ACT FOUR, SCENE SEVEN

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GODRIC’S HOLLOW

RON, HERMIONE, DRACO, HARRY, and GINNY walk through a present-day Godric’s Hollow. A busy market town (it’s expanded over the years).

HERMIONE: Godric’s Hollow. It must be twenty years . . .
GINNY: Is it just me or are there more Muggles about . . .
HERMIONE: It’s become quite popular as a weekend break.
DRACO: I can see why — look at the thatched roofs. And is that a farmers’ market?
HERMIONE approaches HARRY — who is looking around himself, overwhelmed by all that he’s seeing.
HERMIONE: You remember when we were last here? This feels just like old times.
RON: Old times with a few unwelcome ponytails added to the mix.
DRACO knows a barb when he hears one.
DRACO: Can I just say —
RON: Malfoy, you may be all chummy chummy with Harry, and you may have produced a relatively nice child, but you’ve said some very unfair things to and about my wife . . .
HERMIONE: And your wife doesn’t need you fighting her battles for her.
HERMIONE looks witheringly at RON. RON takes the hit.
RON: Fine. But if you say one thing about her or me . . .
DRACO: You’ll do what, Weasley?
HERMIONE: He’ll hug you. Because we’re all on the same team, aren’t we, Ron?
RON (hesitating in the face of her unwavering gaze): Fine. I, um, I think you’ve got really nice hair. Draco.
HERMIONE: Thank you, husband. Now this seems a good spot. Let’s do this.
DRACO takes out the Time-Turner — it begins spinning wildly as the others take their places around 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.
They look around themselves.
RON: So? Has it worked?