MERRY CHOTTER AND THE DRUM MAJOR'S STONE
By Callie the Crazy Band Child
Rating: PG (upped for some cheerleader/drill-team comments I'm anticipating later on)
Chapter Two
Summary: A continuation of Chapter One, upon the same theme, Harry Potter meets Marching Band. Merry, Adley, Harnon, and Melunia go to the zoo, where interesting events occur…
Disclaimer: Merry, Adley, Harnon, Melunia, Polades, and other things I most obviously made up are mine. Marching band isn't mine; it isn't even here right now. So, until it comes back, at least, no suing over that. All things Potter-y used to all be JKR's; now some are hers, some belong to Warner Brothers, etc. I'm not making any money (from this OR anything else), and I don't have much you could sue me for, so there's really no point in trying.
Chapter Two
Adley's team, of course, lost their game. The Polades teams never seemed to win; no one was quite sure how they made it to State every year. Despite all of their losses, however, the team spirit was always rampant in the music-less town.
To celebrate their loss, Uncle Harnon and Aunt Melunia took Adley to the zoo, just as they had promised. Merry, of course, had to tag along, since it was "dangerous" to leave her in the house alone.
The Polades Zoo was, as usual, fairly empty. The novelty of trapped animals had worn off several years ago, and half of the zoo's creatures were already dead. Adley wrinkled her nose as her family and Merry entered the reptile house.
"It smells in here," she whined. Along with field hockey, rugby, basketball, and all of Adley's other sports, she was also a cheerleader with a whine to match.
* Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it, * Merry mumbled to herself, realizing what a horrible cliché it was. To Adley, she sweetly replied, "I'm sorry."
Uncle Harnon was determined to entertain his prized only child. "Addums! Come look at this wacco lizard!"
Aunt Melunia joined in. "Wow! Isn't that just wizard!"
Uncle Harnon's face darkened. "MELUNIA!" he scowled.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry, Harnon, my love," Melunia came back subserviently.
Merry was feeling neglected. She was plenty used to not getting any attention besides "Clean this! Wash that!" but today she was getting odd feelings of aloneness and maltreatment. She walked around the reptile house, trying to make herself feel better.
"CHOTTER!" Uncle Harnon steamed. "What are you doing?"
Merry didn't know what she was doing to make Uncle Harnon so mad. There were noises coming out of her mouth, but they were nothing to be mad about. Merry heard the noises dance all about, sounding vaguely wrong but still cool. The lizard that Adley was looking at started bobbing its head to the sounds and making its own noise in return. Merry felt sad for the lizard, trapped in the cage and bred in captivity. It was as if the noises brought the lizard's feeling to Merry. They got higher and higher and higher until- --
Merry watched the glass on the Madagascar Venomous Lizard case silently crack into a million pieces and fall to the ground. She smirked slightly and didn't say anything as Adley leaned forward to look more closely at the brightly colored creature.
"AHHHH! MUM! DAD!" Adley screamed as she pitched headfirst into the case with the lizard. At the same time, the lizard exited the cage, thanking Merry with a few last noises before waddling off to terrorize some poor tourists.
"ADDUMS!" Aunt Melunia yelled back, rushing over to the case.
Uncle Harnon ran over to Merry and grabbed her by the throat. "I told you, girl. None of that mus~" he stopped short.
"What was that, Uncle Harnon?" Merry asked chokingly.
Uncle Harnon ignored her and dragged her over to where Melunia was trying to calm Adley down while nearing hyperventilation herself.
Merry screwed her eyes shut and pictured the glass coming back to the case, leaving Adley trapped inside. She started to smile, just a little bit, and thought about it even harder.
All of a sudden, a muffled shriek from her cousin made Merry's eyes pop open and her brain spring back to reality. Adley was pounding on the cage, her eyes bulging and her face bright red with anger.
Uncle Harnon, of course, was none too happy about this. Merry was slightly reminded of a scene from a movie that she had sneaked glances at parts of while cleaning the kitchen. Because Merry always saw just bits and pieces of films that her uncle, aunt and cousin were watching while Merry worked, she couldn't quite place the clip. Perhaps it was from "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
No, that wasn't right.
Oh, she could see the film in her head now. A twelve-year-old boy with a really demented scar and a British accent. But oh, what was his name? Parry Hotter, perhaps.
Merry had no more time to waste thinking of movies. Uncle Harnon had given the lone zookeeper a hefty sum of cash to rescue his beloved daughter from the lizard cage. In Uncle Harnon's eyes, money could do anything. The Ürsley family was climbing into their woody station wagon. Uncle Harnon was dragging Merry by the ear and proceeded to throw her in the trunk.
The ride back home was a bumpy one, but Merry barely noticed. Through the hole in her trunk, she could see something odd looking flying overhead. Merry couldn't be sure, but she thought she could see a letter clutched in its talons. All of a sudden, a vision flashed through her head. It went by very quickly, and Merry wasn't very experience in visions yet, but she could tell that the letter was very important.
It was a good thing that she had received the vision, and not Uncle Harnon.
A/N: Well, there you go. Chapter Two. I hope you liked it, and I hope that you review! Many thanks to ravenslyth, SilverSerpent, Crimson Angel, Tempered-Grief, hobbitsNhufflepuff, Bookworm12357, and Mae-Lynn Moodle for reviewing Chapter One!
