Hogwarts: The Musical - Scene 1: Neville
This isn't my first story on FF.net but I deleted the other ones I just didn't like where they were going. I am going to give this a try because it works out well in theory but I can't promise anything...
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Neville closed his eyes and took a deep breath as the professors took their time making before the play speeches. 'Why did I get myself into this stupid play anyway?' But he already knew the answer to that, it was because Ginny had asked him to be in the play and her asking him meant he would without question. He smiled and waved nervously at her, Ron and Harry who were on the stage out of the audience's view. Whispering to himself he thanks the gods for the potion that Snape made to calm his nerves it was just now starting to work he only hoped that it would start working faster. Taking a deep breath Neville saw the stage curtains lift back and the whole audience was staring at him and the other actors on the stage.
The audience sat back and watched as the Narrator cleared his voice and began to tell the story. Professor Flitwick began in his short squeaky voice.
"The setting of this story takes place at the end of the summer with the new
Hogwarts term beginning to approach. Our scene takes place in Diagon Alley
with young Neville Longbottom and his grandmother Erica." He stopped and
most of the crowd cheered for Neville giving him that extra support.
The girl who played Granny Longbottom (quite well I might add) cleared her
throat and said. "Now Neville do keep up, we are here to get school supplies and
then we must be getting back home because I have my Ladies Club meeting to
attend!"
A series of illusion people walk back and forth down the strip of Diagon Alley that
is set up on stage. Every detail had been taken care of by Snape, the buildings,
the people and the even the smells and noises. Though all illusion except Erica
and Neville everything seemed to be so close to real that it was hard to tell which
was which. Neville followed behind Erica and said "Yes Granny" in his most
obedient tone.
Erica mumbled to herself something unnoticeable and then stopped in front of
the Flourish and Blotts. "Now Neville you may go and look around the stores but
be back here in 15 minutes, don't make me go looking for you again. I would
have you help me get your school supplies but you will just forget or mess it up, so
there is no point in it." She said in a stern manner.
"Yes Granny" he said yet again.
Erica opens the door to Flourish and Blotts and walks inside, Neville walks partially slumped over down the narrow pass of Diagon Alley. Neville looks up at hearing the voice of Ginny Weasley, a smile spreads across his face but he could not see where she was. Neville turns to the audience and background music comes on.
"I took my troubles down to Madame Trelawney
You know that gypsy with the gold tattoo
She's got a pad down on Thirty-One and 1/4 Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine....."
And as Neville sings the stage is frozen in time with no one moving except
him. Neville walks under a sign that says "Vine" and walks up to a small shop
that has printed on it "Thirty One and A Quarter in Vine." Opening the door
the Hogwarts Professor sits in the hazy room with her hands hunched over a
crystal ball.
"I told her that I was a flop with chics
I've been this way since 1986" Neville tells her this but he actually sings it to her.
"She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said, now What you need is Love Potion Number Nine."
"She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said, I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink."
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink..."
the stage plays out the song and he lifts the vial to drink from.
Neville stands up teetering and bobbing around as if he is drunk and walks out
the door kissing lampshades and the door as he goes. "I didn't know if it was day
or night. I started kissin' everything in sight, But when I kissed a dementor down on
Thirty-Fourth and Vine. It broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine...."
outside Neville is in front of a dementor and you see it smash the bottle to pieces.
Now Neville stands still leaning on a lamppost and sings the rest of the song. "I
held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink... I didn't know if it was day or night,
I started kissin' everything in sight. But when I kissed a dementor down on Thirty-
Fourth and Vine, It broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine... Love Potion
Number Nine, Love Potion Number Nine. Love.. Potion... Number Nine....."
When Neville finishes the last words to the song time starts again and the spotlight goes off of him and back to the crowd. Soon Granny Longbottom approaches and grabs him by the ear.
"Neville Longbottom didn't I tell you to be back at Flourish and Blotts in 15
minutes! You deliberately disobeyed me and managed to disgrace the family
honor at the same time." Her jaw clenched shut.
