Hullo to everyone.
I shall begin with one of my favorite quotes
(I am thinking of making this a chapterly ritual)
"You used to teach us at Hogwarts, remember?"
"Teach?" repeated Lockhart, looking faintly unsettled. "Me? Did I?"
And then the smile reappeared upon his face so suddenly it was rather alarming. "Taught you everything you know, I expect, did I? Well how about those autographs, then? Shall we say a round dozen, you can give them to all your little friends then and nobody will be left out!"
But just then a head poked out of a door at the far end of the corridor and a voice said, "Gilderoy, you NAUGHTY boy!, where have you wandered off to?"
Harry and Professor Lockhart at St. Mungo's on Christmas
From: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Well then, on with my story!
Chapter Two of Harry Potter and The Sound of Music: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
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By now the unexpectedness and excitement of the announcement had made its way across the entire school. It was even in the Daily Prophet. Friday morning, the day before the auditions, Hermione came bounding down the steps to the common room. Out of sheer and explosive happiness, she was not looking where her legs were carrying her body, her eyes stuck to the paper in front of her. Expecting her comrades were already in the common room she called out, "Ron! You'll never guess what's in the-"
Ron was standing at the bottom of the stairs reading a letter from George and Fred about the recent improvements they had made on their killer candies.
"....Remember the Tongue Taffy's that Dudley got a good taste test of? We made another kind, only this time it's even more bloody brilliant. They're called "Tongue Twisters." They basically turn your tongue into a mini rollercoaster! We also decided to add a few of our latest inventions to our ol' Schieving Snack Boxes..."
Ron, totally engrossed in the letter from his now quiet successful brothers, was not paying any attention to Hermione. In fact, he didn't even know she was coming down the stairs. Ron turned around to yell "OY! Hermione! Would you hurry it up? I want to get to breakfast-"
SMACK!
Hermione and Ron's faces were barely half an inch away from each others. Her chest had bumped into him, causing discomfort on Hermione's part, and extreme discomfort on Ron's.
"early" Ron finished, just as Hermione breathed "paper".
They stood there for five eternal seconds, each set of bulging eyes locked on the others. Hermione broke the deafening silence. "The Daily Prophet... They wrote an article about how Hogwarts is doing The Sound of Music" She could barely speak the words. Her soft breath was rushing into Ron's throat, making it impossible for him to speak a word.
"I forgot my lines upstairs," Hermione said quietly. She then, in a flash, turned back around and desperately ran upstairs. Ron could hear the sound of a door slamming.
"That was awkward" Ron said to himself out loud, his voice cracking in an unexpected girly tone. Well, at least unexpected to him. He quickly cleared his throat and turned around to find Ginny's eyes shooting right at him. This made his cheeks match his hair even more. "What are you lookin' at?" Ron fired what was supposed to be a menacing glare back at Ginny.
However, Ginny, growing up with boys, boys, boys! everywhere, had managed to find her strong sense of femininity over the past few years. She was wise beyond her years. With Hermione being one of her close friends and her Mother knowing just about everything there is to know about common sense, her mind had aged more than her body. Now in her fifth year, Ginny was getting quite impatient with Ron and how thick his brain was towards women. There was only one person in the common room, which was Harry, so Ginny didn't mind yelling.
"YOU CLUELESS, THICK, DEAD-BRAINED CAVE TROLL! Honestly, Ron, you are the only one who hasn't noticed!"
"Noticed what?" Ron said rather defensively.
"URGH!" Ginny yelled exasperatingly as she stormed up the stairs to the go find Hermione.
Harry was sitting innocently in the corner, pretending to read the latest issue of "Quiddich World Cup Monthly", while watching all the drama unfold around him. Harry was the in the middle of a table lined with hundreds of dominoes, all falling down around him. One by one they fell until, finally, they stopped, completing their cycle in a matter of seconds.
"I honestly think there's something wrong with her, Harry." Harry sat there, flipping the page to see a moving picture of Oliver Wood. Wood was smiling, holding a golden medal in his hands. His first year on a world ranked Quiddich team, and he had been awarded Most Valuable Player. "Harry... did ya hear what I just said?"
