INT./EXT. GREAT HALL/COURTYARD - SAME TIME - NIGHT
Neville and Ginny flank McGonagall as she sweeps out of the Great Hall and into the courtyard. Flitwick and other members of the DA -- including Seamus -- trail after.
Neville: Let me get this straight, Professor. You're giving us permission to do this?
"Do what?" Barty asks. "Shut up and watch the film and they will tell us," Rabastan said.
Professor McGonagall: That is correct, Longbottom
Neville: To blow it up. Boom
Professor McGonagall: Boom!
"What!" Shout all the students, looking at Minnie. "How come we aren't allowed to blow anything up?" James asks. "Because we aren't currently under attack," Minnie deadpans.
Neville: Wicked! [a frown] Um...exactly how do you propose we do this, Professor?
Professor McGonagall: Why don't you confer with Mr Finnegan. As I recall, he has a particular
proclivity for pyrotechnics.
Neville and Ginny glance back at Seamus.
Seamus: I can bring 'er down.
Professor McGonagall: That's the spirit. Now off you go.
Neville, Ginny, Seamus and the DA peel off.
Flitwick: You realize, of course, that nothing we do will be able to keep out You-Know-Who indefinitely.
Madam Sprout: That doesn't mean we can't hold
him up.
Professor McGonagall: That doesn't mean we can't hold him up. And his name is Voldemort, Filius. You might as well use it. He's going to try to kill you either way.
"Oh damn, Minnie is a boss right now," Marlene whistles.
With that, McGonagall wheels, raises her wand and points it in the direction of the Great Hall.
Professor McGonagall: Piertotum Locomotor!
INT. ENTRANCE TO GREAT HALL - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT
Instantly, all along the corridor STATUES and SUITS OF ARMOR come to life on their plinths.
Everyone gapes.
EXT. COURTYARD - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT
As McGonagall and the others watch, the statues parade INTO VIEW.
Professor McGonagall: Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries and protect us! Do your duty to our school!
As the statues thunder past, heading toward the viaduct, McGonagall watches with evident pleasure.
Professor McGonagall: [Giddily] I've always wanted to use that spell.
"Awhhh Minnie!" Coo the Marauders, Minnie gives them a stern glare.
Several yards off, Flitwick holds his wand aloft, his face grimly determined. Momentarily a "disturbance" troubles the atmosphere -- this is powerful stuff -- McGonagall and other Staff members step forward to assist, wands raised high. Together, they conjure...
Teachers/Molly: Protego Maxima...Finato Duri... Repello Inimicum...
EXT. HOGWARTS (AERIAL) - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT
... a magical SHIELD, which expands ever outward, blooming over the castle grounds, while far below the STATUES march the length of the viaduct and take their positions along the perimeter, still as sentinels.
"Oh wow," Amelia says in awe.
EXT. WOODEN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS ACTION - NIGHT
Further on, small as ants from this vantage, Neville, Ginny, Seamus and half a dozen DA members approach the WOODEN BRIDGE.
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Athena Potter 🎞
FanficIn 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...
