[Sirius and Harry are helping Ron back through the passageway Hermione is following behind.]

Sirius: Sorry about the bite. I reckon that twinges a bit.

Ron: [looks at him furious] A bit? You almost bit my bloody leg off!

Sirius: Not my finest moment.

[Jasper, Avery and Harry are right behind the trio. An awkward silence between them, tension.]

"Awkwardddd." Amara and Ariel sung.

Avery: [sighs] Thanks for actually listening to what Sirius had to say, Potter.

Harry: [smiles a bit sadly] I needed to hear the truth. Besides, Jasper was right. I didn't have the guts to kill him.

Jasper: Because you're not a killer, Harry. [Walks in slightly front of the two] Besides, I believe someone owes someone an apology.

Harry: [nods] Avery, I'm truly sorry about what I said the other day. I was feeling so many emotions and took them out on you— [ looks at Jasper] on both of you. [ sighs] And I'm sorry.

Avery: [smiles] You're forgiven, toe-rag.

"YES! Team Havery is back!" Marlene beamed.

Doracs shook her head, "Technically, she's still with Draco. Dravery is still going."

"Dravery is dead. Get over it, darling." Marlene deadpanned.

Avery and Draco chuckled, knowing technically they both were right.

[Sirius helps Hermione carry Ron out of the Whomping Willow, helping him settle on the ground, before walking a distance away. Looking at the view that is Hogwarts. The Original Trio come out right after them, Jasper immediately going to his father.]

Jasper: [pats Sirius's back] Enjoying the view, old man?

Sirius: [smiles mischievously] Old man?! I got your old man! [starts to play rough with his son] How dare you! Old?! I could never be!

Jasper: [laughing] Maybe if you fixed yourself appearance! [They stop play fighting and actually look at each other, happy] I'm glad to finally have you back, dad.

Sirius: [tearing up] I'm glad to be back, son. [pulls his son into a big hug.]

"Father and son goals!" Destiny yelled tearing up.

Harry: [tries to help Ron out, sighs] Okay. [looks at Sirius and Jasper]

Ron: You better go.

Harry: [shakes his head] No. No, don't worry. It's fine, I'll stay.

Hermione: [pats Harry's leg] You go, I'll stay.

Avery: Go, Harry. I'm pretty sure they want to talk to you anyway. [points to the duo, who were ushering Harry to come over.]

"Oi! A new trio is among us." Mary squealed.

Hermione: [inspecting Ron's wounds] Oh, that looks really painful.

Ron: [chuckles] So painful. They uh— they might chop it off.

Hermione: [chuckles] I'm sure Madam Pompfrey it in a heartbeat.

Ron: [shakes his head] It's too late. It's ruined, it'll have to be chopped off.

Avery: [snorts] Malfoy and Parkinson 2.0? Hush up, I'm trying to eavesdrop.

Draco playfully scoffed, "They wish."

Theo shook his head, "No one wishes that."

"Why is it always you and Avery humbling me?" Draco sighs.

"Someone has to." Avery and Theo shrugged.

[Harry joins Jasper and Sirius, enjoying the view of the castle in the moonlight.]

Sirius: Beautiful, isn't it? I'll never forget the first time I walked through those doors. It'll be nice to do it again. Freely. [turning to Harry] That was a noble thing you did back there. He doesn't deserve it. [Harry studies Pettigrew briefly, looks away. Lost in thought.]

Harry: I don't reckon my father'd want his best friends to become killers for a worthless piece of vermin like Pettigrew. Besides, Avery was right. Dead, the truth dies with him. Alive, you're free.
[Sirius studies Harry's profile, moved by this.]

Jasper: [chuckles] She's always right.

Harry: [looks at Avery] and always beautiful.

Avery's smiled beamed as she saw no matter the circumstances, Harry would always love her.

Jasmine smiled at her future son-in-law, "I'm so happy my daughter is being loved by you. It's the love she deserves."

"She deserves the best." Harry smiled back.

Draco smiles at the couple, he may have loved Avery, but he knew he couldn't compare to the love she received from Harry.

