Don't own ANYTHING
Walking on Broken Glass copyright Annie Lenox
Shiska Goddess copyright Jason Robert Brown
Wild Horses copyright Rolling Stones
Come to Your Sences copyright J. Larson
Memory copyright ALW
Cryin' copyright Aerosmith
Bohemian Rhapsody copyright Queen
Chapter 6
An Audition
The next day afternoon the great hall was abuzz with chatter. It was the day of the auditions and it was the talk of the school. Over at the Ravenclaw table Luna Lovegood looked around the room her typical daydreaming look on her face. Suddenly a pair of dark eyes met hers from across the room. Luna blushed and looked away.
Across the room Blaise stared at the long blond head as it turned away from him. He shook his head and looked away.
Over at the Slytherin table Draco sat all alone reading his music book. He looked up and sighed. Just then Lee walked past him on the way to the Gryffindor table.
"Good luck today." He said
"Thanks." Draco said a look of shock on his face.
When Lee got over to the Gryffindor table Ron was flipping out because Ginny had got detention and was sure they were going to get a howler.
"Calm down Ron." Harry said
"CALM DOWN?" Ron said grabbing the toast out of Harry's hand, "you're not the one who might get a howler!" He shoved the piece of toast in his mouth "Ginny," he said with his mouth full "why did you skip potions?!"
"God Ron, you are such a pig." She rolled her eyes and pushed her streaked hair off her face, "I'm not the only one who skipped class." Ginny said her eyes glittering, "Did you happen to notice, dear brother, that Hermione was missing during that same time?"
"What!" Ron yelped, "why would Hermione skip a class?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you." Ginny said smugly.
"she's not here now either Ron." Harry said quietly.
"what's going on!" Ron said his eyes wide.
"you'll see", Ginny said grabbing a muffin and exiting the great hall.
That afternoon after classes students filed into the Albus Dumbledore Theater for the auditions. Ron anxiously looked around for Hermione, while Ginny rolled her eyes and took a look around the room. She saw Harry talking to Luna and couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy. She hadn't talked to Harry much since they broke up. They were kind to each other, but something had changed and Ginny wished that things could just go back to the way things were.
Just then Ginny saw Hermione walk in and she couldn't help but smile. Earlier that day Ginny and Hermione cut class and gave Hermione a bit of a makeover. Her once super curly hair was straitened and styled differently, and her wardrobe updated. She looked really good, and Ginny couldn't wait to see the look on her brothers face.
"Where is she?" Ron said his back to the door.
"I'm right behind you."
Ron spun around and gapped at Hermione's new look.
"Hermione, you look different."
"That's kind of the point Ronald." She said coldly.
"let's find some seats" Harry said leading a still stunned Ron to a front row of seats.
"Attention!" McGonagall said from the Stage, "attention! Thank you. I want to welcome you all to the auditions for RENT. Now we will audition by houses starting with Gryffindors."
Cheers rose from all of the Gryffindors.
"Quiet down now. Now Ms. Weasley would you like to go first?"
Ginny nodded and stood up her music book in hand.
"I will be singing Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lenox.Ginny flicked her wand at the grand piano that stood in the corner and the music began to flow.
"You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
But I don't care for sugar honey if I cant have you
Since you've abandoned me
My whole life has crushed
i think the last word in this sentence is crashed instead of crushed
Wont you pick the pieces up
cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass"
As she continued to sing her voice slightly raspy. She looked at Harry, he avoided her staire, but she kept trying to make him look at her. Just so that she could maybe figure out what to think.
"And If you're trying to cut me down
You know that I might bleed
Cause if you're trying to cut me down
I know that you'll succeed
And if you want to hurt me
There's nothing left to fear
Cause if you want to hurt me
You're doing really well my dear
Now everyone of use was made to suffer
Everyone of us was made to weep
But we've been hurting one another
And now the pain has cut too deep...
So take me from the wreckage
Save me from the blast
Lift me up and take me back
Don't let me keep on walking...
Walking on broken glass"
"Thank you Ms. Weasley." McGonagall clapped along with the students, "Mr. Weasley, how about keeping it in the family
Ron turned bright red and stood up, "I'll be singing 'Shiska Goddess' which is also from The Last 5 Years, "so, um, yeah." With a flick of his wand the music began.
"I'm breaking my mother's heart
The longer I stand looking at you
The more I hear it splinter and crack
From ninety miles away
I'm breaking my mother's heart
The JCC of Spring Valley is shaking
And crumbling to the ground
And my grandfather's rolling
Rolling in his grave
If you had a tattoo, that wouldn't matter
If you had a shaved head, that would be cool
If you came from Spain or Japan
Or the back of a van
Just as long as you're not from Hebrew school
I'd say, "Now I'm getting somewhere!
I'm finally breaking through!"
I'd say, "Hey! Hey! Shiksa goddess!
I've been waiting for someone like you"
I've been waiting through Danica Schwartz and Erica Weiss
And the Handelman twins
I've been waiting through Heather Greenblatt, Annie Mincus, Karen Pincus and Lisa Katz
And Stacy Rosen, Ellen Kaplan, Julie Silber and Janie Stein
I've had Shabbas dinners on Friday nights
With every Shapiro in Washington Heights
But the minute I first met you
I could barely catch my breath
I've been standing for days with the phone in my hand
Like and idiot, scared to death
I've been wandering through the desert
I've been beaten, I've been hit
My people have suffered for thousands of years
And I don't give a shit!"
Everyone laughed, and Ron smiled as he continued to sing, but he couldn't stop stairing at Hermione,
"If you had a pierced tongue, that wouldn't matter
If you once were in jail or you once were a man,
If your mother and your brother had "relations" with each other
And your father was connected to the Gotti clan
I'd say, "Well, nobody's perfect"
It's tragic but it's true
I'd say, "Hey! Hey! Shiksa goddess!
