Anything but Ordinary
Hello! I'm so glad that you guys liked the last chapter! I really hope you liked this one! My other story called the Taxi Cab is on hold for the time being because I'm all out of random ideas for it. I'll try my best to update that! This chapter is going to be the longest chapter I have ever written ever! So I hope you all really like this one!
"So, what have you guys been doing since I was in the Hospital Wing?" I asked as I was eating my parmesean chicken in the Great Hall. James and Sirius gave each other a grin that said "We're-up-to-someting-but-I'm-not gonna-say".
"Nothing,"replied James and continued to eat his roast beef. Sirius snorted into his pumpkin juice.
"What?!? Tell me!" I whined, pulling on Sirius's sleeve like I was five.
"Nothing, my dear Lily-kins," was all he could say. I let go of his arms, placed my hands to my sides and pouted.
We continued eating in silence until we were interrupted by James's silver chain he was wearing around his neck. I always wondered why he wore it. That silly, silver chain.
"James Herald Potter! You were supposed to be at Quidditch 5 minutes ago! Yeah, that's right! 5 mintues ago! Move your lazy arse and go!" it shreeched. He hit a button near the clasp of the chain. He quickly jumped up, gave me a kiss on the cheek and said,
"Well, it's been great guys, but I got to run!" and with that, James turned on his heel and ran out of the Great Hall.
I shrugged and picked up my fork and started to eat once again. All of a sudden, I felt something on my hand that was under the table. I glanced at it, then followed the arm up to the person that was holding my hand. I shockingly and surprisingly looked at Sirius and he gave me one of his smiles that would make all the other girls faint. All I could do was smile back, but I soon felt the kiss from James still lingering on my delicate cheek.
The next morning I was awakened by Alice, singing some song while brushing her golden locks of hair. I glanced over at the clock on my bedside table.
7:43
On Satuday.
Damn.
"Alice, what are on about by singing at 7:45 in the freaking morning?! Are you trying to wake up all of Gryffindor Tower or what?" I asked groggily.
She rolled her eyes. "Lily, you're such a drama queen."
"And proud of it," I replied.
"Ummm.......uhhh......you should get ready for breakfast," said Alice. Her face was getting red. I glared at her. Wait, a minute. Alice doesn't sing. I mean, yeah she can sing, pretty well in fact, but not in front of people because she gets real embarrassed.
"Alice......,"
"Lily........" she said mockingly.
"What are you up too?" I asked.
"Umm....uh....what are you talking about?" she asked nervously, pulling at the neck of her blue turtleneck.
"Is it really hot in here, or is it just me?" questioned Alice.
"It's just you........" I replied.
"Well, since you already woken me up, I think I'm going to go and take a nice hot shower. Now if you excuse me, there is a faucet just calling my name," I stated as I got of my bed.
"Okay.......I'll be in the Great Hall if you need me," said Alice as she ran down the stairs of the sixth year girls dormitory.
I shrugged and went to go take my shower. I took an extra long shower because it seemed like there was no girl or boy in the whole tower except me. Odd yes, but relaxing.
I got out of the shower and headed down to the Great Hall for some breakfast. The Great Hall was packed with students, as if all of them had been there, waiting for her. The Hall was all decorated in black and red, and there was a stage with red, velvety curtains.
I wonder what's going on?
I looked around and saw Dumbledore stand up opon my entry to the Hall. He called the attention to the staff table and all the students quieted down and waited for Dumbledore to talk.
"As you all know what is going on," he started, then looked at me and winked. "Well, not all of you, but tonight is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's first ever, " Tiger-Lily Talent Quest!" he boomed.
The whole Hall errupted with cheers and clapping while I just stood there confused. Tiger-Lily Talent Quest?"
"Now, I want you all to give a round of applause to James Potter and Sirius Black, because none of this wouldn't have been done withour the organization of Mr. Black and Mr. Potter!"
James and Sirius both stood up and bowed while the Hall went wild. The girls stared at him while the boys glared at them. James sat down, but Sirius remained standing.
Pretending to cry and picking up an issue of the Daily Prophet, holding it as if it was a bouqet of flowers, he started, "Thank you! Thank you all! You like me, you really like me! First of all I'd like to thank James and Lily and Remus and Peter and Alice and Frank and....."
"Now, Mr. Black, I think you named enough of your friends, but will you now be seated?" chuckled Dumbledore. Sirius quickly sat down and said "Aye Aye Captain!" and saluted Dumbledore.
"Now, the Tiger-Lily Talent Quest will take place right here, at approximently 7:30 p.m tonight."
"Now, everyone continue on.......whatever it was you were doing," and with that said, Dumbledore sat back down in his seat.
