Ok, it was late when I thought of this, but it seemed like a great twist on
Severitus' challenge. Come on, a Harry Potter musical!
These songs are taken from various Disney movies and other musicals. I had to change some of the words to fit it into the HP universe, but as I am the writer, I have the license. I plan on writing a serious answer to the Severitus challenge, but this was just aching to be posted. Have fun, and don't forget to smile and review.
Ok, for reference, this is going to be in play format (just cause that makes it even funnier)
~Things between the tildes is blocking info (for non-theater buffs, blocking is what the director does, telling the actors where they are in a scene and what they're doing)~
**Asterisks before name indicates singing. Hey, I said it was a musical. I will also indent songs so you can tell songs from speech. I've read enough scripts as an Assistant Director to know how confusing the blasted things can be.
Ok, just so no one thinks I wrote these songs myself (but remember, I may change some of the words)
Go the Distance - Hercules, Disney
Empty Heart, Just Because it's Magic, And Son - Geppetto, Disney
You'll Be in My Heart - Tarzan, Disney
It's not Easy - Pete's Dragon, Disney
Playing with the Big Boys Now - Prince of Egypt, WB
Not One of Us - Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Disney
In the Dark of the Night - Anastasia, WB
The story will progress much the same as the book in the beginning, save some insight on a certain potions professor.
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ACT I, SCENE I: Cupboard under the stairs. July 15, 1991 (hint: Harry's about to get his first letter from Hogwarts)
~We find our hero hidden under a blanket, holding a flashlight to a tattered photograph of a young woman. The writing reads "Lily at graduation."~ (A/N: Harry must have found a picture of his mother when she was younger in one of Petunia's old albums stuffed into the attic, forgotten, and stolen it.)
-Music starts, Go the Distance
**HARRY:
I have often dreamed of a far off place
Where a great, warm welcome will be waiting for me.
Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying this is where I'm meant to be.
~sighs and looks out of the slot into the dark hallway~
I will find my way, I can go the distance.
I'll be there someday, if I can be strong.
I know every mile will be worth my while.
I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong.
-End music
(A/N: These scenes are the same, so I won't go into them. On with musical!)
ACT I. SCENE II: Dudley's Birthday
ACT I, SCENE III: Letters
ACT I, SCENE IV: Rainy Island
ACT I, SCENE V: Diagon Alley
ACT I, SCENE VI: Snape manor. August 30, 1991
~We see Severus Snape getting ready for bed, slipping on his black nightgown (complete with night hat). He goes around his large house, putting out candles and preparing for bedtime.~
-Music starts, Empty Heart
**SNAPE:
I know my heart is large,
That's why it feels so empty.
If I could have just one wish come true,
I'd fill this empty heart.
I fill my days with work,
I fill my nights with dreaming;
And wait in hopes of a someone who
Can fill this empty heart.
~He closes his bedroom door and turns down his bed~
Like an open shell on the shore,
Like a riverbed dry of all water
Nothing's growing here anymore.
Is it too late for life to start?
~Opens the window and sits on the ledge, looking out.~
On such a magic night,
When all the world shining
My foolish prayer, may it travel far.
I even wish on the wishing star
To fill this empty heart.
-Pan out, music ends
ACT I, SCENE VII: Hogwarts Express. August 31, 1991
~Harry sits alone in the compartment, eager to be actually going.~
-Refrain starts, Go the Distance
**HARRY:
I am on my way, I can go the distance.
I don't care how far, somehow I'll be strong.
I know every mile will be worth my while.
I would go most anywhere to find where I belong.
-As the song ends, enter RON WEASLEY. Continue scene.
ACT I, SCENE VIII: Boat ride and Malfoy
ACT I, SCENE IX: Sorting Ceremony
(A/N: This is where it changes a little. As Aug 31 was a Sat, they get Sunday off, so they don't start the next day. Here's what happened between the Ceremony and Transfiguration class Monday morning.)
ACT I, SCENE X: Harry visits Hagrid (A/N: who already has Norbert). Sept 1, 1991
HARRY: Hello Hagrid. What do you have there?
HAGRID: 'Allo 'Arry. This 'ere's Norbert.
~Hagrid pulls up the dragon to sit in his lap~
HARRY: Hagrid! That's a dragon!
HAGRID: Right yeh are, 'Arry.
-yep you guessed it, music starts. It's Not Easy
**HARRY:
(spoken) What is he like?
**HAGRID
(spoken) Just a plain ordinary dragon.
**HARRY:
(spoken) How plain? How ordinary?
**HAGRID:
He has the head of a camel,
The neck of a crocodile.
**HARRY:
It sounds rather strange.
