Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene
is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Note: Maria, you better read this! I hope you like it.
Note 2: OH MERLIN, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T UPDATE THIS FOR MORE THAN 5 MONTHS?! I'm really sorry!!!! I have this horrible writer's block.. and this story is getting hard to write, almost want to give up... anyway, hope you all like this..
Thank you for your reviews!
Minerva Dumbledore1, Laura Kay- I like that part too *grins*
Child-of-the-Dawn- Yes, there are really pink dolphins in Singapore
Des-Diablo- Cool, I seldom see fellow Singaporeans here!
Raptor_mimicat, isabelle3, Captain Amelia- Thank you!
Chapter 7: Sleeping Beauty and the Woman Who Quotes
When evening had arrived, Selene brought her group to the Musical Fountain, their last stop at Sentosa.
"Gather around here," she said at the entrance. "Okay, let me give you a brief introduction on the Musical Fountain. One of the most popular attractions on Singapore's island of fun, the Musical Fountain was a first in its kind. Daily performances on a stage without any live performers, save the dancing water, often leaves visitors with a sense of exhilaration. Each show is an integrated ballet of music, light, laser and colour and at sundown, dancing water jets, pretty laser images, motion pictures projected onto a giant waterscreen and lively music set the stage for a theatre of mystical drama and stunning effects."
"That is brief?" Mandy asked.
Selene didn't respond.
"Cool, I can't wait to see the performance." Maria said.
***
Maria didn't stick to her word.
Once the group sat down (which was quite a relief to all because they had been walking around Sentosa for the whole day, and the place is not exactly small), Maria was so tired that by the time the performance started, she was asleep. The others, however, were not as tired as her.
"Amazing! This is just like magic!" Sue said in awe.
Selene frowned as that sentence sounded familiar. "Sue, did you quote that from somewhere?"
"You guess." Came a simple reply.
***
The performance took half an hour and when it was over, the group finally realized that Maria was asleep (all of them were too obsessed with the show to notice her).
"Maria, wake up! The show is over." Inca said after she got up.
No response.
"Maria?" Minerva asked, louder this time.
Still no response.
"Maria!" Carly said, slapping her on the shoulder gently.
She continued sleeping. Even the noisy footsteps and talking of the people around them couldn't wake her up.
"Boy, she is a heavy sleeper, isn't she?" Madam Hooch asked finally.
"She might have died and you wouldn't know the difference." Sue said, grinning.
Again, Selene found that sentence familiar. She brushed the thought aside and clicked her tongue impatiently. "Now what? Carry her to the car?"
"I guess so." Sandie said slowly.
"But who is going to carry her?" Lindsey asked.
"Not the girls, of course.." Selene said, folding her arms.
After a while, the girls turned their heads slowly to Snape.
"What?"
All of them gave him an evil smile.
"Oh no, not me, ask Albus, will you?" Snape said in panic.
"Oh no, Severus, I am too old to carry her." Dumbledore said, smiling.
"Is that so? I didn't see you complaining when you carried Minerva back to your room during Christmas." Snape snapped.
The girls nudged each other and smiled at this little piece of information. Selene mentally reminded herself to write that down in her diary when she got home.
Dumbledore didn't answer; he was too busying watching the night sky (The performance was held outdoors).
Snape returned his attention to the girls. "It is rather embarrassing to carry a woman back to the car."
"Then suggest another non-magical way to bring her back." Minerva said.
Snape went silent as he tried to think.
***
"Too bad that Maria is sleeping through this." Sue thought as she watched Lindsey opened the car door at the parking lot in Sentosa.
Snape put Maria down onto her seat carefully (he couldn't think of another non-magical way to bring her back).
He was just about to close the door when Selene said: "Hm, Professor? I think you have forgotten something."
"What?"
"Seatbelt. That's the traffic law. You must put on your seatbelt while driving."
Snape rolled his eyes in annoyance and yanked open the door. "You do it."
