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ACT ONE SCENE ONE
KING9S CROSS

A busy and crowded station, full of people trying to go somewhere.

Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two
laden trolleys. They're being pushed by two boys, JAMES POTTER and
ALBUS POTTER. Their mother, GINNY, follows after. A thirty-seven-
year-old man, HARRY, has his daughter tity on his shoulders.

ALBUS
Dad. He keeps saying it.
HARRY
James, give it a rest.
JAMES
I only said he might be in Slytherin. And he might, so ...
(off his dad9s glare) fine.
atsus (looking up at his mum)
You'll write to me, won't you?
GINNY
Every day if you want us to.
ALBUS
No. Not every day. James says most people only get letters
from home about once a month. I don9t want to ...
HARRY
We wrote to your brother three times a week last year.
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ALBUS
What? James!
ALBUS looks accusingly at james, who grins back.

GINNY
Yes. You may not want to believe everything he tells you
about Hogwarts. He likes a laugh, your brother. wd
JAMES
Can we go now please? ACT ONE SCENE TWO ,

AtBUSs looks at his dad, and then his mum.

PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS
GINNY
All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between
platforms nine and ten.
LILY Which is covered in thick white steam pouring from the HOGWARTS
I'm so excited. EXPRESS.
HARRY And which is also busy 4 but instead of people in sharp suits going
Don't stop and don9t be scared you'll crash into it, about their day, it9s now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying
that9s
very important. Best to do it at a run if you're nervous to work out how to say goodbye to their beloved progeny.
.
ALBUS
I'm ready. ALBUS
This is it.
HARRY and LILY put their hands on ateus9s trolley LILY
4 GINNY
Joins james9s trolley 4 and together, the family Wow!
run hard
into the barrier. ALBUS
Platform nine and three-quarters.
LILY
Where are they? Are they here? Maybe they didn9t come?
HARRY points Out RON, HERMIONE and their daughter
ROSE. LILy runs hard up to them.
Uncle Ron. Uncle Ron!!!

RON turns towards them as Lity goes barrelling up to him.

He picks her up into his arms.
RON
If it isn9t my favourite Potter.
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ACT ONE SCENE TWO
LILY
Have you got my trick? HERMIONE
They9te certainly something.
RON
Are you aware of the Weasleys9 Wizard Whee HARRY
zes certified Parked all right then?
nose-stealing breath?
ROSE RON
Mum! Dad9s doing that lame thing again. I did. Hermione didn9t believe I could pass a Muggle driving
test, did you? She thought I'd have to Confund the examiner.
HERMIONE
You say lame, he says glorious, I say ... somewhere HERMIONE _
in I thought nothing of the kind, I have complete faith in you.
between.
;
RON ROSE
Hang on. Let me just munch this... air. And now And I have complete faith he did Confund the examiner.
it9s just a
~ simple matter of ... excuse me if I smell slightly
of garlic ...
He breathes on her face. uty giggles. ALBUS
LILY Dad...
You smell of porridge.
ALBUS pulls on HARRY9s robes. HARRY looks down.
RON
Bing. Bang. Boing. Young lady, get ready Do you think 4 what if I am 4 what if I9m put in
to not being able
to smell at all... Slytherin ...
HARRY
He lifts her nose off
And what would be wrong with that?
LILY ALBUS
Where's my nose? Slytherin is the house of the snake, of Dark Magic ... it9s
RON not a house of brave wizards.
Tada! HARRY
His hand is empty. It9s a lame trick. Everyone Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters
enjoys its of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was
lameness.
probably the bravest man I ever knew.
LILY
ALBUS
You are silly.
But just say...
ALBUS
HARRY
Everyone's staring at us again.
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If it matters to you, you, the Sorting Hat will take your

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Because of me! I9m extremely famous

. My nose experiments ALBUS
are legendary!
Really?
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PART ONE - ACT ONE SCENE TWO
HARRY
It did for me. RON
Big. Wonderful. Full of food. I'd give anything to be going
This is something he9s never said before, it resonates back.
around his head a moment. HARRY
Strange, Al being worried he9ll be sorted into Slytherin.
Hogwarts will be the making of you, Albus. I promise you,
there is nothing to be frightened of there. HERMIONE
That9s nothing, Rose is worried whether she9ll break the
James (sharply) ; Quidditch scoring record in her first or second year. And
Apart from the Thestrals. Watch out for the Thestrals.
how early she can take her OW.Ls.
ALBUS
I thought they were invisible! RON
8[ have no idea where she gets her ambition from.
HARRY
Listen to your professors, don9t listen to James, and: GINNY .
And how would you feel Harry, if Al 4 if he is? .
remember to enjoy yourself. Now, if you don9t want this
train to leave without you, you should leap on... RON
You know Gin, we always thought there was a chance you
LILY
could be sorted into Slytherin.
I'm going to chase the train out.
GINNY GINNY
Lily, come straight back. What?
HERMIONE RON
Rose. Remember to send Neville our love. Honestly, Fred and George ran a book.

ROSE HERMIONE
Mum, I can9t send a professor love! Can we go? People are looking, you know.
GINNY
ROSE exits for the train. And then ataus turns and People always look when you three are together. And apart.
hugs
GINNY and HARRY one last time before following People always look at you.
after her.
ALBUS The four exit. GINNY stops HARRY.
Okay, then. Bye.
Harry ... he'll be all right, won9t he?
He climbs on board. HERMIONE, GINNY,
RON and HARRY HARRY
stand watching the train 4 as whistles blow up
and down Of course he will.
the platform.
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They're going to be okay, right?
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ACT ONE SCENE THREE

ALBUS
So how do we decide 4 which compartment to go in...
ROSE
We rate them all and then we make a decision.

d ALBUS Opens a compartment door 4 to look in on a

lonely blond kid 4 scorpius 4 in an otherwise empty
compartment. Asus smiles. scorpius smiles back.
ACT ONE SCENE THREE ALBUS
Hi. Is this compartment ...
THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS ©
SCORPIUS
It9s free. It9s just me.
ALBUS
aveus and rose walk along the carriage of the train. One full of dread, Great. So we might just 4 come in 4 for a bit 4 if that9s
the other full of excitement. okay?
The TROLLEY WITCH approaches from the opposite direction, push- SCORPIUS
ing her trolley. That9s okay. Hi.
TROLLEY WITCH ALBUS
Anything from the trolley, dears? Pumpkin Pasty? Albus. Al. I9m 4 my name is Albus...
Chocolate Frog? Cauldron Cake? SCORPIUS
ROSE (spotting acBus9s loving look at the Chocolate Frogs) Hi Scorpius. I mean, I9m Scorpius. You9re Albus. I9m
AL. We need to concentrate. Scorpius. And you must be...
ALBUS ROSE'S face is growing colder by the minute.
Concentrate on what?
ROSE
ROSE
Rose.
On who we choose to be friends with. My mum and dad
met your dad on their first Hogwarts Express you know ... SCORPIUS
Hi Rose. Would you like some of my Fizzing Whizzbees?
ALBUS
So we need to choose now who to be friends with for life? ROSE
I9ve just had breakfast, thanks.
That9s quite scary.
ROSE
SCORPIUS
I9ve also got some Shock-o-Choc, Pepper Imps and some
On the contrary, it9s exciting. I9m a Granger-Weasley, you9re
Jelly Slugs. Mum9s idea 4 she says (sings), 8Sweets they always
a Potter 4 everyone will want to be friends with us, we9ve
help you make friends9 (he realises that singing was a mistake).
got the pick of anyone we want.
Stupid idea probably.

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ALBUS scorpius (affronted)

I'll have some ... Mum doesn9t let me have sweets. Which Dad was 4 but Mum wasn't.
one would you start with?
ROSE looks away, and scorpius knows why she does.
ROSE hits ALBUS, out of sight of scoRPIUS.
I know what the rumour is, and it9s a lie.
SCORPIUS
Easy. I9ve always regarded the Pepper Imp as the king of the AtBus looks from an uncomfortable rose to a desperate
confectionery bag. They9re peppermint sweets that make SCORPIUS.
you smoke at the ears. ALBUS
ALBUS What 4 is the rumour?
Brilliant, then that9s what I9ll4 (Rose hits him again.) Rose, SCORPIUS ;
will you please stop hitting me? The rumour is that my parents couldn't have children. That
ROSE my father and my grandfather were so desperate for a powerful
Im not hitting you. heir, to prevent the end of the Malfoy line, that they ... that
ALBUS they used a Time-Turner to send my mother back4
You are hitting me, and it hurts. ALBUS
To send her back where?
scorpius9s face falls.
ROSE
SCORPIUS The rumour is that he9s Voldemort9s son, Albus.
She9s hitting you because of me.
A horrible, uncomfortable silence.
ALBUS
What? It9s probably rubbish. I mean ... look, you9ve got a nose.
SCORPIUS
Listen, I know who you are, so it9s probably only fair you The tension is slightly broken, scorpius laughs,
know who I am. pathetically grateful.
ALBUS SCORPIUS
What do you mean you know who I am? And it9s just like my father9s! I got his nose, his hair and his
SCORPIUS name. Not that that9s a great thing either. I mean 4 father
You're Albus Potter. She9s Rose Granger-Weasley. And I am son issues, I have them. But, on the whole, I'd rather be a
Scorpius Malfoy. My parents are Astoria and Draco Malfoy. Malfoy than, you know, the son of the Dark Lord.
Our parents 4 they didn9t get on.
scorpius and asus look at each other and something
ROSE passes between them.
That's putting it mildly. Your mum and dad are Death
Eaters! ROSE
Yes, well, we probably should sit somewhere else. Come on,
Albus.

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ALBUS is thinking deeply.

ALBUS
No (off rose9s look), I'm okay. You
goon...
ROSE
Albus. I won't wait.
ALBUS
And I wouldn't expect you to. But
I9m staying here.
od
ROSE looks at him a second and then
compartment.
leaves the ACT ONE SCENE FOUR
ROSE TRANSITION SCENE
Fine!

