SLYTHERIN BOY'S DORM-EVENING
[Blair is laying in bed with Theo. Her head on Theo's chest. Than Blair looks up at Theo.]
Blair: I want to become death eater, too! [Theo sits up.]
"What?" Exclaimed Gryffindors.
Theo: No!
Blair: But-
Theo: No, Blair! And it's over!
Blair: (glaring) You can't order me!
Theo: Oh, you don't like following orders, princess? This is all you are gonna do, if you become a death eater!
"Listen to him, Blair!" Said Narcissa.
Blair: You and Cassie--
Theo: Don't have a choice, but you do!
Blair: And i'm choosing to become one! We promised to stand together always and forever! [Theo's eyes soften and he cups Blair's face.]
Theo: You don't have to become a death eater for that.
Blair: I don't want to leave you two alone! I want to help you!
"Her mother won't let her. She is strictly neutral." Said Narcissa, but it sounded like she was concivicing herself.
"It didn't stop me." Said Barty. Lucius glares at him.
Theo: You are helping us by just being here, Supporting us. If you become death eater, it will be worse. You don't understand what it is like to be a death eater.
Blair: Than explain it to me.
Theo: Dark mark is slavery mark. It makes you his slave forever. Once you take dark mark, there is only one way out and it's death. (Blair flinches) No one cares what you want. You do what he tells you. If he orders you to jump, you ask how high.
"Why do people agree to this willingly, i will never understand." Said Sirius, sending a look at Slytherins. They ignore him.
Theo: To recive a dark mark, you have to perform unforgivable. [Blair's eyes fill up with tears.]
Blair: No...
Theo: First couple of times, i couldn't do it, but Bella trained me and Cassie. She is worse on Cassie, because she is her niece and wants her to be perfect death eater.
Lucius and Narcissa look at each other worried and scared. Regulus is worried, too.
Theo: Narcissa attends lessons to make sure Bella won't harm us.
"They will be okay." Assured Lucius and held Narcissa's hand.
"You can't know that." Said Narcissa.
"They have you as their mother. You will protect them. I know it." Said Lucius.
"What if i can't?" Whispered Narcissa.
"You can do anything, mi amor." Said Lucius. Narcissa gave him small smile.
Blair: That's why i want to become death eater! Theo--
Theo: Your suffering won't help us! It will just be one more person suffering! If anything, it will hurt us more! To see you suffer for us!
Blair: I can't just sit here and do nothing!
"She reminds me of myself." Said Barty. Evan nodded.
Theo: You won't be able to do anything there either! Promise me you won't take dark mark. [Blair avoids his eyes. Theo turns her head to him.]
Theo: Blair! Promise me! (Desperatly) Please.
Blair: Fine. But you will tell me everything. If you need help, you won't just lock me out and you will talk to me.
Theo: Okay. (Kisses Blair's head) Okay. I love you.
People smile at them.
Blair: I love you, too. [Blair grabs his neck and they start making out.]
SLUGHORN’S OFFICE - NIGHT
[FLASH! A camera pops, reveals Anna smiling with. Slughorn before a photographer (Adrian). The ceiling and
walls are draped with hangings of emerald, crimson and gold, so the room feels like a tent... or the inside of a gift box. It is loud and packed with people.]
Slughorn: Thank you, Adrian! (quietly to Anna) One of mine. Class of ‘78. I had
hoped for more out of him, but at least the pictures are in focus. (suddenly) Oh my! Excuse me, Anna. I must greet the new Minister of Magical Transportation. Class of ‘67. (as he goes) Mingle, m’boy! Mingle! We’re all friends here. And we run the world. [Anna watches Slughorn make a beeline across the room, along the way nodding to the twins, who have apparently come with each other.]
Voice: (O.S.) Drink? [Anna turns, finds Neville standing with a tray.]
Anna: Neville...?
Neville: I didn’t make the cut for the Slug Club. It’s okay. He’s got Belby handing out towels in the loo.
"Aww. Poor baby." Said Lily.
[As Neville turns away, Anna notices a pair of girl's feet protruding from beneath a crimson hanging. Her gaze rises, finds Rose peeking out. As she moves off, we see Luna talking to a small, stout bespectacled man (Eldred Worple).]
Eldred Worple: Lovegood, did you say? I once encountered a seriously unbalanced man by that name at a book signing. Claimed to run a magazine...
BEHIND THE HANGING
Snape: I am here to convey a message.
"A message?" Asked Lily.
Anna: A message...?
"Like her mother." Smiled James.
Snape: From Professor Dumbledore. He
asked that I give you his best and that he hopes you enjoy your holiday. You see, he’s traveling and won’t return until term resumes.
"Traveling? Now?" Said Sirius.
Anna: Traveling? Where? [Snape merely stares a Anna silently, briefly, then exits, taking Anna’s gaze with him, to Slughorn once again, wildly gesturing with a full glass of wine.]
Cassie: (O.S.) Take your hands off me, you filthy squib! [A frown overtakes Slughorn’s face and he turns toward the source of the commotion, exits Anna’s view. Anna emerges from the hanging, finds Cassie in Filch’s rough grip.]
