Chapter 7

The big night

All 900 tickets sold out! At 600 pounds a ticket, it wasn't cheap, but the pushover tourists bought almost all of them; as for the rest, Luna and Hermione had threatened the other students, especially the first-years, to buy tickets or else.

Before the show started, all of the performers were scared to death and vomiting backstage. Neville started weeping and drooling. Ron snapped and thought he was Fess Parker, and he started revving the chainsaw and quoting scenes from "The Alamo." Hermione wondered if she should just put on some real clothes and sing a ballad. Luna was channeling St. Agatha during her martyrdom.* And Draco was suspiciously quiet....

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* If anyone knows what happened to St. Agatha during her martyrdom, please keep it to yourself.