CHAPTER SIX

Halloween was coming up and the students of Hogwarts were very excited because a rumour had been going around the school that Dumbledore was planning something, (probably started by Dumbledore himself) so on October 30th everyone was anxious for dinner. Emma-Leigh, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all sat down and looked up at the Headmaster. He looked aloofly around the room. Everyone in the hall looked up at Dumbledore at least 500 times that night… not a word was said from The Greatest Sorcerer. Needless to say everyone was disappointed. They all grumbled as the trudged back to their respected common rooms. When they got there, there was a huge poster on the notice board… KARAOKE NIGHT… after the Hallowe'en feast fourth years and above will be able to attend a Karaoke party as a celebration! Emma-Leigh shrieked when she saw this.

"I love Karaoke!" she squealed. "I used to do this all the time OMIGOD!" she was just a little bit excited. Ron, and many other wizards with little Muggle heritage, didn't know what Karaoke was so Emma-Leigh, with the help of others, did some explaining. Once they had a general understanding of what it was, only a few were happy. Ron complained a lot about not being able to sing.

"Don't worry" Emma-Leigh reassured "haven't you ever heard Simon Cowell "that was horrible you sound like a bad Karaoke singer" before?" she asked. Then Hermione distracted her pulling her aside questioning her about what songs they wanted to sing… they grabbed Ginny and ran upstairs.

It was the beginning of the Hallowe'en feast and the place looked GRRRREAT! Humongous pumpkins were floating in mid air above everyone's heads, live bats hung from the rafters… the place looked amazing.

"Wow" Emma-Leigh sighed.

"What's the matter?" Harry asked.

"Well," she said slightly embarrassed, "this is the first time I've really been homesick… my school went all out for Halloween too. It's my favourite holiday" she sighed "I miss everybody so much" Harry swept her into a hug.

"Be happy," he said looking into her eyes, "this is gonna be awesome, I've never sang Karaoke and we will all have a blast together" Emma-Leigh smiled and nodded and sat down. The feast was awesome, per usual. Dumbledore stood up,

"Would all first, second, and third years please go finish your parties up in your common rooms. All who wish to stay for the Karaoke party stay where you are." All of the younger students bid farewell and drifted towards the door, once they were all gone everybody was asked to move to one side of the hall. When they all assembled the house tables were removed and there were a cluster of tables around a big stage with a few microphones and a T.V on it. (a/n I'm revoking the "no electricity around Hogwarts" rule because I am too uncreative to come up with another way to do Karaoke.) Dumbledore got up on stage,

"This is a test," he said into the microphone when music started to play…

Gryffindor, can you handle this?

Slytherin, can you handle this?

Hufflepuff, can you handle this?

I don't think they can handle this! Woo

Barely move, we've arrived

Lookin sexy, lookin fly

Baddest chick, chick inside

DJ, jam tonight

Spotted me a tender thang

There you are, come on baby

Don't you wanna dance with me

Can you handle, handle me

You gotta do much better if you gone dance with me tonight

You gotta work your jelly if you gone dance with me tonight

Read my lips carefully if you like what you see

Move, groove, prove you can hang with me

By the looks I got you shook up and scared of me

Hook up your seatbelt, it's time for takeoff

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this

Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this

Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe

Baby, can you handle this?

Baby, can you handle this?

Baby, can you handle this?

I don't think you can handle this!

I'm about to break you off

H-town goin hard

Lead my hips, slap my thighs

Swing my hair, square my eyes

Lookin hot, smellin good

Groovin like I'm from the hood

Look over my shoulder, I blow you a kiss

Can you handle, handle this

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this

Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this

Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe

Move your body up and down (whoo!)

Make your booty touch the ground (whoo!)

I can't help but wonder why (whoo!)

Is my vibe too vibealacious for you, babe

I shake my jelly at every chance

When I whip it with my hips you slip into a trance

I'm hoping you can handle all this jelly that I have

Now let's cut a rug while we scat some jazz

Scatting

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this jelly

I don't think you ready for this

Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe

As Dumbledore hit that last note the entire room went silent… they could not believe their headmaster had just been doing the Beyonce booty dance in front of everyone! Suddenly one person started to cheer and everybody clued in and clapped. Dumbledore pointed to the tables where books full of song lists were.

"Go look through those books and find out what you want to sing. Then write it out on the pieces of paper. Who wants to go next?" he already had a bunch of papers for people who knew what they were doing.

