Something That Will Never Happen
Chapter 3: It's Friday! Christy walked into her next class, which was Earth Science with Mr. Fort. She was 5 minutes early because she wanted to ask him a question. "Mr. Fort?" she called, stepping inside. "Yes, Christy?" he asked, looking up from his desk.' "You know that the 8th grade is going to do a play, right?" "Yes. You're the manager of it," he said, smiling. "Yep! Ok, anyway, I was wondering if you could be a teacher in it, called Professor Lupin. It sounds weird, but you're the best one to fit the part! Please?" she asked, looking at him.
He laughed a little "sure, Christy. I'd be happy to-"
"Oh thank you Mr. Fort!" Christy exclaimed, jumping up and smiling.
After giving him the script and going over the basic facts, she turned around to see other people walking in, so she headed to her seat.
Alicia leaned over "so, how'd it go?"
"Mr. Fort is officially Professor Lupin" she replied, smiling. "You go girl!" Alicia exclaimed, giving her a high-five.
**30 minutes later** They were in the middle of taking notes when suddenly the phone rang. Mr. Fort walked over to the holder and picked it up. "Hello? Yes, I do. Sure, I'll be happy to. Bye." "Alicia, Christy- you're needed in the office" he told them. Since they only had 25 minutes left, they grabbed their books and put them in their lockers before heading out of the high-school building and over to the elementary building. In only a few seconds they were they standing in front of the white door that read "office". Alicia opened it and held it for Christy to go in 1st. They walked into the 2nd room. A tall and medium sized lady with puffy, curly brown hair was sitting at the desk. "Mrs. Gram? Someone wanted to see us?" Christy asked. She looked up and smiled. "Oh, yes. They just walked out the door to get something- and here they are again!" The two girls turned around to see two twins with red hair, a boy with blue eyes and black hair, a very tall boy with brown hair, another boy with red hair, a girl with straight brown hair, and another boy with blond hair. "Hey! It's Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and er. the Phelps twins, and Sean Biggerstaff! Cool!" Alicia said, pointing at everyone as she named him or her. Christy blinked in surprise then smiled. "I can see what you've been doing instead of studying for our history test." The boy known as Daniel smiled and said, "well, since you obviously know us, who are you?" "I'm Christy," she told the crowd. "And I'm Alicia" Alicia answered. "Nice to meet you" was said a couple of times before Christy asked, "What are you guys doing here, all the way from England?" "Well, this is the 1st time someone actually used our movie as a play, so we thought we might as well help out a little," Tom told them, smiling. "This is to cool. But you guys aren't staying here all the way till March, right?" Alicia asked. "Yes, we'll only be here for a week and a half or less, depending on if you need us or not. Then we'll come back in late April or early March, depending on what's happening" Oliver, who was one of the twins, replied. "Why don't we go in a different room and talk?" Emma suggested, and they all agreed. So the whole lot walked out of the office and down the hallway into the Fellowship hall, a room big enough to sit over 100 people. The walls were white and the chairs were still in place from the chapel they had that morning. Oliver and James sat down on the end of one row and Sean, Rupert and Emma sat next to them, while Christy, Alicia, Daniel, and Tom sat on the next row. Oliver's row had to turn around in their seats to face them, but that was all right. "Some of us will try out, if you want us too," James said to Christy a few minutes later. "Let's make it fun and have all of you try out, so that the others can examine an example. But only some of you can have parts, since this is our play" Christy explained. "Fine by me" Sean commented. "I'll help you choose the people if you'd like" Daniel offered, looking at Alicia. "That'd be great. You know the characters just as much as me," Alicia said, smiling at the cute boy beside her. Christy could tell what Alicia was thinking and she smiled and turned back to the others. She was wearing a red shirt with a khaki knee-length skirt as her school uniform. "Ok, we have about 2 more hours till the audition. I guess we all could go over to the auditorium and get it prepared," she told them. "I'm hungry. Isn't it lunch time for you guys anyway?" Rupert asked. Alicia laughed "yeah, we'll go to the lunchroom and then to the auditorium. It waste more time anyway". So they all got up and walked out of the elementary building and across the parking lot to the huge gym. "You guys eat lunch in the gym? Weird" James commented. "Well, we have a small school, so there's not really much of a choice" Alicia said, heading towards the door. Daniel walked ahead of her and opened it for her. "Thanks Daniel" Alicia told him, smiling. "No problem" he replied, returning it. Everyone else told him "thank-you" as they headed inside. After about 5 minutes, everyone had a plate of food and a snack and was walking to the other side of the gym. Christy spotted her classmates, sitting at their usual long, rectangular table. Luckily, it was also joined to another one today, so