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*This chapter came to me randomly. I know it's a bit out of context, and not really flowing with the rest of the story. Just something fun to throw into the mix, ya know?
Ch.5 Hogwarts Karaoke
Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting in Transfiguration (a class they shared with Slytherins), trying to transform a butterfly into a kite. Hermione had, and as always, successful transfigured the butterfly, Ron had gotten three quarters of a kite, and Harry's still had antennae. Hermione wore make up and a sexy new hairstyle to class that day, and had repeatedly given smoldering looks Draco's way. He did his best to keep his attention towards his kite- now a diamond with wings- but always gave into his desires to look at her.
The bell rang and Ron, Harry and Hermione walked out of their classroom towards the Great Hall for lunch. They were stopped by a massive crowd surrounding a post. A piece of paper hung from the post.
"What does it say?" Ron asked as he tried to jump up and down to get a better view. Someone in the crowd did a charm to enlarge the paper, and all the Hogwarts students were able to read:
Attention: Hogwarts Students
Upon the permission of Headmaster Dumbledore, a Karaoke competition has
been put together for the week of October 4th. All students who wish to
participate may do so in front of the Great Hall.
"Karaoke competition?" said a perplexed Harry. "Who would want to enter into one of those?"
"I would," Hermione managed in a voice less audible than a mouse's squeak. "I think it would be fun." Ron and Harry looked at her in disbelief.
"YOU," Ron exclaimed with more force than he had meant to. "Hermione, you don't sing!"
"How do you know I can't sing? How do you know I didn't take singing lessons when I was younger? How do you know I don't have a natural talent for it?" Hermione spitted out, with a bit of annoyance and anger in her voice.
"I'll join if you do, 'Mione," Harry said. She smiled, and nodded, and the trio walked towards the Great Hall to put their names in. For the rest of lunch, that was all they could talk about (and quidditch of course). The first game of the season was a month after the competition, giving Ron and Harry plenty of time to juggle both into their already busy schedules.
Hermione didn't see Draco for the rest of the day, until she was brushing her teeth for bed.
"Put your name in the competition, Granger?" Draco startled Hermione, and she almost choked on her toothpaste. She turned, and with a hint of shock in her eyes. She rinsed her mouth, and answered very quickly "yes".
"And you?" she said, politely. She looked up at him. Damn if he wasn't handsome though. He was in his boxer shorts and an undershirt, which helped to define his very muscular body.
"Yea, I figured why not." He couldn't believe it, they were actually having a polite conversation! "I sang a little to my mom's old records when I was younger; still do sometimes when I'm home." The thought of a little Draco singing and dancing made Hermione smile. "What are you smiling about?"
"I think that's cute. A tiny little Malfoy singing his mommy a little tune, dancing around; awwww!" She giggled as he blushed. "I never sang in front of my parents, only in the shower and with the radio playing. Harry and I are going to practice together." She knew she was babbling, and she wished so very much that she hadn't rambled on so much. The thought of Hermione in the shower turned Malfoy on a little, but did his best to stay in control.
"Well.uh.good luck, then, I guess," he stammered. Hermione merely smiled and left the bathroom.
* * * * *
The karaoke competition was nearly a week away. Hermione and Harry practiced together, Ron being the judge. Both had pretty good voices; granted, they were no Aretha Franklin or Luther Vandross, but for students at a wizarding school, they weren't horrible. At the competition, 2 names would be drawn at a time. Both would have 1 minute to sing a song, and whoever wins between the two would go onto the next round. Hermione and Draco, while still a bit awkward around one another (after 6 years of fighting and seeing one another pretty much nude, how could they not), still managed to be polite and decent towards each other. At night, Hermione would hear Draco sing, and his voice resounded brilliantly through the fourth floor halls. She would fall asleep listening to him.
In their "History of Magic" class, Hermione furiously took notes, while Harry and Ron kept giving each other funny faces and obscene gestures. She looked over and saw Hannah Abbott, who was half asleep, and Susan Bones, who was making adjustments to her hairstyle. Hermione was at her wit's end with this class. She raised her hand and claimed to be ill, giving her the freedom to leave. She winked at her friends, who in turn gave her a nasty look. She smiled and walked out of the room, and breathed a sigh of relief. She had 20 minutes to keep herself occupied, so she walked up to the Astronomy Tower and sprawled her things on the ground.
