wl_mods (wl_mods) wrote in wizard_love, @ 2011-03-11 01:23:00 |
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Entry tags: | *fic, 2011, hermione, snape |
Special delivery for rayvyn2k, part 2
Title: Muggle Movies (Part 2 of 3)
Author:
Recipient's LJ Name: rayvyn2k
Rating:Parts 1-2 are G, Part 3 is NC-17
Pairing:Hermione/Severus
Summary: The summer after the Final Battle, Hermione is struck with an idea while living with her best friends. The trio return to Hogwarts for a little bit of normalcy with their own form of Disney magic.
Word Count: 2,208 in this part
Warnings/Content: OOCness, a bit of fluff, semi-cracky
Disclaimer:I do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters. I do not own any of the Disney characters. No profit is being made from this story.
Author's Notes: Since I know nothing about Disneyland Paris, but I liked the idea of working Disney magic in, I went with that prompt. I hope you like what I came up with! Thanks to K for the quick beta job!
Hermione glanced around the Great Hall, observing her handiwork. She had pushed the long House tables up against one wall, where the elves would place refreshments, and she had transfigured the benches into squishy chairs in lines, much like the muggle cinema she attended with her parents during summer hols. She'd just sat down at the staff table to catch her breath when the Headmistress, who was to be the chaperone at this inaugural showing, came through the double doors, the school's Pensieve in her arms. She set it down lightly on the wooden table as she sat next to her pupil with a smile.
"I don't suppose you'll tell me what we are to be watching?" Minerva asked, for what had to be the hundredth time that week. She had been burning with curiosity ever since Hermione had approached her with the idea, and no less so now. She hoped that everything went off without a hitch, as these "Muggle Movie Nights", as the Golden Trio had taken to referring to their events, had the potential to create House unity. That goal was something her predecessor had been striving toward for years, and she had taken up the mantle with the position.
Hermione simply grinned secretively in response and tapped her nose with her index finger. "Sorry, Headmistress, you'll find out the same time as everyone else."
With that, students started trickling into the hall in twos and threes, helping themselves to treats from the table and finding their seats. After roughly forty-five minutes, Hermione glanced at her watch and cleared her throat as she cast a Sonorous charm on herself and stood in front of her chair. She was incredibly happy to see that every chair in the room was full, and several of the smaller children were sitting on the floor in the front. There was still quite a bit of house division, as was evident by large groups of the same color ties or scarves gathered together. Hermione gave herself a mental shrug and started her speech; she couldn't make people get along.
"Thank you all for coming tonight. Harry, Ron, Ginny and I had a hard time deciding which movie to show you tonight, but I think most of you will recognize the story we picked out. And for those of you that don't, see me afterwards and I can direct you to the correct book in the library. Enjoy the film, everyone!" Without further ado, Hermione conjured a large white screen and hung it on the wall in front of her fellow students, then place her wand to her temple to pull out a rather long string of memory. She had practiced pulling memories out of her head in Professor McGonagall's office, and was surprised at how pain-free the process was. It simply tickled, and one had to concentrate to get an entire memory.
The audience held their collective breath as they watched Hermione scrunch up her face and pull out an extremely long string of memory and slowly place it in the Pensieve. It seemed as if everyone let out their breath simultaneously as she flicked her wand and the memory fell into the swirling mist. Grinning happily, Hermione made a complicated motion with her wand, causing it to suck up the mist like a vacuum cleaner, then pointed it at the screen with the same complicated pattern, while thinking projectus maxima as loudly as she could. She almost danced with glee as the particles flew out of her wand and hit the screen, causing it light up with beginning scenes of the film. As Hermione made herself comfortable in her chair, with her feet propped up on the staff table and a handful of chocolate biscuits, the flames in the sconces were magically lowered as the film began.
The Movie, Part 1
As the film progressed, Hermione glanced over the crowd, and couldn’t help but grin at the wide-eyed looks on some of the first and second years' faces. If she had to criticise anything, it was that everyone had to get up and make their way to the other side of the hall if they wanted more refreshments, missing parts of the story. As the Genie began to sing her favorite song from the movie, she caught Harry's eye across the room where he sat next to Ginny and Ron and smiled when he waved and gave her two thumbs up before he put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders. Ron's eyes had yet to wander from the screen as he absentmindedly sipped from his butterbeer bottle. As much as she loved him, it was in a familial way, and she knew Ron would never be more to her than a sweet, sometimes annoying younger brother.
A Friend Like Me
Hermione turned her attention back to the movie, smiling as she watched McGonagall's reactions out of the corner of her eye. The older lady was engrossed in the story, leaning forward over the table, resting her head on one hand. If Hermione was surprised by the casual gesture, she kept it to herself as she watched the characters float about on a magic carpet and sing. She sighed gently, wondering if she would ever meet a prince of her own. She was slightly amused, however, by the numerous feminine sighs she could hear coming from the audience.
A Whole New World
As the show came to an end, Hermione noticed that several of the younger students had at some point drifted off to sleep. She would have to find some way of accommodating those who weren't used to staying up so late before the next showing. These few slight bumps considered, Hermione considered the event to be a success, as did the Headmistress if her smile and Dumbledore-esque twinkle were anything to go by.
However, as it was already November and the winter break was approaching, there wouldn't be another chance to have an event until close to spring break. The following Monday morning, Hermione visited the Headmistress in her office as they both went over their respective calendars and agreed that the next film would be shown the Friday evening before Easter. As Hermione left the office, Minerva shared a knowing look with Albus' portrait, as they both knew that she always spent the Easter holiday with her niece in London. In fact, almost all of the staff went home to visit their extended families in the spring, save one.