"Uh oh." Hermione mutter, pulling out her wand. "Now you've done it Harry! WE can't be seen!"
"I think I know that! I wasn't expecting to run into them when they were invisible, Hermione I didn't plan this." He said while the muraders got up from the ground.
"Prongs," Sirius whispered,"that boys got your face."
"No shit Sherlock, it must be polyjuice." James starred at Harry. "You think it's funny walking around pretending to be me?" James said angrily.
"What year is it?" He spoke unfazed which was really pissingJames off.
"1978." Sirius said, walking around Harry, "Who the bloody hell are you?"
"That's not important." Hermione quickly intervened. "Harry, let's erase their minds and get out of hear, it's too dangerous!"
"Hermione, we can't, we don't know what we will erase, and then I mightnot be born." Harry whispered.
"Well whoever you are, you are coming with us." Sirius suddenly had his wand to Ron's throat. "People don't copy us, Smith."
"Smith?" Ron said looking at Harry, "As in Zacarias Smith?"
"Who's Zacarias Smith?" Peter said in his all too squeaky voice, staggering at the loathing in Harry's look.
"Okay, let's set this straight. We are from the future." He turned to James"I am your son. And we came back to…"He looked at Hermione; she rolled her eyes," save you."
He wondered if he had done the right thing. "Yah right, your coming with us." Remus said pointing his wand at Hermione, Peter pointed his wand at Harry, and they were pushed threw a portrait down the hall. While they were walking, with their charges up ahead of them, Remus and Peter pulled out the Map.
Remus and Peter gulp.
"This one here..." Remus points to a dot "it says Draco Malfoy. But the Malfoys don't have any children!" Remus said astonished.
" And here! Ronald Weasly!" I don't recognize the surname Granger, though..." Said Remus looking at the girl with bushy hair.
He crawls through the group to James and shoves the map at him.
(A/N Sorry the rest is in Scrip form!!!)
REMUS
I think he's telling the truth,
James, look...
James looks at it for a second.
JAMES
Anyone could be named Harry
Potter. Doesn't mean he's related to me. Botched Polyjuice.
PETER
What about this dot? Draco Malfoy!
James peers around the crawl space.
JAMES
I don't see any Malfoys.
Squeaks emanate from Hermione's robes. She
pulls out Draco.
HERMIONE
He's right here.
SIRIUS
Would you look at that. Seems
we're not the only unregistered
Animagi here.
HERMIONE
(smirking)
He's not an Animagus. He doesn't
have the skill.
SIRIUS
Only one way to find out. Remutare
Homo!
A flash: Draco is his human self again.
JAMES
No son of mine would ever run
around with the likes of a Malfoy.
RON
Trust me, it wasn't willingly.
DRACO
YOU socialize with the likes of
ME? Time traveling must have
addled your feeble little mind,
Potter. In my world, it's the
Malfoys who reserve the right to
look down upon the likes of YOU.
HERMIONE
Clearly, your world is a figment
of your limited imagination.
DRACO
Sorry couldn't hear you,
Mudblood. Trouble getting words
past those buckteeth of yours?
JAMES
What'd you call her?
DRACO
What, couldn't understand me? Not
surprising; intelligence doesn't
exactly run in the Potter clan.
(to Harry) You truly are your
father's son.
HERMIONE
Don't mind him. He's just jealous.
DRACO
Right. I've always wanted to be an
arrogant four-eyed scarhead.
RON
Why not? Harry's dad gives a !#&
about him in the future. Yours
never will.
Draco launches himself at Ron; midway there
is another flash. Draco is a ferret again.
SIRIUS
What can I say, the fur really
suits him.
Hermione stuffs him back in her pocket.
PETER
Look at this dot! Ronald Weasly!
JAMES
I don't know any Weasly named
Ron.
REMUS
The map doesn't lie, James. If
Harry's telling the truth, they're
all future Hogwarts students.
JAMES
They could be cousins of those
families.
PETER
Look at their crests. They say
Gryffindor.
JAMES
It's easy to nick robes from the
storeroom. They're probably sixth
year Ravenclaws out for a prank.
Come on, there's an opening up
ahead. Afterwards, you'd best
leave us alone, and forget you saw
any of this.
They crawl into a small, low-ceilinged
chamber. There is a trapdoor above them.
James digs his wand into Harry's back.
JAMES
Up you go.
Harry cracks open the door. A voice is
hissing.
HARRY
Voldemort!
VOLDEMORT
Bring the next one.
DEATH EATER
Snape, Severus.
VOLDEMORT
Inscribo in bracchio signum
Morsmordri.
A skull and snake appear on Snape's arm.
