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HARRY POTTER... HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - Rev. 11/6/07 78.
75 CONTINUED: 75
(CONTINUED)
GINNY
Open up, you.
Harry turns, finds Ginny, holding something in her
fingers.
GINNY
Don’t trust me?
He obliges and she pops a SMALL TART in his mouth.
HARRY
It’s good.

HARRY POTTER... HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - Rev. 11/6/07 78A.

75 CONTINUED: (2) 75
HARRY
Draco’s plotting something, I know
it, something to do with
Voldemort. He’s been given a task
or a mission -- and Snape was
offering to help.
LUPIN
Voldemort has chosen Draco Malfoy
for a mission?
HARRY
I know it sounds mad --
LUPIN
Has it occurred to you, Harry,
that Snape was simply pretending
to offer Draco help so that he
could find out what he’s up to?
HARRY
That’s not what it sounded like.
TONKS
Perhaps Harry’s right, Remus. To
make an Unbreakable Vow, after
all --
LUPIN
It comes down to whether or not
you trust Dumbledore’s judgement.
He trusts Snape. Therefore, I do.
HARRY
But Dumbledore can make mistakes.
He’s said it himself --
LUPIN
You’re blinded by hatred.
HARRY
I’m not --
LUPIN
(sharply)
You are! People are disappearing,
Harry. Daily. We can only put
our trust in a handful of people.
If we start fighting amongst
ourselves, we’re doomed.
Tonks gives Harry a furtive glance, as if to say, “Leave
it.”

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(CONTINUED)
GINNY
Open up, you.
Harry turns, finds Ginny, holding something in her
fingers.
GINNY
Don’t trust me?
He obliges and she pops a SMALL TART in his mouth.
HARRY
It’s good.
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GINNY
‘Course ‘tis. Made them myself.
She smiles at him, hooks her ginger hair over one ear and
Ron plops down between them. Big brother to the rescue.

76 EXT. REEDS (SURROUNDING BURROW) - NIGHT (LATER) 76
Within the reeds. An eerie POV. TRACKING Harry and Mr.
Weasley as they walk from the house to the adjacent
WORKSHOP.

77 INT. MR. WEASLEY’S WORKSHOP - NIGHT (MOMENTS LATER) 77
Harry trails Mr. Weasley through his cluttered workshop,
which is chock-a-block with MUGGLE OBJECTS: Steam irons.
Toasters. Clock radios. Plugs. Lots of plugs. The
PARTY can still be heard, drifting faintly from the main
house.
MR. WEASLEY
You’ll have to forgive Remus. It
takes its toll -- his condition.
HARRY
(studying him)
Are you alright, Mr. Weasley?
Arthur tries a smile, but it fades. He frowns, pained.
MR. WEASLEY
We’re being followed, all of us.
Molly doesn’t leave the house most
days. It’s not been easy.
HARRY
(a nod, then)
Did you get my owl?
MR. WEASLEY
Yes, but I thought it best if I
replied in person. If
Dumbledore’s traveling, it’s news
to the Ministry. But perhaps
that’s the way Dumbledore wants
it. As for Draco Malfoy -- I know
a bit more.
HARRY
Go on.

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(CONTINUED)
MR. WEASLEY
I sent an agent to Borgin &
Burkes. From what you describe, I
think what you and Ron saw at the
end of the summer -- the object
that Draco seemed so interested in
-- was a Vanishing Cabinet.
HARRY
A Vanishing Cabinet?
MR. WEASLEY
They were all the rage when
Voldemort first rose to power.
You can imagine the appeal.
Should the Death Eaters come
calling, one needed only slip
inside and disappear for an hour
or two. But they’re tricky
contraptions. Require a
tremendous amount of looking
after. Eventually they fell out
of favor.
HARRY
What happened to it? The one at
Borgin & Burkes?
MR. WEASLEY
Nothing. It’s still there.
Harry nods, pondering this.
MR. WEASLEY
Harry. You know, I went through
all this before -- the last time
around. Times like these -- dark
times -- do funny things to
people. It can bring them
together and it can tear them
apart. Things... speed up. It’s
what happens when you don’t know
if today will be your last.
78 EXT. REEDS (SURROUNDING BURROW) - NIGHT (LATER) 78
Similar eerie POV. On the porch, Molly and Arthur,
looking middle-aged and fragile, say goodbye to Lupin and
Tonks.
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79 EXT. PORCH - SAME TIME - NIGHT 79
While the others TALK, Lupin stands a bit off to the
side, staring into the reeds. His nostrils flair subtly.
TONKS
It was delicious, Molly. Really.
MRS. WEASLEY
You’re sure you won’t stay?
TONKS
No, we should go.
(under her breath)
The first night of the cycle is
always the worst --
Tonks gestures vaguely to the moon. Arthur glances at
Lupin.
ARTHUR’S POV - LUPIN’S HAND
... as the HAIRS on the knuckles RISE.
BACK TO SCENE
MRS. WEASLEY
Remus...?
80 INT. WEASLEY HOUSE - SECOND FLOOR - SAME TIME - NIGHT 80
Harry peers through the ripples of an imperfect
windowpane, studying the others below. A FLOORBOARD
CREAKS. He turns, watches Ginny emerge into the light,
in a robe, twisting her wet hair in a towel.
GINNY
Everyone gone to bed?
HARRY
Soon.
GINNY
I don’t sleep these days. So I
wash my hair. Silly, right?
Harry just stares at her, the air prickling with silence.
Ginny eyes him knowingly.
GINNY
Happy Christmas, Harry.
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81 EXT. PORCH - SAME TIME - NIGHT 81
Lupin continues to peer into the reeds. His PUPILS
CONTRACT.
TONKS
Sweetheart...
LUPIN
There’s someone out there. I can
smell him. There’s more than
one --
Suddenly -- throughout the reeds -- TORCHES BLAZE.