**HAGRID:
He's both a fish and a mammal
And I hope he'll never change.
'Cause it's not easy
To find someone who cares.
**HARRY:
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs.
**HAGRID:
I'm glad I found him.
I love him,
I won't let him get away.
'Cause it's not easy.
**HARRY:
You say the head of a camel,
The neck of a crocodile?
**HAGRID:
And the ears of a cow!
**HARRY:
It's clear that friends can be different.
Yes, I understand you now.
**BOTH (in harmony):
It's not easy
To find someone who cares.
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs.
**HARRY:
Now that you have him,
Hold him,
Treasure him from day to day.
It's so easy.
~stands and walks to window, looking out onto grounds~
Life is lollipops and raindrops
With the one you love.
Someone you can always be with,
Argue and agree with.
**HAGRID: ~stands to join him~
Climb the highest tree with!
**BOTH:
It's not easy
To share somebody's dream.
It gets easy
When you work as a team.
**HARRY:
You've got to tend it, fan it.
**HAGRID:
That's what I plan to do.
Oh, I had one friend by my side,
Now I have two:
Him and you.
**HARRY:
Him and me.
**BOTH (in harmony):
And it's so easy.
HARRY: Well, I'll be seeing you Hagrid. I need to go to dinner, then get ready for classes. I can't wait!
HAGRID: Bye 'Arry! Oh, an I'd appreciate it if yeh din mention this to anyone. Not suppose to 'ave a dragon yeh know.
~Harry waves goodbye to Hagrid and Norbert and heads off to the castle.~
ACT I, SCENE XI: Classes
ACT I, SCENE XII: Fluffy
ACT I, SCENE XIII: Halloween
ACT I, SCENE XIV: Quidditch game
ACT I, SCENE XV: Christmas
ACT I, SCENE XVI: Mirror of Erusid (with one change, James is kinda blurry, but he attributes this to his bad memory)
ACT I, SCENE XVII: Through the trapdoor
ACT I, SCENE XVIII: Confronting Professor Querrel
ACT I, SCENE XIX: House Cup, Leaving Feast
ACT I, SCENE XX: Not really going home
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A/N: Ok, so what did everyone think? Crazy? Funny? Stupid? Anyone out there? I really didn't feel like writing out the whole thing, so everyone can go watch the movie if they don't know what happens in any of these scenes.
This is where things get different. AU all the way. Gotta go work on ACT II.
These songs are taken from various Disney movies and other musicals. I had to change some of the words to fit it into the HP universe, but as I am the writer, I have the license. I plan on writing a serious answer to the Severitus challenge, but this was just aching to be posted. Have fun, and don't forget to smile and review.
Ok, for reference, this is going to be in play format (just cause that makes it even funnier)
~Things between the tildes is blocking info (for non-theater buffs, blocking is what the director does, telling the actors where they are in a scene and what they're doing)~
**Asterisks before name indicates singing. Hey, I said it was a musical. I will also indent songs so you can tell songs from speech. I've read enough scripts as an Assistant Director to know how confusing the blasted things can be.
Ok, just so no one thinks I wrote these songs myself (but remember, I may change some of the words)
Go the Distance - Hercules, Disney
Empty Heart, Just Because it's Magic, And Son - Geppetto, Disney
You'll Be in My Heart - Tarzan, Disney
It's not Easy - Pete's Dragon, Disney
Playing with the Big Boys Now - Prince of Egypt, WB
Not One of Us - Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Disney
In the Dark of the Night - Anastasia, WB
The story will progress much the same as the book in the beginning, save some insight on a certain potions professor.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ACT I, SCENE I: Cupboard under the stairs. July 15, 1991 (hint: Harry's about to get his first letter from Hogwarts)
~We find our hero hidden under a blanket, holding a flashlight to a tattered photograph of a young woman. The writing reads "Lily at graduation."~ (A/N: Harry must have found a picture of his mother when she was younger in one of Petunia's old albums stuffed into the attic, forgotten, and stolen it.)
-Music starts, Go the Distance
**HARRY:
I have often dreamed of a far off place
Where a great, warm welcome will be waiting for me.
Where the crowds will cheer when they see my face
And a voice keeps saying this is where I'm meant to be.
~sighs and looks out of the slot into the dark hallway~
I will find my way, I can go the distance.
I'll be there someday, if I can be strong.
I know every mile will be worth my while.
I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong.
-End music
(A/N: These scenes are the same, so I won't go into them. On with musical!)
