HERMIONE: We blocked the spell. Cedric kept his wand. Yes. It worked.

SNAPE: But we came back to the wrong place - we are outside. You are outside.

RON: We need to use the Time-Turner again - get out of here - SNAPE: We need to find shelter. Were horribly exposed.

Suddenly from around the auditorium, the feel of the breath of an icy wind.

Some black robes arise around people. Black robes that become black shapes. That become dementors.

HERMIONE: Too late.

SNAPE: This is a disaster.

HERMIONE (she realizes what she has to do): Theyre after me, not any of you. Ron. I love you and I always have. But the three of you need to run. Go. Now.

RON: What?

SCORPIUS: What?

RON: Can we talk about the love thing first?

HERMIONE: This is still Voldemorts world. And I am done with it. Reversing the next task will change everything.

SCORPIUS: But theyll kiss you. Theyll suck out your soul.

HERMIONE: And then youll change the past. And then they wont. Go. Now.

The dementors sense them. From all sides, screaming shapes descend.

SNAPE: Go. We go.

He pulls on SCORPIUSs arm. SCORPIUS reluctantly goes with him.

HERMIONE looks at RON.

HERMIONE: Youre supposed to be going too.

RON: Well, they are after me a bit and I really am in quite a lot of pain. And, you know, Id rather be here. Expecto - As he reaches up to cast the spell, HERMIONE stops his arm.

HERMIONE: Lets keep them here and give the boy the best chance we can.

RON looks at her and then nods sadly.

A daughter.

RON: And a son. I liked that idea too.

He looks around - he knows his fate.

Im scared.

HERMIONE: Kiss me.

RON thinks and then does. And then the two are yanked apart. And pinned to the ground. And we watch as a golden-whitish haze is pulled from their bodies. They have their souls sucked from them. And it is terrifying.

SCORPIUS watches - helplessly.

SNAPE: Lets get down to the water. Walk. Dont run.

SNAPE looks at SCORPIUS.

Stay calm, Scorpius. They may be blind but they can sense your fear.

SCORPIUS looks at SNAPE.

SCORPIUS: They just sucked out their souls.

A dementor swoops down low over them and settles in front of SCORPIUS.

SNAPE: Think of something else, Scorpius. Occupy your thoughts.

SCORPIUS: I feel cold. I cant see. Theres a fog inside me - around me.

SNAPE: Youre a king, and Im a professor. Theyll only attack with good reason. Think about those you love, think about why youre doing this.

SCORPIUS: I can hear my mother. She wants me - my help - but she knows I cant - help.

SNAPE: Listen to me, Scorpius. Think about Albus. Youre giving up your kingdom for Albus, right?

SCORPIUS is helpless. Consumed by all the dementor is making him feel.

One person. All it takes is one person. I couldnt save Harry for Lily. So now I give my allegiance to the cause she believed in. And its possible - that along the way I started believing in it myself.

SCORPIUS smiles at SNAPE. He steps decisively away from the dementor.

SCORPIUS: The world changes and we change with it. I am better off in this world. But the world is not better. And I dont want that.

Suddenly DOLORES UMBRIDGE emerges in front of them.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: Professor Snape!

SNAPE: Professor Umbridge.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: Have you heard the news? Weve caught that traitorous Mudblood Hermione Granger. She was just out here.

SNAPE: Thats - fantastic.

UMBRIDGE is staring at SNAPE. He looks back.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: With you. Granger was with you.

SNAPE: With me? Youre mistaken.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: With you and Scorpius Malfoy. A student Im becoming increasingly concerned about.

SCORPIUS: Well . . .

SNAPE: Dolores, were late for class, so if youll excuse us . . .

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: If youre late for class, why are you not heading back to the school? Why are you heading to the lake?

Theres a moment of pure silence. And then SNAPE does something hugely unusual - he smiles.

SNAPE: How long have you suspected?

UMBRIDGE rises off the ground. She opens her arms wide, full of Dark Magic. She takes out her wand.

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: Years. And I should have acted upon it far earlier.

SNAPE is faster with his wand.

SNAPE: Depulso!

UMBRIDGE is propelled backwards through the air.

She always was too grand for her own good. Theres no turning back now.

The sky turns even blacker still around them.

Expecto Patronum!

SNAPE sends forward a Patronus, and its a beautiful white shape of a doe.

SCORPIUS: A doe? Lilys Patronus.

SNAPE: Strange, isnt it? What comes from within.

Dementors start to appear all around them. SNAPE knows what this means.

You need to run. I will keep them at bay for as long as I can.

SCORPIUS: Thank you for being my light in the darkness.

SNAPE looks at him, every inch a hero, he softly smiles.

SNAPE: Tell Albus - tell Albus Severus - Im proud he carries my name. Now go. Go.

The doe looks back at SCORPIUS, and then starts to run.

SCORPIUS thinks and then runs after the doe, and around him the world gets scarier. A bloodcurdling scream goes up at one side. He sees the lake and throws himself inside.

SNAPE readies himself.

SNAPE is pulled hard to the ground and then pushed high into the air as his soul is ripped from him. As the screams just seem to multiply.

The doe turns to him with beautiful eyes, and disappears.

There is a bang and a flash. And then silence. And then theres more silence.

Its so still, its so peaceful, its so perfectly tranquil.

And then - SCORPIUS ascends to the surface. Breathing deeply. He looks around himself. Breathing deep, panicked breaths. He looks up at the sky. The sky certainly seems - bluer than before.

And then ALBUS ascends after him. Theres a silence. SCORPIUS just looks at ALBUS, disbelieving. Both boys breathe in and out.

ALBUS: Whoa!

SCORPIUS: Albus!

ALBUS: That was close! Did you see that Merman? The guy with the - and then the thing with the - whoa!

SCORPIUS: Its you.

ALBUS: It was weird though - I thought I saw Cedric start to expand - but then he sort of started shrinking again - and I looked at you and you had your wand out . . .

SCORPIUS: You have no idea how good it is to see you again.

ALBUS: You just saw me two minutes ago.

SCORPIUS hugs ALBUS in the water, a difficult task.

SCORPIUS: A lot has happened since then.

ALBUS: Careful. Youre drowning me. What are you wearing?

SCORPIUS: What am I wearing? (He pulls off his cloak.) What are you wearing? Yes! Youre in Slytherin.

ALBUS: Did it work? Did we do anything?

SCORPIUS: No. And its brilliant.

ALBUS looks at him - disbelieving.

ALBUS: What? We failed.

SCORPIUS: Yes. YES. AND ITS AMAZING.

He splashes hard in the water. ALBUS pulls himself out to the bank.