MAGICAL MUSIC
Two weeks later the school had calmed down a bit but Harry knew that he would have to put up with people talking about the dance again as the time got closer. Then other boys had been asking him everyday if he had worked out their costumes yet but he refused to tell them till he had finished them all.
"Have you finished them yet Harry?" Ron asked him 3 weeks before the dance.
"Yes, if you get the rest of the boys together then I'll tell you."
5 minutes later they were sitting in the 7th year dorm waiting for their costume idea.
"Alright I've worked out one for each of you." He gave each a picture of their character that he had drawn.
"Dean your Agent J from Men in Black, he's a secret Agent who fights Aliens on Earth who have broke the law."
"Oh yeah I think I saw an ad for the 2nd one of those."
"Seamus yours is Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, he's a Pirate Captain who is on the run from the British Royal Navy and he is trying to find his Ship the Black Pearl which was stolen from him by his first mate."
"Cool," Seamus said looking at the picture that Harry had drawn for him.
"Neville you said you wanted to be evil or good so I've got you as Darth Vader, he is a keeper of the peace, in an organisation called the Jedi, who goes bad and kills all his fellow Jedi, but years later he goes good again to save his son's life."
"Finally Ron, your Spider-man…"
"What?!" Ron squeaked.
The other boys laughed at him except Harry who didn't get the joke.
"What's wrong?"
"Ron's terrified of spiders," Neville explained.
"Oh. Well this guy isn't literally a spider, he was bitten by one and after that he could climb walls, shoot webs from his wrists and jump long distances. It's a really cool movie."
"Alright as long as I don't have to touch any spiders."
"You don't." Harry assured him.
"I'm afraid that there is some bad news about the ball," Dumbledore told the school a week before hand, "The band that we had hired for the night has had an accident and will be spending the next 4 weeks in St Mungo's. The teachers and I are hoping that we will be able to find a band by the end of the week but if not we may have to push the ball back until Christmas."
Dumbledore sat back down as the student body started to complain loudly.
Although Harry was happy that the dance was being held back till a later date he could see that most of the student body weren't pleased with the decision so he waited till the Headmaster went to leave then followed the old man out of the great hall.
"Professor Dumbledore, could I have a word with you?"
"You already have but you may. Why don't we go up to my office?" The headmaster said before walking away with Harry in tow.
5 minutes later they were both sitting in the office nursing hot chocolates.
"Now what was it you wanted to talk to me about."
"Well Professor, I have an idea regarding the band problem."
"Well at home I am part of a band, we aren't top notch but we do know a lot of songs from Muggle movies so that would match the theme." Harry paused for a moment before continuing, "But I am the only magical person in the band, the rest are Muggle."
"Ah, well that could be a problem."
"They all however know about Magic."
"And why is that?"
"Well I did a lot of accidental magic when I was younger and they sort of put two and two together."
"So how long have they known?" the headmaster asked as he took a sip from his hot chocolate.
"About 8 years. They found out a year before I came to Hogwarts, they sort of heard Sirius and I arguing about which school I would go too."
"Oh didn't you want to come to Hogwarts?"
"Well no sir, I had wanted to go to a Music school in Scotland."
"Is that where your friends go to school?"
"Yes it isn't to far from where they live so it was easy for them to access."
"So how would you inform these friends about the ball?"
"Well they already know there is one because I asked them to help me find costumes for myself and my dorm mates."
"Alright, I will talk to the ministry and see if we can get permission for some Muggles to come into Hogwarts. If they agree I will send you home via the floo-system on Sunday to talk to your friends." Dumbledore said making a note on a piece of spare parchment.
"Thank you Professor." Harry said standing to leave the room.
"Harry?" he turned back to face the Headmaster, "Thank you for your help, I'm sure the rest of the students will appreciate it."
Harry nodded then left.