"You want to go to a what?!" Padfoot asked Prongs. "I mean, I think
I'm going deaf, can you repeat that?"
Prongs laughed "A karaoke lounge." And when the other three marauders stared at him blankly he added. "What?"
Wormtail finally spoke "What is a karaoke lounge?"
"Oh, I don't know. But somebody said they were wicked fun!" The other three shook their heads.
"A karaoke lounge is where muggles play music with no words, have microphones, and little televisions-I'll explain what they are later,-" he said to Padfoot and Wormtail "That show the words to those songs, and one person, or a group of people on stage sing it."
"Exactly!" Prongs said, slamming his hand on the table. The Marauders were in Diagon Alley, three weeks before start of term, of course, it was Moony's idea. "There's one down the street from the Cauldron, on the muggle side I mean."
"I dunno Prongs, sounds kinda lame to me." Padfoot said, then he smirked "Can I bring some dungbombs?"
Moony shook his head "Padfoot."
"Alright, fine."
Later that night, the four Marauders Arrived at the lounge, dressed as best as they could as muggles. Moony wore a pair of jeans, and a plain red t- shirt, how exciting. Prongs in jeans and a dark blue sweatshirt. Then Padfoot in some tight jeans (what? Moony gave them the clothes.) and a black AC DC t-shirt. Wormtail didn't come, he said he had some un finished business, whatever that meant.
Prongs opened the door, and the trio stepped inside. There were tables meant for three or four, and a stage, with a microphone, television set, and shiny blue curtains against the wall behind it. They sat at a table, and a woman came to take drink orders. Moony took a glass of soda, Prongs too. But, Padfoot was confused.
"Do you have firewhiskey?" he asked the waitress, who shook her head. And after naming dozens of magical drinks, she asked Prongs "Is this guy foreign?" Prongs nodded, and she put him down for a beer.
After a while, a large man dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans stepped up to the microphone. "Hey all you out there." He said, to quite a large cheer from the audience, and a shout from Padfoot "GO CHUDLEY CANNONS!" "okaaay then. You people ready for some Karaokay?!" More sheers.
"GO CHUD-" WHACK
"Then let's start." The tables were called up by number, and when it got to the marauders table, number 7, Prongs went up, and selected a song.
He began to sing, an old song that even Padfoot knew: "I'd like to be, under the sea. In an octopus's garden, in the shade.."
When he finished to a tremendous cheer, Moony whispered something to Padfoot, who nodded, and the went onto the stage. They selected a song from the screen, and familiar music was heard from the speakers. But, since they didn't know the words, and weren't really getting the concept of the screen, they didn't start till the chorus:
"Cause, baby there ain't no mountain high enough, and there ain't no valley low enough." Prongs laughed, of course they'd do that. But most of the audience didn't think it was a joke. Some screamed profanities, and one even got up, and threw a bottle of beer at them.
"What? Is my singing that bad?" Padfoot asked, as he and Moony stopped singing.
"The stage is for straight people only!" The guy who threw the beer bottle said, even as Padfoot made up some story that it was an inside joke. But, of course, muggles don't listen properly, and Moony and Padfoot were running from the lounge, Prongs followed shortly.
"Knew I shoulda brought those Dung bombs." Padfoot muttered.
Prongs laughed "A karaoke lounge." And when the other three marauders stared at him blankly he added. "What?"
Wormtail finally spoke "What is a karaoke lounge?"
"Oh, I don't know. But somebody said they were wicked fun!" The other three shook their heads.
"A karaoke lounge is where muggles play music with no words, have microphones, and little televisions-I'll explain what they are later,-" he said to Padfoot and Wormtail "That show the words to those songs, and one person, or a group of people on stage sing it."
"Exactly!" Prongs said, slamming his hand on the table. The Marauders were in Diagon Alley, three weeks before start of term, of course, it was Moony's idea. "There's one down the street from the Cauldron, on the muggle side I mean."
"I dunno Prongs, sounds kinda lame to me." Padfoot said, then he smirked "Can I bring some dungbombs?"
Moony shook his head "Padfoot."
"Alright, fine."
Later that night, the four Marauders Arrived at the lounge, dressed as best as they could as muggles. Moony wore a pair of jeans, and a plain red t- shirt, how exciting. Prongs in jeans and a dark blue sweatshirt. Then Padfoot in some tight jeans (what? Moony gave them the clothes.) and a black AC DC t-shirt. Wormtail didn't come, he said he had some un finished business, whatever that meant.
Prongs opened the door, and the trio stepped inside. There were tables meant for three or four, and a stage, with a microphone, television set, and shiny blue curtains against the wall behind it. They sat at a table, and a woman came to take drink orders. Moony took a glass of soda, Prongs too. But, Padfoot was confused.
"Do you have firewhiskey?" he asked the waitress, who shook her head. And after naming dozens of magical drinks, she asked Prongs "Is this guy foreign?" Prongs nodded, and she put him down for a beer.
After a while, a large man dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans stepped up to the microphone. "Hey all you out there." He said, to quite a large cheer from the audience, and a shout from Padfoot "GO CHUDLEY CANNONS!" "okaaay then. You people ready for some Karaokay?!" More sheers.
"GO CHUD-" WHACK
"Then let's start." The tables were called up by number, and when it got to the marauders table, number 7, Prongs went up, and selected a song.
He began to sing, an old song that even Padfoot knew: "I'd like to be, under the sea. In an octopus's garden, in the shade.."
When he finished to a tremendous cheer, Moony whispered something to Padfoot, who nodded, and the went onto the stage. They selected a song from the screen, and familiar music was heard from the speakers. But, since they didn't know the words, and weren't really getting the concept of the screen, they didn't start till the chorus:
"Cause, baby there ain't no mountain high enough, and there ain't no valley low enough." Prongs laughed, of course they'd do that. But most of the audience didn't think it was a joke. Some screamed profanities, and one even got up, and threw a bottle of beer at them.
"What? Is my singing that bad?" Padfoot asked, as he and Moony stopped singing.
"The stage is for straight people only!" The guy who threw the beer bottle said, even as Padfoot made up some story that it was an inside joke. But, of course, muggles don't listen properly, and Moony and Padfoot were running from the lounge, Prongs followed shortly.
"Knew I shoulda brought those Dung bombs." Padfoot muttered.
