ACT II

SCENE I. The Forbidden Forest.

(Enter EBONY and DRACO)

DRACO:
At last, my love, we art alone together!
Let us express our love, here in the heather.

EBONY:
Oh Draco, I am thine, now and forever!
But soft! What noise is that, beyond the river?

(Enter DUMBLEDORE)

DUMBLEDORE:
What doth mine eyes behold? This lustful scene?
Thou shameless wretches, depraved and obscene!

DRACO:
'Tis Dumbledore! We must away with haste,
Ere he doth catch us in this lewd embrace!

(Exeunt EBONY and DRACO)

DUMBLEDORE:
Alas, the youth these days doth make me weep.
Their souls are lost in darkness, black and deep!

(Exit DUMBLEDORE)

SCENE II. Ebony's Room.

(Enter EBONY, with a video camera)

EBONY:
Alone again, I turn to trusty friends:
My camera, to record my tragic ends,
And razor, to inscribe my pain in blood.
Oh, how I wish this suffering were done!

(She sets up the camera and begins to slit her wrists. Enter VAMPIRE and SNAPE, unseen by EBONY)

VAMPIRE (aside):
What's this? Fair Ebony, in dire distress?
I must alert the others to this mess!

SNAPE (aside):
Aha! A chance to catch her in the act.
I'll film it all, and use it to attack!

(SNAPE begins filming with his own camera. Enter B'LOODY MARY, DRACO, and DIABOLO)

B'LOODY MARY:
Ebony, stop! What art thou doing there?

DRACO:
My love, put down the blade! I can't bear To see thee hurt thyself. Let me hold thee!

DIABOLO:
This is most serious. How can this be?

EBONY:
Oh, leave me be! Thou canst not understand The pain I feel, like daggers in my hand!

VAMPIRE:
We're here for thee, sweet Ebony. Fear not!
We'll help thee through this melancholic plot.

SNAPE (revealing himself):
Aha! I have it all, recorded clear!
This'll get thee expelled, have no fear!

(SNAPE runs off with his camera)

DRACO:
That villain! He won't get away with this!
I'll stop him, for my love's sweet tender kiss!

(Exit DRACO)

B'LOODY MARY:
Come, Ebony, let's wash and bind thy cuts.
We'll save thee from these self-injurious ruts!

(She leads EBONY off. Exeunt omnes)

SCENE III. A Hallway.

(Enter HARRY POTTER and RON WEASLEY)

HARRY:
I say, Ron, didst thou hear that frightful scream?

RON:
I did, Harry. 'Twas like a banshee's keen!
What dost thou think could cause such dreadful wailing?

HARRY:
I know not, but I fear some ill's prevailing.
Let's haste to find the source of this dark cry!

RON:
Lead on, swift friend! I'm with thee, do or die!

(Exeunt HARRY and RON)

END OF ACT II