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DRACO, GINNY, and HARRY stand behind a contrite-looking SCORPIUS and ALBUS. PROFESSOR McGONAGALL is fuming.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "So to be clear -- you illegally jumped off the Hogwarts Express, you invaded and stole from the Ministry of Magic, you took it upon yourself to change time, whereupon you disappeared two people --"

ALBUS hesitates a moment. He looks at HARRY.

ALBUS: "I agree it doesn't sound good."

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "And your response to disappearing Hugo and Rose Granger-Weasley was to go back in time again -- and this time, instead of losing two people you lost a huge number of people and killed your father -- and in doing so you resurrected the worst wizard the world has ever known and heralded in a new age of Dark Magic." (Dry.) "You're correct, Mr. Potter, it doesn't sound good, does it? Are you aware how stupid you've been?"

HARRY: "Professor, if I may --"

SCORPIUS: "Yes, Professor."

ALBUS: "Yes."

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "You may not. What you choose to do as parents is your matter but this is my school, and these are my students, and I will choose what punishment they will face."

HERMIONE: "What did I miss?"

HARRY looks at GINNY, who shakes her head.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "I should expel you but" (with a look to HARRY) "all things considered -- I think it might be safer for you to remain in my care. You are in detention for -- well, you can consider yourself in detention for the rest of the year. Christmas is canceled for you. You can forget visiting Hogsmeade ever again. And that's just the start…"

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "If I could also give a detention to you, Minister, I would. Keeping hold of a Time-Turner, of all the stupid things!"

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL (fierce): "It is considered polite to knock when entering a room, Hermione Granger, maybe you missed that."

HERMIONE realizes she's overstepped: "Ah."

DRACO: "Seems fair."

HERMIONE: "Minerva." (There is an intake of breath.) "Professor McGonagall --"

Suddenly HERMIONE bursts in. All action and resolve.

HERMIONE: "In my defense --"

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "And in a bookcase. You kept it in a bookcase. It's almost laughable."

SCORPIUS: "A horrific world."

HERMIONE: "I know."

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL (composes herself for a moment): "Your intentions to save Cedric were honorable, if misguided. And it does sound as if you were brave, Scorpius, and you, Albus, but the lesson even your father sometimes failed to heed is that bravery doesn't forgive stupidity. Always think. Think what's possible. A world controlled by Voldemort is --"

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "This happened in my school, under my watch. After all that Dumbledore did, I couldn't live with myself…"

HERMIONE has no reply to that.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "Your children didn't exist!"

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "You are so young." (She looks at HARRY, DRACO, GINNY, and HERMIONE.) "You're all so young. You have no idea how dark the wizarding wars got. You were -- reckless -- with the world some people -- some very dear friends of mine and yours -- sacrificed a huge amount to create and sustain."

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: "Go on. Get out. The lot of you. And find me that Time-Turner."

ALBUS: "Yes, Professor."

SCORPIUS: "Yes, Professor."