Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter because that is J.K. Rowlings and I do not own A Midsummer Night's Dream because that belongs to William Shakespeare, an amazing playwright.
Author's note – This is the chapter with the long awaited play!!!
Date chapter started: Friday, December 31, 2004
Date chapter ended: Sunday, January 2, 2005
Date story updated: Sunday, January 2, 2005
Love makes fool of us allI saw it on the cover of a book
And now time for the long awaited play!
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Chapter 22 – A Midsummer Night's Dream
The remainder of the week had passed rather quickly. Michelle would once again talk to Sirius, but he still couldn't get more than words out of her. Lily was no longer feeling hate towards Sirius, but Michelle was still angry at times. Becka and Remus were happy as always. James and Lily were jumping with joy for the long awaited time to finally return to their own bodies.
It was Halloween night and the feast had just ended moments before. The group of six was now gathered backstage with the rest of the actors. From the side, they could see Dumbledore making his way across the stage and silencing the audience.
"Hogwarts students, I am proud to present to you A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, a muggle playwright. I am honored that the play we have for you this evening was put together by our very own head students, Miss Lily Evans and Mister James Potter," Dumbledore said and a cheer went up through the crowd as Lily and James made their way out onto the stage to stand next to Dumbledore.
"Say a few words, if you wish," Dumbledore said to the two and then left them alone on the stage.
Lily took the microphone first. "I would just like to say thank you to all the actors who took part in the play because obviously we wouldn't have been able to put it on without them. I would also like to thank Jam- erm I mean Lily because of all her help and support. Lastly, I would like to thank Dumbledore for just the opportunity he had given us," Lily said and finished with a smile.
Lily handed the microphone to James who was standing next to her. "Ok, well erm I would just like to thank everyone that Lily- I mean James thanked and I would also like to thank James because he is just such an amazing person," James said, grinning at Lily who frowned at him. He responded by sticking out his tongue, which caused the audience to laugh.
"Anyway, we hope you will enjoy the play," Lily said, snatching the microphone out of James' grasp must to his discomfort.
Lily and James walked off the stage as the curtains closed.
The curtains open to reveal Remus and Becka out on a balcony. Becka is sitting in a fancy gown among flowers on a small concrete bench. Remus creeps up behind her with a single red rose in his hand. He wraps his arm around her waste and turns her to face him, "Now fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace. Four happy days bring in another moon, but, o, methinks how slow this old moon wanes!"
Remus leans in closer to Becka, their lips almost touching. He whispers, just audible, "She lingers my desires, like a stepdame, or a dowager, long withering out a young man's revenue."
The pull into a small gentle kiss but Becka pulls away to flirt, "Four days will quickly steep themselves in night, four nights will quickly dream away the time, and then the moon, like a sliver bow new-bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities."
They lean in to kiss but pull away when they hear footsteps. Lucious Malfoy appears and says, "Happy be Theseus our renowned Duke!"
Remus is irritated from being interrupted, but still turns to Malfoy, "Thanks good Egeus. What's the news with thee?"
"Full of vexation come I, with complaint against my child, my daughter Hermia," Malfoy begins.
On queue, Lily, James and Josh enter.
The play continued, while backstage Sirius was trying to get Michelle to talk to him.
"Michelle, please won't you just let me explain why I said those things to Lily," Sirius said.
"Sirius, I don't have time for this. I am on soon," Michelle said, trying to avoid the conversation.
"Do you think I am dumb or something? You don't have to go on for a few more acts and my first scene is way before yours," Sirius said looking completely hurt.
"Sirius, if you want me to be truthful, I just don't want to have this conversation right now. This the first play I have ever been in and one of my best friends is going to be turning back into herself to day. I feel like I am about to puke and I just don't want to talk about this kind of thing at the moment," Michelle said trying to get around Sirius.
He grabbed her wrists, "Michelle, I am not letting you go anywhere until you really understand what I was all about that day."
"Sirius I am fine, I am talking to you right?" Michelle said looking up into his eyes. Bad move she thought as she saw all the pain in them. "Sirius please," she whimpered.
"Michelle will you just listen to me," Sirius begged as he loosened his grip only to catch Michelle as her knees gave way.