"Why me? You are the one who is standing closer to her." Selene said and grinned.
Snape scowled. "Fine." he snapped and helped Maria to put on her seatbelt.
"Really, Maria shouldn't sleep through this!" Sue hissed to Inca.
***
"Oh great, she is getting heavy." Snape muttered as he shifted Maria a little with his arms as the group took the hotel lift.
"Need any help?" Madam Hooch asked in an innocent tone.
"Would you if I ask?" Snape asked irritably.
Ignoring his tone, Madam Hooch sniggered (which helped nothing except to increase Snape's annoyance) and leaned forward to ask the girls. "What story is it tonight?"
***
An hour later, Selene gave a brief glance at Maria, who was sleeping on her hotel bed. "I can't believe that she slept through all this." she said in disbelief.
"She will regret it when she wakes up." Inca said.
"Yeah, her crush carries her from Sentosa and she didn't even know." Lindsey said.
"Never mind about her, just give me another story." Madam Hooch said excitedly.
"How about Jestana's 'Start Over?'" Carly suggested.
Selene sighed positively at the story's name. "That is a lovely one." she said dreamily.
"Okay, I will tell it." Sandie said. "Let's see.."
"Wait a minute, what time is it?" Selene asked.
"It's tiger time." Sue said, quoting the sentence from a beer commercial.
Selene gave her a look but didn't say anything.
"What?"
"It's 9.45." Inca said after she had looked at her watch.
"You girls go ahead; I think I better go home," Selene said, getting up. "By the way, we are going to the amusement park tomorrow."
"Oh great, I am not very fond of those parks." Sue muttered while Carly and Sandie said: "Cool!"
"I want to take those scary ones." Sandie said.
"Goodnight." Selene said.
"Bye." The group said in chorus and she left.
After Selene left, Sandie started the story and when she was done, Madam Hooch cried: "Ha! I turned out to be the one who bring them back together!"
Madam Hooch's exclamation finally woke Maria up and when she did, she looked around without moving her head and asked to no one in particular: "How did I get back here?"
"Sounds like Sleeping Beauty is up." Sue said.
"Now where did I hear that sentence before? Oh well, just h-how..." Maria yawned as she sat up.
"You will not be happy if we tell you." Inca warned.
Maria studied the girls for a moment and asked: "Where's Selene?"
"Gone home, it's already 10pm, you know." Sandie said.
"When did we get back here?"
"More than an hour ago." Carly said.
"How did I get myself here?" Maria asked.
"You want to know the truth?" Madam Hooch asked slowly. She looked like she trying not to laugh.
"Yeah." Maria said, wondering why Madam Hooch was behaving like that.
"Fine, Severus carries you all the way from Sentosa to here."
"WHAT? He did?" Maria asked in shock.
"Yeah." The girls said together.
"Except in the car, of course." Sandie said. "Guess what? He even buckled your seatbelt for you."
"He carries you like a groom carrying his bride." Madam Hooch said and burst out laughing at Maria's disappointed expression.
"You looked so comfortable in his arms." Lindsey said and the girls giggled.
"OH! Why do I have to sleep through all this?!" Maria said and lay back down, burying her face in her pillow.
"I told you that you will not happy if we tell you." Inca said.
Maria didn't respond.
***
Snape was lying on his bed next door in the dark, staring at the empty ceiling blankly. There were so many things in his mind that he thought that his mind would explode. After what had happened today, his admiration for Maria went greater.
Even though he kept on telling the others that he didn't like the idea of carry her, he felt that it was a pleasure to in his heart. He thought about the look on Maria's face when he carried her in his arms. She looked so innocent when she slept, like an angel. Moreover, her face was so close that he had to fight his temptation with all his might to prevent himself from kissing her.
"Why Maria has to be a Muggle?" he asked the ceiling as if it had the answer.
After a while, he growled in frustration, grabbed his pillow and threw it across the bedroom.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Note: Maria, you better read this! I hope you like it.
