Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Page #5

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – hallway - daytime

RON:
D’you think it’s true? D’you think there really is a Chamber of Secrets?

HERMIONE:
Yes. Couldn’t you tell? McGonagall’s worried. All the teachers are.

HARRY:
Well, if there really is a Chamber of Secrets, a-and it really has

been opened, then that means---

HERMIONE:
The Heir of Slytherin has returned to Hogwarts. The question is,

who is it?

RON:
Let’s think. Who do we know who thinks all Muggle-borns are scum?

HERMIONE:
If you’re talking about MalfoyRON:

Of course. You heard him! ‘You’ll be next Mudbloods,’

HERMIONE:
I heard him. But Malfoy, the Heir of Slytherin?

HARRY:
Well, maybe Ron’s right, Hermione. I mean, look at his family. The

whole lot of them have been in Slytherin for centuries.

RON:
Crabbe and Goyle must know. Maybe we could trick them into telling.

HERMIONE:
Even they aren’t that thick. But there might be another way. Mind

you, it would be difficult. Not to mention, we would be breaking about fifty

school rules. And, it’ll be dangerous. Very dangerous.

Scene 15:
Rogue Bludger.

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – Library - daytime

HERMIONE:
Here it is. ‘The Polyjuice Potion.’ (Reading from Moste Potente

Potions) ‘Properly brewed, the Polyjuice Potion allows the drinker to

transform himself temporarily into the physical form of another.’

RON:
Do you mean, if Harry and I drink that stuff, we’ll turn into Crabbe and

Goyle?

HERMIONE:
Yes.

RON:
Wicked! Malfoy’ll tell us anything.

HERMIONE:
Exactly. But it’s tricky. I’ve never seen a more complicated

potion.

HARRY:
Well, how long will it take to make?

HERMIONE:
A month.

HARRY:
A month? But, Hermione, if Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin, he could

attack half the Muggle-borns in the school by then.

HERMIONE:
I know. But it’s the only plan we’ve got.

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – Quidditch Pitch – exterior – daytime

LOCATION:
Hogwarts - Quidditch Pitch - daytime

(Bong)

OTHERS:
Yeah! Come on Slytherin!

LEE JORDAN:
Another goal for Slytherin! They lead Gryffindor ninety to

thirty!

Marcus Flint:
Yeah! Yeah!

DRACO:
All right there, Scarhead?

WOOD:
Watch yourself, Harry!

HARRY:
Wood! Look out!

HAGRID:
Blimey! Harry’s got himself a rogue Bludger! That’s been tampered

with, that has!

RON:
I’ll stop it.

HERMIONE:
No! Even with a proper wand it’s too risky. You could hit Harry!

DRACO:
Training for the ballet, Potter?

DRACO:
You’ll never catch me, Potter!

HERMIONE:
Let’s go.

LEE JORDAN:
Harry Potter has caught the Snitch! Gryffindor wins!

HERMIONE:
Finite incantatem!

Scene 16:
No longer safe.

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – Quidditch pitch grass - daytime

HARRY:
Thank you.

HERMIONE:
Are you okay?

HARRY:
No, I think my- I think my arm’s broken.

PROFESSOR LOCKHART: Not to worry, Harry. I will fix that arm of yours

straight away.

HARRY:
No, not you.

PROFESSOR LOCKHART: Oh, poor boy doesn’t know what he’s saying. Now, this...

won’t hurt a bit. Brackium emendo!

OTHERS:
Oh! Ooh! Ugh!

PROFESSOR LOCKHART: Ah, yes, well, ha, that can sometimes happen, um, butuh,

the point is, uh,...

OTHER:
Ohh! Uhh!

PROFESSOR LOCKHART: ...you can no longer feel any pain, and, heh- very

clearly, the bones are not broken.

HAGRID:
Broken? There’s no bones left!

OTHERS:
Uh-huh-ugh!

PROFESSOR LOCKHART: Much more flexible, though.

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – Hospital wing - daytime

DRACO:
Uhh, uhhh...

MADAME POMFREY:
Oh, Mr. Malfoy, stop making such a fuss, you can go. Out of

my way. Out of my way! Should’ve been brought straight to me. I can mend

bones in a heartbeat- but growing them back...

HERMIONE:
You will be able to, won’t you?

MADAME POMFREY:
Oh, I’ll be able to, certainly. But it’ll be painful. You’re

in for a rough night, Potter. Regrowing bones is a nasty business.

HARRY:
Ugh!

MADAME POMFREY:
Well, what do you expect? Pumpkin juice?

HARRY:
Uh!

LOCATION:
Hogwarts – Hospital wing - night

VOICE:
Kill. Kill... Time to kill!

DOBBY:
Hello!

HARRY:
Dobby?

DOBBY:
Harry Potter should have listened to Dobby! Harry Potter should have

gone back home when he missed the train.

HARRY:
It was you... You stopped the barrier from letting Ron and me through.

DOBBY:
Indeed. Yes, sir.

HARRY:
You nearly got Ron and me expelled!

DOBBY:
At least you would be away from here. Harry Potter must go home! Dobby

thought his Bludger would be enough to make Harry Potter see that---

HARRY:
Your Bludger? You made that Bludger chase after me?

DOBBY:
Uhuh... Dobby feels most aggrieved, sir. Dobby had to iron his hands.

HARRY:
You’d better clear off before my bones come back, Dobby, or I might

strangle you!

DOBBY:
Uh-huh-huh... Dobby is used to death threats sir. Dobby gets them five

times a day at home.

HARRY:
I don’t suppose you could tell me why you’re trying to kill me?

DOBBY:
Not kill you, sir, never kill you! Dobby remembers how it was before

Harry Potter triumphed over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. We house elves were

treated like vermin, sir. Of course, Dobby is still treated like vermin...uh,

huh, huh, huh! Aah, ahh...

HARRY:
Why do you wear that thing Dobby?

DOBBY:
This, sir? It is a mark of the house-elves’ enslavement. Dobby can

only be freed if his master presents him with clothes. Ah! Listen. Listen!

Terrible things are about to happen at Hogwarts. Harry Potter must not stay

here, now that history is to repeat itself.

HARRY:
Repeat itself? You mean this has happened before?

DOBBY:
Ah! I shouldn’t have said that! Oh! Ah! Dah! Bad Dobby! Bad!

HARRY:
Dobby, stop it! Stop it! Stop, Dobby! Tell me, Dobby. When did this

happen before? Who’s doing it now?

DOBBY:
Dobby cannot say, sir. Dobby only wants Harry Potter to be safe.

HARRY:
No, Dobby. Tell me. Who is it?

DOBBY:
(Snap!)

MADAME POMFREY:
Put him here. What happened?

DUMBLEDORE:
There’s been another attack.

PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: I think- do ya know- I think he’s been Petrified,

Madame Pomfrey. Look! Perhaps he managed to take a picture of his attacker...

(Poof)

PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: What can this mean, Albus?

DUMBLEDORE:
It means...that our students are in great danger.

PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: What should I tell the staff.

DUMBLEDORE:
The truth. Tell them Hogwarts is no longer safe. It is as we

feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again.

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