"But Gran you will never believe what happened to me, I saw my professor and
kissed a dementor because of this silly potion and and.." he paused as she put
her hand over his mouth."
"You will keep your mouth shut with such nonsense and stop dreaming up these
stories! Now come along we have more things to get!" she said coldly.
Neville frowned and followed her back down Diagon Alley to the Potion Supply shop and he pondered to himself "Did I really dream this up or did this really happen?" Sighing and hanging his head down he put his hands at his sides and felt a lump in his pocked, he reached in and pulled out a small bottle labeled "Love Potion Number 9" and he grinned. Erica stopped outside of the Potion shop up ahead and instructed him to wait outside and in the mean time his friends from school came by.
"Oh Hello Neville!" said Hermione Granger
"Hello Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry. How was your summers?" he replied.
Ron grinned and spoke first "Oh my summer was great, me and Hermione had a
very good time." The rest of them laughed with the exception of Hermione.
"Mine was good as well, How about you Neville?" Harry said.
"It was as well as could be expected I suppose. What about you Ginny?"
Ginny shook her head, obviously she wasn't paying too much attention to what
they were talking about. "Oh mine was good, mom made me help clean the
house some of the time though."
The whole group paused for a moment as a crowd of people pushed passed
them so they all had to press against the wall. Hermione snorted and remarked
"They shouldn't all try to crowd into this small space together its very rude!"
Ron could sense a speech coming on so he quickly changed topic, "Neville you
and your grandma are coming to my parents 20th Anniversary right?"
Neville grinned widely, "Oh yes were coming, Granny has been so excited about
it that she even bought some new clothing just for the occasion. She says it's not
common now a days that a marriage lasts so long and especially in such a fine
wizarding family like yours Ron."
Ron and Ginny both beamed at such a comment, "Well were glad to have you
both" Ron said.
"Well Neville this really was a nice chat we will see you later. So many more
things left to buy for school and not a lot of time to do it! See you at the party!"
Hermione said.
"Bye You Guys!" Neville waved and watched them walk away.
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This is my first scene so give me a break please! Please R/R this fan- fic!!!
This isn't my first story on FF.net but I deleted the other ones I just didn't like where they were going. I am going to give this a try because it works out well in theory but I can't promise anything...
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Neville closed his eyes and took a deep breath as the professors took their time making before the play speeches. 'Why did I get myself into this stupid play anyway?' But he already knew the answer to that, it was because Ginny had asked him to be in the play and her asking him meant he would without question. He smiled and waved nervously at her, Ron and Harry who were on the stage out of the audience's view. Whispering to himself he thanks the gods for the potion that Snape made to calm his nerves it was just now starting to work he only hoped that it would start working faster. Taking a deep breath Neville saw the stage curtains lift back and the whole audience was staring at him and the other actors on the stage.
The audience sat back and watched as the Narrator cleared his voice and began to tell the story. Professor Flitwick began in his short squeaky voice.
"The setting of this story takes place at the end of the summer with the new
Hogwarts term beginning to approach. Our scene takes place in Diagon Alley
with young Neville Longbottom and his grandmother Erica." He stopped and
most of the crowd cheered for Neville giving him that extra support.
The girl who played Granny Longbottom (quite well I might add) cleared her
throat and said. "Now Neville do keep up, we are here to get school supplies and
then we must be getting back home because I have my Ladies Club meeting to
attend!"
A series of illusion people walk back and forth down the strip of Diagon Alley that
is set up on stage. Every detail had been taken care of by Snape, the buildings,
the people and the even the smells and noises. Though all illusion except Erica
and Neville everything seemed to be so close to real that it was hard to tell which
was which. Neville followed behind Erica and said "Yes Granny" in his most
obedient tone.
Erica mumbled to herself something unnoticeable and then stopped in front of
the Flourish and Blotts. "Now Neville you may go and look around the stores but
be back here in 15 minutes, don't make me go looking for you again. I would
have you help me get your school supplies but you will just forget or mess it up, so
there is no point in it." She said in a stern manner.
"Yes Granny" he said yet again.
