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Authors note- merry christmas! I hope you enjoy this!
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A Christmas Story
Told with the marauders
"Right so in the spirit of the upcoming holiday, I have decided that Hogwarts this year shall have a Christmas play!" The silver bearded man with half-moon spectacles said in a cheery tone beaming at the various expressions on the faces of the students who were half way through their dinners and had only stopped out of respect for Dumbledore when he stood up to make this announcement. The Gryffindor students were skeptical but some seemed to be interested. The Hufflepuffs looked excited, but doubtful since none of them thought they could ever actually get together enough nerve to actually perform on stage where it would be extremely easy to mess up and the whole school would laugh at you. The Raven claws seemed uninterested. They thought that it was a silly waste of time and had far too much studying to do to get involved in a play. The Slytherins seemed to be anticipating watching the sorry students who actually volunteered to be in the play make a fool of themselves. Dumbledore sat back down pleased with his brilliant idea.
"So what do you think?" James asked on the way out of the great hall. It was early November and the holiday spirit was already catching. There was random mistletoe hanging in a few odd places though it was nowhere near as bad as it would be closer to December.
"I dunno seems a bit crazy. I'll wait till we know what play it is." Sirius said hoping over the trick step they had charmed in second year to trap anyone who was unlucky enough to step on it. Filch had tried to fix it but Remus had helped, which meant that the charm was virtually impossible to take off. Of course Dumbledore could have but he hadn't. Maybe he found it funny too.
"I'm definitely not going to. The whole thing is just plain silly." Remus said also stepping over the stair.
"I agree with Remus. Wont it be embarrassing to go out in front of the whole school in costume, and knowing Dumbledore he'll probably make us sing and dance or something." Peter chipped in gloomily knowing that James and Sirius being who they were would try out as long as they got main roles so they could mess the whole thing up, and they would most likely convince both him and Remus try out to, somehow.