Kings, Lovers and Fairies-Chapter 13 …Preparations, Eyeliner and a Prologue
A/N: Thank you thank you thank you all! I just went off on a not writing thing for a while, but I think that it is over. I need to ask two questions which you guys can answer in email or in review. One, do you think Hogwarts is a pretty un-homophobic school? And two, would you rather the last chapter be one big chunk or split into parts? I'm just writing it, but I'm not quite sure how to post it.
This chapter is quite devoted to costume looks and the next will probably just be a short chapter devoted to describing the sets. Sorry but it needs explanation and I'm sorry if the costumes are hard to visualize, but in my head they look really cool. So does the makeup, I promise, so maybe I'll do drawings someday and put a link in for you all to see. But just visualize it your own ways in your own heads and keep checking this story, I'm trying to put out stuff fast. Stay tuned and thanks again to all the reviewers, the fan club, and all the new Love-Loathe Shippers (That's my own little Harry/Snape name, sorry!) And seriously, if you want cameos,
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Tuesday, the cast was tired, going through the motions of schoolwork and sometimes talking excitedly about the production. Rumors were going around that some students from Beaubaxtons, Durmstrang and Athertons were coming, Ministry of Magic Officials, Hogsmeade residents, and of course students were packing the houses. Sprout was giving them no homework as she looked somewhat frazzled, while McGonagall's workload was considerably lighter, giving that she was the most weary looking one of all of them as she would go in during lunches and breaks to make sure the scenery worked. Angelina and Alicia were excused from all classes Tuesday afternoon onwards and ran in blurs of needles and tape and repair around the costume room as Oliver ran through his cues, becoming much like his Quidditch coach self and quizzing people on their entrances and exits before they yelled at him to go snog Percy.
Harry was in a high state of euphoria all throughout Tuesday. Snape acted the same around him, showing no signs of any change but Harry didn't care. The cast was supposed to eat an early dinner, provided by Dumbledore, and then appear in the stage area around 5. As it was a full dress rehearsal, Angelina and Alicia were bustling putting costumes everywhere, employing some of the grunts from scenery and building crews to arrange the dressing rooms. Harry didn't feel like eating so he appeared on the stage at four thirty, waving to Oliver and Lupin before entering into the makeup room.
Snape was arranging something on a table, his sinewy back to Harry. Softly, the boy cleared his throat and Snape turned.
"'Lo Professor," Snape gave a glance around and swayed up to him.
"Harry, you don't have to call me that." He gave him a quick, gentle embrace and kissed his hair softly. Harry felt like turning into a puddle but Snape broke away and he stared into his endless eyes, black on green, ebony alabaster on emerald.
"Well…what-what should I call you then?" He stammered. Snape gave him a look and Harry smiled.
"Okay, okay then Sev." Snape smiled gently. He continued to arrange something on the two small tables, which revealed to be makeup, as Harry hopped onto a stool. Alicia and Angelina came in and saw the two black haired men and exchanged glances. Snape made no move to make Harry leave and began to explain to the two girls,
"I don't want makeup on the extra's and only partial on the fairies, Harry, Cho, myself. Everyone else full, but I do want the extra's in full costume. They will all change in their common rooms and come down here. If need be, I want both of you to recruit someone for their costume checks. While Oliver and Lupin will be running checking cues and places, they are here to help you. Everyone else is to get dressed in the dressing rooms and you two will mostly be doing makeup and are only to help with costumes in an emergency. When all makeup is done, do the costume checks. Call time is 6:30, which should give everyone plenty of time. Alright?" Alicia and Angelina nodded determinedly and Snape gave a sweeping gesture to the two makeup tables and both mirrors lit up, revealing the huge organizers filled with greasepaint, glitter, shimmer, eyeliner, lipstick, facepaints, everything. He exited the room, Harry trailing behind him.
Harry and Snape spoke on their parts quietly, Harry swinging his legs on the ledge as Snape pulled down ropes and vines.
"Sev," Harry blurted and the older man looked at him. "I want to ask you something." It was still around five fifteen. Snape looked at him and Harry continued.