"Fine Sirius," Michelle said as she buried her face in his shirt, soaking it with her tears.
Sirius carries Michelle over to a bench hidden from everyone else. He gently puts her down, as she clings to his shoulders like a small child afraid of the dark.
"I was only upset because of how Lily has been treating James. You would have reacted the exact same way if you were in my place. I didn't mean to hurt Lily's feelings, but what she is doing is wrong. I don't exactly feel like she is a slut because that is too harsh, but she really needs to sort her feelings out for everyone's sake. I am really sorry if you were hurt by what I said to Lily, but please Michelle I really can't stand you angry with me," Sirius pleaded as he pulled her into a comforting hug.
"I know Sirius, I can't stand being angry at you either," Michelle sobbed into his shoulder.
A small smile made it's way onto Sirius face as he hugged Michelle tighter, never wanting to let her go.
The two hear the end of the first scene and the second scene begin. Neither of them was needed yet so they stayed where they were.
"Sirius, I am sorry," Michelle whispered into his shoulder.
"It's ok Michelle," Sirius whispered back to her and then playfully nibbled on her earlobe, making Michelle giggle.
"Stop that, it tickles," she said as she pulled out of the hug and wiped all the tears off her face.
"I was just having a little fun," Sirius said and started pouting.
"Somehow I think you will have more fun doing this," Michelle said and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
Sirius was completely caught by surprise but soon relaxed and started to enjoy himself. When they finally pulled apart Sirius was really dazed.
"I think I am going to leave now," Michelle said, grinning like mad even though around her eyes was still red and puffy from crying.
"But-" Sirius started to complain, but was cut off by another kiss.
Michelle pulled away after a couple minutes, "No if, ands or buts you naughty boy." And with that Michelle got up and walking away, still grinning.
Sirius sat there still somewhat confused; Michelle had apologized, then started making out with him and then just walked away. He had no idea what that meant. Sirius decided he would go find Becka and Remus so he could figure it all out.
Sirius got up and went to find his two friends, as the play continued on stage.
Charles Raller finished his song and starts to speak again, "That was lofty!"
Matt Hanson shakes his head, annoyed at Bottom, "Francis Flute, the bellows mender."
"Here, Peter Quince," answers an enthusiastic Justin Roy.
"Francis Flute, you must take Thisby on you," Matt says.
"What is Thisby? A wandering knight?" Justin asks, jumping up excitedly.
"No!" Matt shouts. "It is the lady that Pyramus must love!"
"Nay, faith let me not play a women! I have a beard coming," Justin complains, no longer happy.
Charles jumps up and shoves Justin out of the way; causing him to almost fall off the stage, "Let me play Thisby too! I will speak in a monstrous little voice," Charles says and then makes his voice extremely high, "Ah Pyramus, my lover dear! Thy Thisby dear and lady dear!"
"No you must play Pyramus!" Matt shouts. "And Flute, you Thisby. Robin Starveling the tailor."
"Here, Peter Quince," Riley says.
"You will be Thisby's father," Matt says and hands him his script. "Snug, the joiner, you the lion's part."
"Have you the lion's part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me, for I am slow of study," Kyle says.
"Let me play the lion's part too!" Charles shouts, shoving Kyle almost off the stage just like he did to Justin.
And play continues on while backstage Sirius has been talking to Remus and Becka. (A/N – sorry about all the switching back and forth between play and backstage, but I thought the chapter would be really boring if the whole thing was just the play. Hopefully I am not pissing you off or anything.)
"I will never understand girls," Sirius complained as he smacked his head into the wall for about the fourth time.
"Sirius, if you ask me and let me point out that I am one of Lily's best friends, then I say Michelle just wants to find out if you really do like her. She is just playing hard to get, so that she can find out if you are worth her time," Becka suggested.
"But what do I have to do to convince her?" Sirius said.
"Lets start off by not flirting with or dating other girls even though you and Michelle aren't together," Remus put in.
"But, that is like my whole life besides Quidditch and the marauders," Sirius complained.
"He is hopeless," Becka said. "What you need Sirius is therapy."
"Hey I find that offensive," Sirius said and started pouting.
