco muttered darkly before Ginny piped in.
"You really can't because you can't sue them without revealing the wizarding world and they only think it's a book."
"Whatever," He grumbled, crossing his arms.
"Hey, listen, Malfoy," Harry said, putting his arms around Hermione and Ron. "Ron and Hermione are my best friends in the whole world. I wouldn't trade them for anything!"
Ginny excitedly nodded, trying to sling an arm around her brother only to be pushed away.
"Thanks Ron," Ginny rolled his eyes, nudging him as the tips of Ron's ear went pink.
"Glad I could be of some help baby sister," Ron laughed, pinching Ginny's cheeks before she slapped his hands away.
Draco sneered, "Have it your way."
"Wait!" Draco said, pointing his finger over to Ginny. "Don't tell me. Red hair, hand me down clothes, and a stupid complexion."
He snapped his head to her direction and waggled his fingers," You must be a Weasley."
Though Malfoy did say something similar to that before, the way the actress said it made it sound complete ridiculous with her high soprano voice and made everyone guffaw loudly.
Draco walked off, his hips swinging before Ron retorted, "Lay off Malfoy! She may be a pain in the ass, okay,"-he pointed to himself-"but she's my pain in the ass!" Ginny smiled and bounced on the balls of her feet.
"I dunno whether I should be grateful or murderous," Ginny mused.
"Be murderous," James advised his mum. "It's much more fun."
"Well," Draco drawled out, putting his hands on his hips, "isn't this cute? It's like a little loser family! Hogwarts has really gone to the dogs!"
Draco looked to the audience as the four walked off, "But luckily, next year I'll be transferred to Pigfarts!"
"Pigfarts?" Scorpius asked, fearing for his father's sanity. He and Ginny were the some of the ones who couldn't really separate the fact that it was just a humorous musical and not real life.
Draco pointed in front of him with both of his hands.
"This year you bet I'm gonna get outta here," Draco sang, slowly raising his arms to the beat.
"The reign of Malfoy is drawing near
Ill have the greatest wizard career,
and it's gonna be totally awesome," Draco sang when he smiled and did the rock on sign when he sang 'Totally Awesome.'
Draco groaned as the other laugh, face palming. He did NOT like that his character also said Totally Awesome.
"That's like the 12th time totally awesome has been said in this video alone," Lily said, giggling.
Draco continued to sing as Goyle and Crabbe, who had just walked in, stood behind him, tapping their feet to the beat while pointing to the audience,
"Look out world, for the dawn of the day
when everyone will do, WHATEVER I SAY!
And that Potter won't be in my way, and then
Ill be the one who is totally awesome!"
Draco whirled around just as Goyle half-sang, half-yelled, "Yeah you'll be the one who is totally awesome!"
Everyone froze at the sight before collapsing into a loud fit of laughter.
Draco shook his head and amidst his chuckles he said wistfully, "I wish the real Goyle had that much personality."
Ron was laughing so hard that he slid off his seat directly into Hermione's (who was sitting on the floor) lap.
"Get your fat arse off my lap," Hermione said, giggling weezily at Goyle's remark.
The sound of a train whistle rang out and Hermione yelled out, "C'mon guys! We're going to miss the train!"
All of the Hogwarts students, including Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory, Neville Longbottom, and Harry Potter all lined up in neat rows on one side of the stage, all wearing black billowing robes.
"Who knows how fast this year's gonna go?" They sang, looking at each other. "Hand me a glass, let the butterbeer flow."
"I love butterbeer," Al sighed and Harry nodded in agreement.
James pouted to his father and whined, "Can you get some butterbeer please?"
He nodded, and whipped his wand out and said "Accio Butterbeer!"
Three cases of butterbeer zoomed from the kitchen and landed on the coffee table lightly.
"Thanks Mr. Potter," Scorpius said, taking a large swig of butterbeer.
All the students marched in unison, mimicking a train's movement.
"Maybe at last, I'll talk to Cho!" Harry sang, (Ginny shook her head and sighed while Harry was red, he was thinking that during his school years)looking ecstatic while Ron, who was behind him shook his head and belted out, "Oh no that'd be WAY too awesome!"
Ron laughed as the children giggled. Harry glared at them.
Teddy carelessly shrugged, "You talking to Cho was WAY too awesome."
Harry specifically glared at Teddy from then on.
"Were back to learn everything that we can," They all sang out, bouncing up and down as two cardboard pillars moved behind them by two stage hands. "It's great to come back to where we began."