"I need to know something. Did you….did you just kiss me because of…of…my dad?" he whispered. Snape's face grew soft.
"Harry…" he walked towards the ledge and grasped his long fingers around Harry's smaller hands, "…oh Harry, no. You are very like your father, you are beautiful and a good actor and kind and brave but I did that because I like you. Just Harry. No Potter attached." A smile flitted across his face and he swiftly kissed Harry who fell into his arms. The older man let him against the ground easily and they waited for the rest to come in.
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The Girls dressing room was filled with conversation and giggling and anxiety as they slipped into their costumes. A magical line had been drawn across the floor as designated 'fairy' space, so the wings would not be disturbed too much. McGonagall, Sprout and Sinistra were recruited to help with costumes and every so often Angelina or Alicia would bring someone in. The first to go was Penelope Clearwater, in a deep blue dress that was covered in an green robe and a beautiful silvery tiara. Hermoine and Lavender changed at the same time, helping each other into their complementary yet somewhat opposite costumes. As Lavender was taller, her dress was a shimmering creamy peach, pulled behind her neck in a kind of halter and brought in just above her stomach. Her hair was pulled alongside into a braid and she walked in simple sandals. Hermoine's hair, Alicia had first done, in a sweeping ponytail that extended out into curls on the back of her scalp, like a messy bun. Her dress was thinly strapped, a beautiful purplish crimson that was slanted at the hem, brought back at her stomach to accentuate curves. They went next, getting made up so as not to fade in the light. Angelina and Alicia applied a light shimmer, gloss, a deeper red for Hermia and accentuated eyes for Helena. Kyra, Eden, Pavarti and Ginny all got dressed together, the wings having turned out amazingly well and sitting on stands in the 'Fairy-zone.' Each fairy had a distinct style to their clothing and wings. Ginny, as Peaseblossom, had the most rounded wings, like bulbous bubbles, pale pink and lavender, her outfit shimmering tights, a skirt that was different 'petals' of purple-blue, pink, a light yellow, and bluish green silk and screen, a skintight pale rose shirt and flowing sleeves. Pavarti, as Mustardseed, was a very agricultural look, her wings were curvy, like two tall spirals, the tips curving under themselves, four parts in all that overlapped harvest gold and shimmering crème. Her skirt was slit to move out in the front, divided just at her knee, her shirt a hooded sheen, the sleeves frayed at her forearm and as the hem of it. The skirt was a beautiful wheat gold and the shirt a tawny yellow. Little Eden, Moth, looked fluorescent, sky blues and whites. Her skirt was ballerina and petticoat, a slightly off-white, her shirt, like Ginny, was skin tight but the sleeves billowed out in the palest blue. Her wings were like bird wings, arching out from her back and billowing puffy see through whites and blues that ended at the same spot, fluttering as she walked. Kyra looked much older than she was, Cobweb, stark and exciting in dark blues, purples and silver. Her wings were like spiky quills, silver points jutting out everywhere and charmed so that they could fold around her. Her skirt was four parts, a silvery kneelength base that came down in one point in front and in back. The next went over it, deep blue and two angular points running down the sides of her legs, the next was deep purple and went over each of them to keep it slender, a silvery skirt that tapered in many points, and then a flowing, barely seen silvery covering over it. Her shirt was snowy silver and jet-black, the hem up to the bust black flowing inky into the silvery sleeves and chest areas. Slowly they each went out into Alicia and Angelina, not getting all of their makeup but only some of it. Ginny had flowers running along her hairline and two flower vines coming out of her eyes, Pavarti had flecks of gold on her face, Eden with shimmering blue streaks out of her eyes and spiraling on her cheeks, Kyra with deep purples and silvers and a star around the corner of her eye. And that wasn't even all of it. Cho was still changing behind a screen.