SIRIUS
I always knew he was a sinister
little toerag, but this...
REMUS
I can't believe it.
JAMES
I can.
Harry is anxious, looking from the trapdoor
to Peter who huddles on the floor, staring
up at the door with a mixture of awe and
fear.
DEATH EATER
Malfoy, Lucius.
Draco titters in Hermione's pocket, then
scurries up her arm and through the crack.
VOLDEMORT
What-?
HARRY
Now's my chance.
He bursts through the door.
REMUS
What's he up to?
RON
Saving your lives. I'm going in.
HERMIONE
Ron, NO! You'll only make it
worse!
VOLDEMORT
(hissing)
Who are you?
HARRY
No matter of yours.
VOLDEMORT
Quite the contrary. Legilimens!
Harry is swamped with memories: Voldemort in
the back of Quirrel's head; Riddle writhing
in the Chamber; Harry forcing Voldemort's
wand into Priori Incantatem. But Harry draws
strength from the importance of his
mission-he cannot let Voldemort know that he
is from the future.
HARRY
Protego!
Voldemort staggers.
VOLDEMORT
(stunned)
Who are you?
HARRY
The Boy Who Lived To Kill You.
Avad-
JAMES
No!
He bursts through the door and pulls Harry
into the chamber.
JAMES
Colloportus!
The door squelches shut.
JAMES
What the hell d'you think you were
doing up there!
HARRY
Saving your skin!
JAMES
You wouldn't've stood a chance
against him! This isn't something
you can play around with! I dunno
who you are, but I want you to
leave us alone!
The Marauders start heading back.
HARRY
What's his issue? I'm only trying
to help him! Why won't he listen?
HERMIONE
Harry, our story IS farfetched,
even for the magical world.
RON
Don't worry. He'll believe you
sooner or later. You just risked
your life for him. (pause) You can
still convince your mum.
Suddenly a wall forms in front of the Muarders,
blocking their escape from the chamber. The
trapdoor dissolves, and Voldemort and the
Death Eaters leer down.
VOLDEMORT
I can only suppose your mind was
working under some sort of
delusion earlier. (sneers) I'll
make sure nothing runs through
your mind after this.
INT. UNDERGROUND CHAMBER - NIGHT
V-
Expelliarmus!
Voldemort looks at the handful of wands and
then turns to Harry.
V-
I find you intriguing, boy. Such
hatred and desire! Yet you didn't
come all this way to kill me. No,
you came (he looks around the
room) to save James Potter. Hmm. A
bright student certainly, but
nothing more than a self-indulgent
prankster by all reports. Hardly
worth the effort to travel, what
was it I saw? 20 years? So far,
for so little.
V-
(he looks at Hermione)
Such brilliance! Far greater
wizards than you have failed to
master time travel like this.
V-
(looks at Ron)
And such loyalty! I am under no
illusions that loyalty such as
yours can be bought. That may be
the most intriguing thing of all,
that this slip of a boy commands
such loyalty.
Some noises can be heard beyond the trap
door.
V-
Ah, yes, even the loyal pet weasel
came with you. A wasted gesture, I
fear. I'm sure my own faithful
Nageen has just made short work of
it. As I must do with you all.
This has been most enlightening
but, I have more important things
to attend to.
He looks at the Trio.
V-
Come closer. (they do not move)
Imperio!
Ron and Hermione slowly walk to within arms
reach. Harry stands resolute.
V-
Even more intriguing.
He releases Ron and Hermione. They relax but
don't move. He focuses on Harry.
V-
I sense your anger and hatred,
boy, but no fear. I could kill
these two now and it might break
your heart, but you do not fear
that. What do you fear? Hmm?(looks
at James) Is this spoiled brat
really your father? How amusing.
And easy to test. If he's your
father then you'll just cease to
exist when I kill him.
Voldemort points his wand at James. Harry
feels a cold despair far worse than anything
ever produced by the dementors.
HARRY
NO! He's my father but you're the
one who made me what I am! You
will NOT harm him!
V-
(laughs)
Won't I? Ava-
HARRY
Expecto patronum!
Harry's anger and despair give him the power
he needs even without a wand. The silvery
stag rushes Voldemort who drops all the
wands. The stag menaces the cowering Death
Eaters and then turns and runs through the
magic stone wall, causing both wall and
patronus to disappear.
Ron and Hermione grab what wands they can
and run to Harry who has backed up to the
Marauders.
V-
(recovering a wand from
the floor)
Stupify!
The wand gives a loud cluck and turns into a
rubber chicken.
Harry and Ron push the Marauders ahead of
them while Hermione collapses the tunnel
behind them. They run until safe in
Hogwarts. They head for the disused
classroom.
