Note: Thank to Yui, Moxy, Buto and Selphie who made the Sorting Hat's song. Please REVIEW this chapter for me to know if I should still continue it. Also thanks to Raleigh for being my Beta-reader. I also tried to change the grammar.
I had an idea to make Harry, Ron, Draco, Crabbe and Goyle to sing a Westlife song and have a concert, It will come in the preceding chapters.
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Chapter 2 "The song of the Sorting hat"
As Harry expected there was someone hiding in the bushes, giggling and trying to lessen the noise of their laughter. Harry go behind them and saw none other than Fred and George. The twins cannot see him for he still wears the invisibility cloak.
"Did you see the look on his face. Piggy he almost thinks his going to score," said George while trying to stop laughing.
"Yeah! I cannot believe he had a crush on that girl, if I am the one who would kiss her it is torture," said Fred drastically.
"I agree to that, the girl even reminds me of our soon to be brother in law."
"Who? Neville."
"Yup! The girl looks like Neville in woman form."
They both chuckled.
"I cannot believe our little sister fell for the guy, I mean Neville's good but still...."
"Stupid and clumsy," said George finishing the phrase.
"Yeah you read my lips. But come to think of it he came from a good wizard family, I think that is a consolation."
"But do you know whom I want to be Ginny's boyfriend and to be my brother in law."
"Harry Potter!" both of them exclaimed.
"I agree to that, I mean Harry is good, a fantastic wizard, rich, popular and I must admit even good-looking," Fred said.
" Dad is fond of him, Mom loves him, he is Ron's best friend and we all like him even Percy."
"Also he is generous, imagine giving us enough money to start our joke shop."
"Yup! To bad he didn't fall for Ginny but with Hermione instead," George said.
"Hey that is just a rumor, we both know that their just friends."
"Well that's what I read in Witch Weekly, almost every issue has an article about Harry."
"That's what I mean, He is so popular," Fred said.
"To bad he is not here seeing his cousin's face."
Harry realized that it is time to reveal him to the twins; they have known the cloak since they saw him and Ron sneaking one night at Hogwarts.
"That's not to bad, I did not miss anything," Harry said while removing his invisibility cloak and revealing himself.
"Harry! How long have you been there?" asked George who is surprised.
"Just a couple of minutes ago, I have followed Dudley throughout his date."
" I see," said Fred.
"By the way what did you use on Dudley for him to do that?" Harry asked.
"Oh we made some sort of spell," said George while looking at Fred.
"I thought using magic outside Hogwarts is prohibited?" asked Harry.
"It is but we did not use magic," answered Fred.
"What did you use?" asked Harry.
"Its our newest product, the latest version of Toffee Tongue," answered George.
"But instead of just enlarging your tongue, It is equipped the spell Pepper breath and makes you vomit slugs," continued Fred.
"We have planned to make the victim vomit frogs instead of slugs but it reminds us of Neville."
"As you might heard, we don't like him to be our brother in law."
"May I ask something?" Harry asked.
"Sure go on," answered Fred.
"How did you know that Dudley has a date, he is here and how did you sneaked the Toffee tongue to him?" Harry continued while looking curious.
Fred and George suddenly looked at each other.
"We would like to tell you Harry, you know after giving us enough money to start our joke shop. But we cannot, we have a reason, a real good one. But we both promise to tell you when the time comes," George answered.
"Okay," answered Harry and he thought that there is no reason in insisting.
Just then Dudley went to the car and started the engine.
"Harry your cousin is leaving. Go now in the car and use your invisibility cloak," George said to Harry.
"Harry, Ron said that if we ever saw you we should give you this," Fred said while giving a copy of Witch Weekly to Harry.
"Okay, I will meet you tomorrow at King's cross," Harry said while putting his invisibility cloak and running in the back of the car.
In the car Harry saw Dudley in such miserable face, he felt a bit sorry for him but not try to think about it. Still he is very curious on how did Fred and George find out about Dudley's date, how did they sneak in and why do the twins don't like to tell about it. But Harry is a little bit relieved that Dudley is not singing anymore.
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The next day, Harry was in his room and woke up a little early than expected. He touched and try to fell his scar and happy that it does not hurt anymore. Again he remembered the other day when his scar bleed after a strange dream.
Still having enough time, he re-orchestrate some of his books, Hermione has sent them through the owl post the other day. He then remembered the copy of Witch Weekly given to him by Fred and George. Curious, he started to browse the magazine.