"Alright up next we've got a lovely duet between Pansy and Millicent singing… I believe I can fly" the music started up and Emma-Leigh, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Neville all groaned as they started to sing… off key, off pitch and out of tune. A few other people got up Draco being one of them. When he hit the first note, the first word Emma-Leigh screamed…

I'm the hit, I'm the hook
That your looking for


If your looking for the single one
You can feel what I've got
You can bet I'm everything
You need, you need, you need
You might not see it now
But one day your gonna come around

I'm the hit, I'm the hook
That your looking for
I'm the one, I'm the love that you can't ignore
I'm the single one, I'm the single one

If your getting tired of the same old line
So am I, so am I
We try so hard, but
There all the same, the same, the same
You might not see it now

You're gonna come around
I'm the hit, I'm the hook
That your looking for
I'm the one, I'm the love that you can't ignore
I'm the single one, I'm the single one

You're gonna come around
I'm the hit, I'm the hook
That your looking for
I'm the one, I'm the love that you can't ignore
I'm the single one, I'm the single one

You're gonna come around
I'm the hit, I'm the hook
That your looking for
I'm the one, I'm the love that you can't ignore
I'm the single one, I'm the single one

Emma-Leigh was totally entranced,

"Michelle would have LOVED that," she thought out loud but no one heard her because everyone was still screaming and clapping, even though he was a Slytherin everyone was clapping. No one knew he could sing. Neville got up sang She's Just The Flavor Of The Week, right after Draco… unfortunately no one could follow that, especially Neville. He wasn't bad. He was way better then Pansy… but still not good, It was like Ruben having to sing after Clay. (a/n CLAY AIKEN RULES!) Then it was Hermione, Emma-Leigh, Parvati and Ginny's turn. They got on stage and all the lights went out…

Ginny:
Where's all mah soul sistas
Lemme hear ya'll flow sistas

Parvati:
Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista
Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, go sista

a spot light shone on each person who had all magically changed into Moulin Rouge outfits during the black out.

Parvati:
He met Marmalade down IN old Moulin Rouge
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said, "Hello, hey Jo, you wanna give it a go?" Oh! uh huh

Chorus:All:
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada (Hey hey hey)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here (here)
Mocha Chocalata ya ya (oh yea)
Creole lady Marmalade

Ginny:
What What, What what
Parvati:
ooh oh

All:Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher avec moi

Ginny: yea yea yea yea

Hermione:

He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that Magnolia wine
All her black satin sheets, suede's, dark greens
yeah

Chorus: All:
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada (da-da-da)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here (here ohooh yea yeah)
Mocha Choca lata ya ya (yea)
Creole lady Marmalade

Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce soir, what what what)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi

Ginny:
yea yea uh
He come through with the money and the garter bags
I let him know we bout that cake straight up the gate uh
We independent women, some mistake us for whores
I'm sayin', why spend mine when I can spend yours
Disagree? Well that's you and I'm sorry
Imma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear ideal shoes get love from the dudes
4 bad ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge
hey sistas, soul sistas, betta get that dough sistas
We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
bottle case the meaning of expensive taste
if you wanna

Ginny& Hermione: Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya
Mocha Chocalate-a what?
Real Lady Marmalade
One more time C'mon now

All: Marmalade... Lady Marmalade... Marmalade...

Emma-Leigh:
hey Hey Hey!
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth
color of cafe au lait alright
Made the savage beast inside roar until he cried,
More-more-more

Hermione:
Now he's back home doin' 9 to 5

Ginny:
Sleepin' the grey flannel life


Emma-Leigh:
But when he turns off to sleep memories creep,
More-more-more

Chorus: All:
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada (da daeaea yea)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here (ooh)
Mocha Choca lata ya ya (yea)
Creole lady Marmalade

Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi (all my sistas yea)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi (C'Mon! uh)

Missy: (voice from some where else, magically changed for names.)
Emma-Leigh...(E:oh Leaeaa Oh)
Hermione... (H: Lady Marmalade)
Parvati...(P: hey Hey! uh uh uh uh...)
Ginny...(G: Oh Oh oooo)
Rot wailer baby...(baby)
Moulin Rouge... (0h)
Misdemeanor here...

All :Creole Lady Marmalade Yes-ah...