Becka was about to say something else when James and Lily turned up, "Sirius you are on in less than five minutes.
"Oh crap," Sirius said and hurried off to get into costume.
"So what had been happening in our absence?" Lily asked.
"We will fill you in later. I want to make sure Sirius behaves himself on stage," Remus said and dragged Becka off to where they could get a good view of the stage from back stage.
Lily and James followed just as the curtains went to signal the end of scene two and the beginning of scene three.
China and Sirius came out onto the stage.
"How now mad spirit, wither wander you?" Sirius said as he offered space for China to sit down on.
"Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire. I do wander everywhere, swifter than the moon's sphere, and I serve the Fairy Queen, to dew her orbs upon the green," China sang and was then offered a drink by Sirius.
"I must seek some dewdrops here, and hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear," China says and then turns to leave.
She takes a better look at Sirius and then comes back, "Either I mistake your shape and making quite or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite named Puck. Are not you he that frights the maidens of the villagery, skim milk, and sometimes labor in the quern and bootless make the breathless housewife churn?" China asks. "Are you not he?"
"Thou speakest right! I am that merry wanderer of the night," Sirius says grinning. "I jest to Oberon and make him smile, when I a fat bean-fed horse beguile, neighing in likeness of a filly foal. And Sometimes lurk in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab, and when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And on her withered dewlap pour the ale," Sirius finished and then China shrieks and leaves.
They leave and the lights dim on the stage. The two the return after the scenery has been changed.
"Our queen and all her elves come here anon," China said motioning towards the patch of moss surrounded by flowers that were conjured up in the middle of the stage.
"The king doth keep his revels here tonight. Take heed the queen come not within his sight. For Oberon is passing fell and wraith.
Just then Michelle and Kale appear from opposite sides of the stage and make their way to the middle, the whole time glaring at each other.
Sirius stands there with his jaw hanging open; Michelle looked amazing. Michelle had extending her hair magically so that it ended just below her breasts. She had left the color the same, but put large curls randomly placed along the top. She had made a small crown woven out of flowers that were a pale peach color and shone out against her dark hair. There were also small strands of golden thread that came down from the crown and ended below the breasts with her hair. She had left her eyes the same color as well. She had put on soft colored peach lipstick that blended against her tanned skin. She had put a soft pink eye shadow, which was barely noticeable, in a thin layer across her eyelids. She had take gold body glitter and drew little swirls with it along her arms and legs. She had on a silky gold gown the ended just above her bare feet.
Sirius caught himself staring as he met Michelle's eyes and she gave him a warm smile. He quickly closed his mouth and stopped staring directly at her.
"Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania," Kale said looking at Michelle, obviously captured by her beauty as well.
"What, jealous Oberon! Fairy, skip hence. I have forsworn his bed and company," Michelle said, glaring at Kale and then turning to leave.
"Tarry rash wanton. Am I not thy lord?" Kale says. (A/N – just to let you know, Oberon is basically calling Titania a rash whore. I just though I would tell you that to make sure you understand the crazy Shakespeare time language. Lol.)
Michelle turns around, looking like she has been slapped. Through gritted teeth she replies, "Then I must be thy lady."
"Why should Titania cross her Oberon? I do but beg a little changeling boy, to be my henchman," Kale replies, unfazed by Michelle's glares.
"Set you heart at rest. The fairyland buys not the child of me. His mother was a vot'ress of my order and for her sake I will not part with him," Michelle says.
"How long within this wood intend you stay?" Kale asks, deviously changing the subject.
"Perchance till after Thesus' wedding day. If you will patiently dance in our round and see our moonlight revels, go with us," Michelle says, her face softening.
"Give me the boy and I will go with thee," Kale replies.
Michelle becomes outraged and hissed at Kale causing him to back away. She shouts, outraged, "Not for thy fairy kingdom! Fairies, away!"
Kale shouts after Michelle, " Well go thy way. Thou shalt not from this grove til I torment thee for this injury. My gentle Puck, come hither."
Sirius attention still on Michelle as she exits the stage doesn't here Kale.