Lucius and Regulus glare at Filch.
Filch: Professor Slughorn, sir! I’ve just discovered this girl lurking in an upstairs corridor. She claims to have been invited to your party.
Cassie: Okay, okay, I was gate-crashing. Happy?
"What is she doing there?" Asked Narcissa.
Snape: I’ll escort her out. [Cassie's eyes shift, regard Snape. She shrugs free of Filch.]
Cassie: Certainly... Professor.
DARK CORRIDOR - NIGHT
[Camera glides in the darkness. Voices are heard.]
Cassie: (O.S.) Maybe I did hex that Bell girl. Maybe I didn’t. What’s it to you?
"Why would she hex her?" Asked confused Regulus.
[Two silhouettes come into view -- Cassie, slumped against the wall in lazy insolence, and Snape.]
Snape: I swore to protect you. I made the Unbreakable Vow --
Cassie: I don’t need protection. I was
chosen for this! And I won’t fail him.
Snape: You’re afraid, Cassiopeia. You attempt to conceal it, but it’s obvious. Let me assist you --
Cassie: This is my job and i will do it! I don't need your help! [Cassie exits. Then Snape.]
WIDER ANGLE
[Anna is revealed in an adjacent alcove. She’s heard all. A train is heard...]
HOGWARTS EXPRESS - MOVING - DAY
[The Hogwarts Express chugs through a snowy countryside.]
HOGWARTS EXPRESS - MOVING - DAY
[Rose lies on her back, while Anna sits opposite, leafing through the Half-Blood Prince’s potions book.]
Anna: What is unbreakable vow?
Rose: Where did you hear it?
Anna: I read it somewhere, can't remember where. Why? What is it?
Rose: It’s just, well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow.
"Siriusly?" Said Sirius sarcastically.
Anna: (sarcastically) Oh, really? I could never guess.
Rose: No, you don’t understand -- If you break the unbrokeable vow, You die.
Anna: Oh.
Rose: Why were you really interested?
Anna: I told you. I read it in a book.
"She shouldn't lie to her friends." Frowned Lily.
"If she tells Rose, Rose will stop her from dating death eater." Defended Barty.
"And she will be right to do so!" Said James, but got ignored.
WEASLEY HOUSE - SAME TIME
[The house glows with light and holiday music rings from the wireless. Fred and George fill cups with steaming nog and Mrs. Weasley ferry plates of food. Anna looks at depressed Remus worried.]
"You look horrible." Said Sirius.
"Thanks." Said Remus sarcastically.
MR. WEASLEY’S WORKSHOP - NIGHT
[Anna trails Mr. Weasley through his cluttered workshop, which is chock-a-block with muggle objects: Steam irons. Toasters. Clock radios. Plugs. Lots of plugs. The party can still be heard, drifting faintly from the main house. Anna is studying Mr. Weasley.]
Anna: Are you alright, Mr. Weasley? [Arthur tries a smile, but it fades. He frowns, pained.]
"What is it?" Asked nervous Lily.
Mr. Weasley: We’re being followed, all of us. Molly doesn’t leave the house most days. It’s not been easy.
Anna: (a nod, then) Did you get my owl?
Mr. Weasley: Yes, but I thought it best if I replied in person. If Dumbledore’s traveling, it’s news to the Ministry. But perhaps that’s the way Dumbledore wants it. As for Theodore and Cassiopeia Malfoy -- I know a bit more.
Lucius glares at him, along with Regulus and Narcissa.
Anna: Go on.
Mr. Weasley: I sent an agent to Borgin & Burkes. From what you describe, I think what you and Rose saw at the end of the summer -- the object that Cassiopeia and Theo seemed so interested in -- was a Vanishing Cabinet.
"That confirms it. She is fixing vanishing cabinet in Hogwarts." Said Evan. Everone is worried.
Anna: A Vanishing Cabinet?
Mr. Weasley: They were all the rage when Voldemort first rose to power. You can imagine the appeal. Should the Death Eaters come calling, one needed only slip inside and disappear for an hour or two. But they’re tricky contraptions. Require a tremendous amount of looking after. Eventually they fell out of favor.
Anna: What happened to it? The one at
Borgin & Burkes?
Mr. Weasley: Nothing. It’s still there. [Anna nods.]
Anna: I think Rose is exagerating, you know? I mean is voldemort really that desprate to make teenager as death eater? [Anna laughed.] It's ridiculous.
"Aww. She is defending her girlfriend." Cood Lily.
"And she jabs at dark lord while doing it." Chuckles Barty.
Mr. Weasley: Anna. You know, I went through all this before -- the last time
around. Times like these -- dark times -- do funny things to people. It can bring them together and it can tear them apart.
Gryffindors grimce, remembering Peter's betrayal.
Mr. Weasley: Things... speed up. It’s what happens when you don’t know if today will be your last.