I've been waiting for someone like..."
You, breaking the circle
You, taking the light
You, you are the story
I should write
I have to write!
If you drove an R.V., that wouldn't matter
If you like to drink blood, I think it's cute
If you've got a powerful connection to your firearm collection
I'd say, Draw a bead and shoot
I'm your Hebrew slave, at your service
Just tell me what to do
I say, "Hey hey hey hey!
I've been waiting for someone
I've been praying for someone
I think that I could be in love with someone
Like You"
He belted out the last note letting go. Everyone clapped as the song ended. Ron met Hermione's eyes as he walked back to his seat, and she held his gaze. Harry stood up,
"I'll go next." He walked up onto the stage, "I'm going to be singing 'Wild Horse' it's a rolling stones song" The piano started up as he began to sing, his voice hving a strange, unique guality to it.
"Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I cant let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind"
He continued to sing solking up the bright lights of the stage. From where he stood he could see a certain redheads wide eyes looking at him
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Lets do some living after we die
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, well ride them some day
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, well ride them some day"
Harry smiled as he finished the song. Ginny felt a pang as he walked past her. Lee stood up and sang "Run and Tell That" from Hairspray followed by a couple of younger Gryffindors who were painfully nervous.
"Ms. Granger, it appears that you are our last Gryffindor." Hermione nodded and got up on stage, "I'm going to sing Come to Your Sences from Tick, Tick… Boom!, which is another Johnathen Larson musical." She flicked the wand at the piano,
"You're on the air, I'm under ground
Signal's fading, can't be found
I finally open up
For you I would do anything
But you've turned off the volume
Just when I've begun to sing
Come to your senses
Defenses are not the way to go
And you know, or at least you knew
Everything's strange, you've changed
And I don't know what to do to get through
I don't know what to do"
Hermione sang her heart out, and her voice was stronger then people would expect. She avoided Rons Wide-eyed gaze, it hurt too much
"I have to laugh
You sure put on a show
Love is passe in this day and age
How can we expect it to grow?
You as the night
Me as the dream
All I've got tonight
Is static on a screen
Come to your senses
The fences inside are not for real
If we feel as we did, and I do
Can't you recall when this all began
It was only you and me
It was only me and you"
She took a deep breath and wailed through the next part. Trying not to cry.
"But now the air is
Filled with confusion
We replace care with illusion
It's cool to be cold
Nothing lasts anymore
Love becomes disposable
This is the shape of things
We cannot ignore
Come to your senses
Suspense is fine if your just an
Empty image emanating out
Of a screen
Baby be real, you can feel again
You don't need a music box melody
To know what I mean"
She looked Ron dead in the eyes and almost whispered the next part of the song.
"Deep in my eyes, what do you see
Deep in my sighs, listen to me
Let the music commence from inside
Not only one sense, but use all five
Come to your senses
Come to your senses"
She looked away from him and wailed the last lines of the song
"Come to your senses
Baby come back
Alive"
"thank you Ms. Granger." McGonagall said nodding her head "Next we'll have the students from Hufflepuff followed by Ravenclaws."
As the Hufflepuff's went Luna tried to control her nerves. She knew she could do this, so why was she feeling so frazzled. Actually she did know, but she wasn't about to admit to herself that she liked him.
"Now who haven't we seen from Ravenclaw? Ah Ms. Lovegood." McGonagall said.
Luna took a deep breath and began to sing with the piano.
"Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again"
She swayed back and forth as the music continued and became fuller,
"Every street lamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning"
The music pounded and she belted the last part to the back of the room blowing everyone away,
"Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look
A new day has begun"
She hit the last high note with ease finishing the song.
As Luna sat back down McGonagall, who looked like she was enjoying herself, said "Slytherin."
Blaise stood up, "I'll go." As he walked past Luna he winked. Her eyes widened before she looked away embarrassed.
"I will be singing 'Cryin'" He smirked "by Arosmith",
"There was a time
When I was so broken hearted
Love wasn't much of a friend of mine
The tables have turned, yeah
cause me and them ways have parted
That kind of love was the killin' kind
Now listen
All I want is someone I cant resist
I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Love is sweet misery
I was cryin' just to get you
Now I'm dyin' cause I let you
Do what you do - down on me"
His voice was a smooth tennor with a bit of a rock edge. He flew through the noted with ease. Luna's pure blue eyes hardly blinked and her heart beated like there was no tomarrow.
"cause what you got inside
Aint where your love should stay
Yeah, our love, sweet love, aint love
If you give your heart away
I was cryin when I met you
Now Im tryin to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin just to get you
Now Im dyin just to let you
Do what you do what you do down to me,
Baby, baby, baby
I was cryin when I met you
Now Im tryin to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin when I met you
Now Im dyin cause I let you
Do what you do down to , down to, down to, down to me"
He finished the song with a smirk, and went back to his seat. From the back of the room he watched his former friends audition, their arrogance as clear as the day before them. He couldn't help but smirk when pansy sang a very off key version of "whatever Lola wants". The smirk fell off his face when remembered that he used to be like these people.
"well" McGonagall said, "if that's everyone…"
"it isn't." Draco said standing up.
McGonagall smiled and nodded. Draco walked up on stage and flicked his wand without saying a word,
"Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
To me"
Draco hit the last high note with ease. Some people clapped most just stared in shock. Draco breathed a sigh of relief as he took his seat.
"I will post the cast list in the common room tomorrow morning. Our first read through will take place the following day. Thank you all for coming.
All of the students filed out of the theater. There was a sort of silence among the group of Gryffindors. The auditions revealed more then they had expected, and something inside all of them said that a big change was ahead. They were right.