Chapter 24

Harry looked to Draco; the blonde gave him a reassuring smile and then stepped onto the stage, instantly his voice magically filled the room.

'Hello gals and guys, we're here to give you a night you won't soon forget, even if you get so pissed you forget every other damned thing!'

Harry smiled and did a small rift on his guitar, warming up the audience. He felt the energy in the room rise as he settled down and let Draco continue to speak.

'So who here is ready to blow this bloody roof off!'

In answer the whole room erupted into cheers and yells. Draco turned to Harry and gave a curt nod of his head. Harry smiled and began to strum softly, intricately, almost like the beginning of a famous ballad,

'Help me to go on
Even after the show is over

The Curtain is shut
The music is scratched
The lights are all faded
But one…'

Harry let his soft voice trail off and then everyone else joined in as the beat picked up and became stronger, more alive.

'…I stand in the center
Of this here stage
My head bent low
In a veil of silken hair
Through which I see
The mass of empty seats

But unlike the show
I've just begun
Like the rotations of the earth
I continue ever on

Her wind is my breath
My songs are her own
My tears are her oceans
Her open skies are my eyes

And I raise my head
My neck straight with defiance
I open my mouth
And out bursts a song
Not brash or harsh
But soft and flowing

The seats begin to fill
As my voice does the theater
The spotlight shines
On me
The stage lights glow
Ever softly

The show is over
But I've just begun….'

Harry finished off the song with his own little guitar solo and then left Pansy to finish it off with her bass.

Harry had felt like he was in his own little world; no one had been there but him and the rest of the band. So when they were met with thunderous applause he was a bit shocked. Looking up, he smiled out at the crowd, which made them go crazy, hollering for more. Turning to Draco Harry gave a smile, not a sneer, a smile.

'I guess they like your lyrics Dray.'

Laughing, Draco smiled and said, 'You got it Romeo, you just keep crooning to them.'

Smiling, Harry motioned to Crabbe to start playing the one song that he knew would set off some screaming,

'Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh... tainted love
Tainted love…'

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Out in the crowd Elizzabeth smiled up at the five Slytherins, her sister Amy right beside her. Amy was watching Draco with intent eyes, studying his features, watching his every move. But Amy wasn't the only one who was concentrated on one of the members of the band. Somewhere, looking into their scrying water, a figure was bent over, studying the youths. Anger flashed across the watching eyes as he said in a low voice, 'You will not change what you were built for. I will make sure of it.'

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Harry smiled as they were backstage, 'That was too bloody awesome!'

Draco laughed and said, 'If it weren't for your bloody voice they wouldn't have been half as responsive. Not to mention that you're Harry-fucking-Potter.'

Harry smirked and said, 'Yes, I am the might, you shall all kneel before me.'

Pansy smirked and gave him a soft slap to the back of the head, 'Ham.'

Laughing, Harry turned around and caught her in his arms, 'My, my, seems like the damsel doth not wish to dance. Spin fair lady, and show them of your ethereal beauty.'

Laughing, Pansy was spun around, her studded belt glinting in the backstage lighting. In her giggles Harry missed the sound of the door opening, and two figures entering.

'Hey, you guys were awesome!'

Pansy turned to beam at Elizzabeth, 'Thanks. But who's the gorgeous gal with you?'

The girl in question blushed slightly, her creamy skin taking on the tint of a rose. Her eyes were hidden by the pale mass of silk that hung in front of her eyes as she ducked her blushing face.

Elizzabeth smiled even wider and said, 'This is my sister Amy.'

Draco, who had been studying the girl, asked, 'So Elizzabeth, you told us you'd lived in Canada, but you didn't tell us if you had lived anywhere else before.'

Elizzabeth smiled and said, 'No, I'm a true Canadian, lived there my whole life. Freak snowstorms and sweltering summers.'

Harry again noticed the similarity between Draco and Amy, 'So where were you guys born? I mean, they have provinces don't they?'

Elizzabeth smiled widely and said, 'I was born in Alberta, the prairies. But Amy here, I'm not sure where she was born.'

The girl who had been silently studying Draco and Harry now spoke in a clear and confident voice, 'I was born in France. So my mother felt it was only right to give me a French name.'

Draco was now staring at Amy, a strange fire burning in his eyes.

Harry was confused so, with his full attention on the other girl, said in a puzzled voice, 'But Amy is not French.'

Smiling prettily, the girl let out a tinkling laugh and said, 'No, but that was not my birth name. Originally my mother had given me the French form of the name, Amièe.'

Draco's eyes were now wide and almost seemed like they would pop out of his head. Harry hadn't noticed the change in Draco, but apparently his friends had, and they looked delighted.

Harry simply smiled and said, 'Nice to finally have an actual conversation with you Amy, or should I call you Amièe?'

The girl flashed a charming smile at him and said, 'I would prefer Amièe.'

Harry nodded his head and continued, 'Well, Amièe, I feel that I need a drink.'

Draco shook his head and said, 'Yeah, we'll meet up with you later. I wanna have some fun partying though.'

Harry smiled and turned to Draco, 'So about this 'entertainer' you invited.'

