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GREAT HALL/HOGWARTS NIGHT Underneath the enchanted ceiling on which stars twinkle peacefully, hundreds of disheveled wizards and witches have gathered. Lining the four house tables. All the eyes permanently fixed on MINERVA McGONAGALL, standing at the raised platform, accompanied by many others. MINERVA McGONAGALL For over a hundred years, the headmasters of this school have stood here, comforting you with words of encouragement. Tonight, I cannot do so. As McGonagall pauses, the Hall goes utterly silent. Shock and concern fill the faces of many students. MINERVA McGONAGALL (CONTD) Tonight, the enemy we have managed to keep outside this castles walls for years, will try to force its way in once again. But let me remind you of what one of our former headmasters told us: irrespective of what is out there, lurking in the night, waiting for the moment to strike. In the end, their greatest weapon remains you remains us. Ominous thunder sounds the distance, and flashes illuminate the velvety black ceiling and the unlit candles floating above the tables. MINERVA McGONAGALL (CONTD) Therefore we will fight back, to defend our legacy. Those who are of age have the permission to stay and fight. The others will be led outside the castle, where they can leave by Apparition or the Floo Network. The Prefects will organize their houses, when I give the word, and lead them to the evacuation point of the seventh floor. RAVENCLAW STUDENT And what about our belongings? Our trunks, our owls? MINVERA McGONAGALL There is no time to collect possessions. SLYTHERIN STUDENT And wheres Professor Snape? MINVERA McGONAGALL Professor Snape has, to use the common phrase, done a bunk.

CONTINUED: Cheering erupts among most of the students, but they fall silent when McGonagall raise her hands stern. MINERVA McGONAGALL We have already placed protection around the castle, but it is unlikely to hold for very long unless we reinforce it. I must ask you, therefore, to move quickly and clam, and do as you Prefects Just then, a foreboding breeze extinguishes all the light within the Great Hall. LORD VOLDEMORTS VOICE ECHOES throughout the entire castle, magically magnified: LORD VOLDEMORT (V.O.) I know you are preparing to fight. The frightened faces of the students gloom in the impenetrable darkness, searching for the unknown source of the sound. LORD VOLDEMORT (V.O.) Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I dont want to spill magical blood. Give me Harry Potter, and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight. For seconds everything remains silent and dark. Until, with a flick of her wand, McGonagall ignites the fireplaces and torches. Refilling the place with light. MINERVA McGONAGALL (obviously worried) Prefects, organize your houses. We shall hold them off as long as we can. CUT TO: INT. OUTSIDE GREAT HALL MOMENTS LATER - NIGHT A PULLULATING MASS of STUDENTS fight their way to the staircase, while their Prefects try to calm them. Then Harry appears within the crowd, forcing his way through, towards the towering doors of the Great Hall. INT. GREAT HALL CONTINUOUS We TRACK him as he enters the Great Hall, where dozens of wizards and witches have gathered at the raised platform. Multiple teachers, students and members of the Order of the Phoenix.

CONTINUED: KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT Weve only got half an hour until midnight, so we need to act fast. A battle plan has been agreed between the teachers of Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix HARRY POTTER Mr. Weasley? ARTHUR WEASLEY immediately turns towards the approaching Harry. HARRY POTTER Mr. Weasley, have you seen Ron and Hermione? ARTHUR WEASLEY Havent you found them yet? Arthur can tell by the look in his eyes. CUT TO: INT. CHAMBER OF SECRETS SAME TIME - NIGHT Two feet hit the rocky ground. The CAMERA EASES UP, to reveal Ron standing underneath the exit of a tunnel. He helps Hermione, as she climbs out of the tunnel. Holding the GOLDEN CUP of HUFFLEPUFF. Then they turn towards what lies ahead: NEW ANGLE FULL WIDE SHOT The Chamber of Secrets, haunting yet beautiful, rests within the shadows of the underground. Ahead stands the ENORMOUS STATUE of SALAZAR SLYTHERIN. HERMIONE GRANGER I hope youre right, Ron. As they walk along to long path, past the rows of STONE SERPENTS, they gaze around with astonishment. Then they reach something lying several feet in front of the statue: the HUGE SKELETON of the BASILISK. They approach with hesitation. HERMIONE GRANGER You really think theres still venom inside those? RON WEASLEY If the Sword of Gryffindors still able to destroy a Horcrux five years after it pierced through this fellows head, there must be. Ron kneels next to the skull, and pulls out one of the beasts fangs. A small drip of BLACK VENOM drips out of the fang. He hands it over to Hermione, completely flabbergasted.

