Malfoys older sister

Buckbeak

~Clocktower Courtyard~

SWOOK! SWOOK! Y/n watches a crow as it glides to the flock circling the feet of a pot-bellied man (the executioner) sitting in the courtyard. As he sharpens his axe-- SWOOK! SWOOK! Y/n, Tom, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hurry past. The Executioner looks up.

~Bridge~

Harry, leads Ron and Hermione toward Hagrid's hut. Hermione: "I can't believe they're going to kill Buckbeak! It's too horrible." Harry: "It just got worse." She and Ron look and see:

~Sundial Garden~

Malfoy, along with Crabbe and Goyle, lurks within a grouping of monolithic menhirs, binoculars in hand, spying on Hagrid, who stands in the pumpkin patch, tossing dead ferrets to Buckbeak. Hagrid wipes his eyes, and lopes into the hut. Draco: "Did you see the big, fat blubbering oaf?! Oh, this is going to be rich. Did I tell you, Father said I can keep the head -- (looking up) Ah. Come to see the show?" Hermione: "You... foul... loathsome... evil... little cockroach..." Malfoy stumbles back against a tree, cross-eyed with fear as Hermione jabs the tip of her wand under his nose, when... Ron: "Hermione! No!" Y/n and Tom: "Do it!" She turns, surprised Ron's spoken to her. He looks away. Ron: "He's not worth it." Hermione nods, then -- SMACK! -- quick as lightning, lands a looping right to Malfoy's jaw, putting him flat on his back. Stunned, he leaps to his feet and runs, Crabbe and Goyle huffing and puffing behind. Hermione: "That felt good."

~Pumpkin Patch~

The trio makes their way down the slope and past Buckbeak, chewing on a ferret with idle satisfaction.

~Hagrid's Hut~

Hagrid stands by the window watching Buckbeak. Harry and Ron sit. Hermione makes tea. Hagrid: "Look at 'em. Loves the smell o' the trees when the wind blows..." Harry: "I say we set him free." Hagrid: (shaking his head) "They'd know I did it. And tha' would only get Dumbledore in trouble. Gonna come down, yeh know. Says he wants ter be with me when it... when it happens. Great man, Dumbledore." Hermione: "We'll stay with you too, Hagrid." Hagrid: "Yeh will not! Think I wan' yeh seein' a thing like this! No. Yeh'll drink yer tea an' be off. But before yeh do -- I wan' ter see you an' Ron shake hands, Harry." Ron and Harry exchange a glance, then look to Hagrid. Hagrid: "Thin' I haven' seen 'ow it's bin betw'n you two? Go on now..." Reluctantly, Harry and Ron extend their hands. Shake. Hagrid: "Good. Now then. Ron, I wan' ter see you give Hermione a hug." Hermione/Ron: "What!" Hagrid: "Go on! You two've been at it all year. An' I'm sick o' it." Acutely uncomfortable, Hermione and Ron step forward and perform perhaps the most awkward hug Hogwarts has ever seen. Hagrid: "Crikey, tha's jus' abou' the most pathetic hug I e'er seen. But yeh did it, an' tha's wha' matters. There's jus' one other thing..." Ron: "I'm not kissing Fang if that's what you're thinking..." Hearing his name, Fang -- Hagrid's giant boarhound -- thumps his tail happily on the floor. Hagrid turns and takes the lid from a flour tin, and a tiny head, ears flecked with powder, emerges. Ron: "Scabbers! You're alive!" Hagrid: "Yeh should keep a closer eye on yer pets, Ron." Hermione: "I think you owe someone an apology." Ron: "Right. Next time I see Crookshanks, I'll let him know." Hermione: "I meant me." Hagrid: "Crikey. Here we go agin..." SMASH! A glass jar on the shelf shatters. As Hermione scoops up a jagged star-shaped stone, a second stone bounces off the back of Harry's head. Harry: "Ow!" Harry turns and looks out the window. Harry: "Hagrid..." Everyone turns. Looks. Dumbledore and Fudge approach. Behind them, in a fluttering shroud of crows, the Executioner follows, axe at his side. Hagrid begins to panic. Hagrid: "Yeh got to go! It's almost dark. Anyone sees yeh outside the castle it'll be trouble! Big trouble! 'Specially you, Harry --" BANG! BANG! BANG! The door shakes. Hagrid stiffens in fear. Harry reaches up, puts his finger on Hagrid's trembling lips, and speaks softly to the others. Harry: "C'mon." Y/n stays behind.

~Pumpkin Patch~

As the group exited through the back door, Fudge, Dumbledore, and the executioner enter through the front. A veil of crows flutters onto the roof. More drop into the patch, and begin to slowly circle Buckbeak. Harry and the others duck behind the pumpkins and watch Hagrid solemnly greet the others. Fudge appears at the window. Picks his nose. Just then, an Shhh! is heard. Hermione turns. The branches of the trees behind her are dancing oddly. Tom is glaring daggers at Scabbers. Harry: "What?" Hermione: "Nothing, I just thought I saw... Never mind."

~Sundial Garden~

The trio slips silently into a stand of trees. Beyond them, Hagrid's hut glimmers desolately in the dying sun. High in the clock tower, a bell begins to toll. DING! DING! DING! The group stops. A quintet of bleak shadows files from the hut. One of the shadows-- Dumbledore -- raises his hand and points, directing the attention of the others away from Buckbeak. Dumbledore speaks briefly -- unintelligible from this distance, then -- CAW! CAW! -- The crows shriek excitedly and the Executioner separates from the others and disappears behind a low stand of trees. DING! All goes very still. The wind loses its voice... Y/n: "Ready to go home, Buckbeak?" Y/n  uses magic to open the brand-new Hippogriff door. Buckbeak trots through the door as it disappears behind him. Fudge: "It never goes old" Y/n: "Mmh." Fudge: "You have a month to prove he's safe." They leave. Slowly, Hermione's hand falls onto Ron's shoulder and looks at Ron's arm to his hand, where a DROP OF BLOOD hangs from his finger, drops like a tear... DING! Ron stares at his hand. At the blood running down his finger. Ron: "He bit me..." His eyes shift. See Scabbers streaking away. Hermione: "Ron! No!" As Ron pelts after Scabbers, Harry and Hermione give chase.