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Chapter Two
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Hermione
The next morning the Dining Hall was the loudest I'd ever heard it. Everyone was talking avidly about who would be on TV. Most of the students hadn't even learned what a TV was until the day before and now it was the main topic on their minds.
"Hurry up, Dumbledore!" Ron shouted just quietly enough for none of the teachers to hear. "Just announce that Harry and I aren't going on this stupid Muggle thing and be done with it!
"Amen to that!" Harry cried in response.
Suddenly Dumbledore stood up.
"Shit, did he hear us?" Harry asked Ron, scared.
"Jesus I hope not," Ron whimpered.
I rolled my eyes in disgust. Boys.
"Alright, alright," Dumbledore said, tapping on his goblet with a fork. "Now it's time for the moment you've all been eagerly waiting for. It is time to announce who is going to compete on Muggle television for a chance to win 1000 galleons. First I'm going to explain the rules to you. Once the contestants reach the island, they are going to be split into their teams- or "tribes" as they're called on this show. They will compete in 2 challenges every 3 days and on the third day a contestant will be voted off. Here's how the voting works. The tribes will compete against each other for immunity every three days. The losing tribe of that challenge will go to "tribal council" as it is referred to. Then every tribe member in that tribe will vote and the person with the most votes will leave the tribe for good. Once there are 10 contestants left altogether, the two tribes will become one tribe and the members who are voted off will go on the jury. When there are two contestants left, the members of the jury will vote on whom they want to win the game. Does that make any sense?
There were a few "yes"'s scattered around the room but everyone was too eager to know who was going on TV to care.
"Okay, I am going to randomly draw names from the box and once I reach 16, I will have chosen the cast of the show," Dumbledore explained. Accio box!" He cried. The box zoomed into the room and landed right in front of him on the table. "If I read your name please step up to the table.
I could barely breath. For some reason I wanted to be on this show. To prove that maybe I could do something. To prove I was a strong person and that I could win 1000 galleons if I really wanted to! And boy, did I want to.
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Harry
Something surged through me telling me that I could win this show if I put my mind to it and I did. I wanted to. I wanted Dumbledore to read my name. Oh yeah. He would.
"The first contestant on the Muggle television show is..." Dumbledore started.
I waited with bated breath. No, I wasn't breathing. I wasn't breathing at all I was about to faint just read the name please Dumbledore or I am going to die right now here in your school's Dining Hall!
"Colin Creevey!" Dumbledore cried.
What? Colin Creevey? What the fuck?!
A few cheers of support came from people who didn't put their names down and were students of Gryffindor. They patted his back as he stumbled up to stand by the teacher's table.
There were still 15 more people to go...
"The next contestant is..." Dumbledore said, using his wand to magically draw a piece of parchment out of the small box.
HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER! HARRY POTTER!
"Luna Lovegood!" Dumbledore shouted the second name into the crowd.
No one made any noise for Loony Lovegood. Who would? She was a LOONY who should be in the LOONY bin.
If Dumbledore doesn't read my name, I'm going to be in the loony bin! I thought impatiently as Dumbledore drew another name out of the box.
"Ernie Macmillan!" Dumbledore cried, reading the next name off the piece of parchment.
AAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I screamed internally while the students of Hufflepuff screamed externally.
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Draco
Come on, you motherfucker! Why aren't you calling my name you old son of a bitch? Those were just a few of the nasty remarks that were running through my head through this whole process. My name should have been called FIRST! Or maybe they were saving the best for last... Yeah, I like that.
"Parvati Patil!" was the next name. It was followed by "Lavender Brown!" Of course, the lesbian lovers are called consecutively. Whatever, then if I'm chosen I can have some girl-on-girl action right there for my own entertainment. Oh, I like that.
"Dean Thomas!" Dumbledore shouted.
"Seamus Finnegan!
"Padma Patil!" Hey, the two sisters would be on TV together!
"Pansy Parkinson!
Pansy Parkinson? What? Before me? There were only a few spaces left and one of them was filled by one of the most annoying sluts in the world? God dammit! Well hopefully I won't be on her "tribe".
"Cho Chang!" was the next name.
God. Fucking. Dammit.
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Ron
This is great! There are only six spaces left and my name hasn't been called yet! Woohoo... I mean really, what are the odds that my name is suddenly called? Out of all the students that put their names in the box... Like mine would actually be chosen? Fat chanc-
"Ron Weasley!
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!??!?!?! IS THIS SOME KIND OF CRUEL, SICK AND TWISTED JOKE? BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE YOUR LITTLE TOY! OR YOUR STUPID MUGGLE ENTERTAINER! NO! THAT'S NOT WHY I WAS PUT ON THIS EARTH GOD DAMMIT!
I angrily shoved back my chair and stomped up to the place where the other students were clumped excitedly. I was probably the only one standing there as though I'd rather be dead than participating in this SHIT! This was all Harry's fault. Harry's stupid fault!
"Harry Potter!" was the next name.
MUHUHAHAHH! IN HIS FACE!
But when I looked up at him to see the horror and anger spilled across his face, all I saw was smug pleasure and happiness. What is he trying to pull? I know he's not happy about this. His probably almost as mad as I am, knowing this is all his fault.
Stupid Harry...
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Draco
What? Potter and Weasley up there but not me? What? What? This isn't happening! I had father slip Dumbledore a couple extra galleons just to get me into the stupid thing! They have to be spending the best for last. THEY HAVE TO BE!!!!!!!!!
"Draco Malfoy!
DRACO MALFOY DRACO MALFOY DRACO MALFOY DRACO MALFOY THAT'S ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!
I ran up to the teacher's table as proudly as I could, the happiness practically spilling out of my ears. I don't know why I wanted to do this, I just did. It seemed so thrilling and wonderful and exciting and wow do sound gay.
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Ginny
I had put my name in just for a laugh. I didn't really think much of it. But when Dumbledore cried out my name as the third-to-last one, Hermione had to whisper to me that he had called my name about ten seconds ago and I still hadn't noticed. I tripped my way up to the teacher's table and stood proudly by Harry and Ron. Wouldn't this be an adventure...
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Hermione
Come on! It's not that hard to call my name!
The suspense was driving me insane. I wanted to be called so badly, to get this over with. To be on TV. As much as I hated to admit it, I really did want to be.
"Neville Longbottom!" was the next name. OH MY GOD! THERE'S ONLY ONE NAME LEFT! PLEASE LET IT BE MINE!
The next seconds went in slow motion. Dumbledore magically pulled the piece of parchment out of the box with his wand. I couldn't hear the students chatting crazily about who it would be. He opened the paper slowly. His mouth opened. He read out the name...
"Hermione. Granger." He said slowly.
YYYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY NAME WAS CALLED! I WAS LAST! THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLE! I ran up to the teacher's table and hugged Ginny, Harry, and Ron excitedly. I was practically delirious with happiness. This was amazing!
"Congratulations to all the contestants," Dumbledore said. "And thanks for trying to everyone who did. If the contestants would please enter the room directly behind you just for some instructions, that'd be great. Thank you and have a great breakfast!
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A/N: I hope you liked it! R&R!!!!!
