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ACT TWO, SCENE SIX

EDGE OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST

SCORPIUS and ALBUS round a corner to be faced with a gap in the trees . . .

A gap through which is visible . . . a glorious light . . .

SCORPIUS: And there it is . . .ALBUS: Hogwarts. Never seen this view of it before.SCORPIUS: Still get a tingle, don’t you? When you see it?And revealed through the trees is HOGWARTS — a splendid mass of bulbous buildings and towers.From the moment I first heard of it, I was desperate to go. I mean, Dad didn’t much like it there but even the way he described it . . . From the age of ten I’d check the Daily Prophet first thing every morning — certain some sort of tragedy would have befallen it — certain I wouldn’t get to go.ALBUS: And then you got there and it turned out to be terrible after all.SCORPIUS: Not for me.ALBUS looks at his friend, shocked.All I ever wanted to do was go to Hogwarts and have a mate to get up to mayhem with. Just like Harry Potter. And I got his son. How crazily fortunate is that.ALBUS: But I’m nothing like my dad.SCORPIUS: You’re better. You’re my best friend, Albus. And this is mayhem to the nth degree. Which is great, thumbs-up great, it’s just — I have got to say — I don’t mind admitting — I am a tiny bit — just a tiny bit scared.ALBUS looks at SCORPIUS and smiles.ALBUS: You’re my best friend too. And don’t worry — I have a good feeling about this.We hear RON’s voice from off — he’s clearly in close proximity.RON: Albus? Albus.ALBUS turns towards it, scared.ALBUS: But we’ve got to go — now.ALBUS takes the Time-Turner from SCORPIUS — he presses down upon it and the Time-Turner begins to vibrate and then explodes into a storm of movement.And with it the stage starts to transform. The two boys look at it.And there is a giant whoosh of light. A smash of noise.And time stops. And then it turns over, thinks a bit, and begins spooling backwards, slow at first . . .And then it speeds up.