In the boys dressing room it was quite similar, but Harry and Severus would be done last, along with Cho. Ron, Seamus, Dean all had, respectivley, deep green, deep blue, and gray tunics that billowed around their chests, while Dean had a vest. All three wore leggings and boots, thick belts around their waists. Neville, Crabbe and Goyle all wore homely looking brown and tan button down shirts while Fred had a button down white shirt, unbuttoned at the top, with a nice leather vest over it and hanging over black slacks and boots. George had a tied crème button down shirt, gathered around the waist in a belt and hanging over brown slacks in boots. With a cape, which he was quite proud of. Percy wore a kingly robe, purple and deep blue tunic with slacks, that you couldn't see because of the robe. Lee Jordan had a simple grey shirt and black pants and Harry and Sev each dressed behind a screen.
Harry noticed Severus's toned body, sinewy muscles and felt ashamed of his, strong, but somewhat paling in comparison Quidditch muscles. For tonight, and maybe the rest of the performances he had an unbuttoned at the top and bottom black satin shirt and black leather pants. His hair looked so much less greasy and he ran a black comb through it before tying it back into a silver clasp. Harry was getting dressed, first the fishnet green shirt that went all the way past his wrists and changed colors in the light, from green to black to silver, to make his arms look like plants grew on them, then the slightly flared forearm sleeved green shirt over it, attached with silken leaves that went down past his waist slightly. He wore tight green pants that went just to above his ankle, vines twisted around his legs, but yet gave him free movement. He turned, and Severus was putting on his ebony, woven crown around his temples and forehead and he reached out and straightened it.
"You look wonderful, Harry," the boy blushed and Severus tilted his chin, bringing a goblet forward as Harry gulped it down and his eyesight was temporarily perfect. They walked to get the makeup done, Cho following slightly after him.
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The group of actors, even extras in fairy and elf costumes (Some 7th year Hufflepuff beaters looking slightly abashed, but were needed for the fairies) were sitting on the stage, waiting for the full dress rehearsal to begin. Lupin was making sure that they would hear cues in the green room, McGonagall was rushing around checking set pieces, Trelawney and Sprout checking costumes, Oliver running between them and the crew workers like a madman and then everyone grew quite quiet.
The door to the makeup room had slowly opened, Harry first in his green, forest sprite costume, then Snape behind him. Harry had two small horns that were noticeable through his ebony hair, touseled and slicked with silver in several ways. Leaves or greenery were painted around his hairline and down his neck, his eyes outlined in a smudged brown eyeliner, and green was blotted at the corners of his eyes. Snape, however, took people's breath away with his black clothing and accentuating makeup. His eyes were in smoky black kohl, smeared blue at the corners of them. Smoky blue and purple eyeshadow grew from the corners of his eyes out almost to his hairline in carefully applied smudges and his stance dared anyone to comment. They moved quickly forward, girls swooning, Lupin grinning when Cho appeared and people gasped. Her wings seemed to breath around her, snowy white and downy yet huge, going a full two feet above her head. They sparkled, rhinestone in a spiral in the top half and glitter trailing from the bottom half. Her dress was a simple flowing, shimmering sheen of layered lightest cream, flaring at her wrists and flowing around her. Her feet were bare, flowers adorned the hem of the gown, and her hair was pulled down in a shiny curtain across her back. Jewels and gems sat in there, silken and real flowers stuck in there and a small white lily at were the dress came down in a triangle just above her bust. Her face was mostly bare of makeup, for now, only shimmering with powder and gloss on her lips.
As the otherworldly ones walked to the stage, slowly, everyone began to clap. They grew silent as Snape said one thing and they went into action.
"Everyone…places."
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The dress rehearsal went fairly smoothly, only one botched cue and although the younger extras made too much noise, everyone was more or less pleased. Snape did have notes, but as everyone was allowed to sit out in the audience and watch, they were amazed at Puck and Oberon. Although, most didn't say anything.
However, before he let anyone go, Snape explained about a slight prologue that would go before the play. If anyone was interested, please see him, and he would give them a sheet. It would involve some speedy memorization, but he would like as many people to do it as possible.
If you would like to do this, you may. If you decide to, I will assign you a part to memorize as well as group memorizations and if you have a significant other, you may decide to read it with them. I may put you with your character lover. Thank you.
