Something That Will Never Happen
Chapter 5: How does it go again? "Ok you guys, this is our 1st practice. Today we'll just be getting a little background info on the character's- and maybe try some scenes out" Christy explained, looking over the sheet she had in her hand. "Now on your scripts, the last 2 pages are all the character's info," Alicia explained, flipping through her own script. "You can find yours and read through it. Also please note that this is a MODIFIED version of the 3rd book. We will be cutting and adding scenes, and changing the script but still keeping some the same. The plot is the same, and so is the ending. Hey Christy- what is different?" Christy smiled "well, for example, I'm sorta editing the script so that some of the characters who have small parts will be able to speak more. Take Cho for example- she's Harry's crush" she paused as everyone looked at Tim, who was blushing and focusing very hard on his paper, "and all she does is walk by him. WOW! Amazing right? Na. I'll make sure Cho plays a nice part in this play as well" Christy finished with an evil, teasing grin on her face. Alicia became nervous at her friends expression. "Uh oh," she thought, "this might be dangerous." She cut in before Christy could add anything, "and some of you people might wanna but the book to read. Yes, I said read. You'll be able to understand it better, and reflect on your character." "Ok, enough of that" Christy said, tossing the script on the floor from her spot on the stage. She looked at her paper, which read everything she wanted to do, and nodded before dropping it on the ground beside her. "First of all, everyone needs to develop an accent. These people are English! If you need help, seek any of the originals (the cast) or us. Or you can just watch either of the 1st 2 movies for examples! Now some of you have more of a Scottish accent- like Neville and Wood- but obviously Sean is fine, so Mike if you need any help, you know where to go to" she said, smiling at Michael who was sitting next to Ethan and Tim. "We will have practice 5 days a week- obviously, on the weekdays. Now we know you can't make it to every single one- and that you'll need a break. So we've decided to only choose certain characters a day. The practice will last from around 2:00 till 3:30 or even 4:00, so please tell your parents. "There will be some days when we'll have everybody. Just to let you know, Fred, George, and Wood will only be with us for this week. Because they live in England, they can't stay with us till March- but they will be back in February. Now, Alicia, who do you want to come up here first?" Alicia walked up a little further and looked at her own sheet. "We'll try to fit everyone in- or as much as possible. You're free to use your scripts. Please look over them before you start so you can put a little character in it. Let's start with the main people- Hermione, Harry, and Ron. So Tim and Ethan come up, Christy stays here." A half a minute later the two boys arrived at the side of the stage with their scripts in hand. Alicia and Christy walked over to them. While Alicia flipped through the book, the three chatted a little. It took her around 5 minutes, but she found it. "Ok, you three. If you don't mind, we're going to be practicing a short scene. It's right here-" she handed Christy the book, "and you have 2 minutes to read it over. Come on stage when you're ready, and act mature," she added, looking at Ethan. "Hey! I do act mature!" Ethan defended. Christy had a hard time not rolling her eyes, so she merely laughed a bit. "Yeah right. What she means is, Hermione and Ron like each other, so in this scene they sorta. hug, I suppose. Hermione's under loads of stress, plus Harry and Ron haven't talked to her in a long time." As Christy continued her explanation, Alicia walked back onstage. "Ok people, these guys are doing a really short scene." Alicia also explained it, and it wasn't too much longer till Christy, Tim, and a half nervous looking Ethan walked onto the middle of the stage. Alicia walked to the side of the stage and turned around, "in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Christy was standing by herself, facing Alicia's direction while Ethan was facing her; closer to the audience while Tim was on his other side, a half a foot away. Christy looked very upset as she drew a piece of paper from her pocket. "He- he sent me. this." She said, handing it to Tim. He took it and read it for a moment, then exclaimed furiously "they can't do that! They just can't- Buckbeak isn't dangerous!" Christy lowered her gaze as she wiped her eyes, "Malfoy's dad threatened the committee into doing it. You know what he's like- those idiots were too scared to do anything. There will be an appeal, to be fair. but I can't see any hope. Nothing will change." Ethan looked very determined at this, "oh yes it will. You won't have to do this work alone Hermione- I'll help." Christy looked very surprised/happy at this, and exclaimed, "Oh, Ron!" She flung her arms around him, and Alicia giggled at the site. She truly believed Ethan was feeling shocked at the moment, not just acting. Ethan patted her on the back gently as Christy faked crying. Finally, she pulled back. She looked sad and was still looking at Ethan. "Ron, I'm sorry about Scabbers." She said, pretending to sob. "Oh- well- he was really old." Ethan said with his face still red and looking half relieved at the same time. "Mum and dad might get me an owl now, you never know." "CUT! And nice job, nice job!" Alicia said as everyone began to clap. Christy smiled sweetly at Ethan and said something before the boys walked off the stage. "Now how about." This lasted until 3:45, when Christy glanced at her watch and said, "My, time flew! We'll really start to get to work tomorrow! We'll tell you who needs to come tomorrow morning, so be prepared to call your parents!"
