PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Now everyone I would like you to get out your books and turn to page 396. We are going to be looking at time. The lack, the uses and the notions. Is it mother time, father time oh! the endless options, and all useful in the course of divination.

LOUISA SNAPE: Professor I really don’t understand.

JADE: Lou! Don’t you take runes?

LOUISA SNAPE: Yeah but Snape wants me here.

JADE: Why?

LOUISA SNAPE: Something about questioning time. Detention or something.

JADE: and the Slytherins envy you for being a Snape.

LOUISA SNAPE: Can’t see why.

JADE: Only coz they think he’s the best thing since sliced bread.

LOUISA SNAPE: Can’t say they’re wrong.

JADE: oh, sorry Lou.

LOUISA SNAPE: So, what’s she on about?

JADE: is time male or female?

LOUISA SNAPE: Oh, it’s neither.

PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Oh good Miss Snape finally understanding at last. Why do you say that? We have
grandfather clocks, mother earth… all manner of representations. The ticking clock ha ha ha…

LOUISA SNAPE: Time is non-standard. A transient thing. It has no gender. It is like death.

PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Well put, and also something you hold, stop in its tracks, reverse and speed up. We
could make those things gender specific or rely on others to see what we cannot see. (she points to louisa again) time.

JADE: Is it specifically you?

LOUISA SNAPE: No idea.

PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: Thank you all for coming 10 inches of parchment on time, including Miss Snape.

LOUISA SNAPE: What?

JADE: well, you said it was for detention, didn’t you?

LOUISA SNAPE: Yeah, (she descends the ladder) didn’t think I’d get homework though.

(she walks into the Great Hall to find that George is looking a little less than happy on his birthday.)

LOUISA SNAPE: What happened to you?

GEORGE: Snape gave me detention and said I had poor timing issues.

LOUISA SNAPE: Think we should go speak to him then.

LEE: Are you mental? He’ll kill him

LOUISA SNAPE: Potion he thinks it’s you!

GEORGE: Now that’s mental. Hermione can make it in her sleep but me?

HERMIONE: Make what?

GEORGE: Sleeping Draught.

HERMIONE: Of course I can but why on earth do I need one? Oh Happy Birthday by the way did you get my gift.

GEORGE: Yeah Fred opened it, thanks. I need more…quills.

HERMIONE: You can never have too many and I reckon you should write with them, if you get my drift? (she walks
off sighing)

LOUISA SNAPE: Have you ever used them?

GEORGE: I think Fred did but I didn’t.

LOUISA SNAPE: Maybe you should. You know her, I mean, she’s more sensitive than she lets on. You know.

GEORGE: Alright, alright, I’ll make sure she see’s me use it too.

LOUISA SNAPE: Good, down to business I was with Trelawney and she was on about me being in the wrong place.
That I WAS time.

GEORGE: So, you are the one bringing us here.

LOUISA SNAPE: but for your need. And I don’t see that this is benefiting either of us. We can’t change it. We just
seem to be learning from it.

GEORGE: And seeing dead people. nice.

RON: Who’s seeing dead people?

LUNA: You know there’s a toxin that makes you see the dead.

LOUISA SNAPE: Er Luna… what do you know about time?

LUNA: Which one?

RON: More than one time this is ludicrous (walks off)

LOUISA SNAPE: could you just tell me what you know?

LUNA: Well there’s past present and future, those are obvious. Then there’s a constant state of time.

LOUISA SNAPE: So, we are all time.

LUNA: Oh no, we are in time. But we are not all time.

LOUISA SNAPE: Then who or what is?

LUNA: It’s deliberated. Some believe that time is a creature. Others thing it is a guardian. Some see it as a bit of
both.

LOUISA SNAPE: Like the powers of elves and veelas? Could it be like that?

LUNA: Oh, now that’s interesting, I’d never thought of it like that. Perhaps you are better than you think. My mum
used to say…

LOUISA SNAPE: … yeah sorry Luna but I have to go. Thanks for your help! (she grabs George and pulls him towards
the dungeons.)

GEORGE: But I’m making a book of Loona sayings!

LOUISA SNAPE: Then ask her in our time. (she was agitated as she saw mad-eye)

GEORGE: No! you can’t, you can’t speak to him! It’s not right.

LOUISA SNAPE: It’s his fault!!!

GEORGE: Whatever you do we promised no messing. Call it my birthday present.

LOUISA SNAPE: I don’t do birthdays you know that!