I quickly ran up to where the Marauders and everyone else was sitting and squeezed in-between James and Sirius. I playfully punched James in the arm and asked, "Tiger-Lily Talent Quest?" and raised and eyebrow.
James shrugged and said, "What can I say Lil's? I love you so I named the contest after you."
"We named it after you," chimed in Sirius. I looked at them and gave Sirius a kiss on the cheek and James a deep, long passionate kiss.
"Hey! Get a room!" yelled Remus with a grin on his face.
"Yeah Lil!" said Alice with a grin plastered onto her face.
We pulled away and I looked at Sirius as he shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Looks like someone's jealous!" said a girl named Michelle. Michelle has meduim length hair with layers and is around 5' 3''. She has deep hazel eyes, but not as gorgeous as James'. She is a new student that just transfered here from the Wizarding School in Salem in the United States.
"Shut up Michelle," mumbled Sirius, staring at his eggs as if they were the most interesting things in the world.
"Well, girls, I don't know about you, but I'm going back to the dorm to figure out what I'm doing for the Talent Quest. I mean, it is named after me, so I think I should perform in it.'' I stated, getting out of my seat at the table.
"You coming?" I asked.
Michelle and Alice looked at each other then back at me, then started to get up.
"Did you even have to ask?" they said . I smiled at them, then skipped out of the Great Hall with my two best friends at my side.
It was now around two in the afternoon, and I was frantically looking in my closet for something to wear to the talent quest.
"Argh!" I yelled, while throwing everything on the floor, "I can't find a single thing in this whole closet!!"
Michelled looked up from here Witch Weekly magazine and slid off her bed. She came to my side, with one hand on her hip and the other placed under her chin, in thinking position.
"Hmmmmmmmm......" was all she could say while seaching through my closet.
I fell on the floor and leaned my head against the wall.
"Hey Lily?" asked Alice.
"Yeah?" I said not moving while I said it.
"What are you planning on doing tonight anyway?" she asked as she sat right next to me on the floor.
I looked at here and gave her an evil smirk that said "I-know-something-you-don't-know".
"I'm not telling," I replied.
"What?!? Why?"
"Because......."I said shaking my head in a matter of factly way," it's a surprise." I said diligently.
Alice soon took a pillow and whipped it at my head, and said, "Lily, you sure are something else."
I picked up the pillow and threw it back at her and said, "Yeah, but you still love me," and gave her on of my goofy grins.
"Ah Ha!" yelled Michelle as she was pulling something out of my closet. I walked up to her and asked immediatly, "So.......what'd you find?"
Michelle soon turned and faced me and said, "This."
"Welcome one and all!" boomed Dumbledore.
"Now, this is a very special occasion I hope you all will be on your best behavior tonight, but I'm not saying you all can't have fun!"
Everyone smiled and looked at each other from their seats on the floor. As for me, I'm back stage, and as nervous as I'll ever be.
Alice and Michelle came up to me and patted me on the back in a reassuring way.
"Don't worry, Lily. We'll do fine." said Michelle and gave me a bright, flashy smile.
"Besides," chimed in Alice," If we you do do bad, we'll still love you."
Wow. Very reassuring.
"Thanks. I guess" I mumbled.
Dumbledore got off the stage and came up to us. With his eyes twinkling, he stated, "Good Luck girls. Don't be nervous. Just have fun," and with that, Dumbledore lighty walked away.
A third year Hufflepuff came up to us and said,"You three, up in 5 mintues. Get ready."
I gulped and went to put the finishing touches on my hair and make-up. I had my hair up in a messy pony-tail, with to pieces framing my face. I was wearing a gold and maroon tank top (to show Gryffindor spirt) and a pair of low-rise black capris that I never wore because my sister said I looked like a little prositiute in them. But whatever. I think they look and feel good. I had black jelly bracelets on my wrist and black eyeliner on my lower eyelashes.
Michelle was over in the corner, tuning her guitar. She was wearing a black and red mini-skirt, my not too short on. She had temporary red streaks in her hair and had straightened it. She also had blackwrist bands around her wrists and black eye-liner on. Not to mention a red cap-sleeve shirt that said, "Don't mess with me" on it. All the guys backstage we're already goggling over her, but she just smiled at them then turned and rolled her eyes.
Alice on the other hand had a pair of denim jeans that had metal studs all the way up her legs. She had a regular black t-shirt, but wearing 5 or 6 long necklaces to accessorize. She looked hot, but not in a slutty way, just the way Frank liked it. She also had silver bngle bracelets and temporary black streaks in her blonde short hair.
