Music Knows No Boundaries
Chapter 6
"Alright so we were thinking last night…" Eve began.
"You can think while you transform?" Remus questioned doubtfully
"Yea….anyway as I was saying we were thinking about some of the things that have happened over the last few weeks."
"And we've come to a conclusion…you guys don't know good music." Elizabeth ended.
"Excuse me we know some very good music." Sirius defended.
"Well you do but to us it's oldies music." Hermione added.
"So?" Marie asked.
"We wanna have a sing off the five of you against the five of us. Doing songs from our era against your ear." Elizabeth announced.
"We'll see which generation is better." Ron added.
"But how will we tell if it's only the ten of us participating?" Lily asked.
"Well as long as you ten agree we're going to bring it up to Dumbledore and if he agrees we'll have the whole school vote." Eve answered.
"I doubt Dumbledore'll agree but I'm in for it." James answered.
"Me too." Sirius echoed
"Oh why not." Remus consented.
"Well…sure I love to sing." Marie added.
"Do we have to sing the songs?" Lily asked.
"Yep it makes it that much more interesting." Harry added.
"Well I dunno."
"Aww come on Lils it'll be fun." James whined.
"Oh fine."
"Yea!" James and Sirius shouted.
"Good now that that's settled it's off to Dumbledore we go." Eve announced.
"Do you want us all to come?" Harry asked.
"Well we'll go in first and then if we need backup we'll call you in." Elizabeth replied.
"Ok let's get going then."
With that the group filed out of Gryffindor tower and headed towards the Headmasters office.
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"So let me see if I have this straight…you want to have a battle of the music between you five and Lily, Marie, James, Sirius, and Remus?"
"Yep."
"And you want the rest of the
school to vote which generation of music is the best?"
"Correct."
"But don't you think that's giving away too much of the future?"
"Well Professor we've figured that we could hold a ceremony to announced the winner of the contest in the great hall and when they all leave a memory charm will be cast on them so that they don't remember except for the professors and the contestants in the contest." Eve answered.
Dumbledore studied the eager looks on the girls' faces and knew that the other eight were waiting just outside his door and just as eager as these two. He had to admit to himself that the whole thing would be amusing, and they needed more laughter in these dark times.
"Very well. I will make the announcement of the teams and the competition tonight at dinner."
The girls jumped up and their shouts of joy filled the headmaster's room. Dumbledore allowed a genuine smile grace his lips as he watched the two dance around in celebration. After their little celebration dance the girls thanked the headmaster profusely before leaving the office to spread the good news to their awaiting friends.
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"Settle down please." Dumbledore began as he stood. "I have an announcement to make; I hope that it will excite you all as much as it has others."
At this point Dumbledore had the whole schools attention, even the teachers. All were eager to hear what exactly Dumbledore had to say.
"It has come to my attention that our newcomers are time travelers from the future. They approached me with an idea that they've had. A battle of the music will ensue in the next few weeks. The time travelers will be battling Mr.'s Black, Lupin, and Potter along with Misses Evans and Sanchez. It will be our generation of music against the future generation of music. They've asked you all to be the judges of which generation has the better music. There will be a battle every night after dinner and every night you will vote for which song you liked better. Further rules will be announced as the battle begins. Now off to bed you go."
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The following day the school was in a burst of excitement both over the upcoming battle and the fact that there were five time travelers among them. The ten friends were busy among themselves picking and choosing songs from which to sing to the school. The Marauders, Lily and Marie were opting to stay with popular favorites. The future five however were choosing from a wide variety of genres and artists. The anticipation was slowly growing with each day that passed for the first battle.
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Next chapter the rules and the first battle. I'm asking my readers to be the voters for the battles. E-mail or send me a review with what house you wish to be apart of and which song you wish to vote for (remember I need votes for both sides not just one and I need people from all houses). I'll keep a tally running at the end of each chapter.
P.S. - feel free to send me suggestions for songs from either the 70's or modern songs. (If you do send a suggestion song please send me the lyrics as well for I may not have the song to reference.)
ENJOY!
~Autumn