CONTINUED: RON WEASLEY Well, go on, then. Destroy it. HERMIONE GRANGER Me? You want me to do it? RON WEASLEY Yes. Harry destroyed the diary, Dumbledore destroyed the ring, I destroyed the locket it has to be you this time. Hermione blushes, then kneels onto the ground. Raising her hand high, and PLUNGES THE FANG into the cup with a powerful stroke. Instantly, the gold turns white-hot and starts to shrink. A SHRIEK, writhing in pain, fills the Chamber of Secrets. RON WEASLEY You did it! Youve destroyed it! Hermione, youre amazing! HERMIONE GRANGER No, Ron. Youre amazing. She quickly gets back on her feet, and kisses him on the mouth passionately. The CAMERA CIRCLES around them, until a LOUD BANG sounds in the distance. CUT TO: INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS SAME TIME - NIGHT Harry, wand in hand, runs through the abandoned corridor, through the squares of moonlight upon the floor. He turns the corner INT. SEVENTH FLOOR CORRIDOR CONTINUOUS to reveal COMPLETE MAYHEM at the entrance of the ROOM OF REQUIREMENT. The remaining students force and fight their ways through the doors. PREFECT You all need to remain calm! Just then, a DEFEANING BANG. The castle shakes to its foundations: the crystal chandelier jingles and dust comes down from the ceiling. The students start to scream, and out of the chaos appears ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE. ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE Potter! Why the hell are there hundreds of kids thundering through my pub? HARRY POTTER I know, were evacuating. Voldemort

CONTINUED: ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE is attacking because they havent handed you over, yeah. Im not deaf. The whole of Hogsmeade heard him. Again the castle quakes heavily, and screaming and yelling is heard in the distance. ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE I wish good luck, Potter. These people out there, thoroughly rely on you to end this all tonight. INT. ROOM OF REQUIREMENT CONTINUOUS As Harry enters the crowded room, he cranes his neck, looking for Ron and Hermione. Then he spots GINNY and NYMPHADORA TONKS, both relieved to see him. HARRY POTTER Have you seen Ron and Hermione? GINNY WEASLEY No, I havent seen them since they left the room hours ago. HARRY POTTER Tonks, I thought you were supposed to be with Teddy at your mothers? NYMPHADORA TONKS I couldnt stand not knowing. Shell look after him. Have you seen Remus? HARRY POTTER Hes leading troops of fighters into the grounds. NYMPHADORA TONKS Thanks. Without saying another word, she speeds off. GINNY WEASLEY Harry, whatre you doing here? I thought you were looking for something? HARRY POTTER Everyone whos risking their lives tonight, is doing it for nothing. We came here to find on old diadem, lost for centuries, and we dont even know whether its hidden inside the castle or not.

CONTINUED: Suddenly Ginnys face turns appalled, and quickly she runs towards the last students who are about to enter the passageway. GINNY WEASLEY Youve to leave now! The room must be empty! Seal the passage off from the inside! HARRY POTTER Ginny, whatre you doing? GINNY WEASLEY Trust me. CUT TO: INT. SEVENTH FLOOR CORRIDOR LATER - NIGHT Harry and Ginny leave the room quickly, and the towering doors close, merge with the stone wall as if the entrance had never existed. HERMIONE GRANGER (O.S.) Harry! Ginny! They jump as Ron and Hermione appear in the corridor. Hermione holding the DESTROYED CUP. BASILISK FANGS sticking out of their pockets. HARRY POTTER Where the hell have you been? RON WEASLEY The Chamber of Secrets. HARRY POTTER The Chamber of what? HERMIONE GRANGER It was all Rons idea! Wasnt it absolutely brilliant? There we were, after you left, and I said to Ron, even if we find the other Horcrux, how are we going to get rid of it? We still hadnt got rid of the cup! And then he thought of it! The Basilisk! HARRY POTTER But did you get in there? The only people who have access to the Chamber of Secrets are descendents of Salazar Slytherin himself, you have to speak Parseltongue! HERMIONE GRANGER He did! RON WEASLEY I made the same hissing noise you made to open the locket.

