MINISTRY OF MAGIC, MEETING ROOM
HARRY, HERMIONE, GINNY, and DRACO pace around a small room.
DRACO: Have we searched thoroughly beside the tracks . . .
HARRY: My department have searched once and are searching again.
DRACO: And the Trolley Witch is not able to tell us anything useful?
HERMIONE: The Trolley Witch is furious. She keeps talking about letting down Ottaline Gambol. Sheprides herself on her Hogwarts delivery record.
GINNY: Have there been any instances of magic reported by the Muggles?
HERMIONE: None so far. I have made the Muggle Prime Minister aware and he is filing what is known as amisper. Sounds like a spell. It isn't.
DRACO: So now we're relying on Muggles to find our children? Have we told them about Harry's scartoo?
HERMIONE: We're merely asking the Muggles to help. And who knows how Harry's scar might be involvedbut it's certainly a matter we're taking seriously. Our Aurors are currently investigating anyoneinvolved in Dark Magic and —
DRACO: This is not Death Eater–related.
HERMIONE: I'm not sure I share your confidence.
DRACO: I'm not confident, I'm right. The sort of cretins pursuing Dark Magic now . . . My son is a Malfoy,they wouldn't dare.
HARRY: Unless there's something new out there, something to —
GINNY: I agree with Draco. If this is akidnap — taking Albus I understand, taking them both . . .
HARRY locks eyes with GINNY, it becomes clear what she wants him to say.
DRACO: And Olivia is a follower, not a leader, despite everything I've tried to instill in her. So it'sundoubtedly Albus who got her from that train and my question is, where would he take her?
GINNY: Harry, they've run away, you and I know it.
DRACO notices the couple staring at each other.
DRACO: Do you? Know it? What aren't you telling us?
There's a silence.
Whatever information you're concealing, I recommend you share it now.
HARRY: Albus and I had an argument, the day before last.
DRACO: And . . .
HARRY hesitates and then makes brave eye contact with DRACO.
HARRY: And I told him that there were times when I wished he weren't my son.
There's another silence. A profoundly powerful one. And then DRACO takes a dangerous steptowards HARRY.
DRACO: If anything happens to Olivia . . .
GINNY steps in between DRACO and HARRY.
GINNY: Don't throw around threats, Draco, please don't do that.
DRACO (roar): My daughter is missing!
GINNY (an equal roar): So is my son!
He meets her look. There's real emotion in this room.
DRACO (lip curling, every inch his father): If you need gold . . . Everything the Malfoys have . . . She's mysole heir . . . She's my — only family.
HERMIONE: The Ministry has plenty in reserve, thank you, Draco.
DRACO makes to leave. He stops. He looks at HARRY.
DRACO: I don't care what you did or who you saved, you are a constant curse on my family, Harry Potter.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Rewrite
FanfictionWhat if Scorpius Malfoy was a girl? I didn't like the cursed child much but I got this idea way before the Cursed Child so here it is. DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER, IF I DID I WOULDN'T BE ON WATTPAD
