Harry Potter and the Marching Band
By: Slytherin-chica687
Summary: Also called Harry and the Changes at Hogwarts. It's 6th year, and Dumbledore has decided to add a few extracurricular activities, including a marching band! The first chapters will be band camp, and we'll go from there, savvy?
Chapter 1: First Impressions Mean Everything
Hermione was nervous. What if they kicked her out of the auditon? What if she was so bad they didn't even let her finish her song? Could they do that? So far she hadn't seen anyone she knew. Surprisingly, a lot of people had shown up with their instruments, from piccolos to sousaphone (A/N: A marching tuba, for those who didn't know.) Of coarse she had brought her marching snare and sticks, but what if she didn't make it? Auditions were being held all week, and so far only 3 people had not made it. What if she was next?
The door opened a first year with a clarinet came out. "I made it!" She yelled running over to her friends.
"Granger, Hermione!" A voice from inside the room called. This was it. She grabbed her snare and put it on. Then walked into the room. Inside the room theirwas a music stand in the middle of the room, one table with 5 chairs with people sitting in them, among them Professor Dumbledore and McGonagall, along with three other people she didn't know.
She walked to the middle of the room and put her music on the stand and stood there.
"How long have you been playing?" said Dumbledore.
"5 years, sir." She answered gazing at her shoes shyly. He scribbled something on his clipboard.
"Why did you sign up? Do you realize how hard it is?"
"Yes, I know how hard it is, and I joined because I love to play and I think it would be cool to play at the quidditch games for fun." He scribbled something else.
"You may begin now."
She began to play the piece, forgetting where she was. All she could hear was the tat-tat of her drum as the song went on.It was about 5 minutes long, but it only seemed like 30 seconds. She ended the song with a loud rim shot and finally looked up. All five of them were starring at her in stunned wonder.
"So...," she said, breaking the silence. "Did I get in?"
"Get in?" The man on the end said. "Not only did you get in, you have just been elected for head snare."
"What?!" She yelled.
"Welcome to the Marching Band, Ms. Granger." Dumbledore said as he stood up to shake her hand.
(A/n: What do ya think? I wrote this AND the prologue in 40 minutes, so give me some slack!! Please Review!! Also, I need some made up names for people. If you have any, email me or put them in your reviews! Whose ever I use will have the next chapter emailed to them early!)