Erica opens the door to Flourish and Blotts and walks inside, Neville walks partially slumped over down the narrow pass of Diagon Alley. Neville looks up at hearing the voice of Ginny Weasley, a smile spreads across his face but he could not see where she was. Neville turns to the audience and background music comes on.
"I took my troubles down to Madame Trelawney
You know that gypsy with the gold tattoo
She's got a pad down on Thirty-One and 1/4 Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine....."
And as Neville sings the stage is frozen in time with no one moving except
him. Neville walks under a sign that says "Vine" and walks up to a small shop
that has printed on it "Thirty One and A Quarter in Vine." Opening the door
the Hogwarts Professor sits in the hazy room with her hands hunched over a
crystal ball.
"I told her that I was a flop with chics
I've been this way since 1986" Neville tells her this but he actually sings it to her.
"She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said, now What you need is Love Potion Number Nine."
"She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said, I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink."
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink..."
the stage plays out the song and he lifts the vial to drink from.
Neville stands up teetering and bobbing around as if he is drunk and walks out
the door kissing lampshades and the door as he goes. "I didn't know if it was day
or night. I started kissin' everything in sight, But when I kissed a dementor down on
Thirty-Fourth and Vine. It broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine...."
outside Neville is in front of a dementor and you see it smash the bottle to pieces.
Now Neville stands still leaning on a lamppost and sings the rest of the song. "I
held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink... I didn't know if it was day or night,
I started kissin' everything in sight. But when I kissed a dementor down on Thirty-
Fourth and Vine, It broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine... Love Potion
Number Nine, Love Potion Number Nine. Love.. Potion... Number Nine....."
When Neville finishes the last words to the song time starts again and the spotlight goes off of him and back to the crowd. Soon Granny Longbottom approaches and grabs him by the ear.
"Neville Longbottom didn't I tell you to be back at Flourish and Blotts in 15
minutes! You deliberately disobeyed me and managed to disgrace the family
honor at the same time." Her jaw clenched shut.
"But Gran you will never believe what happened to me, I saw my professor and
kissed a dementor because of this silly potion and and.." he paused as she put
her hand over his mouth."
"You will keep your mouth shut with such nonsense and stop dreaming up these
stories! Now come along we have more things to get!" she said coldly.
Neville frowned and followed her back down Diagon Alley to the Potion Supply shop and he pondered to himself "Did I really dream this up or did this really happen?" Sighing and hanging his head down he put his hands at his sides and felt a lump in his pocked, he reached in and pulled out a small bottle labeled "Love Potion Number 9" and he grinned. Erica stopped outside of the Potion shop up ahead and instructed him to wait outside and in the mean time his friends from school came by.
"Oh Hello Neville!" said Hermione Granger
"Hello Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry. How was your summers?" he replied.
Ron grinned and spoke first "Oh my summer was great, me and Hermione had a
very good time." The rest of them laughed with the exception of Hermione.
"Mine was good as well, How about you Neville?" Harry said.
"It was as well as could be expected I suppose. What about you Ginny?"
Ginny shook her head, obviously she wasn't paying too much attention to what
they were talking about. "Oh mine was good, mom made me help clean the
house some of the time though."
The whole group paused for a moment as a crowd of people pushed passed
them so they all had to press against the wall. Hermione snorted and remarked
"They shouldn't all try to crowd into this small space together its very rude!"
Ron could sense a speech coming on so he quickly changed topic, "Neville you
and your grandma are coming to my parents 20th Anniversary right?"
Neville grinned widely, "Oh yes were coming, Granny has been so excited about
it that she even bought some new clothing just for the occasion. She says it's not
common now a days that a marriage lasts so long and especially in such a fine
wizarding family like yours Ron."
Ron and Ginny both beamed at such a comment, "Well were glad to have you
both" Ron said.
"Well Neville this really was a nice chat we will see you later. So many more
things left to buy for school and not a lot of time to do it! See you at the party!"
Hermione said.
"Bye You Guys!" Neville waved and watched them walk away.
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This is my first scene so give me a break please! Please R/R this fan- fic!!!