A/N: I know you are probably irritated by my lack of updates, but I'll explain more fully at the end of the chapter. Right now, I believe you would rather get on reading the chapter. So enjoy! By the way, this doesn't really take place during any of the books, since Dumbledore is alive as is Cedric. If anything, it is before Cedric dies.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter and I never will, no matter how hard I wish.
Chapter 6: Rehearsal Times
A few weeks sent by, and the Talent show was in one week. Students who had made it through were being notified when their rehearsal and sound check times were. Fred and George had been in detention two hundred and sixty five times so far during the year, and they were trying to beat their record of two hundred and eighty. Other than that, things were as normal at Hogwarts as can be.
"You're going to cheer us on at the talent show, right Hermione?" Ron asked during Charms. Today they were reviewing all they had learned so far. Ron and Harry were practicing Summoning Charms, while Hermione was looking up new spells and practicing them, since she did not need to review.
"Of course I'll be there. Why wouldn't I?" Hermione asked
"I just thought that since you find the talent show to be silly and pointless, you wouldn't want to watch either." Ron said.
"I said I didn't want to participate. I never said I didn't want to even watch it." Hermione said.
"So which of us do you want to win?" Ron asked.
"I can not pick sides. That would not be right." Hermione replied. They continued this discussion all through Charms, then they headed to Transfiguration
"Harry, HARRY!" a voice called out. Harry turned around to see little Colin Creevey heading towards him.
"Hi Harry. I was told to tell you when your rehearsal time was. Yours is tonight at 8:15 in the Great Hall. And yours is at 8:30 Mr. Weasley." Colin added to Ron.
"Great. Thanks Colin, see you around." Harry called.
"Bye Harry!" Colin called back. Harry and Ron continued onward to Transfiguration where Hermione was. Harry and Ron took their seats and sat down just when Professor McGonagall walked into the classroom.
"Good afternoon class. Today we will be turning a cup into a hat. Please write down the following notes on the board." Professor McGonagall said. It took the entire class nearly twenty minutes to just write down the notes, which were already complicated enough. Once the class was done, Professor McGonagall demonstrated what they were supposed to do, and then set them to work.
Harry and Ron just could not seem to do it properly, while Hermione had transfigured her cup into a lovely hat on her third try. As usual, Harry and Ron were assigned to do extra practice for homework. They were getting ready to leave when Professor McGonagall called out to them, specifically Hermione.
"Miss Granger, could I have you for a moment please?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Go on, I'll see you at dinner." Hermione said. Harry and Ron closed the door behind them while Hermione went to talk to Professor McGonagall.
"Wonder what McGonagall wants to talk to Hermione about." Harry said.
"Eh, probably how well she did in class today or something." Ron said as they entered the Great Hall.
Harry and Ron were about halfway done with their first helping of food when Hermione joined them with a big smile on her face.
"What's up with you?" Ron asked Hermione.
"What?" Hermione asked back while helping herself to potatoes.
"What are you so happy about?" Harry asked.
"Oh, well Professor McGonagall just wanted to congratulate me on my achievements in class today."
"And she couldn't tell you that in front of us?" Ron asked.
"Maybe she did not want you two to feel bad about yourselves." Hermione suggested.
They finished dinner soon and then headed off to Gryffindor Tower. They walked into the common room and sat down at their favorite armchairs.
"What homework shall we do first then?" Hermione asked.
"Lets do Transfiguration." Harry said. They worked on Transfiguration for about an hour. Little by little, the common room began to empty out as people went to bed early or left for their rehearsal time.
"It's five till eight. We should get going Ron." Harry said while packing up his homework.
"Yeah, we should." Ron said.
"Have fun" Hermione called to them.
Harry and Ron left the common room and made their way to the Great Hall. At 8:15, Harry went inside while Ron waited outside the doors. When the clock struck 8:30, Harry waited outside while Ron had his rehearsal. While waiting, Harry distracted himself by thinking about Hermione. Harry was woken from his reverie when Ron kicked him hard in the shin to get him up.
Harry and Ron walked back to the common room, taking the usual shortcuts, and soon found themselves in front of the portrait hole. They gave the Fat Lady the password, and then entered the common room. Upon entering the room, Harry and Ron noticed Hermione wasn't there.
"She might have gone to bed already, or she could be in the library." Harry said. Ron nodded his head and they headed up to bed. They changed into their pajamas and got into their beds.
As sleep started to take over, Harry started to dream of a certain brown eyed, bushy haired witch with a smile on his face.
A/N: There you go, the 6th chapter! I had originally planned the talent show to start in this chapter, but then I decided on a three part talent show, so I figured I should just use a new chapter for the talent show. I am so sorry it took me this long to update. I have been busy with my school work again. Hopefully, I can get the 7th chapter up a lot sooner. Thank you for taking the time to read this! Please leave a review, even if it is a little bit of criticism.
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