[The camera looks towards the moon, then fogs and cut to a crystal ball. Murky with smoke.]

Trelawney: [voice-over] Broaden your minds! You must look beyond!

[Harry is looking into a crystal ball in Divination class. Ron is asleep.]

Trelawney: The art of crystal gazing is in the clearing of the Inner Eye. Only then will you see— Oh! What do we have there? [ as she eyes Harry's crystal ball, Hermione raises her hand to answer] You, Ms. Granger?

Hermione: It's the Grim. Possibly.

Trelawney: [eyes narrowing, smacks her lips, and grabs Hermione's hand] My dear, from the moment you first arrived in my class, I sensed that you did not possess the proper spirit for the noble art of Divination. You may be young in years, but the heart that beats beneath your bosom is as shriveled as an old maid's, your soul as dry as the pages of the books to which you so desperately cleave. [pats Hermione's hand.]

McGonagall muttered some things shaking her head, still wondering why Dumbledore hired the professor.

[Stung, Hermione starts to reply, but -- remarkably -- seems incapable of a single word. Rising gracelessly, jerking her hand from the professor, she exits, knocking her crystal ball to the floor. Harry watches curiously as the ball rolls slowly out the doorway...]

Trelawney: [oblivious] Was it something I said?

"It was everything you said." Hermione huffed rolling her eyes.

Lavender: 'In late spring, one of our number will leave us forever!' You knew, Professor! You saw.

Trelawney: On these occasions, I take no joy in my gift, Miss Brown.

Avery sighed, "I can relate to that."

[The scene changes to the students exiting the class, down a spiral staircase. Ron and Harry slowly going down the steps.]

Ron: She's gone mental, Hermione has. I mean, not that she wasn't always mental, but now it's out in the open for everyone to see...

[Ron stops, glances at Harry, then moves off. Harry watches him go, along with the others, then spies Hermione's crystal ball lying on the landing.]

[Harry sets Hermione's crystal back on its stand, starts to go, when... the smoke within the crystal suddenly darkens. Leaning close, Harry watches the shape that appears. It is unmistakable: Sirius Black. Just then, a shadow crawls the glossy surface of the crystal and a hand snatches Harry's shoulder. He wheels, finds...]

Harry: Professor Trelawney --

Trelawney: He will return tonight....

"He who?" Natalie questioned.

[Harry stiffens. Trelawney's voice is eerily hollow.]

Harry: S-sorry?

Trelawney: Tonight, when the clock strikes twelve, the servant shall break free. He and his Master shall be reunited. It cannot be prevented.

[Trelawney smiles savagely... then her head falls forward. When it rises, she blinks, eyes the hand that lies upon Harry's shoulder. Her hand.]

Trewlawney: So sorry, dear boy. Did you say
something?

[Her voice normal once again. Harry shakes his head.]

Harry: No. Nothing.

[The scene changes to Avery. Breathing shakily. Looking at the words she wrote on her parchment. The exact same prophecy Trewlaney just said to Harry. But she didn't know that. The girl hid the piece of parchment in her trunk and left her room, looking for a bit of fresh air.]

"I didn't even remember writing that. That's what scared me the most." Avery spoke softly.

"Do you learn how to control it?" Hazel asked her granddaughter concerned.

"Eventually. I had to." Avery looked to Harry, "I didn't have a choice."

Harry looked at the curious eyes of the great hall, "Fifth year."

[Walking through the corridors, trying to get to the courtyard... only to be dragged into a broom closet.]

Avery: [kicks the person's shin] What the bloody fuck?!

Draco: [groans, holding his shin] I probably deserved that.

"I love how he just takes responsibility for it." Bellatrix chuckled.

Avery: Draco? [sighs] Why did you drag me in here?

Draco: [fixes his posture] To do this. [grabs the girl by her waist and kisses her gently.] You've been avoiding me, Lupin?

Avery: [sighs, leans her head on his chest] I have too much going on to consider whatever... [gestures between the two] the bloody hell is going on here.

Draco: [chuckles] Sounds like you need this distraction.

Avery: [smiles and looks up at him] Yeah maybe I do. [Reaches up to kiss the boy again. More passionately this time. His hand digging into her waist and the other behind her head, pushing her closer to him. Her hand twisted in his hair as the other held him by the cheek.]

"I may be team Havery, but Dravery are having some nice moments." Dorcas shrugged.

[The scene then went to Jasper, Amara, and Ariel walking in that very corridor. Looking for Avery.]