"And here we are, and ALAKAZAM!" They sang, jumping up, their limbs flailing before jogging to one side of the stage. "Here we go, this is totally awesome!"
Lily and Al clapped to the beat while James stomped his feet. Scorpius looked half torn between amusement and disapproval.
"Come on and teach us everything you know," They sang, half of them on one side and half of them on the other. They dance to the music, snapping to the beat as some of the students dragged two benches stacked onto each side from each side except for Neville who was off to the side. "The summers over and were itchin' to go!"
"I think we're ready for," Neville sang, "Albus Dumbledore!"
"Al! You're namesake's comin'," James laughed, slinging an arm over his younger brother's shoulder.
The other Hogwarts students waggled their hands, making a deformed archway as they sang "Oooooo, ahhhhhh!"
"WELCOMEEE~!" Albus Dumbledore sang, walking onto the stage, small purple flowers in one of his hands.
The actor who played Dumbledore who looked nothing like the actual one and wasn't nearly as old. He wore dark purple velvet robes with a pointed matching hat. He also wore a fake white beard that wasn't long or real looking and also wore sandals.
Albus looked fairly nauseated as the James barked in laughter. The other kids and Teddy were giggling while the adults looked shocked. THIS was the man playing the supposed greatest wizard in history.
Hermione shook her head and sighed, "It was expected."
"All of you, to Hogwarts," Dumbledore sang, throwing the purple flowers to the audience as the students stood around him, watching him with smiles on the faces (except for Draco and the Slytherin's)
"I welcome back you all to school
Did you know that here at Hogwarts
We've got a hidden swimming pool?" Dumbledore sang as the students walked around, some of the laughing or giggling while others looked sullen.
"The prefect's bathroom can be counted as a swimming pool," Harry said absentmindedly.
"How would you know?" Hermione asked narrowing her eyes (She didn't read the books because she already knew), making her fidget uncomfortably.
"Oh, you don't know," James said with relish, "Dad snuck into the prefect's bathroom during fourth year."
"Aunt 'Mione?" Al asked hesitantly as he watched Hermione slowly turn to Ginny.
Hermione ignored him and said to Ginny, "Can you extend Harry's punishment to two weeks?"
Ginny nodded," Will do!"
"Ginny!" Harry said, aghast.
"Welcome, welcome, welcome Hogwarts
Welcome, all you hotties, nerds, and tools."
"Hotties, nerds, and tools?" Draco muttered while the others laughed slightly. They could never imagine Dumbledore every saying that.
"I supposed I am a hottie," James said, fixing his collar. "While Al here is a nerd."
Scorpius chuckled at his friend's mutinous expression.
James shook his head, "Now, don't feel left out Scorp, you can be a tool."
Al laughed at his friend's scowling expression.
"Now that I've got you here at Hogwarts
Id like to go over just a couple of rules:"
Dumbledore flicked his wand before saying, "My name is Albus Dumbledore and I am Headmaster of Hogwarts. You can all call me Dumbledore. I suppose you can call me Albus if you wanted to detention."
"Does he really give you detention if you call him Albus?" Lily asked curiously. From what she read in the books, she could barely distinguish Dumbledore's personality.
Harry shook his head, "No, I don't think so. If you called Headmistress McGonagall by her first name, I'm sure you would though."
James nodded and grumbled, "Yeah, I call her Minnie one time and she gives me detention."
"You're too much like Fred, George, and your two namesakes," Ginny told him, tweaking his cheeks before James jerked away, embarrassed.
He chuckled, "I'm just kidding, I'll expel ya' if you call me Albus!" He strode to the back as the students sang, all doing the same dance choreography.
Everyone chuckled at his remark while the audience in the video roared with laughter.
"Back to wizards and witches, and magical beasts
to goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
At this, Ron's, Al's, and James stomachs grumbled loudly and they all mumbled something along the lines of "hungry" or "food" or "when's dinner?"
Harry shook his head, "It's the Weasley genes."
it's all that I love, and all that I need.
at HOGWARTS, HOGWARTS!" They sang.
The students separated into house groups as the lights flashed different colors and they clapped in unison to the beat
"Back to spells and enchantments, potions and friends."
"To Gryffindors!" The Gryffindors cheered, striking a pose.
All the Gryffindors cheered, which meant everybody but Draco cheered.
"Stupid Gryffindors," He muttered.