there was enough room for everyone to sit down. "Hey everyone," Chris greeted. Toby was sitting at the head of the 1st table with Ethan, Tim, Chris, Sarah, and Emily on his left while Michael, Jesse, Greg, Mandy, Whitney, and Alyssa sat on his left. They all looked curiously at the group behind her, who was actually now taking their own seats. "You guys, go ahead and introduce yourselves," Alicia asked. So the cast each stood up so everyone can see them and said their name and part they had in the movie. When they were done, all the 8th graders were asking millions of questions at a time. Some were: What's it like to play Harry, How does your character act, Do you like your part, and etc. It took everyone about 8 minutes before the group had enough time to start eating. At the 2nd table, Oliver, Sean, Tom, Christy, and Emma were sitting on the right while James, Rupert, Daniel, and Alicia sat across from them. Everyone seemed to be getting along great. Nobody seemed to have any problems with the other, and to Alicia and Christy, it was a very good thing. Soon the 8th graders and everyone else except Christy, Alicia, and the cast had to go to 5th period, so they all said their goodbyes as everyone walked out. "I'm not hungry anymore. Say Christy, your food isn't to bad here" Rupert commented, and everyone laughed. "You try eating it every day. You'll really get tired of it" Alicia told him. "I wouldn't want to eat this stuff 5 times a week" Emma agreed. "Well, its only 1:06, so we still got 54 minutes," Sean informed them. "We only need about 30 to get things ready, so why don't you girls show us around the school?" Tom asked. "Sounds good to me. Just to warn you though, there's nothing really special about it," Christy warned him, putting her trash in the trashcan. "That's fine with us" Oliver concluded, smiling. In only 15 minutes, the girls had shown the group the high school and elementary buildings, the rest of the gym, the playground, kindergartener's area, the soccer field, and were now heading over to the auditorium. "This school is really small compared to mine," James said, looking around. "Tell me about it" Rupert agreed. They all walked inside and into the biggest room, where the play would be held. There were about 300 seats with a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and a stage about 7 feet above the ground. "Ah, this will be perfect" Oliver noted. "Yes, this should be just about a good size stage." Tom agreed, observing it. "That's good to hear," Alicia said, sighing in relief. "We were worried it would be to small or something," Christy explained. "Not at all. We should probably put a table right there in front so the 'judges' can sit" Emma said. "Good idea Emma! Let's get to work," James announced cheerfully. By 2:50, everything was set. There was a table sitting in front and in the middle of the stage with a huge pile of scripts on the right. There were 5 chairs at the table, each for Christy, Alicia, Daniel, Emma, and Tom, who were also helping select people. "Finished doing the number cards" Oliver called, running down the isle and setting them in the middle of the table. For some reason, they also hung a sign on the middle of the stage reading, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". "Looks more like a poster to me" Rupert commented, eyeing it. "It is. An enlarged one, that is" Tom explained. At that second, about 12 people walked inside. They followed the signs to the 1st 6 rows in the middle section. "Everyone, please come down here and form a line so we can give you your scripts and numbers" Alicia called. The 12 students, ranging from 7th to 11th grade came down and picked up a script for the character they were trying out as. The members did as well. Daniel was number 14, Rupert 26, Emma 19, Tom 16, James 17, Oliver 22, and Sean 21. Obviously, they were trying out for the parts they played in the movie. When it was 2:00, they had 50 people total trying out. "Whoa! That's a lot of people," Alicia said, looking amazed. "We have 46 parts. That's practically just enough" Christy told her, looking down the sheet. All 15 8th graders were trying out, the 7 cast members, and 6 of the 7th graders, 8 teachers, and 14 other people from either 9th grade to 12th. Christy got up from her seat, followed by Alicia, and walked backstage. Holding a script in her hand and pinning the number 36 on her shirt, she continued on stage. Alicia, who was 43, followed her and stopped next to her. The auditorium was pretty loud, considering there were 50 excited people. Lucky for Christy, she grabbed a mic before coming up. "Ok everyone, we're going to get started." It only took 10 seconds for the room to quiet down. "If you don't know me, I'm Christy, the manager of the play. This is Alicia," she paused to gesture to her best friend beside her, "who's the assistant manager. As you know, today is the day for auditions. There are 46 parts, and 50 people are auditioning. Some parts will just be voices, others you will come on stage. No matter if you have a part or not, please feel free to help us with other things- such as lighting, cameras, many scenery things, and so on. Thank you to all the people who volunteered. Now, Alicia will explain all the stuff that you need to do. Don't worry, it's not hard." Christy smiled