Scorpius and ateus are left 4 looking

at each
other 4 unsure. And now we enter a never-world of time change.
And this scene is
SCORPIUS all about magic.
Thank you. The changes are rapid as we leap between worlds.
There are no
ALBUS individual scenes, but fragments, shards that
show the constant
No. No. I didn9t stay 4 for you progression of time.
~ I stayed for your sweets.
SCORPIUS Initially we're inside Hogwarts, in the Great-Hall
, and everyone
She's quite fierce. is dancing around ateus.
ALBUS
POLLY CHAPMAN
Yes. Sorry.
Albus Potter.
SCORPIUS
KARL JENKINS
No. I like it. Do you prefer Alb
us or Al? A Potter. In our year.
SCORPIUS grins and pops two swee YANN FREDERICKS
ts in his mouth.
He's got his hair. He9s got hair just like him.
ALBUS (thinks)
Albus. ROSE
And he9s my cousin. (As they turn.) Rose Grang
SCORPIUS (as smoke comes
out of his ears)
er-Weasley.
THANK YOU FOR STAYIN Nice to meet you.
G FOR MY SWEETS,
ALBUS! The sortinG HAT walks through the students who
spring
ALBUS (laughing) into their houses.

pie: ey
Wow.
It becomes quickly apparent he9s approaching

Trina
rose, who
is tense as she awaits her fate.
ARON

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PART ONE ACT ONE SCENE FOUR

SORTING HAT He puts his hat on atsus9s head 4 and this time he seems
I9ve done this job for centuries to take longer 4 almost like he too is confused.
On every student9s head I9ve sat
Of thoughts I take inventories SLYTHERIN!
For I9m the famous Sorting Hat. There9s a silence.
A perfect, profound silence.
I've sorted high, I9ve sorted low,
One that sits low, twists a bit and has damage within it.
I've done the job through thick and thin
So put me on and you will know POLLY CHAPMAN
Which house you should be in... Slytherin?
Rose Granger-Weasley. CRAIG BOWKER JR
Whoah! A Potter? In Slytherin.
He puts his hat on rose9s head.
ALBUS looks out, unsure. scorpius smiles, delighted, as he
GRYFFINDOR!
shouts across to him.
There9s cheering from the Gryffindors as rose joins them.
SCORPIUS
ROSE You can stand next to me!
Thank Dumbledore. AtBus (thoroughly discombobulated)
Right. Yes.
SCoRPIUS runs to take Rose9s place under the sorTING
HAT9s glare. YANN FREDERICKS
I suppose his hair isn9t that similar.
SORTING HAT ROSE
Scorpius Malfoy. Albus? But this is wrong, Albus. This is not how it9s
He puts his hat on scorpius9s head. supposed to be.

SLYTHERIN! And suddenly a flying lesson is happening with MADAM

HOOCH.
SCORPIUS Was expecting this, he nods and half smiles.
There9s cheering from the Slytherins as he joins them. MADAM HOOCH
Well, what are you all waiting for? Everyone stand by a
POLLY CHAPMAN broomstick. Come on, hurry up.
Well, that makes sense.
: The kids all hurry into position beside their brooms.
atBus walks swiftly to the front of the stage.

at A Reasiee userenenss:
Stick out your hands out over your broom, and say, 8Up!9
SORTING HAT.
Albus Potter. EVERYONE

Caer
UP!
ROSE'S and YANN9s brooms sail into their hands.

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PART ONE ACT ONE SCENE FOUR

ROSE and YANN An OVER-ATTENTIVE WIZARD begins to circle them.

Yes!
ALBUS
MADAM HOOCH No. It9s just 4 you're you and 4 and I9m me and4
Come on now, I9ve no time for shirkers. Say 8UP9. 8UP9 like
HARRY .
you mean it.
It9s just people looking okay? People look. And they9re
EVERYONE (bar rose and YANN) looking at me, not you.
UP!
The OVER-ATTENTIVE WIZARD proffers something for
Brooms sail up, including scorpius9s. Only'atsus is left HARRY to sign 4 he signs it.
with his broom on the floor. ,
ALBUS
EVERYONE (bar ROSE, YANN and ALBUS) At Harry Potter and his disappointing son.
YES!
HARRY
ALBUS What does that mean?
Up. UP. UP. ALBUS
His broom doesn9t move. Not even a millimetre. He At Harry Potter and his Slytherin son.
stares at it with disbelieving desperation. There9s giggling
james rushes past them carrying his bag.
from the rest of the class.
JAMES
POLLY CHAPMAN Slythering Slytherin, stop with your dithering, time to get
Oh Merlin9s beard, how humiliating! He really isn9t like his
on to the train.
father at all is he?
HARRY
KARL JENKINS Unnecessary, James.
Albus Potter, the Slytherin Squib.
james (long gone)
MADAM HOOCH
See you at Christmas, Dad.
Okay. Children. Time to fly.
HARRY looks at ALBUS, concerned.
And suddenly Harry appears from nowhere beside
ALBUS as steam expands all over the stage. We're back on HARRY
platform nine and three-quarters and time has ticked on Al4
mercilessly. ALBus is now a year older (as is HARRY, but ALBUS
less noticeably). My name is Albus, not Al.
ALBUS HARRY
I'm just asking you Dad if you'll 4 if you'll just stand a little Are the other kids being unkind? Is that it? Maybe if you
away from me. tried making a few more friends 4 without Hermione and
Ron I wouldn't have survived Hogwarts, I wouldn9t have
HARRY (amused)
survived at all.
Second-years don't like to be seen with their dads is that it?

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ALBUS DRACO frowns, annoyed, as the stage clears and rose and
But I don9t need a Ron and Hermione 4 I9ve - I9ve got a AtBus stand ready with their cases.
friend, Scorpius, and I know you don9t like him but he9s all.
I need. ALBUS
As soon as the train leaves you don9t have to talk to me.
HARRY
Look, as long as you're happy, that9s all that matters to me. ROSE
I know. We just need to keep the pretence up in front of
ALBUS the grown-ups.
You didn9t need to bring me to the station, Dad.
scorplus runs on 4 with big hopes and an even bigger
ALBUS picks up his case and makes hard away.
case.
HARRY
But I wanted to be here ...
scorpius (hopeful)
Hi Rose.
But AcBus is gone. DRACO MALFOY, his robes perfect, his ROSE (definitive)
blond ponytail precisely placed, emerges from within the Bye Albus.
crowds to be beside HARRY. scorpius (still hopeful)
DRACO She9s melting.
I need a favour. And suddenly we're in the Great Hall and professor
HARRY MCGONAGALL is standing at the front, with a big smile on
Draco. her face.
DRACO
These rumours 4 about my son9s parentage 4 they don9t PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL
And I9m pleased to announce Gryffindor9s newest member
seem to be going away. The other Hogwarts students
of the Quidditch team 4 our 4 (she realises she can9t be
tease Scorpius about it relentlessly 4 if the Ministry could
telease a statement reaffirming that all Time-Turners were partial) your superb new Chaser 4 Rose Granger-Weasley.
destroyed in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries ... The Hall erupts into cheers. scorrius claps alongside
HARRY them all.
Draco, just let it blow over 4 they9ll soon move on. ; ALBUS
DRACO Ate you clapping her too? We hate Quidditch and she9s
My son is suffering and 4 Astoria hasn9t been well playing for another house.
recently 4 so he needs all the support he9can get.
SCORPIUS
HARRY She9s your cousin, Albus.
If you answer the gossip, you feed the gossip. There9ve been
ALBUS
rumours Voldemort had a child for years, Scorpius is not
Do you think she'd clap for me?
the first to be accused. The Ministry, for your sake as well as
SCORPIUS
ours, needs to steer well clear.
I think she9s brilliant.

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PART ONE
* ACT ONE SCENE FOUR
The students circle asus again as suddenly a Potions
class begins. ' ALBUS
Because I know it'll be full of Hogwarts students.
POLLY CHAPMAN
Albus Potter. An irrelevance. Even portraits turn the other ALBUS screws up the paper.
way when he comes up the stairs. HARRY
Just give it a go 4 come on 4 this is your chance to go nuts
ALBUS hunches over a potion.
in Honeydukes without your mum knowing 4 no Albus,
ALBUS . don9t you dare.
And now we add - is it horn of Bicorn?
ALBus (pointing his wand)
KARL JENKINS Incendio!
Leave him and Voldemort9s child to it, I say.
The ball of paper bursts into flame, and ascends across
ALBUS
With just a little salamander blood ... the stage.

The potion explodes loudly. HARRY

Of all the stupid things!
SCORPIUS ALBUS
Okay. What9s the counter-ingredient? What do we need to The ironic thing is I didn9t expect it to work. I9m terrible at
change? that spell.
ALBUS HARRY
Everything. Al-Albus, I9ve been exchanging owls with Professor
And with-that, time moves ever onwards 4 ataus9s eyes McGonagall 4 she says you're isolating yourself 4 you're
become darker, his face grows more sallow, He's still an uncooperative in lessons 4 you're surly 4 you9re4
attractive boy, but he9s trying not to admit it. ALBUS
So what would you like me to do? Magic myself popular?
And suddenly he9s back on platform nine and three-
Conjure myself into a new house? Transfigure myself into a
quarters with his dad 4 who is still trying to persuade his
better student? Just cast a spell, Dad, and change me into
son (and himself) that everything is okay. Both have aged
what you want me to be, okay? It9ll work better for both of
another year.
us. Got to go. Train to catch. Friend to find.
HARRY
Third year. Big year. Here is your permission form for ALBUS runs to scorRPiUS, who is sitting on his case 4 numb
Hogsmeade. to the world.
ALBUS (delighted) Scorpius .. .
I hate Hogsmeade.
HARRY (concerned) Scorpius ... are you okay?
How can you hate a place you haven't actually visited SCORPIUS says nothing. AvBus tries to read his friend9s
yet?
eyes.
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Your mum? It9s got worse?