Draco smirked and said, 'I think all of us should see her right now, the band, our manager, and our new friends Elizzabeth and Amièe.'

Harry smiled and said, 'Yeah, this way it'll be so much more fun to tease Draco about the female stripper he paid for.'

Draco sighed and said, 'I already told you, I didn't pay for a female stripper.'

Harry looked at him with a mock shocked face, 'You hired a MALE stripper? Well, at least now we know what sex you go for.'

Draco looked upwards, to the ceiling, and asked no one, 'Why? What did I do to deserve this?'

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Pansy looked at the stall with wide eyes and a chalky face, 'Tattoos! Nobody said anything about needles!'

Draco pulled her closer and said, 'Panse, we have magic, our tattoos are much less painful than the muggle kind. Ours is done with wands, not needles.'

Pansy's face regained some color and she said, 'I guess that's not too bad.'

Harry smiled and tilted her face up to look into his, 'Come on Panse, this way we'll always remember this year.'

Pansy smiled at him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, 'Alright, I never want to forget any of this.'

Harry laughed and said, 'Good, now, what are we all getting?'

Elizzabeth looked thoughtful and said, 'I'm going to get a crescent moon on my shoulder blade, because I always seem to feel more awake at night, and the moon simply calls to me.'

Crabbe laughed and said, 'And I shall get a wolf on my chest, for I am a deceiving in outwards appearance. Many think me slow and clumsy, when I am fast and deadly.'

Pansy smiled at Crabbe and said, 'I shall get my name sake, with a letter of my name on every petal, on my ankle.'

Blaise smiled and said, 'I think I'll get flames crawling from around my navel. Because if you're bad, I'll burn you. Haha.'

Goyle laughed and said, 'Since I live for the music, I'll get a mic with the cord wrapped around my bicep.'

Harry nodded his head and said, 'What are you going to get Draco?'

Draco smiled and said, 'I'll get a dragon clawing up my side, after all, Draco is Latin for Dragon.'

Amièe smiled and said, 'I'll get a butterfly on my hip. For they are dainty and beautiful, and it is hypothesized that the flap from a butterfly's wings could cause a hurricane somewhere else.'

Draco nodded his head and said, 'I like all your guys' reasoning's, but I feel that the one I'll most like to hear is Harry's.'

Everyone turned to look at Harry. Pansy touched his arm and said, 'So what are you going to get?'

Harry looked at them all and said with a smile, 'Aww, you guys don't really wanna hear.'

Elizzabeth laughed and said, 'Of course we want to. We all told ours and why we're getting them, now it's your turn.'

Harry's smile grew as he said, 'No, I don't think I'm going to tell you.'

Pansy laughed and tackled him in good spirit, 'Tell me or I'll pummel you!'

Harry laughed and rolled about, 'No, no, anything but a pummeling from Pansy Parkinson!'

Everyone laughed, even Pansy, 'Come on, tell us.'

Harry laughed and sat up, pulling Pansy to his chest and then placing her on her feet, 'Alright, I'll tell you.'

Taking a deep breath his eyes took on a far off look and he said in a soft voice, 'Everyone knows a Phoenix rises from the ashes. When they die, they are reborn from their past body's charred remains, and then they begin life anew. They are beautiful, move gracefully, and have a sweet song, but they are also great in battle. They can help the injured with their magical capabilities, and they can carry a wounded soldier out of the midst of turmoil.

Before now I have not lead the perfect life, it has been filled with hurdles that I have overcome, and burdens that I have had to carry. But I have given myself a rebirth, and now I shall live again. I shall live how I want, but still within my need that others have of me. In gift of my new life, I give myself the tattoo of a Phoenix, spreading its wings, as my own, on my back.'

The group about him watched in speechless awe as this boy wonder in front of them changed back into the laughing, joking Harry of moments before.

'So who's going to go first?'

Harry laughed as he saw Pansy step forwards, 'I want to get this over with.'

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Harry shot back the glass of Twitchy Tequila, only to be overcome with an uncontrollable twitch in his eye. Laughing along with the others he watched as Draco shot back a glass of Loony Liquor.

Everyone was in the midst of laughing with Pansy as she went through the effects of her Giggling Gin when Blaise came forwards and said, 'Come on, you guys have to do at least one more song, everyone wants to hear your guys' voices once more before you retire completely.'

Harry sighed and struggled to his feet, 'I can only sing one song, that Tequila burned my throat.'

Pansy smiled and patted his shoulder, 'don't worry, I'll sing a girl's song. That way you guy's won't have to sing.'

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Up on the stage again Harry smiled at the crowd and hollered out, 'Did you guys miss us? Shout our name to let us know how much you missed us!'

Harry smiled widely as the crowd yelled out, 'ENACIRRUH!'

Laughing, Harry cupped a hand around his ear and yelled out, 'I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What did you say?'

The whole group smiled and laughed as the crowd screamed out, 'ENACIRRUH!'

Strumming on his guitar, Harry said in an exaggerated voice, 'Well then, I guess we better give it to them.'

Harry motioned to Crabbe and the drummer began to work his magic instantaneously, Pansy's voice catching into the rhythm of the strong beat.

