Muggle Year
by Virgi Ca
Chapter 13: The Audition
A/N: Well, here it is, promised to update and update I will! Auditions are here! Who will get the leading roles? That's for me to know, and you guys to find out!! ENJOY!
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Virginia yawned as she pulled on her working robes over her plain sweat shirt and pants, hastily pulling up her hair in a messy pony tail.
'Gin, what in the bloody hell are you doing up at a time like this? It's still our holiday.' Geraldine yawned, reaching for her clock, 'it's eight o'clock in the morning!'
Virginia rolled her eyes, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, 'we have auditions today and I want to pick up some food before I go to the studio.'
'Auditions? Oh crap!' Geraldine was suddenly wide awake, jumping out of her bed and flinging open her closet, 'I totally forgot about the whole thing!'
'What auditions?' Evelyne asked, sticking her head out.
'What are you guys doing? Can't one get some sleep?' Adela demanded sleepily.
'We've got auditions!' Geraldine said, running into the washroom, 'I only have one hour to prepare!'
'For what? It's not like you got a date with someone… no wait.' Evelyne paused, 'don't tell me you want to look nice and good for that Barlow D'Agular are you?'
Geraldine stuck her head out and gave her a sly smile, 'he's mine.'
'Oh no you don't!' Evelyne jumped out of her bed, 'that hot guy from Durmstrang is definitely mine! I saw him first!'
'Barlow what?' Virginia asked.
'This hot dark blonde from Durmstrang they both laid eyes on.' Adela explained, 'he's hot, but Colin's better.'
Virginia rolled her eyes and headed for the door, 'Hey, remember it's nine o'clock Geraldine!' she called before shutting the door quietly behind her. She smiled and the sunshine streaming from the curtains. Walking down the stairs she noticed someone on the red couches, staring at the fire.
'Good morning Ginny.' It was Adrian Bradley. Virginia stopped in her tracks when Adrian stood up and smiled at her, his waist long hair gleaming in the light. His hair was really beautiful, every girl would envy it.
'Uh, good morning Adrian, nice weather isn't it?' Virginia replied lamely, feeling stupid. She couldn't help but feel nervous in front of him, not knowing if it was his penetrating look or the fact that he was a prisoner.
'What? It seems that everyone's afraid of me.' Adrian smiled warily, 'your up early.'
'Uh, wanted to grab a bit for the audition.' Virginia said sheepishly, 'can't dance with an empty stomach.'
'Your in dance too?' Adrian asked. Virginia nodded, shifting her foot from left to right nervously. Adrian smiled again, 'well, you better get something to eat before that, see you later.'
Virginia stared as he walked up the stairs and disappeared into his dorm. Shrugging she climbed out of the portrait and headed for the great hall.
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'Whose idea was it to hold an audition this early in the morning?' Draco grumbled, scratching his head and cursing loudly at the sunlight streaming into the dance studio.
'Watch your language young man.' A voice said sternly. Draco looked up and saw Lesley glaring at him playfully.
'Why, is the audition this early in the morning?' Draco complained, throwing his cloak into his locker before slamming it shut, 'it's Christmas and that means sleep in!'
'Oh Lawrence, you're here!' Lesley waved as a tall figure stepped inside the golden dance studio, obviously impressed.
'Lesley, a very long time no see, you still good down here?' the man asked, holding a very big suitcase. The students were starting to file in, along with the foreign students who all seemed very impressed, except for a few with permanent scowls on their faces. Lawrence Tombane looked at Draco with an impressed expression, then turned to Lesley, 'I must say Lesley, you are a very good instructor, I suspect that this will be a great success.'
Lesley smiled and put a hand on Draco's shoulder, 'this is one of my best dancers here, Draco Malfoy.'
'Yes…' Lawrence started to circle him, while Draco rolled his eyes and started to tap his foot. He spotted Pansy walking to him and cursed under his breath. Lawrence smiled, 'You have everything I need for one of the main characters in the script Draco, you stand a very big chance in winning the role.'
'There are still other dancers in the studio.' Draco said flatly.
Lawrence nodded absently, 'yes… well, I hope to enjoy a nice audition, I do say that dancers under Lesley Chestwood will be one of the best.' He laughed and headed towards the table that was set right in front of the huge mirrors.
Lesley gave a laugh and turned to Draco and Pansy, who had just arrived, 'he's the script writer, was my teacher at the performing arts school.'
'So, is he going to let Draco have the role?' Pansy asked eagerly.
Lesley looked up, thinking, 'I really don't know, although I'm going to be one of the adjudicators, I still have to talk about it with Spencer and Lawrence before we make the final decision. Oh, Ginny! Come over here!' Lesley waved her hand at the redhead who had just emerged from the dressing room, her mass of red hair covering her whole face while she was trying to adjust the laces on her ballet shoes.