Draco, who had the period off, decided to visit the Astronomy Tower and work on his singing. He could seal the room off with a sound reducing charm so no one would hear him. But upon his arrival, he heard the sounds of Hermione, who was quietly humming to herself. He had never heard her sing, and decided to listen outside the door for a minute. He did not recognize the song, but it sounded good with her vocal range. The bell rang for class to end, and Draco quickly disappeared as Hermione exited the room. She was on her way to the Gryffindor common door to hang out with Ron and Harry, as classes for the day were over. Draco walked behind her for a short time, and as she slipped through the port hole, he realized that he had begun to develop feelings for her.
"Fuck," he said.
* * * * *
Finally, the day came for the karaoke competition. There were a total of 300 students participating in the event. The first to compete was Ron and Lavender Brown. Both sounded okay, but the favoritism was more felt towards Lavender, and Ron was out. Up then was Crabbe and Goyle. Both sounded horrible, like nails on a chalkboard. Neither had an outstanding applause, but it was determined that Goyle would go on to the next round. Susan Bones and Harry were up next. Harry won with an outstanding ovation after his piece. Hermione went last, and her opponent, Pansy Parkinson, was ousted.
The competition rolled on for two hours, before the final four, Harry, Hermione, Draco and Padma Patil. Harry and Draco competed against one another. Harry was to sing "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that" by Meatloaf, and oldie. Harry had never heard of this song, but did his best. Draco's song, "Hot in Here" by Nelly, sounded okay, but Draco obviously proved he was not the world's greatest rapper. Both got decent applauses, but in the end, Draco won. Both men shook hands as politely as two enemies could, and left the stage. Hermione and Padma next stepped onto the stage. Padma sang first, singing "Angel of Mine" by Monica. Her voice sounded beautiful with the range, and got an outstanding applause from the audience.
Finally, it was Hermione's turn. She pulled a song from the hat. "I Don't Want to Cry" by Mariah Carey. It was the song that was playing in one of her dreams of Draco! She stepped up to the mike, and looked around for the audience. She locked eyes with a pair of blazing blue eyes, those that could only belong to Malfoy himself. The song began to play, and with all of her heart and soul, she sang. Looking deep into his eyes, she sang the song with a passion. Draco looked back at her, and he knew she was singing to him. Her song ended, and a roar of applause ripped through the audience. Hermione had obviously won that round. It was now between her and Draco. They walked up onto stage, and the song they drew was "Endless Love", a duet.
The song began to play. Draco sang first, his deep, sexy voice sending ripples down Hermione's spine. She harmonized to his voice, and then began her part of the song. For the first few seconds, she could not take her eyes off of him as she sang, but eventually turned to face the audience. The song finally ended. Hermione tried her best to conceal the fact that her knees were weak and her pulse was racing, not because she was on stage, but because she was onstage with Draco. Both took a polite bow as everyone clapped and cheered wildly.
Lee Jordan came over to the mike. "For those who think that Hermione was better" and pointed to her. The audience erupted in cheers. "And for those who think Draco was better" and again, the audience was on their feet. "Hmm.this is a tough competition ladies and gentleman. Now one more time. For Hermione?" Everyone clapped as loud as they could. "For Draco?" with a slight less fervor, the audience applauded for Draco. "It's settled then, Congratulations Hermione, you've won the first Hogwarts Karaoke Competition!"
* * * * *
Harry, Ron, and Hermione celebrated with butterbeers and pumpkin pasties in her room. Draco was nowhere to be seen after the competition, but Hermione didn't care. She and her two best friends laughed and talked until 3AM, when the boys decided to turn in. Hermione gave them each a hug, and walked them to her door. She closed the door behind them and walked back to her room to change into her pajamas.
As she was changing, Draco walked in to congratulate her, when he noticed that she was nude except for her panties. He could see the outline of her breasts, her back turned to him. The door squeaked and Hermione turned, her face blushing. She held her pajamas as close as she could to her body as she looked up at him.
"Draco dammit do you ever knock!" she yelled.