and handed the mic to Alicia, then walked offstage to join the people at the table. "Ok, basically, when we call your number, you and a couple other people will come up to the table and we'll tell you what scene to do. Then you will come on stage and take your place. Please wait for us to say "action" before starting. That's pretty much it. Got that? Ok, let's get started!" Alicia jogged offstage and over to the table and sat in-between Daniel and Emma. Christy was sitting next to Emma, and Tom was sitting on the other side of her. Rupert was on the end next to Daniel. "Ok, let's start with the first couple of people." Christy said into the mic, which was now in her hands. "That would be Tim Anglea and Ethan Barba. Please come up to the table." In only 10 seconds, the two boys were standing in front of the table. Christy smiled at them and said, "Don't be nervous. You'll be doing a scene from the 4th book. Ron has more lines then Harry, but that's all right. Go ahead on stage. You have 2 minutes to look over your lines." After grabbing their scripts, they headed backstage. They didn't appear until 1 and a half minutes later, when they walked onstage to take their places. "Ok, we have Tim trying for Harry, and Ethan trying out for Ron. Good luck to both of you." Alicia told them. Daniel counted down "Ready in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" The scene was when Harry had just finished getting the golden egg from the dragon, and he and Ron were waiting for the scores. "It's marks out of 10 for each one," Ethan told Tim, and Tim squinted, looking out into the audience. Emma, who was helping, took her pen and made an 8 figure. "Not bad! I suppose she took marks off for your shoulder." Ethan said. Tom did the same thing, except he did a nine. "Looking good!" Ethan cheered, accidentally slapping Tim a little to hard on the back. Rupert also did a nine. Christy, who was pretending to be Ludo, made a 10. "Ten?" asked Tim, sounding obviously shocked. "But- I got hurt. What's he playing at?" "Harry! Don't complain!" Ethan yelled excitedly. Now Alicia, who was grinning, made a wave with her pen that made a 4. "WHAT?!" Ethan yelled furiously. "FOUR?! You lousy, brain-dead scumbag! You gave Krum a 10!" "And cut" Daniel called, smiling at the 2 boys. "Nice job boys" Christy said into the mic. "Excellent guys, excellent" said Alicia, also smiling. Everyone clapped as Tim and Ethan left the stage. "Ok, next." In a matter of 10 minutes, it was the actual cast's time. "Ok, next, we need Rupert, Daniel, Tom, and Emma. These four are the original cast, and they're helping us with the play. These guys are doing a scene from the 2nd movie, just for an example. Ok guys, you know your lines." Christy watched as the 4 made their way to center stage. Daniel and Tom stood a few feet apart, facing each other, while Emma and Rupert faced the audience in between. "This is the scene where Ron throws up slugs. Sadly, we didn't get any slugs, but we're sure you can imagine it." This time it was Oliver who spoke. "Ok," Christy spoke, snatching the mic back from Oliver, who was grinning. "In 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Daniel looked stunned as Tom took a step forward. "M-Malfoy?" "That's right. And that's not all that's new this year" Tom said with a sly smile on his face. Now Tom brought a broom out from behind him and rested it against his right shoulder. "O-oh. Interesting. Tom actually used a broom," Alicia whispered to Christy, smiling. Rupert looked surprised. "Those are Nimbus 2001s. How'd you get those?" Christy blinked, "Opps! We forgot Flint's line! TIM! Come here!" Tim walked up "huh? What is it?" "Run up there and say this line," Christy said quickly, stuffing a piece of paper in his hand. "Be Flint- he's a nasty, evil kinda guy. Hurry!" Tim jogged up the stage and stood beside Tom, just as Rupert said his line. "A gift from Draco's father" Tim said, looking at Rupert. "Wow! He said it pretty good! Even with a little accent!" Christy said, surprised. Tom turned more to face Rupert, and said, "You see, Weasley, unlike some, my father can afford the best." "At least no one of the Gryffindor had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent," Emma said, rudely and matter-of-factly. Tom walked up to Emma and glared at her for a few seconds before saying, "No one asked your opinion- you filthy little mudblood". Rupert glared, "you'll pay for that one Malfoy," he paused to point a pen at him, "EAT SLUGS!" Either he jumped or slid, they couldn't tell. All they new was the next thing Rupert was in the air, then fell back down on the floor with a painful sounding THUMP. Tom and Tim start laughing as Daniel and Emma rush over to Rupert. "Are you ok Ron?" she asked frantically. Rupert sat up and turned around, kneeling and facing the audience. "Say something!" Ron leans forward and opens his mouth, also making a strange noise, pretending to through up. "Eww" the other 4 said at the same time. "CUT!" Christy yelled. Alicia smiled "excellent! Nice job all of you, especially Rupert because he did such a great job throwing himself back AND throwing up!" Everyone laughed and clapped as the 4 stars- and Tim- bowed and walked off stage. "Excellent" Christy commented as they came back up to the table. "Thanks" Tom replied, smiling.