Sirius: [laughs] I knew James' genes were strong, but you're basically James with green eyes. [the trio laughs] I don't know if you know, Harry, but when you were born, James and Lily made me your guardian...

Harry: I know.

Sirius: And, well, I'll understand if you choose to stay with your aunt and uncle, but, so you know, you could --

Harry: Come live with you guys?

Sirius: Soon as my name's cleared.

Jasper: And it's getting cleared. Moon said it herself.

Harry: And she's never wrong.
[Harry looks at Hogwarts. Grins. Sirius does the same.]

Lily gets up to give Sirius a big hug, "Thank you, Sirius. I know he will be in good hands."

Sirius smiled at the redhead, "He's in Siriusly good- looking hands."

The Great Hall all groaned at the dad joke.

"What? Was is something I said?" Sirius smirked.

[Then, Hermione's voice rises on the air, quavering with fear.]
Hermione: Harry!

[He turns, see Hermione staring at the full moon. His eyes shift. Lupin is a rigid silhouette, his fingers twitching.]

Remus smacked his teeth, "Everything was going so well. Why to ruin the mood, Moony."

Sirius: Remus, old friend... did you take
your potion tonight?

[Lupin, twitching, shakes his head. Pettigrew's eyes dart, taking in the situation, then slowly shift, note the wand trembling in Lupin's lengthening fist.]

Sirius: Run. All of you. Now.

[But none of them do, transfixed, watching as bristles poke through Lupin's skin. Black steps forward, wraps his arms around his friend, presses his mouth to his ear.]

"That looks truly painful, Remus. You poor soul." Pandora consoled the Gryffindor.

Sirius: You know the man you truly are, Remus. This flesh is only flesh. [pounding Lupin's chest] This heart is where you truly live. This heart! Here!

[As Lupin's wand drops... Pettigrew leaps.]

Harry: No! [flashing his wand] Expelliarmus!

[Lupin's wand flies from Pettigrew's hand and he freezes. Then slowly turns. Face blank, eyes closed, he... grins hideously. Transforms. Stunned, Harry watches a rat dart into the night and almost dashes after him until Avery pulls him back.]

Avery: [groans] Stop being a Gryffindor for one second and use your head!

Sirius: [yelling to the teens] RUN!! RUN!

[A howl pierces the air and Harry wheels. With a shrug, Lupin tosses Black into the air, then turns. He is no longer human. He's a werewolf. Harry and Ron begin to edge back.]

Hermione: [stops them] Wait. Wait. [slowly walks up to the werewolf]

Jasper: [sighs] She's a dead woman.

Ron: [shocked and confused] Hermione! [whispers and shakes his head] Bad idea. Bad idea.

Avery: [whispers to Jasper] I'm getting a severe case deja vu.

Jasper: [whispers back] Then you and I both know it's going to be a long night.

"Might as well get comfortable... Well, more comfortable than we already are." Evan joked.

Hermione: [eyeing the werewolf carefully] Professor? [the werewolf just pants, looking at her; she asked more determined] Professor Lupin?

[The werewolf just howls, causing the girl to gasp and back up scared to her friends. Jasper and Avery stand in front of the three, as Remus starts to walk towards them.]

Ron: [whimpers, as the five back away] Nice doggy. Nice doggy.

[Snape, finally awake, rushes out of the Whomping Willow. Enraged. Storms up to Harry, gripping his clothes.]

Snape: [sneering] There you are, Potter!

Avery: [yells] Not the time! Not the time!

[The werewolf growls, making Snape turn quickly towards it. He immediately guards the teens with his body to prevent them from getting hurt. Snape draws his wand and steps forward, shielding the quintet. The werewolf howls, sprints forward, when -- SWOOSH! -- a giant dog (Black) intercepts it in midair. They hit the ground in a fierce tangle of flashing teeth, a single horrible flailing beast. Jasper resisted the urge to not help, and immediately transformed into his animagus. Again and again, the dogs push the werewolf back, but the werewolf is too strong.]

Harry: Sirius!

Avery: Jasper!

[The dog yelps, roars in pain, and the werewolf flings it into the tall grass. Then slashes the other dog's leg, and slings him into the tall grass as well. As it charges after, Harry pushes past Snape, dashes into the night with Avery right behind him. Hermione makes to follow, but Snape holds her back.]

