Year 3: 01

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[In NUMBER FOUR PRIVET DRIVE, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, The street slumbers, adrift in shadow. Then... a curious BEAM OF LIGHT BOBS beyond the second-story window of Number Four.]

[In HARRY'S ROOM, A tent of blankets. Within... the SHADOW of a BOY. A WHISPER:]

Harry: Lumos Maxima...

"He's using magic outside the school." Umbridge shrilled.

"How else would he complete his Holliday assignments, you dumb toad." Emilia snapped.

"Wait, who the heck removed the jinx I put on her." Aurora groaned.

"She looked uncomfortable." Pansy hissed.

"Uncomfortable, my arse." Aurora snorted. "I'm genuinely surprised you managed to reverse my jinx."

Aurora flicked her wand and Umbridge was glued back to her chair, mouth zipped.

"Exactly why she's still here?" Said Harry.

"Who knows, mate." Ron munched down a chicken leg.

[The tent BLOOMS SOFTLY with light-- briefly illuminating a bedside PHOTOGRAPH of James & Lily Potter-- then goes dark.]

Harry: Lumos Maxima...

[The blankets bloom once again when, down the hall, a TOILET FLUSHES. Instantly, the SHADOW stiffens, the blankets DIM, and the tent flattens. Just as the bedroom door OPENS, revealing... UNCLE VERNON.]

[He peers inside, eyes flashing suspiciously, then... withdraws. The tent rises.]

Harry: Lumos Maxima...

"You should've had your freedom to do magic." Lily frowned. "I'm sorry it had to be like this."

She was upset. In her dying moment, she was relieved that Harry would be safe with his godfather and magical aunt and uncles. But unfortunately, Dumbledore's stupid decision changed it all.

[As the blankets blaze, we CUT INSIDE, find a SKINNY BOY with a crow's nest of black hair, thick glasses sitting crookedly atop his nose: HARRY POTTER. Once again, he speaks:]

Harry: Lumos... MAXIMA!

[Outside NUMBER FOUR PRIVET DRIVE, A BLINDING BLAST OF LIGHT FLASHES from the second story window of Number Four. DOGS BARK. And a TITLE CARD appears:]

"Is it only me or does that bark sounds oddly familiar." Julianne rose her brow as James and Remus nodded.

"How can a bark can sound familiar?" Daphne snorted.

"You have no idea, sweetheart," Aurora smirked.

HARRY POTTER and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Some students shuddered at the name. The quartet rolled their eyes, they've been through much worse than Azkaban.

[Scene cuts back to HARRY'S ROOM, The light in the hallway SNAPS on, Harry's tent droops once more and, seconds later, Harry's door eases open. Uncle Vernon peers in and switches on the light. The room is utterly SILENT. Slowly, he closes the door.]

[The same night, at the Clarke residence, in Aurora's room she lies asleep on her bed, tossing around uncomfortably. Nightmares invade her sleep.]

"Oh boy!" Aurora sighed, not pleased with the scene.

[The diary, she sees. Young Tom Riddle calling her. She tries to run, but she can't. She's stuck in the Chamber of Secrets. Shivering, she cries in silence as the Basilisk slithers towards her. Just as she sees its eyes, she wakes up gasping for air.]

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