Hermionie sat in her usual seat at the Griffindor table, to her right was
harry and to his right was Ron. Hermionie had anticipated that this would
be an exiting year for them all. One thing she didn't anticipate was that
Ron would shoot her stares every few seconds.
It was true that she had changed herself over the summer because her friends had gotten her a complete makeover set and a giant shopping spree over the summer (her muggle girl friends of corse). Hermionie had tried muggle hair straighteners and while the gave her "romantic waves" as Lavender had put it, she still thought the hassle was too much and was looking forward to using some straightening spells she had looked up in her free time. She had also filled out, and many boys were looking at her more often. As for Ron he was jealous of any boy who so much as waved to her. Hermionie was pretty fed up of this behavior, and seeing as the school year had barely begun and the sorting hat was still sorting, Hermionie would have to talk to him about this or it was going to be a very long year. Once the sorting was finished and her hands were sore from clapping , the food came and everybody stuffed their mouths. Hermionie had to, more than once, remind Ron that he was spilling something down the front of his robes while stating at her. On this occasion he would turn beet red and start a conversation with anyone who was not near Hermionie. Hermionie was flattered at all the attention Ron was paying to her but for the life of her she couldn't see Ron s more than a friend.
As soon as they had completely eaten ,were full and tiered Dumbeldor stood up to make an announcement. He called for attention and everyone gave it
" As you all know there has over the past history of hogwarts been a lot of rivalry between two most esteemed houses in this school." He began. " While I am completely looking foreword to some friendly competition." This brought a lot of siggers, loud coughs and sly grins to both the Griffindor and Slitherins. "It has been brought to my attention by certain members of my staff that some rivalry has gone too far."
At this many students laughed and giggled. Hermionie could never forget the day that a large fight had broken out in the main hall concerning a large group of Slitherins and a equally large group if Griffindors. Professor Magonigal rushed in to break it apart and take off quite a few points, but unluckily for her some stray hexes hit her and she turned blue with polka dots, was jumping up and down uncontrollably and had a strange yellow growth in place of her ears. Hermionie had rushed to her side as soon as she got over being petrified with shock.
" So." Dumbeldor continued. " The Griffindor, and Slitherin houses will be performing a play for the sake of inter-house relations"
"Inter-house relations my foot! The day I have 'relations' with a Slitherin is the day Neville wins us the Quiddich cup!" Muttered Ron, after a small 'hmph' from Hermionie he realized what he had said. "No offense Neville" He assured him quickly.
"As far as the play goes, the houses will be performing it at the end of the year for the entire school, or what's left of it, to enjoy. You may not back out of the play unless you want to loose your house 50 points, for the main characters the value of backing out will be 200 points!" this got a lot of mutters and groans from both houses. " Ah yes, and the play is a famous classic which was written by a muggle playwright by the name of Shakespeare." He paused as if expecting the students to comment and go, 'Oh yeah! That guy!' but when he was met by only confusion in the midst of even more confusion he went on " As for the play the two houses will be putting on the show at the end of the year as sort of a goodbye, and oh yes, the play is Shakespeare's most famous and renowned classic , Romeo and Juliette!
Hermionie emitted a high-pitched giggle while most of the hall was probably wondering what the heck 'Romeo and Juliette' was.
Ron and some other Griffindors looked at her curiously .
"do you know something we don't know" asked Ron
"Well as a matter of fact I do. Its my favorite book in the whole wide world!" She started exasperatedly.
" Your favorite book? I thought nothing would ever replace 'Hogwarts: A history'"
Hermionie was pretty miffed at this but she continued. "Its a story about two rival families and-"
She was cut short by professor Dumbeldor. "I know many of you are already familiar with the story but I know that still many others aren't, so I would like to think that they would want to read it for themselves." He said smiling at Hermionie who turned beet red. "Which is why all of you will find individual copies of the original version of 'Romeo and Juliette' on your beds. From your copy you will memorize your parts as well as read the story. The sorting hat has kindly decided to help in finding the character that you are most like. Just slip the hat on and you will receive a slip of parchment telling you your character. Only 5th years and above participate and practice is every Saturday at 4:30 to 5:30.
Suddenly Hermionies mind began racing at the speed of light. 'what of I trip? What if I forget my lines? What if I get a bad character? I wonder who Romeo and Juliette are going to be? I wonder who I'm going to be???' While pondering this she was pulled from her thoughts by professor Magonigal calling her up to the sorting hat. She could feel hundreds of eyes on her and her stomach had thousands of butterflies in it. She roughly pulled the hat over her head and plunked down onto the stool, as the minutes went by she could feel the increasing intensity of the entire hogwarts population staring at her. She felt nervous and some of the feeling had gone out of her legs and she wondered if the sorting hat would ever find the right character for her. She was on the verge of ripping the hat off her head and running out of the hall when she heard the hat whisper quietly into her ear, "Ahhhh, so you're the one! You are prefect! It all matches!" suddenly Hermionie felt a slip of parchment appear in her hand. She saw the beautiful loopy writing she was in shock. She slowly got up still staring at the name. She closed her fist on it and headed towards Griffindor table. She ignored questions about her character and opened her sweaty hand and the same name still written innocently on the slip of parchment, the name..