Note 2: OH MERLIN, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T UPDATE THIS FOR MORE THAN 5 MONTHS?! I'm really sorry!!!! I have this horrible writer's block.. and this story is getting hard to write, almost want to give up... anyway, hope you all like this..
Thank you for your reviews!
Minerva Dumbledore1, Laura Kay- I like that part too *grins*
Child-of-the-Dawn- Yes, there are really pink dolphins in Singapore
Des-Diablo- Cool, I seldom see fellow Singaporeans here!
Raptor_mimicat, isabelle3, Captain Amelia- Thank you!
Chapter 7: Sleeping Beauty and the Woman Who Quotes
When evening had arrived, Selene brought her group to the Musical Fountain, their last stop at Sentosa.
"Gather around here," she said at the entrance. "Okay, let me give you a brief introduction on the Musical Fountain. One of the most popular attractions on Singapore's island of fun, the Musical Fountain was a first in its kind. Daily performances on a stage without any live performers, save the dancing water, often leaves visitors with a sense of exhilaration. Each show is an integrated ballet of music, light, laser and colour and at sundown, dancing water jets, pretty laser images, motion pictures projected onto a giant waterscreen and lively music set the stage for a theatre of mystical drama and stunning effects."
"That is brief?" Mandy asked.
Selene didn't respond.
"Cool, I can't wait to see the performance." Maria said.
***
Maria didn't stick to her word.
Once the group sat down (which was quite a relief to all because they had been walking around Sentosa for the whole day, and the place is not exactly small), Maria was so tired that by the time the performance started, she was asleep. The others, however, were not as tired as her.
"Amazing! This is just like magic!" Sue said in awe.
Selene frowned as that sentence sounded familiar. "Sue, did you quote that from somewhere?"
"You guess." Came a simple reply.
***
The performance took half an hour and when it was over, the group finally realized that Maria was asleep (all of them were too obsessed with the show to notice her).
"Maria, wake up! The show is over." Inca said after she got up.
No response.
"Maria?" Minerva asked, louder this time.
Still no response.
"Maria!" Carly said, slapping her on the shoulder gently.
She continued sleeping. Even the noisy footsteps and talking of the people around them couldn't wake her up.
"Boy, she is a heavy sleeper, isn't she?" Madam Hooch asked finally.
"She might have died and you wouldn't know the difference." Sue said, grinning.
Again, Selene found that sentence familiar. She brushed the thought aside and clicked her tongue impatiently. "Now what? Carry her to the car?"
"I guess so." Sandie said slowly.
"But who is going to carry her?" Lindsey asked.
"Not the girls, of course.." Selene said, folding her arms.
After a while, the girls turned their heads slowly to Snape.
"What?"
All of them gave him an evil smile.
"Oh no, not me, ask Albus, will you?" Snape said in panic.
"Oh no, Severus, I am too old to carry her." Dumbledore said, smiling.
"Is that so? I didn't see you complaining when you carried Minerva back to your room during Christmas." Snape snapped.
The girls nudged each other and smiled at this little piece of information. Selene mentally reminded herself to write that down in her diary when she got home.
Dumbledore didn't answer; he was too busying watching the night sky (The performance was held outdoors).
Snape returned his attention to the girls. "It is rather embarrassing to carry a woman back to the car."
"Then suggest another non-magical way to bring her back." Minerva said.
Snape went silent as he tried to think.
***
"Too bad that Maria is sleeping through this." Sue thought as she watched Lindsey opened the car door at the parking lot in Sentosa.
Snape put Maria down onto her seat carefully (he couldn't think of another non-magical way to bring her back).
He was just about to close the door when Selene said: "Hm, Professor? I think you have forgotten something."
"What?"
"Seatbelt. That's the traffic law. You must put on your seatbelt while driving."
Snape rolled his eyes in annoyance and yanked open the door. "You do it."