**A Few Hours Later** "Practice went really well, don't you think?" Christy asked, adjusting the phone on her shoulder. "Yeah. The best part was when you flung your arms around Ethan. That was soooo cute!!" Alicia exclaimed, laughing over the phone. Christy blushed but defended, "hey! That's what the script told me to do!" "Yeah but you should've seen Ethan's face! He was really shocked and his face turned red. I think he liked it!" Christy blushed even more at this, "ok, ok, let's give it a rest. Who're coming tomorrow?" "Well, no Quiddetch people, cause we're not sure how we're gonna do that. "Let's do. hmm. I'm not certain either. But you're right- we can't have any Quidetch people till we now how we're going to do that. It's not like we can just have people running around the stage." "That would be hilarious. Maybe we'll do it outside, film it, and put it on a TV screen- like the ones they use at a baseball game." "Interesting idea Alicia. But how in the world are we going to do it outside?" "Let's figure all that out later! Who's comin tomorrow?" "Definitely Ethan and Tim, you and me. hmm. Aha! Let's go by the book! The 1st couple of scenes is the Dursleys- so everyone who relates to that should come!" "Brilliant Cho." Christy commented, smiling. "Hey! Don't call me that! Why in the world am I Cho anyway? I wanted to be Hermione!" Christy became nervous- this is exactly what she wanted to circumvent. "Well, you see, after some thought, I found that it would be better for the story. Harry likes Cho, and Rom and Hermione liked each other. Since you like Tim, and I'm making Cho a bigger player, I thought you'd like it that way. And you can figure out the rest." There was silence on the other end. She hoped Alicia wasn't mad at her. "I guess that's ok." Alicia finally replied. Christy let out a relieved sigh. "Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow. I gotta go eat, ok?" "Yeah, all right. See ya."
Chapter 5: How does it go again? "Ok you guys, this is our 1st practice. Today we'll just be getting a little background info on the character's- and maybe try some scenes out" Christy explained, looking over the sheet she had in her hand. "Now on your scripts, the last 2 pages are all the character's info," Alicia explained, flipping through her own script. "You can find yours and read through it. Also please note that this is a MODIFIED version of the 3rd book. We will be cutting and adding scenes, and changing the script but still keeping some the same. The plot is the same, and so is the ending. Hey Christy- what is different?" Christy smiled "well, for example, I'm sorta editing the script so that some of the characters who have small parts will be able to speak more. Take Cho for example- she's Harry's crush" she paused as everyone looked at Tim, who was blushing and focusing very hard on his paper, "and all she does is walk by him. WOW! Amazing right? Na. I'll make sure Cho plays a nice part in this play as well" Christy finished with an evil, teasing grin on her face. Alicia became nervous at her friends expression. "Uh oh," she thought, "this might be dangerous." She cut in before Christy could add anything, "and some of you people might wanna but the book to read. Yes, I said read. You'll be able to understand it better, and reflect on your character." "Ok, enough of that" Christy said, tossing the script on the floor from her spot on the stage. She looked at her paper, which read everything she wanted to do, and nodded before dropping it on the ground beside her. "First of all, everyone needs to develop an accent. These people are English! If you need help, seek any of the originals (the cast) or us. Or you can just watch either of the 1st 2 movies for examples! Now some of you have more of a Scottish accent- like Neville and Wood- but obviously Sean is fine, so Mike if you need any help, you know where to go to" she said, smiling at Michael who was sitting next to Ethan and Tim. "We will have practice 5 days a week- obviously, on the weekdays. Now we know you can't make it to every single one- and that you'll need a break. So we've decided to only choose certain characters a day. The practice will last from around 2:00 till 3:30 or even 4:00, so please tell your parents. "There will be some days when we'll have everybody. Just to let you know, Fred, George, and Wood will only be with us for this week. Because they live in England, they can't stay with us till March- but they will be back in February. Now, Alicia, who do you want to come up here first?" Alicia walked up a little further and looked at her own sheet. "We'll try to fit everyone in- or as much as possible. You're free to use your scripts. Please look over them before you start so you can put a little character in it. Let's start with the main people- Hermione, Harry, and Ron. So Tim and Ethan come up, Christy