The Show!

The entire student body went into the Great Hall. Instead of having four tables lines up, the Great Hall had now become an audience area with hundreds of seats that went up and down in normal chairs and in box seats.

In front of all these seats was the stage, and behind the stage were the actors. There were a ton of them, all hugging each other nervously and simply waiting for the show to start. They all remembered what Dumbledore had said - "Bad dress rehearsal, great show!"

They knew this was true. I mean, Dumbledore said it, how could it not be true?

They said the "Lions and Tigers and Bears" song again that night, to help them get excited and not nervous! for the show, then they all got to their positions backstage. At eight o'clock the show started, and Dumbledore went out into the audience to introduce the show!

"Welcome students, teachers, and parents alike," He called out to the audience brightly, "To our little show! The show is called "Wicked" and it is about the Wicked Witch of The West from The Wizard of Oz and her true story. We chose this story because it deals with witchcraft and wizardry, and also because it deals with many moral issues, including happiness, sadness, evil, friendship," he continued to list words for five more minutes, "freedom, beauty, truth, and above all things: love. A love that will last-"

"Wrong musical, Dumbledork!" a random student called. By random student I mean Goyle…

"Oh. Sorry," Dumbledore said quietly, then continued: "Anyway, this story is about Elphaba, the Wicked Witch going to a school in Oz called Shiz University, and soon after arriving she…"

He went on to tell the ENTIRE synopsis - minus the ending of course!

"But I won't tell you the ending."

"Why?" Crabbe called out.

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Just because."

"BECAUSE WHY?"

"OH JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"

The writer had appeared.

"Sorry."

"Good!" the writer said a bit too brightly. "Continue please, Headmaster."

"O…kay…" Dumbledore said slowly, and continued: "So, welcome to the show. I hope you all enjoy it." He left the stage and went to sit down in his special seat with Professor McGonagall. Oooooh!

The audience clapped, happy that Dumbledore's speech was over, and put their matches and knives away so they could enjoy the show without having the urge to make Dumbledore be quiet…make him be quiet…

The show finally started! The first number went well, minus one or two pieces of glass being broken by Luna's high voice. The second number was still ruined by the awful harmonies also, but no one seemed to notice. At least, no one on stage noticed - they were too busy thinking about what Dumbledore said.

Ginny's big solo, Wizard and I, was amazing! The entire audience was crying at the end, because of her completely beautiful voice, and that last note - WOW! Then her number stopped, and the torture began.

What Is This Feeling was awful! Everyone "loathed it!" Get it…loathed it…haha…loathing…get it? I guess not. Anyway, once again, people were too busy thinking about what Dumbledore said to remember the harmonies, and the dance was forgotten completely. What the heck was everyone doing on stage? Nobody knew. Oh well - the thrill of live theatre!

Something Bad was interrupted by Harry thinking it was his time to shine with his lion roar, which he had finally perfected. It was even as good as Ron's! So, Harry ran out from backstage and growled at Ron, who screamed during one of his "Baaaaa's!" and ran off-stage, leaving Ginny to improvise the rest of the song, as the invisible AKA non-existent band continued playing.

Then, once again, the dance for Dancing Through Life was completely unknown. Well - not completely unknown, as one person in the cast knew it. That one person was…

NEVILLE! He was doing pirouettes, negleshées, points, the polka, the twist and every other dance in the blocking, while everyone behind him tried to copy him. There was one problem though: Neville's dancing may have been beautifully done, but he couldn't sing well at the same time. Oh well - that's life!

Popular would have been hilarious if Hermione and Milicent were doing anything. Instead of making over Ginny, which was their job, they took the mirror and started putting make-up on themselves! Plus, to make matters worse, Luna kept getting all of the lines mixed up, and she couldn't get the pink flower in Ginny's hair! Talk about a bit mess!

I'm Not That Girl was once again beautiful, as all of Ginny's solos were! Even the Ron was balling, telling everyone backstage: "That's my little sister!" There was something missing though…Angelina's dancing! Angelina was supposed to have a dance solo during this song, where was she? Well, you see, Angelina died whilst defeating the Dark Lord Voldemort, then Fred left to grieve her death leaving George to do the ballet. Then Angelina came back to life at the very end of the song, and the angst ended. Then the song ended, and more…fun…began!

One Short Day was…confusing. It started off well, but when the Wizomania dancers Fred, George, and Lee! came on and started spinning like tops and bumping into each other - let's just say it didn't go well and leave the details to your imagination…

Sentimental Man blowed…up. I mean…Draco blew up…never mind…

Then finally, it was time for - DUN!DUN!DUN! - the SONG! Yes, the SONG: DEFYING GRAVITY!

It started off well, and went well until Ginny was raised up to the sky on the giant broomstick holder, and then it fell…right at the end…leaving Ginny to fall to the ground screaming:

"OH-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And that, my friends, was the end of Act ONE!