Author Notes: Erm, lightning bug. it's a parody. Parodies generally change
the lyrics of songs ^^ I'm a huge fan of all the NR songs, but for the sake
of the parody, they had to be changed.
Aaa!! Three months 'till Chamber of Secrets!! I can't wait!! But. book 5
won't be out 'till next winter! (sob)
And, has anyone else heard rumors about Ewan being in film 3? I've heard
he's supposed to play Sirius Black. which would be cool ^^ Depressed
Christian in the beginning of MR totally reminded me of Black. but then,
I've recently heard he's rumored to play Lupin. so which is it? Either
way, as long as he's in the movie, I'll be happy. Wee!
And as a last note, sorry this took so long!! Ff.net went down for so long
that I sorta lost my momentum with the fic. but Amanda's review made me
realize it had to be finished! So here it is. chapter 8!
(Ron still looks deeply despondent as he stares out the window of his dorm room, wondering about Hermione. The aforementioned Gryffindor suddenly bursts into the dorm, sobbing, and throws herself into Ron's arms. Hagrid stands at the doorway, looking on with a guarded expression.)
Hermione: (breathlessly, crying) I couldn't! I couldn't go through with it, Ron! I saw you there and I felt terribly, and I couldn't pretend! (choking sob) And the Professor! He saw! And he. (voice breaks as she clutches closer to Ron) I love you, Ron.
Ron: (gently strokes her hair and murmurs softly to her) It's ok.
Hermione: (continues crying) And I couldn't do it, I couldn't pretend anymore. I don't want to lie, I don't want. (breaks down again) He knows!
Ron: (Soothingly) It's all right, you don't have to pretend anymore. We'll leave. We'll leave tonight.
Hermione: (taken aback) Leave? But. the show.
Ron: (softly) I don't care about the show. We have each other, and that's all that matters.
Hermione: (smiles) Yes. as long as we have each other.
(Ron and Hermione kiss tenderly, quite oblivious to Hagrid looking on)
Ron: (to Hagrid) Hagrid, take Hermione to her dorm and help her get the things she needs. No one must see you.
Hagrid: I'll try my best, Ron.
Ron: (nods, then wraps his robe around Hermione) Darling, you go and pack. I'll be waiting. (kisses her forehead)
(Meanwhile, in the Dungeons, Snape has been revived. He is in a very angry mood, and is trembling with rage as the House Elves tend to his bruises)
Snape: It's Weasly. he has bewitched her with some sort of spell! (hisses in pain as one of the elves dabs at a particularly sore spot) I want her back, Potter. Find her. Tell her that this show will end my way. or I'll have Weasly expelled.
Harry: (gasps) Expelled??
Goyle: (looms out of the shadows, his fists clenched menacingly)
Snape: (smiles viciously) .expelled.
(Back in Hermione's dorm, the witch is packing a bag with a hint of desperation. Her hands are shaking as she scoops things off her desk.)
Harry: Forgive the intrusion, Kneazle.
Hermione: (whirls around, surprised and afraid, but calms a bit when she sees it's Harry) You're wasting your time, Harry.
Harry: You don't understand, Hermione. The Professor is going to expel Ron.
Hermione: (eyes widen) No-
Harry: The Professor is insanely jealous. Unless you do his ending and sleep with him tomorrow night, he'll have the Ron expelled.
Hermione: (bites her lip, then composes herself) He can't scare us.
Harry: He's a powerful man, and what with Dumbledor being away, you know he can do it.
(Hermione throws her bag to the side and angrily crosses the room)
Harry: What are you doing?
Hermione: (furiously) I don't need you anymore! All my life I was made to believe that I was only worth my grades! (wraps Ron's robe around her more tightly, as if to ward off what Harry told her) But Ron loves me. He loves me, Harry. He loves me! And that is worth everything. We're going away from you, away from the Professor, away from Hogwarts! (straightens up suddenly) Goodbye, Harry. (turns to brush past Harry and through the door)
Harry: You're dying, Hermione.
Hermione: (stops abruptly) Another trick, Harry?
Harry: No. The doctor told us.
Hermione: (turns to look at McGonagal) Professor?
McGonagal: (nods slowly)
Hermione: (leans against the door frame for support and mutters softly) I'm dying. (sings softly) I was a fool to believe. A fool to believe It all ends today Yes it all ends today.
Harry: (quietly) Send Ron away. Only you can save him-
Hermione: He'll fight for me.
Harry: Yes. unless he believes you don't love him.
Hermione: What?
Harry: You're a great actress, Hermione - make him believe you don't love him.
Hermione: (defiantly) No!
Harry: Use your talent to save him. Hurt him, Hermione. Hurt him to save him! There is no other way. The show must go on. We are creatures of the underworld, Hermione. We cannot afford to love.
Hermione: (singing softly) Today's the day.
Hermione and Harry: (singing) When dreaming ends.
(Hermione walks over to her dressing table and leans heavily on it, seemingly too shocked and in too much emotional pain even to cry. Harry exites the room and begins walking through the backstage, speaking slowly and rhythmically)
Harry: Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime. On and on, does anybody know what we are living for (Gryffindor costumers join in singing with Harry as he walks by them)Whatever happens, we leave it all to chance Another heartache, another failed romance On and on, does anybody know what we are living for. The show must go on! The show must go on! (Emerges to one of the stage wings and stares out at the rising sun) Outside the dawn is breaking on the stage that holds our final destiny! The show must go on! The show must go on!
Hermione: (finishing up her makeup and singing heartbrokenly) Inside my heart is breaking. My makeup may be flaking. (forces a small, sad smile) But my smile. still stays on.