Glancing through each pages he saw a picture of Gilderoy Lockheart, he was smiling and written in the caption – Gilderoy Lockheart, Winner of the Witch Weekly most charming smile for the 7th consecutive time. Lockheart was again wearing his white polo and slacks plus a strange black hat. He looks closer for the hat that is eye-catching; he noticed that it looks more like the Sorting Hat. But then he thought that it is ridiculous since Dumbledore would not lend the Sorting Hat. Gazing at a page he saw something that caught his eye; something that Ron might want him to see.
Muggles saw some artifacts believed to be from You-Know-Who being distributed by a man long assumed to be dead. The Muggles said that they are sure that the man they saw is the man in the picture (the ministry showed them different pictures but they recognized one). The man is none other than Peter Pettigrew, the once hero who was murdered by the fugitive Sirius Black.
That is good news for Harry because if Peter Pettigrew is seen and proven to be alive, it might start a re-trial for Sirius Black.
With all his things packed, he went down carrying his luggage. There he saw Uncle Vernon in the sofa while reading the newspaper. His eyes searched for Dudley but did not saw him he assumed that Dudley is still asleep.
"Er – Uncle Vernon?"
Uncle Vernon grunted to show that he was listening.
"Er – I need to be at King's Cross to go to Hogwarts."
Uncle Vernon grunted again.
"Would it be alright if you gave me a lift?"
Grunt. Harry supposed it means yes.
After a while, Harry's huge, heavy trunk has been loaded in the Dursley's car and they sat off.
They reached King's Cross-at quarter to ten. Uncle Vernon dumped Harry's trunk onto a cart and wheeled it to the station for him.
"Okay I suppose you know what to do here. I have to go now I have many things to do," Uncle Vernon said.
"Okay thanks," Harry said
But Uncle Vernon did not seem to hear Harry; He went out of the station without even looking back.
Harry pushed his trunk to go in the platform nine and three-quarters. But as he is approaching he saw lots of girls in the corner screaming and seemed to be interested in something. He saw rolled papers, which looks like poster being tossed in the middle of the crowd. There are also members from the media taking pictures that Harry recognized are from the Daily Prophet. Suddenly a familiar voice called him.
"Harry! Harry! Over here," said Ron while gesturing his hand for Harry.
Harry saw Ron together with Fred, George, Mrs. Weasley but what is unusual in the scenario is Neville is with Ginny carrying her luggage. He went to them while pushing his cart.
"Hi! Harry, I thought you will stay with us near the end of summer?" asked Mrs. Weasley cheerfully.
"I love to Mrs. Weasley but you know Dumbledore strictly want me to stay with the Dursleys this summer," answered Harry regretfuly.
"To bad but I am sure he has a very good reason for it."
Harry shook his head in approval; he always wanted to stay with the Weasleys during summer. In the past three years he had manage to; But this year Dumbledore has firmly ordered Harry not to and he does not know why.
"Harry did you received the magazine I asked Fred and George to give you?" asked Ron in a small voice.
"Oh yes, it is good news," Harry answered to Ron.
"What good news?" asked Mrs. Weasley while scratching her head.
Harry and Ron stared at each other.
"Err- nothing mom, nothing important," Ron answered for Harry.
"Harry have you heard that Fred is now the Captain of our Quidditch team?" asked Fred to Harry while smiling.
"Yes I know, Ron has told me through the Owl post," answered Harry.
"To bad you cannot attend the summer practices, we made a new strategy that will surely win us the tournament this year," said Fred boldly.
"Yes too bad because Uncle Vernon would not let me."
Just then a couple of girls passed them talking while screaming and were holding posters. Harry recognized them as second year students from Hogwarts.
"This band is really coooooool," said one girl excitingly.
"Yes, even if they are Muggles they are very very very cute and handsome," said the other girl while looking at a poster.
" I have heard one of their songs through a Muggle device called radio."
"I wish that I could to, our family has no such gadget."
"Lucky for me, I have a Muggle Uncle, I stayed with him this summer. I saw their MTV and heard their songs. Also I have discovered that they are very popular in the Muggle world."
"Look at this guy, I like his blond shiny hair and his eyes," said the girl while pointing at the picture of Nicky Byrne a member of Westlife.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the other girl suddenly screamed and started to kissing the poster
"What's wrong with those girls are they insane?" asked Ron to Harry while scratching his head.
"I don't know but even the Muggles are acting strangely specifically my cousin Dudley," answered Harry.
"I am glad that Hermione is not like those girls."
"I certainly hope so."
"And what is that poster their kissing?" asked Ron curiously.
"Er-I think it's this poster," Ginny suddenly said while bringing out a poster and his bag and gave it to Harry.
Ron saw the poster and was extremely shocked on what he saw, he almost screamed.
Half divides the poster; the first part was composed of the Westlife members that are Bryan, Mark, Nicky, Shane and Kian written as a caption in each of their pictures. The other half which is much bigger than the first is the picture of Gilderoy Lockheart, under it has a caption in big bold letters written The cute and very charming manager: Gilderoy Lockheart.
