Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two. Дж. К. Роулинг

nothing.

      ALBUS

      Is there anything…

      SCORPIUS

      Come to the funeral.

      ALBUS

      Of course.

      SCORPIUS

      And be my good friend.

      And suddenly the SORTING HAT is centre stage and we’re back in the Great Hall.

      SORTING HAT

      Are you afraid of what you’ll hear?

      Afraid I’ll speak the name you fear?

      Not Slytherin! Not Gryffindor!

      Not Hufflepuff! Not Ravenclaw!

      Don’t worry, child, I know my job,

      You’ll learn to laugh, if first you sob.

      Lily Potter. GRYFFINDOR!

      LILY

      Yes!

      ALBUS

      Great.

      SCORPIUS

      Did you really think she’d come to us? Potters don’t belong in Slytherin.

      ALBUS

      This one does.

      As he tries to melt into the background, the other students laugh. He looks up at them all.

      I didn’t choose, you know that? I didn’t choose to be his son.

      ACT ONE

      SCENE FIVE

MINISTRY OF MAGIC, HARRY’S OFFICE

      HERMIONE sits with piles of paper in front of her in HARRY’s messy office. She is slowly sorting through it all, reading and trying to understand. HARRY enters in a rush. He is bleeding from a graze on his cheek. HERMIONE looks up beadily.

      HERMIONE

      How did it go?

      HARRY (smiles)

      It was true.

      HERMIONE

      Theodore Nott?

      HARRY

      In custody.

      HERMIONE

      And the Time-Turner itself?

      HARRY reveals the Time-Turner. It shines out alluringly. HERMIONE is amazed to see it.

      Is it genuine? Does it work? It’s not just an Hour-Reversal Turner – it goes back further?

      HARRY

      We don’t know anything yet. I wanted to try it out there and then but wiser heads prevailed.

      HERMIONE

      Well, now we have it.

      HARRY

      And you’re sure you want to keep it?

      HERMIONE

      I don’t think we’ve a choice. Look at it. It’s entirely different to the Time-Turner I had.

      HARRY (dryly)

      Apparently wizardry has moved on since we were kids.

      HERMIONE

      You’re bleeding.

      HARRY checks his face in the mirror. He dabs at the wound with his robes.

      Don’t worry, it’ll go with the scar.