And after Snape had given them this, Harry knew he wanted to do it.
A/N: Thank you thank you thank you all! I just went off on a not writing thing for a while, but I think that it is over. I need to ask two questions which you guys can answer in email or in review. One, do you think Hogwarts is a pretty un-homophobic school? And two, would you rather the last chapter be one big chunk or split into parts? I'm just writing it, but I'm not quite sure how to post it.
This chapter is quite devoted to costume looks and the next will probably just be a short chapter devoted to describing the sets. Sorry but it needs explanation and I'm sorry if the costumes are hard to visualize, but in my head they look really cool. So does the makeup, I promise, so maybe I'll do drawings someday and put a link in for you all to see. But just visualize it your own ways in your own heads and keep checking this story, I'm trying to put out stuff fast. Stay tuned and thanks again to all the reviewers, the fan club, and all the new Love-Loathe Shippers (That's my own little Harry/Snape name, sorry!) And seriously, if you want cameos,
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Tuesday, the cast was tired, going through the motions of schoolwork and sometimes talking excitedly about the production. Rumors were going around that some students from Beaubaxtons, Durmstrang and Athertons were coming, Ministry of Magic Officials, Hogsmeade residents, and of course students were packing the houses. Sprout was giving them no homework as she looked somewhat frazzled, while McGonagall's workload was considerably lighter, giving that she was the most weary looking one of all of them as she would go in during lunches and breaks to make sure the scenery worked. Angelina and Alicia were excused from all classes Tuesday afternoon onwards and ran in blurs of needles and tape and repair around the costume room as Oliver ran through his cues, becoming much like his Quidditch coach self and quizzing people on their entrances and exits before they yelled at him to go snog Percy.
Harry was in a high state of euphoria all throughout Tuesday. Snape acted the same around him, showing no signs of any change but Harry didn't care. The cast was supposed to eat an early dinner, provided by Dumbledore, and then appear in the stage area around 5. As it was a full dress rehearsal, Angelina and Alicia were bustling putting costumes everywhere, employing some of the grunts from scenery and building crews to arrange the dressing rooms. Harry didn't feel like eating so he appeared on the stage at four thirty, waving to Oliver and Lupin before entering into the makeup room.
Snape was arranging something on a table, his sinewy back to Harry. Softly, the boy cleared his throat and Snape turned.
"'Lo Professor," Snape gave a glance around and swayed up to him.
"Harry, you don't have to call me that." He gave him a quick, gentle embrace and kissed his hair softly. Harry felt like turning into a puddle but Snape broke away and he stared into his endless eyes, black on green, ebony alabaster on emerald.
"Well…what-what should I call you then?" He stammered. Snape gave him a look and Harry smiled.
"Okay, okay then Sev." Snape smiled gently. He continued to arrange something on the two small tables, which revealed to be makeup, as Harry hopped onto a stool. Alicia and Angelina came in and saw the two black haired men and exchanged glances. Snape made no move to make Harry leave and began to explain to the two girls,
"I don't want makeup on the extra's and only partial on the fairies, Harry, Cho, myself. Everyone else full, but I do want the extra's in full costume. They will all change in their common rooms and come down here. If need be, I want both of you to recruit someone for their costume checks. While Oliver and Lupin will be running checking cues and places, they are here to help you. Everyone else is to get dressed in the dressing rooms and you two will mostly be doing makeup and are only to help with costumes in an emergency. When all makeup is done, do the costume checks. Call time is 6:30, which should give everyone plenty of time. Alright?" Alicia and Angelina nodded determinedly and Snape gave a sweeping gesture to the two makeup tables and both mirrors lit up, revealing the huge organizers filled with greasepaint, glitter, shimmer, eyeliner, lipstick, facepaints, everything. He exited the room, Harry trailing behind him.
Harry and Snape spoke on their parts quietly, Harry swinging his legs on the ledge as Snape pulled down ropes and vines.
"Sev," Harry blurted and the older man looked at him. "I want to ask you something." It was still around five fifteen. Snape looked at him and Harry continued.