**About 45 minutes later** "Ok, next we have." Christy scanned through the papers. She smiled. "Alicia Revelle! Please get UP from the table and come in front of it to get your script." Tom laughed a bit from beside her as Alicia got up and walked around. "Very funny Christy" she remarked as she stood in front of her. Christy already knew her friends scene, so she asked, "Daniel or Tim?" "Don't make me choose between them" Alicia remarked coolly. "In that case, I will choose. Hmm." She thought about it for a minute. "Got it! TIM!" she yelled for the second time that afternoon. He came up beside Alicia "yeah?" "Oh yeah-" she paused to grab the mic "Ethan, come up here to". Ethan ran up beside Tim, "what is it?" "Ok you guys, you're gonna do the scene with Alicia. Here's your scripts- Tim, you're Harry, Ethan, you're Ron. Please act mature. You have 2 minutes." Ethan and Tim walked off, and Alicia was about to follow when Christy said "Alicia, stay here and help me. You know your lines." So Alicia stayed down there for the next 2 minutes to help decide some things with Christy, then ran off to join the boys behind stage. "Ok, Tim and Ethan are playing Harry & Ron, while Alicia is playing Hermione. The scene is from the 2nd movie at the end where Hermione runs into the Great Hall and congratulates the boys on solving the mystery. Tom, you may do the honors." She handed the mic to the boy sitting next to her. "Ok, in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Tim and Ethan were sitting on the ground talking to each other when Daniel, who was sitting across from them, said "hey Harry- it's Hermione!" Tim looked towards the other side of the stage where Alicia was standing, smiling at them. Ethan looked at her as well, and Alicia walked quickly towards them as they got up and stood by each other. In the meantime, Daniel walked off. Alicia ran over to Tim and hugged him for about 7 seconds, then parted. She turned to Ethan, but stopped halfway and turned it into a handshake. "W-welcome back Hermione" Ethan stuttered, embarrassed. She stepped back and looked at them both, "Congratulations! I can't believe you solved it!" "We got loads of help from you" Tim replied. "CUT!" Tom yelled. "Nice job, all of you. Thanks Dan, for running in there" Emma commented, looking at the boy who was 1 seat down from her. After a few more people went up Christy walked back up on stage. "Well everyone, we're finished!" everyone cheered at this. "Sorry to say, but you guys won't know the answers till Monday or Tuesday! Everyone did an awesome job, and no matter what, we'll give you a part! Also, if you'd like to help us with the other stuff, please wait a few minutes here so I can write you down." It was about 3:45 when everyone was finally finished, and the last person left. "Phew! That took more energy then I thought" Christy commented, plopping down in a chair. Daniel walked over to her and said, "I just realized something. You didn't audition." "Yeah! That's right!" Tom agreed, looking at her a few away. "I decided not to audition," she told them. For some reason she couldn't meet anyone in the eye at the moment, so she just stared at the wall as if it was interesting. "Why? Christy, you HAVE to have a part! You said so yourself!" Alicia exclaimed, also just realizing this. Tom got up and sat down beside her. "That's true, you did say everyone was going have a part." Christy still looked at the wall, "Don't worry about it guys- it'll all work out." Emma gave the group a sign that said to stay off of it, so the room became quiet. "Well, my dad's probably is waiting for me outside. Alicia, you're mom's probably wondering where you are by now too," Christy said, changing her gaze to Alicia. Alicia nodded, "you're right. I guess we should get going then." James looked at his watch. "Blimey! The people will probably be waiting for us by now to." "The people?" Alicia asked. "Since we were coming over here for only a week, our parents let us come by ourselves- except Daniel's mom and Emma's dad are coming tomorrow. But, they hired some people to drive us from our hotel to here and stuff like that" Sean explained. "Ah, I see," said Alicia, nodding. "Better go outside then," commented Rupert, standing up. Everyone walked outside and into the parking lot. Sure enough, there were 4 vehicles waiting. Christy's father, Alicia's mom, and whoever was picking up the cast. "We'll see you on Monday," Tom said, turning to Christy. "Nice meeting you guys" she replied, smiling at Tom. Everyone shook hands as they said their goodbyes, and soon went their separate ways.
