HEADMASTERS' OFFICE - 2ND SEPTEMBER
"Narcissa are you sure you came through a secret passageway to enter the school," quizzed Dumbledore. Narcissa sighed in exasperation.
"This is the 4th time you've asked!" She harrumphed in annoyance, "Why don't you believe me?"
The teachers looked at each other sensing Narcissa's upset. Snape put his hand on Narcissa's shoulders.
"It's not that we don't believe you Narcissa. It's just that..." He spotted Hermione staring at the scene, "What were you doing with Miss Granger?"
"Hermione? I was teaching her how to fly and play quidditch, of course!" Narcissa answered. Professor McGonagall's face lighted up as she turned to Hermione.
"You're training for Quidditch?" she asked joyfully, "We'll talk later," She placed her focus back on Narcissa, "Mrs Malfoy the reason we are sceptical of how you got into here is for the simple fact that we sealed up every single secret passage into the school. Therefore it should have been impossible for you to come in," she explained. Everyone turned to Narcissa, curiosity flickering in all their eyes. The blonde simply laughed. and laughed. and laughed.
"Could you tell us what's so funny?" asked Snape, growing irritated. Narcissa attempted to calm down, holding onto Hermione's shoulder.
Everyone stared at her as another round of laughter came over her. Snape rolled his eyes.
"Okay, Okay! I'm sorry," Narcissa straightened, "I honestly thought you were joking. I expected you to know better Dumbledore," She leaned in and gestured for everyone to lean in with her. Hermione, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Sprout and Flitwick all leaned into her, waiting to hear what she had to say.
"...The castle...is alive!" she whispered seriously. She laid back into her seat, arms crossed and looking extremely proud of herself. The rest of them except Dumbledore turned to the man in shock. He was looking very grave.
"Narcissa, this is not a joke," Snape snapped. Dumbledore stroked his beard.
"No, Severus. She's being dead serious," Dumbledore stood, "There are many secrets of the school that I don't even know about. What makes you think the castle is alive Narcissa?"
Narcissa scoffed, "This school was found when? Around 900 A.D? The castle has been soaked with so much magic! Do we even know who actually built the school? Draco also told me about how the school rejected Dolores Umbridge. As in locked her out of the Headmasters' office. How? This castle is alive. And it wants to keep its secret passages,"
Everyone stared at her in shock.
"Classic Cissy," giggled Bellatrix's voice in Hermione's head.
"Thank you, Narcissa," Dumbledore said in a grave voice, "You may now lead us to where you came through. So we can seal it up for now," he turned to Hermione, "You may return to class, Hermione," Hermione stood up quickly and left the office but on her way out she heard Narcissa
"It's not going to work. If Hogwarts wants its passages, it's going to have its passages. Not even you can stop that Albus. Hogwarts wants the Death Eaters to come in!"
Hermione's eyes widened as she heard the last line and sprinted out of the office, heading back to class.
ENTRANCE HALL - 4:09PM
"I haven't spoken to Hermione all day!" complained Ginny to her fellow Gryffindors. Lessons had finished for the day and the core Gryffindors were sitting on the stairs, leaving everyone to step over them as they climbed the stairs. This resulted in very dirty looks from the rest of their peers.
"It's like she hates us!" Ginny threw her hands up in frustration. Harry tried to comfort her, rubbing her shoulders.
"Don't be a diva, Hermione doesn't hate us," said Seamus.
"Yeah, I'm sure she just been bust," Neville added. A second after he said that Hermione came rushing through the doors, sprinting to her friends. Ginny shot up
"We need," Hermione panted, "Wait let me catch my breath"
Ginny ignored Hermione's state and hugged her tightly.
"What was that for?"
"I missed you," Ginny turned to glare at the boys on the stairs as they mockingly cooed at the scene, "Anyway what were you saying,"
Just as she said that the core Slytherin group came into the hall and walked over to them.
"I got them, Hermione," said Pansy.
"Hermione what's this about?" asked Harry.
"We need to do what we always do. Take over. The adults are going to be as useless as ever. Meet me in the Room of Requirement after dinner," The others looked confused at Hermione's rambling but nodded nonetheless.