*This chapter came to me randomly. I know it's a bit out of context, and not really flowing with the rest of the story. Just something fun to throw into the mix, ya know?
Ch.5 Hogwarts Karaoke
Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting in Transfiguration (a class they shared with Slytherins), trying to transform a butterfly into a kite. Hermione had, and as always, successful transfigured the butterfly, Ron had gotten three quarters of a kite, and Harry's still had antennae. Hermione wore make up and a sexy new hairstyle to class that day, and had repeatedly given smoldering looks Draco's way. He did his best to keep his attention towards his kite- now a diamond with wings- but always gave into his desires to look at her.
The bell rang and Ron, Harry and Hermione walked out of their classroom towards the Great Hall for lunch. They were stopped by a massive crowd surrounding a post. A piece of paper hung from the post.
"What does it say?" Ron asked as he tried to jump up and down to get a better view. Someone in the crowd did a charm to enlarge the paper, and all the Hogwarts students were able to read:
Attention: Hogwarts Students
Upon the permission of Headmaster Dumbledore, a Karaoke competition has
been put together for the week of October 4th. All students who wish to
participate may do so in front of the Great Hall.
"Karaoke competition?" said a perplexed Harry. "Who would want to enter into one of those?"
"I would," Hermione managed in a voice less audible than a mouse's squeak. "I think it would be fun." Ron and Harry looked at her in disbelief.
"YOU," Ron exclaimed with more force than he had meant to. "Hermione, you don't sing!"
"How do you know I can't sing? How do you know I didn't take singing lessons when I was younger? How do you know I don't have a natural talent for it?" Hermione spitted out, with a bit of annoyance and anger in her voice.
"I'll join if you do, 'Mione," Harry said. She smiled, and nodded, and the trio walked towards the Great Hall to put their names in. For the rest of lunch, that was all they could talk about (and quidditch of course). The first game of the season was a month after the competition, giving Ron and Harry plenty of time to juggle both into their already busy schedules.
Hermione didn't see Draco for the rest of the day, until she was brushing her teeth for bed.
"Put your name in the competition, Granger?" Draco startled Hermione, and she almost choked on her toothpaste. She turned, and with a hint of shock in her eyes. She rinsed her mouth, and answered very quickly "yes".
"And you?" she said, politely. She looked up at him. Damn if he wasn't handsome though. He was in his boxer shorts and an undershirt, which helped to define his very muscular body.
"Yea, I figured why not." He couldn't believe it, they were actually having a polite conversation! "I sang a little to my mom's old records when I was younger; still do sometimes when I'm home." The thought of a little Draco singing and dancing made Hermione smile. "What are you smiling about?"
"I think that's cute. A tiny little Malfoy singing his mommy a little tune, dancing around; awwww!" She giggled as he blushed. "I never sang in front of my parents, only in the shower and with the radio playing. Harry and I are going to practice together." She knew she was babbling, and she wished so very much that she hadn't rambled on so much. The thought of Hermione in the shower turned Malfoy on a little, but did his best to stay in control.
"Well.uh.good luck, then, I guess," he stammered. Hermione merely smiled and left the bathroom.
* * * * *
The karaoke competition was nearly a week away. Hermione and Harry practiced together, Ron being the judge. Both had pretty good voices; granted, they were no Aretha Franklin or Luther Vandross, but for students at a wizarding school, they weren't horrible. At the competition, 2 names would be drawn at a time. Both would have 1 minute to sing a song, and whoever wins between the two would go onto the next round. Hermione and Draco, while still a bit awkward around one another (after 6 years of fighting and seeing one another pretty much nude, how could they not), still managed to be polite and decent towards each other. At night, Hermione would hear Draco sing, and his voice resounded brilliantly through the fourth floor halls. She would fall asleep listening to him.
In their "History of Magic" class, Hermione furiously took notes, while Harry and Ron kept giving each other funny faces and obscene gestures. She looked over and saw Hannah Abbott, who was half asleep, and Susan Bones, who was making adjustments to her hairstyle. Hermione was at her wit's end with this class. She raised her hand and claimed to be ill, giving her the freedom to leave. She winked at her friends, who in turn gave her a nasty look. She smiled and walked out of the room, and breathed a sigh of relief. She had 20 minutes to keep herself occupied, so she walked up to the Astronomy Tower and sprawled her things on the ground.