CONTINUED: HERMIONE GRANGER He was amazing! Amazing! RON WEASLEY Hermione stabbed it. She hasnt had the pleasure yet. So whats new with you, Harry? HARRY POTTER I know where the diadem is. Voldemort hid it exactly where Ginny and I hid my old potion book last year where Malfoy hid the Vanishing Cabinet where everyones been hiding stuff for centuries. He thought he was the only one to find it. HERMIONE GRANGER Of course, the Room of Hidden Things! GINNY WEASLEY I remember seeing on old crown when I hid Harrys book. RON WEASLEY You guys better be right. CUT TO: INT. ROOM OF REQUIREMENT MOMENTS LATER - NIGHT The CAMERA MOVES THROUGH dozens of TOWERING SHELVES and PILES. All kinds of clicking and rattling noises come from every corner of the room. Suddenly Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione appear from behind some broken furniture. HERMIONE GRANGER I think its better if we split up. Harry and Ginny walk into the left aisle of the enormous LABYRINTH of JUNK, leaving Ron and Hermione behind as they take the left one. Then, suddenly, Harry comes to a standstill in front of an OLD BLACK CABINET. Gazes at it with abomination, but rapidly turns around when he seems to hear something. FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING. Harry drags Ginny quickly behind the cabinet. HARRY POTTER Promise me you stay here. No matter what happens. The FOOTSTEPS DRAW CLOSER. Ginny does not seem to agree, but then she catches his blazing eyes. GREGORY GOYLE and BLAISE ZABINI walk out of one of the aisles, their wands at the ready, obviously looking for something or someone. Then Harry steps from behind the cabinet, his wand pointed at their chests. HARRY POTTER Hold it!

CONTINUED: DRACO MALFOY (O.S.) Three against one? Harry turns around and finds Malfoy standing right behind him, his wand pointed at Harrys back with a hateful grin on his face. DRACO MALFOY Thats my wand your holding, Potter. HARRY POTTER Not anymore. Winners, keepers, Malfoy. So how come you cowards havent fled with the others? BLAISE ZABINI After weve handed you over to the Dark Lord himself, were gonna be rewarded. HARRY POTTER So how did you get in here? DRACO MALFOY I virtually lived in the Room of Hidden Things all last year. I know how to get in. HARRY POTTER Oh, yeah I forgot. You succeeded in getting the Death Eaters inside the castle because of this room. DRACO MALFOY The night our beloved headmaster fell of the Astronomy Tower. HARRY POTTER The night you failed to kill an old, weak and unarmed man. The sneering grin on Malfoys face disappears. But then a THUNDERING SOUND is heard from behind: an entire wall junk collapses onto Goyle and Zabini, to reveal Ron and Hermione standing behind it. When Malfoy turns around, Harry quickly disarms him. Ginny steps from behind the cabinet, her arm pointed at something unknown. GINNY WEASLEY Harry, the diadem! A PORCELAIN BUST of a WOMAN, standing atop of an dusty wardrobe, wears an ANCIENT SILVER DIADEM. Harry does not hesitate, and rushes towards the wardrobe. He climbs onto an unstable pile of books, and grabs the diadem from the bust. Ginny joins Harry and together they speed off into an aisle. The innumerable amount of objects flashing past. As they reach the main aisle, they run straight into Ron and Hermione.

