A/N: Hey everyone! This is going to be my last chapter for this story in a LONG while. I have recently realized that the first few chapters of this story are too abrupt, adn mostly crap. So, I am going to be rewriting this when I can. Hopefully it will turn out better next time. Unfortunately, I will not be able to update for a while because of other stories i am writing (which I will hopefully be updating soon).
Chapter 6 (the talent show):
"I would like to welcome everybody to Hogwarts' first ever Winter Talent Show!" Dumbledore announced from his spot on stage. Everybody was sitting in the Great Hall facing where the Head Table would usually be, but was now a stage. Everyone that was performing sat in the front row. Hermione was sitting between Remus and Lily, with Sirius sitting on the other side of Remus, and Peter next to him. James sat beside Lily, and Severus sat behind her.
The show was going well, but neither the Marauders, or Lily or Hermione had gone yet. Finally, Remus was called up. He sat at a grand piano in the middle of the stage with a spotlight on him.
"I'd like to sing dedicate this song to my girlfriend," Remus said into the magical microphone as he winked at Narcissa. First, Remus began playing the piano, and then he began singing,
"Everybody loves somebody sometime
Everybody falls in love somehow
Something in your kiss just told me
That sometime is now
Everybody finds somebody someplace
There's no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps saying
My someplace is here
If I had it in my power
I'd arrange for every girl to have your charms
Then every minute, every hour
Everybody would find what I found in your arms
Everybody loves somebody sometime
And though my dreams were overdue
Your love made it all worth waiting
For someone like you
If I had it in my power
I'd arrange for every girl to have your charms
Then every minute, every hour
Everybody would find what I found in your arms
Everybody loves somebody sometime
And though my dreams were overdue
Your love made it all worth waiting
For someone like you
Thank you!" Remus stood and bowed after he finished playing. Smiling he got up, and prepared to walk off the stage.
"Next up," Dumbledore spoke before Remus had left the stage. As Dumbledore spoke, the piano vanished, and it was replaced by a drum set, a keyboard, and guitar on a guitar stand, and a microphone, "The Marauders!"
Sirius and James vaulted onto the stage, and gave extravagant bows to the audience as Peter quietly got up and walked to the piano, and Remus went over to the guitar and made sure it was in tune. Sirius then walked up to the microphone stand, and James went back to the drum set. Sirius didn't bother with any introduction, he just signaled Remus and James to start, and began singing,
"This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud
For the chorus, Sirius took the microphone stand, and began dancing around the stage and head banging,
Chorus:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life
This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to make your own breaks
Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life
Sirius put the microphone stand back in the center of the stage, and took the microphone out. By now, the majority of the Great Hall were clapping in time to the music, and some of the muggleborn students were even singing along,
Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, hell, don't back down
Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
Chorus:
It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life"
James did one final bang on the drums, and the song was over. Hermione and Lily were both giving them a standing ovation, along with most of the Hall. Sirius was breathing hard, but he was smiling. Singing that song was his final stab at his parents, it was a muggle song, which they would hate, and it said just what he wanted to say.
"Settle down," Dumbledore came on stage as the boys were getting ready to leave, "Everybody, settle down!" everyone went silent; they had never seen Dumbledore lose his patience. Once everyone was seated again, Dumbledore continued, "Now we have Sirius Black," applause broke out as Sirius got back on the stage, picked up an acoustic guitar, and sat on a stool that was now in the middle of the stage.
"Hey, everybody," Sirius looked down at his guitar before continuing, "I'd like to sing this song to my girlfriend," most of the girls in the Hall looked around at each other threateningly, all of them wanted Sirius to themselves, Sirius took a deep breath, "Here goes,
You may think that I'm talking foolish
You've heard that I'm wild and I'm free
You may wonder how I can promise you now
This love that i feel for you always will be
But your not just time that I'm killing
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as i live, this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die
(Chorus)
Oh baby I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long ill be faithful
I'll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever amen
They say time takes its toll on a body
Makes a young girls brown hair turn gray
Honey I don't care I ain't in love with your hair
N if it all fell out well I'd love you anyway
They say time can play tricks on a memory
Make people forget things they knew
Well it's easy to see it's happening to me
I've already forgotten every woman but you
(Chorus)
Oh darlin I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
Just listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever amen
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever amen"
Sirius finished as he looked Hermione in the eyes, and when he gently leapt off the stage, he completely forgot to make a spectacle of himself. Everyone clapped loudly as Remus, James and Peter left the stage, and Dumbledore replaced them.
"Settle down, settle down," Dumbledore said, and the clapping immediately died down, "Next up, we have Hermione Snape!" Dumbledore left the stage again, and the crowd clapped wildly again, Hermione had become quite popular in her time there.
"Thank you everyone," Hermione said into the microphone as she looked out to the crowd, "Now I'm going to sing this song to someone who is special to me," Hermione looked at Sirius, and he smiled, "and I'm hoping that he'll understand what this means," the background music began to play, and Hermione bobbed her head and tapped her foot in time for a few beats before opening her mouth to sing.
If I give my heart to you
Will you handle it with care
Will you always treat me tenderly
And in every way be fair
If I give my heart to you
Will you give me all your love
Will you swear that you'll be true to me
By the light that shines above
And will you sigh with me when I'm sad
Smile with me when I'm glad
And always be as you are with me tonight
Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer till you do
When you promise all those things to me
Then I'll give my heart to you
And will you sigh with me when I'm sad
Smile with me when I'm glad
And always be as you are with me tonight
Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer till you do
When you promise all those things to me
Then I'll give my heart to you
When Hermione finished, she simply smiled and bowed to the thunderous applause. Sirius, from his seat in the front row was clapping and wolf-whistling the loudest as he smiled.
"Very good, Miss Snape," Dumbledore said as he came up next to her, "Our last and final performance of the evening will be by Lily Evans and the Gryffindor Girls!" As Dumbledore exited the stage, Lily, Hermione and Alice all jumped on stage, and they were acting every bit as theatrical as the Marauders usually were.
"Hey, everyone!" Lily called into the central mike as Hermione and Alice took their places slightly back and to the side, "Some of you Muggleborns may recognize this song, so if you do, feel free to sing along!" without further adieu, the music began, and Lily started to sing.
I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have -
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun
Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun,
They want to have fun,
They want to have fun...
Throughout the song, all three of the girls danced around. Hermione and Alice were singing back up, but they didn't mind at all because of how much fun they were having.
"Well," Dumbledore said once everyone was quiet, "Thank you everyone who performed tonight, and goodnight to you all." When Dumbledore finished speaking, everyone went back to his or her dorms to go to sleep.
