Trash Bags

*Trash Bags*

I stepped out of the dressing room.

I asked Parvati if I looked good, and she said I looked "nice," and gave me a thumbs-up.

I picked out the CD which I would be singing a song from. In case you were wondering, I, Lavender Brown, was performing in the Great Hall for a special karaoke show.

"Who's Kylie Minogue?" I questioned briskly, looking at the CD Parvati was holding up.

"Some Muggle singer," Parvati replied as she checked the stage lighting. "By the way, do you want mist to appear in the middle of your song?"

"Sure," I said, distracted, looking out the curtain at all the people.

As Parvati popped the CD into the CD player, I asked her to find the song that said, "La la la," in the beginning.

After the song started playing, I got up on stage. Seamus started throwing peanuts at me.

Note to self: Break up with Seamus.

Cedric looked at me oddly and Harry was whispering to Ron.

"Hey! What are you wearing?" Fred yelled.

I looked down at my outfit. It was fashioned from a few trash bags, and made to look like it. I even had a realistic banana peel on my head. My shoes were also creatively made out of and to look like empty McDonald's drink cups.

"What does it look like?" I retaliated, pausing my singing.

"It looks like a load of trash!" George yelled.

"Exactly!" I screamed, and started singing again, "Can't get you out of my head, yeah it's more than a thing to think about..."

In about the third quarter of my song, more or less, mist appeared. I started lip-singing as I looked over at my old boyfriend, Seamus. I had broken up with him a few minutes ago, in the beginning of my song. He was really cute. Why had we broken up?

As soon as the song was finished, I went backstage and asked Parvati if she could put on "Sometimes" by Britney Spears.

"Sure," she said, "but maybe you should change first."

I guess she had noticed the tomato stains.

"Okay..." I picked out another outfit. It was fashionable, and looked very much like a green leaf. As soon as I had finished changing into the leaf and some green tights, I went backstage and Parvati gave me the thumbs-up sign again. I couldn't believe they didn't like my trash outfit, but, hey everyone's a critic. But now, I'm sure they'll love my leaf costume.

As the music started, I slipped onstage. Professor Snape was howling with laughter, and even McGonagall had cracked a smile. I smiled weakly and began to sing. I thought about my outfit. I looked down, and noticed that it was a real leaf.

"Come on!" Dean yelled.

I was thinking about what he meant when the song ended. I asked Parvati if she could pop in the "Madonna" CD while I changed, and pick out the song, "Music." She nodded, flipping through the CD case to find it.

"This time I need and outfit that will really knock their socks off," I muttered to myself. And there it was.

The furry snake outfit. It was green and snake-like, but also furry and soft. I loved that outfit, and I knew the crowd would love it too.

"Break a leg," Parvati said.

I wobbled out realistically as the song came on, and sang louder than before. I had a new self confidence with this snake outfit.

"Let someone else sing for once!" Hermione yelled, much to the surprise of Harry and Ron.

Even more to everyone's surprise, Hermione threw a tomato at me. I looked at the glamorous snake, and saw the tomato's remains. Tears came to my eyes as I saw that my entire furry snake outfit was covered in tomatoes. Had the others thrown them too? I went backstage early, without even finishing the song.

Note to self: Go to the dry cleaners tomorrow.

Ron got up on stage. "Now, for the final part of the show, we get to shut Lavender up!"

The audience cheered loudly, but the applause soon faded. "How?" everyone was wondering, but Ron seemed to know.

As "Stronger" came on, I came out on stage with an egg costume, rolling on with only some difficulty.

Ron jumped up on me with a roll of masking tape. He taped my mouth and rolled me right offstage.

The audience cheered and whistled at the sight of me being gone. How could they?

Oh well. I'll get to do the same thing tomorrow.

"Thank you, Hogwarts," I tried to say through my masking-tape-covered mouth, "I'm here till Sunday!"