Harry: The show must go on! The show must go on!
Hermione: (emerges onto the stage and into the golden light of the sunrise, her pale face illuminated to show every detail of her inner suffering) I'll top the bill! I'll earn the kill! I have to find the will to carry on.
Hermione and Harry: On with the On with the On with the show!
Hermione: (Walks outside into the street as Harry roars 'The show must go on' behind her) The show. must go on!
(Ron still looks deeply despondent as he stares out the window of his dorm room, wondering about Hermione. The aforementioned Gryffindor suddenly bursts into the dorm, sobbing, and throws herself into Ron's arms. Hagrid stands at the doorway, looking on with a guarded expression.)
Hermione: (breathlessly, crying) I couldn't! I couldn't go through with it, Ron! I saw you there and I felt terribly, and I couldn't pretend! (choking sob) And the Professor! He saw! And he. (voice breaks as she clutches closer to Ron) I love you, Ron.
Ron: (gently strokes her hair and murmurs softly to her) It's ok.
Hermione: (continues crying) And I couldn't do it, I couldn't pretend anymore. I don't want to lie, I don't want. (breaks down again) He knows!
Ron: (Soothingly) It's all right, you don't have to pretend anymore. We'll leave. We'll leave tonight.
Hermione: (taken aback) Leave? But. the show.
Ron: (softly) I don't care about the show. We have each other, and that's all that matters.
Hermione: (smiles) Yes. as long as we have each other.
(Ron and Hermione kiss tenderly, quite oblivious to Hagrid looking on)
Ron: (to Hagrid) Hagrid, take Hermione to her dorm and help her get the things she needs. No one must see you.
Hagrid: I'll try my best, Ron.
Ron: (nods, then wraps his robe around Hermione) Darling, you go and pack. I'll be waiting. (kisses her forehead)
(Meanwhile, in the Dungeons, Snape has been revived. He is in a very angry mood, and is trembling with rage as the House Elves tend to his bruises)
Snape: It's Weasly. he has bewitched her with some sort of spell! (hisses in pain as one of the elves dabs at a particularly sore spot) I want her back, Potter. Find her. Tell her that this show will end my way. or I'll have Weasly expelled.
Harry: (gasps) Expelled??
Goyle: (looms out of the shadows, his fists clenched menacingly)
Snape: (smiles viciously) .expelled.
(Back in Hermione's dorm, the witch is packing a bag with a hint of desperation. Her hands are shaking as she scoops things off her desk.)
Harry: Forgive the intrusion, Kneazle.
Hermione: (whirls around, surprised and afraid, but calms a bit when she sees it's Harry) You're wasting your time, Harry.
Harry: You don't understand, Hermione. The Professor is going to expel Ron.
Hermione: (eyes widen) No-
Harry: The Professor is insanely jealous. Unless you do his ending and sleep with him tomorrow night, he'll have the Ron expelled.
Hermione: (bites her lip, then composes herself) He can't scare us.
Harry: He's a powerful man, and what with Dumbledor being away, you know he can do it.
(Hermione throws her bag to the side and angrily crosses the room)
Harry: What are you doing?
Hermione: (furiously) I don't need you anymore! All my life I was made to believe that I was only worth my grades! (wraps Ron's robe around her more tightly, as if to ward off what Harry told her) But Ron loves me. He loves me, Harry. He loves me! And that is worth everything. We're going away from you, away from the Professor, away from Hogwarts! (straightens up suddenly) Goodbye, Harry. (turns to brush past Harry and through the door)
Harry: You're dying, Hermione.
Hermione: (stops abruptly) Another trick, Harry?
Harry: No. The doctor told us.
Hermione: (turns to look at McGonagal) Professor?
McGonagal: (nods slowly)
Hermione: (leans against the door frame for support and mutters softly) I'm dying. (sings softly) I was a fool to believe. A fool to believe It all ends today Yes it all ends today.
Harry: (quietly) Send Ron away. Only you can save him-
Hermione: He'll fight for me.
Harry: Yes. unless he believes you don't love him.
Hermione: What?
Harry: You're a great actress, Hermione - make him believe you don't love him.
Hermione: (defiantly) No!
Harry: Use your talent to save him. Hurt him, Hermione. Hurt him to save him! There is no other way. The show must go on. We are creatures of the underworld, Hermione. We cannot afford to love.
Hermione: (singing softly) Today's the day.
Hermione and Harry: (singing) When dreaming ends.
(Hermione walks over to her dressing table and leans heavily on it, seemingly too shocked and in too much emotional pain even to cry. Harry exites the room and begins walking through the backstage, speaking slowly and rhythmically)
Harry: Another hero, another mindless crime Behind the curtain, in the pantomime. On and on, does anybody know what we are living for (Gryffindor costumers join in singing with Harry as he walks by them)Whatever happens, we leave it all to chance Another heartache, another failed romance On and on, does anybody know what we are living for. The show must go on! The show must go on! (Emerges to one of the stage wings and stares out at the rising sun) Outside the dawn is breaking on the stage that holds our final destiny! The show must go on! The show must go on!
Hermione: (finishing up her makeup and singing heartbrokenly) Inside my heart is breaking. My makeup may be flaking. (forces a small, sad smile) But my smile. still stays on.
Harry: The show must go on! The show must go on!
Hermione: (emerges onto the stage and into the golden light of the sunrise, her pale face illuminated to show every detail of her inner suffering) I'll top the bill! I'll earn the kill! I have to find the will to carry on.
Hermione and Harry: On with the On with the On with the show!
Hermione: (Walks outside into the street as Harry roars 'The show must go on' behind her) The show. must go on!