'Uh huh, this my shit
All the girls stomp your feet like this

Few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit

I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up…'

Harry smiled as the girls in the crowd began to sing along with Pansy, their voices rising into one, but Pansy's still leading the whole thing. Harry smiled and gave a wink to Elizzabeth in the crowd. Laughing, she blew him a kiss.

'…So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals, no student-teachers
Both of us wanna be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right I'm the last one standing, and another one bites the dust…'

Harry felt his amulet tingle slightly and he tried to ignore the sensation it spelled through his body, keeping his mind focused on hitting the rights chords.

'…Let me hear you say, this shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S
This shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Again, this shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S
This shit is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S…'

Harry picked up the rift as her voice trailed off. Crabbe finished it off and Harry motioned to the rest of the group to get ready for the next song they had planned.

Smiling Harry started on the song's key line,

'Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-Lam)
She said, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone blind (Bam-ba-Lam)
I said Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
She really gets me high (Bam-ba-Lam)
You know that's no lie (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-Lam)
And she's always ready (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's from Birmingham (Bam-ba-Lam)
Way down in Alabam' (Bam-ba-Lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty BAM-BA-LAM'

As the crowd roared with cheers and bellows for encores Harry shook his head and said, 'You guy's have been a really great audience, but now I feel that I have to go and get smashed!'

At laughter and more cheers from the crowd Harry smiled and stuck his hand up in the universal sign of Rock and Roll.

Behind him Pansy laughed and blew a kiss to the crowd, 'Good night, and good shakin'!'

The group walked off the stage as the group 'Wkiced' took their place. Harry felt his shirt sticking to his chest with the wetness of his sweat.

'Well, that was sure fun wasn't it?'

Laughing beside him Crabbe said, 'Did you guys get that same rush I did? I felt like I was weightless, that I could do anything.'

From behind him laughed Blaise, 'Well you sure as hell did good with that rush. There was an entertainment scheduler here tonight, and she said that she wanted to hire you guys for Christmas Eve. They're planning to throw a Rock and Roll Christmas theme, and she said you guys were the best she's seen in a long time.'

Harry smiled hugely and said, 'This calls for drinks! Tonight, I'm going to get sloshed!'

As the group settled down into a booth with Elizzabeth and Amièe, Pansy said through her laughter, 'A sloshed Harry, this I've got to see.'

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Harry looked at the glass of smoking liquor in front of him, he knew that Elizzabeth had said the name of it, but his mind was just too filled with his own thoughts to catch a hold of something as insignificant as the name of his drink. Throwing back his head he swallowed the whole drink and then felt his face pucker as the sour taste of it hit him full force.

Slamming his glass on the table he stared at Draco and said with a sight slur, 'There. You're turn.'

'…I'm reaching out to touch you
In the middle of the night
And I don't know if I've been sleeping
But I hold my pillow tight
Are you real or are you
My imagination playing games
I can't set you free
You'll always be
My one eternal flame…'

Draco smirked back and took his own glass, tossing it back he soon had steam billowing out his ears. Looking to Harry he smirked and said, 'This could go on all night.'

Harry looked over to the corner where Pansy and Crabbe were snogging, 'If they don't get a room soon I'm gonna have to end it on account of there indecency.'

Draco looked to where Harry was looking and felt laughter tumble across his lips, 'They sure don't waste any time, do they?'

Harry though, had turned his attention to staring at the blonde sitting across from him. Felling some unknown feeling in his gut he decided to drown it in another shot of whatever was in front of him.

Feeling his body float a couple inches off of the seat he looked to Draco with slightly intoxicated eyes and said, 'Your turn.'

Harry watched as the blonde threw back his head, his silk hair shining, free of the greasy gel it was usually slicked back with. He looked at the smooth planes of Draco's chest through the black mesh of his shirt, the slight color that lead to the new tattoo that adorned the boy's side, the chiseled features of the boy's face. His full and pouting lips, his strong jaw.

'…Your dreamy eyes
They just won't say goodbye
Well it must be my fate
'Cause I just can't escape
And the passion never dies
Ohh, dreamy eyes
No matter how I cry
I just can't reach you
Dreamy eyes…'

Draco felt Harry's eyes on him, and looked to the raven haired boy as he could suddenly sense Harry's feeling of arousal.

Looking the raven haired beauty over, he traveled up the toned chest, to the tanned flesh of his throat. The delicious neck leading up to the head perched atop of it. The mussed raven locks that fell about as if he had just had a great shag, his glowing green eyes that seemed to peer into your soul. Draco shuddered as he felt the flames of desire licking at his groin.

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The first song Harry sings is owned by me, it is called The Show; but the other songs need some credit.
Second song: Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Third Song: Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
Fourth Song: Black Betty – Ram Jam (H. Ledbetter)
Fifth Song: Dreamy Eyes – Christina Aguilera
OK, Here is the first part of the Big Bam segment that I promised you. This one is pretty darn long, and took a long time, and the next one is going to be quite a lot shorter, so please no complaining, I think it kinda evens out.
But I need reviews, personally I sorta think this is my favourite chapter so far. Tell me what you think.