THIS CHAPTER WAS MAINLY WRITTEN BY MY WIZARD-OF-OZ OBSESSED FRIEND AND HAD A FEW THINGS ADDED ON BY ME (MAINLY THE BEGINNING AND END). LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IN YOUR REVIEWS!
WARNING! You might not understand the following chapter unless you've watched The Wizard of Oz. If you haven't, you don't have to read this chapter, I'll just let you know what happened in the next one.
DISCLAIMER!
No matter how much I wish I did, I do not own harry potter or any characters you might recognise.
I also don't own John Leenon's 'Imagine' or any other song lyrics you might find in this chapter.
Also, neither me or Ivy own anything related to 'The Wizard of Oz'!
Lets begin…
The five marauders
Chapter 9
"Password?"
We were currently by a portrait of a really fat lady in a pink silk dress.
"This is the fat lady," The fifth year prefect told us, "Behind her is the Gryffindor common room. She will change the password once every couple of weeks, and will let you know what it is as you leave the common room", He then turned back to the fat lady, "Golden Dragon."
The fat lady's portrait opened, and we scrambled through the hole.
"That is this week's password. It's fairly easy to remember, but that's because I asked the fat lady to choose and easy to remember password to begin with to help you guys," He informed, "Now, off to your dormitories!"
The prefect directed the boys to one door, and the girls to another.
Our dormitories weren't as bad as I thought they would be. The walls were very light orange and red, and there were five four-poster beds (Since that's how many girls were sorted into Gryffindor).
"I BUGSY THIS ONE!" I yelled as soon as I walked in, and ran to the bed that was placed right next to the window.
The other girls giggled, and chose their own beds.
"Okay, so, just to warn you guys, I'm not a morning person, and I do not want to be woken up to early. I'll be VERY angry if I have to get up before 7:30. Ok?" I asked.
"Sure," they replied.
"Well, let's get to know each other then huh?" I insisted, "I want to know who I'll be sharing a room with for the next seven years."
They all agreed, and we all sat on mine and Lily's bed, which was next to mine.
"So… How about we start with names?" I proposed, after a short awkward silence.
"Sure, I'm Alice," A small, dark haired girl said.
"I'm Mary," A blonde introduced.
"Leila," A brunette said shyly.
"Lily Evans", Lily said.
"And I'm Jemmia, also known as J, mad J, little miss sarcasm, troll, pretty face and Sirius' favourite girl," I grinned, "But you guys can call me Jamie."
"Alright," they giggled.
"SO! Leila, what do you like to do in your spare time?" I asked the brunette.
"Um… I… I like to read," she said quietly.
"Awesome! What kinds of books?" I encouraged.
"Mainly non-fiction," she replied.
"Great! Have you read 'Hogwarts: A History'?"
"No… But I want to, I heard it's a great book."
I quickly jumped off my bed and went to my suitcase, where I fished out my own copy of the book,
"Here, you can borrow my copy," I said, chucking the book at the girl, and turning to Alice, "So Alice, are yo- no wait! I'm doing all the talking. You guys speak."
"Uhh…" They mumbled.
"Okay…" Lily started, "How about you J? What do you do in your free time?"
"Well… I enjoy pranking, playing Quidditch and football, cooking, and playing the piano," I replied.
"You play the piano?" Mary asked.
"Yup!" I said, popping the p, "I can play you something if you want".
"Umm sure," she said.
I quickly got up, and made a little place on the floor, before opening my suitcase, and out of it, taking a gigantic, white, grand piano (I could lift it because a few years back mum put a charm on it making it feather light so it was easier to clean the room around it).
The girls' mouths dropped, "YOU BROUGHT A PIANO TO SCHOOL!" They chorused.
"Of course I did," I said, like it was the most normal thing on earth. I sat down on a stool and began playing 'imagine' by John Lennon, singing along.
"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today.
"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
"You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one.
"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world.
"You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one".
When I hit the final chords, I was met with an applause that sounded much greater then of four people. I turned around and saw that the doors were open, and girls from all the other dormitories were watching. I must have made so much noise that everyone heard. I quickly stood up and bowed.
