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"Damn it!" Hermione said to herself.
"What's wrong Granger? Didn't get the part that you wanted?" came Draco's drawling voice from behind her.
"Actually I did get the part," she retorted. "And from the looks of it you got the part the you wanted as well." Draco looked at her a little confused before he looked at the list for the first time.
"You have got to be kidding me!" he shouted. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"It also says that our first rehearsal is tomorrow," she sighed just before she turned and walked off to her room.
* * *
Hermione walked into a large room that she had never seen before.(I wonder just what room that could be?!lol sorry I am half asleep as I type these very words.) It was very large and spacious, with many chairs, in rows, that spread all the way to the back of the room. Hermione walked down a center isle up to the stage where the rest of the cast sat.
"Hey Padama!" she said as she approached one of her friends.
"Hey Hermione!" she replied. "Congrats on getting the lead roll!"
"Thanks! And congratulations to you on getting the part of Areida! She was always one of my favorite characters in the book."
"She was my favorite, that is why I tried for the part." Padama giggled a little as she said this. She motioned with a finger for Hermione to come closer and when she did the girl whispered in the others ear, "How did you get lucky enough to have Draco get the part of the prince?"
"I am sorry but him getting the part is not something that I would consider 'lucky'." Hermione whispered in reply. Just as Hermione stood back up and tucked her hair behind her ear, Dumledore walked into the room.
He walked down the center isle, just as Hermione had, and smiled at them all as he stepped in front of the group of people. "It is good to see all of you here," he said to them. "Well then lets begin if you all are here."
* * *
"Let's try that scene one more time." Dumbledore said to Hermione and Draco as they stood on the stage. It was their fifth rehersal and they were going nowhere. They were practicing a scene where Ella and Char were strolling down a hallway on the second floor of the castle that Ella's father had just gotten married in.
Hermione nodded to her headmaster and went back to where she was supposed to stand at the beginning of the scene.
"My father spent his boyhood here," Draco began. "before the new palace was built. He says there's a secret passage somewhere. It's rumoured to start in one of the rooms on this story."
"Where does it lead?" Hermione asked him, trying her best to keep from falling over from her tiredness. The long nights that she had spent with her studies and trying to learn her lines were really taking a toll on her.
"Supposedly to a tunnel under the moat. Father used to search for it."
"Shall we look?"
"Would you like to? If you don't mind missing the ball."
"I'd love to miss the ball." Hermione replied with a dull tone. "So what do you think that they used the tunnel for?"
"To warn Frell of danger."
"To escape a mad fairy."
"To flee punishment."
"To leave a boring cotillion."
"That must be the reason," Draco replied with a grin.
I wish that he wasn't so damn good at this, Hermione thought to herself as she looked into his eyes. You really know that a person is a good actor when they can get the eyes right. "You've guessed why I shut myself up here."
"I have no idea."
"To avoid temptation," she replied with a sort of grin/half-smile.
"What temptation?" A grin spread across Draco's face.
"The temptation to slide down the stair rail of course."
Draco's laughter rang through the empty space of the room. "And why were you lying down?" he asked, laughter still in his eyes.
"Actually I was sitting so that I could pretend I was sliding down the stair rail." As the scene prgressed the two got more and more into the moment.
After a short while the two stood inside of a set that was a tower room with a stone bench. Draco kneeled down by the bench, "This lifts off." He lifted off the top and set it aside. He reached down inside of the bench and pulled out a pair of glass slippers. "Try them on," he told her.
Hermione took the shoes and slipped them on. "A perfect fit," she said. She stood and began to dance.
"A lady should never dance alone." Draco said to her. The two joined arms and began to dance to the soft music that Dumbledore had conjured up just moments before. As they danced Hermione looked up into Draco's eyes before laying her head down on his shoulder and smiling softly.
(A/N: I will leave this off here and hope that you all liked it! I will write more soon if I get enough reviews!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
"Damn it!" Hermione said to herself.
