Caveat: Weirdness ahead! We do not know that much about dance-offs…I for one have never witnessed one.
Disclaimer: We do not own Harry Potter… "You Got Served"…songs mentioned…
Also: We also do not mean to offend anybody…gymnasts (my cousin was one…a very dedicated one—now she just teaches it to little kids)…break-dancers…Americans (we are two very insane ones)…British anything…Britney Spears (well, kind of) ... the Riverdance and any thing else that we've forgotten to mention...
Chapter 7: The River Dance
Harry POV
"Okay, we're here." This is insane. I take back Americans being weird, Americans are bloody insane! And what's a dance-off anyway?
Issac POV
A dance-off. That will be interesting, in the least. Usually I love dancing, but a dance-off is ridiculous. I'm not even sure that the exchange students know what one is …at least in the way that he is thinking. I think it is a Muggle thing. What will Bradford think of next?
"Yo Issac. Get over herre," Bradford said as he rolled his 'r's.
"Hermione. C'mon." There goes Hermione to her respective side. I guess I'll go. I walk over and we were aligned like this:
NevilleRonHarryHermione
PiperBradford Me
"Now, this is a dance – off yo."
"What is a dance off?" Neville asked.
"Oh, you'll see," Bradford said nodding his head.
"This is ridiculous. I'm not taking part in it. Why can't we just deal with this like normal people?" Hermione said randomly as she stormed off.
"This sort of thing doesn't suit me either, old chap. I'll have to decline," I told my dear friend.
"You'll be the judges. See who gots the most applause, yo." There goes Bradford and his grammar…
"Fine! We'll be the judges," Hermione said. Piper left Bradford alone and Neville tried to leave, but Ron grabbed his magenta shirt (nice color by the way) and forced him to stay.
Bradford stood in the center and nodded his head back in both directions. Suddenly, a storm of 20 people came over and stood behind him in a perfect triangle formation. All I hear is the music starting up and Ronald saying, "Bloody hell, Harry."
Ron POV
A DANCE-off! What the bloody hell! This Parsons kid is off his rocker. The music started and they turned around and were walking toward the door… Maybe they're leaving.
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Guess not. Now he's just uh, swaying his hips from side to side…but they are facing the door and not us.
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They just jumped around to face us, oh the horror begins.
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Well, now they're coming toward us – two steps at a time.
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They stopped and thrust their chest forward and punched their arms back...you know, it kind of looks like Percy (the pompous git.)
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Ugh! Now the group is moving their chests in circular motions. Circular motions… if only Fred and George were here, maybe then I could at least laugh at this.
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They stopped again. This is like they're having a seizure…
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The group is walking in their cocky way, again. Reminds me a bit of Lockhart… Insane Americans, just like him…
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Who came up with these moves? They're punching forward in an "x" then thrusting arms back again to the music.
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Insert a very fast – paced thing involving pivoting to one side and waving arms in the air in a silly fashion
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It's actually kind of amusing to watch them spin around in circles.
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Parsons does this intricate break-dancing routine while others cheer him on. There are no words for this… NO WORDS!
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The rest of the song and more odd dancing, but with odd smearing of hands around torso. This guy is bloody insane, I tell you, bloody insane.
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They clapped their hands above their head and seem really into this thing.
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They are moving their hips side to side, lovely sight… really rolls eyes
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Still moving hips (how very in sync with the music), but mouthing lyrics seductively to Neville. Ummm… ew. I think Neville wants to run away… oh, no, Harry stopped him.
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The group of twenty stopped abruptly so they could catch their breath...and they started up again.
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They turned around and started walking back, they flipped. Who knew they were such good gymnasts? It is kind of scary, actually.
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B – Rad alone crossed his arms into an x and with die they all lift up their right leg. Is this just me or do they look like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant? I can't believe this is happening.
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They're spinning around again. This is now just getting a little less frightening, just a little.
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There they go on another break – dancing routine that looks to freakish to be normal. Again, its scary I tell you.
Harry POV
Now they're dropping to the floor; what'll happen next? I think I've seen enough… weirdness to last me a lifetime.
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They just moved their whole torso in a circle. Don't strippers do this kind of stuff? Not that I would know…
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Oh dear god. They are coming toward us!
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Ok, getting a little too close for comfort. They are dangerously close to grinding up against us. Plus, Parsons keeps eying Neville and licking his lips.
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Thank goodness they're backing up now. Poor Neville started hyperventilating and Ron fainted. Ok, so it's still not better, but now they're simultaneously doing the robot.
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Neville POV
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Hermione POV
That is the stupidest thing I've had the misfortune to witness. They call that dancing. Anyway, after Parsons and his dancing group finished their routine, we were left in utter silence. I suspect Ron, Harry, and Neville were supposed to dance directly afterward, but they just stood there. After about two minutes Parsons said, "Dance, fool."
In 30 seconds the oddest comments followed. Some random boy yelled, "You got served," and rolled his r's, again. Mostly everyone started laughing and nodding in agreement.
Then a sandy haired boy in a red sweatshirt yelled, "Burn, scratch a motive."
What? I've heard the first phrase, but that one was a bit strange. Everyone else looked confused and went on in their silence.
Parsons then said in a menacing tone, "You just mad cuz you suckas got served. SERVED, SERVED, SERVED, SERVED, SERVED," he chanted as the crowd went along with him. Harry sent me a desperate glare. I stared back urging him to do something, anything. He just stared back. I sent him another look that told him I'd try and think of something. Harry knows better then to make me think under pressure. After awhile I came up with the right spell and muttered the proper words. They did something, but not what I had hoped for.
Harry POV
The river dance! The brilliant, top of the class Hermione Granger made us do the RIVER DANCE! Nice going Hermione.
I could feel my body move rapidly, I kinda felt like I was under the Imperio curse, but I can control that. I looked to my left and saw Ron and Neville's faces. Ron's face was bright red and Neville, well Neville looked like he was gonna pass out.
If I ever stop dancing I am going to kill Hermione. Next time I'm in a shudder dance – off, I expect her to think longer before casting a spell.
Good, we've finally stopped dancing. Wow, is Neville out of breath. I hope he's okay; someone should really bring a trash can over here. Ha! Ron looks like an over ripe tomato, but I can't blame him. As we stopped dancing I heard a thunderous laughter. Parsons was on the floor clutching his side.
Ron POV
I will kill Hermione! That was almost as embarrassing as the time… never mind… just forget it.
"Come on, you three," Hermione said quietly.
"Hermione?" Harry began.
"Yes, Harry?" Hermione said shyly.
"I hate you."
Hermione blushed. I almost felt sorry for her, but then I remembered she made us do the river dance.
Pansy POV
Wow! A dance-off is weird. Maybe I should challenge Collins to a dance off for Draco. I'd kick her ass!
Piper POV
Parkinson's is looking at me and I don't swing that way.
A/N: The song is Britney Spears "Me Against the Music" and if you have a hard time picturing it… well, look at her video or something. The last part with the whole "served" chanting is from the movie You Got Served…which we do not own. If you're having any trouble imagining this either: A) Watch the video on or B) Email us and we'll send you the version with the lyrics. So, please, review (we like encouragement considering we haven't updated in months and am not sure we have that "talent" anymore).
Oh, and about the "Burn scratch a motive"…well this guy that I had second period math with last year always used to say that…and he has sandy hair and wears a red Stanford sweatshirt a lot so I decided that he could make a cameo in this chapter and use his signature phrase. I do not know whether or not he still uses it anymore. .