LOUISA SNAPE: Hello? (walks down to the common room) Hello?

HERMIONE: Hello? Oh, it’s you. (Hermione comes through the portrait) Louisa Snape, isn’t it? You must be dreadfully good at Potions. I’m Hermione Granger. First year.

LOUISA SNAPE: Right. You haven’t seen Fred and George, have you?

HERMIONE: at breakfast although one looks like he just hit his head. It’s terrible.

LOUISA SNAPE: Thanks Hermione. (she runs to the Great Hall and grabs George) Sorry Fred no Quidditch talk just yet. (George looks at her)

GEORGE: What?

LOUISA SNAPE: I hear you hit your head. This morning.

GEORGE: Take it you did too?

LOUISA SNAPE: Luckily, I was lying down. What happened?

GEORGE: No idea.

LOUISA SNAPE: Well we can’t talk to anyone.

GEORGE: Why? It’s Fred (looks over) real live Fred

LOUISA SNAPE: Exactly. You don’t think I want to talk to him? To my uncle? What if this IS the past we could
change things.

GEORGE: yeah or maybe it’s just an illusion. A chance for me to tell Fred that I’ll name my son after him.

LOUISA SNAPE: What? Tell him you’ll name your son after his dead uncle! Yeah great one.

GEORGE: Maybe not that harsh but I could play quidditch with him.

LOUISA SNAPE: Ok Codeword for just us?

GEORGE: Lorge.

LOUISA SNAPE: Fine.

GEORGE: Don’t act differently to how you would.

LOUISA SNAPE: Agreed and no telling anyone the future.

GEORGE: Or using our knowledge against someone.

LOUISA SNAPE: What if we see ourselves in a future body?

GEORGE: Aren’t we in our past bodies?

LOUISA SNAPE: I think so, but this is confusing.

GEORGE: If we have questions let’s ask Dumbledore together.

LOUISA SNAPE: Agreed.

GEORGE: What about our powers? You know I could get myself some OWLs Angelina would be happy.

LOUISA SNAPE: We probably only have the skills of our younger selves.

GEORGE: for once I have knowledge beyond my years!!!

LOUISA SNAPE: Yeah and I’m older than my uncle.

GEORGE: Now that’s weird. At least it’s not Dumbledore though.

FRED: Hi Loo, George you got the time-table? I left mine upstairs. (Louisa stares at him) What?

LOUISA SNAPE: I – I – I just forgot what you sounded like.

FRED: Like George of course!

LOUISA SNAPE: No, it’s different it’s…

FRED: Yeah, I’m funnier I know. But he can handle it.

CEDRIC: Hello, Fred, George. You are with us in Herbology. Professor Sprout said to meet in greenhouse three for starters, just thought I’d let you know. Hello Louisa, how was your holiday?

LOUISA SNAPE: (her voice shaking a bit) fine thanks Cedric nothing unexpected really.

HERMIONE: Excuse me I’m looking for transfiguration.

LOUISA SNAPE: Over there. Is it your first class?

HERMIONE: Yes, isn’t it exciting!

FRED: To a metamorphmagus? I doubt it.

HERMIONE: A what? Is that a joke? Or something I should study?

LOUISA SNAPE: Study. Katie! Wait a minute! (Hermione runs off to Transfiguration)

KATIE: Hi, Louisa. (she frowns)

LOUISA SNAPE: What’s first?

KATIE: Defence against the Dark Arts. I think his “holiday” will be the topic of conversation. Don’t you? But Harry
Potter at Hogwarts. Reckon that will beat it.

LOUISA SNAPE: I’m sure it will. See you guys then!

(Louisa and Katie head to Defence against the Dark Arts and George, Fred and Cedric to Herbology. Walking in the room gave such a strange sense of foreboding. It had been decorated many different times in the years that I had studied there, in fact, I had six different teachers during my time at Hogwarts. I knew that the present day me would start to get headaches and that underneath the stupid Turban that Professor Quirrell wore lay my father. I knew that I had to try, I had to attempt to act the part of a second-year student. I once said that my uncle was a great actor, I saw no reason why I couldn’t do the same.)