Everyone went into a fit of screaming as all four girls gave them all a bow returning to their original clothing. It was well done but they were all laughing hysterically through out the whole thing. They all got off stage except Emma-Leigh who was singing the next song. A beautiful piano started to play while he sang as back up…

There was a man, a lonely man
Who lost his love through his indifference
A heart that cared, that went unshared
Until it died in his silence

And Solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
And by himself, it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again

And keeping to himself he plays the game
Without her love it always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing Solitaire

Another day, a lonely day
So much to say that goes unspoken
And through the night, his sleepless nights
His eyes are closed, his heart is broken

And Solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
And by himself it's easy to pretend
She's coming back again

And keeping to himself he plays the game
Without her love it always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing Solitaire

A little hope, goes up in smoke
Just how it goes, goes without saying
Solitaireee
And by himself it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again
Ohhh

And keeping to himself he plays the game
Without her love it always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing Solitaire
Solitaire, solitaire

Not a single seat was dry after that performance. Even Snape was a little teary eyed. (Not that he would admit it.) Emma-Leigh gracefully left the stage and returned to her friends. They all stared at her.

"I didn't know you could sing!" Harry said surprised, "that was bloody brilliant!"

"Wow" whispered Neville. Hermione and Ginny just looked at them.

"How come we didn't get a reaction like that?" said Ginny huffily. Then out of nowhere Simon Cowell appeared,

"You didn't get a reaction like that hunny, because you weren't that good. Emma-Leigh you're a star." And then he walked away disappearing into the crowd.

"Um… right" Emma-Leigh said as she got herself a Butterbeer. Some one was singing Brittany Spears in the background…

Oh Baby, Baby how was I supposed to know…

No body was really listening though; they were all going over to Emma-Leigh to congratulate her.

"Well… Thanks…" Then Harry was called up to the stage…

"This is for you." he said as the intro played.

Yeah I know it hurts, Yeah I know you're scared walking down the road that leads to who knows where. Don't you hang your
head don't you give up yet when courage starts to disappear I will be right here.

When your world breaks down and the voices tell you turn around. When your dreams give out I will carry you, carry you.
When the stars go blind and the darkness starts to flood your eyes. When you're falling behind, I will carry you.

Everybody cries, Everybody bleeds, No one ever said that life's an easy thing. That's the beauty of it, when you lose your
way, close your eyes and go to sleep and wake up to another day.

When your world breaks down and the voices tell you turn around. When your dreams give out I will carry you, carry you.
When the stars go blind and the darkness starts to flood your eyes. When you're falling behind, I will carry you

You should know now that you're not alone. Take my heart and we will find, you will find, your way home.

When your dreams give out I will carry you, carry you. When the stars go blind and the darkness starts to flood your eyes.
When you're falling behind, I will carry you, carry you, I will carry you, carry you, I will carry you, carry you, I will carry you.

He was also AMAZING! Who knew Harry Potter the Boy Who Lived could sing? He got back to the group and Emma-Leigh just stared at him. He had just sung her all time favourite song, and looked at her the whole time. Was the song for her? She thought she just watched him. More people got up and sang, then finally got Ron up there. He sang I'm too sexy for my shirt. It was hilarious and he wasn't as bad as a singer as he said he was. All in all it was a wonderful time. Of course, all good things must come to an end. Eventually Dumbledore got back up on stage and told everybody that it was time for bed. They all went back up to their common rooms and went to sleep.

The next day at breakfast Professor Dumbledore made a little announcement,

"To all those that enjoyed themselves last night" people cheered, "There is a Video and CD that you can purchase for just 7 sickles in the Entrance Hall. It captures all of last nights memorable events." He sat back down and began to eat. A few people ran out as soon as he sat down, Emma-Leigh and Harry being two of them. They got outside and saw a bunch of CD's and videos and each bought one of each. On there was Ron's I'm to sexy for my shirt Draco's Single Harry's I Will Carry You and Emma-Leigh's Solitaire to name a few. On the video there was also a BIG MISTAKES portion where they had songs such as Neville's She's Just The Flavour Of The Week and Pansy and Millicent's I Believe I Can Fly. All Emma-Leigh cared about was Harry's song.


A/N the songs were Dumbledore-Bootylicious Destiny's Child.

Draco-Single Kalen Porter

The Girls- Lady Marmalade Moulin Rouge version

Emma-Leigh- Solitaire Clay Aiken

Harry- I Will Carry You Clay Aiken.