SCORPIUS
SCORPIUS Did you really think she9d come to us? Potters don9t belong
It9s got the worst it can possibly get. in Slytherin.
ALBUS sits down beside scorpius. ALBUS .
This one does.
ALBUS
I thought you'd send an owl ... As he tries to melt into the background, the other
SCORPIUS students laugh. He looks up at them all.
I couldn9t work out what to say. I didn9t choose, you know that? I didn9t choose to be his
ALBUS son.
And now I don9t know what to say ...
SCORPIUS
Say nothing.
ALBUS
Is there anything...
SCORPIUS
Come to the funeral.
ALBUS
Of course.
SCORPIUS
And be my good friend.
And suddenly the sortine Hat is centre stage and we're
back in the Great Hall.
SORTING HAT
Are you afraid of what you'll hear?
Afraid I'll speak the name you fear?
Not Slytherin! Not Gryffindor!
Not Hufflepuff! Not Ravenclaw!
Don9t worry, child, I know my job,
You'll learn to laugh, if first you sob.
Lily Potter. GRYFFINDOR!
LILY
Yes!
ALBUS
Great.

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ACT ONE SCENE FIVE

HERMIONE
Well, now we have it.
HARRY
And you're sure you want to keep it?

ad HERMIONE
I don9t think we've a choice. Look at it. It9s entirely different
to the Time-Turner | had.
ACT ONE SCENE FIVE HARRY (dryly)
Apparently wizardry has moved on since we were kids.
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, HARRY9S OFFICE HERMIONE
You're bleeding.
HARRY checks his face in the mirror. He dabs at the
HERMIONE sits with piles of paper in front of her in HARRY9 wound with his robes.
s messy
office. She is slowly sorting through it all, reading Don9t worry, it9ll go with the scar.
and trying to
understand. Harry enters in a rush. He is bleeding
from a graze on HARRY (with a grin)
his cheek. HERMIONE looks up beadily, What you doing in my office, Hermione?
HERMIONE HERMIONE
How did it go? I was anxious to hear about Theodore Nott and 4 thought
I'd check whether you'd kept your promise and were on top
HARRY (smiles)
of your paperwork.
It was true.
HARRY
HERMIONE Ah. Turns out I9m not.
Theodore Nott?
HERMIONE
HARRY No. You're not. Harry, how can you get any work done in
In custody. this chaos?
HERMIONE
And the Time-Turner itself? HARRY waves his wand and the papers and books
transform into neat piles. HARRY smiles.
HARRY reveals the Time-Turner. It shines out
alluringly. HARRY
HERMIONE is amazed to see it.
No longer chaotic.
Is it genuine? Does it work? It9s not just HERMIONE
an HourReversal
Turner 4 it goes back further? But still ignored. You know there9s some interesting stuff in
HARRY here ... there are mountain trolls riding graphorns through
We don9tb know anything . Hungary, there are giants with winged tattoos on their
yet. I wanted to try it out there
and then but wiser heads prevailed. backs walking through the Greek Seas, and the werewolves
have gone entirely underground4
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HARRY
Great, let9s get out there. I'll get the team together to look at your paperwork every now and again, that9s all.
. Consider this a gentle 4 nudge 4 (Harry scowls) from the
HERMIONE
Harry, I get it. Paperwork9s boring... Minister for Magic.
HARRY - HARRY hears the implication in her emphasis; he nods.
Not for you.
How9s Ginny? How's Albus?
HERMIONE
I'm busy enough with my own. These are people HARRY
and beasts It seems I9m as good at fatherhood as I am at paperwork.
that fought alongside Voldemort in the great wizardi
ng How9s Rose? How9s Hugo?
wars. These are allies of darkness. This 4 combined
with what we have just unearthed at Theodore HERMIONE (with a grin)
Nott9s 4 You know, Ron says he thinks I see more of my secretary
could mean something. But if the Head of Magic
al Law Ethel (she indicates off) than him. Do you think there9s a
Enforcement isn9t reading his files4
point where we made a choice 4 parent of the year or 4
HARRY
But I don9t need to read it 4 I9m out there Ministry official of the year? Go on. Go home to your
, hearing about it. family Harry, the Hogwarts Express is about to depart for
Theodore Nott 4 it was me who heard
the rumours about another year 4 enjoy the time you've got left 4 and then
the Time-Turner and me who acted upon it.
You really don9t come back here with a fresh head and get these files
need to tell me off.
read.
HERMIONE looks at HARRY 4 this is tricky, HARRY
HERMIONE You really think this could all mean something?
Do you fancy a toffee? Don't tell Ron. HERMIONE (with a smile)
HARRY It could do. But if it does, we'll find a way to fight it, Harry.
ve You're changing the subject. We always have.
HERMIONE She smiles once more 4 pops a toffee in her mouth and
I truly am. Toffee? leaves the office. HARRY is left alone. He packs his bag.
HARRY He walks out of the office and down a corridor. The
Can9t. We're off sugar at the moment. weight of the world upon his shoulders.
Beat. He walks, tired, into a telephone box. He dials 62442.
You know, you can get addicted to that TELEPHONE BOX
stuff?
HERMIONE
Farewell, Harry Potter.
| What can I say? My parents were dentists,
I was bound to He ascends away from the Ministry of Magic.
rebel at some point. Forty is leaving it a
little late, but ..
(she smiles at her friend) Look, you've just
done a brilliant
thing. You're certainly not being told off
4 I just need you
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. ACT ONE SCENE SIX

HARRY
Of course I9m not. It9s just, I9m afraid, as Head of the
Department of Magical Law Enforcement I9m responsible4
AMOS ;

ad) There9s plenty you're responsible for.

HARRY
Sorry?
ACT ONE SCENE SIX AMOS
My son, Cedric, you do remember Cedric, don9t you?
HARRY AND GINNY POTTER9S HOUSE HARRY (remembering Cedric hurts him)
Yes, 1 remember your son. His loss4

ae Voldemort wanted you! Not my son! You told me yourself,

ALBus can't sleep. He is sitting at the top of the stairs. He hears voices
the words he said were 8kill the spare9. The spare. My son,
below him. We hear Harry9s voice before he9s revealed. An elderly
my beautiful son, was a spare.
man in a wheelchair is with him, AMos DiGGorRY.
HARRY
HARRY Mr Diggory, as you know, I sympathise with your efforts to
Amos, I understand, I really do 4 but I9m only just home memorialise Cedric but4
and4 AMOS
AMOS A memorial? I am not interested in a memorial 4 not any
I've tried to make appointments at the Ministry. They say more. I am an old man 4 an old, dying man 4 and I am here
8Ah, Mr Diggory, we have an appointment for you, let9s see, to ask you 4 beg you 4 to help me get him back.
in two months.9 I wait. Very patiently.
HARRY looks up, astonished.
HARRY
4and coming to my house in the middle of the night 4 HARRY
when my kids are just getting ready for their new year at Get him back? Amos, that9s not possible.
school 4 it9s not right. AMOS
AMOS The Ministry has a Time-Turner does it not?
Two months pass, I receive an owl, 8Mr Diggory, I9m HARRY
awfully sorry, but Mr Potter has been called away on urgent The Time-Turners were all destroyed.
business, we're going to have to shift things around a little, AMOS
are you available for an appointment in, let9s see, two The reason I9m here with such urgency is I9ve just heard
months9 time. And then it repeats again, and again... rumour 4 strong rumour 4 that the Ministry seized an
You're shutting me out. illegal Time-Turner from Theodore Nott and has kept it.
For investigation. Let me use that Time-Turner. Let me
have my son back.

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Eats There9s a long, deadly Pause. Harry is finding this extremely
i difficult. We watch as asus moves closer, listening. ALBUS
Not really.
HARRY
DELPHI oe
Amos, playing with time? You know we can't do that. Ah. Have I just put my foot in it? It9s what they use A to say
AMOS about me at school. Delphini Diggory 4 there isn9t a hole
How many people have died for the Boy Who Lived? I9m
she couldn't dig herself into.
asking you to save one of them. ALBUS
: They do all sorts with my name too.
This hurts Harry. He thinks, his face hardens.
HARRY Pause. She looks at him carefully.
Whatever you've heard 4 the Theodore Nott story isa
AMOS
| fiction, Amos. I9m sorry. Delphi.
| DELPHI She makes to depart and then hesitates. She smiles at
Hello.
ALBUS.
ALBUS jumps a mile as DELPHI 4 twenty-something, DELPHI
determined and quirky 4 is revealed looking through the We don9t choose who we're related to. Amos isn9t just my
stains Ry patient, he9s my uncle, it9s part of the reason I took the job
Oh. Sorry. Didn9t mean to startle. I used to be a big stair at Upper Flagley. But that9s made itco difficult. It9s tough to

ms
listener myself. Sitting there. Waiting for someone 6 live with people stuck in the past, isn9t it?

aS
to say
| something the tiniest bit interesting.
! iia
ALBUS

ANNO
Delphi!
Who are you? Because this is sort of my house and ...
DeLPH ALEUS
Upper Flagley?
I'm: a thief of course. I9m about to steal everything you own
Give me your gold, your wand and your Chocolate Frogs!
. & DELPHI i i ° C
ot Canale eo emie cr © Id Witches and Wizards. Come <
(She looks fierce and then smiles.) Either that or 9m
Delphini 8upon tine. [you
Diggory. (She ascends the stairs and sticks out a hand.) like.
| AMOS
Delphi. I look after him 4 Amos 4 well, I try. (She indicat
es DELPHI!
Amos.) And you are?
She smiles and then trips as she travels down the stairs.
ALBUS (rueful grin) 3 She enters the room with AMos and HARRY in it. ALBUS
Albus.
watches her.
DELPHI
Of course! Albus Potter! So Harry is your dad? DELPHI
That9s a bit
wow isn9t it? Yes, Uncle?

