Disclaimer: All characters here belong to J.K. Rowling.
Songs are copyrighted by First Wives Club (the movie) and Boyzone respectively.
Severus Snape snuck into The Three Broomsticks, looking
apprehensively around him to see if James and his groupies were around.
Satisfied that they weren't, he turned to Madam Rosmerta.
"Is it tonight?" he hissed,
keeping his voice down.
"Pardon Severus? Is what
tonight?" came the innocent reply.
"You know!"
"Oh. Oh! Yes, it is tonight.
Why, whatever is wrong, Severus?" now Madam Rosmerta sounded slightly confused.
"Have you got the machine
ready?"
"Yes…it's already on the stage…."
"Good." Severus stripped off
his robe, leaving him wearing …
A tight green T-shirt, and
tight black jeans.
Madam Rosmerta looked
appraisingly at him. Surprisingly enough, he actually looked good in those
clothes. "Why, Severus. You look marvelous!"
A faint tinge of red stained Severus' face, and he looked away. "I'll be in the
back room, like usual. Call me when you start, ok?"
Madam Rosmerta nodded, and he
disappeared.
She was confused. Once a
week, he came here before the other Hogwarts students came, mostly every
Saturday. And each time he was terrified of being seen. Madam Rosmerta didn't
understand why not. Severus really was quite the karaoke singer; he had a good
voice and sang anything that came up on the screen. There had been that one
time when he had refused, and no one had blamed him. The notes the Sarah
Brightman reached were way up there for a male teenager whose voice was in the
process of breaking. That had been the only night that he had refused to sing
anything, and the next week his voice had gone completely. Gone was the sweet,
pure high little boy's voice that sang adult songs, both happy and sad. In it's
place, however, you had a proper male singer's voice-sort of like a … teenage
Paul Brandt. He could reach any pitch now as well, just not the tip top high ones.
Madam Rosmerta shook her
head, slightly confused. Then, seeing a new customer, she went to go and take
his order.
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James peeked around. There
was Madam Rosmerta, and a few customers. Snape was nowhere in sight. He
grinned. He just loved his, oh, so persuasive grins. Coupled with Sirius' also
charming grin, Remus' big eyes pleadingly looking at Professor McGonagall, and
Peter just looking…well, pathetic, they had managed to persuade Professor
McGonagall for the often asked for, and rarely given treat of being dismissed
early so they could go to Hogsmeade. The Potions master, Professor Blain, was
notably favourable towards Slytherins, and had let Snape disappear a little
earlier. But now, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were going to find him. This
wasn't the first time he had been let out early, but it was the first time they
had managed to get McGonagall to agree.
Motioning to Sirius and Remus
to follow him, they slipped into The Three Broomsticks, and found a table at
the very back, in the darkest corner they could find. They had no chance of
catching Snape if he knew they were there.
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Madam Rosmerta noticed them
sneak in, but thought nothing of it. Looking at her wristclock, she made her
way into the backroom where Severus was.
"Ready, Severus?"
He nodded. His heart was
racing. This, this is what he lived for. The singing, the crowd in front of the
stage, applauding loudly each time he finished a song, the fans, the fan girls-
"Severus! Snap out of it!"
He looked up. Madam Rosmerta
was watching him.
"Right. I'll go announce the
first song, and then you come out and sing it, ok? And then others can take
their turn."
"But-" Severus tried to cut
in. He wanted center stage for the whole night!
Madam Rosmerta just shook her
head warningly and left the room.
Severus took a deep breath.
The joy of his week, the only joy, was coming up soon.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Madam Rosmerta made her way
to the little wooden steps leading up to the makeshift stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Hags
and orgs, trolls and goblins-" She paused. "And everyone else out there,
welcome to our Karaoke Night."
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"Karaoke Night? What does
that have to do with Snape?"
"Shut up, Peter!" hissed
Sirius. There was an evil glint in his eye.
"Hey Sirius, after the first
arranged singer goes, you wanna try a song?"
"Sure. A muggle boyband. You
and me, buddy. And Remus."
"Nuh uh uh! I'm not singing
up there, Sirius!"
"Aww, c'mon, Remus!"