"I need to know something. Did you….did you just kiss me because of…of…my dad?" he whispered. Snape's face grew soft.
"Harry…" he walked towards the ledge and grasped his long fingers around Harry's smaller hands, "…oh Harry, no. You are very like your father, you are beautiful and a good actor and kind and brave but I did that because I like you. Just Harry. No Potter attached." A smile flitted across his face and he swiftly kissed Harry who fell into his arms. The older man let him against the ground easily and they waited for the rest to come in.
-
The Girls dressing room was filled with conversation and giggling and anxiety as they slipped into their costumes. A magical line had been drawn across the floor as designated 'fairy' space, so the wings would not be disturbed too much. McGonagall, Sprout and Sinistra were recruited to help with costumes and every so often Angelina or Alicia would bring someone in. The first to go was Penelope Clearwater, in a deep blue dress that was covered in an green robe and a beautiful silvery tiara. Hermoine and Lavender changed at the same time, helping each other into their complementary yet somewhat opposite costumes. As Lavender was taller, her dress was a shimmering creamy peach, pulled behind her neck in a kind of halter and brought in just above her stomach. Her hair was pulled alongside into a braid and she walked in simple sandals. Hermoine's hair, Alicia had first done, in a sweeping ponytail that extended out into curls on the back of her scalp, like a messy bun. Her dress was thinly strapped, a beautiful purplish crimson that was slanted at the hem, brought back at her stomach to accentuate curves. They went next, getting made up so as not to fade in the light. Angelina and Alicia applied a light shimmer, gloss, a deeper red for Hermia and accentuated eyes for Helena. Kyra, Eden, Pavarti and Ginny all got dressed together, the wings having turned out amazingly well and sitting on stands in the 'Fairy-zone.' Each fairy had a distinct style to their clothing and wings. Ginny, as Peaseblossom, had the most rounded wings, like bulbous bubbles, pale pink and lavender, her outfit shimmering tights, a skirt that was different 'petals' of purple-blue, pink, a light yellow, and bluish green silk and screen, a skintight pale rose shirt and flowing sleeves. Pavarti, as Mustardseed, was a very agricultural look, her wings were curvy, like two tall spirals, the tips curving under themselves, four parts in all that overlapped harvest gold and shimmering crème. Her skirt was slit to move out in the front, divided just at her knee, her shirt a hooded sheen, the sleeves frayed at her forearm and as the hem of it. The skirt was a beautiful wheat gold and the shirt a tawny yellow. Little Eden, Moth, looked fluorescent, sky blues and whites. Her skirt was ballerina and petticoat, a slightly off-white, her shirt, like Ginny, was skin tight but the sleeves billowed out in the palest blue. Her wings were like bird wings, arching out from her back and billowing puffy see through whites and blues that ended at the same spot, fluttering as she walked. Kyra looked much older than she was, Cobweb, stark and exciting in dark blues, purples and silver. Her wings were like spiky quills, silver points jutting out everywhere and charmed so that they could fold around her. Her skirt was four parts, a silvery kneelength base that came down in one point in front and in back. The next went over it, deep blue and two angular points running down the sides of her legs, the next was deep purple and went over each of them to keep it slender, a silvery skirt that tapered in many points, and then a flowing, barely seen silvery covering over it. Her shirt was snowy silver and jet-black, the hem up to the bust black flowing inky into the silvery sleeves and chest areas. Slowly they each went out into Alicia and Angelina, not getting all of their makeup but only some of it. Ginny had flowers running along her hairline and two flower vines coming out of her eyes, Pavarti had flecks of gold on her face, Eden with shimmering blue streaks out of her eyes and spiraling on her cheeks, Kyra with deep purples and silvers and a star around the corner of her eye. And that wasn't even all of it. Cho was still changing behind a screen.