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AMOS
Meet the once-great Harry Potter, now a stone-cold
Ministry man. I will leave you in peace, sit. If peace is the
tight word for it. Delphi, my chair...

d
_ DELPHI
Yes, Uncle.

Amos is pushed out of the room. HarRY is left, looking

forlorn. aLgus watches on, thinking, carefully. ACT ONE SCENE SEVEN
HARRY AND GINNY POTTER9S HOUSE, ALBUS9S ROOM

ALBUS is sitting on the bed as the world goes on outside his door.
Still against the constant motion outside. We hear a roar from JAMES
(from off).

GINNY
James, please, ignore your hair, and tidy that damn room ...
JAMES
How can I ignore it? It9s pink! I9m going to have to use my
Invisibility Cloak!
JAMES appears at the door, he has pink hair.
GINNY
That9s not why your dad gave you that cloak!
LILY
Who's seen my Potions book?
GINNY
Lily Potter, don9t think you9re wearing those to school
tomorrow ...

LILY appears at aLBuS9s door. She9s wearing fairy wings

that flutter.
LILY
I love them. They9re fluttery.

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PART ONE
: ACT ONE SCENE SEVEN
She exits as HARRY appears in ALBUS9s doorway. He looks
any time I9ve wanted luck I9ve found it and just tried to hold
through.
it and I wondered if you ...
HARRY ALBUS a
Hi. Wanted to hold it too? Okay. Done. Let9s hope it brings me
There9s an awkward pause between them. GINNY appears luck. I certainly need some.
in the doorway. She sees what's happening and stays a He touches the blanket.
moment.
But you should keep it.
Just delivering a pre-Hogwarts gift 4 gifts 4 Ron9s sent
HARRY
5
i
j
this... I think 4 believe 4 Petunia wanted me to have it, that9s why
j
ALBUS she kept it and now I want you to have it from me. I didn9t
Okay, a love potion. Okay. really know my mother 4 but I think she9d have wanted
HARRY you to have it too. And maybe I could come find you 4 and
I think it9s a joke about 4 I don9t know what. Lily got farting it 4 on Hallows9 Eve. I'd like to be with it on the night they
gnomes, James got a comb that9s made his hair turn a shade died 4 and that could be good for the two of us...
of pink. Ron 4 well, Ron9s Ron you know?
ALBUS
HARRY puts down atsus9s love potion on his bed. Listen, I9ve got quite a lot of packing to do, and you
undoubtedly have Ministry work coming out of your ears
I also 4 this is from me...
SO...
He reveals a small blanket. cinny looks at it 4
she sees HARRY
HARRY Is trying, and then she softly walks away. Albus, I want you to have the blanket.
ALBUS
ALBUS
An old blanket? 2 And do what with it? Fairy wings make sense, Dad,
Invisibility Cloaks, they also make sense 4 but this 4 really?
HARRY
I thought a lot about what to give you this year. HARRY is slightly heartbroken. He looks at his son,
James 4
well, James has been going on about the Invisibility desperate to reach out.
Cloak
since time itself, and Lily 4 I knew she'd love wings
4 but HARRY
you. You're fourteen years old now, Albus, and
I wanted to Do you want a hand? Packing. I always loved packing.
give you something which 4 meant something.
This 4 is the It meant I was leaving Privet Drive and going back to
last thing I had from my mum. The only thing.
I was given Hogwarts. Which was ...'well, I know you don't love it
to the Dursleys wrapped in it. | thought it had
gone forever but ...
and then 4 when your Great Aunt Petunia died,
hidden ALBUS
amongst her possessions, surprisingly, Dudley
found this 4 For you, it9s the greatest place on earth. I know. The poor
and he kindly sent it on to me, and ever since then
4 well, orphan, bullied by his Uncle and Aunt Dursley4

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PART ONE 8 ACT ONE SCENE SEVEN

HARRY No, I didn9t

idn9 mean tha Ces
Albus, please 4 can we just4 alee
ALBUS Yes. You did.
4traumatised by his cousin Dudley, saved by Hogwarts.
I HARRY :
know it all, Dad. Blah blah blah. Albus, you just know how to get under my skin; ...
HARRY
I'm not going to rise to your bait, Albus Potter. ALBUS
You meant it, Dad. And, honestly, I don9t blame you.
ALBUS
The poor orphan who went on to save us all 4 so-may There9s a horrible pause.
I
say 4 on behalf of wizarding kind. How grateful we are for
You should probably leave me alone now.
your heroism. Should we bow now or will a curtsey do?
HARRY
HARRY Albus, please . . .
Albus, please 4 you know, I've never wanted gratitude.
ateus picks up the blanket and throws it. It collides with
OB But right now I9m overflowing with it 4 it must be the kind : Ron's love potion, which spills all over the blanket and the
hed, produclur a smell puff of smoke
gift of this mouldy blanket that did it ...
f ALBUS
ee Mouldy blanket? i No luck or love for me, then.
ane : ALBus runs out of the room. HARRY goes after him.
What did you think would happen? We'd hug.
I'd tell you I i

HarRYalways loved
(finally you. What? What!
losing his temper) rasa lbus. Albus ... please...
You know what? I9m done with being made
responsible
for your unhappiness. At least you've got
a dad. Because |
didn9t, okay?
ALBUS
And you think that was unlucky? I don't.
HARRY
You wish me dead?
ALBUS
No! I just wish you weren't my dad.
HARRY (seeing red)
Well, there are times I wish you weren't
my son.
There's a silence. acaus nods. Pause. Harry
realises what
he9s said.

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. ACT ONE SCENE EIGHT

There9s a MASSIVE SMASH. And the door falls off its

hinges. HAGRID stands in the middle of the door. He looks
at them all.
HAGRID :
) Couldn't make us a cup o9 tea, could yeh? It9s not been an
ae easy journey.
Ht on DUDLEY DURSLEY
i ACT ONE SCENE EIGHT Look. At. Him. '
; . UNCLE VERNON
DREAM, HUT-ON-THE-ROCK * Stand back. Stand back. Behind me, Petunia. Behind me,
i Dudley. I9ll soon see this scarramanger off.
. HAGRID
'

There9s a LARGE BOOM. Then there9s a LARGE CRASH.

? .

puputy
) »

DURSLEY, AUNT PETUNIA and UNCLE VERNON me behind

Scarrawhat! {He picks sp UNCLEVERNON'S gum.) Haven't ties
one of these for a while. (He twists the end of the gun and seen
bed. , a ESAT Eig SAREE it in a knot.) Oops-a-daisy. (And then he gets distracted. He9s
: seen YOUNG HARRY.) Harry Potter.
DUDLEY DURSLEY . YOUNG HARRY
Mum, I don9t like this. Hello.
AUNT PETUNIA 5 HAGRID
I knew we made a mistake coming here. Vernon. Vernon. : Las9 time I saw yeh, yeh was only a baby. Yeh look a lot like
i There's nowhere we can hide. Not even a lighthouse is far : yer dad, but yeh9ve got yer mum9s eyes.
\/ enough away! : YOUNG HARRY
There's another LARGE BOOM, You knew my parents?
HAGRID
ct iden Hi id a : Where9s me manners? A very happy birthday to yeh. Got
old on. Hold on. Whatever it is, it9s not coming in here. summat fer yeh here 4 1 mighta sat on it at some point, but
AUNT FETUNIA it9ll taste all right.
We're cursed! He9s cursed us! The boy has cursed us! (Seeing
YOUNG Harry.) This is all your fault. Get back in sourhole, From inside his coat he pulls a slightly squashed chocolate
a cake with 8Happy Birthday Harry9 written on it in green
YOUNG Harry flinches as UNCLE VERNON holds out his | icing.
rifle. g
YOUNG HARRY
UNCLE VERNON Who are you?
Whoever9s there I should warn you 4 I'm armed.
HAGRID (laughing)
True, I haven9t introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of

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Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. (He looks around himself.)

What about that tea then, eh? I9d not say no ter summat
stronger if yeh9ve got it, mind.
YOUNG HARRY
Hogwhere?
HAGRID
Hogwarts. Yeh9ll know all about Hogwarts, o9 course.
d
YOUNG HARRY 9
Er 4 no. Sorry. ACT ONE SCENE NINE
HAGRID
Sorry? It9s them as should be sorry! I knew yeh weren't HARRY AND GINNY POTTER9S HOUSE, BEDROOM
gettin9 yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn't even
know abou9 Hogwarts, fer cryin9 out loud! Did yeh never
wonder where yer parents learnt it all? HARRY Wakes suddenly. Breathing deeply in the night. .
YOUNG HARRY He waits a moment. Calming himself. And then he feels intense
Learnt what? pain, in his forehead. In his scar. Around him Dark Magic moves.
HAGRID turns menacingly towards UNCLE VERNON.
GINNY
HAGRID Harry...
Do you mean ter tell me, that this boy 4 this boy! 4 knows HARRY
nothin9 abou9 4 about ANYTHING? It9s fine. Go back to sleep.
UNCLE VERNON GINNY
I forbid you to tell the boy anything more! Lumos.
YOUNG HARRY
Tell me what?
The room is filled with light from her wand. Harry looks
at her.
HAGRID looks at UNCLE VERNON and then at YOUNG
A nightmare?
HARRY.
HARRY
HAGRID Yes.
Harry 4 yer a wizard 4 yeh changed everything. Yer
the GINNY
most famous wizard in the whole world.
About what?
And then right from the back of the room and whispe HARRY
ring
around everyone, words said with an unmistakeable The Dursleys 4 well it started there 4 then it became
voice. The voice of VOLDEMORT .. . something else.
Haaarry Pottttter . . . Pause. GINNY looks at him 4 trying to work out where he is.