"Shut up guys. She's
announcing the singer."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"People and creatures," she
gave up with trying to include all magical things in her welcoming sentence.
"The Karaoke machine is choosing what song to play now."
There was silence for a few
seconds, before the machine emitted a long, loud "Bong!"
"And the song is … 'You don't
own me', originally by Leslie Gore! And please welcome the singer, our current
favourite singer from Hogwarts, Mr Severus Snape!"
Severus stepped up onto the
stage. He could hear muffled whispers and giggles from the back corner, but it
was too dark to see who they were. He looked down, quickly trying to find what
those things could be laughing at him about. He was brought back to attention
by Madam Rosmerta.
"Severus!" she hissed, and he
turned and took the microphone from her.
"Do you need the lyrics
tonight?" She sounded doubtful. He never needed lyrics. Unless the machine
chose a muggle song, he knew all the words.
He shook his head slowly, a
faint tinge of red spreading across his face.
She didn't comment, and,
clapping her hands for the audience to follow, backed off the stage.
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The music started, and
Severus closed his eyes, blocking out everything but the music. Then the back
up singers' voice started coming from the machine. He was ready. He opened his
eyes.
"You don't own me
I'm not just one of your many toys
You don't own me
Don't say I can't go with other boys"
There were some more slight
sniggers at this, and Severus just closed his eyes and started pacing across
the stage, really getting into the swing of things.
"And don't tell me what to do
And don't tell me what to say
And, please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display"
He was insulted by the way the original singer's husband
had treated her. He wasn't made to be owned, damnit!
"'Cause, you don't own me
Don't try to change me in any way
You don't own me
Don't tie me down
'Cause I'll never stay"
The high point of the song was coming up now. While the
background singers were singing "Shoodoobadababashooboobababababa…" he took a
deep breath, getting himself all fired up with disdain for this lover.
"I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way that I want
To say and do whatever I please
And, don't tell me what to do, yeah
Don't, don't you tell me what to say
And, please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display"
He started to calm down
now. The song was slowing down slightly, but he was still seething with riteous
indigniation.
"I don't tell you what to say
I don't tell you what to do
So, just let me be myself
That's all I ask of you
I'm young and I love to be young
I'm free and I love to be free
To live my life the way that I want
To say and do whatever I please
And, don't tell me what to do, yeah
Don't, don't you tell me what to say
And, please, when I go out with you
Don't put me on display"
He breathed deeper as the
song came toe a halt, the background singers still "shoobabababababa"ing in the
fading music.
He took his bow to the
thunderous crowd.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wow. Who knew Snape could sing
like that…" breathed Peter. He was jealous and slightly in awe. He wanted to be
just like Snape, just because he could sing…
"Shush. Madam Rosmerta is
asking for the next singer." Sirius stood up and walked into the lighted area
of The Three Broomsticks. Snape's face stiffened with recognition, and a
certain loathing of being detected.
"Would anyone else like a
go?" Madam Rosmerta was asking.
"Yes Ma'am. James, Remus and
I. But we want to do a muggle boyband song."
The crowd jeered. This should
be fun.
Remus and James came to stand
next to Sirius.
"Why, of course. Any
particular one?" asked Madam Rosmerta, slowly pushing Severus off the stage and
turning to the machine to program in the song.
Sirius turned to James. "Any
ideas?"
"Why would I have any ideas
about a muggle song to sing?"
"Well, Lily's a muggle witch,
isn't she?"
James flushed red. "That's
none of your damn-"
"I know one!" cut in Remus.
They both turned to look at
him, first in awe, then in suspicion.
"Ok. What's it called?
"It's by Boyzone and it's
called 'You needed me.'" Remus blushed at the stares he received. "My mother
listened to them…" He trailed off, and James and Sirius stares instantly turned
to sympathy and they turned to Madam Rosmerta, who was programming the machine.
They waited for the loud
"Bing!" and then got up on stage. "Um….can we have the lyrics?"
Madam Rosmerta smiled and
nodded, waving her wand, and the first line appeared in the air in front of
them, visible to them only. Then she turned and walked off the stage.
"Remember guys," stage
whispered Sirius, as the music started to play. "We have to be better than
Snape."