GEORGE: Which is why you can finally give me one.

LOUISA SNAPE: Fine (through gritted teeth)

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Ah Weasley. On time to see me. Detention this way.

LOUISA SNAPE: Yes, I was thinking about that. He really shouldn’t have to do detention.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: And why is that?

LOUISA SNAPE: Because you have far better things to occupy yourself with than the time of Mr Weasley.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Is that so?

LOUISA SNAPE: Yes.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: May I remind you Miss Snape that you are on MY time not yours. MY time,

LOUISA SNAPE: is precious yes, we know.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Then you can join Mr Weasley in detention. And my time will not be wasted.

(Louisa smiles as George shakes his head)

GEORGE: what are you playing at?

LOUISA SNAPE: simple diversion. We need information. And he is the only one that can get it for us.

GEORGE: You trust him?

LOUISA SNAPE: Nope but I don’t think we have a choice.

GEORGE: What if we change something?

LOUISA SNAPE: Then we have to trust that we wouldn’t be he to change whatever it was.

(Professor Snape shuts the door behind them and creates another potion desk.)

PROFESSOR SNAPE: I want draught of the living death or whatever other potion you feel fit to concoct that is not
taught at Hogwarts. That would put you both in this situation.

LOUISA SNAPE: I don’t believe George has ever been into the H.B.P collection.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: But you have.

GEORGE: So, you sent us back! Can you send us home? (Louisa glares at him)

PROFESSOR SNAPE: with regret Weasley I can’t send you back and there is no potion or spell that would have
brought you here. A time-turner would bring you here but…

LOUISA SNAPE: Can’t take us back. We know we’ve done it all before.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Before? This has happened before?

GEORGE: Yeah. I still say it’s your fault.

LOUISA SNAPE: It’s not MY fault I didn’t DO anything.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Walk me through, the fewest details will suffice.

LOUISA SNAPE: Alright. The first time, Knockturn Alley, we collapsed. Both of us. Woke up 1991. This time, second
time. The Burrow, woke up, today.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Dumbledore? Trelawney.

LOUISA SNAPE: No, and she must know she called me wrong place in time.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Yes, I feel it.

GEORGE: Great so now I don’t have to do my Potions class.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: On the contrary you must make it your mission to get back. If not, you are stuck.

GEORGE: Stuck?

LOUISA SNAPE: Like when I was stuck in mid-transition?

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Exactly you are stuck in time.

LOUISA SNAPE: What about future knowledge?

PROFESSOR SNAPE: If you can’t go forward your minds may go back.

GEORGE: But then we don’t know which we’ve done.

PROFESSOR SNAPE: It tends to be one of the finer problems.

PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE: If I may interject you the difference is that you would wake up. (Louisa and George
seem shocked to see him)

LOUISA SNAPE: Sir I didn’t …

PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE: yes, time has that effect. And I’m afraid…

(He gestures to the shadows of the dungeons. Professor McGonagall and Trelawney step out of the shadows too.)

PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE: Now that we are aware and understand your situation, I dare say we need to get you back.

PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: But time is inside her Professor.

PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: What on earth do you mean Sybill?

PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY: The child possesses the power of time!

LOUISA SNAPE: I’m sorry, what child?

PROFESSOR SNAPE: *Revelio*

LOUISA SNAPE: That doesn’t work. It never will. George, Do you remember what you did?

GEORGE: Oh, great take me back why don’t you to the autumn of 1995!

PROFESSOR SNAPE: What happens in 1995?

LOUISA SNAPE: Nice, just do it George, and everyone else look away, please.

GEORGE: (silently) *revelator-mutalas*

(Louisa ages into the 30-year old that George is familiar with except her stomach is considerably bigger).

GEORGE: Well that’s err… new.

LOUISA SNAPE: yeah very new. Professor Trelawney is this what you meant?

(Without the need to turn around Professor Trelawney nods franticly. She is time.)

LOUISA SNAPE: She?

GEORGE: and she can take us back?

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Yes.

LOUISA SNAPE: I said don’t turn around!

PROFESSOR SNAPE: Your feelings are incredibly loud.

LOUISA SNAPE: I’m sorry. Well then don’t punish either of us when we are gone and…

(She hugs her uncle, I love you Always, and trust in the feeling of your arm, I love you so much. She takes hold of george’s hand)

LOUISA SNAPE: We trust you Time. Let’s go home.