~*~HARRY POTTER AND THE SAVAGE GARDEN CONCERT~*~ ~*~Chapter Five~*~
"DARREN?!?!?"
They had to rub their eyes over and over just to confirm that it was really Darren. It was unbelieveable...Darren Hayes, lead singer of Savage Garden...
"You're a wizard?" asked Harry in disbelief.
"Well, yeah...that is what I am," replied Darren, smiling. "And I gather that one of you is a witch and the other two wizards?"
"Bingo," replied Ron. "Where did you learn? I mean, what was your wizarding school?"
"Tumbleweeds," answered Darren. "You three must be from Hogwarts, huh?"
"Yeah...too bad you aren't a student there, we would have loved you," replied Hermione. "But how..."
"How what?" asked the three males.
"How did you manage to get yourself on Muggle media as well as wizarding media?" continued Hermione. It was clear that she was busy thinking of a suitable answer. "I mean, surely the Muggles would do something..."
"They almost did," replied Darren, smirking. "Someone accused us of being witches and tried to get us locked up, but she was somewhat wrong : for one thing, Daniel's a Muggle." That drew surprised looks from Hermione, Harry and Ron.
"Does he know?" asked the trio simutaneously. "Does ANYONE ELSE know?"
"Yeah, the crew knows, and lucky for me I'm not the only one," said Darren, pacing around the stage. "Celeste, our keyboardist, is a witch. Daniel looks like he's got a bit of magic inside himself, even for a Muggle - God knows how he got so much musical knowledge."
Darren took a deep breath and finished his sentence. "Anna-Maria is a witch, and she used to sing back-up but now she has her solo career. I don't know what the Muggles are calling her, but some people in the magical music industry are calling her the next Celestina Warbeck."
"Celestina Warbeck? I saw her when I was small!" said Ron in surprise. "My, if Celestina's anything to go by, Anna-Maria's going to be HUGE!" The rest giggled in agreement.
"What was their reaction when you told them?" asked Harry excitedly. He could identify with Darren on one aspect - a wizard living amongst Muggles.
"They're fine with it, and they promised not to leak it out to anyone," said Darren. "Hey, we've been talking so much about me, what about you guys?"
"Well, I'm Hermione Granger, this is Ron Weasley and that's Harry Potter," introduced Hermione, pointing to each person in turn. Darren looked surprised at the mention of Harry's name, and Harry was silently praying to himself. Don't look up, don't look up...
"Harry Potter? Reckoned you looked familiar," said Darren, a bit in awe. To Harry's relief Darren didn't glance up at his scar. "Man, I've heard about you, and I really admire you for all you've gone through."
"Really? Gee thanks," said Harry, blushing. "But hey, you've gone through a lot too, being famous and all..." Darren smiled.
"You're more famous than I am," replied Darren. "You beat out the world's most evil wizard! That's something I definitely can't do."
"Yeah, but you've got the entire Muggle world knowing you too," said Harry. "Nobody in the Muggle world knows what I did. Sigh..."
"Ah, don't be sad, my friend," said Ron, putting his arm around Harry's shoulder. "We've got a concert to cheer you up, no? And you got to talk to Darren..."
"Oh, that reminds me, I've got something for you," said Hermione, going through her bag. She took out all the food she got and gave it to Darren. "Here, for you and Daniel. And for whoever else wants it."
"Pumpkin pastries! Every Flavour Beans! Thanks, Hermione!" said Darren, grinning in surprise. "I love the beans...when I was little I got a music-flavoured bean."
"MUSIC???"
"Yeah, it's kinda sweet...once you bite into it you hear music in your brain." Just then all of them heard someone calling from backstage.
"Hey Darren!" It was Daniel beckoning for his musical partner.
"Well, gotta go guys, see you later," said Darren as he walked towards the backstage. "I better give Daniel some of this...he loves sweet things!" As they laughed, the trio waited eagerly for the concert to begin.