"But Sirius, you can't sing."
"So we'll make it funny."
They nodded obediently, not
willing to get caught up in Sirius' competitive spirit, but finding it
enveloping them anyway.
"I cried a tear
You wiped it dry
I was confused
You cleared my mind
I sold my soul
You bought it back for me
And held the earth
You gave me dignity
Somehow you needed me"
Sirius mock cried, trudging
around the stage. Remus and James watched him in awe until he turned to them
with a savage glare. They immediately joined in.
"You gave me strength
To stand alone again
To face the world
Out on my own again
You put me high
Upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity
You needed me
You needed me"
Remus' and James' mutual good voice blended well together, and
Sirius, knowing when he was beaten, settled merely for the mild backgrounds and
for acting out the song.
"I can't believe it's you
I can't believe it's you
I needed you
And you were there
And I'll never leave, why should I leave?
I needed you
I finally found someone who really cares
(You needed me)"
Sirius was on his knees, fake tears pouring from his eyes as he
hugged James' legs. James kicked him off, singing with difficulty, laughter
threatening to come up at Sirius' behaviour. Remus, noticing this, took over,
leaving James to surrender to the silent mirth shaking him.
"You held my hand
It was cold
And I was lost
You took me home
You gave me love
That I was at the end
I turned my life
Back into truth again
You even called me 'friend'"
At this verse, Remus started to tear up. James, quickly
recovering, and kicking at the sobbing, crawling, oddly deflated looking
Sirius, took over, hoping that the song was almost over.
"You gave me strength
To stand alone again
To face the world
Out on my own again
You put me high
Upon a pedestal
So high that I could almost see eternity"
T this, Sirius leapt up, and held a hand to his eyes, pretending
to look far far away into the distance. Under that covering, he sneered at
Severus, who was staring up at them, torn between reluctant laughter and more
preferable loathing.
"You needed me
You needed me
You needed me
You needed me"
At the repeating of these lines, James turned to Remus and winked.
Remus got the idea, and they sang the last two lines together, arms around each
other's shoulders, that typical drunken look around them. Sirius saw this, and
darted behind them, putting two bunny ears on Remus, and three on James at the
last line.
"Oh, yes, you needed me
You needed me."
At the crowd's roar of laughter, and spontaneous thunderous
applause, Sirius turned to Remus and James, grinning happily. Then they bowed, swirling their arms for
extra flourish, left right and center, before walking off the stage to go
collect Peter and return to the castle.
"Thank you very much boys, that was … a novel experience. Our next
singer is …"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wow guys, that was fantastic!"
"We know." Sirius smirked. "How do you think we can tease Snape
about this?"
Remus just sighed, and shook his head, then started to talk to
Peter about boybands. Peter was rather interested.
"Hey James? What should we do to Snape?" Sirius turned to his best
friend, who currently had a far away, dreamy look on his face. "James? Yoohoo,
Jamesee-Poo!"
James didn't seem to hear him. He just took off running towards
the castle, dashing past Remus and Peter.
Sirius came up to Remus. "What's got him in such a rush?"
Remus smirked. "More like, who."
Sirius nodded, grinning. "Yea. How can we tease James about Lily
now?"
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Snape watched them disappear over the hill in disgust. He would
get them back. They had stolen his spotlight, and taken what love he had for
karaoke, just sucked it up. Black had ruined karaoke for him with his
ridiculously stupid act. And while James and Remus sort of had nice voices,
they hadn't stopped Black from it. It was all James' fault, he was sure. James
who suggested it. Vowing to get revenge, he curiously thought of when he had seen
them disappear. Sometimes it was on his way back from Karaoke Night that he saw
them, just three of them sneaking down Hogwarts grounds.
Smiling thinly to himself, he pulled on his robes and cloak, and
made his way back up to the castle, mildly wondering if he could get them
expelled for that with the air of a reckless sort of vengeance.
AN: ….I'm speechless. This was meant to be a plain little songfic
and it turned into …this O.o;
Anyway, whatever it turned out as, I hope you enjoyed it! Please
Review!
Cheers and white ferrets!! ^^