Jasper: She didn't leave a note saying she was going anywhere?

Amara: [shakes her head] Nope. She's just straight like the Spanish: Bon Voyage.

Ariel: [stops in her tracks] You and I both know that was the wrong language.

Amara: [groans] Can't really think straight when our friend is missing.

Jasper: Mara's right. Last time she went missing she was in the Chamber of Secrets.

[The three stopped a few feet away from the broom closet where two horny teenagers were in a heated make-out session. One of the two accidentally knocked over a broom.]

Avery: [pulls away, panting] You think anyone heard that?

Draco: [panting] I really couldn't give a fuck. [pulls the girl back onto his lips.]

Remus covered his entire face, "Let me know when it's over."

Jasmine chuckled, "Something tells me, it's only going to get worse from here."

Amara: [looks suspiciously at the closet] You guys heard that too right?

Jasper: What was it though?

Ariel: Curiosity killed the cat.

Amara: But satisfaction brought it back. And I will not be satisfied until I see who is in that closet.

Jasper: I, once again, agree with Mara. [high-fives the girl, as Ariel rolls her eyes.]

"You three didn't!" Diane chuckled.

"Oh they bloody did." Avery rolled her eyes.

[The boy leads the girl to the closet door. Moans and groans can now be heard.]

Jasper: [whispers to the girls] Horny freaky fucks.

Ariel: [smirks] But who?

Amara: [smirks] Only one way to find out.

[Jasper nods, and hurriedly opens the door. Revealing a Malfoy and Lupin making out.]

Jasper: [eyes widen] MOON?!

[The girl turned to see her God-brother and best friends staring at her and Draco in complete shock. She immediately pushed the blond off her, embarrassed.]

Avery: [faking innocence] Hey guys! How's life?

Amara: [stunned] Oh. My. Fuck!

Ariel: [covering her eyes] MY EYES! MY EYES!

"I feel your pain." Remus muttered.

Avery: [hurries toward the girl] No! No, Ariel it's a misunderstanding—

Ariel: [shakes her head] No! You two were doing it!!

Draco: [shrugged] Well, not completely. Maybe in the next two years—

Avery: [slaps his arm] You're not helping!

Jasper: [laughing uncontrollably] Draco and Avery?! Who saw that coming? I know I didn't!

Amara: [shakes her head] When? Why? How?!

Draco: [sighs] About two weeks ago. I liked her. And I kissed her first, she slapped me, then kissed me back, ignored me for a couple days and now here we are. Are my answers to your satisfaction?

Amara: [stunned] My god.

Avery: [sighs] Guys, you can't tell anyone about this.

Jasper: [smirks] You know damn well we are telling Theo and Blaise.

"Jasper literally kicked everyone out of the common room to tell us." Blaise laughed.

"Thank Merlin he did too. I needed the whole room to run, laugh, and react." Theo smiled.

Ariel: [nudges the boy in his ribs] Besides them two, we aren't going to say a thing. [looks at the broom closet] Looks like we need to find a new make out spot, Jasp.

Jasper: [realizes the corridor and closet] Oi! You two fuckers tainted our make out spot.

Draco: [smirks, wraps his arm around Avery's waist] And it was a damn good one too.

Narcissa looked at her son on the screen, he may have been smirking, but his eyes were beaming. He was happy. So why aren't they still together? Hopefully the movie answers that.

[A scraping sound is heard, and a man is shown as he sits against the tree-like structure in the courtyard, with crows all around him. Harry, Ron, and Hermione step out, and see the man, Walden Macnair, sharpening a massive axe blade. He looks up at them as they approach; Hermione scowls at him as she walks past, obviously knowing that he intends to use it on Buckbeak. Macnair looks at Harry and grins maliciously as he continues sharpening his axe. Harry, Jasper, Avery, Ron, and Hermione walk along the Covered Bridge, heading to Hagrid's cabin.]

Hermione: I can't believe they're going to kill Buckbeak. It's just too horrible.

Ron: [as they reach the other end of the bridge] It just got worse. [they see Draco and his pals looking down at Hagrid's house from the hilltop]

Avery: [huffs] Of fucking-course.

Draco: What did I tell you? Father said I can keep the hippogriff's head. I think I'll donate it to the Gryffindor's common room. [enraged, Hermione quickly walks towards Draco] Oh, this is going to be rich.

Crabbe: [seeing Harry and his friends approaching] Look who's here.