'What is it Lesley?' Virginia asked, tying her hair back in a lazy bun, strands of hair falling in a mess in front of her. She noticed that Pansy was glaring at her, but chose to ignore it.
'Ginny, Draco, I really think you two should – '
'NO!' the three of them all shouted at once, silencing half of the students in the studio.
Lesley exhaled loudly, 'I beg you –'
'No!' the three of them cried again, glaring at their instructor.
'Draco's my partner!' Pansy declared.
'How many rumors can one have in one day?' Draco muttered.
'I'm fine with Justin!' Virginia insisted.
'But Virginia – '
'I'm fine.' Virginia stared at her with a hard face, 'really I'm fine.'
Lesley looked at her, then shook her head and turned without a word, walking towards the table.
'Wretch, I know you want to dance with Draco, in your dreams.' Pansy hissed, then steered Draco away into the other direction.
Virginia ignored her comment and looked at Lesley's retreating back. A hand suddenly patted her on the shoulder, Virginia looked up and smiled at her father, who was dressed in casual robes, holding a board. 'Dad! Your adjudicating?'
Mr. Weasley shook his head, 'No, I'm just here to watch and make a report, good luck!'
Virginia gave him a 'V' and turned, noticing that a bunch of people that weren't from dance standing beside the doors. One by one they filed in with curiosity, the whole studio was big enough, and Lesley had said they were welcome to watch the auditions.
After a while, all the dancers were seated in front of the table. Spencer stood up and smiled at all of them, 'Welcome you all to the audition for the Muggle-Wizarding production of the century! Let me just introduce some people to you, Lawrence Tombane, the writer of the whole script and will be one of the producers and advisor of the production; Mr. Arthur Weasley, Professor Moyet, Perdrisat and Dumbledore will be the observers of today's audition, and Mr. Weasley will be writing a report and do further evaluations of the whole progress.'
Lesley stood up, 'Yes, Spencer and I will be the co-directors of this production. The dates have been set and it will be held on the twentieth of July, six and a half months from now. All dancers will be participating in this production and all fifth grade and above students must audition for the three main roles, Lawrence, please give a brief introduction for the script.'
Lawrence nodded and stood up, holding up a stack of papers. 'I have already drawn out the whole plot and had written the play, but it will still need polishing throughout the rehearsal and practising periods. The play mainly talks about the dark lives of Muggles that are being left out nowadays, set at a imaginary country, imaginary city, imaginary street, imaginary night club, by the name Lectract Lane. The play is named "Fly High", a story about three people fighting between love, fate, destiny and power. There will be two leading roles for male and one female leading role. The two male leading roles are Glenn Goddard, son of the rich sponsor of Lectract Lane and Chester Dwight, son of the owner of Lectract Lane Isador Dwight. The female leading character is Gladys Winifred, a courtesan, or as people nowadays call, a prostitute of Lectract Lane.'
There were some conversations starting up in the crowds of people.
'Yes. The characters will be further introduced when all the roles have been set. There are other supporting characters such as Leilah, Wallis and Harriet Murray, friends of Gladys Winifred and Chester Dwight, Therisa Goddard, Glenn Goddard's sister, Hobard Goddard, the sponsor of Lectract Lane and Andre, the servant of Glenn etc.' Lawrence sat down again.
'All dancers will get into pairs and do a routine specifically set out by us,' Lesley continued, 'and the roles will be released next week Monday, three days from now, where the dancers are to met here at two o'clock in the afternoon for further arrangements. I am also proud and honored to announce that the Weird Sisters and Wizarding Philharmonic Orchestra will also be involved in this production, and will be responsible for creating the music. Those whom wish to help will be welcomed to come to me after the audition.' Lesley looked at Spencer, then at Dumbleodre, 'is there anything you would like to add?'
Dumbledore stood up, 'All I want to say is, this whole production will be in your hands, and I have full confidence that you can put in all the wizarding and muggle elements into this show.' He smiled warmly and started to clap, followed by the others. 'Now, let the audition begin!'
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The audition was actually quite entertaining, and more and more students came to watch, Virginia suspected that the whole school had come. All the senior years were doing their audition now, according to year, then name. Everyone had clapped and catcalled when it was Draco and Pansy's turn, except maybe for the Gryffindors, and all of them seemed to be impressed, even Harry and Ron, to Virginia's surprise.
'Thank you.' Spencer said, 'Next, Adrian Bradley, Gabrielle Delacour.'
The whole studio quiet down as Adrian and Gabrielle walked to the dance floor. Gabrielle had a smug look on her face and didn't seem to care whether the guy beside her was a prisoner or not.
'Please do a Latin Dance routine to this piece of music, whatever you want, just as long as it looks Latin and feels Latin.' Spencer said.
Adrian nodded while Gabrielle's smile widened. Adrian took Gabrielle's hand and turned her around so that her back was facing him. He then put his arms around her waist and waited for the music to start, resting his forehead on her head.