By Callie the Crazy Band Child
Rating: PG (upped for some cheerleader/drill-team comments I'm anticipating later on)
Chapter Two
Summary: A continuation of Chapter One, upon the same theme, Harry Potter meets Marching Band. Merry, Adley, Harnon, and Melunia go to the zoo, where interesting events occur…
Disclaimer: Merry, Adley, Harnon, Melunia, Polades, and other things I most obviously made up are mine. Marching band isn't mine; it isn't even here right now. So, until it comes back, at least, no suing over that. All things Potter-y used to all be JKR's; now some are hers, some belong to Warner Brothers, etc. I'm not making any money (from this OR anything else), and I don't have much you could sue me for, so there's really no point in trying.
Chapter Two
Adley's team, of course, lost their game. The Polades teams never seemed to win; no one was quite sure how they made it to State every year. Despite all of their losses, however, the team spirit was always rampant in the music-less town.
To celebrate their loss, Uncle Harnon and Aunt Melunia took Adley to the zoo, just as they had promised. Merry, of course, had to tag along, since it was "dangerous" to leave her in the house alone.
The Polades Zoo was, as usual, fairly empty. The novelty of trapped animals had worn off several years ago, and half of the zoo's creatures were already dead. Adley wrinkled her nose as her family and Merry entered the reptile house.
"It smells in here," she whined. Along with field hockey, rugby, basketball, and all of Adley's other sports, she was also a cheerleader with a whine to match.
* Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it, * Merry mumbled to herself, realizing what a horrible cliché it was. To Adley, she sweetly replied, "I'm sorry."
Uncle Harnon was determined to entertain his prized only child. "Addums! Come look at this wacco lizard!"
Aunt Melunia joined in. "Wow! Isn't that just wizard!"
Uncle Harnon's face darkened. "MELUNIA!" he scowled.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry, Harnon, my love," Melunia came back subserviently.
Merry was feeling neglected. She was plenty used to not getting any attention besides "Clean this! Wash that!" but today she was getting odd feelings of aloneness and maltreatment. She walked around the reptile house, trying to make herself feel better.
"CHOTTER!" Uncle Harnon steamed. "What are you doing?"
Merry didn't know what she was doing to make Uncle Harnon so mad. There were noises coming out of her mouth, but they were nothing to be mad about. Merry heard the noises dance all about, sounding vaguely wrong but still cool. The lizard that Adley was looking at started bobbing its head to the sounds and making its own noise in return. Merry felt sad for the lizard, trapped in the cage and bred in captivity. It was as if the noises brought the lizard's feeling to Merry. They got higher and higher and higher until- --
Merry watched the glass on the Madagascar Venomous Lizard case silently crack into a million pieces and fall to the ground. She smirked slightly and didn't say anything as Adley leaned forward to look more closely at the brightly colored creature.
"AHHHH! MUM! DAD!" Adley screamed as she pitched headfirst into the case with the lizard. At the same time, the lizard exited the cage, thanking Merry with a few last noises before waddling off to terrorize some poor tourists.
"ADDUMS!" Aunt Melunia yelled back, rushing over to the case.
Uncle Harnon ran over to Merry and grabbed her by the throat. "I told you, girl. None of that mus~" he stopped short.
"What was that, Uncle Harnon?" Merry asked chokingly.
Uncle Harnon ignored her and dragged her over to where Melunia was trying to calm Adley down while nearing hyperventilation herself.
Merry screwed her eyes shut and pictured the glass coming back to the case, leaving Adley trapped inside. She started to smile, just a little bit, and thought about it even harder.
All of a sudden, a muffled shriek from her cousin made Merry's eyes pop open and her brain spring back to reality. Adley was pounding on the cage, her eyes bulging and her face bright red with anger.
Uncle Harnon, of course, was none too happy about this. Merry was slightly reminded of a scene from a movie that she had sneaked glances at parts of while cleaning the kitchen. Because Merry always saw just bits and pieces of films that her uncle, aunt and cousin were watching while Merry worked, she couldn't quite place the clip. Perhaps it was from "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
No, that wasn't right.
Oh, she could see the film in her head now. A twelve-year-old boy with a really demented scar and a British accent. But oh, what was his name? Parry Hotter, perhaps.
Merry had no more time to waste thinking of movies. Uncle Harnon had given the lone zookeeper a hefty sum of cash to rescue his beloved daughter from the lizard cage. In Uncle Harnon's eyes, money could do anything. The Ürsley family was climbing into their woody station wagon. Uncle Harnon was dragging Merry by the ear and proceeded to throw her in the trunk.
The ride back home was a bumpy one, but Merry barely noticed. Through the hole in her trunk, she could see something odd looking flying overhead. Merry couldn't be sure, but she thought she could see a letter clutched in its talons. All of a sudden, a vision flashed through her head. It went by very quickly, and Merry wasn't very experience in visions yet, but she could tell that the letter was very important.
It was a good thing that she had received the vision, and not Uncle Harnon.
A/N: Well, there you go. Chapter Two. I hope you liked it, and I hope that you review! Many thanks to ravenslyth, SilverSerpent, Crimson Angel, Tempered-Grief, hobbitsNhufflepuff, Bookworm12357, and Mae-Lynn Moodle for reviewing Chapter One!