ACT I. SCENE II: Dudley's Birthday
ACT I, SCENE III: Letters
ACT I, SCENE IV: Rainy Island
ACT I, SCENE V: Diagon Alley
ACT I, SCENE VI: Snape manor. August 30, 1991
~We see Severus Snape getting ready for bed, slipping on his black nightgown (complete with night hat). He goes around his large house, putting out candles and preparing for bedtime.~
-Music starts, Empty Heart
**SNAPE:
I know my heart is large,
That's why it feels so empty.
If I could have just one wish come true,
I'd fill this empty heart.
I fill my days with work,
I fill my nights with dreaming;
And wait in hopes of a someone who
Can fill this empty heart.
~He closes his bedroom door and turns down his bed~
Like an open shell on the shore,
Like a riverbed dry of all water
Nothing's growing here anymore.
Is it too late for life to start?
~Opens the window and sits on the ledge, looking out.~
On such a magic night,
When all the world shining
My foolish prayer, may it travel far.
I even wish on the wishing star
To fill this empty heart.
-Pan out, music ends
ACT I, SCENE VII: Hogwarts Express. August 31, 1991
~Harry sits alone in the compartment, eager to be actually going.~
-Refrain starts, Go the Distance
**HARRY:
I am on my way, I can go the distance.
I don't care how far, somehow I'll be strong.
I know every mile will be worth my while.
I would go most anywhere to find where I belong.
-As the song ends, enter RON WEASLEY. Continue scene.
ACT I, SCENE VIII: Boat ride and Malfoy
ACT I, SCENE IX: Sorting Ceremony
(A/N: This is where it changes a little. As Aug 31 was a Sat, they get Sunday off, so they don't start the next day. Here's what happened between the Ceremony and Transfiguration class Monday morning.)
ACT I, SCENE X: Harry visits Hagrid (A/N: who already has Norbert). Sept 1, 1991
HARRY: Hello Hagrid. What do you have there?
HAGRID: 'Allo 'Arry. This 'ere's Norbert.
~Hagrid pulls up the dragon to sit in his lap~
HARRY: Hagrid! That's a dragon!
HAGRID: Right yeh are, 'Arry.
-yep you guessed it, music starts. It's Not Easy
**HARRY:
(spoken) What is he like?
**HAGRID
(spoken) Just a plain ordinary dragon.
**HARRY:
(spoken) How plain? How ordinary?
**HAGRID:
He has the head of a camel,
The neck of a crocodile.
**HARRY:
It sounds rather strange.
**HAGRID:
He's both a fish and a mammal
And I hope he'll never change.
'Cause it's not easy
To find someone who cares.
**HARRY:
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs.
**HAGRID:
I'm glad I found him.
I love him,
I won't let him get away.
'Cause it's not easy.
**HARRY:
You say the head of a camel,
The neck of a crocodile?
**HAGRID:
And the ears of a cow!
**HARRY:
It's clear that friends can be different.
Yes, I understand you now.
**BOTH (in harmony):
It's not easy
To find someone who cares.
It's not easy
To find magic in pairs.
**HARRY:
Now that you have him,
Hold him,
Treasure him from day to day.
It's so easy.
~stands and walks to window, looking out onto grounds~
Life is lollipops and raindrops
With the one you love.
Someone you can always be with,
Argue and agree with.
**HAGRID: ~stands to join him~
Climb the highest tree with!
**BOTH:
It's not easy
To share somebody's dream.
It gets easy
When you work as a team.
**HARRY:
You've got to tend it, fan it.
**HAGRID:
That's what I plan to do.
Oh, I had one friend by my side,
Now I have two:
Him and you.
**HARRY:
Him and me.
**BOTH (in harmony):
And it's so easy.
HARRY: Well, I'll be seeing you Hagrid. I need to go to dinner, then get ready for classes. I can't wait!
HAGRID: Bye 'Arry! Oh, an I'd appreciate it if yeh din mention this to anyone. Not suppose to 'ave a dragon yeh know.
~Harry waves goodbye to Hagrid and Norbert and heads off to the castle.~
ACT I, SCENE XI: Classes
ACT I, SCENE XII: Fluffy
ACT I, SCENE XIII: Halloween
ACT I, SCENE XIV: Quidditch game
ACT I, SCENE XV: Christmas
ACT I, SCENE XVI: Mirror of Erusid (with one change, James is kinda blurry, but he attributes this to his bad memory)
ACT I, SCENE XVII: Through the trapdoor
ACT I, SCENE XVIII: Confronting Professor Querrel
ACT I, SCENE XIX: House Cup, Leaving Feast
ACT I, SCENE XX: Not really going home
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A/N: Ok, so what did everyone think? Crazy? Funny? Stupid? Anyone out there? I really didn't feel like writing out the whole thing, so everyone can go watch the movie if they don't know what happens in any of these scenes.
This is where things get different. AU all the way. Gotta go work on ACT II.