It was true that she had changed herself over the summer because her friends had gotten her a complete makeover set and a giant shopping spree over the summer (her muggle girl friends of corse). Hermionie had tried muggle hair straighteners and while the gave her "romantic waves" as Lavender had put it, she still thought the hassle was too much and was looking forward to using some straightening spells she had looked up in her free time. She had also filled out, and many boys were looking at her more often. As for Ron he was jealous of any boy who so much as waved to her. Hermionie was pretty fed up of this behavior, and seeing as the school year had barely begun and the sorting hat was still sorting, Hermionie would have to talk to him about this or it was going to be a very long year. Once the sorting was finished and her hands were sore from clapping , the food came and everybody stuffed their mouths. Hermionie had to, more than once, remind Ron that he was spilling something down the front of his robes while stating at her. On this occasion he would turn beet red and start a conversation with anyone who was not near Hermionie. Hermionie was flattered at all the attention Ron was paying to her but for the life of her she couldn't see Ron s more than a friend.
As soon as they had completely eaten ,were full and tiered Dumbeldor stood up to make an announcement. He called for attention and everyone gave it
" As you all know there has over the past history of hogwarts been a lot of rivalry between two most esteemed houses in this school." He began. " While I am completely looking foreword to some friendly competition." This brought a lot of siggers, loud coughs and sly grins to both the Griffindor and Slitherins. "It has been brought to my attention by certain members of my staff that some rivalry has gone too far."
At this many students laughed and giggled. Hermionie could never forget the day that a large fight had broken out in the main hall concerning a large group of Slitherins and a equally large group if Griffindors. Professor Magonigal rushed in to break it apart and take off quite a few points, but unluckily for her some stray hexes hit her and she turned blue with polka dots, was jumping up and down uncontrollably and had a strange yellow growth in place of her ears. Hermionie had rushed to her side as soon as she got over being petrified with shock.
" So." Dumbeldor continued. " The Griffindor, and Slitherin houses will be performing a play for the sake of inter-house relations"
"Inter-house relations my foot! The day I have 'relations' with a Slitherin is the day Neville wins us the Quiddich cup!" Muttered Ron, after a small 'hmph' from Hermionie he realized what he had said. "No offense Neville" He assured him quickly.
"As far as the play goes, the houses will be performing it at the end of the year for the entire school, or what's left of it, to enjoy. You may not back out of the play unless you want to loose your house 50 points, for the main characters the value of backing out will be 200 points!" this got a lot of mutters and groans from both houses. " Ah yes, and the play is a famous classic which was written by a muggle playwright by the name of Shakespeare." He paused as if expecting the students to comment and go, 'Oh yeah! That guy!' but when he was met by only confusion in the midst of even more confusion he went on " As for the play the two houses will be putting on the show at the end of the year as sort of a goodbye, and oh yes, the play is Shakespeare's most famous and renowned classic , Romeo and Juliette!
Hermionie emitted a high-pitched giggle while most of the hall was probably wondering what the heck 'Romeo and Juliette' was.
Ron and some other Griffindors looked at her curiously .
"do you know something we don't know" asked Ron
"Well as a matter of fact I do. Its my favorite book in the whole wide world!" She started exasperatedly.
" Your favorite book? I thought nothing would ever replace 'Hogwarts: A history'"
Hermionie was pretty miffed at this but she continued. "Its a story about two rival families and-"
She was cut short by professor Dumbeldor. "I know many of you are already familiar with the story but I know that still many others aren't, so I would like to think that they would want to read it for themselves." He said smiling at Hermionie who turned beet red. "Which is why all of you will find individual copies of the original version of 'Romeo and Juliette' on your beds. From your copy you will memorize your parts as well as read the story. The sorting hat has kindly decided to help in finding the character that you are most like. Just slip the hat on and you will receive a slip of parchment telling you your character. Only 5th years and above participate and practice is every Saturday at 4:30 to 5:30.
Suddenly Hermionies mind began racing at the speed of light. 'what of I trip? What if I forget my lines? What if I get a bad character? I wonder who Romeo and Juliette are going to be? I wonder who I'm going to be???' While pondering this she was pulled from her thoughts by professor Magonigal calling her up to the sorting hat. She could feel hundreds of eyes on her and her stomach had thousands of butterflies in it. She roughly pulled the hat over her head and plunked down onto the stool, as the minutes went by she could feel the increasing intensity of the entire hogwarts population staring at her. She felt nervous and some of the feeling had gone out of her legs and she wondered if the sorting hat would ever find the right character for her. She was on the verge of ripping the hat off her head and running out of the hall when she heard the hat whisper quietly into her ear, "Ahhhh, so you're the one! You are prefect! It all matches!" suddenly Hermionie felt a slip of parchment appear in her hand. She saw the beautiful loopy writing she was in shock. She slowly got up still staring at the name. She closed her fist on it and headed towards Griffindor table. She ignored questions about her character and opened her sweaty hand and the same name still written innocently on the slip of parchment, the name..