In the Dark Valley...

The goblins and Grindelwald continue to investigate where the Ectoplasm is, while Otmin observes the alignment.

Otmin: "The kingdoms are almost aligned."

Grindelwald pulls out a dagger.

Gellert Grindelwald: "You are the last of your kind."

Otmin: "Sacrificing my life is no less than what our people did to us."

Grindelwald stabs Otmin in the stomach.

Gellert Grindelwald: "This transformation stone, will take you to your next phase, cursed minotaur...it will turn you into darkness...condemned to this existence until it consumes you."

He inserts the transformation stone into his wound.

Gellert Grindelwald: "Until then, no power of our enemies can stop you."

Otmin accepts this.

Otmin: "With my bare hands, I will break down their defenses and ensure your return to a new universe, my master."

An army of goblins flies off on fellbeast.

At Hogwarts...

Neville, Ron, and a Gryffindor battalion return with more prisoners, ready to be sent to Azkaban.

Neville Longbottom: "Sometimes I feel like it's a waste of time, dealing with these ruffians."

Ron Weasley: "Nah buddy, if you get more muscle every time, it's not a total loss."

They both laugh, one of those prisoners...is Otmin!...more than a prisoner, he's an infiltrator. All these prisoners are locked in Hogwarts personal dungeon, Draco watches them from his cell.

Draco Malfoy: "Oh, how lovely, Dumbledore sends me new friends every day."

Minerva McGonagall: "You haven't read any of the books I sent you?"

Draco Malfoy: "Is that all I have left before I rot in a dark cell?"

Minerva McGonogall: "I did everything in my power to make your stay before your departure comfortable, Draco."

Draco Malfoy: "Really, your interest is the same as Dumbledore's?...and Harry?...what an inconvenience it is that they ask about me every day."

Minerva McGonagall: "You well know why you are here, your actions doomed you."

Draco Malfoy: "Please, I only made real the deception I've lived my whole life in, I'm in this world to be king and leader."

Minerva McGonagall: "Since a born leader always admits his faults, what about the lives you sacrificed?"

Draco Malfoy: "Few compared to what Dumbledore has sacrificed."

Minerva McGonagall: "Your master..."

Draco Malfoy: "He's not my master anymore!"

This caused an awkward silence.

Minerva McGonagall: "Like I'm not your teacher either."

Draco chokes on what he's about to say.

Draco Malfoy: "You were never...more than that."

McGonagall winces.

Minerva McGonagall: "You're always so perceptive of everyone but yourself, Draco."

Draco wants to touch McGonagall's hands, as he does so...she disappears...Draco feels anger...and pain at the same time. In the Hogwarts gardens, Harry talks to Hermione, she has put on a Gryffindor robe.

Hermione Granger: "When you came for me, you already knew I had a problem."

Harry Potter: "Hagrid lost sight of you, you were no longer where you should be."

Hermione Granger: "How is that possible?"

Harry Potter: "I think you were, and you weren't...the nine realms from time to time align with the stars and are more visible and accessible."

Harry clasps his hand next to Hermione's.

Harry Potter: "It is possible that as it is about to happen again, you found one of these border points that are invisible, luckily it was still open, as soon as the alignment ends... this connection is cancelled."

Hermione didn't stop looking into Harry's eyes during this explanation...so they both kiss each other passionately.

Hermione Granger: "I love it so much, when you explain things like that, what will happen to me?"

Harry Potter: "I'll find a way to save you."

Hermione Granger: "But Dumbledore said..."

Harry Potter: "My master doesn't know everything."

Minerva McGonagall: "You'd better never say that in front of him."

McGonagall appears.

Harry Potter: "Hermione Granger, this is Minerva McGonagall, the best teacher at Hogwarts, she's almost like my mother."

Hermione Granger: "Hello, nice to meet you."