A/N: I'm sorry that my computer kept posting all of my sections, not just one. That's fixed now. So anyway, I'm probably going to have about two to three extremely long posts so I can just finish this story up. (We all know where it's kinda going to go...don't we? Or maybe I'll just kill someone off instead...hmm...) But anyway, that's about all I have to say but I'm just going to babble on for a few seconds more just to make a prat of myself in front of the whole ffn. Ok, that's done. And off we go!
"Excuse me! Ladies and Gentlemen! I have a rather grave announcement to make, considering that we are only two weeks from opening night!" Professor Mcgonnagall looked more serious that usual. (A/N: I always manage to start with the show...don't I?) "Mr. Remus Lupin..." (James groaned at the words) "Has an unexpected family reunion coming up for the entire duration of the play. He can no longer play Dr. Craven in this show. Therefore, we needed an understudy. The understudy will be..."
James stood up and left the auditorium.
~**~
"SNAPE!" yelled Sirius, coming out of the auditorium seconds after James. "SNAPE! Greasy haired, huge nosed, slime ball Snape! Playing Dr. Craven! This play is going to crash and burn, I'm telling you that right now. I mean, come on! Can you imagine him being in love with Lily? Even for a play! That's it! This play had promise, and they are going to kill it...."
"Since when did you start caring about it?" Asked James, wondering whom was this guy talking to him, and what had he done with his best friend.
"I don't," Said Sirius, stiffening slightly. "But I don't want to be mortified because it's so bad...but anyway, as I was saying, you guys have to be BROTHERS (I feel your pain, by the way...) and he has to fall in love with Lily...really, if I could ever pity a girl, I would pity that one..."
Sirius continued to rant on, while James wondered briefly why he cared that Snape had to pretend to be in love with Lily. He brushed it off and said,
"We better get back inside...McGonagall won't like it if we both skived off...neither will Lily..."
Sirius grinned at him. "She manages to make you take dancing lessons, practice your lines during all breaks, and practice a confundus charm on you so she can run through her lines. She runs your life!"
"Remember that incident in the hallway?" asked James looking at him. "I was sore for the next three days. Do you think I'm going to take anymore chances?"
Sirius laughed.
~**~
"Here," Said Lily, thrusting a bag into Sirius's hands. "I think you might need this for the upcoming show."
They had been talking about the prank in code, so everybody would think they were talking about the show. Sirius wanted to take no chances on his "claim to fame" being ruined.
"What is it?" Sirius peeked into the bag. "You didn't! I mean, even I'm not allowed to go there...not that I haven't tried..." he added hastily.
"I did," said Lily, grinning. "I told you that if you wanted that stuff, you had to go down Knockturn Alley. A little flirting with the guard and I was in." She laughed musically.
"Perfect," Said Sirius, who looked like he very much would like to hug Lily in gratitude, "Just what we needed. We'll be able to get Filch occupied with this stuff long enough to lay the trap for Pro. Idiot Evillson. Then we can go for the big one."
Lily laughed again at the thought of the aforementioned potions professor on his way to Timbuktu.
"Glad you like it. So, do you need anything else?"
"Some dungbombs and filibuster fireworks would be nice."
"You can get those yourself, you know that. Two seconds in Zonko's and you'll have all you need."
"I know Lily," Sirius grinned, "but you always manage to find a much more fun way than I do."
"I try. You should be in the auditorium you know."
"So should you."
"I'm not in this scene."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"You are now," Said Sirius, grinning even more hugely, if possible. "McGonagall added more lines for you."
"What fun!" Said Lily, halfway between sarcasm and seriousness.
"I pity poor James," said Sirius.
Lily grinned evilly. "You should," She said.
*~*
"NO! NO! NO! James, if I told you once, I told you a thousand times, you do NOT go sharp there! ARGH! SNAPE WASN'T NEARLY THIS THICK!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, ok, I'll try again. Geeze. Argh."
James threw his hands up in the air, and did a pivoted. He turned around again and tried again. Snape was in the background, smirking. Determined to out do Snape once again, James opened his mouth and belted,
"She has her eyes, she has my Lily's hazel eyes, the eyes that closed and left me all alone, those eyes I feel will never ever let me go, how can I see the girl who has her bright green eyes."
James blinked. Something was wrong with what he said, and something was totally right. Professor McGonagall laughed for the first time in days.
"Thank you for you amendment on the song, Potter. The correct term is "hazel eyes" but I think your change is quite sufficient, considering that Miss O'Connell's eyes are anything but hazel. Therefore all of the song will be changed from hazel to bright green. Much better, Potter. Snape! Your turn."
Snape, determined to out do James now, decided to belt out so loud that ears had to be covered,
"She has her eyes, she has my Lily's bright green eyes, those eyes that loved my brother, never me...those eyes that never saw me, never knew I longed, to hold her close, to live at in Lily's eyes..."
It was now war between Slytherin and Gryffindor, each battling out who could sweep the audience, who could act the best without the help of a confundus charm, alternating back and forth...
"Imagine me, a lover,"
(Snickers rippled throughout the audience)
"I longed for the day, she'd turn and see me standing there,"
Then both of them together,
"Would God have let her stay!"
"CUT!"
Professor McGonagall yelled from the audience.
"Such a performance I have never seen! Wonderful, both of you, now, sit down before you each have a stroke."
Something had happened, something odd and wonderful at the same time to James. As happens to all truly great actors, he became the part, without the help of the confundus charm. But he wasn't the only one it had happened to...
