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AN: *The reason I picked this as the display, is because this is what my fingers typed up, because my head forgot that this was book 3
It took about an hour before the performance was ready. Fred, George, and Jack were setting them up and making sure the safety procedures were in place - just like last year, and Annie, Elisa (who they collected) Ginny, and Colin Creevy were setting up blankets and snack tables for everyone else who were coming out of their own will when they heard there would be another water-works show.
*This year's performance was telling the story of the Chamber of Secrets - and what happened last year - to the whole school (minus the fact that it was Ginny Weasley, and the Spiders in the Forest of course).
Once everyone had taken their seats and a hush had came over the grounds, aside from the crickets in the grass, Jack got out a muggle water pistol and fired at the 'fun-powder' trail to ignite the water-works.
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It started with four figures, each a colour of a House and a silhouette of Hogwarts in the background which changed a little over time saying years were passing.
In that time little figures came to the school, and stood beside the Founders, until one moment when Slytherin had a X over his head as a new lot of students came - only some of these were white not black.
The next shower of sparks showed Slytherin closing a circular door and then leaving the school.
A clock came up and whizzed its hands around as the tunnel around the door eroded.
Then as the hands slowed down a big '51 years ago' came up and the door opened to show a half white, half black figure with a hint of green as an outline.
The door swung around and it showed a massive snake with yellow eyes bowing to this being.
There were a few attacks, there was a death of a girl, and then the clock reappeared and came up to last year.
Sep 1991 - June 1992
It starts out with pumpkins and a cat walking by a wall. And a shadow of a snake swallowed up the feline.
Then it was a white kid with a red outline, who got shadowed.
Then a grey being and another white kid with yellow outline got attacked.
Then two white beings - one with a red outline the other blue, and a black and white one this having a red outline were attacked.
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It took a minute or so for everyone to work out these were the attacks from last year, the now second years explaining everything to the new first years as they were confused.
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As these sparks settle down the tunnel came back and the door was closed again, as two figures - both half and half, came by it and the door opens, and swivels to show two beings on the ground with mini 'z's' coming from them to show they weren't dead.
Then the half coloured figure from before came, called to the snake and told it to attack the others.
After a fight one figure distracting the Green person the other stabbing a book with something making the Green figure go poof.
The sleeping figures wake up and they all leave the chamber, with the door for one more time closing behind them.
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Once the last sparkle was gone, there was a loud cheer and clapping from the audience and a request for more.
"Seriously?" Jack asked, not sure what to feel. "Guys this used up all of our fireworks!"
"We have more!" some called out "We can give them to you!"
"I myself would like to see another show, Mr Frost," Dumbledore's voice said as he came to the front smiling calmly.
"Yeah come on bucko, surely you got another story in that big head of yours." Bunny called out from where he was with some first years who had been a bit scared by the bangs and shapes.
Not wanting to go against the headmaster, Jack sighed and said he did have one idea.
"But we still need more fireworks," he said.
"Those who have fireworks, who are willing to let Jack Frost and Fred and George Weasley use them," Dumbledore said calmly "May go and get them. No name will be recorded and you shall not be punished for them when you come back."
After a moment of fidgeting a brave Ravenclaw got up and went back to the castle soon followed by more students from all the other houses.
While they were being collected, Jack, Fred, George, and Elisa cleared up, soggy blob after soggy blob and made sure to dry the spaces before planning how to set up the next batch.
"Ok," Jack said once he was sure everything was done, turning to the audience. "This story is about a man who as a boy had no friends, but soon found some, only for one to turn bad. Years later his friends son comes along and with his friends confronts the bad friend and then they go their separate ways" he explained.
With that he fires water at the trail and the new show starts:
A small lone wolf cub all by himself, goes through woods until comes to Hogwarts, along the way he comes across a stag, a black dog, and a rat, and runs around causing trouble for a small group of snakes.
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People were questioning why the characters were animals but those who knew just smiled.
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Time passes, the creatures grow up a little with the stag going off with a doe.
The dog is shown to be behind bars with dark unformed figures either side.
The rat is seen among a group of weasels
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This confused a few people.
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And the wolf is alone again on top of a hill with the moon behind him.
Time passes again and all but stag and doe come back to Hogwarts, with a young deer seen among them with a lightning bolt mark on his chest.
A dolphin and a white rabbit come in in-between the three and the rat and point it to go and leave them.
The rat runs away in one direction, and the two canines run off in another direction and the deer and the other mammals run off in the other.
There was applause when the last sparkle died down.
"MORE!" some of the students demanded but others were starting to get tired.
After some fighting, it was said there will be a list of suggestions for future water-work shows put up in each common room, but that everyone should go to bed tonight as tomorrow was the last day.