"Oh my, Merlin." Molly whimpered covering her eyes with Arthur's chest.

Hermione: Harry! Avery!

[The duo runs full out. Up ahead, framed against a full moon, they spies the dogs, lying inert, the werewolf's razor-sharp claws suspended over its neck.]

Harry: NO!!

[Desperately, Harry plucks a think rock from the ground and hurls it with all his might. Bull's-eye. The werewolf freezes. Turns. Begins to move toward... Harry and Avery.]

Avery: [hisses] Nice going, four eyes! Now how are we going to save dog-boy and dog-man if we get slaughtered by were-dad?!

Harry: [stutters] I-I don't know. I didn't— I didn't think that far.

Avery: Évidemment, putain d'idiot.

"She gagged all three of you at the most inconvenient time." Blaise laughed.

The three guys looked at Avery offended. She just smiles and shrugs, "It wasn't intentional. I was under duress."

[Harry draws his wand, terrified, but tormented as knowing Lupin dwells somewhere within the beast. Suddenly... a HOWL pierces the night. The werewolf falters, cocking its head toward the forest. Harry waits, petrified. The Werewolf's eyes shift
back to the duo. It snarls, moves closer, ready to kill. Harry covers Avery with his arm, when a second howl echoes high above the forest. Slowly, Avery drops his arm. Looks. The werewolf bounds toward the forest, vanishes.]

Avery: [exhales heavily] I'm pretty sure I have grey hairs somewhere. [hears a whimper] Jasp? Siri?

[The duo goes to the clearing where the two dogs were supposed to be. Except, only Jasper was there. Fully human, and injured.]

"My poor baby!" Destiny whined, reaching over to kiss Jasper's forehead.

"I'm injured too." Sirius complained.

"Well, damn Sirius. I can't control the werewolf." Destiny shrugged.

Avery: Merlin! [looks to Harry] Go find Sirius, I'm going to get him back to the castle.

[Harry's eyes shift. In the darkness, the wounded dog lurches through the tall grass. Falls. Rises. Falls again. Each time becoming more human. As he disappears over the ridge, Harry sprints after.]

[Harry stumbles down to Black, who lies on the water's edge, now fully a man, arms and face gleaming with lacerations.]

Harry: Sirius! [He turns Sirius over, revealing him to be unconscious] No, Sirius!

[A fragile mist escapes Harry's mouth. A raw wind tosses his hair. Chill-bumps pebble his skin. A fringe of ice appears at the lake's edge. Then they appear, oozing like smoke through the trees across the lake. Dementors.]

"Bloody hell— how many Dementors were surrounding the castle?" Amelia gasped.

"About a hundred." Harry guessed, his friends nodding.

"That looks like more than a hundred to me." Amelia mumbled.

Harry: No... No! [drawing his wand] Expecto... Patronum!

[A thin silvery wisp weeps from Harry's wand, hovering like a veil, but the Dementors continue to come. Harry places his hand on Black's heaving heart, poises his wand once more]

Harry: Expecto... Patronum...

[Harry's Patronus blooms briefly... and dies. Harry's
eyes flutter, the dementors twisting madly in his vision, drawing closer. Black gasps. Silvery feathers of light tumble from his lips, as if his very soul were leaving him.]

"PADFOOT!" James, Remus, and Peter shrieked.

[Then... a light splinters the trees. Harry squints, sees a Fiery Stag appear... its body luminous... slashing through the trees... sowing light in the darkness. The Dementors wilt in its wake, but more replace them, sweeping down in waves. Still, the stag charges on. The light expands. The forest blazing with it. The remaining Dementors flee, drifting across the moon like ash.]

"A Stag? But— but that's my Patronus..." James said puzzled.

[The light ebbs. The stag's luminous body flickers. There is a bright flash and darkness returns, a single thread of light all that remains, spinning down to the size of a pearl... in the palm of man, standing deep in the trees. Harry studies the strangely familiar silhouette, then... it is gone. Silence drops like a curtain. MIST rises from the lake. As Snape appears at the top of the rise, we fade to black.]