"Ron shut up. We can't hear the T.V and Music Match is on." Ginny hissed at
him as she and Brittany, her friend from Hogwarts, sat in front of the
television. Harry brought over the Dursley's T.V for the Weasleys and got
bombarded with question by Mr. Weasley. Ginny already knew how to use the
T.V and helped Harry set it up for them.
Sirius leaned back in the armchair. Harry couldn't help but smile. The same day that they got 'Scabbers' back; they brought him to Cornelius Fudge and proved Sirius' innocence. He was a free man for two weeks now and the rightful guardian of Harry.
"I can't believe that you actually watch that show Ginny. It's fake. They just get some infamous singers to put on a show." Ron told her in disgust.
"No it's not Ron. Now shut up! Dominique is going to sing soon." Ginny yelled at him as she brought her attention back to the show.
On the T.V a raven haired girl in jean shorts and a black tank top was already singing.
"It's explosive; speakers are pumping (oh). Still jumping, six in the morning. Table dancing, glasses are mashing (oh). No question, time for some action" She sang as she shifted her weight back and forth to give a slight dancing look.
"I can't believe that they're watching that." Ron said as Dominique kept singing.
"Ron, if you don't like the show then leave. She's almost done singing and I want to hear what the judges think." Ginny snapped as Brittany nodded her brown hair in agreement.
"That was really good Dominique," said a curly haired female judge, "But it didn't seem like it was your style."
"I know." Dominique responded, "But it's just that I really like the song so I thought that I'd try it."
"You have a real talent there Dominique." Said a dark hair man. "But like Alyssa said, that was not your song"
"I'll have to agree with the other two. Great singing; but not your style."
"Remember," said the host, "The finally will be taking place in one week at the Stoatshead Hill Theater. Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow morning."
The ended titles ran as a small barn owl swooped in and dropped an envelope on Ginny's lap.
"What is it?" Brittany asked her.
"Don't know." Ginny said as she opened the envelope carefully. Harry and Ron left the room to get something to eat before they went to bed when they heard Ginny scream. She ran past Harry and Ron with Brittany close behind her.
"Mom, Mom." She squealed with delight, "I got tickets to the finale; I got tickets to the finale! Can we go? Please!"
"What finale and where?" Mrs. Weasley asked calmly.
"The Music Match finale. It's in Stoatshead Hill. You do know what Music Match is right? It's that show where they're trying to find the new music sensation. And Dominique is in the finale and I just have to go. I have to cheer her on. I don't want Chad to win. He can't sing at all. Dominique has to Mom. She has to. And if I'm not there then who knows what might happen. And.." Ginny said in very few breaths; speaking fast.
"Let her go Molly. I think that she should be able to go. After all she is a seventeen. How many tickets did you get?" Mr. Weasly asked his daughter.
"Six. That means I can take me, Brittany, Hermione, Ron, Harry, Karrot..."
"Karrot is still in China with her grandmother; remember?" Ron said while taking a bite out of his cookie.
"Oh, yeah. Then who should I take?" She asked Brittany as they both fell into the chairs.
"Why not Sirius? I would like you two to have some kind of supervision." Mrs. Weasley implied.
"Yeah. Let's take Sirius, Gin. I doubt that he got out much with being wrongly accused and all." Brittany said.
"Alright. He'd be a lot more fun then Percy."
"That's enough now; you four, up to your rooms; time for bed." Mrs. Weasley said while pointing to the rickety staircase.
They all raced for the bed, the girls leaving them on the second landing to go into Ginny's room. They boys entered the bright orange room with three beds and climbed into two of them. An hour later Sirius climbed into his and they all fell asleep.
~*~
"Bye everyone. And thanks!" Harry and Sirius both called as the tossed some Floo powder into the fireplace almost a week later.
After shouting 'The Black House', they two boys found themselves in a newly restored house.
The house wasn't terribly big but it was big enough for them. They made their way to the white washed kitchen and saw two owls on the small wooden table. Sirius got rid of one owl by paying it five Knuts and the other one by removing the parchment.
"It's from Remus and Akira." He told Harry. "Let's see here. What's new with them?" There was a slight pause as Sirius read the small letter.