WEASLEY HOUSE - SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT
[The rippled window behind Anna blushes with light. Rose’s eyes shift from Anna to the trees beyond.]
Rose: Oh my god... [Anna turns, her breath fogging the windowpane as, far below, flanes snake out of the reeds and slither toward the house.]
"Fuck." Said Sirius.
[Bellatrix emerges, peering up through the darkness toward Anna’s silhouette, a mad grin on her face. As she shrieks eerily, Anna's eyes flash with hatred.]
"I will skin that bitch when i get out of here." Said Sirius.
"Not if i get there first." Said Remus, his eyes glowing yellow.
WEASLEY HOUSE - PORCH - SAME TIME
[Anna bursts through the front door, wand drawn, pelts toward Bellatrix. She grins, turns, and vanishes into the reeds.]
"No! Don't!" Yelled James.
"For once, let the adults handle it!" Yelled Lily.
Mr. Weasley: Anna, no! [Flames race up the porch steps, climb the walls of the house. Lupin draws his wand and races after Anna.]
Tonks: Remus! [Fred and George appear, join Arthur as he dashes toward the smoking marsh. Arthur glances back as Rose emerges.]
Mr. Weasley: Rose, stay with your mother! [Without hesitation, she races for the reeds.]
REEDS (SURROUNDING BURROW) - NIGHT
[Anna careens through the marsh, reeds flashing past, then spies Bellatrix. She grins, looking like a crazed wood nymph, then flits off, her laughter mocking her.]
Anna: (yells) Avada kedavra! [Green light shots out of Anna's wand, but Bellatrix jodges it.]
"She.." said Lily and tear fell down her face.
"She used killing curse." Said James sadly.
"Bellatrix has tendency of bringing worse out in people. I remember once at family part, i hang her on the celling with accidental magic. She spent four hours there" Said Sirius. Regulus hides grin behind his hand, remembering the memory.
"I would pay to see that." Grinned James. Remus smiles at Sirius's attempt to lighten up mood.
NEW ANGLE
[Fred, George and Arthur fan out, running full-out, their feet kicking up sparks as shadows splinter throughout the reeds. It’s like chasing ghosts.]
NEW ANGLES
[Rose, copper hair gleaming, races through the reeds. Bellatrix leads Anna on, grinning madly.]
Everyone glares at her.
[Rose comes dashing to a halt, chest heaving as she peers into the smoking marsh. A huge figure quivers through a veil of smoke. Rose's eyes shift, see Bellatrix racing forward through the reeds, then shift back as the veil of smoke evaporates, reveals... Greyback.]
Remus looks scared. Sirius wraps his arms around Remus and places his head on Remus's.
[Bellatrix makes an odd, clicking noise -- like a signal -- and Greyback edges forward, sweeping away the reeds in front of him and revealing Anna as he pelts forward.]
Rose: No, Anna! It’s a trap! [Anna falters, looking toward Rose’s voice and spies Greyback. Bellatrix stops dead, wheels in her tracks and, seeing Rose, shrieks with rage. Raising her wand, she fires a bolt of red loght which explodes in a shower of sparks around Rose.]
"I will kill that twat even if it's last thing, i will do." Said Lily and glared at Bellatrix.
[Rose fires back, then wheels away, flashing through the reeds and coming face to face with... Greyback, sharp teeth glittering.]
Greyback: Don’t you smell clean.
People look at Greyback disgusted.
[Just then, a bolt of blue bursts off Greyback’s back and he turns, sees Anna standing several yards off. As Greyback gives chase, Rose pelts after and we cut back and forth between Anna, Rose and the beast between them, faster and faster, their breaths shortening until... Greyback rushes into a clearing, panting, glancing about. Just then, twin bolts of light blast from opposite sides of the clearing and Greyback is lifted in the air, slammed to the ground.]
Everyone is watching events tense.
[As he regains his feet he looks into the reeds and sees Anna and Rose, wands poised. He grins... when Bellatrix’s odd, clicking signal carries through the night once again. Turning away, he exits. Anna and Rose slowly step out of the reeds, stare at each other wordlessly. Then... Fred, George, Arthur and Lupin come thrashing into the clearing, stop. All around them, the reeds smoke, the flames dying. Across the marsh, Bellatrix’s cackle rises briefly on the air -- then all is quiet.]
HOGWARTS CASTLE - CORRIDOR - Day
[Anna reads the Daily Prophet as she walks alongside Rose. The headline is gloomy: “More disappearances.”]
Rose: So tell me what dad said.
Anna: Nothing much. If Dumbledore’s traveling places, it’s news to the Ministry.
"It's cute how she is always defending Cassie." Said Barty. Narcissa nodded.
Anna: She looks different, don’t you think? Cassiopeia. Almost... ill.
Rose: Who could tell the difference? [Anna looks back at Cassiopeia worried.]
YOU ARE READING
Anna Potter and the Half-blood prince
Fiksi Penggemar[Book 6] The story follows Anna's sixth year at Hogwarts as she receives a mysterious textbook, overcomes obstacles with her girlfriend, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall.
