Title: The Point Of All Emotions
Author: ThePhantomsRedRose
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the Phantom of the Opera.
Summary: AU, 7thYear. The war looms in everyone's thoughts. To take their mind away they begin work on a Musical. Strong partnerships are established, but are they strong enough to win the war?
Authors Note: The soundtrack to this is found in all classical music. I am thrilled to have reached over forty reviews! Wow!

The Point of People

The month of February went by quickly with plans for the upcoming battle. Nobody knew when it would take place, but everyone had his or her ideas. Life was confined to the undercastle except for play rehearsals. The centaurs kept watch over the five dragonlings while the humans were at their rehearsals. These rehearsals served as a much-needed break from their lives of war preparations on the savanna. However, Hermione's voice was week from the hot weather in the undercastle.

The dragons that had hatched were both of the Hungarian Horntails and one Norwegian Ridgeback. The Ridgeback was named Dvorak, after one of Hermione's favorite composers. The first Horntail to hatch was named Vladimere. The second to hatch was named Elijah. Karina was now about a third of Hermione's dragon form, while Bolide was already a half of her size. Daily they would go on flights around the savanna.

Six blasts on a horn went off waking Hermione and Severus from their slumber. Every morning at six this would happen and they would go to the mess hall where food was served on a round table from the house elves in the kitchen for the humans. Each individual creature was feed what he or she needed on their own table or trough from the kitchens. At six-thirty, Dumbledore would assign a timetable to each individual. Hermione picked hers up to look at it.

7:00 -12:00 – School

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 – Archery

2:00 – 3:00 – Spell mastery

3:00 – 4:00 – Swordsmanship

4:00 – 5:00 - Horsemanship

5:00 – 6:00 – Welcome dinner

6:00 – 8:00 – Play rehearsals

8:00 – 9:00 – Dragon training

9:00 – 10:00 – Free Time

10:00 Wands out

"Professor Dumbledore, What is the Welcome Dinner all about?" Hermione asked.

"Dumbledore's army and The Order of the Phoenix will be joining us here at camp, we need to welcome our guests," He said flicking his wand to create more tents. "I must leave, Severus I will be back here at eleven to allow you to go teach your upstairs potions classes," Dumbledore said as he disappeared through the door that allowed access to Dumbledore's office.

Hermione began to compare schedules with Severus She noticed the eleven o'clock class that Dumbledore had just spoken of. He also had classes from one to four in the afternoon. Severus did not have to take Spell Mastery courses. Swordsmanship was learned at the time of Dragon training. Archery was being done at the free time period with flaming arrows for the adults so that all were prepared for a nighttime attack.

The centaurs would build tack for the carrier animals during the time the kids were in the small class tent. Ron had finally managed to take his form. Now that everyone had a form, things were less chaotic.

As the trio finished their morning studies, they moved onto the archery class. Hermione was very talented with a bow and arrow. Ginny was also very good. However, it took Harry and Ron a long time to even get the arrow on the target. The ratio reversed in swordsmanship and the girls had a hard time holding the sword up enough to execute it. Hermione pulled out her wand and cast a few spells. "Hey look! This is much easier to work with! Look at me, I'm a Jedi!" Hermione cried, sending Harry into fits of laughter. The Weasley's had no idea what the big deal was but when Hermione chopped the lightsaber into a near by piece of wood they began to understand why it could be useful.

"Resourceful as always Hermione," Dumbledore beamed. "Come, it is time for camp wide horsemanship," He said as the horn blew four times. Hermione went to the second floor of the barn, threw the silver saddle on Caesar and led the other winged horses behind her. She was followed closely by Ron on his mount with a row of hippogriffs trailing behind him. They flew out the double barn doors and landed on the clear savanna. She cast armor upon the horses and herself, while watching the other creatures withdraw from the barn. They broke up into teams, a human on each one. They would cast simple spells from horseback and attempt to shield from the ones shooting towards them. A horn blew and off they went.

Hermione cast at Harry who aimed his shield too late while focusing on Ron's attack and Harry was thrown back, hardly staying on the saddle. Hermione shot a stunner at Ginny as she passed and was knocked forwards from a rebound off a shield from behind. She flicked her wand at Ron causing him to topple off of the hippogriff into the trough. She laughed and raced to cast upon Severus from above. He however, sensed her approach and thrust his wand up in the air to shoot sparks in the air for her to dodge. She avoided all of them and heard the six o'clock horn. It was now time for the Welcome Dinner.

The order plunged, one by one into the trough. Masses of people fell out of the library nook. Some of them Hermione had never seen before. They emerged from the water, clothes ringing wet into a jet of drying spells that Dumbledore set up. Each order member carried one bag and they were escorted to tents to drop off their things. These tents were small in appearance but in side, they were makeshift hotels. One hundred wizards fit in one of these tents. Three were filled up so far. When everyone was assembled outside of the tents again, Dumbledore let them go to the barn to pick their mount. During the ceremony, Voldemort called upon Severus, causing a lull in conversations. Hermione hugged him good bye before he went through the door to his quarters.