HOGWARTS, DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS CLASSROOM
ALBUS enters the classroom — slightly unsure.
HERMIONE: Ah yes. Our train absconder. Finally joining us.
ALBUS: Hermione?
He looks amazed. HERMIONE is standing at the front of the lesson.
HERMIONE: Professor Granger I believe is my name, Potter.
ALBUS: What are you doing here?
HERMIONE: Teaching. For my sins. What are you doing here? Learning, I hope.
ALBUS: But you're . . . you're . . . Minister for Magic.
HERMIONE: Been having those dreams again, have you, Potter? Today we're going to look at Patronus Charms.
ALBUS (amazed): You're our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher?
There are titters.
HERMIONE: Losing patience now. Ten points from Gryffindor for stupidity.
POLLY CHAPMAN (standing, full of affront): No. No. He's doing it deliberately. He hates Gryffindor and everyone knows it.
HERMIONE: Sit down, Polly Chapman, before this gets even worse. (POLLY sighs and then sits.) And I suggest you join her, Albus. And end this charade.
ALBUS: But you're not this mean.
HERMIONE: And that's twenty points from Gryffindor to assure Albus Potter that I am this mean.
YANN FREDERICKS: If you don't sit down right now, Albus . . .
ALBUS sits.
ALBUS: Can I just say —
HERMIONE: No, you can't. Just keep quiet, Potter, otherwise you'll lose what limited popularity you already have. Now who can tell me what a Patronus is? No? No one. You really are a most disappointing bunch.
HERMIONE smiles a thin smile. She really is quite mean.
ALBUS: No. This is stupid. Where's Rose? She'll tell you that you're being ridiculous.
HERMIONE: Who's Rose? Your invisible friend?
ALBUS: Rose Granger-Weasley! Your daughter! (He realizes.) Of course — because you and Ron aren't married Rose —
There's giggling.
HERMIONE: How dare you! Fifty points from Gryffindor. And I assure you if anyone interrupts me again it'll be a hundred points . . .
She stares around the room. No one moves a muscle.
Good. A Patronus is a magical charm, a projection of all your most positive feelings, and takes the shape of the animal with whom you share the deepest affinity. It is a gift of light. If you can conjure a Patronus, you can protect yourself against the world. Which, in some of our cases, seems like a necessity sooner rather than later.
A/N: I meant to post this chapter yesterday, I forgot. I'm so sorry
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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