"What's wrong Granger? Didn't get the part that you wanted?" came Draco's drawling voice from behind her.
"Actually I did get the part," she retorted. "And from the looks of it you got the part the you wanted as well." Draco looked at her a little confused before he looked at the list for the first time.
"You have got to be kidding me!" he shouted. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"It also says that our first rehearsal is tomorrow," she sighed just before she turned and walked off to her room.
* * *
Hermione walked into a large room that she had never seen before.(I wonder just what room that could be?!lol sorry I am half asleep as I type these very words.) It was very large and spacious, with many chairs, in rows, that spread all the way to the back of the room. Hermione walked down a center isle up to the stage where the rest of the cast sat.
"Hey Padama!" she said as she approached one of her friends.
"Hey Hermione!" she replied. "Congrats on getting the lead roll!"
"Thanks! And congratulations to you on getting the part of Areida! She was always one of my favorite characters in the book."
"She was my favorite, that is why I tried for the part." Padama giggled a little as she said this. She motioned with a finger for Hermione to come closer and when she did the girl whispered in the others ear, "How did you get lucky enough to have Draco get the part of the prince?"
"I am sorry but him getting the part is not something that I would consider 'lucky'." Hermione whispered in reply. Just as Hermione stood back up and tucked her hair behind her ear, Dumledore walked into the room.
He walked down the center isle, just as Hermione had, and smiled at them all as he stepped in front of the group of people. "It is good to see all of you here," he said to them. "Well then lets begin if you all are here."
* * *
"Let's try that scene one more time." Dumbledore said to Hermione and Draco as they stood on the stage. It was their fifth rehersal and they were going nowhere. They were practicing a scene where Ella and Char were strolling down a hallway on the second floor of the castle that Ella's father had just gotten married in.
Hermione nodded to her headmaster and went back to where she was supposed to stand at the beginning of the scene.
"My father spent his boyhood here," Draco began. "before the new palace was built. He says there's a secret passage somewhere. It's rumoured to start in one of the rooms on this story."
"Where does it lead?" Hermione asked him, trying her best to keep from falling over from her tiredness. The long nights that she had spent with her studies and trying to learn her lines were really taking a toll on her.
"Supposedly to a tunnel under the moat. Father used to search for it."
"Shall we look?"
"Would you like to? If you don't mind missing the ball."
"I'd love to miss the ball." Hermione replied with a dull tone. "So what do you think that they used the tunnel for?"
"To warn Frell of danger."
"To escape a mad fairy."
"To flee punishment."
"To leave a boring cotillion."
"That must be the reason," Draco replied with a grin.
I wish that he wasn't so damn good at this, Hermione thought to herself as she looked into his eyes. You really know that a person is a good actor when they can get the eyes right. "You've guessed why I shut myself up here."
"I have no idea."
"To avoid temptation," she replied with a sort of grin/half-smile.
"What temptation?" A grin spread across Draco's face.
"The temptation to slide down the stair rail of course."
Draco's laughter rang through the empty space of the room. "And why were you lying down?" he asked, laughter still in his eyes.
"Actually I was sitting so that I could pretend I was sliding down the stair rail." As the scene prgressed the two got more and more into the moment.
After a short while the two stood inside of a set that was a tower room with a stone bench. Draco kneeled down by the bench, "This lifts off." He lifted off the top and set it aside. He reached down inside of the bench and pulled out a pair of glass slippers. "Try them on," he told her.
Hermione took the shoes and slipped them on. "A perfect fit," she said. She stood and began to dance.
"A lady should never dance alone." Draco said to her. The two joined arms and began to dance to the soft music that Dumbledore had conjured up just moments before. As they danced Hermione looked up into Draco's eyes before laying her head down on his shoulder and smiling softly.
(A/N: I will leave this off here and hope that you all liked it! I will write more soon if I get enough reviews!)