JAMES
What just happened?
REMUS
You-Know-Who's wand turned into a
rubber chicken.
RON
(laughing)
It wasn't his. My brothers make
joke wands. I had some to sell to
first years. Best check your
wands, no telling what we grabbed.
There are some tentative test swishes and a
couple exchanges.
JAMES
OK, what really happened back
there?
SIRIUS
You were mightily insulted.
JAMES
I wasn't talking about the 'self
indulgent prankster' bit you furry
idiot.(James turns to Harry as if
actually seeing him for the first
time) I suspect I haven't been
exactly what you were expecting?
HARRY
Um, not really.
JAMES
(laughs a little)
Well, I must be an okay dad, to
have a kid like you.
HARRY
You never got the chance.
Voldemort killed you when I was a
year old. Lily too. That's why we
came back, the prophesy said we
had to unite to finally defeat
him.
HARRY
(after a long, awkward
silence)
Um. Sorry. I couldn't think of a
nice way to say it.
JAMES
It's just, well, a lot to take in
all of a sudden. How long do I
have?
RON
Four years. Halloween 1981.
SIRIUS
We can learn a lot in four years.
You guys obviously know a lot, you
can teach us!
HERMIONE
We can't stay here. The longer
we're in this time the more likely
we'll mess up the future.
JAMES
You can't just leave. Not when
I've just met Harry.
HARRY
Hermione's right. I want to get to
know you. And Lily (he closes his
eyes and turns his head away) But
we have to defeat Voldemort.
That's why we came back.
HERMIONE
We'll go ahead 4 years and meet
you all just before the attack.
RON
(to Sirius)
Can you get us 3 good brooms and
leave them hidden in the classroom
for when we arrive 4 years from
now. The attack takes place a ways
from here.
HERMIONE
We only need 2 brooms. We still
have Malfoy's.
RON
Stupid git!
HERMIONE
Ron! Not even Draco deserved to
die that way.
They are in the classroom now. Harry and
James are off alone.
HARRY
Look, in case we don't make it.
Trust Sirius. You'll be going into
hiding. Whatever you do, keep
Sirius as your secret keeper.
Promise
JAMES
I promise. We WILL meet again. And
I'll be worthy of a son like you.
They hug and Harry joins Hermione and Ron.
Hermione turns the timeturner and there is a
flash of purple light.
They arrive 4 years in the future and open
the broom closet. There are 4 brooms and a
note "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus"
INT - SMALL UNDERGROUND CHAMBER -NIGHT
Voldemort is angrily scanning the floor for
his wand when the tunnel beyond collapses
with a loud rumble and a rush of stale air.
He picks up his wand, scowling and apparates
to the room above, where Nagini has trapped
the ferret in a corner. She turns to V. and
hisses.
INT - UNUSED STORAGE ROOM OF THE HOG'S HEAD
- NIGHT
V.
(raising an eyebrow)
Interesting. You never cease to
keep my best interests at heart,
my pet.
V. strolls over and points his wand at the
ferret trapped by Nagini.
V.
Finite Incantatem.
Draco transforms, tears streaming terror in
his eyes. He scans the crowd of Death Eaters
for his father, who points his wand at him.
Draco begins to panic when, suddenly, he
bends in a low bow.
DRACO
Thank you, Dark Master. Before you
kill me, I have some things to
tell you about the future and
about Harry Potter.
V. scowls at the sound of the name, but nods
and waits.
DRACO
There will be a prophecy, Dark
Lord. A child born 3 yrs. from now
you will be the one wizard able to
kill you. It's Harry Potter, sir.
You kill his parents 4 years from
now but somehow this 1 year old
defeats you- leaving you nearly
powerless. It takes 14 years for
you to regain yourself with the
help of your servant, Peter
Pettigrew. Potter has come back in
time to save them. (an
afterthought) - and I have come to
make sure he fails.
There is a noise from the trapdoor. V. turns
to see Snape pulling Peter up through the
trap door. Snape realises he has been
interrupted.
SNAPE
My apologies, My Lord. THIS one
didn't quite manage to escape with
the others.
DRACO
That's the one, My Lord. He is an
animagus - a rat.
V.
A rat? How useful. Tell me, rat.
How is it you come to serve me?
LEGILIMENS!
Peter's face slackens and V. sees his
cowardly ambition, his jealousy of the
marauders and a desire to prove himself
better than they are.
V.
(releasing Peter from the
spell)
You shall have it, rat. You shall
serve me and have all you wish, or
you will suffer like no other but
me can make you suffer. (To Draco)
And you young man will be privy to
the plan that will secure my
triumph and end this Potter
business.