Songs of my Life

CHAPTER ONE of SONGS OF MY LIFE by Charisma Potter

(January 19^th 2011)

I remember that day so clearly; it was the first day of the rest of my life. Ah! Yes, I remember as if it was yesterday! Let me tell you the story of one of the happiest (and most scariest) days my life. Excuse the pun, but it was truly magical!

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(January 19^th 2001 (end of seventh year)- ten years ago today.)

It was in the evening, 6:55pm to be exact, and a special assembly had been called. The other students had no idea why, but boy did I know. This was the evening that was going to either make me or break me and it unfortunately wasn't up to me which way it went. We (myself and four female friends) were in a small chamber just off of the Great Hall; and we were scared silly! You see, I had organised a little something to let a special someone how much I loved him and that was the reason the students, including my boyfriend of three years- were in the Great Hall in rows of seats instead of the house tables and all sitting front of a large raised platform where the staff table usually sat; completely at a loss as to why they were there and what was going to happen. What I had organised was that I was going to sing some songs to let my boyfriend know that; basically I love him with all my heart and want to spend the rest of my life with him. I had actually written these songs a few years ago, with my boyfriend in mind. I had lent them to a muggle singer to see if she wanted to sing them, as I didn't think that I was going to sing them to him (so much for THAT idea!). The singer, to whom I gave the songs, was a muggle by the name of Céline Dion and she actually made them quite famous, to my surprise! I got quite a bit of money from those songs as I copyrighted them in my name. So any way, what was I saying? Oh yes, the three accomplices (background singers!) in my little gig were my good friends Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Parvati Patil, and Lavender Brown. Now, we were all dressed up to the nines- long evening gowns elbow length gloves, dainty shoes, full make-up (to the relief of Lavender!) - the lot!

I personally designed all the dresses that we were wearing. Let me describe them all to you:

Ginny, Luna, Parvati and Lavender were all wearing full-length shimmery baby blue silk/silver trim gowns. None of the dresses (including mine) had any patterns on them- the dresses were beautiful already; any patterns or anything would ruin the beauty of them. There were two types of dresses that were being worn. Ginny and Luna were wearing identical dresses, as were Lavender and Parvati. Lavender's and Parvati's dresses had spaghetti straps that crossed over at the back and a longer split down the right side of the dress and Ginny's and Luna's dresses had small off the shoulder sleeves and a small split at the back of the dress. They all had matching (baby blue/silver trim) elbow length gloves and strappy heels. Their hair was all the same as mine- up in a high bun with corkscrew tendrils framing their faces. As for my dress, it was a halter neck, but it also had small off the shoulder sleeves. It was a shimmery lilac silk with a silver trim. It had a long split on the left side of the dress so I was wearing something to do with all of their dresses as well as having my own style (the halter neck and colour). I had matching (lilac/silver trim) elbow length gloves and strappy heels. All of our heels were in the same design, but with the colours matching the dress of the person wearing them (obviously!).

After about five minutes, the Headmaster popped his head round the door to check that we were ready. Immediately, five people thought 'OH CRAP! THIS IS IT!!' I was one of them! Instead of saying those words, as Hermione Granger did NOT curse out loud, I said, "well girls, it's now or never!" and indeed it was. We all walked out to the dimly lit stage, our hooded cloaks over our heads so no one would know who we were (we would reveal ourselves during the first song) we then walked to stand in front our respective microphones- they had been modified so they would work without interference from the magic. I was at the front, in the middle of the stage; Ginny and Luna were at the right side of me, but slightly further back from the front and Parvati and Lavender were on my left side, also a little bit further back from the front of the stage. We all shared looks of utter helplessness; trying to remember our lines while knowing that it was going to be all right! As was the influence of one rather fiery and confident Ginny Weasley! We all knew that as soon as the music came on, we would know the song- we had rehearsed enough times! As the first beats of the starting song sounded, all that was going through our heads was the next line we had to sing.

"...Ooh Yeah...

No more sadness..."

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