The Show (part 1)
Three months, twelve practices, and four arguments later, it was show time. Nerves were high and tempers were wearing thin, clothes were chosen and re-chosen, acts were ready. Five minutes before the first curtain up many were claiming seats or headed backstage for the show to begin.
Among the crowd going in were Al, James and Scorpius, Rose, however, was no where to be found by them. Nor were any of Als' female cousins over the age of fifteen.
At two minutes to show time Headmistress McGonagall's' disembodied voice carried over them, "All students that are not in the first act please locate your seats in the great hall."
Once everyone was seated, Blake Zambini, Balize Zambini's son, walked on stage. His dark eyes scanned the crowd. "Welcome to the first annual Hogwarts Talent Show. Our contestants will perform their act and then the judges will right down a comment or score and at the end of the show, I will announce the winner chosen by the judges. Our judges are, Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Clapp, and Professor Tichenor. They will be fair and just. Now, I would like to introduce our first contestant, Alice Longbottem. She will be singing a song called 'Love Song' By Sara Bareilles."
Zambini backed off stage as the curtain rose to revile a black Baby Grand piano. Alice stepped out in a black dress with a halter neckline. She sat down on the bench that faced the crowd and began to play and sing.
"Head
under water
And you tell me
To breathe easy for awhile
The
breathing gets harder
Even I know that
Made room for me
It's
too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard
to hold on to
Blank
stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well
but you make this hard on me,
Alice sang looking out at the crowd and picked out her dad. Professor Longbottem was looking at her with tears in the corners of his eyes.
"I'm
not gonna write you a love song
Cause you ask for it
Cause
you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song
Cause
you tell me it's make or breakin' this
If you're on your way
I'm
not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leavin'
I'm
gonna need a better reason
To write you a love song
Today
Today..
I
learnt the hard way
That they all say
Things you wanna hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under
You and Your twisted
words
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you
were
Hello to high and dry
Convinced
me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm
trying to let you hear me as I am,
Now she was really into the song, dancing slightly as she went, she let go of her nerves and let her voice fill the notes.
"I'm
not gonna write you a love song
Cause you asked for it
Cause
you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause
you tell me it's make or breakin' this
If you're on your way
I'm
not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leavin'
I'm
gonna need a better reason
To write you a love song today
Promise
me
You'll leave the light on
To help me see
The daylight
my guide, gone
Cause I believe
There's a way
You can love
me
Because I say
I
won't write you a love song
Cause you ask for it
Cause you
need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause
you tell me it's make or breakin' this
Is that why you wanted a
love song?
Cause you asked for it
Cause you need one
You
see I'm not gonna write you a love song
Cause you tell me it's
make or breakin this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna
write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want
it for a minute
Babe, I walk the seven seas
When I believe
that there's a reason to write you a love song
Today.
Today..
The crowd burst into cheers as she finnished. Grinning like a cheaster cat, Alice bowed and steped backstage.
"Congrats Alice!" Zambini said reapearing on stage. The curtin went down concealing the stage. "Next up we have the one, the only, Lily Potter! She is dancing to 'Dirty' by Christina Aguilera." He, once again, backed off stage.
The curtin went up again to reviel Lily in tight hip-hugging blue jeans and a tight zip-up hooded sweater. Two other girls, back up dancers, were flanking her, in outfits simmilar to Lilys.
Lily nodded to Josh Crevey, the DJ for the show to start the music.
"Ah,
dirrty (dirrty)
Filthy (filthy)
Nasty (ho), christina you
nasty? (yeah)
Too dirrty to clean my act up
If you ain't
dirrty
You ain't here to party (woo!)
Ladies (move)
Gentlemen (move)
Somebody ring the alarm
A fire on the
roof
Ring the alarm (and I'm throwin' elbows) x7
Ooh, I'm
overdue
Gimme some room
I'm coming through
Paid my dues
In the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ's
spinning (show your hands)
Let's get dirrty (that's my jam)
I
need that, uh, to get me off
Sweat'n til my clothes come off
Lily danced in a tasteful yet sexy way. At points the three danced the same moves but others it was different. On the last line Lily took off the sweater to show a loose fitting backless halter top in a chrimson, that made her deep red hair seem brighter.
