Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters, spells, etc. belong to JK Rowling. I made nothing original in this story except for the plot. Oh, and the songs. I wrote those, as well.
Harry Potter and the Discontinuity Factor
Act 2, Scene 5
Cho: (stands up) Alright. But it seems there's an uneven match in players. You have seven, and we have but five.
Draco: (overly eager) Well, I'll just sit this one out guys. Take one for the team and whatnot. (walks over to the side)
Cho: Well thank you for volunteering. But just be safe, traitor, Petrificus Locomortis! (Draco stiffens, falls into a comfortable position, since he's stuck there for the scene, which is rather long)
Ginny: (gasp) Draco! Are you okay? (goes over to check on him)
Harry: Hey, you can't treat our friend Draco like that!
Draco: Yeah!
Harry, Ron, and Hermione: Because that's our job!
Draco: Yeah! Wait, what?
Ginny: (angered) Hey, you guys! We're supposed to treat our friends nicely, with respect. Especially you, Harry Potter! You of all should know about treating people with kindness! Think about how you were treated before. Draco's probably been through similar situations with his Death Eater parents! We don't want Draco to go through the same shit now that he's got real friends!
Harry: (honestly surprised/interested) Really? Who are his friends?
Ginny: (more angered) WE are! We ALL are! Christ, didn't we go over this already? For the Savior of the Wizarding World, you can seem really unfit for the job!
Harry: (insulted) Hey! (turns to Bellatrix) Anyways, you're not going to treat us like that! We're gonna stick together, and I'm gonna take you down.
Bellatrix: Oh isn't this cute? Little baby Potter boy and the ginger standing up for their diaper friends! Adorable!
Harry: What are you talking about? I'm fourteen years old, I'm not a baby, shut up.
Ron: Yeah, and Draco's not our friend anyways, that's not even a little true. (Ginny glares at Ron)
Cho: C'mon guys, this is no time for bickering. We've still got one more person to get rid of. And I have the perfect suggestion for who to take out.
Snape: (overly eager) Way ahead of you, my lady. Dumbledore, I wish I was sorry, but remember that I gave up my emotions, so I quite literally can't be. Avada Kedavra!
Dumbledore: (while taking a dramatically long time to fall to his death) Severus, why? (as if about to cry)
I, I loved you. And I gave you my Spice Girls anthology CD… (falls forward, dead)
Snape: …(looks away) The CD kept skipping. I was never able to find out what she wanted. What she really really wanted.
(Ron and Hermione move Dumbledore offstage, as to not get in the way of the imminent battle)
Harry: Oh my god! You killed Dumbledore! You bastard! (everyone's wand at the ready) (song, "The Fight of Our Lives", begins)
(everyone stands back, with the good team on one side and the bad team on the other)
(Cho and Harry enter the middle) (all spell names are not sung but shouted in between lines)
Cho: (singing, angry)
You killed my lover
For that you must pay -Reducto! (Harry dodges, door is thrown in from offstage)-
You can make this all easy
If you stay out of my way -Stupefy!-Harry: Protego!-
Just give up the fight
And put down your wand
I might make it painless -Crucio! (Harry falls to the ground in a sitting position)-
And it won't last for long (Harry gets back up)
Harry: (singing, calm but also worried)
I know that you're damaged
I've felt this way too -Cho: Incendio! (Harry dodges, shocked look on his face)-
So please don't be hasty
I don't want to hurt you
I didn't kill Cedric -Cho: Bullocks, Potter!-
The Dark Lord lied to you
You're making a mistake now -Cho: Expelliarmus! (Harry jumps to the side)-
Just let me get through
(both move back, enter Moody and Ron)
Ron: (singing, scared)
Absolutely frightened
But that can't stop me
I'll fight for my friends -Flipendo! (Moody is pushed back)-
'Til we can all go free
Moody: (singing, smug)
Stupid little boy -Crucio! (Ron falls to the ground screaming)-
What do you hope to achieve
You can't save anyone -Crucio! (Ron screams again)-
None of you will leave
Ron: (through gritted teeth) Locomotor Mortis! (Moody's legs come together, after which he teeters and falls over, throwing his wand across the room, and Ron gets back up)
Ron and Harry: (to each other)
This is gonna be
The fight of our lives
This is gonna be
The coolest night of our lives
(Ron moves back, Moody's stuck where he fell, enter Snape and Hermione)
Hermione: (singing, frightened)
You traitorous jerk
We trust you no more -Trip Jinx! (Snape stumbles but catches himself)-
With our power and heart
We'll avenge Dumbledore -Snape: Expelliarmus! (Hermione loses wand and screams)-
Snape: (singing, Snape-ish)
Foolish little girl
Think you'll outwit me -Sectumsempra! (Hermione stumbles backwards and falls)-
Well, just quiet down now (Snape walks forward and stands above her)
(quietly) And follow my lead (Hermione looks confused)
(dialogue)
Moody: Yes, Snape, yes! Score one for Team Cho!
