Disclaimer: I do NOT own Harry Potter. I'd love to but I don't. I am
definitely not that smart. A genius named Joanne Katherine Rowling does.
Vanessa Carlton owns herself and "Ordinary Day". And, I do believe the
phrase, "The Final Four", belongs to the creators of Survivor.
IMPORTANT: I have changed several details in Chapter 3- The Quarter Finals. The judges, and her costume for the Semi-Finals, are the major ones. The judges are now: Professor Dumbledore, Snape, Professor Sinistra, The Weird Sisters, and still the people Hermione doesn't know. Thank you to bringeroflight for the suggestion on changing the judges. I will tell you who those 2 are later. Hermione is now wearing: black jeans with sparkles on the bottom and a plain black shirt, and black leather ankle boots. Also, now she turned her hair black and then added the gold highlights. Okay, that should be all. Er, here's the story:
Chapter 4: The Semi-Finals
Hermione ignored the crowd. She was extremely nervous, almost shaking in her little ankle boots (a/n: sorry, just had to add that, lolz). She walked over to the band. The leader smiled at her, thinking of what a lovely voice she had. Hermione whispered to them, "I'll be singing Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton". Mr. Leader nodded and she walked to where the microphone was. She half smiled at the crowd before saying, "I'll be singing a song by another Muggle artist, Vanessa Carlton. Its called Ordinary Day." The music started to play, and Hermione's nervousness began to disappear. "How may times have I sang this song?" she asked herself confidently. "Well, it never was in front of so many people", a voice in her head responded evilly. "Shut up", she mentally cursed at it. She didn't have any more time to fight her inner battle, because it was time to sing. She heard her cue and started,
"Just a day,
Just an ordinary day.
Just trying to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky.
And, as he asked if I would come along
I started to realize-
That everyday you find
Just what he's looking for,
Like a shooting star he shines.
He said take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand?
And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words
Although they did not feel
For I felt what I had not felt before
You'd swear those words could heal.
And as I looked up into those eyes
His vision borrows mine.
And to know he's no stranger,
For I feel I've held him for all of time.
And he said take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand
in the pal of your hand.
Please come with me,
See what I see.
Touch the stars for time will not flee.
Time will not flee.
Can't you see?
Just a dream, just an ordinary dream.
As I wake in bed
And the boy, that boy, that ordinary boy.
Or was it all in my head?
Did he asked if I would come along
It all seemed so real.
But as I looked to the door,
I saw that boy standing there with a deal.
And he said take my hand,
Live while you can,
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand
in the palm of your hand,
in the palm of your hand.
Just a day, just an ordinary day
Just trying to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky."
Hermione finished out of breath. She had really sung from the heart, for the words had more meaning to her than she knew. The crowd and the judges were looking at her, amazed. Her performance took their breath away to. They could tell she really was singing from the heart, as if she had written the lyrics. She smiled at the crowd, as the judges made their decision. All of her energy was already concentrating on her next song, because if she made it, that would be the deciding song. Dumbledore called the rest of the students back on stage and said, "The judges have already made their decision. Congrats to all of you for making it this far, that is quite an achievement. The following will move on, please exit the stage if your name is not called, Cho Chang, Terry Boot, Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger!! Congrats, you are the Final Four, and the contestants for the Finals of Hogwart's First Annual Talent Competition!"
The Final Four walked back stage. None of them talked. Hermione was singing her next song in her head. She walked to her dressing room. She had made it to The Finals! Hermione found her next costume and pulled it on. It was her favourite of them all. A long, flowing white dress. She resembled an angel in it. Hermione knew as soon as she tried it on, that it was the dress to wear for the Finals. She pulled on white sandals. Whispering a spell to take the gold highlights away, but leave the midnight black hair, Hermione looked into the mirror. All she put on was lip-gloss in the way of makeup, going for a natural look. She left her dressing room and thought confidently, "I'm going to win this!" She joined the other contestants. She knew Terry was playing the guitar for his talent and Cho was singing to. Pansy, like Lavender, was doing baton twirling for her talent. They again waited in silence. No one moved until they heard Dumbledore call Cho out. She sang Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne, same as Hermione did. Everyone in the audience, including the judges thought Hermione did it much better. Terry went and played a song Hermione didn't recognize. Pansy went out next, and did her baton twirling in a very slutty costume. "Hermione Granger", reached Hermione's ears and she walked onto the stage.
End of Chapter 4
A/n: Sorry it was so short!! I should have the next chapter, The Finals, up soon. Thank you to all who gave their opinions on what song she should sing. It helped a lot and I decided to change it from the song I had originally picked out to Ordinary Day. I hope you liked it! Here are my Thank yous, for without you guys, my reviewers, my story is nothing. Anyways:
Shocker: I wrote as fast as I could, here it is. Hope you enjoyed!
Bringeroflight: I used your suggestion for the Judges. Thank you for that! And I think I shall use your suggestion of the d/hr, h/hr situation to. I hope you liked this chapter.
Also a shout-out to Cho Chang , the author of Three's A Crowd, which is a great story. Thank yah!
And a big thanks to all my Sk8er Boi reviewers, if any are reading this!!!
