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The Sugar Quills

Ship: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger | Chapter Words: 1385 | Last Update: 6 Jan 06 | Rating: PG
After School has ended and a lot of the students have joined the Order of the Phoenix, Harry is led to Voldemort by mistake and trapped. Harry's friends have to do strange things to get him back.

Chapter 3: Sudden Happenings

Screams, shouts, annoyed arguing, people kicked, hit, bumped into each other and scrambled towards someone familiar in the darkness, though out the arena however, several witches and wizards stood waiting, silently listening and watching for something to happen.

'Hands on wands' Hermione whispered to anyone who had followed her, if anyone, she turned and banged her shoulder on Ginny's shoulder, she hadn't expected anyone to be that close, but at least she knew someone was there.

'Any idea what's going?' Ginny asked and fear in her voice caused her voice to vibrate though Hermione's ears.

'I...' Hermione was about to say she didn't know, when a voice louder than hers echoed across the large open arena.

'Hermione Granger' everyone, especially the crowd stood frozen. A single light switched on and moved quickly from the back of the arena to Hermione's current position on the stage. Hermione, determined not to look or act afraid walked back to her microphone.

'Who are you?' she said into it, listening to her voice echo.

'You know me Hermione. I'm the one with the boy...' his voice was calm. Hermione didn't respond. 'don't tell me you've forgotten him already!' he added to her silence. 'Let me jog your memory.' A scuffling sound was heard in the back ground then a second voice in a combination of panick and calm.

'Hermione get off the sta....' he was cut short by a cold deep laugh.

'Harry' Hermione's whisper carried the length of the arena. The voice laughed again.

'Carry on with your show, I want to see you perform, if you don't do as you're told Granger, you won't see Mr Potter again.' Another loud laugh and then sudden silence, more darkness and then everything went back to normal.

Hermione swung around to stare at the others and was shocked to find that Albus Dumbledore had stepped onto the stage.

'Ladies' he said calmly making Pavati and Lavender jump. 'I think you should carry on.' He added before leaving the stage. Tentatively, the four girls moved from the back of the stage to their microphones, and Hermione turned back to the crowd. Anger was pouring though her body, she didn't know if she could carry on, she wanted right now to move off the stage and find out where in the area he was, but her senses told her that it would be safer for Harry if she just swallowed her pride and carried on.

Turning to her right she whispered the name of the next song then repeated the action to her left, the music started up again and they sang as best they could under the circumstances, the crowd slowly got back into the swing of things.

Hermione: We text as we eat as we listen to the freaks as we wait for the right of way
Ginny: We text as talk were running as we walk 'cos we surf our little souls away
Hermione: We smoke as we choke as we sink another coke and we grin when it blows our mind
Pavati: We skate as we date as we slowly suffocate we're running, we're running, we're running out of time

Hermione, Ginny & Pavati:
My life got cold it happened many years ago
When summer slipped away
So chill now, whoa we've gotten many
Years to go so take it day by day

All:
And on the go I lost my soul to some forgotten dream
And how was I supposed to know it wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last hello has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or Heroes any more

Hermione: We spend as we lend 'cos we're happy to pretend everything's gonna be okay
Lavender: We shake as we wake never give until we take and we hate when we have to pay
Hermione: We flirt while we work to forget about the hurt and the trash that left behind
Sally-Ann: We sink as we swim the ice is wearing thin we're running, we're running, we're running out of time

Hermione, Lavender & Sally-Ann:
My life got cold it happened many years ago
When summer slipped away
So chill now, whoa we've gotten many
Years to go so take it day by day

All:
And on the go I lost my soul to some forgotten dream
And how was I supposed to know it wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last hello has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or Heroes any more

Hermione: My life got cold it happened many years ago when summer slipped away

Tears started to flow down Hermione's cheeks as she carried on singing, the lyrics where second nature to her and her mind couldn't help but worry about what Voldemort would do, especially to Harry.

Hermione: So chill now, whoa we've gotten many years to go so take it day by day

All:
And on the go I lost my soul to some forgotten dream
And how was I supposed to know it wasn't what it seemed
And even though the last hello has left me on the floor
I don't believe in Romeos or Heroes any more

They didn't stop, Hermione turned to the band on the left and nodded for them to carry on, they did as told and started the next song.

Hermione: Baby, baby, won't you give me a chance I know you're watching and I just can't dance
Ginny: Well honey, honey, won't you give me a clue I'm tired of hanging by the DJ box pretending that I'm cool

Pavati: I catch your eyes and the whole world tumbles down
Lavender: I said goodbye and you said I'll see you around
Sally-Ann: I kinda smile as if the whole thing's so passé
Ginny: But deep inside I close my eyes and pray

Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: Oh baby, let me know should I stay or should I go
Hermione & Ginny: I've always stayed around you now I'm really nothing new
Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: And if for some kind of miracle underneath the glitter ball
Hermione & Ginny: You'll see I'm not invisible and anytime you wanna go its cool

Hermione: Baby, baby, say you'll give me a chance you've got the ego but you just can't dance
Ginny: Well honey, honey, better things I could do than hang around with all your slacker friends pretending that I'm cool

Pavati: But late at night I feel the whole world tumble down
Lavender: I said all right and you said I'll see you around
Sally-Ann: I bore my eyes as if I don't care anyway
Ginny: But deep inside I close my eyes and pray

Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: Oh baby, let me know should I stay or should I go
Hermione & Ginny: I've always stayed around you now I'm really nothing new
Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: And if for some kind of miracle underneath the glitter ball
Hermione & Ginny: You'll see I'm not invisible and anytime you wanna go its cool

Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: Oh baby, let me know should I stay or should I go
Hermione & Ginny: I've always stayed around you now I'm really nothing new
Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: And if for some kind of miracle underneath the glitter ball
Hermione & Ginny: You'll see I'm not invisible and anytime you wanna go its cool

Lavender, Pavati & Sally-Ann: (in the background) Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba

Ginny: Oh baby, let me know should I stay or should I go
Hermione: I've always stayed around you now I'm really nothing new
Ginny: And if for some kind of miracle underneath the glitter ball
Hermione: You'll see I'm not invisible and anytime you wanna go its cool

Ginny: Oh baby, let me know why am I getting ready go?
Hermione: You've seen me tag around you now I'm really nothing new
Ginny: But my reaction is chemical something kind of sexual
Hermione: It's doing you incredible so anytime you wanna go it's cool

The stage was once again plunged into sudden darkness, as the lights slowly reanimated, there were only 4 girls left standing on stage, Ginny, Pavati, Lavender and Sally-Ann. Hermione was gone!

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