Chapter 3: It's Friday! Christy walked into her next class, which was Earth Science with Mr. Fort. She was 5 minutes early because she wanted to ask him a question. "Mr. Fort?" she called, stepping inside. "Yes, Christy?" he asked, looking up from his desk.' "You know that the 8th grade is going to do a play, right?" "Yes. You're the manager of it," he said, smiling. "Yep! Ok, anyway, I was wondering if you could be a teacher in it, called Professor Lupin. It sounds weird, but you're the best one to fit the part! Please?" she asked, looking at him.
He laughed a little "sure, Christy. I'd be happy to-"
"Oh thank you Mr. Fort!" Christy exclaimed, jumping up and smiling.
After giving him the script and going over the basic facts, she turned around to see other people walking in, so she headed to her seat.
Alicia leaned over "so, how'd it go?"
"Mr. Fort is officially Professor Lupin" she replied, smiling. "You go girl!" Alicia exclaimed, giving her a high-five.
**30 minutes later** They were in the middle of taking notes when suddenly the phone rang. Mr. Fort walked over to the holder and picked it up. "Hello? Yes, I do. Sure, I'll be happy to. Bye." "Alicia, Christy- you're needed in the office" he told them. Since they only had 25 minutes left, they grabbed their books and put them in their lockers before heading out of the high-school building and over to the elementary building. In only a few seconds they were they standing in front of the white door that read "office". Alicia opened it and held it for Christy to go in 1st. They walked into the 2nd room. A tall and medium sized lady with puffy, curly brown hair was sitting at the desk. "Mrs. Gram? Someone wanted to see us?" Christy asked. She looked up and smiled. "Oh, yes. They just walked out the door to get something- and here they are again!" The two girls turned around to see two twins with red hair, a boy with blue eyes and black hair, a very tall boy with brown hair, another boy with red hair, a girl with straight brown hair, and another boy with blond hair. "Hey! It's Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and er. the Phelps twins, and Sean Biggerstaff! Cool!" Alicia said, pointing at everyone as she named him or her. Christy blinked in surprise then smiled. "I can see what you've been doing instead of studying for our history test." The boy known as Daniel smiled and said, "well, since you obviously know us, who are you?" "I'm Christy," she told the crowd. "And I'm Alicia" Alicia answered. "Nice to meet you" was said a couple of times before Christy asked, "What are you guys doing here, all the way from England?" "Well, this is the 1st time someone actually used our movie as a play, so we thought we might as well help out a little," Tom told them, smiling. "This is to cool. But you guys aren't staying here all the way till March, right?" Alicia asked. "Yes, we'll only be here for a week and a half or less, depending on if you need us or not. Then we'll come back in late April or early March, depending on what's happening" Oliver, who was one of the twins, replied. "Why don't we go in a different room and talk?" Emma suggested, and they all agreed. So the whole lot walked out of the office and down the hallway into the Fellowship hall, a room big enough to sit over 100 people. The walls were white and the chairs were still in place from the chapel they had that morning. Oliver and James sat down on the end of one row and Sean, Rupert and Emma sat next to them, while Christy, Alicia, Daniel, and Tom sat on the next row. Oliver's row had to turn around in their seats to face them, but that was all right. "Some of us will try out, if you want us too," James said to Christy a few minutes later. "Let's make it fun and have all of you try out, so that the others can examine an example. But only some of you can have parts, since this is our play" Christy explained. "Fine by me" Sean commented. "I'll help you choose the people if you'd like" Daniel offered, looking at Alicia. "That'd be great. You know the characters just as much as me," Alicia said, smiling at the cute boy beside her. Christy could tell what Alicia was thinking and she smiled and turned back to the others. She was wearing a red shirt with a khaki knee-length skirt as her school uniform. "Ok, we have about 2 more hours till the audition. I guess we all could go over to the auditorium and get it prepared," she told them. "I'm hungry. Isn't it lunch time for you guys anyway?" Rupert asked. Alicia laughed "yeah, we'll go to the lunchroom and then to the auditorium. It waste more time anyway". So they all got up and walked out of the elementary building and across the parking lot to the huge gym. "You guys eat lunch in the gym? Weird" James commented. "Well, we have a small school, so there's not really much of a choice" Alicia said, heading towards the door. Daniel walked ahead of her and opened it for her. "Thanks Daniel" Alicia told him, smiling. "No problem" he replied, returning it. Everyone else told him "thank-you" as they headed inside. After about 5 minutes, everyone had a plate of food and a snack and was walking to the other side of the gym. Christy spotted her classmates, sitting at their usual long, rectangular table. Luckily, it was also joined to another one today, so there was enough room for