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- 1-In The Dark
- 2-In The Dark part two
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IN THE DARK [part one]
HarryDraco. PG.
By Texas

[It is quiet, peaceful. The sun appears haltingly between cumulus clouds. In the distance, the white clouds turn to dingy gray. Dew glimmers on untrampled grass. Focus on a hill, balding at the top with a dirt path zigzagging down the side. Two camps are set up in sight of this hill on opposite sides, one of DEATHEATERS and one of the ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Overview, then gradual fade/zoom to DRACO MALFOY, digging in soft earth with a battered wand, in the shade of an oak.]
DRACO MALFOY
(humming to self during busy work of digging with wand) When the cold of winter comes, starless night will cover day. In the veiling of the sun, we will walk in bitter rain. But in dreams I can hear your name. But in dreams, we will meet again>
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[a very sinister LUCIUS MALFOY emerges from what was seemingly only shadow, stands in peripheral vision of viewer.]
DRACO MALFOY
(failing to notice LUCIUS) When the seas and mountains fall, and we come to end of days. In the dark I hear a call. Calling me there, I will go there and back again.
[LUCIUS MALFOY steps into DRACO's view, shuffling dirt into the primitive scratching. DRACO goes still, but does not raise his eyes to look upon his father.]
LUCIUS MALFOY
I certainly hope we raised you to use your wand for better purposes than digging, boy. Are these the brilliant plans we brought you g fog for? Let's see here... [LUCIUS crouches down, careful to keep his cloak clean. He sneers.] 'I love H.J.P.'? I thought we cured you of this long ago. No? Perhaps another treatment will aid you.
[A curse is murmured and DRACO seems to throw himself backwards in agony, twitching unnaturally. The painful contortions seem to delight LUCIUS.]
DRACO MALFOY
(screams) HARRY!
[LUCIUS, unsettled, drops the curse and vanishes without a word. DRACO trembles on the ground, dirt in his pale hair and blood dribbling down his chin.]
[Camera pans from DRACO to momentary focus on the balding hill top to HARRY POTTER,
sitting up suddenly from what might have been a nap.]
HARRY POTTER
(turns to RON WEASLEY, who has been keeping watch over a recently sleeping HARRY) Did you hear that?
RON WEASLEY
Hear what? (Cocks his head to one side) It was probably nothing, Harry. A bird, or a tree.
HARRY POTTER
There haven't been birds for weeks. This is a dead forest. No... It was something else. I heard my name.
RON WEASLEY
You were sleeping. It may have been the last thing you remember from a dream.
HARRY POTTER
Or a nightmare.
[FLASHBACK: Screen goes fuzzy. Fog clears as camera centers on two years younger DRACO MALFOY and HARRY POTTER, in an empty Great Hall at HOGWARTS. It seems to be late winter/early spring]
DRACO MALFOY
...and they're going to give me the Mark, Harry. Voldemort will draft me, or Lucius will force me. I can't stop this from happening; you know that. I must go with it.
HARRY POTTER
Draco, you're stronger than that. Don't pretend you're not. We can just go to Dumbledore and -
DRACO MALFOY
No, Harry. Things do not work for me like they do for you. I am not the savior of the wizarding world, I am not an orphan or part of the holy trinity. I am beyond Dumbledore's aid. I will not go in there and beg for help only for no avail.
HARRY POTTER
Your pride is going to be the death of you, Draco!
DRACO MALFOY
Then at least I will die with dignity, Potter.
HARRY POTTER
(recoils at the use of his surname) So be it. If you refuse my help, then I cannot give it to you.
DRACO MALFOY
(sighing) I didn't refuse YOUR help, Potter. I refused Dumbledore's. Unless, of course, you can't do it on your own.
HARRY POTTER
I am not offering you MY help, Malfoy. I'm offering you the shelter of the Order. But you are too high and mighty for it, it seems. No, I will not help you. Take the Mark and keep your selfish pride, or suffer a little humility and be safe within the Order. That is your choice.
DRACO MALFOY
(turns away from HARRY, crestfallen) Then that is how it's going to be?
HARRY POTTER
That's how it is. Draco, please, I won't beg but I'll ask you again to consider the Order. There is no shame in it.
DRACO MALFOY
There is plenty of shame in it! I will not hide in the hallways of Hogwarts waiting for an absolution! That is not my way, and you cannot ask it of me.
HARRY POTTER
Then what did you want, Draco? What did you want me to do? Kill Voldemort for you? Put your father in Azkaban and let it be said that you did not cower to the Order, that you fought your enemies with me? I won't be your hero, Draco. I'm not anybody's hero.
DRACO MALFOY
Then I will take the Mark. One day, when this is all over, we may find each other in the dark, where there are no sides. Leave me be, Potter. Your presence is an insult.
[FLASHBACK fades out, returns to tent with HARRY and RON]
RON WEASLEY
Harry?
HARRY POTTER
(visibly shaken) Sorry. Just... an old memory.
RON WEASLEY
We couldn't help him, Harry. You know that. Who knows where he is now?
HARRY POTTER
I know. I just.. need some sleep, I guess.
RON WEASLEY
(skeptical) Alright, Harry. Get some rest.
[SEGWAY to RON talking with HERMIONE GRANGER, REMUS LUPIN, FRED WEASLEY, and two or three wizards of lesser significance]
RON WEASLEY
I want a track on Draco Malfoy.
HERMIONE GRANGER
Ron, we've tried. At this point, it's useless and dangerous. No one has heard from him since the destruction of Malfoy Manor.
RON WEASLEY
(pounds fist on makeshift table, jarring several pewter mugs and sending quills rolling) It is NOT useless. This is the third night in a row that Harry has murmured his name in his sleep. Draco Malfoy could bust this war right open and I refuse to let that chance slip. I want a small detail assembled tonight with plans for tracking.
REMUS LUPIN
Ron, let's not get hasty. Just because Harry dreams about him... I mean we all know that they were... In the last year at Hogwarts, they became... Ron, everyone knows they were intimate in their fifth year. Let's not mistake wet dreams for prophecies.
FRED WEASLEY
Harry doesn't dream. He has nightmares. The last time he said someone's name... (FRED glances at an empty chair at their table, one where no one ever sits.)
[The table is somber, acknowledging reverence. Brief FLASHBACK to HARRY calling out for
DUMBLEDORE in a deep slumber. End FLASHBACK, refocus on EMPTY CHAIR.]
RON WEASLEY
There will be a detail. Draco Malfoy is important to our cause. No victory was ever attained without danger. Look for volunteers, then start picking. I want four wizards proficient in Defense Against The Dark Arts and stealth.
HERMIONE GRANGER
But who will lead them?
RON WEASLEY
I will.
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