"Jamie, that was amazing," Mary shrieked, once all the girls left.
"Thanks," I grinned, "what time is it?"
"Um… 10:30," Lily replied.
"Okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow," I said, grabbing a piece of parchment, and my brother's old t-shirt I wear instead of PJs.
"Where're you going?" They all chorused (It's getting annoying when they do that).
"I'm having a sleepover with the boys", I smirked, and left.
I sneaked into the corridor which led to all the boys' dormitories. I found the door labelled 'First-years', knocked, and walked in.
There were five beds there. There was light snoring coming from two of them. I looked at the three boys who were still awake and chatting.
"Hey Jamie", Remus said, "What are you doing here?"
"I promised I'd show these two", I pointed to the other two awake boys, James and Sirius, "What a movie is".
"How are you planning on doing that?" He asked.
I held up the parchment, "My mum charmed this to play any movie I want, whenever I want."
"Awesome! Come here then!" Sirius said, moving up on his bed to make place for me.
I sat down, and we were quickly joined by James and Remus. Thank God these beds were so big.
I pulled out the parchment and my wand, tapped the parchment and said, "Show me… The Wizard of Oz"
Remus looked at me, "Nice choice."
"Merci!"
He grinned at my use of French, and went back to staring at the piece of parchment, where the movie started playing.
Sirius was currently doing his best to read the credits, which I put on fast forward, because that's just boring.
"OH! Hello!" James said, when the little girl appeared.
"James, I already told you, people in a movie can't hear you," Remus said.
"Ok…"
"James, be quiet, I'm watching," Sirius shushed.
"Why is she talking to a dog?" James asked.
"It's a film, just watch and shut it," I told him.
"HA! She fell over!" Sirius yelled after a minute, when Dorothy fell, "Should we check if she's ok?"
"For the last time, It's a film. We cant do anything about what happens. Understand?" Remus reminded.
"Is she starting to sing?" James asked after another minute.
"Yeah, The song's called 'Somewhere over the rainbow' I love it!" I replied, and sang along.
"Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high.
There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops.
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then - oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh, why can't I?"
"You're a really good singer, you know," Sirius complemented.
"Thanks!"
"Hey! Was it you who was playing the piano and singing in the girls dormitories?" Remus asked.
"Yeah," I replied, a bit shyly.
Singing was quite often the only thing I got shy or embarrassed about.
"You were amazing," James said.
"Thanks".
After another five minutes, Remus left the three of us to watch alone, saying he's too tired to watch. I found it highly amusing that I could hear his snoring as soon as his head hit the pillow.
"What about you J?" Sirius asked, "When are you planning to go back to the girls?"
"You're that eager to get rid of me?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No! No… It's just- I- um…"
"It's alright," I laughed, "I thought we might have a little sleepover."
"Sounds good." said James.
"Great! I'll just go to the bathroom quickly to get changed then."
I came back and saw James sitting with his eyebrows raised, and Sirius with his mouth open.
"What?" I asked them
"They've just insulted witches! They called that wretched woman who tried to take that little girl's dog a witch!"
I grinned at them, "Muggles always thought witches were cruel women. They always believed that the only magic that existed was dark magic, and that witches used their magic against 'normal' people."
"Only bad witches are old and ugly", The good witch in the story said.
"HAH! TRUE!" Sirius yelled, almost waking everyone.
"Wait… So if I turn out ugly, it'll mean I'm a bad witch?" I asked him.
"Don't worry, there's no way you'll turn out ugly."
Awkward silence…
"What?" He asked, "Even as a troll you weren't ugly."
I shook my head, smirking, and we continued to watch.
"Oh my God," I whispered at one point.
"What?" The two boys asked.
"I have the awesomest prank!" I told them, "We should change the Slytherins to look like they're from Munchkinland!"
"Haha so true!" Sirius yelled, when the scarecrow said, "Some people without minds do an awful bit of talking!"
"I love that guy, 'cause he can actually admit he has no brain, unlike some people!" I told them.
"And he's a hell of a dancer," James joked when the scarecrow started to dance.
"I'm so going to teach you guys that song", I told them as they started to sing 'We're off to see the wizard' again.
