SCORPIUS: But - you still havent told me how were going to actually get to the lake . . .

And then suddenly a jet of water emerges from the sink - and after it ascends a very wet MOANING MYRTLE.

MOANING MYRTLE: Whoa. That feels good. Never used to enjoy that. But when you get to my age, you take what you can . . .

SCORPIUS: Of course - youre a genius - Moaning Myrtle . . .

MOANING MYRTLE swoops down onto SCORPIUS.

MOANING MYRTLE: What did you call me? Do I moan? Am I moaning now? AM I? AM I?

SCORPIUS: No, I didnt mean . . .

MOANING MYRTLE: Whats my name?

SCORPIUS: Myrtle.

MOANING MYRTLE: Exactly - Myrtle. Myrtle Elizabeth Warren - a pretty name - my name - no need for the moaning.

SCORPIUS: Well . . .

MOANING MYRTLE (she giggles): Its been a while. Boys. In my bathroom. In my girls bathroom. Well, thats not right . . . But then again, I always did have a soft spot for the Potters. And I was moderately partial to a Malfoy too. Now how can I help you pair?

ALBUS: You were there, Myrtle - in the lake. They wrote about you. There must be a way out of these pipes.

MOANING MYRTLE: Ive been everywhere. But where specifically were you thinking?

ALBUS: The second task. The lake task. In the Triwizard Tournament. Twenty-five years ago. Harry and Cedric.

MOANING MYRTLE: Such a shame the pretty one had to die. Not that your father is not pretty - but Cedric Diggory - youd be amazed at how many girls I had to hear doing love incantations in this very bathroom . . . And the weeping after he was taken.

ALBUS: Help us, Myrtle, help us get into that same lake.

MOANING MYRTLE: You think I can help you travel in time?

ALBUS: We need you to keep a secret.

MOANING MYRTLE: I love secrets. I wont tell a soul. Cross my heart and hope to die. Or - the equivalent. For ghosts. You know.

ALBUS nods at SCORPIUS, who reveals the Time-Turner.

ALBUS: We can travel in time. Youre going to help us travel the pipes. Were going to save Cedric Diggory.

MOANING MYRTLE (grins): Well, that sounds like fun.

ALBUS: And weve no time to lose.

MOANING MYRTLE: This very sink. This very sink empties directly into the lake. It breaks every bylaw but this school has always been antiquated. Dive in and you will be piped straight to it.

ALBUS pulls himself into the sink, dumping his cloak as he does. SCORPIUS copies.

ALBUS hands SCORPIUS some green foliage in a bag.

ALBUS: Some for me and some for you.

SCORPIUS: Gillyweed? Were using gillyweed? To breathe underwater?

ALBUS: Just like my dad did. Now, are you ready?

SCORPIUS: Remember, this time we cant be caught out by the clock . . .

ALBUS: Five minutes, thats all we allow for - before we get pulled back to the present.

SCORPIUS: Tell me this is all going to be okay.

ALBUS (grinning): Its all going to be entirely okay. Are you ready?

ALBUS takes the gillyweed and disappears down.

SCORPIUS: No, Albus - Albus - He looks up, he and MOANING MYRTLE are alone.

MOANING MYRTLE: I do like brave boys.

SCORPIUS (a little bit scared, a tiny bit brave): Then Im entirely ready. For whatever comes.

He takes the gillyweed and disappears down.

MOANING MYRTLE is left alone onstage.

There is a giant whoosh of light and smash of noise. And time stops. And then it turns over, thinks a bit, and begins spooling backwards . . .

The boys are gone.

HARRY appears at a run, a deep frown on his face, behind him DRACO, GINNY, and PROFESSOR McGONAGALL.

HARRY: Albus . . . Albus . . .

GINNY: Hes gone.

They find the boys cloaks on the ground.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL (consulting the map): Hes disappeared. No, hes traveling under Hogwarts grounds, no, hes disappeared . . .

DRACO: How is he doing this?

MOANING MYRTLE: Hes using a rather pretty trinket thingy.

HARRY: Myrtle!

