SCENE 1: EXT. Godric's Hollow Cemetery
Establishing shot of a dreary cemetery, and an aerial view of a grey umbrella.
18 year old ALBUS DUMBLEDORE and his brother ABERFORTH, 15 stand silently. ALBUS is more handsome, and definitely cleaner than his brother, who has a scruffy air about him. Before them is a new gravestone marked KENDRA DUMBLEDORE.
ABERFORTH: I wish I'd been there.
The younger brother shuffles his feet slightly. His voice is slightly clipped, concealing regret, anger, and grief.
ABERFORTH: If I'd been there, I could have calmed her down.
A beat. ALBUS puts one hand on his brother's shoulder, choosing his words carefully.
ALBUS: You were at Hogwarts, Abe, there was nothing you could do. He says this softly, comfortingly.
Both boys turn slowly and walk away from the graveyard. ABERFORTH speaks bitterly.
ABERFORTH: I should stay from now on, to look after Ariana… Make sure she isn't discovered and towed off to Mungo's.
ALBUS shakes his head. ABERFORTH protests weakly.
ALBUS: Abe, you can't. You've got to finish Hogwarts. I can manage here for two more years.
ABERFORTH: Albus…
ALBUS: Abe. If not for me, finish for Mother, and for Ariana.
A beat. ABERFORTH's face crumples.
ABERFORTH: Fine. But I'm not going back early.
Leaving ALBUS under the umbrella, ABERFORTH stalks off towards a two story, grey house with a large stone enclosed yard.
SCENE 2: INT. Dumbledore House - Dining Room
ALBUS, ABERFORTH, and ARIANA sit around a small table with a meal. ARIANA is not touching her food. ABERFORTH and ALBUS notice this. ANGLE ON ARIANA.
ALBUS (O.S.): Ariana…
ALBUS begins awkwardly. ANGLE ON ABERFORTH.
ABERFORTH: Ariana. Please, you've got to eat. We can go out for a little longer tonight if you can finish up quickly.
ABERFORTH speaks enticingly. ARIANA nods excitedly and begins to eat small bites of her meal.
SCENE 3: Int. Dumbledore House - Kitchen
ALBUS and ABERFORTH are putting away dishes into cabinets lining the walls.
ABERFORTH: I'll take her out tonight.
ALBUS: You don't have to do that.
ALBUS says quietly. ARIANA runs into the room, smiling widely.
ABERFORTH: Ready?
ARIANA: YES!
ARIANA nods, and her brother takes her hand gently and they both walk out to the courtyard. ALBUS watches for a long moment as ABERFORTH and ARIANA walk around the yard, his sister laughing at ABERFORTH's jokes before he reluctantly raised a finger to his lips. They could not afford for someone to discover the secret of ARIANA's existence so close to the imprisonment if their father and death of their mother.
ALBUS turns and walks up the stairs to his bedroom.
SCENE 4: Int. Dumbledore House - ALBUS's Room
ALBUS settles himself at his desk, strewn with books, parchment, and spare quills. He pulls a piece of parchment out from between the pages of a copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard". Inscribed on it is the sign of the Deathly Hallows, with various tiny notes around it. Frowning, ALBUS picks up a quill, dips it in black ink, and writes 'Ignotus Peverell', drawing a line from the name to the triangle labeled 'cloak'.
Rubbing the back of his neck, ALBUS picks up the copy of "Tales of Beedle the Bard", and flips to "The Tale of the Three Brothers", the only story heavily annotated. He flops down on his bed, flips a few pages into the story. Between the lines of his cramped writing, ALBUS begins muttering the story to himself.
ALBUS: So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence: a wand worthy of a wizard who had conquered Death. So Death crosses to an elder tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the eldest brother.
He sits back with a sigh onto his pillow, arms behind his head.
ALBUS: The Elder wand…
He closes his eyes, and after a few moments, his breathing deepens, he has fallen asleep.
SCENE 5: Int. Dumbledore House - Dining Room
ABERFORTH and ARIANA already at the table, ALBUS comes down the stairs.
ARIANA: You've got a letter, Albus!
ALBUS butters a piece of toast.
ALBUS: Oh, that would be Mr. Flamel. I sent him a theory on the possible properties of dragon blood. To ask him what he thought.
ABERFORTH: It's not, here…
ABERFORTH hands his brother a small envelope. ALBUS takes note of the thickness.
ALBUS: No, you're right. Mr. Flamel's replies are usually quite lengthy. Sometimes I wonder if he has a better use for his time than my ideas abo-!
ALBUS flips over the letter, finding it marked from Bathilda Bagshot.
ALBUS: It's from Ms. Bagshot, from down the street. Haven't spoken to her in a bit.
ABERFORTH rolls his eyes at his brother's casual mention of his correspondence with the famous magical historian. ARIANA stares excitedly at the letter in ALBUS's hands.
ARIANA: Go on, open it!
ALBUS carefully tears through the wax seal and pulls out the letter, his lips forming the words silently as he reads.
ALBUS: She's invited me to come meet her visiting nephew. Says he went to Durmstrang, so I wouldn't know him, but we're around the same age.
ABERFORTH raised his eyebrows at the mention of Durmstrang.
ABERFORTH: I'm glad we weren't invited. Everyone knows Durmstrangs are crazy about the dark arts.
ALBUS shrugs, still looking at the letter. He is clearly hopeful to have a new friend to talk to.
ALBUS: You never know…
He sets the letter down.
ALBUS: She said to come at around ten, so maybe I'll go over in about an hour.
ABERFORTH sets down toast and pulls a pocket watch out of his vest pocket. It reads 8:30.