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 PART ONE . ACT ONE SCENE NINE

GINNY
Do you want a Sleeping Draught? HARRY ;
I just wish he was more like James or Lily.
HARRY
No. I'll be fine. Go back to sleep. cINNY (dryly)
Yeah, maybe don't be that honest.
a vou don9t seem fine. HARRY ; ;
No, I wouldn9t change a thing about him
... but I can
HARRY Says nothing. understand them and...
,
INNY
naing i his agita
agitati , G Am 8,
tion.) It can9t, have been easy ~8wi is-. diffe
¥ rent feast that a
4 with Amos 8 Ibus
4 you and isn9t
know 4 when goo d thing. And he can
you're putting on your Harry Potter
HARRY snr front. He wants to see the real you.
The anger I can cope with, the fact he9s
Amos ba his son because of me4 right is harder. HARRY
i< 8The truth is a beautiful and terri; ble thing, and shou ld
éinea
N y therefore be treated with great caution.
That doesn9t seem particularly fair on
yourself4 GINNY looks at him, surprised.
HARRY
4and there9s nothing I can say 4 nothing fi led
I can say to : Dumbledore.
anyone 4 unless it9s the wrong thing of cours
e. GINNY
GINNY knows what ~ or rather who 4 he's A strange thing to say to a child.
referring to.
GINNY
So that9s what9s upsetting you? ee Not when you believe that child will have to die to save the
The night before Hogwarts,

a nc
it9s never a good night if you don9 world.
t want to go. Giving Al
the blanket. It was a nice try.
HARRY gasps again 4 and does all he can not to touch his

as
HARRY . forehead.
It went pretty badly wrong from there.
] said some things 4 GINNY
Ginny... ,
3 Harry. What9s wrong? .
GINNY
HARRY ,
T heard.
Fine. I9m fine. I hear you. I'll try to be4
HARRY
And you're still talking to me? GINNY ,
Does your scar hurt?
GINNY
HARRY
Because I know that when the time is right you'll say sorry.
No. No. I9m
, fine. Now, Nox that t a: and let9s get some sleep.
That you didn9t mean it. That wha
t you said concealed 4 GINNY
other things. You.can be honest with him Harr
y ... that9s Harry. How long has it been since your scar hurt?
all he needs.

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HARRY turns to GINNY, his face says it all.

HARRY
Twenty-two years.

,
| ACT ONE SCENE TEN 9
THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS

atsus walks quickly along the busy train. He keeps his head down,
trying to avoid attention.

ROSE
Albus, I9ve been looking for you .. .
ALBUS .
Me? Why?
ROSE isn't sure how to phrase what she has to say.
ROSE
Albus, it9s the start of the fourth year, and so the start of a
new year for us. I want to be friends again.
ALBUS
We never were friends.
ROSE
That9s harsh! You were my best friend when I was six!
ALBUS
That was a long time ago.
He makes to walk away, she pulls him into an empty
compartment.
ROSE
Have you heard the rumours? Big Ministry raid a few days
ago. Your dad apparently was incredibly brave.

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ACT ONE SCENE TEN
ALBUS
How do you always know SCORPIUS
about these things and I
ROSE don9t? Albus! Oh hello Rose, what do you smell of?
Apparently he 4 the wizard ROSE
they raided 4 Theodore Nott
think ~ had all sorts of artef I What do I smell of?
acts that broke all sorts of
including ~ and this has got laws
them all gooey 4 an illegal SCORPIUS
Time-Turner. And quite a No, I meant it as a nice thing. You smell like a mixture of
superior one at that.
fresh flowers and fresh 4 bread. ;
ALBUS looks at Rose, everythin
g falling into place. ROSE
ALBUS Albus, I9m here, okay? If you need me.
A Time-Turner? My dad foun
d a Time-Turner? scorpius (digging desperately)
ROSE I mean, nice bread, good bread, bread ... what9s wrong with
Sh! Yes. I know. Great, right? bread?
ALBUS
You're sure? rose walks away, shaking her head.
ROSE ROSE
Entirely. What9s wrong with bread!
ALBUS ALBUS
Now I have to find Scorpius. I've been looking for you everywhere ...
He walks down the train. SCORPIUS
rose follows, still determine And now you've found me. Tada! I was hardly hiding. You
say her piece. d to
know how I like to... get on early. Stops people staring.
ROSE
Shouting. Writing 8son of Voldemort9 on my trunk. That
Albus!
one never gets old. She really doesn9t like me does she?
ALBUS turns decisively, atBus hugs his friend. With fierceness. They hold fora
ALBUS beat. scorpius is surprised by this.
Who's told you that you
have to talk to me? Okay. Hello. Um. Have we hugged before? Do we hug?
ROSE (sprung) |
Okay, maybe your mum f The two boys awkwardly dislocate.
owled my dad 4 but onl
she9s worried about you. y because
And I just think4 ALBUS
ALBUS | Just a slightly weird twenty-four hours.
Leave me alone, Rose.
SCORPIUS
SCORPIUS 15 sitting in his What9s happened in them?
usual compartment. as
first, ROSE stil] tailing him us enters ALBUS
.
Pll explain later. We have to get off this train.

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PART ONE : ACT ONE SCENE TEN

There's the sound of whistles from off. The train starts Cedric was killed. They cancelled the competition
moving. immediately after.
SCORPIUS ALBUS
Too late. The train is moving. Hogwarts ahoy! Good. Third question. Did Cedric need to be killed? Easy
ALBUS question, easy answer: No. The words Voldemort said were
Then we have to get off a moving train. 8kill the spare9. The spare. He died only because he was
TROLLEY WITCH with my father and my father couldn't save him 4 we can.
Anything from the trolley, dears? A mistake has been made and we're going to right it. We're
going to use a Time-Turner. We're going to bring him back.
ALBUS opens a window and makes to climb out.
SCORPIUS
SCORPIUS Albus, for obvious reasons, I9m not a massive fan of
A moving magical train. Time-Turners .. .
TROLLEY WITCH ALBUS
Pumpkin Pasty? Cauldron Cake? ie When Amos Diggory asked for the Time-Turner my father
SCORPIUS denied they even existed. He lied to an old man who just
Albus Severus Potter, get that strange look out of your eye. wanted his son back 4 who just loved his son. And he did it
ALBUS because he didn9t care ... because he doesn9t care. Everyone
First question. What do you know about the Triwizard talks about all the brave things Dad did. But he made some _
Tournament? mistakes too. Some big mistakes, in fact. 1 want to set one
scorpius (happy) of those mistakes right. I want us to save Cedric.
Ooooh, a quiz! Three schools pick three champions to SCORPIUS
compete in three tasks for one Cup. What9s that got to do Okay, whatever was holding your brain together seems to
with anything? have snapped.
ALBUS ALBUS
You really are an enormous geek you know that? : I'm going to do this, Scorpius. I need to do this. And you
SCORPIUS know as well as I do, I9ll entirely mess it up if you don9t
|
Ya-huh. come with me. Come on.
ALBUS He grins. And then disappears ever up. SCORPIUS
Second question. Why has the Triwizard Tournament not
hesitates for a moment. He makes a face. But he knows
been run in over twenty years?
what he has to do 4 what he9s going to do 4 he hoists
SCORPIUS himself up and disappears after ALBUS.
The last competition included your dad and a boy called
Cedric Diggory 4 they decided to win together but the Cup
was a Portkey 4 and they were transported to Voldemort.

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ACT ONE SCENE ELEVEN

ALBUS
You want a snack for the journey?
SCORPIUS
No. Albus. The Trolley Witch is coming towards us.
ALBUS ,
J No, she can9t be, we9re on top of the train ...

Scorpius points asus in the right direction, and

© now he can see the TROLLEY witcH, who approaches
ACT ONE SCENE ELEVEN nonchalantly. Pushing her trolley.
ROOF TROLLEY WITCH
THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS,
Anything from the trolley, dears? Pumpkin Pasty?
Chocolate Frog? Cauldron Cake?
wi ALBUS
and it9s a fierce wind at that as ¢
The wind whistles from all angles Oh.
PIUS stand on the roof of a train.
determined asus and petrified scoR TROLLEY WITCH
_ People don9t know much about me. They buy my Cauldron
SCORPIUS train, it9s fast, it9s scary, Cakes 4 but they never really notice me. I don9t remember
Okay, now we're on the roof of a
learnt a lot about me, the last time someone asked my name.
bi

this has been great, I feel like I9ve

ALBUS
something about you, but4
What is your name?
be approaching the viaduct soon TROLLEY WITCH _
wwTAS I calculate it we should Home for Old I've forgotten. All I can tell you is that when the Hogwarts
to St Oswald9s
and then it9ll be a short hike
Express first came to be 4 Ottaline Gambol herself offered
Witches and Wizards ...
me this job...
SCORPIUS
am as excited as you are to SCORPIUS
The what? The where? Look, I
life 4 yay 4 train roof 4 That's 4 a hundred and ninety years. You9ve been doing this
be a rebel for the first time in my
job for a hundred and ninety years? ,
fun 4 but now 4 oh.
TROLLEY WITCH
want to see.
scorpius sees something he doesn't
?

These hands have made over six million Pumpkin Pasties

I9ve got quite good at them. But what people haven9t
BUS ul back-up if our
* The water will be an extremely usef noticed about my Pumpkin Pasties is how easily they
Cushioning Charm doesn9t work. transform into something else ...

< PIUS She picks up a Pumpkin Pasty. She throws it like a

sorAlbus. The Trolley Witch. grenade. It explodes.