"It's
explosive, speakers are pumpin' (oh)
Still jumping, six in the
morning
Table dancing, glasses are crashin' (oh)
No question,
time for some action
Temperature's up (can you feel it)
'bout to erupt
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna
make some noise
Wanna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about
time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dancing getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's
about time for my arrival
Ah, heat is up
So ladies,
fellas
Drop your cups
Body's hot
Front to back
Now
move your ass (ha)
I like that
Al leaned over to his brother and asked, "Are we sapossed to go up there and cover her up?"
"It could be worse." James said.
"Tight
hip huggers (low for ho)
Shake a little somethin' (on the floor)
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweat'n til my clothes come
off
Let's get open, cause a commotion (ooh oh)
We're
still going, eight in the morning
There's no stopping, we keep it
popping (oh)
hot rockin', everyone's talking
Give all you
got (give it to me)
Just hit the spot
Gonna get my girls
Get
your boys
Gonna make some noise
Rowdy
Gonna get a
little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Ooh sweat
dripping over my body
dancin' getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty (oh, oh)
It's about time for my arrival
Here it comes, it's the one
You've been wait'n on
Get
up get it rough
Yup, that's what's up
Giving just what you
love
To the maximum
Uh oh, here we go (here we go)
what
to do when the music
Starts to drop
That's when we take it
To the parking lot
And I betcha somebody's
Gonna call the
cops
Uh oh's, here we go's (here we go)
Ohh ooh ohh, yeah yeah...
Redman: not in alll versions, if it isn't just skip
it)
Yo, hot damn, Doc a jam like a summer show
I keep my car
looking like a crash dummy drove
My gear look like the bank got
my money froze
For dead presidents I pimp like Huddy roll
Doc
the one that excite ya divas (ow!)
If the media shine
I'm
shining with both of the sleeves up
Yo Christina, better hop in
here
My block live and in color, like Rodman hair (yeah)
The
club is packed, the bar is filled
I'm waiting for sister to act,
like Lauryn Hill
Frankly, it's a rap, no bargain deals
I
drive a four wheel ride with foreign wheels
Throw it up
Lily was getting cat-calls and wolf-wisles from all the unattached males in the room that weren't family. She smiled and continued to dance.
"Baby
it's brick city, you heard of that
We blessed, and hung low, like
Bernie Mac
Dogs, let 'em out, women, let 'em in
It's like I'm
ODB, the way I'm freaking
Wanna get rowdy (rowdy, yeah)
Gonna get a little unruly (ruly)
Get it fired up in a hurry
(hurry)
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start
the party (party)
Sweat dripping over my body (body)
dancin
getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about
time for my arrival
Rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
(Ooh
oh)
Get it fired up in a hurry
(Ooh oh)
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Ooh sweat
dripping over my body
dancin' getting just a little naughty
Wanna get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival
Rowdy
(Let's get dirrty)
Gonna get a little unruly
(I wanna get
dirrty)
Get it fired up in a hurry
(Let's get dirrty)
Wanna
get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
(Ooh
yeah)
Sweat dripping over my body
(Let's get dirrty)
dancin
getting just a little naughty
(Wanna get dirrty)
Wanna get
dirrty
(Ooh yeah)
It's about time for my arrival
Uh, what?
Lily ended the song and left the stage. The roaring crowd was deafening. The Potters, Weasleys, and Professor Longbottem were in a state of shock.
The next act was revolting, Emily, Roses house mate, was doing more of a strip tease then a dance to Britney Spears's 'Gimme More'. Thirty seconds in, McGonagall disqualified her.
Zambini came back trying to hide the look of disgust on his face," Alright, next up we have Claire DeBou doing a contemporary dance." The curtain lifted and the music started. Claire, a brunette Huflpuff danced to the song not paying any attention to the audience that was watching her every move. She danced with confidence, assured that she knew the steps.
When the song ended Claire smiled at the crowd and Blake as she left the stage.
"Nicely done Miss DeBou. Next we have an act worth of Professor Longbottem, Rick Melding will prune six plants while explaining their properties. All in ten minutes." Blake clapped and backed away and a slightly gangly looking boy with his blond hair in a shag style cut.
A gigantic clock that was counting down ten minutes was behind him.
After five minutes he still had four plants. No one thought that he would do it. But as the time passed, he got them done.
"Count down with me!" Blake shouted, "Ten…nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two!!"
Just as the group was shouting "ONE!" Rick shouted "DONE!" the whole great hall erupted in cheers and applause.