"My gentle Puck, come hither!" Kale shouts causing Sirius to jump and then fall over a rock, landing in the flowers. The whole audience starts cracking up uncontrollable as Sirius sits up, his face covered in dirt.
Lily, quickly thinking, cast a cleaning charm on Sirius from the side of the stage, making him nice and new once again.
Once Sirius had gotten a hold of himself, he got up and continued with the play. By now the audience had settled down.
While backstage, Lily and James were changing into their costumes. (A/N – they were in separate changing rooms, though.)
All of the sudden, Lily started to feel extremely queasy. She had just pulled her shirt on and was standing in only boxers. She quickly walked over to the stool in the corner of the changing room and sat down, putting her head down on her knees. She thought that she was going to barf any second, but the feeling left quickly. She started to feel extremely light and distant. She felt herself leave her body, or rather James' body and float out of the changing room. In her ghost like self she drifted down the hallway and into another room where her body lay motionless on the floor. She felt herself dive into her own body and then her vision went black for a couple seconds. Lily then found herself rubbing sleep from her eyes and looking into the mirror at the body she had missed for so long.
"Are you all right miss?" the mirror asks.
"Oh yes, I just felt a little lightheaded," was all Lily could muster up.
"If you say so deary," the mirror replied and slowly drifted back off to sleep with quiet snores.
Lily sat up and put her hands to her face. She finally had her face back, the one she had been used to for the almost 17 years. She stood up and almost fell over, not used to be so short. She was standing only in her undergarments and quickly realized that she should be getting ready for the end of the scene that she was in.
Lily put on her pale green dress that came down to her feet. She slipped on her sandals and quickly spelled her hair so that it looked glossy and combed. She grabbed the tan coat with the furry liner off the hook on her changing room wall and draped it around herself, slipping into the sleeves.
Once she was completely ready, she beamed and applied a little clear lippy and some very light green glitter in the corner of her eyes. She quickly hugged herself, after being so happy to finally be back to normal.
She then slipped out of her changing room and down the hall, passing James' changing room on the wall. She was going to keep walking but then she decided she better check on him, to make sure he was all right.
She turned around and walked back to his room, tapping on the door.
"Who is it?" she heard a voice ask that used to be coming from her mouth.
"It's me, Lily," Lily said.
James opened the door and let her in.
"Are you all right?" Lily asked as she sat down on the small stood, with James standing over her.
He shut the door and nodded, "Yeah, but that was just too bizarre for words."
"Tell me about it," Lily said shuddering. "I was completely freaked out."
James shuddered at the memory as well. "It is good to be back though," James said, admiring himself in the mirror.
"You are just so full of it," Lily teased and then got up to leave. "See you on stage Lysander," Lily said from the doorway.
James grinned, "I will be watching you Hermia."
The second Lily left the room, James started jumping for joy and doing a victory dance because he no longer had to kiss Josh.
"Isn't that a lovely dance, Potter," Josh said as he passed James' doorway.
"Lily seemed to think so when she visited my dressing room a few minutes ago, Madison," James said, grinning.
Josh glared back at James and then left of down the hall at a quite fast walk.
"Score," James said, quietly to himself.
James soon left his dressing room after he was all finished and made his way down the hall.
The play continued on all night with people laughing the whole way through. Everyone enjoyed themselves and eventually the play ended. (A/N – I am sorry that I didn't actually go and continue on the whole play but I thought it might be boring if I just kept going on and on with the play.)
After the last scene had ended, Dumbledore went out onto the stage. Everyone was cheering madly. "Thank you everyone. I am so glad that you enjoyed the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. We have one more event this evening for you and then you will all be able to head back to your dormitories. Our last event is going to be by James Potter, who asked me if he could do this. James Potter, the stage is yours," Dumbledore said and then left as James walked onto the stage.
The rest of the actors had all stayed Backstage and then quickly pulled up chairs so that they could watch to see what James was going to do.
James walked out into the middle of the stage and pulled out his wand. He quickly conjured up a boom box and a CD with the background music for the song he was going to sing.
"This song is for my Lily flower," James said and the started to sing the second the music began to play.
Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
(A/N – the CD had these next to lines recorded on, but they are still part of the song.)
