Scene Eight

Hermione is towards the Great Hall. Draco, Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle run up to Hermione

Draco: The Mudblood is popular!

Hermione: Don't call me a Mudblood, Malfoy!

Pansy: Aww, Granger is offended!

Draco: I think we should teach her that Mudbloods aren't meant to be popular! Crabbe, Goyle, pin her to the wall! Oh, and Pansy, get her wand, so she can't fight back.

Crabbe and Goyle take Hermione by the arms and press her against a wall. Pansy snatches her wand from her robe. A crowd of students begin gathering around the commotion. Hermione struggles

Hermione: Let me go, let me go!

Draco falls to the ground clutching his head

Draco: AHHHHHH!

Crabbe and Goyle look at Hermione, still pressed up against the wall without any way to cast a spell. A bright flash of light is emitted, and the Slytherins are thrown far back

Student: She's a freak! A freak!

Hermione slides to the floor. The students run off. McGonagall runs out of a nearby corridor

McGonagall: Ms. Granger, are you all right?

Hermione: I'm…I'm fine.

McGonagall: I saw what you just did there-

Hermione: Oh, please don't tell anybody! You saw what people thought of me. They think I'm a freak!

McGonagall: You're a genius, Ms. Granger. How long have you been able to cast a spell without a wand?

Hermione: Well, about a year. I've been trying to hide it, because of what just happened there. I don't want people to think I'm a freak!

McGonagall: Well, who cares? I wouldn't imagine you would. You do know that the only other wizard who can cast a spell without a wand is-

Hermione: Albus Dumbledore. The Wizard.

McGonagall: Yes, The Wizard. Ms. Granger, you're a prodigy! I must tell Dumbledore! You see…

The Wizard and I

Hermione: That settles it. I'm giving up being popular! I'm going back to being a geek, and ugly, and I don't care what anybody says!

Hermione runs off; end scene