CONTINUED: HERMIONE GRANGER Where did they go? HARRY POTTER I dont know, but I think Harry pauses and pricks his ears. A ROARING NOISE DRAWS CLOSER every second. Suddenly, a FLASH FIRE appears at the end of the aisle. Huge flames rushing towards them. HARRY POTTER Go go! GO! They rush through the maze, turning one corner after the other. The billowing flames catching up with them rapidly. The flames seems to form the shapes of SERPENTS, CHIMAERAS and DRAGONS. GREGORY GOYLE (O.S.) Like it hot, scum? They keep running, pursued by FLAMING FANGED and CLAWDED CREATURES. As they turn another corner, the fire seems to have ended the pursued. The four of them come to a standstill. But then the FIENDFYRE soars over their heads, and comes down around them. Circling around them. The heat visible. Every sound drowned by the soaring flames. Harry seizes three BROOMSTICKS lying beneath the feet. Saves it from the destructing fire, and throws one to Ron and Hermione and gives one to Ginny. He swings his leg over his own broom, and with hard kicks on the ground, they soar up in the air: Harry and Ginny maneuvering through the BURNING PILES of JUNK that reach the ceiling, and Hermione clutching Ron as he follows them. HERMIONE GRANGER Weve to get out! Now! The CAMERA EASES DOWN, to reveal three people cornered by the flames. Screaming. Coughing. Waving their hands through the air for help. RON WEASLEY Harry, dont you even think of Harry makes a steep descent towards them, flying through the raging firestorm. Floats in mid-air, holding out his hand to Malfoy, who pulls himself onto the broomstick as with a loud tremble a burning pile of junk comes down on the place where he had been standing. Ginny helps Zabini on her broom. The guy seems to be in a catatonic state and as soon as he takes place behind Ginny, he grabs her tight. Malfoy holds out his hand to grab Goyle, but then we see a ROARING FLAMING CHIMAERA flying towards them. Its fanged mouth opened. Ready to consume them. DRACO MALFOY Goyle, grab my hand!

CONTINUED: Unable to get hold of his hand, Malfoy witnesses the flames coming closer and closer. Then Harry and Ginny speed off, leaving Goyle behind in the firestorm. DRACO MALFOY Goyle! Goyle! Harry and Ginny join Ron and together they fly towards the double doors at the end of the room, at full speed. But when Harry leans over to avoid the swirling flames, the diadem slips between his fingers. ANOTHER ANGLE RON AND GINNYS POV Ron and Ginny have almost reached the exit, when they suddenly stop in the middle of the air. Searching for Harry who has vanished in thin air. GINNY WEASLEY Wheres Harry? Just then, he bursts out of the fire. Harry holding the diadem, and Malfoy holding Harrys waist. They speed to the exit INT. SEVENTH FLOOR CORRIDOR CONTINUOUS and collide with the wall facing the entrance. They get up their feet, gasping for breath and coughing. Their faces covered in soot. Zabini remains catatonic: rocking back and forth. DRACO MALFOY Goyle Goyle RON WEASLEY Hes dead. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny get up their feet. Harry gazes at the entrance that has submerged with the stone wall once again. Sealing off the inferno inside. Then Harry grabs the diadem, that is now leaking a BLACK BLOOD-LIKE SUBSTANCE. RON WEASLEY Is it destroyed? HERMIONE GRANGER It must have been Fiendfyre! HARRY POTTER Fiendfyre? HERMIONE GRANGER Cursed fire, its one of the darkest arts imaginable. Its one of the substances that destroy Horcruxes. I would never, ever have dared use it, its so dangerous.

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CONTINUED: RON WEASLEY How did they know who to HERMIONE GRANGER Mustve learned it from the Carrows. They are interrupted by another huge bang that sounds in the distance, along with screaming, causing the entire castle to quake. Harry draws his wand. HARRY POTTER Weve got to help them. HERMIONE GRANGER Harry, no! Dont you get it? With this one finished, theres just one Horcrux left. We just have to get to the snake HARRY POTTER Which will be impossible to get our hands on, because he knows Im after it. Harry turns away from them, and turns towards the end of the corridor, where the SOUNDS of BATTLING become louder and louder. He turns a corner INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS CONTINUOUS and finds something which makes his face turn deadly pale. An enormous hole in the side of the castle. The others appear right behind him, and together they walk towards the edge of the hole, looking down in shock. The CAMERA PANS OUT, to reveal the size of the hole to cover at least five floors of the massive castle glittering in the moonlight. CUT TO: EXT. ENTRANCE COURTYARD SAME TIME - NIGHT KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT, REMUS LUPIN and many others battle DEATH EATERS, masked and unmasked. Producing shield charms. Firing curses. Avoiding them. Kingsley looks up towards the velvety black sky, and tracks PLUMES OF BLACK SMOKE billowing towards the ground. One by one the plumes hit the ground, coalesce into multiple Death Eaters, all in motion, wands blazing. Then BELLATRIX LESTRANGE materializes. She grins. CUT TO: EXT. TRANSFIGURATION COURTYARD SAME TIME - NIGHT DEAN THOMAS, FRED WEASLEY and PERCY WEASLEY are standing in the middle of the battlefield. They strip Death Eaters from their wands and hit them in the chests with SILVER FLASHES.