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Yeah
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Try so hard to say goodbye
The music ended and James looked down at the ground to hide the tears that wanted to give way. They audience cheered as James left the stage and went to go hide in his own room for the rest of the night.
James made his was down the hall and quickly shut the door.
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(Lets go back a couple minutes and see what Lily was doing and thinking.)
Dumbledore had stepped out onto the stage and announced that James was going to do one last thing before they were finished for the night. James hadn't mentioned anything to her about this. She decided to just join everyone else and watch from the side of the stage.
Lily looked out at James in the center of the stage as he conjured up a boom box and a CD. She watched him put the CD in and then walk back to the center of the stage. She felt her stomach do a tiny flip when James' voice when over the crowd in a heavy tone, saying, "This is for my Lily flower."
Music began to come from the boom box. Lily immediately recognized the song as She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5. James began to sing out in a handsome, deep voice. He was an amazing singer. Lily had never known he could sing so well. She watched as he sang the song and then finished. He looked down at the floor and Lily saw a small tear fall from him face and onto the wood of the stage.
Lily watched him as he exited the stage from the opposite stage that she was on. She quickly got up to go look for James, deciding that this would be a good time that she shared how she was feeling about him. She went to the other side of the stage, but James was no longer there. She asked one of the actors next to her if they knew where he was. They said that they thought he had gone back to his dressing room.
Lily headed for the dressing rooms. She quickly walked down the hall and stopped in front of James' dressing room or so the one she thought was his. Lily just decided to walk straight in. She turned the knob and flung the door open to find Josh making out with Latrice Vancouver.
"You lying git!" Lily screamed. "You little slut!" She grabbed the stole next to her and threw it at the two people, hitting Josh smack dab in the middle of the face as he turned to see what was happening. "Don't expect to be getting anything more me than that you little hooker! We are so over!" Lily said, giving him the finger and running out of the room and down the hall to go cry in her bedroom.
She quickly rushed past Michelle, Sirius, Becka and Remus who had confused looks on their faces as the saw Lily run by with tears streaming down her face.
Lily ran as fast as she could and didn't stop running until she had made it to her room. The door was already open to her room and she walked in to find James sitting on her bed.
James quickly noticed the tears on Lily's face. "Lils, what is wrong?" James asked, standing up and walking over to Lily. He pulled her into a tight hug.
"He…he…was kissing her," Lily said between sobs.
"Who was kissing who?" James asked as he patted Lily on the back, comfortingly.
"I caught Josh kissing Latrice Vancouver," Lily sobbed.
"Oh Lils," James said and picked Lily up. He carried her over to her bed and put her down the bed, sitting down next to her.
"I really liked him James," Lily continued to sob. "And he lied to me. He cheated on me."
"Lily, life goes on, just cry the pain away. You can cry for as long as you want," James said pulling Lily into a tighter hug.
"Will you stay with me?" Lily asked as she wiped the tears away from her face.
"Sure," James said.
"Thank you James, for everything," Lily said as she calmed down and relaxed in his arms.
In just a few minutes she had dozed off in his arms. James gentle pulled the covers back on Lily's bed. He slipped off Lily's shoes and wiped off all her make up. He then used a charm to change her into her nighty. James then went and got changed into something more comfortable. He slipped Lily under the covers and slid in next to her. In her sleep, Lily snuggled up next to James and he turned off the light and then pulled the covers over them.
Just as James was about to drift off, Lily whispered just loud enough for him to hear, "I love you James Potter."
With those last words James quickly fell into a deep and comfortable sleep with his Lily flower snuggled up right next to him.
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Second Disclaimer – I do not own the song she will be loved because Maroon 5 owns it.
Author's notes – I hope you liked that ending. Even though it was quite dramatic, you can all yell and scream because Josh and Lily are no longer together. I hope you all liked the chapter. It is now time for the almighty review thanks.
Fanglessphysco – Haha, I am such a psycho, reviewing myself. Oh well, it implies it in the screen name, even though I spelled psycho the special way that I like to spell it.
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Pristinelily – Yes I know. Actually I was planning to have James ask someone else out, but they weren't back in their own bodies yet so I couldn't. I am glad that you liked the chapters and I hope you liked this one also.
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