Out of SHIFTING DARKNESS...
... the WARNER BROS. LOGO surfaces...
... then VANISHES... swallowed by the shifting darkness once more. Slowly we discern that the darkness has form, surface. There is a sense of movement as we realize we...
EXT. DARK WATER - NIGHT
... are RUSHING wicked fast over dark water, hastened by a STIFF WIND. Below, a SHADOW flickers intermittently on the water's surface but it is too dark and the surface too uncertain for the shadow to be identified.
We RISE SLIGHTLY, the VIEW EXPANDING until a SMALL ISLAND comes INTO VIEW. We CIRCLE SLOWLY. All is dark below. The WIND SCREAMS. Then something GLIMMERS, something PALE and SMOOTH, an OBELISK crafted of MARBLE. We DROP FROM the sky, as if on wings.
EXT. ISLAND - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT
The obelisk looms larger from this vantage point. A tomb fit for an emperor. A NAME is inscribed upon its surface: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE. The obelisk begins to TREMBLE, then DRIFTS SLOWLY ASIDE, revealing a TRANSLUCENT STONE SLAB, beyond which a BODY in REPOSE can be discerned.
SMASH! The translucent slab SHATTERS. The air glimmers briefly with diamond-like shards and Dumbledore's body is revealed. He appears to be sleeping. A few of the diamond shards cling to his cheek. A SHADOW -- the shadow from before -- eclipses his face and...... VOLDEMORT appears, peering down at Dumbledore's lifeless body. For a moment, he simply stares, transfixed by the sight of his old foe at peace. Then he reaches out and...
... covers Dumbledore's interlaced hands with his own. The moment is oddly tender. After a moment, he retracts his hand, claiming the WAND clutched in Dumbledore's fingers as his own. He studies it, his face a mask. The wind rises yet again, carrying us AWAY, BACK TO.... the darkness of the water.
"We are all going to die!" Sirius shouted. "Padfoot, we are already dead," James remarked. "Oh yeahhhh, well good luck to all of you fuckers!" Sirius smirked but Mia slapped him round the back of the head.
TITLE CARD: ATHENA POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
A LAKE COMES INTO VIEW, the BLACK LAKE of HOGWARTS, its surface thick and still as tar, shrouded in what appears to be a FOUL MIST but which is, we come to find, in reality a festering cluster of DEMENTORS...The Quidditch Pitch stands silent, untended, faded House flags hanging limply...
"NOT THE QUIDDITCH PITCH! LEAVE IT ALONE!" James shouted in horror.
Under the slate sky, the CASTLE stands like a dark fortress, its quirky angles and gleaming windows diminished in the gray light...
FIGURES COME INTO VIEW, STUDENTS, marching in lines, like GRIM REGIMENTS, across the BRIDGE, chivvied on by a pair of DEATH EATERS (ALECTO and AMYCUS CARROW) while high upon a ballustrade, his face a mask, SEVERUS SNAPE looks on.
"Ewwwwww!" The marauders all pretend to fake gag.
We DRAW CLOSER, but nothing more is revealed. His face remains a mask, his eyes untelling. Finally, he turns away, his CLOAK wiping our field, pitching us once more into...
EXT. CLIFF - CONTINOUS ACTION - MORNING
Footfalls sound. Ron turns, sees his brother Bill and Luna approaching from the cottage in the distance.
Bill: Fleur's seeing to Ollivander. Anyone else need tending --
He eyes Athena curiously, crouched, her back turned. Then sees Dobby's limp little legs dangling lifelessly. As the others watch, Athena reaches out and -- gently as she can -- pulls the dagger from Dobby's chest, then shrugs off her jacket and enwraps the elf's body. Slowly, her shoulders begin to shake. Only Luna dares to step forward. Kneeling, she sees Athena is silently crying.
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Athena Potter 🎞
FanfictionIn which the marauders generation watch Athena Potters life and see the dangers of which awaits them. Where friends becomes enemies and enemies become allies. What happens when they realise they've been lied too? Will they be able to prevent the dan...