82 INT. WEASLEY HOUSE - SECOND FLOOR - SAME TIME - NIGHT 82
The rippled window behind Harry blushes with light.
Ginny’s eyes shift from Harry to the trees beyond.
GINNY
Oh my god...
Harry turns, his BREATH FOGGING the WINDOWPANE as, far
below, FLAMES SNAKE out of the reeds and SLITHER toward
the house. Bellatrix emerges, peering up through the
darkness toward Harry’s SILHOUETTE, a mad grin on her
face. As she SHRIEKS EERILY, his eyes flash with hatred.
83 EXT. WEASLEY HOUSE - PORCH - SAME TIME - NIGHT 83
Harry bursts through the front door, wand drawn, pelts
toward Bellatrix. She grins, turns, and vanishes into
the reeds.
MR. WEASLEY
Harry, no!
Flames race up the porch steps, climb the walls of the
house. Lupin draws his wand and races after Harry.
TONKS
Remus!
Ron, Fred and George appear, join Arthur as he dashes
toward the smoking marsh. Arthur glances back as Ginny
emerges.
MR. WEASLEY
Ginny, stay with your mother!
Without hesitation, she races for the reeds.

HARRY POTTER... HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - Rev. 11/6/07 82.
84 EXT. REEDS (SURROUNDING BURROW) - NIGHT (MOMENTS LATER) 84
Harry careens through the marsh, reeds flashing past,
then spies Bellatrix. She GRINS, looking like a crazed
wood nymph, then flits off, her LAUGHTER mocking him. As
he pursues, FIRE SNAKES through the reeds toward him.
NEW ANGLE
Fred, George, Ron and Arthur fan out, running full-out,
their feet kicking up SPARKS as SHADOWS splinter
throughout the reeds. It’s like chasing ghosts.
NEW ANGLES
Ginny, copper hair gleaming, races through the reeds.
Bellatrix leads Harry on, grinning madly.
Ginny comes dashing to a halt, chest heaving as she peers
into the smoking marsh. A HUGE FIGURE QUIVERS through a
veil of smoke. Ginny’s eyes SHIFT, see Bellatrix racing
forward through the reeds, then SHIFT back as the veil of
smoke evaporates, reveals... Greyback. Bellatrix makes
an ODD, CLICKING noise -- like a signal -- and Greyback
edges forward, sweeping away the reeds in front of him
and revealing...
... Harry as he pelts forward.
GINNY
No, Harry! It’s a trap!
Harry falters, looking toward Ginny’s voice and spies
Greyback. Bellatrix stops dead, wheels in her tracks
and, seeing Ginny, SHRIEKS with RAGE. Raising her wand,
she fires a BOLT of RED LIGHT which explodes in a SHOWER
of SPARKS around Ginny. Ginny fires back, then wheels
away, flashing through the reeds and coming face to face
with...
Greyback, sharp teeth glittering.
GREYBACK
Don’t you smell clean.
Just then, a BOLT OF BLUE bursts off Greyback’s back and
he turns, sees Harry standing several yards off. As
Greyback gives chase, Ginny pelts after and we CUT BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN Harry, Ginny and the beast between
them, faster and faster, their BREATHS shortening
until...

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(CONTINUED)
Greyback rushes into a clearing, panting, glancing about.
Just then, TWIN BOLTS of light blast from opposite sides
of the clearing and Greyback is lifted in the air,
slammed to the ground. As he regains his feet he looks
into the reeds and sees Harry and Ginny, wands poised.
He grins... when Bellatrix’s odd, CLICKING signal carries
through the night once again. Turning away, he exits.
Harry and Ginny slowly step out of the reeds, stare at
each other wordlessly. Then... Ron, Fred, George, Arthur
and Lupin come thrashing into the clearing, stop. All
around them, the reeds SMOKE, the flames dying. Across
the marsh, Bellatrix’s cackle rises briefly on the air --
then all is quiet.