"They got a house in Hogsmead and Akira won't be teaching this year." Sirius filled Harry in.
"Why won't she be teaching?" Harry asked, shocked.
"Remus knocked her up. She's pregnant." He said with a crooked grin.
"He didn't seem like the type that would." Harry said as he searched the fridge for an apple.
"Yeah but he is. You should have seen what they would do when no one was around. Then again, I don't think that I should be telling you this. We don't want to be putting images in your head now do we?"
"No we don't."
"So are you already for the concert yet?" Sirius asked Harry as he tried to find the coffee pot.
"Pretty sure. How about you? Are you already for your first concert as a free man?"
"Yep. Ready as I'll ever be."
Harry smirked as he bit into his apple. He easily found his bedroom. He flopped down on his bed and sank in .It was so soft. He felt himself falling asleep against his own will. He gave in and dozed off.
~*~
Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Brittany climbed out of the fireplace in Sirius' living room in Stoatshead Hill (A/N: How convenient) and went outside. The sun was starting to set and they only had an hour before they would be in the crowd. Within ten minutes of walking, they were handing their tickets to the person at the front desk.
Brittany grabbed Ginny arm and pointed over to the other side of the room. There was Chad; golden locks of his hair gelled back.
"He better not win. He's too much of a pretty boy." Ginny hissed to Brittany.
They made their way to their seats. It was quite a walk to Row 5 from the back of the hundred rowed concert hall.
"This is so exciting." Brittany said while bouncing her blonde hair up and down.
"So you did watch the show right Hermione?" Ginny asked her as they sat down on the edge of the row.
"Yep. I was hopping that Simi would win but she got kicked off two weeks ago."
"She was great but no match for Dominique." Ginny boasted.
The rest of the theater filled quickly and the host came out.
"Hello everyone and welcome to the live Music Match finale. I am your host Sean Ryan and let's welcome our judges who are sitting in the balcony on the right; Alyssa Sampson, Michael MacDonald, and Craig Anderson. Now, let's get to what you have been waiting for, our two finalists: Chad and Dominique."
The two of them came out on the stage dressed up. Chad was wearing dress pants and an un-tucked dress shirt with his hair still gelled back. Dominique was wearing a shiny pink spaghetti strap dress that just covered her ankles and her hair in two tight buns in the back of her head and two curly strands of hair on the side of her face. The two of them raised the microphones to their mouths and began to sing.
"Come show me your softness, in your arms I know I'll find this. Woman, don't you know, with you I'm born again"
"Come give me your sweetness. Now there's you, there is no weakness. Lying safe within your arms, I'm born again."
"Woman, don't you know, with you I'm born again
"I was half, not whole; in step with none; reaching through this world, in need of one.
"Lying safe within your arms, I'm born again."
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Dominique said in to her microphone.
"The winner of the UK 'Pop Idol'" Chad continued.
"Will Young!" The both said.
A man with blonde hair came down the stairs with his own microphone to screaming fans in the audience.
"Listen, baby; ain't no mountain high, ain't no valley low, Ain't no river wide enough, baby"
"If you need me, call me. No matter where you are no matter how far"
"Don't worry baby"
"I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry"
"'Cause baby, There ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you" They both sang; swaying their hips to the song.
"Remember the day I set you free. I told you, you could always, always count on me"
"From that day on I made a vow. I'll be there when you want me, some day, some how"
"'Cause baby, There ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you"
"No wind, no rain
"No winters cold can stop me baby. Can't stop me baby. 'Cause you are my love"
"If you're ever in trouble, "I'll be there on the double"
"Just send for me Ok?"
At least twenty other people flooded on to the stage and joined in with the other two.
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Nothing can keep me. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
Harry found himself cheering himself hoarse and clapping like the hundreds of other people in the audience.
An hour passed with the finalist and the ones no longer on the show singing them selves hoarse. Everyone was on the edges of their seats as the host came out once again; Chad and Dominique followed close behind him. Their heads were down like they were both praying that it would be them. Out of the side of his eye, Harry could see that Ron was excited as well.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the moment everyone is waiting for the winner of Music Match is..." The was a highly tense pause as he opened the envelope and read the name written on it.