A/N: one more cliffhanger from me that you have to put up with. I'm sorry this part took so long, but I was on vacation, which included going on "The Hogwarts Express" With J.K. in it, (Yes, I got to see her...) and the "Hogwarts Express" was Black! Figure that one out! Oh well. See ya!
Disclaimer: ahghgdlkjhfg don't sue.
"Excuse me! Ladies and Gentlemen! I have a rather grave announcement to make, considering that we are only two weeks from opening night!" Professor Mcgonnagall looked more serious that usual. (A/N: I always manage to start with the show...don't I?) "Mr. Remus Lupin..." (James groaned at the words) "Has an unexpected family reunion coming up for the entire duration of the play. He can no longer play Dr. Craven in this show. Therefore, we needed an understudy. The understudy will be..."
James stood up and left the auditorium.
~**~
"SNAPE!" yelled Sirius, coming out of the auditorium seconds after James. "SNAPE! Greasy haired, huge nosed, slime ball Snape! Playing Dr. Craven! This play is going to crash and burn, I'm telling you that right now. I mean, come on! Can you imagine him being in love with Lily? Even for a play! That's it! This play had promise, and they are going to kill it...."
"Since when did you start caring about it?" Asked James, wondering whom was this guy talking to him, and what had he done with his best friend.
"I don't," Said Sirius, stiffening slightly. "But I don't want to be mortified because it's so bad...but anyway, as I was saying, you guys have to be BROTHERS (I feel your pain, by the way...) and he has to fall in love with Lily...really, if I could ever pity a girl, I would pity that one..."
Sirius continued to rant on, while James wondered briefly why he cared that Snape had to pretend to be in love with Lily. He brushed it off and said,
"We better get back inside...McGonagall won't like it if we both skived off...neither will Lily..."
Sirius grinned at him. "She manages to make you take dancing lessons, practice your lines during all breaks, and practice a confundus charm on you so she can run through her lines. She runs your life!"
"Remember that incident in the hallway?" asked James looking at him. "I was sore for the next three days. Do you think I'm going to take anymore chances?"
Sirius laughed.
~**~
"Here," Said Lily, thrusting a bag into Sirius's hands. "I think you might need this for the upcoming show."
They had been talking about the prank in code, so everybody would think they were talking about the show. Sirius wanted to take no chances on his "claim to fame" being ruined.
"What is it?" Sirius peeked into the bag. "You didn't! I mean, even I'm not allowed to go there...not that I haven't tried..." he added hastily.
"I did," said Lily, grinning. "I told you that if you wanted that stuff, you had to go down Knockturn Alley. A little flirting with the guard and I was in." She laughed musically.
"Perfect," Said Sirius, who looked like he very much would like to hug Lily in gratitude, "Just what we needed. We'll be able to get Filch occupied with this stuff long enough to lay the trap for Pro. Idiot Evillson. Then we can go for the big one."
Lily laughed again at the thought of the aforementioned potions professor on his way to Timbuktu.
"Glad you like it. So, do you need anything else?"
"Some dungbombs and filibuster fireworks would be nice."
"You can get those yourself, you know that. Two seconds in Zonko's and you'll have all you need."
"I know Lily," Sirius grinned, "but you always manage to find a much more fun way than I do."
"I try. You should be in the auditorium you know."
"So should you."
"I'm not in this scene."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"You are now," Said Sirius, grinning even more hugely, if possible. "McGonagall added more lines for you."
"What fun!" Said Lily, halfway between sarcasm and seriousness.
"I pity poor James," said Sirius.
Lily grinned evilly. "You should," She said.
*~*
"NO! NO! NO! James, if I told you once, I told you a thousand times, you do NOT go sharp there! ARGH! SNAPE WASN'T NEARLY THIS THICK!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, ok, I'll try again. Geeze. Argh."
James threw his hands up in the air, and did a pivoted. He turned around again and tried again. Snape was in the background, smirking. Determined to out do Snape once again, James opened his mouth and belted,
"She has her eyes, she has my Lily's hazel eyes, the eyes that closed and left me all alone, those eyes I feel will never ever let me go, how can I see the girl who has her bright green eyes."
James blinked. Something was wrong with what he said, and something was totally right. Professor McGonagall laughed for the first time in days.
"Thank you for you amendment on the song, Potter. The correct term is "hazel eyes" but I think your change is quite sufficient, considering that Miss O'Connell's eyes are anything but hazel. Therefore all of the song will be changed from hazel to bright green. Much better, Potter. Snape! Your turn."
Snape, determined to out do James now, decided to belt out so loud that ears had to be covered,
"She has her eyes, she has my Lily's bright green eyes, those eyes that loved my brother, never me...those eyes that never saw me, never knew I longed, to hold her close, to live at in Lily's eyes..."
It was now war between Slytherin and Gryffindor, each battling out who could sweep the audience, who could act the best without the help of a confundus charm, alternating back and forth...
"Imagine me, a lover,"
(Snickers rippled throughout the audience)
"I longed for the day, she'd turn and see me standing there,"
Then both of them together,
"Would God have let her stay!"
"CUT!"
Professor McGonagall yelled from the audience.
"Such a performance I have never seen! Wonderful, both of you, now, sit down before you each have a stroke."
Something had happened, something odd and wonderful at the same time to James. As happens to all truly great actors, he became the part, without the help of the confundus charm. But he wasn't the only one it had happened to...
A/N: one more cliffhanger from me that you have to put up with. I'm sorry this part took so long, but I was on vacation, which included going on "The Hogwarts Express" With J.K. in it, (Yes, I got to see her...) and the "Hogwarts Express" was Black! Figure that one out! Oh well. See ya!
Disclaimer: ahghgdlkjhfg don't sue.