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CONTINUED: Two Death Eaters ROCKED UPWARDS, transforming into BLACK PLUMES. They immediately reconstitute as they land right behind Dean, but are thrown backwards by perfectly aimed spells of Fred and Percy. CUT TO: EXT. STONE CIRCLE SAME TIME - NIGHT BILL and ARTHUR WEASLEY fight back to back, surrounded by tens of DEATH EATERS. Bill swishes his wand, causes a Death Eater to be blown off his feet. Others are thrown out of sight, as they are hit by JETS of SILVER LIGHT. CUT TO: EXT. HOGWARTS GATES SAME TIME - NIGHT A STONE WINGED BOAR, standing atop of a column flanking the gateway, explodes when hit by a GREEN CURSE. The CAMERA PANS OUT to reveal the front line of the battle. SIMULTANEOUS ACTION ABERFORTH DUMBLEDORE fires three separate Stunning Spells at once, hitting two duelling Death Eaters in the back. OLIVER WOOD produces a shield charm, that splinters an incoming spell. He avoids another one, and while kneeling, he fires a JET of GREEN LIGHT that hits a masked and hooded Death Eater squarely in the chest. NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM and SEAMUS FINNIGAN light up as they fire an continuous arsenal of spells and curses. The CAMERA CIRCLING around them. Then the CAMERA CRANES UP, towards the castle in the background. Slowly we rush towards the enormous hole in the side of the castle fly over the school grounds where hundreds of people fight faster and faster INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS CONTINUOUS until we reach Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron standing at the edge. Their faces filled with horror and disbelief as they overlook the battle. HARRY POTTER (breathing the words) Weve got to help them HERMIONE GRANGER Harry, we cant do anything. Dont you understand? Were the only ones who can end this tonight. Youre the only one who can all this. But weve to focus on whats important. If we can just get the snake Just then, Harrys presses his hand against his LIGHTNING-BOLD SCAR.

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CONTINUED: HARRY POTTER (clenching his jaws) I can feel him, hes here. HERMIONE GRANGER Do it, Harry. Look inside him! With a scream, we PUSH INTO HIS EMERALD EYE CUT TO: EXT. ASTRONOMY TOWER NIGHT to reveal LORD VOLDEMORT standing in the middle of the platform. Looking down on LUCIUS MALFOY, ragged and beaten up, sitting in the darkest corner. LUCIUS MALFOY My Lord. My Lord, please my son. The SOUNDS of ASSAULT distant and muffled, but light flashes still visible in the night. LORD VOLDEMORT If your son is Dead, Lucius, it is not my fault. He did not come and join me. Perhaps he decided to befriend Harry Potter? LUCIUS MALFOY No never. He would never join him. LORD VOLDEMORT You must hope not. LUCIUS MALFOY My Lord, arent you afraid that Potter might die at another hand but yours? Wouldnt it be, forgive me, more prudent to call off this battle, enter the castle and seek the boy yourself? LORD VOLDEMORT Do not pretend, Lucius. You wish the battle to cease so that you can discover what has happened to your son. LORD VOLDEMORT And I do not fear the Potter might die by another hand, nor will I seek him myself. Before the night is out, Potter will have come to find me. Voldemort extends his hand, studying the ELDER WAND delicately. Twirling it between his long skeletal fingers.