"By a win of 55%, the winner is..." He glanced around the theater, "Dominique" he shouted at last.
Dominique's head shot up, her mouth hanging open, as the theater exploded with cheers and screams. Chad gave her a big hug before she walked over to Sean.
"How does it feel to be the winner of Music Match and the most famous person here?"
"Unbelievable. But I was wondering if I could say something?" She said, completely dazzled.
"Go ahead. This is your moment."
"Stop calling me Dominique. I told this to Michael when we first started. I do not go by Dominique."
"Then what do you want us to call you now?"
"Karrot. Karrot Toyamatto. It was written down on the slip we filled out."
"That's Karrot?" Hermione shouted out loud.
Karrot was beaming as she sang her final song on the stage. Sean jumped down and came down to where Ginny and them were sitting.
"Domi-uh..Karrot would like to see you back stage."
Ginny jumped out of her seat and ran after him and climbed on to the stage. She ran into the room, whit everyone else behind her, and gave Karrot a giant hug, squealing.
"You were amazing!" She shouted. "Why were they calling you Dominique?"
"Thank you and it's my first name."
"You're famous now!" Sirius said while giving her a hug. "Just like I was. Well not like, you didn't have to be accused of murder to be famous."
"Nope, just sing my heart out."
"So how's Akira feeling?" Harry asked as he sat down in one of the chairs.
"Sort of good."
"Why, what's wrong with her?" Brittany asked.
"She's pregnant. So you won't be having her a s a teacher this year." Karrot told her as she scrubbed her face clean of make up.
"With who's baby?" Hermione asked quite loudly.
"Remus'. He is her husband." Karrot said as she sat back down
"You look so different." Ron said looking at her.
"Yeah, I got a little tanned while I was in China."
"How did the Matchmaker Ceremony thing go?" Harry asked her.
"It was a nightmare."
"What happened?"
"Everything was going great. The Matchmaker said that she knew the perfect man for me. He said that he wanted the best girl that she could find and that I was her. So I asked her who the man was. She said he was from Brittan and his name was Draco Malfoy. So I had to screw everything up. She got pretty ticked off. And I have to go through it again next week."
"Wow...poor thing."
"Why don't you all come down? It should be fun. "
Sirius leaned back in the armchair. Harry couldn't help but smile. The same day that they got 'Scabbers' back; they brought him to Cornelius Fudge and proved Sirius' innocence. He was a free man for two weeks now and the rightful guardian of Harry.
"I can't believe that you actually watch that show Ginny. It's fake. They just get some infamous singers to put on a show." Ron told her in disgust.
"No it's not Ron. Now shut up! Dominique is going to sing soon." Ginny yelled at him as she brought her attention back to the show.
On the T.V a raven haired girl in jean shorts and a black tank top was already singing.
"It's explosive; speakers are pumping (oh). Still jumping, six in the morning. Table dancing, glasses are mashing (oh). No question, time for some action" She sang as she shifted her weight back and forth to give a slight dancing look.
"I can't believe that they're watching that." Ron said as Dominique kept singing.
"Ron, if you don't like the show then leave. She's almost done singing and I want to hear what the judges think." Ginny snapped as Brittany nodded her brown hair in agreement.
"That was really good Dominique," said a curly haired female judge, "But it didn't seem like it was your style."
"I know." Dominique responded, "But it's just that I really like the song so I thought that I'd try it."
"You have a real talent there Dominique." Said a dark hair man. "But like Alyssa said, that was not your song"
"I'll have to agree with the other two. Great singing; but not your style."
"Remember," said the host, "The finally will be taking place in one week at the Stoatshead Hill Theater. Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow morning."
The ended titles ran as a small barn owl swooped in and dropped an envelope on Ginny's lap.
"What is it?" Brittany asked her.
"Don't know." Ginny said as she opened the envelope carefully. Harry and Ron left the room to get something to eat before they went to bed when they heard Ginny scream. She ran past Harry and Ron with Brittany close behind her.
"Mom, Mom." She squealed with delight, "I got tickets to the finale; I got tickets to the finale! Can we go? Please!"
"What finale and where?" Mrs. Weasley asked calmly.