"Of course!" spat a Gryffindor girl no one recognised, "The same group of people every single time,"
"I'm sorry what?" Blaise asked.
A Hufflepuff boy stood next to her, "You guys are always plotting and scheming. Always the Slytherins and Gryffindors never the Puffs or Ravenclaws. And even so, it's always you guys," The Core group began to shuffle closer to each other as more people started agreeing and closing in on them. Dean, Seamus, Harry and Neville were pushed off the stairs by some glaring Ravenclaws.
The Gryffindor girl who had first spoken up said to Harry, "Do you even know my name? We're in the same house! Same year!"
Harry stuttered, "N-No,"
"I'm Fay Dunbar! I'm fricking Fay Dunbar!"
With that, she opped up the stairs and began to sing,
"Finally!
Is it my turn?
Is it my time to leap from the background
And shine?" she sang holding the note on shine as Blaise whistled.
"We're about to have a group of haters sing at us. One more thing off my bucket list,"
"We've been quiet for way too long
We can say whatever we want to now
There is nothing to stop you from listening" sang the Hufflepuff boy.
"Hey there! We're talking to you!" A fifth-year Gryffindor boy poked Draco and immediately regretted it when Draco narrowed his eyes on him.
"We've been behind you all along!
But this is our chance, to stand in the spotlight and shine
And breathe!
And sing!
And dance!
Just notice us!" trilled a Ravenclaw girl into Theo's ear.
"You have ignored us, for way too long
Do you think that's really fair?
There's stuff that happens to us as well
When you're looking elsewhere" sang the Gryffindor girl, Hufflepuff boy, Ravenclaw girl and a Slytherin boy.
"So stop being blind
This is our time
It's your turn to stand behind" They surrounded the core group who were looking at everyone singing with slight fear in their eyes. Well except Pansy who was looking around in disgust.
"Don't make a fuss
This one's about us
Just notice us" Everyone singing raised their arms and held the final note.
"We're doing the saving of Hogwarts this time," Fay asserted, "And you're gonna do nothing about it,"
The crowd dispersed leaving the group standing in shock.
"That just happened," deadpanned Dean still laying where he was pushed too.
"You'd think these people would be more grateful since we, I don't know, helped save Wizarding Britain," sniffed Ginny.
"We do not take all the attention," argued Theo.
"They're just jealous," decreed Blaise haughtily.
Draco sniffed "Well I'm just gonna make it clear right now, I'm not going to work with any unknown peasants even if it means the end of the world"
ROOM OF REQUIREMENT - AFTER DINNER 7:45PM
Draco pouted as he sat in the room of requirement, arms crossed childishly with somewhat unknown people. While Fay had gone on to form her own team that was meeting in the library, the core group plus some others had claimed the room of requirement. The line-up was Ginny, Harry, Draco, Blaise, Hermione, Theo, Daphne, Tracey, Neville, Seamus, Dean, Pansy, Luna, Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, Jason Huntingdon and Sue Li.
"There are too many people in here," Theo said uncomfortably. Ernie glared at him.
"What I need to know is what the potion abusers are doing here?" taunted Pansy glaring at Ernie and Hannah both from Hufflepuff, "And if secret information is meant to be passed around in here, why is Hannah Abbot the Gossiping Bitch in here?"
"Pansy!" admonished Hermione. Ginny shrugged.
"She's not wrong 'Mione. She's the worst person you could've of invited,"
Hannah glared at them, "I am right here!"
Ernie grumbled, "I don't know why we're at this loser thing anyway,"
"I'll have you know anything with me in it, is not losery," huffed Blaise.
"Ernie why have you been acting like this," Hannah said sadly. Ernie glowered at her and got up.
"This thing's stupid," he muttered and left. Hannah looked at them unhappily.
"Sorry guys," she followed Ernie.
"Well we've got out the bottom feeders," chuckled Draco. Hermione glared at him. He turned to Susan Bones, "Are you going to leave too,"
"No," she said, "I'm up for a challenge,"
"Well, this better not be a waste of time," threatened Daphne Greengrass, flicking her blonde hair, "I need to get back to my sister!"
"It won't be!" Hermione gave everyone one a piece of parchment.
"Thanks for the extra parchment, 'Mione," joked Harry.