"YUCK!" Ron, Fred, George, Harry and even Neville exclaimed in unison.
"I cannot believe that phony is back," said George.
"That phony almost cast me a Memory charm it's surprising that he started to live with the Muggles and become a manager," said Ron while still at shock.
"Actually I am not surprised because I saw him once in television being interviewed," Harry said.
"What is a television?" asked Fred to Harry.
But before Harry could answer the pack of girls dispersed and from the center started walking a man and still throwing posters while the girls are pushing each other just to catch them. Harry was surprised that out of the midst came a guy non other than Mr. Gilderoy Lockheart in person. Reporters from the Daily Prophet are taking pictures of him while surrounding him. Just then a song was played in the station's speakers.
The song was familiar to Harry; he heard Dudley sang it once in the car.
"Uptown
Girl, she's been living in an uptown world. I bet she never had a back street guy.
I bet her momma never told her why. I'm gonna try…"
the speaker played.
Just then Harry, Neville and the Weasleys are surprised that the girls in the station suddenly screamed. The girls started to sing and dance through the song. They realized that the song is a Westlife song
"What's wrong with the girls in this station, It seemed like the Westlife has bewitched the witches," said Ron.
Ron and Neville were more shocked and scandalized when Ginny started to sing and dance with the crowd.
"Tweetums what are you doing?" asked Neville to Ginny then Fred and George stared at him.
"Duhhhh! Yuck how cheap!" Fred and George exclaimed and almost vomit like Dudley.
After the song the girls screamed again. Harry and Ron could here murmurs on how they really love Westlife. But suddenly they saw someone that is the last guy they wanted to see, it was Draco Malfoy.
"Hey Potter why are you not dancing together with the other girls," said Draco.
"Shut up! Malfoy," Harry exclaimed madly.
"You are holding that Westlife Poster just like the other girls."
Draco was right Harry is still holding the Poster given to him by Ginny.
"This is not mine, this is Ginny's," Harry answered defensively.
"Hey! Potter why don't you just admit that you are also fanatic about that Boy band and I will not be surprised if you are a gay!" exclaimed Draco while moving one step closer to Harry.
But before Harry could answer back he heard a familiar voice calling him.
"Harry! Harry! Long time no see. How are you?" exclaimed Lockheart while waving his hand, moving towards him with a bunch of reporters.
When Lockheart was close at Harry, Draco suddenly pushed Harry. He lost control of his body and his mouth fall directly into Lockheart's shoes with his hands laid on the ground like worshiping.
"Picture picture!" said Lockheart while smiling like a tropical mascot with his hands laid up.
Suddenly there are many flashes of lights in the scene.
"Oh my!" exclaimed Fred and George while Draco laughed at Harry.
Harry tried to stand up but his hand is still hurting that he fell again right through Lockheart's shoes.
"Nice move Potter! Kissing Lockheart's shoes, fifty gay points for you!" exclaimed Draco while laughing.
Ron moved closer to Harry and lifts his shoulder to help him stand up while Lockheart with a bunch of reporters taking pictures is still smiling and seemed very proud.
After standing up Harry tried to run off the scene, he forgot that Lockheart was there to talk to him for he is very ashamed. Some girls have seen him and were laughing but Draco is the one who laughs the loudest.
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After such a horrible experience Harry wiped his mouth and the Hogwart's express finally arrived. With his cart he went through the barrier in platform nine and three-quarters. Inside he met Ron and they walked together to find a seat.
"Hey Ron where is Hermione?" asked Harry still pushing the cart.
"I don't know I have not seen her lately," answered Ron.
Just then they saw Lavender Brown walking toward them, she was eating chocolate frogs.
"Oh Hi Harry and Ron," she said still her mouth was filled with chocolates.
"Lavender why are you eating to much chocolates, I thought you were on a diet, you will get fat that way?" asked Harry curiously.
"Well I have eaten them all summer, and you know why?"
"Why?" asked Ron and Harry.
"Because they do not have free pictures of wizards inside them any more."
"So that will make you not buy them."
"Instead they have free pictures of the band Westlife," said Lavender while showing Harry and Ron's her cards.
Lavender has about a hundred cards all have the pictures of the boy band Westlife. Like the other pictures in the Wizard world the pictures are all moving. Just then they heard a familiar voice scream.
"Ahhhhhhhh! I cannot believe you have those collections!" exclaimed Hermione while running towards Lavender.
"Well!" Lavender exclaimed while gesturing her hand bragly.
"I cannot believe you have a complete collection of Nicki in this summer outfit and Kian in," Hermione said then screamed again.