everyone to sit down. "Hey everyone," Chris greeted. Toby was sitting at the head of the 1st table with Ethan, Tim, Chris, Sarah, and Emily on his left while Michael, Jesse, Greg, Mandy, Whitney, and Alyssa sat on his left. They all looked curiously at the group behind her, who was actually now taking their own seats. "You guys, go ahead and introduce yourselves," Alicia asked. So the cast each stood up so everyone can see them and said their name and part they had in the movie. When they were done, all the 8th graders were asking millions of questions at a time. Some were: What's it like to play Harry, How does your character act, Do you like your part, and etc. It took everyone about 8 minutes before the group had enough time to start eating. At the 2nd table, Oliver, Sean, Tom, Christy, and Emma were sitting on the right while James, Rupert, Daniel, and Alicia sat across from them. Everyone seemed to be getting along great. Nobody seemed to have any problems with the other, and to Alicia and Christy, it was a very good thing. Soon the 8th graders and everyone else except Christy, Alicia, and the cast had to go to 5th period, so they all said their goodbyes as everyone walked out. "I'm not hungry anymore. Say Christy, your food isn't to bad here" Rupert commented, and everyone laughed. "You try eating it every day. You'll really get tired of it" Alicia told him. "I wouldn't want to eat this stuff 5 times a week" Emma agreed. "Well, its only 1:06, so we still got 54 minutes," Sean informed them. "We only need about 30 to get things ready, so why don't you girls show us around the school?" Tom asked. "Sounds good to me. Just to warn you though, there's nothing really special about it," Christy warned him, putting her trash in the trashcan. "That's fine with us" Oliver concluded, smiling. In only 15 minutes, the girls had shown the group the high school and elementary buildings, the rest of the gym, the playground, kindergartener's area, the soccer field, and were now heading over to the auditorium. "This school is really small compared to mine," James said, looking around. "Tell me about it" Rupert agreed. They all walked inside and into the biggest room, where the play would be held. There were about 300 seats with a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and a stage about 7 feet above the ground. "Ah, this will be perfect" Oliver noted. "Yes, this should be just about a good size stage." Tom agreed, observing it. "That's good to hear," Alicia said, sighing in relief. "We were worried it would be to small or something," Christy explained. "Not at all. We should probably put a table right there in front so the 'judges' can sit" Emma said. "Good idea Emma! Let's get to work," James announced cheerfully. By 2:50, everything was set. There was a table sitting in front and in the middle of the stage with a huge pile of scripts on the right. There were 5 chairs at the table, each for Christy, Alicia, Daniel, Emma, and Tom, who were also helping select people. "Finished doing the number cards" Oliver called, running down the isle and setting them in the middle of the table. For some reason, they also hung a sign on the middle of the stage reading, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". "Looks more like a poster to me" Rupert commented, eyeing it. "It is. An enlarged one, that is" Tom explained. At that second, about 12 people walked inside. They followed the signs to the 1st 6 rows in the middle section. "Everyone, please come down here and form a line so we can give you your scripts and numbers" Alicia called. The 12 students, ranging from 7th to 11th grade came down and picked up a script for the character they were trying out as. The members did as well. Daniel was number 14, Rupert 26, Emma 19, Tom 16, James 17, Oliver 22, and Sean 21. Obviously, they were trying out for the parts they played in the movie. When it was 2:00, they had 50 people total trying out. "Whoa! That's a lot of people," Alicia said, looking amazed. "We have 46 parts. That's practically just enough" Christy told her, looking down the sheet. All 15 8th graders were trying out, the 7 cast members, and 6 of the 7th graders, 8 teachers, and 14 other people from either 9th grade to 12th. Christy got up from her seat, followed by Alicia, and walked backstage. Holding a script in her hand and pinning the number 36 on her shirt, she continued on stage. Alicia, who was 43, followed her and stopped next to her. The auditorium was pretty loud, considering there were 50 excited people. Lucky for Christy, she grabbed a mic before coming up. "Ok everyone, we're going to get started." It only took 10 seconds for the room to quiet down. "If you don't know me, I'm Christy, the manager of the play. This is Alicia," she paused to gesture to her best friend beside her, "who's the assistant manager. As you know, today is the day for auditions. There are 46 parts, and 50 people are auditioning. Some parts will just be voices, others you will come on stage. No matter if you have a part or not, please feel free to help us with other things- such as lighting, cameras, many scenery things, and so on. Thank you to all the people who volunteered. Now, Alicia will explain all the stuff that you need to do. Don't worry, it's not hard." Christy smiled and handed