"It's not extra parchment, Harry," she answered, "Take out your wands, tap on the parchment and say 'Amor Omnia Vincit'"
"Love conquers all? Classic Granger!" muttered Draco. Hermione stared at him. He sounded just like Bellatrix.
"Well of course," whispered the woman's voice is Hermione's head, "He is my nephew,"
Hermione shook her head when Dean asked her, "What is this?"
The parchment listed everything Hermione already knew about the curse and everything that's going on.
"Number one. The curse seems to affect everyone inside the castle," readout Sue Li, a Ravenclaw.
"Number two. The curse will affect anyone who enters the school," Draco readout next, "Like my mother,"
"And the last one. Hogwarts is alive? Hermione explain this please," Seamus demanded. Hermione revealed to them what Narcissa had said in the office. At the end of her exclamation, everyone's mouths was dropped.
"Hogwarts? A sentimental being? Impossible!" exclaimed Jason.
"It would make sense though. Years of magic in one place," Luna exclaimed.
"This is amazing!" Sue Li turned to Hermione, "Don't worry you can count on us Ravenclaws to research!" She turned to Draco, "Your mother seems like an extremely intelligent woman," Draco cracked a smile at her. All of sudden Tracey stood up.
"Tracey babes, what's wrong?" asked Daphne. Tracey looked cautious.
"I don't think I can do this," she turned to the Gryffindors, "I don't know how you can run into danger all the time, every day but I'm not cut out for this," She turned to leave but was blocked by Ginny. Music began to play. Draco groaned.
"We can't
We can't back down" Ginny sang moving her arms in a no gesture, then banging her fists down
"We can't
We can't back down" Hermione and Harry joined her copying her movements
"We can't
We can't back down" Dean and Seamus joined in this time.
"We can't
We can't back down" Luna, Susan and Neville finally joined in.
"Not right now
We can't back down
Not right now
We can't back down
We can't back down" All the Gryffindors sang plus Luna, still doing the hand gestures.
"Don't close your eyes
We're all in this together" Draco tried to leave but Ginny grabbed him back as she sang alone
"Wherever we draw the line
We're not gonna straddle across it
Or lose it" After Ginny sang this all the Gryffindors started doing a synchronised dance.
"We can't back down
There's too much at stake
This is serious
Don't walk away
We can't pretend it's not happening
In our own Hogwarts
Our own home base
We've been called out" The Gryffindors continued to dance as the Slytherins except for Blaise still looked a bit reluctant.
"Do you hear your name?
I'm not confused
Let's win this thing
(Let's do it)
We can't back down
There's too much at stake
Don't walk away
Don't walk away, yeah" All the Gryffindors sang.
"Don't get me wrong
I don't like confrontation
I'd rather we all just get along
Hogwarts should be undivided, united" sang Sue Li, shocking herself at how comfortable she already was with this new group. The Gryffindors cheered her and Jason on as they joined their choreographed dance.
"We can't back down
There's too much at stake
This is serious
Don't walk away
We can't pretend it's not happening
In our own backyard
Our own home plate" They all sang as the Slytherins beginning to gradually join in.
"We've been called out
Do you hear your name?
I'm not confused
Let's win this thing
We can't back down
There's too much at stake
Don't walk away
Don't walk away, yeah" Eventually the Slytherins stood up and started slowly joining in.
"We got a situation that we can't ignore
'Cause ignorance is not bliss
We don't have to take this, no
With every big decision
Comes an equally important share of the risk
We gotta take this" They all sang dancing in unison, grinning as they did.
"We can't back down
There's too much at stake
This is serious
Don't walk away
We can't pretend, it's not happening
In our own Hogwarts
Our own home base" The Room of Requirement was alive with all the teens singing and dancing, enjoying themselves.
"We've been called out
Do you hear your name?
I'm not confused
Let's win this thing
We can't back down
There's too much at stake
Don't walk away
Don't walk away, yeah" House unity had never been so strong.
"We can't back down
We can't back down
Not right now
We can't back down" They finalised the final note ringing around the room.
All of Tracey's nerves were out the door.
"Let's do this!"
A/N
1st song - just notice us from the amazing world of gumball
2nd song - Can't back down from Camp Rock