Year 3: 18

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[The tops of the trees etched against the darkening sky. BATS fly as Buckbeak snags one. A tail twitches briefly between his beak, then -- SLURP! -- is gone.]

Hermione: 'Least someone's enjoying himself.

[Trio sit together in the lengthening shadows. Aurora resting her head on Harry's head.]

Harry: You know...

Hermione: Hmm?

Harry: Before. Down by the lake. When I
was with Sirius... I did see someone... that someone made the Dementors go away...

Hermione: With a Patronus. I heard Snape
telling Dumbledore when we were taken to the hospital. According to him, only a really powerful wizard could have conjured it.

Harry: It was my Dad.

"Me?" James looked at Lily confused. "Did I do that?"

"No, Honey. You didn't." Lily assured.

[Hermione looks at Harry.]

Harry: It was my Dad who conjured the Patronus.

Hermione: But, Harry, your Dad's...

Harry: Dead. I know. I'm just telling you what I saw.

Aurora: Just out of curiosity,can dead summon patronuses?

"Yeah, of cause we can, cause dying is such a happy memory." James said solemnly.

"Oh shut up." Aurora frowned playful.

"Yeah. Shut up Potter. Don't sass at my niece." Regulus patted Aurora on head.

[Hermione shrugs, then glances beyond the trees, toward the Whomping Willow.]

Hermione: Here we come.

[SHADOWS emerge under a FULL MOON: Black. Harry. Pettigrew. Lupin. Hermione. Ron. Sleepwalking Snape...]

[Harry studies himself and Sirius.]

Harry: You see Sirius talking to me? He's asking me to come live with him and hopefully Aurora, he wasn't sure you'd want to stay with him.

Hermione: Really?

[Harry nods, his voice wistful.]

Harry: When we free him, I'll never have
to go back to the Dursley's. I'm going to tell him I'd like to live someplace in the country. I think he'd like that, after all those years in Azkaban. We won't need a big place and I can help him...

Aurora: That'd be nice. We should buy a swing set.

"Never got to do that." Sirius smiled sadly.

Harry: [Smiling] Like in the park next to private drive? [Aurora nods]

[A HOWL pierces the night. Hermione glances toward the Willow.]

Hermione: It's happened. Lupin's transformed.

Harry: Which means Pettigrew is slipping
safely into the night. While we just stand here...

[A FIERCE GROWLING is heard. Silhouettes of the DOG and the WEREWOLF -- bound into the tall grass. Harry watches himself appear. The werewolf turns, begins to stalk... OWWWWWWWWW! Harry and Aurora wheels, see Hermione, hands cupped to her mouth, making a loud HOWL. He covers her mouth.]

"Ohh!! Now I can see how everything fits to the frame." Ginny said.

Harry: What are you doing?

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