Draco: Ah, come to see the show? [happily holds out his arms, ignoring the disappointment on Avery's face.]

Hermione: You! You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach! [points her wand at Malfoy's throat in her rage]

Ron: Hermione, no! He's not worth it.

Jasper: [whispers to Avery] Just give her the signal and she would.

[Draco stands there whimpering as Hermione keeps her wand against his throat, then lowers it and turns away. Draco chuckles; Avery nods to Hermione, next second, Hermione spins around and punches him in the face.]

"Well deserved." Andromeda shrugged.

Narcissa sighed, "There's the answer to my question."

Crabbe: [as he and the other boy help Draco to his feet] Malfoy, are you okay? Let's go! Quick!

Draco: [as he and his friends run to the bridge] Not a word to anyone. Understood? I'm gonna get that jumped-up Mudblood! Mark my words!

Hermione: [smiling] That felt good.

Ron: Not good. Brilliant.

Avery: Incredible.

[Hermione smiles with satisfaction. The five of them then head down the steps to Hagrid's house, walking past Buckbeak, who's chained up in the pumpkin patch, awaiting his approaching execution.]

Hagrid: [as he and Harry look out the window at Buckbeak] Oh, look at him. Loves the smell of the trees when the wind blows through 'em.

Harry: Why don't we just set him free?

Jasper: [shakes his head] No. Too obvious.

Hagrid: [wishing he could, but knows that he can't] They'd know it was me, and then Dumbledore would get into trouble. He's coming down, you know, Dumbledore. Says he wants to be with me when they... when it happens. [walking away from the window] Great man, Dumbledore. Great man.

Avery: [mutters to herself] Yeah fucking right.

"Never fails to hate on Dumbles." Destiny snorted.

[Hagrid's flobberworm squeals; he throws it a piece of food, which it eats in one bite]

Hermione: We'll stay with you, too, Hagrid.

Hagrid: You'll do no such thing! [points at the window] Think I want you seeing something like that? No! You just drink your tea and be off. Oh. Before you do, Ron... [he picks up a plastic container and opens it and pulls Scabbers out]

Ron: [overjoyed to see his rat alive] Scabbers. You're alive! [takes Scabbers from Hagrid]

Hagrid: You want to keep a closer eye on your pets, Ron.

Molly shook her head, muttering, "So bloody irresponsible."

Hermione: [as Ron turns around] I think that means you owe someone an apology.

Ron: Right. Next time I see Crookshanks, I'll let him know.

Jasper: [sighs] Idiot.

Hermione: I meant me. [suddenly, the vase on the table breaks]

Hagrid: Blimey. What was that? [Avery looks closely and finds a small rock with a snail shell pattern on it]

Harry: [a rock hits him in the back of the head] Ow.

Avery: [whispers to Jasper] Damn, I wish I was the one that thrown that.

"Love her! Jasmine, Remus, make another to this iconic family!" Marlene squealed.

Avery chuckled, "Trust me, Teddy definitely inherited all of the deLay-Lupin madness."

[Harry turns around and looks out the window] Hagrid. [beckoning Hagrid to the window]

Hagrid: [walking to the window and looking out] Oh, crikey. [Fudge, Dumbledore, and Macnair are walking towards Hagrid's house, talking; Fudge glances at Buckbeak as he goes]

Dumbledore: No, Minister. Over this way.

Hagrid: [feeling very tense now] It's late. It's nearly dark. You shouldn't be here. [going to his basket and grabbing a blanket] Someone sees you outside the castle this time of night, you'll be in trouble. Big trouble, particularly you, Harry. [there is a knock at the door] With you in a moment. [throwing the blanket over his flobberworm] Quick. Quick! [Ron and Hermione head for the back door as Dumbledore knocks on the door again]

Harry: Hagrid. It'll be fine. It'll be okay.

Hagrid: [smiles slightly at Harry's attempt to give him emotional support] Go on. Go on!

Dumbledore: [as Hermione opens the back door] That's the ling you can see over there on the slope. [all three men have their backs turned, unaware that Harry and his friends are there; Hagrid opens the door to let them in] Ah, Hagrid.

Hagrid: Good evening, Professor Dumbledore. [Fudge graciously steps inside] Minister, just make your way through. Have a tea if you like.

Fudge: [obviously not thirsty] No, Hagrid.
[Dumbledore and Macnair follow him inside] Gentlemen...

Dumbledore: [The quintet race to the rear of the pumpkin patch] I'd like a cup of tea.

