Script - Breakfast Discussions

Chapter 13

-Script-

Breakfast Discussions

CHARACTERS INVOLVED:

ALBUS POTTER

JENNA MCLAGGEN

ROSE WEASLEY

LORCAN SCAMANDER

LYSANDER SCAMANDER

SCORPIUS MALFOY

SCORPIUS’ GANG

The scene opens with ALBUS and JENNA eating at the Slytherin table when an Owl swoops down and drops a letter on Albus’ plate. ALBUS opens it at once, JENNA looking at it inqueitively. After reading it through, he turns to JENNA with excitement.

ALBUS: It’s from My Uncle – we’re all going to France this Christmas to celebrate with them!

JENNA: (grins) That’s brilliant! You’ll be warm, for one

ALBUS: (grinning back) Certainly. Whilst you’re freezing over here I’ll be basking in the warm French sun.

JENNA shoves him playfully and he laughs. ROSE then pops her head between them.

ROSE: Hey guys – wanna talk?

JENNA: Sure! Actually we had something we wanted to ask you.

ROSE: Ok! Shall we move to the Gryffindor table?

ALBUS: Jenna and I’ll be shot down in flames if we try and sit there. Let’s join Ly and Lor – the Ravenclaw’s won’t mind.

JENNA: Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

JENNA and ALBUS stand up, ALBUS putting the letter carefully inside his pocket and following ROSE over to the Ravenclaw Table with JENNA. LYSANDER and LORCAN look up as they approach and make a space for them.

LORCAN: Mornin’ Comrades.

LYSANDER: Have a good night?

ROSE: Hey guys! Yeah, mine was fun. We all played a very amusing game of Charades – although it did lead to a duel, somehow. But never mind, at least I won.

The OTHER FOUR stare at her.

JENNA: Hang on – you duelled with one of your housemates over a game of charades?

ROSE: Er – yes…I’ve no idea how it escalated that quickly, but somehow it happened.

ALBUS: But you won?

ROSE nods in an embarrassed fashion and there is a slight pause as the OTHER FOUR look at her.

LORCAN: I’m not surprised, really.

LYSANDER: Any tips?

JENNA: (grins) Good going, Rose.

ROSE: But – to be honest – I’m not very proud of myself.

ALBUS: What? Are you kidding? Rose, you won a duel on your first day!

ROSE: Yeah, but-

JENNA: Who was it against, Rose?

ROSE: Well – er – that’s the thing.

JENNA realises.

JENNA: Ah…

ROSE: See what I mean?

LORCAN: Wait – hang on – what’ve we missed?

JENNA: Yeah….

LYSANDER: Who is this guy?

ROSE: I feel really guilty.

JENNA: Well, if he challenged you it’s not your fault. Plus it must have been satisfying.

ROSE: Well…

ALBUS: Erm – excuse me? Who are we talking about here?

LORCAN: We’re still here, you know.

JENNA: Oh I forgot - you didn’t meet him.

ALBUS: Just tell us who this guy is!

JENNA: ‘He’ is a slimy, slithering runt of a creature who-

ROSE: Jenna! He’s not that bad. Just a little cocky and, well-

JENNA: Pathetic, excitable, big-headed…

ROSE: Jen!

JENNA: Well it’s true

ROSE: Anyway, we met him when we with Scorpius.

ALBUS: A Gryffindor with Scorpius?

ROSE: Well, he wasn’t sorted then. Still, I’m a little surprised he was sorted into Gryffindor.

LORCAN: He must be quite a guy if he can get into a duel over charades.

LYSANDER: Yeah, we’ve got to meet him.

ALBUS: What’s his name?

JENNA: ‘Rupert Royce’ (in mockingly posh tones) He is a right twat.

LYSANDER: From what you say he sounds like more Slytherin material.

ALBUS: Guys! Slytherins aren’t all bad! You forgot that we’re ambitious, resourceful and noble-

ROSE, LYSANDER and LORCAN are staring at him and he stops.

LORCAN: Buddy, what’s happened?

LYSANDER: Where’s Al?

ALBUS laughs, as does JENNA

ALBUS: Me and Jenna are trying to give Slytherin  chance, so don’t condemn it yet, even if you may be right.

ROSE: We weren’t…but how on earth did you convince him, Jen? (laughs)

JENNA: To be honest we sort of convinced each other.