"The Music Match finale. It's in Stoatshead Hill. You do know what Music Match is right? It's that show where they're trying to find the new music sensation. And Dominique is in the finale and I just have to go. I have to cheer her on. I don't want Chad to win. He can't sing at all. Dominique has to Mom. She has to. And if I'm not there then who knows what might happen. And.." Ginny said in very few breaths; speaking fast.
"Let her go Molly. I think that she should be able to go. After all she is a seventeen. How many tickets did you get?" Mr. Weasly asked his daughter.
"Six. That means I can take me, Brittany, Hermione, Ron, Harry, Karrot..."
"Karrot is still in China with her grandmother; remember?" Ron said while taking a bite out of his cookie.
"Oh, yeah. Then who should I take?" She asked Brittany as they both fell into the chairs.
"Why not Sirius? I would like you two to have some kind of supervision." Mrs. Weasley implied.
"Yeah. Let's take Sirius, Gin. I doubt that he got out much with being wrongly accused and all." Brittany said.
"Alright. He'd be a lot more fun then Percy."
"That's enough now; you four, up to your rooms; time for bed." Mrs. Weasley said while pointing to the rickety staircase.
They all raced for the bed, the girls leaving them on the second landing to go into Ginny's room. They boys entered the bright orange room with three beds and climbed into two of them. An hour later Sirius climbed into his and they all fell asleep.
~*~
"Bye everyone. And thanks!" Harry and Sirius both called as the tossed some Floo powder into the fireplace almost a week later.
After shouting 'The Black House', they two boys found themselves in a newly restored house.
The house wasn't terribly big but it was big enough for them. They made their way to the white washed kitchen and saw two owls on the small wooden table. Sirius got rid of one owl by paying it five Knuts and the other one by removing the parchment.
"It's from Remus and Akira." He told Harry. "Let's see here. What's new with them?" There was a slight pause as Sirius read the small letter.
"They got a house in Hogsmead and Akira won't be teaching this year." Sirius filled Harry in.
"Why won't she be teaching?" Harry asked, shocked.
"Remus knocked her up. She's pregnant." He said with a crooked grin.
"He didn't seem like the type that would." Harry said as he searched the fridge for an apple.
"Yeah but he is. You should have seen what they would do when no one was around. Then again, I don't think that I should be telling you this. We don't want to be putting images in your head now do we?"
"No we don't."
"So are you already for the concert yet?" Sirius asked Harry as he tried to find the coffee pot.
"Pretty sure. How about you? Are you already for your first concert as a free man?"
"Yep. Ready as I'll ever be."
Harry smirked as he bit into his apple. He easily found his bedroom. He flopped down on his bed and sank in .It was so soft. He felt himself falling asleep against his own will. He gave in and dozed off.
~*~
Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Brittany climbed out of the fireplace in Sirius' living room in Stoatshead Hill (A/N: How convenient) and went outside. The sun was starting to set and they only had an hour before they would be in the crowd. Within ten minutes of walking, they were handing their tickets to the person at the front desk.
Brittany grabbed Ginny arm and pointed over to the other side of the room. There was Chad; golden locks of his hair gelled back.
"He better not win. He's too much of a pretty boy." Ginny hissed to Brittany.
They made their way to their seats. It was quite a walk to Row 5 from the back of the hundred rowed concert hall.
"This is so exciting." Brittany said while bouncing her blonde hair up and down.
"So you did watch the show right Hermione?" Ginny asked her as they sat down on the edge of the row.
"Yep. I was hopping that Simi would win but she got kicked off two weeks ago."
"She was great but no match for Dominique." Ginny boasted.
The rest of the theater filled quickly and the host came out.
"Hello everyone and welcome to the live Music Match finale. I am your host Sean Ryan and let's welcome our judges who are sitting in the balcony on the right; Alyssa Sampson, Michael MacDonald, and Craig Anderson. Now, let's get to what you have been waiting for, our two finalists: Chad and Dominique."
The two of them came out on the stage dressed up. Chad was wearing dress pants and an un-tucked dress shirt with his hair still gelled back. Dominique was wearing a shiny pink spaghetti strap dress that just covered her ankles and her hair in two tight buns in the back of her head and two curly strands of hair on the side of her face. The two of them raised the microphones to their mouths and began to sing.