Virginia was totally amazed by the routine they managed to pull out, and it seemed to be the same with all the other audience. They were so to the beat, the steps were clear and the moves were elegant, and the fact that Gabrielle was part Veela and her hair was so magnificent, gleaming and shining in the sunlight, it added much effect to the whole routine. When they ended, some students stood up and applauded wildly.
'Very good, thank you very much.' Lesley said, clapping her hands. She took a look at her board, 'Gryffindor Ginny Weasley and Hufflepuff Justin Flinch Fletchey, Hogwarts.'
Virginia stood up, followed by a very nervous Justin. The crowd didn't seem to really pay attention to them, after the breath taking performance of the previous two, some were hovered around them, and some girls even wanted to have a autograph from Adrian. Virginia tapped her feet slightly, she had put a slipping spell on one of her shoes so as to degrade her performance. She knew it was a bit selfish and unfair to Justin, but somehow she really didn't want to be in any of the supporting characters, not that she was sure she'd get any of them, but no, she actually didn't even want to be a speaking role, maybe just a dancer behind.
'Don't be nervous Justin.' Lesley smiled, 'just do the tango routine you've been doing, it won't be hard for you would it?' Justin sighed in relief, he really didn't want to do something he hadn't done before at all, unprepared dancing that is.
No one actually paid attention to them, even Ron and Hermione were looking at the crowd beside them. I hope this wouldn't be that embarrassing to Justin, glad that not a lot are watching. Virginia thought as Justin sent her out to spin on her own, and at the same time, she 'accidentally' slipped and fell right on her bottom.
Justin stared, 'I'm sorry Ginny!' he squeaked. Suddenly a roar of laughter rang from the crowd. It were the Slytherins in the audience and some among the dancers, along with some foreign students.
'Oh dear, are you okay Ginny?' Spencer asked, helping her up, 'any sprang ankles? Need to get a doctor?'
'Uh, no, no, it's okay, really.'
'You should go to the infirmary Ginny,' Mr. Weasley said, 'better be safe than sorry.'
Virginia nodded as Justin put her arm around his neck and walked her out of the studio, laughter still ringing behind them.
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Virginia was really okay, but Madame Promfey still fussed over her feet. 'Madame Promfey, I'm okay, really, see!' she stuck out her feet and rotated her ankles, 'good as new!'
'Yes yes, but still…'
'No, I don't want to be here for that long, I got work to do!' Virginia said.
Madame Promfey sighed and nodded, 'maybe I'm just over reacting, please do take care of yourself Ginny.'
Virginia nodded and shooed the medic away. Then exhaled loudly. She stopped when something warm raised from her chest, she gasped when a black falcon suddenly flew into the medical wing and perched itself on the table at the end of her bed. It's golden eyes penetrated into her brown ones, it's black feathers gleaming in the light. Without thinking she reached out and touched it feathers, and to her surprise it snuggled it's head against her palm.
'Beautiful feathers.' Virginia whispered, 'do you have a name?'
The falcon hooted, then suddenly unfurled its wings and took flight when the door opened. Lesley entered and closed the door behind her quietly.
'Lesley!' Virginia greeted cheerfully, but her smile faded when she saw Lesley looking at her without her usual smile.
'Ginny, I'm really disappointed at you.' She said quietly, not moving from her position.
'What?' Virginia asked.
'Ginny, I've been teaching you dance for two years already, you have proven to me that you're a very good and talented dancer, better than anyone of them today. Your just pretending to be bad at it.' Lesley accused.
'No Lesley listen – '
'No you listen.' Lesley said, disappointment clearly showed on her beautiful face, 'I've spent my time teaching you, hoping that you'd do something that you really liked, and you did like dancing, why are you pretending to be someone your not? Why are you hiding something that you have away from everyone? Don't give me that I don't want to show off rubbish, that is not an excuse. Other people want so much to be in this production, because they want to contribute into this whole musical and help improve the Muggle-Wizarding relationship. This is not like you Ginny, you are just running away from your ability. To be honest, I'm really heart-broken to see one of my best students letting go of an opportunity to achieve something. Ginny, your really disappointing me, disappointing me and your brother.'
With a deep sigh, Lesley opened the door and exited the medical wing, not turning back, leaving the infirmary in dead silence again.
End of Chapter 13
A/N: Be kind and review! Email me at virginialo@wildimagination.net if you got any questions!
Sorry but may not be updating next week cause I've got camp, but I may be able to stuff in some time to write, two much tests bunched up together, no air to breath.
Thanks to my reviewers: Elen, SAngel, Blue Acorn, Princess of Mordor, Evil*Fairy, Dragon Lover, Danie, Ginny's so Cool, Moon Angel, Mary Potter, Shelly K, Chimerical, Jessica-Canada, and all others who review for every chapter! See you later!