"Lily, Alice, Michelle. You're up." stated the Hufflepuff once more. Well........here it goes, and we went onto the stage.
Lily, Alice and Michelle all walk up onto the stage. Michelle on electric guitar, Lily on bass and Alice on drums. The girls all looked at each other and nodded. Alice raised her drumsticks and yelled, "1,2,3,3" and everone starts playing. (Lily and Michelle sings)
Storming
through the party like my name was El ninio(Lily)
When I'm
handgun out drinking in the back of an El camino (Michelle)
As
a kid, I was a skid and no one knew me by name.(Lily)
I
trashed my own house party cause no body came.(Michelle, shaking
head up and down)
(The girls walk toward Alice and puts their heads to the microphone)
I
know I'm not the one you thought you knew back in high
school(Michelle walking to other end of stage)
Never going,
ever showing up when we had to.
attention that we crave don't tell
us to behave,
I'm sick of always hearing act your age.
I
don't want to waste my time (All)
become another casualty
of society.
I'll never fall in line
Become another victim of
your conformity
And back down.
Because you don't (Lily
walking up to the front of stage and starts jumping)
Know us
at all we laugh when old people fall.
But what would you expect
with a conscience so small.
Heavy metal and mullets it's how we
were raised.
Maiden and priest were the gods that we
praised
Cause we like having fun at other peoples expense and,
(Alice nodding her head)
Cutting people down is just a
minor offence then,
It's none of your concern, I guess I'll never
learn.
I'm sick of being told to wait my turn.
I don't want
to waste my time (All)
become another casualty of
society.
I'll never fall in line
Become another victim of your
conformity
And back down.
Don't count on me, to let you
know when.(Alice, singing toward Lily)
Don't count on me,
I'll do it again.(Lily, singing to Michelle)
Don't count on
me, it's the point you're missing.(Michelle singing to
crowd)
Don't count on me, cause I'm not listening. (All
singing toward crowd)
Well I'm a no goodnick lower middle
class brat, (Lily and Michelle stomping and sliding on stage)
Back
packed and I don't give a shit about nothing.
You be standing on
the corner talking all that kufuffin.
But you don't make sense
from all the gas you be huffing.
Then if the egg don't stain
you'll be ringing off the hook,
You're on the hit list wanted in
the telephone book.
I like songs with distortion, to drink in
proportion.
The doctor said my mom should have had an abortion.
I don't want to waste my time (All)
become another
casualty of society.
I'll never fall in line
Become another
victim of your conformity
And back down.
Waste my time
with them (Michelle)
Casualty of society.
Waste my time
again,
Victim of your conformity
And back down.
They all stop, out of breath and look at each other. The crowd goes wild from cheers to whistling to "You girls rock!". They walk off stage and the boys run up to them.
"Wow Lily, Michelle and Alice! You all did awesome!" stated James hugging Lily. Alice runs up to Frank and jumps in his arms and engulfs him in a big hug.
"Whos Michelle, I didn't know you knew how to play guitar," said Sirius, with a shock expression covering his face.
Michelle blushed and kicked at something on the ground,"Well, you learn something new everyday, now don't we?" she smiled and walked off to put her guitar somewhere.
"Well, now, let's see you guys perform," Lily said with a smirk.
James and Sirius shrugged and ran off. "I wonder where they went," stated Michelle as she made her way towards us.
"I dunno," said Lily,"Let's go get some water," and with that, Lily pulled the girls away toward the refreshment table.
Now it was Sirius and James's turn. Remus was doing his own song, and is now preparing for it. Sirius and James walks up to the stage. Sirius has an electric guitar in his hand and sits down on a stool. Then the music starts....
This
is the song that reminds me of my trucker hat (James sings and has
hats floating all around him)
That I used to wear not to block
out the sun
With a john deere logo and a stain on the back (James
throws all the hats around and finds it and places it on his
head.
From where you laid me out flat one look I was done
And
all these things mean nothing to me(Sirius sings and plays while
getting up off the stool)
When I'm with you I've got
everything
I can walk and I can pee
Even daddy would agree
You
and I were meant to be
It's easy to see
I'll never go
out of style on you (both James and Sirius start singing and
dancing around the stage)
And nothing really feels the way you
do (Sirius smirks at girls in audience)
Nothing in the
world could ever make me look as good
When you fit me like you
do
This is the verse about the Parachute pants(James
appears in a pair of silver parachutes pants and sunglasses)
That
I learned to break dance in and thought I was good
So much for
believing the fat guy doesn't win
get the girl in the end I
never thought that I could
And all these things mean nothing
to me(Sirius sings and hands the guitar off to James)
When
I'm with you I've got everything
I can walk and I can pee
Even
daddy would agree
You and I were meant to be
It's easy to
see
I'll never go out of style on you( Both sing while
doing some weird dance)
And nothing really feels the way you
do
Nothing in the world could ever make me look as good
When
you fit me like you do
I'm not the perfect guy(James
sings, Sirius echoes)
a little slow but I've
Got perfect
timing with you
Got perfect timing with you
Take a look
around
Outside the in crowd
There aint nothing we cant do
I'll
never go out of style on you(Both)
And nothing really feels
the way you do
Nothing in the world could ever make me look as
good
When you fit me like you do...... (Sirius and James walks
off stage as school cheers)
"Now," started Dumbledore," Here is Remus Lupin singing a great hit from a muggle movie!"