ALBUS: Intentionally (laughs)

LYSANDER: (grinning) And when did this happen?

ALBUS: (grinning) About two o’clock in the morning.

ROSE: What?

JENNA: We both woke up and ended up talking in the common room.

ALBUS: Which brings us to the question we had for you guys.

LORCAN: Mhm?

ALBUS: Well Rose you know your Mum made you that map?

ROSE: You mean the one that’s like the Marauder’s Map?

ALBUS: Yeah…well, we came up with this idea that we could be the next generation of Marauders if you get me.

JENNA: Apparently it’s better than ‘The Famous Five’

LYSANDER: I like it.

LORCAN: Yeah, it’d be cool.

ROSE: Yeah! Plus I can add our names to the map and make it official.

JENNA: You can do that?

ROSE: It’s very easy – my Mum showed me how to do it as well.

ALBUS: Well that’s sorted then (grins)

JENNA: Yup.

LYSANDER: But what do we do? We should have a purpose.

ROSE: I think just by existing as our little gang will give us a purpose.

LORCAN: What d’you mean?

ROSE: We represemt good inter-house relations.

LYSANDER: It’s a bit boring….

JENNA: No, it’s a good example.

ALBUS: Well yeah but we don’t have a Hufflepuff among us.

LORCAN: They’re so friendly we’ll make friends with one soon, don’t worry.

ROSE: The point is, guys, we’re a mixed bunch of Ravenclaws, Gryffindors and Slytherins.

LYSANDER: A Gryffindor.

ROSE: I think we’re a good example of what friendships could be if House prejudice was ignored.

JENNA: I agree. It’s a great moral.

ALBUS: Yeah. I mean, even if we’re in different houses we can still exist as great friends.

LORCAN: And as well as that we can be the coolest gang in school.

The five laugh.

ROSE: Well, we will have someone to compete with.

ALBUS: Who? Other than the six years of students above us?

ROSE: Scorpius.

ALBUS: Oh please, we’re way ahead of him. Plus this isn’t a competition.

ROSE raises her eyebrow and the other three look at him.

LYSANDER: So you’re not the least bit competitive with him.

ALBUS: Well, er…

LORCAN: Phew, I thought we’d lost you for a minute, Buddy.

ALBUS: (laughs) Look, I’m just trying to stay away from him.

ROSE: You’re in the same house as him, Al, you can’t avud him forever.

JENNA: Well, it is possible…

ALBUS: I’ll do my best

ROSE: I don’t understand it though, he was so nice on the train.

JENNA: It’s when he’s near Albus and vice versa. They shouldn’t mix.

LORCAN: (to Albus) I don’t blame you buddy, he’s awful.

ROSE: Ok, let’s ust get off the subject of Scorpius.

LYSANDER: Er – that’s going to be a little difficulty

The OTHER FOUR turn and follow his gaze to see SCORPIUS and HIS GANG approaching them. Upon reaching the group, SCORPIUS chucks a scroll to JENNA and one onto the table for ALBUS.

SCORPIUS: Your timetables. Professor Dax asked us to give them to you because you weren’t sitting where you were meant to be. In future I’d recommend you not wasting your time bt mixing with members of your other houses when you could be talking to your own kind.

LORCAN: And who would you be to tell them that?

LYSANDER: Bugger off

ROSE: Ly!

SCORPIUS: (looks at JENNA) see what I mean?

JENNA: No. Come on Albus, looks like we’ve got potions first.

SCORPIUS: You-

ALBUS: This is the bit when you’re meant to bugger off.

SCORPIUS looks at then walks away, looking at JENNA hard before he does so. JENNA scoffs under her breath and gets up, as does ALBUS:

ALBUS: We’ll be off then. Are we seeing you in class?

ROSE: No, Gryffindors and Ravenclaws are together for Herbology and you’re with the Hufflepuffs.

LYSANDER: Yeah, we’d better get going too.

JENNA: See you at lunch?

LORCAN: ‘Course. Bye Al, by Jen.

ALBUS: See ya guys.

JENNA and ALBUS walk off, heading out of the hall.

ALBUS: God, a whole hour with Malfoy.

JENNA: (grinning) Don’t worry, we’ll survive.

They turn a corner and disappear.

-END OF SCENE-

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