Lavender then smiled, and Hermione noticed that she lost three front teeth.
"What's wrong with your teeth?" Hermione asked kindly.
"Well I have been eating Chocolate frogs all summer that I had cavities," answered Lavender mortified
"Don't worry Madam Pomfrey will fix them when we return to Hogwarts," said Hermione still looking at the cards of Lavender.
"Look Nicky blinked at me," Hermione continued while pointing at a card.
"Ahhhhhhh!" the two screamed while looking at each other.
After Hermione has finished gazing through all the cards she finally went to Ron and Harry.
"Oh Hi Harry Ron," said Hermione to them.
"Oh no Hermione, what's wrong with your voice?" asked Harry.
"Its nothing, after singing and screaming to much I guess it is only natural that I cannot talk normal anymore. But don't worry it will wore off soon," Hermione said in a small voice while holding her throat.
"Hermione did you know that Lockheart is back and Westlife's manager?" asked Ron.
"Yup, I saw the poster and have about fifty of them. I planned to cut Lockheart's face though," Hermione answered.
"And did you know that Harry kissed Lockheart's shoes?" asked Ron.
"What!" Hermione exclaimed while looking at Harry.
"I did not! Draco pushed me," Harry said defensively
"I know it was an accident, well get even with Malfoy one day," said Ron.
After a few hours a voice echoed through the train: "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your baggage on the train it will be taken to the school separately."
The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way towards the door and finally and out to a tiny, dark platform.
"Firs' years this way!" called a familiar voice. Harry, Ron and Hermione turned and saw a gigantic outline of Hagrid at the other end of the platform, beckoning and terrified-looking new students forward for their traditional journey across the lake. They waved at him but no chance to speak to him because the mass of people around them was shunting them along the platform. Harry, Ron and Hermione fallowed the rest of the school along the platform and out unto a rough mud track, where at least a hundred stagecoaches awaited the remaining students, each pulled, Harry again assumed by an invisible horse. When they ride the coach it set off.
When they reached Hogwarts, Harry Ron and Hermione planned to watch the sorting of the Sorting Hat; Harry had missed it many times now.
"New students!" said the Friar, smiling around the first years. "About to be sorted I suppose?"
A few people nodded mutely.
"Hope to see you in Hupplepuff!" said the Friar. "My old house you know."
Harry quickly looked down as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat, the Sorting hat. This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty. Aunt Petunia wouldn't let it in the house.
Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth; there was an unusual tune, a tune that Harry had heard before in King's cross it was the introductory tune of "Uptown girl". The sorting hat bounced off and started to sing and dance by the tune of Uptown girl.
Ohhh ooh ooh ooh….
Hogwarts School
I like study here in Hogwarts School
She's been established for a thousand years
I guess here occurred stories of fun and tears
Dumbledore stand up of his golden chair and started to clap to the tune. Professor McGonagall followed and then Professor Sprout. Snape was still sitting when Dumbledore stared at him; he stands and also clapped with the tune, even though it is against his will.
I'm lucky to
Go and study here
Up here in the castle full of cheers
As long as anyone with wizard blood
And as long as he has no squib blood
And Filch's a squib
Some students giggled and turned their eyes to Filch who is quite ashamed.
There's Gryffindor with
Professor McGonagall
And in Hupplepuff
We have Professor Flitwick
Sprout is in Ravenclaw
Snape is in
Slytherin
In the Hogwarts School
You know I like to be in Hogwarts School
I sort many girls and boys
And all the present students here rejoice
And I'm the cause
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh…
Hogwarts School
We love to study here in Hogwarts School
And maybe someday when students come in
They'll understand what kind of hat I've been
And then I'll win
There's Gryffindor with
Professor McGonagall
And in Hupplepuff
We have Professor Flitwick
Sprout is in Ravenclaw
Snape is in
Slytherin
Go and study here
Up here in the castle full of cheers
As long as anyone with wizard blood
And as long as he has no squib blood
And Filch's a squib
Hogwarts School
My Hogwarts School
You know that I love my
Hogwarts School
My Hogwarts School
Everyone was seemed happy and enjoyed to the song of the Sorting Hat except Filch who is very mad because the Hat has called him a Squib. He planned in his mind to seek in Dumbledore's office and burn the hat but realized that it is not worth it.
The girls were dancing and singing in ecstasy; one girl even commented that it is the best song sang by the Hat. Lavender's cards were being barrowed by some students and kissing them. Even Hermione, without a voice sang and dance.
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Next chapter:
Harry would be in the front page of the Daily Prophet, A news will hit him hard. Also they will meet the new Defense Against Dark Arts Teacher that will bewitch the boys. Harry will also receive letters from the G.W.A.
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