(Remus walks onto the stage with hands stuffed into pockets and looks up to the enchanted ceiling)
Blue
moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart,
without a love of my own( places hand on heart, still ooking at
the ceiling)
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there
for
You heard me saying a prayer for someone I really could care
for (shakes head and puts hands in praying position)
And
then suddenly appeared before me, the only one my arms could
ever
hold (Walks over to wall and leans on it)
I heard
somebody whisper 'please adore me'
But when I looked, that moon
had turned to gold - oh oh oh
Blue moon, now I'm no longer
alone (Gets out of position at wall and walks toward the back to
the stage)
Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my
own
Without a love of my own (opens curtain, looks back at
crowd, and walks off stage)
The crowd goes wild once more and Michelle comes out with her guitar.
(starts playing and shaking head)
(stops and sings)
Don't
wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation that under the new
media.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal
mindfuck America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.(starts
stomping and making way toward audience)
All across the alien
nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of
tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
Convincing
them to walk you.
(Starts playing, then sings)
Well maybe I'm the faggot
America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do
the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
Welcome
to a new kind of tension. (starts walking and sliding across
stage)
All across the alien nation.
Everything isn't meant
to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones
who're meant to follow.
Convincing them to walk you.
Don't
wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the
media.
Information nation of hysteria.
It's going out to idiot
America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension. (sang getting
louder, then softer)
All across the alien nation.
Everything
isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're
not the ones who're meant to follow.
Convincing them to walk you
Michelle stops and smiles to the crowd. They give her the biggest applause of them all, and Michelle does the "Rock on" sign with her hands and walks off stage.
"Now, we ate running out of time tonight, so I will make a half of the Talent Quest at the end of March. Now with all do respect, here are the Marauders singing"Take your Mama!" Yelled Dumbledore cheerfully.
(Peter:drums, Remus:bass, Sirius and James: electric, and Frank:vocals)
When
you grow up (Frank)
Livin' like a good boy oughta
And
your mama
Takes a shine to her best son
Something different
All the girls they seem to like you
Cause you're handsome
Like to talk and a whole lot of fun
But now your girl's
gone a missin' (Remus)
And your house has got an empty bed
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
They won't listen to a
word you said
chorus
Gonna take your mama out all night
(Frank, James,Sirius)
Yeah we'll show her what it's all
about
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
We'll
let the good times all roll out
And if the music ain't good, well
it's just too bad
We're gonna sing along no matter what
Because
the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
If you tip 'em and they
make a cut
Do it (Frank)
Take your mama out all
night
So she'll have no doubt
That we're doing oh the best we
can
We're gonna do it
Take your mama out all night
You
can stay up late
'cause baby you're a full grown man
It's
a struggle (James)
Livin' like a good boy oughta
In the
summer
Watchin' all the girls pass by
When your mama
Heard
the way that you'd been talking
I tried to tell you
That all
she'd wanna do is cry
Now we end up takin' the long way home
(All)
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
When your
glasses in the garbage
And your Continental's just got towed
The crowd goes wild once again, and they all bow and walk off stage.
"I'd like to thank you all for being here tonight, even if it was against your will," stated Dumbledore, looking at the grouchy Slytherins.
"Since tomarrow is Sunday, if you like, you can all stay here in the Great Hall and continue this party. Only, if no one spikes the punch, yes you Mr. Black." Sirius pouts,"and if you all have good behavior. Now have fun!" yelled Dumbledore, then the party started.
So.......what did you guys think? On a scale from one to ten, grade this chapter. I hoped you all really liked it! This is the longest chapter I had ever had! Yay! 110 reviews! Wow! I love you all so much! Thanks a bunch! I hoped you all like the songs.........
Fat Lip-Sum 41
Trucker Hat-Bowling for Soup
Blue Moon-Grease
American Idiot-Green Day
Take your Mama-Scissor Sisters
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-shortie522