Snape: (not acknowledging Moody) You're right about something, Granger, I am a traitor, and I am about to betray someone. (spins around quickly)
Moody: What are you doing, Snape? Kill the girl, and let's get on with our plan!
Snape: I can't do that, Crouch.
Moody: What are you talking about? And why are you using my real name? It's supposed to be a secret! …wait, you don't mean…
Snape: I'm sorry, but I've been on Dumbledore's side since the end of the first war.
Moody: You mean… all of our time spent together, all of our missions…
Snape: Correct, Crouch. It was all a ruse in order to get information on the Dark Lord's plans.
Moody: (disheartened) … now I see why you were so distant as of late.
Snape: Again, I'm as sorry as it is possible for me to be.
Moody: (given up) Save it, Snape. I don't want to hear it anymore. I gave you everything I could to show how strong I was, but it turns out my work was worthless. I've already lost the will to fight. Don't rub it in any more. (Snape shrugs and drags him off to the side, next to unconscious Draco and dead Dumbledore) (Hermione gets up, grabs her wand and moves back to her side)
Hermione: (singing)
This is gonna be
The fight of our lives
This is gonna be
The strangest night of our lives
(enter Luna and Bellatrix)
Bellatrix: (singing, very angrily)
I'm now the Dark Lady's -Crucio! (Luna sidesteps the spell)-
So kill you I shall -Avada Kedavra! (Luna gracefully jumps out of the way)-
But I'll fulfill the Dark Lord, too -Imperio! (Luna dances out of the way)-
So next are your pals -Expelliarmus! (Luna does The Matrix bullet time move)-
Luna: (singing, dreamily)
Your head's filled with Wrackspurts -Bellatrix: Avada Kedavra! (Luna sidesteps)-
Your brain must feel light -Bellatrix: How dare you?!-
Now watch -Limpify- (Bellatrix falls over)
You should've dodged that, right?
(motherly)
Too filled with anger
You couldn't think straight
Next time, try not to do that
It doesn't work that great
(along with Harry, drags Bella over to the side while Bellatrix mutters expletives)
(enter Voldie and Ginny)
Voldemort: (singing, smug)
Remember me, girl
From your second year
Are you still as weak as then?
Are you still filled with fear? -Incendio!-Ginny: Aguamenti! (if possible, make smoke)-
Ginny: (singing, confident)
I'm stronger than I was
And I'll prove it to you -Bat Bogey Hex! (Voldemort leaps out of the way)-
I'll take you down with ease -Voldemort: Oh, really?-
You misguided fool -Expelliarmus!-Voldemort: Incarcerous! (Ginny falls over, with legs and arms bound)-
Voldemort: (singing, excited)
I'm a fool you say -HA!-
Well look who's tied up
You had your chance to get me
But now your time's up!
(dialogue)
Voldemort: Avada Kedavra! (as he says the spell, Harry jumps in front of Ginny)
Harry: Expelliarmus! (the sound of a loud crack of thunder is heard)
Voldemort: (grabs his chest) What, what happened? My spell… backfired? Oh, 'tis a cruel, cruel world that we live in… (falls over dead)
Harry: Relashio! (Ginny is freed from her constraints)
Harry and Ginny: (singing while Harry helps Ginny up)
This is gonna be
The fight of our lives
This is gonna be
The most important night of our lives
(Cho is, at this point, in a corner, trying to be confident and calm, but obviously failing)
(The team of good guys at this point, minus Snape, approaches Cho)
(Cho breaks down and sits down, with her arms wrapped around her legs, as if about to cry)
Harry: (singing, friendly)
Come on, Cho
Just give up the fight
Hermione: (singing, friendly)
Your team is defeated
And you know what's right
Ginny: (singing, comforting)
So you did something stupid
And you had every right
Ron: (singing, trying to be comforting)
Now get off your high horse
And come back to the light
(Luna extends her hand to Cho, who reluctantly takes it and stands up)
(song ends)
Cho: (points wand at Draco) Relashio! (Draco gets up, dusts off his clothes, then joins the gang, where Ginny gives him a bone-crushing hug)
Cho: Guys, I know this is going to sound cliché and almost like a cop-out for my earlier actions, but I look back and have no idea what the hell I was thinking, thinking I could change the way things happened by killing you, Harry. I knew it wouldn't bring Cedric back, but… (bursts into tears on Luna's shoulder)
Luna: It's okay Cho, it's alright.
