Chapter Four
Keeper of Keys
(We see a little house, on a little island in the middle of a raging storm. Vernon and Petunia are upstairs sleeping and Dudley is downstairs sleeping on the couch. Harry is on the floor, but not sleeping. He is drawing a birthday cake in the dirt. He draws little candles on the birthday cake. He looks over at Dudley's watch and at that moment it turns 12 o'clock. He looks back over at the cake.)
Harry:
Make a wish, Harry.
(thinks)
I wish...I had a pony, no, wait...
(He thinks about it a little longer and blows out the candles. A moment after he blows them out someone is pounding on the door. Everyone in the house wakes up. Harry gets up and hides behind the fire place and Dudley backs up to the wall. Vernon and Petunia come down stairs and Vernon has a shotgun.)
Vernon:
(In a quivering voice)
W…who is it? I have a gun.
(He squeals as the person at the door knocks the door over. Everyone screams. A large man is at the door. He walks in. We can now see that it's Hagrid. He puts away his pink umbrella.)
Hagrid:
Sorry about that.
(He turns around a pick the door up and puts it back in place.)
Vernon:
(still in a quivering voice)
I…I de…demand you l…leave at once.
(Hagrid walks over to Vernon. He stares at Vernon is about to say something then just walks away. Vernon, as we can see, is very scared. Hagrid walks over to Dudley.)
Hagrid:
I haven't seen you since you was a baby, Harry. I've got to hand it to him.
(evil glare at Vernon)
But he's been treating you well. I mean, I see he's been feeding you well.
Dudley:
(scared)
I'm not Harry...
Hagrid:
Your not?
(Harry comes out from his little hiding place.)
Harry:
I am.
(Hagrid looks a little embarrassed.)
Hagrid:
Well of course...you are. Oh yeah, got something for you.
(He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a little box tired with ribbon.)
I'm afraid I might have sat on it a some point, but I'm sure it'll taste fine just the same.
(Harry looks at the cake that is a little squished then looks back at Hagrid.)
Shouldn't have told you that.
Harry:
No, it's fine, I'm sure it's delicious. Thank you.
Hagrid:
Well, it's not everyday someone like you turns eleven, now is it?
(Hagrid sits on the couch and takes out his pink umbrella. He points it at the fireplace and two fireballs come out of it. Harry looks at Hagrid, amazed. Vernon looks like he is about to faint. Harry sets the cake down on the arm of the couch.)
Harry:
Um, excuse me, but who are you?
Hagrid:
Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. Of course, you know all about Hogwarts.
(Harry looks at Hagrid like he is crazy.)
Harry:
Um, sorry. No.
Hagrid:
Yeah...
(another evil glare at Vernon)
Didn't you wonder where your mum and dad learned it all?
Harry:
Um, I never knew my parents...
(starts to cry)
So I don't know what your...
(he starts sobbing)
WAAHHHHH!!!!
(Everyone in the room covers their ears because of the noise Harry is making.)
Hagrid:
HARRY!!
(He's trying to let Harry hear him so he will stop crying.)
YOU'RE A WIZARD HARRY!!
(Harry immediately stops crying and screaming.)
Harry:
I'm a...what?
(Hagrid isn't aware that Harry has stopped his tantrum.)
Hagrid:
YOU'RE A WIZARD. Oh, sorry about yelling.
Harry:
You've got to be joking, I can't be a wizard. I'm Harry Potter...
(Hagrid interrupts him.)
Hagrid:
One of the most famous wizards in our world.
(Harry looks very, very shocked by this news.)
Harry:
I can't be...a wizard.
Hagrid:
Well then, Harry, did you ever make something happen because you were mad or upset? Anything you could explain?
(Harry thinks back a remembers all the times. Hagrid sees the expression on his face and makes an "I-told-you-so" face. He reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out one of the many many letters that has been destroyed so Harry could not read them. He hands it to Harry. Harry opens the letter.)
Harry:
"Dear Mr. Potter, We are pleased to accept you at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
(Vernon runs over to Harry.)
Vernon:
He will not be going! We swore when we took him in we would stop it.
Harry:
You knew!?
( He gives Vernon an evil glare)
You knew and you never told me!?
(Harry looks over at Petunia.)
Petunia:
Of course we knew. How could you not be? My "perfect" sister.
(She spits when she says "perfect." She thinks back on childhood memories)
My parents were so proud of her.
(She spits when she says "proud." Mocking her parents.)
"We have a witch in the family. Isn't it wonderful?" I was the only person to see her as she really was. A ffffffreak!
(She spits when she says the word "freak.")
Then she met that Potter, then had you and I knew you'd be just like her. Then, ha! She got herself blown up and guess who got to take care of you.
Harry:
Blown up!? You told me my parents died in a car crash.
Vernon:
Well it was the only way to shut you up.
(While they are all arguing about who died and how, Dudley sneaks forward and takes Harry's cake and goes back to where he was.)
Hagrid:
I can't believe you told him that rubbish.
Vernon:
He will not be going.
Hagrid:
And a great Muggle like you is going to stop him?
Harry:
Muggle?
Hagrid:
Non-magic folk. This boy has been listed ever since he was born.
(Hagrid is now started to scream)
He WILL be going to the best school of witchcraft and wizardry AND he will be under the finest headmaster the school has ever seen, Albus Dumbledore.
Vernon:
I will not pay for someone to teach him magic tricks...unless...
(Everyone looks at Vernon, except Dudley because he's still eating Harry's cake.)
Vernon:
...he is taught how to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
(Hagrid looks at Harry and nods his head and Harry gets a huge smile over his face. Petunia smacks Vernon in the head.)
Petunia:
We said we were never going to send him!
Vernon:
But if he can pull a rabbit out of his hat...
Petunia:
I can't believe you!
Vernon:
What? I love that. That's the coolest thing in the world.
(Petunia and Vernon continue to fight. Harry and Hagrid look at each other.)
Hagrid:
(whispers)
Let's go, Harry.
(Harry nods his head and they slowly leave, letting Petunia and Vernon argue and Dudley to eat the cake.)
A/N: That's all for Chapter Four: Keeper of Keys! Hope you enjoyed it, more on the way!!