Draco, who had the period off, decided to visit the Astronomy Tower and work on his singing. He could seal the room off with a sound reducing charm so no one would hear him. But upon his arrival, he heard the sounds of Hermione, who was quietly humming to herself. He had never heard her sing, and decided to listen outside the door for a minute. He did not recognize the song, but it sounded good with her vocal range. The bell rang for class to end, and Draco quickly disappeared as Hermione exited the room. She was on her way to the Gryffindor common door to hang out with Ron and Harry, as classes for the day were over. Draco walked behind her for a short time, and as she slipped through the port hole, he realized that he had begun to develop feelings for her.
"Fuck," he said.
* * * * *
Finally, the day came for the karaoke competition. There were a total of 300 students participating in the event. The first to compete was Ron and Lavender Brown. Both sounded okay, but the favoritism was more felt towards Lavender, and Ron was out. Up then was Crabbe and Goyle. Both sounded horrible, like nails on a chalkboard. Neither had an outstanding applause, but it was determined that Goyle would go on to the next round. Susan Bones and Harry were up next. Harry won with an outstanding ovation after his piece. Hermione went last, and her opponent, Pansy Parkinson, was ousted.
The competition rolled on for two hours, before the final four, Harry, Hermione, Draco and Padma Patil. Harry and Draco competed against one another. Harry was to sing "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that" by Meatloaf, and oldie. Harry had never heard of this song, but did his best. Draco's song, "Hot in Here" by Nelly, sounded okay, but Draco obviously proved he was not the world's greatest rapper. Both got decent applauses, but in the end, Draco won. Both men shook hands as politely as two enemies could, and left the stage. Hermione and Padma next stepped onto the stage. Padma sang first, singing "Angel of Mine" by Monica. Her voice sounded beautiful with the range, and got an outstanding applause from the audience.
Finally, it was Hermione's turn. She pulled a song from the hat. "I Don't Want to Cry" by Mariah Carey. It was the song that was playing in one of her dreams of Draco! She stepped up to the mike, and looked around for the audience. She locked eyes with a pair of blazing blue eyes, those that could only belong to Malfoy himself. The song began to play, and with all of her heart and soul, she sang. Looking deep into his eyes, she sang the song with a passion. Draco looked back at her, and he knew she was singing to him. Her song ended, and a roar of applause ripped through the audience. Hermione had obviously won that round. It was now between her and Draco. They walked up onto stage, and the song they drew was "Endless Love", a duet.
The song began to play. Draco sang first, his deep, sexy voice sending ripples down Hermione's spine. She harmonized to his voice, and then began her part of the song. For the first few seconds, she could not take her eyes off of him as she sang, but eventually turned to face the audience. The song finally ended. Hermione tried her best to conceal the fact that her knees were weak and her pulse was racing, not because she was on stage, but because she was onstage with Draco. Both took a polite bow as everyone clapped and cheered wildly.
Lee Jordan came over to the mike. "For those who think that Hermione was better" and pointed to her. The audience erupted in cheers. "And for those who think Draco was better" and again, the audience was on their feet. "Hmm.this is a tough competition ladies and gentleman. Now one more time. For Hermione?" Everyone clapped as loud as they could. "For Draco?" with a slight less fervor, the audience applauded for Draco. "It's settled then, Congratulations Hermione, you've won the first Hogwarts Karaoke Competition!"
* * * * *
Harry, Ron, and Hermione celebrated with butterbeers and pumpkin pasties in her room. Draco was nowhere to be seen after the competition, but Hermione didn't care. She and her two best friends laughed and talked until 3AM, when the boys decided to turn in. Hermione gave them each a hug, and walked them to her door. She closed the door behind them and walked back to her room to change into her pajamas.
As she was changing, Draco walked in to congratulate her, when he noticed that she was nude except for her panties. He could see the outline of her breasts, her back turned to him. The door squeaked and Hermione turned, her face blushing. She held her pajamas as close as she could to her body as she looked up at him.
"Draco dammit do you ever knock!" she yelled.