"Wow." Was one of the only things that was heard.
"Holy Hippogriff!" Blake said, then, "Alright, for our final performance of this act, we have a group of girls that are singing and dancing, lady's and gentlemen welcome to the Moulin Rouge."
Form behind a curtain the song began.
"Where's
all mah soul sistas
Lemme hear ya'll flow sistas
Then Dominique Weasley, Bill and Fleur's second daughter came out in red short shorts, black tights and boots, and a black and red corset. She danced in a sexual way but kept it at a PG-13 level.
"Un-known:
Hey
sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista
Hey sista, go sista, soul
sista, go sista
Dom:
He met Marmalade down IN old Moulin
Rouge
Struttin' her stuff on the street
She said, "Hello,
hey Jo, you wanna give it a go?" Oh! uh huh
The chorus other voices joined Dom.
Chorus:
"Giuchie,
Giuchie, ya ya dada (Hey hey hey)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here
(here)
Mocha Chocalata ya ya (oh yea)
Creole lady
Marmalade
Un-known:
What What, What what
Dom:
Ooh
oh
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir
Voulez vous coucher
avec moi
Un-known:
yea yea yea yea
Dom stepped behind a curtain and another curtain moved to reveal Lily sitting on a stool covered in a black silk sheet, and dressed in a black and silver bra on top of a sliver tight half shirt, elbow length fish net gloves, a matching black and silver booty shorts and black garter and thigh tights.
"Lily:
He
sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that
Magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets is where he started to
freak yeah
Chorus:
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya dada
(da-da-da)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here (here ohooh yea
yeah)
Mocha Choca lata ya ya (yea)
Creole lady
Marmalade
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce soir, what
what what)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi
Lily danced and tugged the sheet around. She twisted the sheet and then the curtain moved and concealed her from view.
"I really want to know what they were thinking when they thought they would get away with this." Al said to Scorpius.
"At least Rose isn't singing, her dad would through a hissy fit." Scorpius said.
When another curtain moved to show Annabelle Weasley dressed in white with a blond wig on Al was shocked, Annie was a quiddich master, not a belly dancer.
"Annie:
Yea
yea uh
He come through with the money and the garter belts
I
let him know we bout that cake straight up the gate uh
We
independent women, some mistake us for whores
I'm sayin', why
spend mine when I can spend yours
Disagree? Well that's you and
I'm sorry
Imma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear
high heel shoes get love from the dudes
4 bad ass chicks from the
Moulin Rouge
Hey sistas, soul sistas, betta get that dough
sistas
We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
By the case the
meaning of expensive taste
If you wanna Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya
Mocha Chocalate-a what?
Creole Lady Marmalade
One more time
C'mon now
Then the three girls sang together behind the curtains.
"Marmalade...
Lady Marmalade... Marmalade...
A final girl came out in a red corset, black booty shorts, garter and tights, she had red elbow length gloves and bright pink eye shadow.
Scorpius spoke too soon, Rose was singing and dancing and I was shocking. She was so much like her mother Hermione that no one thought she would ever do anything like this.
Rose:
Hey
Hey Hey!
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth
Color of cafe
au lait alright
Made the savage beast inside roar until he
cried,
More-more-more
The rest of the girls came out to finish the song.
Lily:
Now he's back home doin' 9 to 5
Dom:
Livin'
a grey flannel life
Christina:
But when he turns off to sleep
memories creep,
More-more-more
Chorus:
Giuchie,
Giuchie, ya ya dada (da daeaea yea)
Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here
(ooh)
Mocha Choca lata ya ya (yea)
Creole lady
Marmalade
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce
soir)
Voulez vous coucher avec moi (all my sistas yea)
Voulez
vous coucher avec moi ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez vous coucher avec
moi (C'Mon! uh)
Blake:
Rosie...(oh Leaeaa Oh)
Lily...
(Lady Marmalade)
Annie...(hey Hey! uh uh uh uh...)
Dom...(Oh Oh
oooo)
Rot wailer baby...(baby)
Moulin Rouge... (0h)
Misdemeanor
here...
Creole Lady Marmalade Yes-ah...
Blake did his part then said, "Wonderful girls! Though I believe you have some explaining to do." Blake eyed the Potter and Weasley boys and continued, "Now there will be a five minute break."
The lights came on and the boys ran to out to confront their family.