the mic to Alicia, then walked offstage to join the people at the table. "Ok, basically, when we call your number, you and a couple other people will come up to the table and we'll tell you what scene to do. Then you will come on stage and take your place. Please wait for us to say "action" before starting. That's pretty much it. Got that? Ok, let's get started!" Alicia jogged offstage and over to the table and sat in-between Daniel and Emma. Christy was sitting next to Emma, and Tom was sitting on the other side of her. Rupert was on the end next to Daniel. "Ok, let's start with the first couple of people." Christy said into the mic, which was now in her hands. "That would be Tim Anglea and Ethan Barba. Please come up to the table." In only 10 seconds, the two boys were standing in front of the table. Christy smiled at them and said, "Don't be nervous. You'll be doing a scene from the 4th book. Ron has more lines then Harry, but that's all right. Go ahead on stage. You have 2 minutes to look over your lines." After grabbing their scripts, they headed backstage. They didn't appear until 1 and a half minutes later, when they walked onstage to take their places. "Ok, we have Tim trying for Harry, and Ethan trying out for Ron. Good luck to both of you." Alicia told them. Daniel counted down "Ready in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" The scene was when Harry had just finished getting the golden egg from the dragon, and he and Ron were waiting for the scores. "It's marks out of 10 for each one," Ethan told Tim, and Tim squinted, looking out into the audience. Emma, who was helping, took her pen and made an 8 figure. "Not bad! I suppose she took marks off for your shoulder." Ethan said. Tom did the same thing, except he did a nine. "Looking good!" Ethan cheered, accidentally slapping Tim a little to hard on the back. Rupert also did a nine. Christy, who was pretending to be Ludo, made a 10. "Ten?" asked Tim, sounding obviously shocked. "But- I got hurt. What's he playing at?" "Harry! Don't complain!" Ethan yelled excitedly. Now Alicia, who was grinning, made a wave with her pen that made a 4. "WHAT?!" Ethan yelled furiously. "FOUR?! You lousy, brain-dead scumbag! You gave Krum a 10!" "And cut" Daniel called, smiling at the 2 boys. "Nice job boys" Christy said into the mic. "Excellent guys, excellent" said Alicia, also smiling. Everyone clapped as Tim and Ethan left the stage. "Ok, next." In a matter of 10 minutes, it was the actual cast's time. "Ok, next, we need Rupert, Daniel, Tom, and Emma. These four are the original cast, and they're helping us with the play. These guys are doing a scene from the 2nd movie, just for an example. Ok guys, you know your lines." Christy watched as the 4 made their way to center stage. Daniel and Tom stood a few feet apart, facing each other, while Emma and Rupert faced the audience in between. "This is the scene where Ron throws up slugs. Sadly, we didn't get any slugs, but we're sure you can imagine it." This time it was Oliver who spoke. "Ok," Christy spoke, snatching the mic back from Oliver, who was grinning. "In 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Daniel looked stunned as Tom took a step forward. "M-Malfoy?" "That's right. And that's not all that's new this year" Tom said with a sly smile on his face. Now Tom brought a broom out from behind him and rested it against his right shoulder. "O-oh. Interesting. Tom actually used a broom," Alicia whispered to Christy, smiling. Rupert looked surprised. "Those are Nimbus 2001s. How'd you get those?" Christy blinked, "Opps! We forgot Flint's line! TIM! Come here!" Tim walked up "huh? What is it?" "Run up there and say this line," Christy said quickly, stuffing a piece of paper in his hand. "Be Flint- he's a nasty, evil kinda guy. Hurry!" Tim jogged up the stage and stood beside Tom, just as Rupert said his line. "A gift from Draco's father" Tim said, looking at Rupert. "Wow! He said it pretty good! Even with a little accent!" Christy said, surprised. Tom turned more to face Rupert, and said, "You see, Weasley, unlike some, my father can afford the best." "At least no one of the Gryffindor had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent," Emma said, rudely and matter-of-factly. Tom walked up to Emma and glared at her for a few seconds before saying, "No one asked your opinion- you filthy little mudblood". Rupert glared, "you'll pay for that one Malfoy," he paused to point a pen at him, "EAT SLUGS!" Either he jumped or slid, they couldn't tell. All they new was the next thing Rupert was in the air, then fell back down on the floor with a painful sounding THUMP. Tom and Tim start laughing as Daniel and Emma rush over to Rupert. "Are you ok Ron?" she asked frantically. Rupert sat up and turned around, kneeling and facing the audience. "Say something!" Ron leans forward and opens his mouth, also making a strange noise, pretending to through up. "Eww" the other 4 said at the same time. "CUT!" Christy yelled. Alicia smiled "excellent! Nice job all of you, especially Rupert because he did such a great job throwing himself back AND throwing up!" Everyone laughed and clapped as the 4 stars- and Tim- bowed and walked off stage. "Excellent" Christy commented as they came back up to the table. "Thanks" Tom replied, smiling.
