A group of girls in Lily's dance group were sitting around the Gry. fire

in the common room. Lily still wasn't there and Mary was starting to get

impatient. However, the common room door burst open and in sprinted Lily.

The door shut behind her and she put her hands on her knees panting heavily.

Oh my God.... I am soo sorry.... I forgot, I was in the library... soo... soo.. sorry.
She waved her wand and a pitcher of water and a small goblet appeared on

the table. She gulped down some water. Okay, i'm just gonna go get ready,

I'll be back in like two minutes. Approxiamtly five minutes and 34 seconds

later, Lily appeared looking rather hot, in tight hot pink spankex bottoms and

and matching pink workout bra. I've cleared a little space upstairs for us

to practice in. With that all the girls clamboured up the stairs toward the

dorm room.


The beds had dissappered and they were replaced with a solid wood

dance floor and there were full-lenght mirrors on all the walls. The room was

brightly lit and there was a small skylight directly above the floor. Lily

waved her wand and immdeiatly music came blasting from no where.

Okay guys, watch me. The music started again from the begining and Lily

prepared herself.

Okay, and one, two, three four. Box step, box step, grapevine, body roll,

body roll. Hands on hips, roll one, roll two. and Pose. Okay this is the first

part before the start of the song. You guys got it? The girls got up and

moved into a line behind Lily. Okay, head down aaaannnnddd one two three

four The fsix of them practiced untill they had the whole dance down pat.

Fianlly Arabella had had enough Lily, I can't do this anymore! Let's take a

break, please! Everyone agreed with Arabella and the Ravenclaws,

immediatly left the Gryf. common room, to go back to their own.

Alrightie girlies, remember auditions are 3:45 tommorow! Be there or

be Square! she called after the departing Ravenclaws. The Gryffindors in

the dorm room sat back on their beds laughing, talking and having a good

time. After a while Arabella drifted asleep and the rest of the girls followed.

The following morning dawned much faster than the girls wanted. They

got up, quickly took showers and got changed. They headed down the stairs

to the great hall for breakfast. As they walked in Professor McGonagal shot

them a look of pure venom, her nose crinkled as if it were smelling for

alcohol. No one else but Lily really noticed this, Arabella was giggling beside

her, staring at Sirius who was squirting pumpkin juice out of his mouth like a

fountain. Lily was about to sit down when she heard a voice calling her from

the opposite side of the Great Hall.

Lily, Oy Lily! Lily turned and headed over to the Ravenclaw table

where Casey was shouting at her. Lily, we've finished with your costumes

for Lady Marmalade! Can you come by during your first break to pick them

up? Casey asked her.

Umm.. break is at 10:55, right? Casey nodded at her Okay, I'll be

round to pick them up then! Thankyou bunches, Case! She turned and

skipped back over to the Gryffindor table. We've got costumes guys! She

called to Arabella and Elizabeth.

They shouted back. Lily sat down and started to spoon

porridge into her bowl. The rest of brekfast was quiet, and the girls finally

got up to go to History of Magic. They walked up to the History corridor and

stood by the locked door, waiting for Proffesor Binns to arrive. He came

soon, but he wasn't alone. He was being followed by a rather freckly

handsome redhead. Lily recognized him as Matthew Weasley. His hair was

cut short and he was carrying a black breifcase. His black robes were

definatly plain, but well kept and neat.

Professor Binns unlocked the door and the class walked in and took

their normal seats. Pre-class chatter broke out, mostly about the talent

show. Lily, Montreal, Arabella, and Elizabeth were getting more and more

nervous, and they were sure that Mary and Lindsey were feeling the same

way too. Binns stood at the top of class, he coughed twice loudly and the

chatter died away.

Today we have a very special treat for you all he said in his

monotone voice. I'm sure you all remember Mr. Matthew Weasley, who

graduated four years ago. Well now he has returned to tell you all about a

very special contest being held by the ministry of magic. Mr. Weasley, the

floor is now yours. He stepped away and went out the door. (a/n he is still

alive at this point)

Oy, Matt, do you remember me? Sirius shouted across the

classroom.

Of course I do, you were a prefects worst nightmare, Sirius! I bet

you still are! Matt Weasley called back. Sirius chuckled as Matt waved his

wand and the contents of his breifcase whizzed out and positioned

themselves around the room.

Uhmmm, Hello! Can I please have all of your attention. My name is

Matt as Proffeser Binns kindly pointed out. I'm here on behalf of the

Ministry of Magical History and the Ministry of Wizarding Education. These

two ministries are holding a contest. This contest will allow one of you and

nine of your friends to go on a trip around England, Scotland and Ireland to

tour historaical sites to the magic world. You must write a five page essay

on three historical figures or three historical places, of course in the Magic

World. Here is the list of Historical People you may use. He waved his wand

and the papers on the lectern flew around to every person. As you see we

have members of the Ring wars: Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, King Aragorn,

Legolas and Gimli, Lady Galadriel, and of course Gandalf the White. We have

members of King Arthurs close circle of powerful beings: Merlin, the Lady of

the Lake, Morgan la Fay, even Mordred, if you wish. We also have some

famous inventors like Emanda Gobswatch and Martin Morris. And of course

we can not forget the Lady of the Steps. Now on this second sheet we have

historical places. Chatsworth Fountain, the home of the Lady of the Steps.

We also have Middle Earth, like Gondor, Mordor, the Shire, Rohan, Fangorn,

Rivendell. Places in the Kings Court, like Kings Castle, Avalon, the Lake and

the famous Kings Cliffs. We also have the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland and

Tenkhar Castle in Scotland. We ask that you please stick to these two lists

when choosing your subjects. You can mix and match if you wish! Any

questions? Matt asked the class. Lily raised her hand. Lily, isn't it? He

asked. Lily nodded her head.

Matt, I don't know about the rest of the class, but I hardly know

anything about those people and places. And I know our Library has probably

a ton of books on them but... she trailed of and the classroom was silent.

I know exactly what you mean, Lily. Matthew replied. That is why for

the next few weeks, I will be teaching your class all about the people and

places, we will be starting on your next class. For homework, if you could all

please read through these papers, they are only short, but they give a good

background to the Ring Wars. The other set of papers zoomed around the

room and the whole class had a page. The bell rang at that moment and Lily,

Elizabeth, Montreal and Arabella made their way to the Ravenclaw common

room to pick up their costumes.

A/N: Hey everyone, this is finally an important chapter. I know you may not think so, but really it is! I'm hoping to get the next chapter up really soon. Thanks so much for reviewing everyone. And I promise the Talent show will be in the one of the next two chapters! Please Please Please Please Please Review! Oh and also, I hope you guys like my add in of Lord of the Rings! I though it would be cool, especially because Sam and Frodo were talking about being in a song, and now people are learning about them! I'm also not sure how long I should make the winning trip? Do you guys thing 1 week, 2 weeks or a month or two. Guys, I'm really not sure, so tell me what you think.