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CONTINUED: LORD VOLDEMORT I want you to go and fetch Snape. LUCIUS MALFOY Snape, my Lord? LORD VOLDEMORT Snape. Now. I need him. There is a service I require from him. Go. Malfoy disappears as he trots off the spiraling staircase. Voldemort turns towards the floor, to reveal an ENORMOUS SNAKE gliding towards him. Then he waves the Elder Wand, and the snake is caught in an enchanted, transparent sphere. Suspending the mid-air. LORD VOLDEMORT It is the only way, Nagini. CUT TO: INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS NIGHT With a GASP, we PULL OUT OF HARRYS EYE. The others standing around him, watching and waiting anxiously. HARRY POTTER Hes at the Astronomy Tower. The snakes with him, in some sort of magical protection. Hes just sent Lucius Malfoy to find Snape. He said that he needed Snape for some kind of service. HERMIONE GRANGER Voldemorts sitting at the Astronomy Tower? Hes not even fighting? RON WEASLEY Hes probably having a nice view from up there. Arrogant coward. HARRY POTTER He doesnt think he needs to fight. He thinks Im going to go to him. GINNY WEASLEY Which you wont do, right? HARRY POTTER I have to. Hes keeping his snake close beside him, obviously Im going to have to go to him to get near the thing. GINNY WEASLEY Why are you after his snake? And why were you after that crown in the first place?

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CONTINUED: HARRY POTTER Theres no time to explain, Ginny. And youve to get yourself to safety. GINNY WEASLEY I wont stay here while my family and friends are out there fighting. RON WEASLEY You cant come with us, Ginny. HARRY POTTER Rons right. Its too dangerous. GINNY WEASLEY But I want to fight. I want to help. You know I can help them. HARRY POTTER Yes, but I dont want to lose you. I dont want you to end the same way as Sirius and my parents. GINNY WEASLEY I promise you wont lose me. HARRY POTTER All right, then. Come on. Stay close to me. CUT TO: INT. STAIRCASE/HOGWARTS NIGHT Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione run down the spiraling staircase. Their illuminated wands lighten up their blooded and dirty faces. INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS NIGHT The unmistakable NOISES of DUELLING draw closer, as they storm into the abandoned corridor. Harry looks around and his heart seems to fail: Death Eaters had penetrates the castle. PERCY and FRED are fighting Death Eaters, and seem cornered by their seven masked and hooded opponents. Missed curses have destroyed the entire corridor: portraits destroyed, windows shattered and pieces of wall blown apart. GINNY WEASLEY Fred! Percy! As the both of them turn towards Ginny, standing at the other side of the corridor, an ENORMOUS EXPLOSION. ALL-CONSUMING. The BLAST HURLS Harry backward. Rubble and dust are thrown across the corridor. Every SOUNDS IS DROWNED by the explosion, except for the high beeping tone disturbing Harrys hearing.

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CONTINUED: The DUST CLEARS, and they get back up their feet. Harry finds Percy, lying next to the place where he and Fred had been standing. Now collapsed and completely buried under wreckage. MONTAGE BEGINS SLOW MOTION Harry overlooks the damage in shock and disbelief. Tears have filled his eyes, realizing that people are dying. CUT TO: EXT. ENTRANCE COURTYARD SAME TIME - NIGHT TONKS bursts out of the castle, wand in hand. Finds REMUS at the centre of the battlefield, one of the last fighters remaining. NYMPHADORA TONKS Remus! Remus turns around, and his eyes widen as his finds his wife. In that moment of distraction, we see his face lighten up by an incoming JET of GREEN LIGHT. Every sound fades. Complete silence when Remus is hit squarely in the chest, and is thrown backwards. We TRACK TONKS as she runs across the battlefield. Soundless screaming and crying, as she pushes her way through the chaos. Drops to her knees, next to the motionless body of Remus. His eyes wide open. She places her hands on his chest, not realizing that an unknown person who materialized in front of her. BELLATRIX walks into the frame. Looking down on Tonks, who looks up devastated and heart-broken. Before she is even able to grab her wand, Bellatrix raised her own high in the air. ANOTHER ANGLE The motionless hand of Tonks hits the stones, still holding her wand loosely. CUT TO: EXT. QUIDDITCH PITCH NIGHT The enormous wooden structure is burning. The decorations and house banners have already been incinerated. CUT TO: EXT. HAGRIDS HUT NIGHT High flames consume the small building. Then the entire roof collapses, sending hot coals into all directions, like hundred tiny fireflies. CUT TO:

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INT. CORRIDOR/HOGWARTS NIGHT Ginny is sitting next to George, partially buried underneath debris. Screams and cries. Percy lays his hands upon her heaving shoulders, tinged with sadness, accompanied by Ron who stares in disbelief and dejection. MONTAGE ENDS Harry is still standing there. The VOICE OF HERMIONE sounds is the distance, along with the faded sounds of battling: HERMIONE GRANGER Harry, weve got to go! Then Harry is pulled back into reality. Hermione jolts him, as she repeats the same sentence over and over again: HERMIONE GRANGER Weve got to go! Weve got to go! She grabs his arms as they stagger over stone and wood, towards the grieving people who have gathered around George. HERMIONE GRANGER Ron, we have to go! Theres nothing we can do for him! RON WEASLEY (crying) No no no HERMIONE GRANGER Ron, were the only ones who can end it! Please, we need the snake, weve got to kill the snake! Tears stream over her face, as Hermione tries to calm Ron. She wipes her face, covered in soot, dirt and blood, with her torn sleeve. In the background, more SOUNDS of BATTLING DRAW CLOSER. HERMIONE GRANGER Come on, Ron, please. More people are dying right now, and were the only ones who can end that! Not struggling, but not acceding either, Ron is dragged away by Hermione. Leaving the screaming and crying Ginny and Percy behind. CUT TO: EXT. TRANSFIGURATION COURTYARD MOMENTS LATER NIGHT They burst out of the castle, finding a true battlefield: debris of the destroyed castle lies everywhere, along with numerous dead bodies. The spells and curses light up the entire courtyard, as we hear screaming and explosions.

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CONTINUED: FILIUS FLITWICKS and McGONAGALL both duel two Death Eaters at once. Flitwick sends an multicolored BARRAGE of FLAMES towards his opponents, while McGonagall awakens tens of gargoyles lining the courtyard. MINERVA McGONAGALL Charge! Harry, Ron and Hermione start running towards the foot of the enormous Astronomy Tower. Avoiding overflying spells, blocking them and sending curses towards the duelling Death Eaters. Then they spot DRACO, sitting on his knees, pleading with another Death Eater who is about to finish him. DRACO MALFOY Im Draco Malfoy! Im on your side! Harry stuns the Death Eater, and as Draco looks around, trying to find his unknown savior, Ron punches him in the face brutally. RON WEASLEY And thats the second time weve saved your live tonight, you twofaced bastard! Then they reach the small door at the foot of the Astronomy Tower. CUT TO: EXT. ASTRONOMY TOWER NIGHT Harry, Ron and Hermione climb the exterior spiraling staircase. As they come near the topmost level, voices are heard: SEVERUS SNAPE (O.S.) My Lord, their resistance is crumbling LORD VOLDEMORT (O.S.) And it is doing with your help. They peer upwards through the wooden grid-like floor to the topmost level: LORD VOLDEMORT stands at the railings, overseeing the battle below. SEVERUS SNAPE stands right behind him, staring nervously at his back. The CAMERA EASES DOWN, to reveal Harry, Ron and Hermione standing below floors. Gazing up through the latticework. SEVERUS SNAPE Let me find the boy. Let me bring you Potter. Voldemort turns around and his eyes turn into slits. Although the tower goes ominously silent, the battle is heard in the distance. LORD VOLDEMORT Severus, there is a complication.

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CONTINUED: SEVERUS SNAPE My Lord? LORD VOLDEMORT Why doesnt this wand work for me? Voldemort raises the ELDER WAND in the air delicately. As the CAMERA FOCUSES on Snape, we see anxiety in his eyes. Like he senses danger. SEVERUS SNAPE My Lord, I do not understand. You you have performed extraordinary magic with that wand. LORD VOLDEMORT No. I have performed my usual magic. But this wand has not revealed the wonders it has promised. I feel no difference between this wand and the one I procured from Ollivander all those years ago. No difference. NEW ANGLE WIDE FRONT SHOT Voldemort turns back to the sky, and places his fingers around the railings. Overseeing the battle below. LORD VOLDEMORT I have thought long and hard, and I have decided to take care of this complication. If I do not, it will remain unknown what will happen when I finally meet the boy. SEVERUS SNAPE My Lord, there is no doubt what will happen. LORD VOLDEMORT There is. I have always wondered why both wands I have used failed when directed at Harry Potter. I have always wondered why I, the greatest sorcerer in the world, was no match for an untalented young wizard. Ollivander told me under torture of the twin cores, told me to take anothers wand. I did so, but Luciuss wand shattered upon meeting Potters. So I sought the third wand. The Elder Wand, the Wand of Destiny, the Deathstick. I took it from its previous master. I took it from the tomb of Albus Dumbledore.