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And you won't believe what I can do with my Chocolate

before
Frogs. Never. Never. Have I let anyone off this train
- es
they reached their destination. Some hve tried
Black and his cronies, Fred and George Weasley.
DOESN9T
HAVE FAILED. BECAUSE THIS TRAIN 4 IT
LIKE PEOPLE GETTING OFF IT...
The TROLLEY witcn9s hands transfigure into very sharp
spikes. She smiles. ACT ONE SCENE TWELVE
of the journe y.
ey.
So please retake your seats for the remainder
i j
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, GRAND MEETING ROOM
ALBUS oo
You were right, Scorpius. This train is magical.
_ a hein
SCORPIUS being
pleasu re in
At this precise moment in time, I take no The stage is flooded with wizards and witches. They rattle and chatter
right. like all true wizards and witches can. Amongst them,
GINNY, DRACO
and Ron. Above them, on a stage, HERMIONE and HARRY.
down.
But I was also right 4 about the viaduct 4 that9s water
: 1
A
there, time to try the Cushioning Charm . HERMIONE
Order. Order. Do I have to conjure silence? (She pulls
SCORPIUS
silence from the crowd using her wand.) Good. Welcome
Albus, this is a bad idea.
to this Extraordinary General Meeting. I9m so pleased so
US _
the time many of you could make it. The wizarding world has been
< Is it? (He has a moment's hesitation, then he realises
living in peace now for many years. It9s twenty-two years
for hesitation has passed.) Too late now. Three. Two. One.
Molliare! since we defeated Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts
and I9m delighted to say there is a new generation being
He incantsas he jumps. brought up having known only the slightest conflict. Until
SCORPIUS
now. Harry?
Albus... Albus ... HARRY
Voldemort9s allies have been showing movement for
He looks down desperately after his friend. He looks a
few months now. We've followed trolls making their
at the approaching TROLLEY wiTtcH. Her hair wild. Her way
across Europe, giants starting to cross the seas, and
spikes particularly spiky. the
werewolves 4 well, I9m distressed to say we lost sight
of them
Well, as fun as you clearly look, I have to go after my friend. some weeks ago. We don9t know where they9re going
or
He pinches his nose, he jumps after ALBus, incanting as who's encouraged them to move 4 but we are aware
they
he goes. are moving 4 and we are concerned what it might
mean. So
we're asking 4 if anyone has seen anything? Felt anythin
g?
Molliare!

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PART ONE

hear everyone speak. HARRY

If you could raise a wand, we will None of those rumours came from me!
Professor McGonagall 4 thank you. DRACO
, ;
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL rfered with Really? Doesn't your wife edit the Daily Prophet?
s had been inte
It did look like the Potions store
break, but not a huge
when we returned from summer GINNY steps towards him, outraged.
ing, some Boomslang skin
amount of ingredients were miss GINNY
Restricted Register. We
and lacewing flies, nothing on the 8
The sports pages!
put it down to Peeves. HERMIONE
D
HERMIONE ve Harry brought this; matter to the attention of the
investigate. (She looks
Thank you, Professor. We shall inistry ... and I, as Minister for Magic4
around the room.) Nobody else? Fine, and 4 gravest of all 4
DRACO
e Voldemort 4 Harry9s
and this hasn9t been the case sinc A vote you only won because you are his friend. .
scar is hurting again.
RON is held back by Ginny as he charges at DRACO
DRACO
gone.
Voldemort is dead, Voldemort is RON
HERMIONE Do you want a smack in the mouth?
but these things all lead us
Yes, Draco, Voldemort is dead or some DRACO
that Voldemort 4
to think that there is a possibility Face K 4his celebrity impacts upon you all. And how better
.
trace of Voldemort 4 might be back ) get everyone whispering the Potter name again than
with (he does an impression of HARRY) 8my scar is hurtin:
This gets a reaction.
scar is hurting9. And do you know what this all mean: _
HARRY that the gossipmongers once again have an opusienity
to ask it to rule it out.
Now this is difficult but we have hing? to defame my son with these ridiculous rumours about hi
... have you felt anyt
Those of you with a Dark Mark parentage. °
Even a twinge? HARRY
DRACO Snnmn one is saying this has anything to do with
those with a Dark Mark
Back to being prejudiced against
are we, Potter? DRACO :
: ; ;
HERMIONE leav,ingI, f or one, think this meeting a sham. And I9m
Well
to4
No, Draco. Harry is simply trying
DRACO
y just wants his face back He walks out. Others start to disperse after him.
You know what this is about ? Harr
rumours of Voldemort
in the newspapers again. We've had HERMIONE
nce a year every
coming back from the Daily Propheto No. That9
at9s not the way ... come back. We need a strategy.
year4

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DELPHI
Albus? Albus! You came? How wonderful!
Come and say
hello to Amos! ,

EEN
ACT ONE SCENE THIRT
WIZARDS
FOR OLD WITCHES AND
HOME
ST OSWALD9S

for Old
ma gi c. This is St Oswald9s Home
is is 8you might hope.
This is chaos. Th it is as wonderful as
za rd s an d wool is enchanted
Witches and Wi ur ed into life, knitting
are co nj
Zimmer frames to dance the tango.
s, and ma le nurses are made to do magic for
into ch ao
eved of the burden of having
These are people
reli fun. And
wi tc hes an d wi zards do magic for
these
a. reason 4 instead,
what fun they ha ve. selves, amused,
OR PI US ent er, lo oking around them
avpus and. SC
4 slightly scared.
and 4 let9s face it
US
aus and SCORPI .-- Excuse me. EX
CUSE ME!
,Umexcuse me

SCORPIUS e is wild.
Okay, so this plac
ALBUS Amos Diggory:
We're looking for
ything ts instantly
total silence. Ever
There is suddenly
depressed.
still. And slightly

WOOL WOMAN e old sod?

ou bo ys wa nt with that miserabl
8And what9y
th a smile.
DELPHI appears wi

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AMOS
So I should allow you to get involved because you're a
Potter? Relying on your famous name are you?
ALBUS
No!

d AMOS
A Potter who is in Slytherin house 4 yes, I9ve read about
you 4 and who brings a Malfoy with him to visit me 4 a
ACT ONE SCENE FOURTEEN Malfoy who may be a Voldemort? Who's to say you9re not
involved in Dark Magic?
OLD WITCHES AND
ST OSWALD9S HOME FOR ALBUS
WIZARDS, AMOS9S ROOM But4
AMOS
Your information was obvious but the confirmation is
irri tated. DELPHI watc hes the
aveus, irri useful. Your father did lie. Now leave. The pair of you. And
amos looks at SCORPIUS and stop wasting my time.
three of them.
ALBUS (with power and strength)
No, you need to listen to me, you said it yourself 4 how
AMOS overhi ear a conversation 4 4
So let me get this straight. You rh ear 4
much blood is on my father9s hands. Let me help you
meant for you to ove
conversation which was not ; ~ #; fact, witsho
ho
ut
eee
change that. Let me help correct one of his mistakes. Trust
ing
and you decide, without prompt me. 8
rfere hard, in someone ¢
leave 4 to interfere, and inte Amos (his voice raised)
business. Did you not hear me, boy? I see no reason to trust you. So
go. Now. Before I make you leave.
did 4 they do have a
om father lied to you 4 1 know he
He raises his wand ominously. acsus looks at the wand 4
Time-Turner.
he deflates 4 amos has crushed him.
AMOS along now.
Of course they do. You can move SCORPIUS
Come on mate, if there9s one thing we're good at, it9s
ALBUS
What? No. We're here to help.
knowing where we're not wanted.
2 ALBUS is reluctant to leave. scorpius pulls him by the
undersized teenagers be for me!
AMOS
Help? What use could a pair of arm. He turns and they walk away.
ALBUS
e to be grown up to change DELPHI
My father prove d you don9t hav I can think of one reason why you should trust them,
the wizarding world. Uncle.

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PART ONE
She smiles at aLBus, he smiles back.
They stop.
AMOS
ring to help. They're
They're the only ones voluntee
es at risk to return your son
You do understand even. gettin, g the Time Turner Ww ill tisk

prepared to bravely put themselv

sure they put themselves at
to your side. In fact, I'm pretty ALBUS
risk even getting here ... We're ready to put our lives at risk.
»,

AMOS SCORPIUS
about ...
This is Cedric we're talking Are we?
DELPHI amos (gravely)
4 having someone inside
And 4 didn9t you say yourself I hope you have it in you.
advantage?
Hogwarts might be a massive
. amos looks at
peLpui kisses the top of AMOS'9s head
the boys.
DELPHI, and then turns to look at
AMOS it
put yourself at risk? What's in
- Why? Why do you want to
for you?
ALBUS . Your son didn9t deserve to
_ Tknow what it is to be the spare
help you get him back.
be killed, Mr Diggory. We can
amos (finally showing emotion)
thing that ever happened to
My son 4 my son was the best
injustice 4 a gross injustice 4
me 4 and youre right it was an
if you're serious .-.
ALBUS
We're deadly serious.
AMOS
This is going to be dangerous.
ALBUS
We know.
SCORPIUS
Do we?
AMOS
ared to accompany them?
Delphi 4 perhaps if you were prep
DELPHI .
If that would make you happy, Uncle
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ACT ONE SCENE FIFTEEN

HERMIONE
Her?»
RON
The trolls could be going to a party, the giants to a
wedding, you could be getting bad dreams because you're
J worried about Albus, and your scar could be hurting
because youre getting old.
HARRY
ACT ONE SCENE FIFTEEN Getting old? Thanks, mate.
RON
9S HOUSE, KITCHEN Honestly, every time I sit down now I make an 8ooof9 noise.
HARRY AND GINNY POTTER
An 8ooof9. And my feet 4 the trouble I9m having with my
feet 4 I could write songs about the pain my feet give me 4
maybe your scar is like that.
Y sit eating together.
HARRY, RON, HERMIONE and GINN
9 9
GINNY
You talk a lot of rubbish:
i the Mini
in 4 no one 1n stry
inist ry is
revewettold Draco again and agai RON
. The r umours aren't coming I consider it my speciality. That and my range of Skiving
saying anything about Scorpius
from us. Snackboxes. And my love for all of you. Even Skinny
Ginny.
ria 4 to ask if there9s 7
oT wrote to him 4 after he lost Asto GINNY
maybe 4 as he was * -
anything we could do. I thought If you don9t behave, Ronald Weasley, I will tell Mum.
Scorpius might want say
good friend to Albus 4 maybe RON
k or ... My owl came ®
over part of the Christmas brea You wouldn't.
le sentence: 8lel y a
with a letter containing one simp HERMIONE
ons about my son onc
husband to refute these allegati If some part of Voldemort survived, in whatever form, we
for all9 need to be prepared. And I9m scared.
HERMIONE GINNY
He's obsessed. I9m scared too.
GINNY _ RON .
He9s a mess 4 a grie ving mess. Nothing scares me. Apart from Mum.
HERMIONE
but when he accuses Hermione
nen And I'm sorry for his loss, drawers,
I mean it, Harry, I will not be Cornelius Fudge on this one.
HARRY ) Oi droo7 py
of... well... (he looks across at I will not stick my head in the sand. And I don9t care how
d be nothing.
like I say to her all the time, it coul unpopular that makes me with Draco Malfoy.