"Why me? You are the one who is standing closer to her." Selene said and grinned.
Snape scowled. "Fine." he snapped and helped Maria to put on her seatbelt.
"Really, Maria shouldn't sleep through this!" Sue hissed to Inca.
***
"Oh great, she is getting heavy." Snape muttered as he shifted Maria a little with his arms as the group took the hotel lift.
"Need any help?" Madam Hooch asked in an innocent tone.
"Would you if I ask?" Snape asked irritably.
Ignoring his tone, Madam Hooch sniggered (which helped nothing except to increase Snape's annoyance) and leaned forward to ask the girls. "What story is it tonight?"
***
An hour later, Selene gave a brief glance at Maria, who was sleeping on her hotel bed. "I can't believe that she slept through all this." she said in disbelief.
"She will regret it when she wakes up." Inca said.
"Yeah, her crush carries her from Sentosa and she didn't even know." Lindsey said.
"Never mind about her, just give me another story." Madam Hooch said excitedly.
"How about Jestana's 'Start Over?'" Carly suggested.
Selene sighed positively at the story's name. "That is a lovely one." she said dreamily.
"Okay, I will tell it." Sandie said. "Let's see.."
"Wait a minute, what time is it?" Selene asked.
"It's tiger time." Sue said, quoting the sentence from a beer commercial.
Selene gave her a look but didn't say anything.
"What?"
"It's 9.45." Inca said after she had looked at her watch.
"You girls go ahead; I think I better go home," Selene said, getting up. "By the way, we are going to the amusement park tomorrow."
"Oh great, I am not very fond of those parks." Sue muttered while Carly and Sandie said: "Cool!"
"I want to take those scary ones." Sandie said.
"Goodnight." Selene said.
"Bye." The group said in chorus and she left.
After Selene left, Sandie started the story and when she was done, Madam Hooch cried: "Ha! I turned out to be the one who bring them back together!"
Madam Hooch's exclamation finally woke Maria up and when she did, she looked around without moving her head and asked to no one in particular: "How did I get back here?"
"Sounds like Sleeping Beauty is up." Sue said.
"Now where did I hear that sentence before? Oh well, just h-how..." Maria yawned as she sat up.
"You will not be happy if we tell you." Inca warned.
Maria studied the girls for a moment and asked: "Where's Selene?"
"Gone home, it's already 10pm, you know." Sandie said.
"When did we get back here?"
"More than an hour ago." Carly said.
"How did I get myself here?" Maria asked.
"You want to know the truth?" Madam Hooch asked slowly. She looked like she trying not to laugh.
"Yeah." Maria said, wondering why Madam Hooch was behaving like that.
"Fine, Severus carries you all the way from Sentosa to here."
"WHAT? He did?" Maria asked in shock.
"Yeah." The girls said together.
"Except in the car, of course." Sandie said. "Guess what? He even buckled your seatbelt for you."
"He carries you like a groom carrying his bride." Madam Hooch said and burst out laughing at Maria's disappointed expression.
"You looked so comfortable in his arms." Lindsey said and the girls giggled.
"OH! Why do I have to sleep through all this?!" Maria said and lay back down, burying her face in her pillow.
"I told you that you will not happy if we tell you." Inca said.
Maria didn't respond.
***
Snape was lying on his bed next door in the dark, staring at the empty ceiling blankly. There were so many things in his mind that he thought that his mind would explode. After what had happened today, his admiration for Maria went greater.
Even though he kept on telling the others that he didn't like the idea of carry her, he felt that it was a pleasure to in his heart. He thought about the look on Maria's face when he carried her in his arms. She looked so innocent when she slept, like an angel. Moreover, her face was so close that he had to fight his temptation with all his might to prevent himself from kissing her.
"Why Maria has to be a Muggle?" he asked the ceiling as if it had the answer.
After a while, he growled in frustration, grabbed his pillow and threw it across the bedroom.