**About 45 minutes later** "Ok, next we have." Christy scanned through the papers. She smiled. "Alicia Revelle! Please get UP from the table and come in front of it to get your script." Tom laughed a bit from beside her as Alicia got up and walked around. "Very funny Christy" she remarked as she stood in front of her. Christy already knew her friends scene, so she asked, "Daniel or Tim?" "Don't make me choose between them" Alicia remarked coolly. "In that case, I will choose. Hmm." She thought about it for a minute. "Got it! TIM!" she yelled for the second time that afternoon. He came up beside Alicia "yeah?" "Oh yeah-" she paused to grab the mic "Ethan, come up here to". Ethan ran up beside Tim, "what is it?" "Ok you guys, you're gonna do the scene with Alicia. Here's your scripts- Tim, you're Harry, Ethan, you're Ron. Please act mature. You have 2 minutes." Ethan and Tim walked off, and Alicia was about to follow when Christy said "Alicia, stay here and help me. You know your lines." So Alicia stayed down there for the next 2 minutes to help decide some things with Christy, then ran off to join the boys behind stage. "Ok, Tim and Ethan are playing Harry & Ron, while Alicia is playing Hermione. The scene is from the 2nd movie at the end where Hermione runs into the Great Hall and congratulates the boys on solving the mystery. Tom, you may do the honors." She handed the mic to the boy sitting next to her. "Ok, in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Tim and Ethan were sitting on the ground talking to each other when Daniel, who was sitting across from them, said "hey Harry- it's Hermione!" Tim looked towards the other side of the stage where Alicia was standing, smiling at them. Ethan looked at her as well, and Alicia walked quickly towards them as they got up and stood by each other. In the meantime, Daniel walked off. Alicia ran over to Tim and hugged him for about 7 seconds, then parted. She turned to Ethan, but stopped halfway and turned it into a handshake. "W-welcome back Hermione" Ethan stuttered, embarrassed. She stepped back and looked at them both, "Congratulations! I can't believe you solved it!" "We got loads of help from you" Tim replied. "CUT!" Tom yelled. "Nice job, all of you. Thanks Dan, for running in there" Emma commented, looking at the boy who was 1 seat down from her. After a few more people went up Christy walked back up on stage. "Well everyone, we're finished!" everyone cheered at this. "Sorry to say, but you guys won't know the answers till Monday or Tuesday! Everyone did an awesome job, and no matter what, we'll give you a part! Also, if you'd like to help us with the other stuff, please wait a few minutes here so I can write you down." It was about 3:45 when everyone was finally finished, and the last person left. "Phew! That took more energy then I thought" Christy commented, plopping down in a chair. Daniel walked over to her and said, "I just realized something. You didn't audition." "Yeah! That's right!" Tom agreed, looking at her a few away. "I decided not to audition," she told them. For some reason she couldn't meet anyone in the eye at the moment, so she just stared at the wall as if it was interesting. "Why? Christy, you HAVE to have a part! You said so yourself!" Alicia exclaimed, also just realizing this. Tom got up and sat down beside her. "That's true, you did say everyone was going have a part." Christy still looked at the wall, "Don't worry about it guys- it'll all work out." Emma gave the group a sign that said to stay off of it, so the room became quiet. "Well, my dad's probably is waiting for me outside. Alicia, you're mom's probably wondering where you are by now too," Christy said, changing her gaze to Alicia. Alicia nodded, "you're right. I guess we should get going then." James looked at his watch. "Blimey! The people will probably be waiting for us by now to." "The people?" Alicia asked. "Since we were coming over here for only a week, our parents let us come by ourselves- except Daniel's mom and Emma's dad are coming tomorrow. But, they hired some people to drive us from our hotel to here and stuff like that" Sean explained. "Ah, I see," said Alicia, nodding. "Better go outside then," commented Rupert, standing up. Everyone walked outside and into the parking lot. Sure enough, there were 4 vehicles waiting. Christy's father, Alicia's mom, and whoever was picking up the cast. "We'll see you on Monday," Tom said, turning to Christy. "Nice meeting you guys" she replied, smiling at Tom. Everyone shook hands as they said their goodbyes, and soon went their separate ways.