MOANING MYRTLE: Oops, you caught me. And I was trying so hard to hide. Hello, Harry. Hello, Draco. Have you been bad boys again?

HARRY: What trinket is he using?

MOANING MYRTLE: I think it was a secret, but I could never keep anything from you, Harry. How is it youve grown handsomer and handsomer as youve aged? And youre taller.

HARRY: My son is in danger. I need your help. What are they doing, Myrtle?

MOANING MYRTLE: Hes after saving a dishy boy. A certain Cedric Diggory.

HARRY immediately realizes whats happened, and is horrified.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: But Cedric Diggory died years ago . . .

MOANING MYRTLE: He seemed quite confident he could get around that fact. Hes very confident, Harry, just like you.

HARRY: He heard me talking - to Amos Diggory . . . could he have . . . the Ministrys Time-Turner. No, thats impossible.

PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: The Ministry has a Time-Turner? I thought they were destroyed?

MOANING MYRTLE: Isnt everyone so naughty?

DRACO: Can someone please explain whats going on?

HARRY: Albus and Scorpius are not disappearing and reappearing - theyre traveling. Traveling in time.

ACT TWO, SCENE TWENTY.

TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT, LAKE, 1995.

LUDO BAGMAN: Ladies and gentlemen - boys and girls - I give you - the greatest - the fabulous - the one - and the only TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT. If youre from Hogwarts. Give me a cheer.

Theres a loud cheer.

And now ALBUS and SCORPIUS are swimming through the lake. Descending through the water with graceful ease.

If youre from Durmstrang - give me a cheer.

Theres a loud cheer.

AND IF YOURE FROM BEAUXBATONS GIVE ME A CHEER.

Theres a slightly less limp cheer.

The French are getting into this.

And theyre off . . . Viktors a shark, of course he is, Fleur looks remarkable, ever plucky Harry is using gillyweed, clever Harry, very clever - and Cedric - well, Cedric, what a treat, ladies and gentlemen, Cedric is using a Bubble Charm to cruise through the lake.

CEDRIC DIGGORY approaches them through the water, a bubble over his head. ALBUS and SCORPIUS raise their wands together and fire an Engorgement Charm through the water.

He turns and looks at them, confused. And it hits him. And around him the water glows gold.

And then CEDRIC starts to grow - and grow again - and grow some more. He looks around himself - entirely panicked. And the boys watch as CEDRIC ascends helplessly through the water.

But no, whats this . . . Cedric Diggory is ascending out of the water and seemingly out of the competition. Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we dont have our winner but we certainly have our loser. Cedric Diggory is turning into a balloon, and this balloon wants to fly. Fly, ladies and gentlemen, fly. Fly out of the task and out of the tournament and - oh my, it gets wilder still, around Cedric, fireworks explode declaiming - "Ron loves Hermione" - and the crowd love that - oh, ladies and gentlemen, the look on Cedrics face. Its quite some picture, its quite some sight, its quite some tragedy. This is a humiliation, theres no other word for it.

And ALBUS smiles widely and high-fives SCORPIUS in the water.

And ALBUS points up, and SCORPIUS nods, and they start to swim ever upwards. And as CEDRIC ascends, people start to laugh, and everything changes.

The world becomes darker. The world becomes almost black, in fact.

And theres a flash. And a bang. And the Time-Turner ticks to a stop. And were back in the present.

SCORPIUS suddenly emerges, shooting up through the water. And hes triumphant.

SCORPIUS: Woooo-hoooooo!

He looks around, surprised. Wheres ALBUS? He puts his arms into the air.

We did it!

He waits another beat.

Albus?

ALBUS still doesnt emerge. SCORPIUS treads water, he thinks and then he ducks back into the water.

He emerges back up again. Now thoroughly panicked. He looks around.

Albus . . . ALBUS . . . ALBUS.

And theres a whisper in Parseltongue. Which travels fast around the audience.

Hes coming. Hes coming. Hes coming.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: Scorpius Malfoy. Get out of the lake. Get out of the lake. Right now.

She pulls him out of the water.

SCORPIUS: Miss. I need help. Please, Miss.