stays here." A half a minute later the two boys arrived at the side of the stage with their scripts in hand. Alicia and Christy walked over to them. While Alicia flipped through the book, the three chatted a little. It took her around 5 minutes, but she found it. "Ok, you three. If you don't mind, we're going to be practicing a short scene. It's right here-" she handed Christy the book, "and you have 2 minutes to read it over. Come on stage when you're ready, and act mature," she added, looking at Ethan. "Hey! I do act mature!" Ethan defended. Christy had a hard time not rolling her eyes, so she merely laughed a bit. "Yeah right. What she means is, Hermione and Ron like each other, so in this scene they sorta. hug, I suppose. Hermione's under loads of stress, plus Harry and Ron haven't talked to her in a long time." As Christy continued her explanation, Alicia walked back onstage. "Ok people, these guys are doing a really short scene." Alicia also explained it, and it wasn't too much longer till Christy, Tim, and a half nervous looking Ethan walked onto the middle of the stage. Alicia walked to the side of the stage and turned around, "in 3, 2, 1. ACTION!" Christy was standing by herself, facing Alicia's direction while Ethan was facing her; closer to the audience while Tim was on his other side, a half a foot away. Christy looked very upset as she drew a piece of paper from her pocket. "He- he sent me. this." She said, handing it to Tim. He took it and read it for a moment, then exclaimed furiously "they can't do that! They just can't- Buckbeak isn't dangerous!" Christy lowered her gaze as she wiped her eyes, "Malfoy's dad threatened the committee into doing it. You know what he's like- those idiots were too scared to do anything. There will be an appeal, to be fair. but I can't see any hope. Nothing will change." Ethan looked very determined at this, "oh yes it will. You won't have to do this work alone Hermione- I'll help." Christy looked very surprised/happy at this, and exclaimed, "Oh, Ron!" She flung her arms around him, and Alicia giggled at the site. She truly believed Ethan was feeling shocked at the moment, not just acting. Ethan patted her on the back gently as Christy faked crying. Finally, she pulled back. She looked sad and was still looking at Ethan. "Ron, I'm sorry about Scabbers." She said, pretending to sob. "Oh- well- he was really old." Ethan said with his face still red and looking half relieved at the same time. "Mum and dad might get me an owl now, you never know." "CUT! And nice job, nice job!" Alicia said as everyone began to clap. Christy smiled sweetly at Ethan and said something before the boys walked off the stage. "Now how about." This lasted until 3:45, when Christy glanced at her watch and said, "My, time flew! We'll really start to get to work tomorrow! We'll tell you who needs to come tomorrow morning, so be prepared to call your parents!"
**A Few Hours Later** "Practice went really well, don't you think?" Christy asked, adjusting the phone on her shoulder. "Yeah. The best part was when you flung your arms around Ethan. That was soooo cute!!" Alicia exclaimed, laughing over the phone. Christy blushed but defended, "hey! That's what the script told me to do!" "Yeah but you should've seen Ethan's face! He was really shocked and his face turned red. I think he liked it!" Christy blushed even more at this, "ok, ok, let's give it a rest. Who're coming tomorrow?" "Well, no Quiddetch people, cause we're not sure how we're gonna do that. "Let's do. hmm. I'm not certain either. But you're right- we can't have any Quidetch people till we now how we're going to do that. It's not like we can just have people running around the stage." "That would be hilarious. Maybe we'll do it outside, film it, and put it on a TV screen- like the ones they use at a baseball game." "Interesting idea Alicia. But how in the world are we going to do it outside?" "Let's figure all that out later! Who's comin tomorrow?" "Definitely Ethan and Tim, you and me. hmm. Aha! Let's go by the book! The 1st couple of scenes is the Dursleys- so everyone who relates to that should come!" "Brilliant Cho." Christy commented, smiling. "Hey! Don't call me that! Why in the world am I Cho anyway? I wanted to be Hermione!" Christy became nervous- this is exactly what she wanted to circumvent. "Well, you see, after some thought, I found that it would be better for the story. Harry likes Cho, and Rom and Hermione liked each other. Since you like Tim, and I'm making Cho a bigger player, I thought you'd like it that way. And you can figure out the rest." There was silence on the other end. She hoped Alicia wasn't mad at her. "I guess that's ok." Alicia finally replied. Christy let out a relieved sigh. "Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow. I gotta go eat, ok?" "Yeah, all right. See ya."