"Quite frankly Ron, after five years with the girl, I would think you would be able to start noticing things." Harry stood up, leaving the smiling photograph of Wood behind in his chair. "I'm off to breakfast" he said, silently leaving the common room.
Ron stood there for a few moments, thinking. "What's wrong with the world today?" he said to himself, confused, as he ran after Harry.
Meanwhile, Ginny, who was still mad at Ron for being so dumbfounded, opened the door to Hermione's room, ran in, and quickly laid down on the bed next to Hermione's.
"I'm sorry that Ron is so thick." Ginny, staring at the ceiling, said the words as if she were in a casual, everyday conversation. But, unfortunately, she was. She seemed to say this everyday, whether it be to Hermione, or some other girl that was frustrated with Ron's lack of knowledge towards the female race.
"I know," Hermione said distraughtly. Ginny sat up and looked at Hermione. This was not their everyday conversation. Ginny got up and went over to Hermione, she was laying on her stomach with her head cradled in her pillow. She sat at the end of the bed and asked,
"Hermione?..... are you?....." Hermione rolled over to look at Ginny, a tear falling down her cheek.
"Oh, 'Mione...." Ginny scooted up towards her friend and sat next to her, placing her arm around her shoulder. Hermione put her hands over her own tear stained face and said "Won't he ever get it?"
"Oh he will," Ginny said, trying to be optimistic. "Just... someone will have to explain it to him first."
"But that's what I'm afraid of!" Hermione said loudly. "Everyone thinks that I'm so smart and perfect! If I really am all that smart and perfect, then why, WHY, can't I get the message through to Ron! It's like his brain has a big hole where the love section is supposed to be!" Hermione was forced to stop crying because she was ranting so much. Ginny sat there trying to console her, wondering if Ron would ever get some sort of idea...
"I really do like him.... so much.... so much that I hate him!"
"Hermione.... that is the first thing you've ever said that had made no sense at all."
"Accio tissues" Hermione said quietly, in a disappointed tone while hardly touching her wand that was in her pocket.
"I wish I could help...." Ginny stated sympathetically.
"But the thing is you can!" Hermione said, wiping her nose with a tissue. "Have you asked Ron about auditioning? Has he thought about it at all?"
"I don't think so...."
"Oh, Ginny, you've got to convince him to audition! Every time I tell him he should, he just says that he will be too busy with Quiddich or homework or that he can't sing or something! But, if he auditions then there is a chance for us to actually be an 'US'!" Ginny stared back at Hermione with regretful confusion. "Haven't you read the script? There are two couples! Maria and the Captian, who are the main characters, and then there is Rolf and Liesel! I have to get Maria or Liesel, then if Ron gets Rolf or the Captain, and we are in the same couple, we have to kiss!"
"In front of everyone?!? I don't think I could do that..." Ginny wondered what it would be like to kiss someone in front of the entire school, teachers, parents, and press all there. She stared at the face in front of her, leaned in with his arms around her waist, looked at his gorgeous eyes, then his scar..... wait..... WHAT? "God, I thought I was over that......" Ginny exclaimed to herself.
"But if he gets Rolf or the Captain...... and I'm not Liesel or Maria.... URG I can't even think about that!" She paused, obviously thinking about that. "I need to go down to breakfast" Hermione got one last tissue for the walk between her room and the Great hall, went to the door, and before she opened it she said,
"Ginny, you will try, won't you?"
"He will audition Hermione, don't worry about it." Ginny slid off the bed and walked with Hermione all the way to breakfast.
I HOPE YOU ALL LOVED IT! This story is not ONLY about the musical, it has an actual plot! Happiness in a bottle! (Shakes bottles around in the air) I HAVE HAPPY BOTTLES! FIVE CENTS EACH! Look for Draco in the next chapter..... Chapter three will include Draco, auditions, and MAYBE if I feel like it, KISSING!!!!!!!!!
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But only if I feel like it.
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Love to all! I am too happy to exclude anyone this time!
Sirius Love,
Naomi