Fudge: [as Hagrid watches the teenagers leaving] Well, I think we should get down to our business, shall we? Very well. It is the decision of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures that the hippogriff known as Buckbeak, hereafter called "The Condemned", shall be executed this day at sundown.

Amelia was writing furiously in her notepad. Fudge was sweating so much in his seat, he was scared he'd slip and slid right out off the chair and out of the hall.

Hagrid: Dear, dear...

Dumbledore: Now, now, Hagrid. It'll be all right.

Fudge: [as the five continue eavesdropping from the pumpkin patch] The executioner shall dispatch the condemned by means of beheading. [The girls hear a twig snap behind them and turns around]

Harry: What?

Hermione: I thought I just saw... [Avery slyly shook her head at her] Never mind.

"Why so suspicious?" Jasmine eyed her daughter.

"Whatever do you mean?" Avery batted her eyelashes innocently.

Ron: Let's go.
[As the quintet run towards the steps leading back to the castle, Buckbeak suddenly looks up. Ron glances back at him as they go.]

Hagrid: Buckbeak didn't mean no harm.

[Buckbeak lets out an uneasy bray as he watches the three teenagers running back to the castle. Harry takes a last look at Buckbeak before racing after Ron and Hermione up the castle stairs. From the hilltop, Ron, Avery, Hermione, Jasper, and Harry look down at Hagrid's house. Hagrid and Dumbledore are standing on the front steps of the house, Fudge is standing right in front of the steps, and Macnair faces them, standing just inches from the pumpkin patch. Dumbledore points at the pumpkin patch; as he turns to go inside the cabin, Macnair raises his axe and walks toward Buckbeak, hidden from view by the trees. Hagrid sadly takes a last look at his feathered friend, then turns to go inside his house.

A lot of Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws started to cover their eyes. Not wanting to
see what was about to happen.

[Harry, Avery, Jasper, Ron, and Hermione watch with mounting tension; even Scabbers seems a little skittish. Hermione closes her eyes briefly and murmurs. She silently gasps as she sees Macnair lift his axe above his head, tilt it backwards, then bring it down with lightning speed. A chopping sound is heard; the execution has been carried out. The crows that have been hanging around Macnair fly away, squawking and cawing.]

Ron: Oh, no.

[Hermione cries into Ron's shoulder. Avery turned her head completely into Jasper's chest. Harry puts his head on Hermione's shoulder, while one hand rubbed Avery's back.]

"Poor Buckbeak." Pandora softly said.

[Slowly, Hermione's hand falls onto Ron's shoulder and camera falls with her, continuing down the length of Ron's arm to his hand, where a drop of blood hangs from his finger, drops like a tear...]

[Ron stares at his hand. At the blood running down his finger.]

Ron: He bit me...
[His eyes shift. See Scabbers streaking away.]

Hermione: Ron! No!

[As Ron pelts after Scabbers, Jasper, Avery, Harry and Hermione give chase. Ron reaches the summit, disappears over the top. Hermione, Avery, and Jasper Harry follow. The four reach the top of the ridge. Stop.]

Hermione: Guys. You do realize what tree this is...

[Ron nabs Scabbers, cradles him in his bloody palm.]

Ron: [to Scabbers] Now behave yourself.

[The camera pulls back. Ron is kneeling under the Whomping Willow.]

"Oh, Merlin..." The Marauders said shockingly.

Harry: That's not good. [yells] Ron! Run!

Ron: [ looks up, looks behind the four friends, scared] Harry, Look out!

[Harry and his friends spin around, seeing a enormous, jet-black dog heading towards them. Harry shields himself when the dog leaps completely over him. Towards Ron.]

James looked at the screen curiously, "Isn't that..."

"Shut up, I'm unregistered. And if I go down, you're going down with me." Sirius whisper scolded.

"The only thing I'm going down for is Lily when finally let's me in between, if you know what I mean." James smirked, earning a punch in the gut from Lily.

"I heard you, toe-rag." Lily scolded, successfully hiding her red cheeks.

"Thanks, Evans." Sirius smirked.

Ron: AAAHHHHHHH!!!

[The dog's teeth flash and -- SNAP! -- close on Ron's foot, dragging him towards the trunk like a rag doll. Instantly, Harry dashes forward, leaps out, and grabs Ron's hands... but he and Ron just keep skudding along the ground.]

Hermione: I've got you --

[Hermione pitches herself onto Harry's feet... and the three of them go scudding along.]

Ron: Harry!