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CONTINUED: Snape is nailed to the ground, his deadly pale face glooms in the moonlight. SEVERUS SNAPE My Lord, let me find the boy LORD VOLDEMORT All this long night, when I am on the brink of victory, I have stood here, wondering why the Elder Wand refuses to be what it ought to be, refuses to perform as legend says it must perform for the rightful owner. And I think I have found the answer. Then Voldemort turns around and his eyes pierce Snape. Even NAGINI, in her protective sphere, seems to call attention to the conversation. LORD VOLDEMORT Perhaps you already know it? You are a clever man, after all, Severus. You have been a good and valuable servant, and I regret what must happen. Snape quickly draws his wand, out of protest, knowing what is about to happen, but is disarmed as Voldemort flicks the Elder Wand. As the Dark Lord approaches, Snape trips and backs off. Voldemort swipes his wand through the air, once again. The transparent sphere in which she is trapped, evaporates, and Nagini drops onto the floor. She glides towards Snape. LORD VOLDEMORT The Elder Wand cannot serve me properly because I am not its true master. The Elder Wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner. You killed Albus Dumbledore. While you are not killed by my hand, the Elder Wand cannot be truly be mine. SEVERU SNAPE My Lord! LORD VOLDEMORT Kill. On command, Nagini strikes. Rushing for his neck with her huge beak opened. As her fangs pierce his neck, BLOOD SPURTS OUT and Snape falls on the floor. The creature slithers back to her master, and drapes herself around his shoulders. LORD VOLDEMORT I regret it

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CONTINUED: Then Voldemort turns away from Snape, and sets off in the night as an enormous bat. Disappears in the IMPENETRABLE DARKNESS. NEW ANGLE HARRYS POV Harry, Ron and Hermione, almost unrecognizable in the darkness, peer upwards as the BLOOD LEAKS through the latticework. Hermione witnesses the shiny pool of blood at her feet, growing bigger. Then Harry turns away from them, and scrambles up the stairs. With hesitation he approaches the heaving body of Snape that is soaked in blood. RASPING, GURGLING NOISES issue from his throat, as he tries to stop the bleeding with his hand. SEVERUS SNAPE Closer Harry does as he says, and kneels next to the dying body. Snape grabs Harrys wrist, and brings Harrys wand to his own temple. As he closes his eyes, he withdraws a LONG, SILVERY THREAD. SEVERUS SNAPE Take it Harry grabs the thread with his fingers and puts it in his inner pocket. And then the unthinkable happens: Snape pulls Harry back towards his face, his eyes WIDENED. SEVERUS SNAPE Look at me Look at me A SHOT of HARRYS EMERALD-GREEN EYES behind his broken glasses, then Snape weakens and his head falls sideward on the floor. Dead. HERMIONE GRANGER Harry, come on. Weve to go. Harry jumps back on his feet with his wand drawn, when suddenly the magically enhanced voice a Voldemort thunders through the castle and its grounds: LORD VOLDEMORT (V.O.) You have fought valiantly. Lord Voldemort knows how to value bravery. Yet you have sustained heavy losses. If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wish this to happen. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste. I command my forces to retreat, immediately. You have one hour. Dispose of your dead with dignity.

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CONTINUED: LORD VOLDEMORT (V.O.) Treat your injured. I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, I shall punish every last man, woman and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour. Ron and Hermione shake their heads frantically, when Harry looks at them frightened. RON WEASLEY Dont listen to him. HERMIONE GRANGER Itll be all right. First we should get back to the others. HARRY POTTER Ill catch up with you. First I want to see something. Harry glances at Snapes body one more time. CUT TO: INT. HEADMASTERS OFFICE NIGHT Harry steps out of the Gargoyles embrace and enters the large, circular room. He comes to a standstill, and simple stands staring through the office. His eyes rise high upon the walls, where dozens of EMPTY PORTAITS hang. Then finds the PENSIEVE on the great desk opposite. Harry withdraws the LONG SILVER THREAD, and releases it into the luminous substance as if it is molten glass. As the contents start to swirl within the Pensieve, Harry bends over and leans into the iridescent liquid

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