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-
RON ty were you
for popu lari
You never really were one
as she aims to hit
HERMIONE shoots RON a withering look
him but RON jumps out of the way.
Missed.
J
Ginny wallops RON. RON winces. ACT ONE SCENE SIXTEEN
Hit. A very solid hit.
ps in low and WHITEHALL, CELLAR
Suddenly an owl is in the room. It swoo
drops a letter on Harry9s plate.
HERMIONE sg
scorplus, flanked by atsus and DELPHI, is squinting at a bottle.
Bit late for an owl isn9t it!

Harry opens the letter. Surprised. SCORPIUS

So we just take it?
HARRY ALBUS
It9s from Professor McGonagall. Scorpius, do I really need to explain to you 4 uber geek and
GINNY Potions expert 4 what Polyjuice does? Thanks to Delphi9s
What does it say? brilliant preparation work, we are going to take this potion
HARRY9S face drops. and be transformed, and thus disguised we will be able to
enter the Ministry of Magic.
pius 4 they never made it SCORPIUS
» eteang it9s Albus 4 Albus and Scor
Okay, two points, one, is it painful?
to school. They9re missing!
DELPHI
Very 4 as I understand it.
SCORPIUS
Thank you. Good to know. Second point 4 do either of you
know what Polyjuice tastes of? Because I've heard it tastes
of fish, and if it does I will just vomit it back up. Fish doesn9t
agree with me. Never has. Never will.
DELPHI
Consider us warned. (She takes a breath and knocks back
the potion.) It doesn9t taste of fish. (She begins to transform.
It9s agonising.) Actually it tastes quite pleasant, yum. It is

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PART ONE

it back. There is a 4 ALBUS/RON

painful but ... (She burps, loudly.) Take You know, he hides it well, but Uncle Ron9s got a bit of a
HERMIONE.) Slight 4
slight 4 (She burps again and turns into gut growing.
overpowering 4 fishy residue.
DELPHI/HERMIONE
ALBUS We should go 4 don9t you think?
Okay, that9s 4 wow!
They emerge on to the street. They enter a telephone box.
SCORPIUS
Double wow! They dial 62442.
DELPHI/HERMIONE TELEPHONE BOX
sound like her! Triple
This really doesn9t feel how I - I even Welcome, Harry Potter. Welcome, Hermione Granger.
wow! Welcome, Ron Weasley.
ALBUS They smile as the telephone box disappears into the floor.
Right. Me next.
SCORPIUS
we're doing it (he puts
No. No way, José. If we're doing this,
a smile) together.
ona pair of familiar-looking glasses with
ALBUS
Three. Two. One.

They swallow.
pain). That9s less good.
No, that9s good (he9s racked with
sing.
They both start to transform and it9s agoni
HARRY .
ALBUS turns into RON, SCORPIUS into
silence.
The two look at each other. There's a

ALBUS/RON
it?
This is going to be slightly weird isn9t
enjoying this)
scorpius/HarRY (full of drama 4 he9s really
Go to your room. Go strai ght to your room. You've been an
incredibly awful and bad son.
ALBus/RON (with a laugh)
Scorpius ...
der)
scorpius/HARRY (tossing his cloak over his shoul I just want
your idea 4 I be him and you be Ron!
It was
he burps loudly.)
to have a little fun before I... (And then
Okay, so that9s utterly horrible.

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DRACO
So now we're relying on Muggles to find our children? Have
we told them about Harry9s scar too?
HERMIONE tries to puncture the atmosphere that is
, developing.
HERMIONE
We're merely asking the Muggles to help. And who knows
ACT ON E SCEN E SEVE NTEEN how Harry9s scar might be involved but it9s certainly a
matter we're taking seriously. Our Aurors are currently
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, MEETING ROOM investigating anyone involved in Dark Magic and4
DRACO
This is not Death Eater-related.
Ilroom. All | HERMIONE
HARRY, HERMIONE, GINNY and DRACO pace around a sma I'm not sure I share your confidence ...
four of them are wracked with worry. | DRACO
I'm not confident, I9m right. The sort of cretins pursuing
ee ave we searched thoroughly beside the tracks? | Dark Magic now. My son is a Malfoy, they wouldn9t dare.
HARRY
ve department have searched once and are searching Unless there9s something new out there, something to4
again. GINNY
I agree with Draco 4 if this is a kidnap 4 taking Albus |
us anything useful? understand, taking them both ...
ae the Trolley Witch is not able to tell
HARRY locks eyes with GINNY, it becomes clear what she
keeps talking about
wet he Trolley Witch is furious. She | wants him to say.
~ Jetting down Ottaline Gambol. She prides herself on her
. qd. | DRACO
Hogwarts delivery record. And Scorpius is a follower not a leader despite everything
GINNY ;
es of magic reported d by by the I've tried to instil in him. So it9s undoubtedly Albus who
Have there been any instanc 6 got him from that train and my question is, where would he
Muggles? take him?
HERMIONE ime Minister aware GINNY
| have made the Muggle Prime Mint , .
an |
al alige what is known as a misper. Sounds like a Harry, they've run away, you and I know it. :
~ spell. It isn9t. DRACO notices the couple staring at each other. He knows
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PART ONE
Draco makes to leave. He stops. He looks at HARRY.
DRACO telling us?
Do you? Know it? What aren't you DRACO
I don9t care what you did or who you saved, you are a
1

There9s a silence. constant curse on my family, Harry Potter.

ealing, I recommend you
Whatever information you're conc
share it now.
HARRY
the day before last. .
Albus and | had an argument,
DRACO
And...
brave eye contact with
uarry hesitates and then makes .
DRACO.
HARRY
times when I wished he
And | told him that there were
weren't my son.
ly powerful one. And
There9s another silence. A profound
towards HARRY.
then praco takes a dangerous step
DRACO
..-
If anything happens to Scorpius
HARRY.
GINNY steps in between DRACO and.
GINNY please don9t do that.
Don9t throw around threats Draco,
praco (roar)
My son is missing!
GINNyY (an equal roar)
So is mine!
ion in this room.
He meets her look. There9s real emot

praco (lip curling, every inch his father)

Malfoys have ... he9s my
If you need gold ... everything the
sole heir . . he9s my 4 only family.
HERMIONE
thank you Draco.
The Ministry has plenty in resetve,

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. ACT ONE SCENE EIGHTEEN

DELPHI/HERMIONE
Oh no.
ALBUS/RON
Hermione. And Dad.

| The panic is instant and infectious.

SCORPIUS/HARRY
Okay. Hiding places. No hiding places. Anyone know any
ACT © NE SC ENE El GHTE EN Invisibility Charms?
| DELPHI/HERMIONE
Do we go 4 in her office?
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, CORRIDOR
ALBUS/RON
She'll be coming to her office.
| E/HEINE
DELEERM RMIONE
SCORPIUS/HARRY .
And youre sure it9s in there? it again.
She tries the door. She tries
. -
A cuarp walks past. SCORPIUS/HARRY and DELPHI
!
| vero ; com off .
HERMIONE try to affect performances. . it ...
to me or Ginny about
y oudon9t ; talk
ini I definitely think this is a matter for the
SCORPIUS/HARRY
tt
Ministry order at length, yes.
etotp ponder , Stand back. Alohomora!
GuaRD (with a nod) He aims his wand at the door. The door swings open. He
Miniter | grins 4 delighted
DELPHI/HERMIONE 8
Let9s ponder it together. Albus. Block her. It has to be you.
HARRY (from off)
The cuaro walks on, they let out a sigh of relief. y
i ed iti What is there to say?
aserum 4 we slipp
It was my uncle9s idea to us e the Verit araualean
ane Why?
ws that the
into a visiting Ministry official's drink. He ustoldwhere
F kept and even told 4 the
Time-Turner had been kep DELPHI/HERMIONE
office of the Minister for Magic herself. Well, it.can9t be either of us can it? We are them.
- HERMIONE (from off)
She indicates a door. Suddenly they hear a noise.
8 : What you said was obviously wrong 4 but 4 there are more
E (from o
aaa f on ot ould talk about it... : on at play here than: =
ALBUS/RON
Harry (from off) But I can9t... I can't...
There9s nothing to talk about.
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ONE . ACT ONE SCENE EIGHTEEN

PART

There9s a small kerfuffle and then atsus/RoN ends up HERMIONE

Ron, now9s not the time, honestly.
standing outside the door as HERMIONE and HARRY enteT
from off. ALBUS/RON
. Of course it isn9t. Bye, bye darling.
HARRY
Hermione, I9m grateful for your concern but there no
9s ALBUS/RON watches her go, hopeful she'll walk past her
need4 office and away. But of course she doesn9t. He runs to
block her before she enters through her door. He blocks
HERMIONE
Ron? her once, and then blocks her again, swinging his hips to
do so.
ALBUS/RON
Surprise!!! HERMIONE
HERMIONE . Why are you blocking the entrance to my office?
What are you doing here? ALBUS/RON
ALBUS/RON a I'm not. Blocking. Anything.
Does a man need an excuse to see his wife?
She again makes for the door, he blocks her again.
He kisses HERMIONE firmly.
HERMIONE
HARRY You are. Let me into my room, Ron.
I should go ...
HERMIONE tries to dodge past him.
HERMIONE
Harry. My point is whatever Draco says 4 the things you ALBUS/RON
said to Albus ... I don9t think it9ll do any of us any good for Let9s have another baby.
you to dwell on it... HERMIONE
ALBUS/RON What?
Oh, you're talking about how Harry said sometimes he ALBUS/RON
wished I4 (he corrects himself) Albus weren't his son. Or if not another baby, a holiday. I want a baby or a holiday
HERMIONE and I9m going to insist on it. Shall we talk about it later,
Ron! honey? Maybe with a drink in the Leaky Cauldron? Love
ALBUS/RON you.
Better out than in, that9s what I say ... HERMIONE thinks, she stares at him suspiciously and then
HERMIONE looks again at her door. She relents,
He'll know ... we all say stuff we don9t mean. He knows
that. HERMIONE
If there9s another stink pellet in there then Merlin won't
ALBUS/RON help you. Fine. We're due to update the Muggles anyway.
But what if sometimes we say stuff we do mean ... what
then? She exits. HARRY exits with her.