Cho: But it's not! I spent the better part of a month planning revenge against Harry Potter for something he didn't do! I wanted an answer, I wanted a reason as to why Cedric had to die, and the idea that Voldemort had come back seemed so illogical at that point in time. Then, when I saw Voldemort, he made such a good argument against Harry… I see all the stupid things I did then, and it just hurts me to think that I would be so rash and violent. (continues sobbing)
Harry: Well, I certainly can't say that I forgive you, y'know, for the whole conspiracy to kill me thing that you did here, but I'm sure that you, like Draco, finally see the light, and feel bad about what you've done. Because I'm overly optimistic about people and their goodness, particularly if they aren't in Slytherin. I mean, look at how many times I've accepted Ron back after he's deserted me and turned his back on me! (Ron glares daggers at Harry) So we can start to patch things up. Who knows, maybe you'll take Ron or Hermione's place in the Golden Trio! (Hermione joins Ron in the glaring of daggers) (Harry nervously laughs) It was just a joke, guys. (slightly scared) Please don't hurt me.
Ron: (gives Harry a noogie) C'mon, mate, we knew you were kidding. There's no way you could replace us! I mean, where else would you get your comedy relief?
Hermione: And where would you get any common sense in this messed up world that we live in if it weren't for me? (puts hand on Harry's shoulder)
Ginny: And you've always got your backup friends. Me, Luna, and our newest addition, Draco! (Ginny and Luna stand proud, while Draco nervously stares at his feet, until Ginny pulls him closer and "forces" him to join in the posing)
Dumbledore: (walks in from offstage) Ah, would you look at what we have here. A beautiful moment dedicated to friendship and compassion.
Snape: Yes, isn't it adorable, Headmaster? It almost tastes like diabetes.
Harry: Dumbledore? Dumbledore, you're alive! (jumps on Dumbledore and embraces him) What, I mean, how, I mean… huh?
Dumbledore: Oh, right, you thought I was dead. Nah, you know I'm better than that. Snape was part of my side all along. When he cast his Avada Kedavra, I was able to cast a nonverbal, wandless spell that cancelled out his Killing Curse. It was just good acting on my part that you thought that I was dead. They don't call me the greatest wizard who ever lived for nothing.
Ron: Oh Dumbledore, you manipulative old man, you! (joins in the hug, followed one by one by each person onstage that isn't bound, the last person being Snape)
Snape: I suppose we could all use a hug now and again. (joins the cornucopia of love)
Dumbledore: All this love makes me feel like singing… (embrace ends) (song, "Love Is/We're All In This Together", begins)
Dumbledore: (singing)
Compassion and forgiveness are vital to love
The shippings I could care less about
Whether it's Harry and Hedwig, Draco and Neville
Hermione and Luna, it shouldn't count
It's doesn't matter what comes against you
Love's all you need to keep on fighting through
Remember that you're never alone
Because friends are always there for you
Love isn't always about romance
It's not about snogging or couples
It's about sticking together as friends
It's about helping each other through troubles
It's doesn't matter what comes against you
Love's all you need to keep on fighting through
Remember that you're never alone
Because friends are always there for you
Dumbledore: (speaking) Now, let's end this with a big chorus! Everyone should know this song! Everyone in the audience join in as well!
Dumbledore, Harry, Ginny, Luna, Hermione, Ron, Snape, Cho, Draco: (singing)
Everyone is special in their own way
We make each other strong (we make each other strong)
Were not the same
Were different in a good way
Together's where we belong
We're all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We're all stars
And we see that
We're all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come true
It's doesn't matter what comes against you
Love's all you need to keep fighting through
Remember that you're never alone
Because friends are always there for you
(song ends)
Cedric: (from offstage) Oh man, did I miss the big closing number already?
Cho: (gasp) Is it… is it really you?!
Scene 5 End
A/N: So... my first two reviews came in yesterday... AWESOME!
I guess I should respond to them... they had questions and comments worth responding to.
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Lady Canu: After I finished this, I saw the other Harry Potter musical, and changed a few lines based on some of the jokes they used, given that there's were funnier than mine in certain situations. So I was sort of inspired by the humor.
Lady Canu and The Hamster Called Gerbil: Thank you for the kind words. I actually have been unable to find more than one story where Cho goes evil, so I thought that'd be a fun tangent to work off of. Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys the songs I wrote or the story/characters I've crafted.
Overall, thank you for reviewing, letting me know that this was not all in vain. Thank you for pointing out particular sections or ideas that were interesting, so I know what I'm doing right. Overall, big thanks.
Chorp_Saway, out.