"That tin man is creeping me out…" James said.
"Same," Sirius agreed.
"That song again?" James asked annoyed.
I sighed, "Yeah… They keep on singing it all the way through the film."
This time, Sirius was already humming through the song. It must be already getting stuck in his head.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" He yelled suddenly, seeing the lion jump out onto the road.
"This film is so weird," James commented when the lion started crying.
"So wait… They're going to a wizard to get a heart, a brain and courage?" Sirius asked.
"And a home," I added.
This time, we sang along when the song began.
"Have you noticed how much the lion looks like Dumbledore?" Sirius suddenly asked.
"Oh yeah!" I realised.
"And that witch looks like Snape!"
"True."
"Oh my God! It's leprechaun city," The two chorused, when they saw the land of Oz.
"The wizard of Oz is so cruel!" Sirius commented.
"Total Slytherin," James added.
"Shush!" I told them.
That's all I remember from the night. I fell asleep just as they set off for the quest to get the witch's broomstick.
I found myself hugging Sirius' arm when I woke up.
I felt my face heat up, and I let go. I checked the time. 7:30am. I groaned and rolled off the bed. Remus, Frank and Peter were already gone. I was sleeping with Sirius on his bed, and James was on the floor, clutching the film parchment.
I took the parchment from him, and went back to the girls dormitories.
"Hey Jamie," Lily said, seeing me enter, "Had fun on your little sleepover?"
"I sure did Lils," I told her with a grin, "Is anyone in the bathroom yet? I want to take a quick shower and go wake the boys."
"Nah, they're empty. Alice is still asleep, and the other girls already went for breakfast."
"Thanks," I said, grabbed some clothes from my suitcase, and went for a shower.
Ten minutes later, when I was all dressed and washed, I barged into the first year boys dormitories, just to, once again, find Sirius standing there, half naked. This time, however so was James. But, like on the train, I just ignored it, and went to lay on Sirius' bed.
The boys didn't seem to mind my presence, and started up a conversation about the movie.
"I think muggles are out of their minds, if they think that's what witches and wizards are, and that's how they act," James told me.
"It's just a film, James. It's fiction," I reminded him.
"Yeah whatever."
"You know what?" I asked the two boys, "I think we're a bit like the main characters of the story."
"Siriusly? and that's s-i-r-i-u-s-l-y" Sirius asked.
"Yes Sirius, SERIOUSLY. S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y.I'm Dorothy, because… Well… I'm the girl. You're the dog, because you're my closest friend and you like to get others into trouble, and if you think about it, the whole thing wouldn't have happened if the dog didn't go chasing cats in the first place. James is like the scarecrow because he's my other closest friend, and he's not very bright ("OY!" James yelled). Then, Remus is like the tin man, because, I think, the tin man was the smartest of the group, other then Dorothy. And finally, Peter is like the lion, because he seems to be the most cowardly of the group," I explained.
"True," James agreed.
Sirius grinned, "And Snivellus is the witch, because everyone hates him."
"Yeah!" James smirked, "And Lily is the good witch, because everyone likes her, and she protected Dorothy!"
"And the rest of the school are the munchkins and the teachers are the people from Sapphire city, and Dumbledore is the great WIZARD OF OZ!" I concluded, causing the three of us to laugh.
"Ready to go to breakfast Dorothy?" James asked.
"Of course Scarecrow!" I giggled, standing up, "How about you, Toto?"
"Woof!" Sirius barked.
"Well then, lets go to see The wizard in the Sapphire city, also known as the Great Hall!" I yelled, linking arms with the two boys.
"We're off to see the Wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
We hear he is a Whiz of a Wiz
If ever a Wiz there was
If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was
The Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does
We're off to see the wizard
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!" We sang, skipping all the way to the Great Hall, earning many curious and amused glances.
A/N – Hey I'm Ivy, I'm Dominika's best friend, and, as she said before, I'm Wizard-of-oz obsessed. I've written most of this chapter (From 'I sneaked into the corridor which led to all the boys' dormitories to "Shush!" I told them.), and I'm planning on writing my own fanfic. Let me know if you think I should by Reviewing! 3 Ivy