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She re-enters, this

ALBUS/RON turns towards the door.
time, alone.
days you are off the scale
A baby 4 OR 4 a holiday! Some
you know that?
ALBUS/RON
My puckish sense of fun.
ed
It9s why you married me isn9t it?
the door but again she ACT ONE SCENE NINETEEN ,

She exits again. He starts to open

re-enters, he slams it closed.
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, HERMIONE9S OFFICE
HERMIONE away from those fish finger
I can taste fish. I told you to stay
sandwiches.
SCORPIUS/HARRY and DELPHI/HERMIONE are waiting on the other side of
ALBUS/RON
Right you are. HERMIONE'9S office door as ALBUs/RON enters 4 he slumps, exhausted.
the relief floods out of
She exits. He checks she9s gone and ALBUS/RON
him as he opens the door. This is all too weird.
DELPHI/HERMIONE
You were impressive. Good blocking action.
SCORPIUS/HARRY
I don9t know whether to high-five you or frown at you for
kissing your aunt about five hundred times!
ALBUS/RON
Ron's an affectionate guy. I was trying to distract her,
Scorpius. I did distract her.
SCORPIUS/HARRY
And then there9s what your dad said ...
DELPHI/HERMIONE
Boys ... she will be back 4 we don9t have long.
ALBUS/RON (to SCORPIUS/HARRY)
You heard that?
DELPHI/HERMIONE
Where would Hermione hide a Time-Turner? (She looks
around the room and sees the bookcases.) Search the
bookcases.

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. ACT ONE SCENE NINETEEN

PART ONE
SCORPIUS/HARRY
HarRY looks at his friend,
They start to search. scorpius/ All the books from the Restricted Section and then some.
concerned. Magick Moste Evile, Fifteenth-Century Fiends. Sonnets of a
Sorcerer 4 that9s not even allowed in Hogwarts!
SCORPIUS/HARRY
Why didn9t you tell me? ALBUS/RON
Shadows and Spirits. The Nightshade Guide to Necromancy.
Hardly a
sve says he wishes I weren't his son. DELPH!/HERMIONE
conversation starter is it? They are quite something aren9t they ...
what to say. ALBUS/RON
SCORPIUS/HARRY fries to work out
.
The True History of the Opal Fire. The Imperius Curse and
4 - <von
CORPIUS/HARRY 8How to Abuse it.
g isn9t 4 true 4 and 4 y
° I know the 4 Voldemort thin SCORPIUS/HARRY
I can see my dad thinking:
know 4 but sometimes, I think And lookee here. Whoah. My Eyes and How to See Past
how did I produce this? Them by Sybill Trelawney. A book on divination. Hermione
Granger hates divination. This is fascinating. This is a
sure he spends most of
NT better than my dad. I9m pretty ; ; find...
give him back?
his time thinking: how can I
He pulls the book from the shelf. And it falls open. And
SCORPIUS/HARRY towards
DELPHI/HERMIONE tries to pull speaks.
the bookcases.
| BOOK
PHI/HERMIONE The first is the fourth, a disappointing mark
ate on the matter at hand
a ne if we could concentr You'll find it in parked but not in park.
-
ORPIUS/HARRY e frie nds, Albus SCORPIUS/HARRY
on 4 we'r
* My ae is 4 there9s a reas r
Okay. A book that talks. Bit weird.
er, you know? a And what eve
reason we found each oth BOOK
.
this 4 adventure is about .. The second is the less fair of those who walk on two legs.
that makes him Grubby, hairy a disease of the egg.
Then he spots a book on the shelf
And the third is both a mountain to climb and a route to
frown.
take.
shelves? there are som e
Have you seen the books on these ALBUS/RON
Cursed books.
serious books here. Banned books. It9s a riddle. It9s giving us a riddle.
. <cues,
BUS/RON emot iona l issue BOOK
from diffi cult
* a to distract Scorpius A turn in the city, a glide through a lake.
Take him to a library. DELPHI/HERMIONE
What have you done?

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PART ONE
The book flies open and swings dangerously at scorpius/
SCORPIUS/HARRY HARRY, who has to dodge out of the way. He falls hard
g which has 4 in all my
I, uh, I opened a book. Somethin against a bookcase which attempts to consume him
years on this planet 4 never been a particularly dangerous
BOOK ;
activity. I was born in a cage
S/RON. He only just
The books reach out and grab ALBU But smashed it with rage
eludes their grasp. The Gaunt inside me
Riddled me free
ALBUS/RON Of that which would stop me to be.
What is that?
ALBUS/RON
DELPHI/HERMIONE (excited) ed her library. This is <Voldemort.
She9s weaponised it. She9s weap onis
urner will be. Solve the ridd
le and we'll
where the Time-T DELPHI plunges through the books, back as herself.
find it.
DELPHI
ALBUS/RON
it in parked, not in park. Work faster!
The first is a fourth. You'll find
Ed 4- De4 She9s pulled back in screaming.
sCORPIUS/HARRY the less fair of those who ALBUS/RON
The second is a disease of the egg, Delphi! Delphi!
walk on two legs...
He tries to grab her hand, but she9s gone.
DELPHI/HERMIONE (effusively)
to find a book on
Men! De 4 men 4 tors. We need SCORPIUS/HARRY
case and then is surprised
Dementors. (She approaches the book She'dy become herself again 4 did you notice?
as it tries to swallow her.) Albus! ALBUS/RON
case but is too late as No ! Because I was more worried about her being eaten by a
ALBUS/RON rushes towards the book
ookcase! Find. Something. Anything on him.
she9s swallowed whole.
He finds a book.
ALBUS/RON
Delphi! What is going on? The Heir of Slytherin? Do you think?
SCORPIUS/HARRY
said. Find a book on
Concentrate, Albus. Do what she f
He pulls the book from the shelf, it pulls back, he tries
Dementors and be very careful. g! 9 /\

ALBUS/RON
History of Azkaban.
Here. Dominating Dementors: A True SCORPIUS/HARRY
Albus? Albus!!

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ONE . ACT ONE SCENE NINETEEN

PART

ALBus/RON is Pookcase 4 and scorptus re-emerges. Smashing the books

Before scORPIUS/HARRY can reach him,
then aside.
gone. He thinks a moment, full of doubt, and
realises this is his job to finish now. SCORPIUS
No! You don't! Sybill Trelawney. No!!!
t. Voldemort.
Okay. Not that. Voldemort. Voldemor
He looks around, sunk but full of energy.
He scans the shelves.
This is all wrong. Albus? Can you hear me? All this for a
be...
Marvolo: The Truth, this must frigging Time-Turner. Think, Scorpius. Think.
revealing a
He pulls it open. Again it swings away, Books try and grab him but he eludes their grasp.
previously
splintering light, and a deeper voice than
heard. _ constant companion. Sometimes behind. Sometimes in
ront. Hang on. I9ve missed it. Shadow. You're a shadow.
BOOK Shadows and Spirits. It must be ...
I am the creature you have not seen
en.
I am you. I am me. The echo unforese He climbs up the bookcase, which is horrifying as it rises
nd,
Sometimes in front, sometimes behi up at him. Grabbing at him with his every step.
anion, for we are entwined.
A constant comp He pulls the book from the shelf. It comes out and the
again. noise and chaos suddenly stop.
atpus emerges from the books. As himself
Is that4
SCORPIUS/HARRY
Albus .. Suddenly there9s a smashing and atsus and petpHi fall
too strong.
He tries to grab him. But the bookcase is out of the shelves and down to the floor.

ALBUS We beat it! We beat the library!

No. Just 4 THIIIJINK.
He raises his hands in triumph as avsus anxiously looks
ase.
atpus is violently pulled back into the bookc at DELPHI.

SCORPIUS/HARRY ALBUS
is that? The only
But I can9t ___ an invisible echo, what Delphi, are you... ?
need to think 41
thing I9m good at i s thinking and when I DELPHI
can't. Wow. Quite a ride.
This is
The books pull him inside them; he's powerless. ALBUS notices the book scorpius is holding to his chest.
terrifying.
med. ALBUS
There9s silence. All of our three have been consu Is that .. .? Scorpius? What's inside that book?
There9s nothing. DELPHI
ed from the
Then BANG 4 a shower of books are releas I think we should find out don9t you?

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scorplus opens the book. In the centre of it 4 a spinning

Time-Turner.
Wow.
SCORPIUS
Weve found the Time-Turner 4 I never thought we'd get
this far.
ALBUS
Mate, now we've got this, the next stop is saving Cedric.
Our journey has only just begun.
SCORPIUS
is
d
Only just begun and it9s almost half-killed us. Good. This
;
going to be good. PART ONE

Whispers rise to a roar. And we cut to black. ACT TWO

INTERVAL

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