Fire and Ice
Chapter 2: The Dreadful Meeting
Hermione went on to the Great Hall for dinner without Harry and Ron. She's been thinking about the play the whole day. Fire and Ice... she has heard of the story of course but she never really read it. She thought romance and tragedy wasn't really her thing. It's all about the facts... facts, facts, and facts! There's no room for romance but for now, maybe she'll consider a little space for it since they are doing a romantic play.
What am I thinking! She thought. We haven't even chosen the parts yet!
She jumped off her seat as Harry slammed a thick book on the table. "What's wrong, Hermione? Why are you staring at particularly nothing?" Harry asked in his concerned tone.
She smiled at him, reassuring him that she's fine. She always liked Harry ever since she first met him on the train. He would always listen to her whenever she's complaining about getting a mistake or two on her tests. He was always there for her no matter what. All lot of people might mistake their friendship for dating but truth is Hermione has nothing but brotherly feelings for him.
"Nothing, I was just thinking about the play. Umm... Harry, why are you carrying that book? It's very unlikely of you that you would read such a thick book." Hermione said.
Harry chuckled as he seated himself on one of the chairs. "You know me too well, Hermione but if you want to know, this is the play that we're doing, Fire and Ice."
"That thick?" Hermione asked.
"No, silly. This is not the script. I asked Professor Binns for the script but he said he wants us to read the book and extract the important parts of the books."
"You mean we write our own script?"
"Exactly and there's only one person who could do that..." Harry gave Hermione a smile.
"What?" Hermione asked as Harry's smile got even wider. Then it hit her, "Oh no, Harry. Absolutely not! I'm not wasting my time on some silly love story."
"Aww... come on, Hermione. It's part of your grade! You don't want to fail do you?"
"Of course not!"
"Come on, pretty please, pretty please." Harry said and gave her the cutest pout he could give her.
"We'll settle this on the meeting after dinner, okay?"
"Hey, you guys!" Ron said as he slammed a book thicker than Harry's.
"Ron, don't tell me that's the play you're doing." Hermione said with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Apparently, yes, I tried to find a smaller version but I couldn't and..." Ron looked at the book beside Harry and asked "Is that Fire and Ice?" Harry and Hermione looked at each other then to Ron with a grin on their faces. "What? That's not fair! Your play is shorter than ours, probably thousands of pages thinner than ours!"
"You should be thankful that Malfoy and his baboons are not in your group." Harry chuckled.
"I swear if this doesn't work out like I planned, I'm gonna kill Professor Binns." Ron said as he ate his dinner.
"Well, there's no point of doing that, Ron. He's already dead." Harry said.
Hermione rose up from her seat and gathered her things, "Harry, it's almost time, we should get going."
"Oh yeah," Harry rose up from his seat, "I'll see later, Ron"
"Mmm-hhhmmmm" Ron said as he continually stuffed his food into his mouth.
"I'm sorry? I can't understand you right now. You're in your own zone." Harry said.
Ron picked up his goblet, drank his water and at the same time swallowed his food." He asked again.
"Oh, we're having a meeting on the play. We're voting on who the cast will be and all that stuff." Harry explained.
"Oh, okay then. I'll see you in the common room!"
The Room of Requirements
"Is everybody here?" Harry asked. Everybody started looking around for a missing person then looked at Harry, signaling him to continue.
"Well then before we decide who's gonna play who. Let's vote for our leader... or director, rather." Harry said.
"There are parchments for you to write and nominate on who's going to be our leader. You can't vote for someone just because he or she is your friend. We need to have a responsible and dedicated director to guide us." Hermione explained as she passed out parchments, quills and ink bottles to the team members.
"Please cast in your votes..." Hermione said.
Everybody stood up and placed their parchment on a box Hermione was holding. As everyone dropped their parchments into the box, everyone remained seated and patiently awaited the announcement of their leader. Hermione drew a piece of parchment from the box and read the name out loud, "Harry".
She drew out another piece of parchment from the box and read, "Harry"
"Harry"
"Draco Malfoy" Slytherins nodded at each other and giving each other an approving look.
"Harry"
"Michael"
"Harry"
"Malfoy"
"Malfoy"
"Harry"
"Malfoy"
"Malfoy"
"It seems like we have a tie, I have one parchment left". Please let it be Harry she thought. She drew out the piece of parchment and read the name out loud.
"Harry!"
Everyone but the Slytherins and Michael Corner started clapping and cheering for Harry.
Harry motioned the group to be quite and cleared his throat. "Thank you everyone for voting for me as your director and leader. I assure you that you have made a wise decision and hope that you will cooperate with me so it'd be easier for us to work as a group."
"Pothead" Draco muttered and rolled his eyes. He wasn't really into cheesy speeches and bloody-boy-who-can't-die-no-matter-how-many-times-you-curse-him-with-an-Avada-Kedavra plus the cheesy speech makes his body all cringe.
"To make the casting fair. Hermione and I decided to put up a chart." Harry pointed to the board behind him. "This chart contains the names of the characters on the play. You will write your name on these boxes. You won't know the characters you will play when everybody else has signed their names on the board. There are only limited characters in the story so if you want to be part of the stage, you'll have to come up here and sign your name. Go ahead." Harry said.
Few people stood up from their seats including Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle and signed their names on the chart. There were two spots left on the chart. Harry stood up from his seat and asked. "We have two spots left. Is there anyone else who wants to go?"
Everyone looked around for some volunteers but nobody stood up except for Hermione. "I'll do it, maybe you should sign up too, Harry." Hermione suggested.
"Alright" Harry replied. They both signed their names on the empty charts. "I would like to remind you that it doesn't matter if you're a guy playing a girl's part or vice versa, you signed up for it so you can't change your parts, you just have to deal with it."
Harry revealed the first character, "The village girl part goes to Goyle."
The Slytherins started making noises and making fun of Goyle. "Quit it, you guys." Goyle hissed.
"The princess's maids are... Blaise and Crabbe."
Everybody giggled except for Blaise and Crabbe who have their arms across their chests and muttering curse words.
"The soldiers will be played by Michael and Martha. Although the story required more soldiers, we'll just have to transfigure things into real life soldiers because we're limited on people. Moving on, the princess's parents will be played by Neville and Dean."
"You two will make a lovely couple!" Malfoy shouted out loud. Neville blushed while Dean gave him a dirty look.
"Cut it out, you guys. This is no time for being immature. Anyways, the prince's parents will be played by Seamus and Jack."
Seamus and Jack nodded at eachother and giving approving looks to each other.
"The prince's best friend will be played by me. Now, we only have two more which leaves us to the main characters. The prince and princess will be played by..."
Everybody gasped as the character on the board was revealed then they turned their heads towards Malfoy and Hermione.
Common Room
"Bwahahahaha!" Ron fell on the floor and was laughing his ass off. "I can't believe it! Malfoy, playing a princess? That's messed up! This is going to be a really interesting play.
"Yes, it is." Harry replied as he sat on the couch and warmed himself near the fireplace.
"So, if Malfoy plays the princess, who's the lucky prince charming then?" Ron asked.
"I do." Hermione replied while reading a book in a comfortable couch. Ron started laughing again, banging his fist on the floor. "Hahaha very funny, Ron. It's hilarious, I can't breathe from laughing." Hermione said sarcastically without any tone of life in her voice.
"Bwahahahaha! I can't believe this... hahaha... wait, if Hermione plays the prince and Malfoy is the princess in the play... oh, man this is really messed up!" he said angrily. "That means you guys are going to have a love scene!"
Well, that's it for now! Hope you guys like the second chapter! I'll see you soon!