Please review, that nice little button over there, it is very much appreciated. And thank you for reading!
-Eliza
IMPORTANT: I have changed several details in Chapter 3- The Quarter Finals. The judges, and her costume for the Semi-Finals, are the major ones. The judges are now: Professor Dumbledore, Snape, Professor Sinistra, The Weird Sisters, and still the people Hermione doesn't know. Thank you to bringeroflight for the suggestion on changing the judges. I will tell you who those 2 are later. Hermione is now wearing: black jeans with sparkles on the bottom and a plain black shirt, and black leather ankle boots. Also, now she turned her hair black and then added the gold highlights. Okay, that should be all. Er, here's the story:
Chapter 4: The Semi-Finals
Hermione ignored the crowd. She was extremely nervous, almost shaking in her little ankle boots (a/n: sorry, just had to add that, lolz). She walked over to the band. The leader smiled at her, thinking of what a lovely voice she had. Hermione whispered to them, "I'll be singing Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton". Mr. Leader nodded and she walked to where the microphone was. She half smiled at the crowd before saying, "I'll be singing a song by another Muggle artist, Vanessa Carlton. Its called Ordinary Day." The music started to play, and Hermione's nervousness began to disappear. "How may times have I sang this song?" she asked herself confidently. "Well, it never was in front of so many people", a voice in her head responded evilly. "Shut up", she mentally cursed at it. She didn't have any more time to fight her inner battle, because it was time to sing. She heard her cue and started,
"Just a day,
Just an ordinary day.
Just trying to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky.
And, as he asked if I would come along
I started to realize-
That everyday you find
Just what he's looking for,
Like a shooting star he shines.
He said take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand?
And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words
Although they did not feel
For I felt what I had not felt before
You'd swear those words could heal.
And as I looked up into those eyes
His vision borrows mine.
And to know he's no stranger,
For I feel I've held him for all of time.
And he said take my hand,
Live while you can
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand
in the pal of your hand.
Please come with me,
See what I see.
Touch the stars for time will not flee.
Time will not flee.
Can't you see?
Just a dream, just an ordinary dream.
As I wake in bed
And the boy, that boy, that ordinary boy.
Or was it all in my head?
Did he asked if I would come along
It all seemed so real.
But as I looked to the door,
I saw that boy standing there with a deal.
And he said take my hand,
Live while you can,
Don't you see your dreams right in the palm of your hand
in the palm of your hand,
in the palm of your hand.
Just a day, just an ordinary day
Just trying to get by.
Just a boy,
Just an ordinary boy.
But he was looking to the sky."
Hermione finished out of breath. She had really sung from the heart, for the words had more meaning to her than she knew. The crowd and the judges were looking at her, amazed. Her performance took their breath away to. They could tell she really was singing from the heart, as if she had written the lyrics. She smiled at the crowd, as the judges made their decision. All of her energy was already concentrating on her next song, because if she made it, that would be the deciding song. Dumbledore called the rest of the students back on stage and said, "The judges have already made their decision. Congrats to all of you for making it this far, that is quite an achievement. The following will move on, please exit the stage if your name is not called, Cho Chang, Terry Boot, Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger!! Congrats, you are the Final Four, and the contestants for the Finals of Hogwart's First Annual Talent Competition!"
The Final Four walked back stage. None of them talked. Hermione was singing her next song in her head. She walked to her dressing room. She had made it to The Finals! Hermione found her next costume and pulled it on. It was her favourite of them all. A long, flowing white dress. She resembled an angel in it. Hermione knew as soon as she tried it on, that it was the dress to wear for the Finals. She pulled on white sandals. Whispering a spell to take the gold highlights away, but leave the midnight black hair, Hermione looked into the mirror. All she put on was lip-gloss in the way of makeup, going for a natural look. She left her dressing room and thought confidently, "I'm going to win this!" She joined the other contestants. She knew Terry was playing the guitar for his talent and Cho was singing to. Pansy, like Lavender, was doing baton twirling for her talent. They again waited in silence. No one moved until they heard Dumbledore call Cho out. She sang Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne, same as Hermione did. Everyone in the audience, including the judges thought Hermione did it much better. Terry went and played a song Hermione didn't recognize. Pansy went out next, and did her baton twirling in a very slutty costume. "Hermione Granger", reached Hermione's ears and she walked onto the stage.
End of Chapter 4
A/n: Sorry it was so short!! I should have the next chapter, The Finals, up soon. Thank you to all who gave their opinions on what song she should sing. It helped a lot and I decided to change it from the song I had originally picked out to Ordinary Day. I hope you liked it! Here are my Thank yous, for without you guys, my reviewers, my story is nothing. Anyways:
Shocker: I wrote as fast as I could, here it is. Hope you enjoyed!
Bringeroflight: I used your suggestion for the Judges. Thank you for that! And I think I shall use your suggestion of the d/hr, h/hr situation to. I hope you liked this chapter.
Also a shout-out to Cho Chang , the author of Three's A Crowd, which is a great story. Thank yah!
And a big thanks to all my Sk8er Boi reviewers, if any are reading this!!!
Please review, that nice little button over there, it is very much appreciated. And thank you for reading!
-Eliza