In the boys dressing room it was quite similar, but Harry and Severus would be done last, along with Cho. Ron, Seamus, Dean all had, respectivley, deep green, deep blue, and gray tunics that billowed around their chests, while Dean had a vest. All three wore leggings and boots, thick belts around their waists. Neville, Crabbe and Goyle all wore homely looking brown and tan button down shirts while Fred had a button down white shirt, unbuttoned at the top, with a nice leather vest over it and hanging over black slacks and boots. George had a tied crème button down shirt, gathered around the waist in a belt and hanging over brown slacks in boots. With a cape, which he was quite proud of. Percy wore a kingly robe, purple and deep blue tunic with slacks, that you couldn't see because of the robe. Lee Jordan had a simple grey shirt and black pants and Harry and Sev each dressed behind a screen.
Harry noticed Severus's toned body, sinewy muscles and felt ashamed of his, strong, but somewhat paling in comparison Quidditch muscles. For tonight, and maybe the rest of the performances he had an unbuttoned at the top and bottom black satin shirt and black leather pants. His hair looked so much less greasy and he ran a black comb through it before tying it back into a silver clasp. Harry was getting dressed, first the fishnet green shirt that went all the way past his wrists and changed colors in the light, from green to black to silver, to make his arms look like plants grew on them, then the slightly flared forearm sleeved green shirt over it, attached with silken leaves that went down past his waist slightly. He wore tight green pants that went just to above his ankle, vines twisted around his legs, but yet gave him free movement. He turned, and Severus was putting on his ebony, woven crown around his temples and forehead and he reached out and straightened it.
"You look wonderful, Harry," the boy blushed and Severus tilted his chin, bringing a goblet forward as Harry gulped it down and his eyesight was temporarily perfect. They walked to get the makeup done, Cho following slightly after him.
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The group of actors, even extras in fairy and elf costumes (Some 7th year Hufflepuff beaters looking slightly abashed, but were needed for the fairies) were sitting on the stage, waiting for the full dress rehearsal to begin. Lupin was making sure that they would hear cues in the green room, McGonagall was rushing around checking set pieces, Trelawney and Sprout checking costumes, Oliver running between them and the crew workers like a madman and then everyone grew quite quiet.
The door to the makeup room had slowly opened, Harry first in his green, forest sprite costume, then Snape behind him. Harry had two small horns that were noticeable through his ebony hair, touseled and slicked with silver in several ways. Leaves or greenery were painted around his hairline and down his neck, his eyes outlined in a smudged brown eyeliner, and green was blotted at the corners of his eyes. Snape, however, took people's breath away with his black clothing and accentuating makeup. His eyes were in smoky black kohl, smeared blue at the corners of them. Smoky blue and purple eyeshadow grew from the corners of his eyes out almost to his hairline in carefully applied smudges and his stance dared anyone to comment. They moved quickly forward, girls swooning, Lupin grinning when Cho appeared and people gasped. Her wings seemed to breath around her, snowy white and downy yet huge, going a full two feet above her head. They sparkled, rhinestone in a spiral in the top half and glitter trailing from the bottom half. Her dress was a simple flowing, shimmering sheen of layered lightest cream, flaring at her wrists and flowing around her. Her feet were bare, flowers adorned the hem of the gown, and her hair was pulled down in a shiny curtain across her back. Jewels and gems sat in there, silken and real flowers stuck in there and a small white lily at were the dress came down in a triangle just above her bust. Her face was mostly bare of makeup, for now, only shimmering with powder and gloss on her lips.
As the otherworldly ones walked to the stage, slowly, everyone began to clap. They grew silent as Snape said one thing and they went into action.
"Everyone…places."
-
The dress rehearsal went fairly smoothly, only one botched cue and although the younger extras made too much noise, everyone was more or less pleased. Snape did have notes, but as everyone was allowed to sit out in the audience and watch, they were amazed at Puck and Oberon. Although, most didn't say anything.
However, before he let anyone go, Snape explained about a slight prologue that would go before the play. If anyone was interested, please see him, and he would give them a sheet. It would involve some speedy memorization, but he would like as many people to do it as possible.
If you would like to do this, you may. If you decide to, I will assign you a part to memorize as well as group memorizations and if you have a significant other, you may decide to read it with them. I may put you with your character lover. Thank you.
And after Snape had given them this, Harry knew he wanted to do it.