"Hufflepuffs!" The Hufflepuffs cheered, although they were much softer.
"Ravenclaws!" The Ravenclaws sang, mimicking what a claw looks like with their hands.
"Slytherins!" The Slytherins boomed.
"Wooh," Draco said half-heartedly, limply pumping his fist in the air.
"Back to the place where our story begins
Its Hogwarts, Hogwarts," They sang, jumping up and down as if they were pulling an invisible cord.
"I'm sorry, what's its name?" Dumbledore asked
"Hogwarts, Hogwarts," They sang, jumping up and down, heading towards the front of the stage.
"I didn't hear you kids!" Dumbledore exclaimed.
"Hogwarts, Hogwarts." They sang, lining up into a straight line.
"Man, I'm glad I'm back," Harry sang before all of them threw their hands up, giving a large smile as the audience hooted and cheered before the lights faded and the play again button showed.
"That was great," Lily laughed, clapping her hands together.
Scorpius nodded excitedly and they smiled together.
Harry and Draco twitched when Hermione and Ginny mouthed in unison 'in-laws.'
"I tempted to hurt them," He mumbled to Draco.
"If you do," Draco muttered, "I'm helping you."
"Don't be like that Mr. Malfoy, Uncle Harry," Teddy said, rolling his eyes.
"You should be quiet Teddy!" Lily whispered, though it was very audible. "Last time dad was like this, he accidently did some magic and it broke mum's favorite vase and he couldn't fix it because it was broken beyond repair."
"You did what?" Ginny thundered, making Harry shrink into his seat. "You told me James did it!"
"What?" James exclaimed. "Is that why she grounded me? When I didn't even do anything?"
"You would've done something," Al shrugged, "Think of it as an early punishment for something you were about to do."
"C"mon Ginny! It was an accident," Harry told her, frantically waving his hands.
"Come on, lay off Gin," Ron told her and Ginny hesitantly went back to her seat.
"Thanks Ron," Harry breathed.
"No problem, mate," Ron replied.
"As much I would love to see Potter get murdered," Draco said in an offhand way, "Maybe we should get back to watching the videos."
"Why?" James teased. "You wanna see your character again?"
Scorpius winced, something that did not go unnoticed by Draco.
"Oh, bloody hell," Draco said, standing up. "Potter, where's your floo powder?"
"On the mantle above the fireplace," Harry answered. Draco nodded and took a small handful of the powder, walked into the fireplace, threw it on the ground and said, "Malfoy Manor."
He disappeared in a whirl of green flames only to come back a few minutes later, clutching a piece of paper in his left hand.
He thrust it into his son's hands and said, "There, this was me when I was eleven."
It was a photograph when he went home from Christmas break, since there was a large luxurious Christmas tree with large wrapped presents in the background, and he was pale faced with sharp features and silvery blonde hair. Al, James, Teddy, and Lily peered over his shoulder.
"I dunno," James shrugged. "You still look kinda feminine."
"What!" Draco barked out.
"You have sorta long hair back then," Hermione told him.
"And you had really sharp features, sorta like a female model," Teddy told him.
"And you're eyes were really big," Harry nodded.
"While Scorpius here,"-Teddy pointed at him-"has softer features."
"Not as long hair," Lily assessed.
"And wasn't as scrawny as you were," Ron laughed.
"So, I don't look like a girl, like my father does," Scorpius said, breathing a sigh of relief.
"No," Ginny said, shaking her head, "more boyish."
Draco ground his teeth," I hate you."
"Don't worry, Malfoy," Harry said lovingly,"We hate you too."
"Press play please," Lily asked and Harry clicked the next video.
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So, how was it? I had to replay the video a lot to get the correct words. Thanks to the handful of you who reviewed, it's why I continue to write this story. Sorry if Draco's reaction is a bit extreme but hey, it's my story! I can decide who lives or die. Once again, thank you for the reviews and please keep'em coming. I try to update every weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and if I don't, please don't' fret. I am determined to finish this story. I hope this will be done by summer so I can work on A Very Potter Sequel.
Also, is this story really that horrible? I mean, I only have a handful of reviews and I would really like more because it makes writing this worthwhile. Yes, I'm cheap, I'm playing the guilt card but hey, I'm an authoress who is desperate.
Also, sorry if this chapter isn't as good. Grades are coming out next week, I'm joining the National Junior Honor Society, I'm sick, and I lost my voice and resorted to writing things on paper. So please, review!
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