[Harry raises his chin. The dog vanishes into the GAP at the base of the tree, begins to pull Ron through...]

Harry: Hold on, Ron!

"Hold on, Ronnie!" Charlie yelled.

[But it's no use. The dog is too powerful. Harry glances around desperately, then finds himself looking directly in Ron's eyes. He can read his mind.]

Harry: No, Ron...

[One by one, Ron releases his fingers from Harry's forearm. Sacrificing himself.]

Harry: Nooooo!!!

[But Ron closes his eyes, releases his hands fully, and... Disappears. As his voice echoes deep into the earth... Harry and Hermione rise, peer into the hole.]

"Ronnie, no!" Bill cried.

Avery: [nudges Jasper] Go!

Jasper: [sighs] Time for the final act.

[The boy looks to his two friends, and sighs. Then shifts into his animagus, slyly getting through the hole of the Willow.]

Hermione: [yells in shock] Since when—

Avery: [huffs] Not the time, Mione! I'll get my dad. You too go help Ron. [The girl didn't wait for a response and ran back into the castle to get her father.]

[WHOMP! The Whomping Willow sweeps first Hermione, then Harry, into the air and -- FLOOMPH -- drops them on their backsides.]

[Swaying beautifully against the dusky sky, swishing softly. As one, they rise. Run back toward the gap in the tree. A branch swoops down. Hermione ducks. Harry doesn't. WHOOSH -- he is flung one way, his glasses the other.]

"Why do you even have this tree on school grounds, Dumbledore?" Amelia questioned.

Dumbledore looked to Remus, who simply nodded. "A year before Mister Lupin came to Hogwarts, I planted to the Whomping Willow. Insuring he had a safe way to the Shrieking Shack and back for his transformations."

Amelia nodded, noting that he cared for his students well being, but had too many secrets with them.

[Hermione hops over another branch -- looks briefly pleased with herself -- only to find herself swept high in the air by a second branch. She looks down, sees Harry searching the ground for his glasses.]

Hermione: Haaaaaaarrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

[Harry squints up, sees a pile-driving fist of a branch screaming straight down for his head. He rolls away just as -- WHOMP! -- the branch pulverizes the ground. Hermione whips through frame, still clinging on for dear life, and Harry rises. FLUMPH! -- he's promptly knocked to the ground again. Hermione goes crashing through the high branches, Harry spies his glasses and grabs them. Rising, he fits them to his face and his blurry POV... turns crystal clear just in time to see Hermione flying madly toward him.

Hermione: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Harry: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

James pursed his lips, "Is it bad that I want to try this?"

"Absolutely not." Sirius said immediately.

"I was thinking the same too!" Peter beamed.

"Not going to lie, it looks somewhat fun." Remus shrugged.

[Hermione reaches out, grabs Harry's shirt and -- riding the branch in tandem -- the two boomerang back, hurtling toward the trunk of the tree, through the gap, and into the darkness...below. OOMPH! Harry hits the ground hard. OOMPH! Hermione falls on top of him.]

Hermione: Thanks.

Harry: Don't mention it. Lumos.

[As the tip of Harry's wand glows, reveals tunnel.]

Hermione: Where do you suppose this goes?

Harry:  I have a hunch. I just hope I'm wrong...

[Harry and Hermione make their way through
passageway, ducking the roots that dangle overhead.
Then, abruptly, the tunnel... ends. Confused, Harry and Hermione glance about, then -- as one -- peer up. A small opening. Harry reaches up, hoists himself through. Harry pulls Hermione up. Looks about. Paper peels from the walls. Stains -- suspiciously similar to dried blood -- blot the floorboards. Shattered furniture lies strewn everywhere.]

Hermione:  We're in the Shrieking Shack,
aren't we?

[Harry doesn't answer, staring at the dog prints in the dust on the floor. The ceiling creaks. They dash to the stairs.]

[They come out, look down. A wide, shiny stripe cuts through the dust-laden floor -- as if something has been dragged -- to the end of the hallway, where a light seeps from a door.]

Harry: Nox.

[His wand-light dies. Slowly, they step to the door. Exchange a look. She nods, wand ready, Harry kicks the door aside.]

"Time for the good part." Jasper shrugged.

"How is this the good part?!" Sirius shrieked, "Harry wants to kill me!"

"Just wait you old wanker." Jasper playfully stated.

"Your grounded." Sirius deadpanned.

"Technically, I'm older than you soooo..." Jasper smirked.