"Come show me your softness, in your arms I know I'll find this. Woman, don't you know, with you I'm born again"
"Come give me your sweetness. Now there's you, there is no weakness. Lying safe within your arms, I'm born again."
"Woman, don't you know, with you I'm born again
"I was half, not whole; in step with none; reaching through this world, in need of one.
"Lying safe within your arms, I'm born again."
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Dominique said in to her microphone.
"The winner of the UK 'Pop Idol'" Chad continued.
"Will Young!" The both said.
A man with blonde hair came down the stairs with his own microphone to screaming fans in the audience.
"Listen, baby; ain't no mountain high, ain't no valley low, Ain't no river wide enough, baby"
"If you need me, call me. No matter where you are no matter how far"
"Don't worry baby"
"I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry"
"'Cause baby, There ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you" They both sang; swaying their hips to the song.
"Remember the day I set you free. I told you, you could always, always count on me"
"From that day on I made a vow. I'll be there when you want me, some day, some how"
"'Cause baby, There ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough. Ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you"
"No wind, no rain
"No winters cold can stop me baby. Can't stop me baby. 'Cause you are my love"
"If you're ever in trouble, "I'll be there on the double"
"Just send for me Ok?"
At least twenty other people flooded on to the stage and joined in with the other two.
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Nothing can keep me. (To keep me from getting to you)"
"Ain't no mountain high enough. Ain't no valley low enough; ain't no river wide enough. (To keep me from getting to you)"
Harry found himself cheering himself hoarse and clapping like the hundreds of other people in the audience.
An hour passed with the finalist and the ones no longer on the show singing them selves hoarse. Everyone was on the edges of their seats as the host came out once again; Chad and Dominique followed close behind him. Their heads were down like they were both praying that it would be them. Out of the side of his eye, Harry could see that Ron was excited as well.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the moment everyone is waiting for the winner of Music Match is..." The was a highly tense pause as he opened the envelope and read the name written on it.
"By a win of 55%, the winner is..." He glanced around the theater, "Dominique" he shouted at last.
Dominique's head shot up, her mouth hanging open, as the theater exploded with cheers and screams. Chad gave her a big hug before she walked over to Sean.
"How does it feel to be the winner of Music Match and the most famous person here?"
"Unbelievable. But I was wondering if I could say something?" She said, completely dazzled.
"Go ahead. This is your moment."
"Stop calling me Dominique. I told this to Michael when we first started. I do not go by Dominique."
"Then what do you want us to call you now?"
"Karrot. Karrot Toyamatto. It was written down on the slip we filled out."
"That's Karrot?" Hermione shouted out loud.
Karrot was beaming as she sang her final song on the stage. Sean jumped down and came down to where Ginny and them were sitting.
"Domi-uh..Karrot would like to see you back stage."
Ginny jumped out of her seat and ran after him and climbed on to the stage. She ran into the room, whit everyone else behind her, and gave Karrot a giant hug, squealing.
"You were amazing!" She shouted. "Why were they calling you Dominique?"
"Thank you and it's my first name."
"You're famous now!" Sirius said while giving her a hug. "Just like I was. Well not like, you didn't have to be accused of murder to be famous."
"Nope, just sing my heart out."
"So how's Akira feeling?" Harry asked as he sat down in one of the chairs.
"Sort of good."
"Why, what's wrong with her?" Brittany asked.
"She's pregnant. So you won't be having her a s a teacher this year." Karrot told her as she scrubbed her face clean of make up.
"With who's baby?" Hermione asked quite loudly.
"Remus'. He is her husband." Karrot said as she sat back down
"You look so different." Ron said looking at her.
"Yeah, I got a little tanned while I was in China."
"How did the Matchmaker Ceremony thing go?" Harry asked her.
"It was a nightmare."
"What happened?"
"Everything was going great. The Matchmaker said that she knew the perfect man for me. He said that he wanted the best girl that she could find and that I was her. So I asked her who the man was. She said he was from Brittan and his name was Draco Malfoy. So I had to screw everything up. She got pretty ticked off. And I have to go through it again next week."
"Wow...poor thing."
"Why don't you all come down? It should be fun. "