Fallen Agency LTD

EXT. KING'S CROSS - MORNING 

(A busy and crowded station, full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys. They're being pushed by two boys, JAMES POTTER and ALBUS POTTER. Their mother, GINNY, follows after. A thirty-seven-year-old man, HARRY, has his daughter LILY on his shoulders.)

ALBUS:Dad. He keeps saying it.

HARRY:James, give it a rest.

JAMESI only said he might be in Slytherin. And he might, so... (off his dad's glare) fine.

ALBUS:(looking up at his mum)You'll write to me, won't you?

GINNY:Every day if you want us to.

ALBUS:No. Not every day. James says most people only get letters from home about once a month. I don't want to . . .

HARRY:We wrote to your brother three times a week last year.

ALBUS:What? James!

(ALBUS looks accusingly at JAMES.)

GINNY: Yes. You may not want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts. He likes a laugh, your brother.

JAMES (with a grin):Can we go now, please?

(ALBUS looks at his dad, and then his mum.)

GINNY: All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten.

LILY:I'm so excited.

HARRY: Don't stop and don't be scared you'll crash into it, that's very important. Best to do it at a run if you're nervous.

ALBUS:I'm ready.

(HARRY and LILY put their hands on ALBUS's trolley – GINNY joins JAMES's trolley – and together, the family run hard into the barrier.)

The people in the Great Hall remembered the day and both Albus and His dad shared a look, A also turned to look at his father discreetly, that day was one of the best days of his life. He met the love of his life that day.

"Remember what happened after that Scorps?" he asked with a smile. Scorpius responded via text-parchment.

That day was the day that I met m̶y̶ you, Watson.

He smiles at the message, pretending to have never understood what that strike through meant.

THE SCENE OPENED UP WITH PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS

Which is covered in thick white steam pouring from the HOGWARTS EXPRESS. And which is also busy – but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day, it's now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say goodbye to their beloved progeny.

ALBUS: This is it.

LILY:Wow!

ALBUS: Platform nine and three-quarters.

LILY: Where are they? Are they here? Maybe they didn't come?

(HARRY points out RON, HERMIONE and their daughter ROSE. )

LILY: (runs hard up to them.) Uncle Ron. Uncle Ron!!!

(RON turns towards them as LILY goes barrelling up to him. He picks her up into his arms.)

RON: If it isn't my favourite Potter.

LILY: Have you got my trick?

RON: Are you aware of the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes certified nose-stealing breath?

ROSE: Mum! Dad's doing that lame thing again.

HERMIONE: You say lame, he says glorious, I say . . . somewhere in between.

RON: Hang on. Let me just munch this . . . air. And now it's just a simple matter of . . . excuse me if I smell slightly of garlic . . (He breathes on her face. LILY giggles.)

LILY: You smell of porridge.

RON:Bing. Bang. Boing. Young lady, get ready to not being able to smell at all . . .(He lifts her nose off.)

LILY: Where's my nose?

RON:Tada!

(His hand is empty. It's a lame trick. Everyone enjoys its lameness.)

Albus turns and looks at a now grown up Lily, she's in her first year now. "I still can't believe that you liked that trick. We have magic, for Merlin's sake!" he said, rolling his eyes.

S turns to A and whispers, "that didn't stop you from shooting a man"

"He deserved it." A whispers back.

Albus who heard all of this snaps his neck so fast it gives his best friend whiplash, "I DID WHAT NOW??" he looks around to find everyone staring at him, Hermione just gets more curious. "Sorry." Albus mutters. "But seriously, why?"

"Shhh no spoilers." both blonds mutter. 

LILY: You are silly.

ALBUS: Everyone's staring at us again.

RON: Because of me! I'm extremely famous. My nose experiments are legendary!

HERMIONE: They're certainly something.

HARRY: Parked all right then?

RON: I did. Hermione didn't believe I could pass a Muggle driving test, did you? She thought I'd have to Confund the examiner.

HERMIONE: I thought nothing of the kind, I have complete faith in you.

ROSE: And I have complete faith he did Confund the examiner.

RON: Oi!

ALBUS: Dad . . .(ALBUS pulls on HARRY's robes. HARRY looks down.) Do you think—what if I am–what if I'm put in Slytherin . . .

HARRY: And what would be wrong with that?

ALBUS: Slytherin is the house of the snake, of Dark Magic... it's not a house of brave wizards.

Both Albuses and Scorpiuses laugh, oh how wrong they were.

"I'd have to disagree with you on that Love, you are a Slytherin and probably the bravest I know." Mini-Scorpius said. The older ones have to nod at it and Albus laughs lightly, grateful for the darkness because he's sure he was blushing as hard as Rose's hair.

HARRY: Albus Severus, you were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

"Dad, I love you but no, just no." Albus said.

"Why?" Harry asked, genuinely confused.

"Let's see, you named me after the guy who basically sold you to Voldyshort and you based it off of him saying 'I had a crush on your mother that's why I bullied you and countless others' no Dad, just no." Harry laughs awkwardly.

"Well—"

"Don't finish that sentence, Harry," Hermione, Ron and Ginny say.

"When you put it that way, it makes sense."

 ALBUS: But just say . . .

HARRY: If it matters to you, you, the Sorting Hat will take your feelings into account.

ALBUS: Really?

HARRY: It did for me.

(This is something he's never said before, it resonates around his head a moment.)

HARRY: Hogwarts will be the making of you, Albus. I promise you, there is nothing to be frightened of there.

JAMES:  Apart from the Thestrals. Watch out for the Thestrals.

ALBUS: I thought they were invisible!

HARRY: Listen to your professors, don't listen to James, and remember to enjoy yourself. Now, if you don't want this train to leave without you, you should leap on . . .

LILY: I'm going to chase the train out.

GINNY: Lily, come straight back.

HERMIONE: Rose. Remember to send Neville our love.

ROSE: Mum, I can't send a professor love!

(ROSE goes into the train. And then ALBUS turns and hugs GINNY; and HARRY one last time before following after her.)

ALBUS: Okay, then. Bye.

(He climbs on board. HERMIONE, GINNY, RON and HARRY stand

watching the train – as whistles blow up and down the platform.)

GINNY: They're going to be okay, right?

HERMIONE: Hogwarts is a big place.

RON: Big. Wonderful. Full of food. I'd give anything to be going back.

HARRY: Strange, Al being worried he'll be sorted into Slytherin.

HERMIONE: That's nothing, Rose is worried whether she'll break the Quidditch scoring record in her first or second year. And how early she can take her O.W.Ls.

RON: I have no idea where she gets her ambition from.

GINNY: And how would you feel Harry, if Al – if he is?

RON: You know Gin, we always thought there was a chance you could be sorted into Slytherin.

GINNY: What?

RON: Honestly, Fred and George ran a book.

HERMIONE: Can we go? People are looking, you know.

GINNY: People always look when you three are together. And apart. People always look at you.

(The two leave the station while GINNY stops HARRY looking discern.)

GINNY: Harry . . . he'll be all right, won't he?

HARRY: Of course he will.

"Well, safe at Hogwarts, partially. Safe in general, negative." A muttered and the four detectives snickered.

"Huh?" Hugo asked. A put a finger to his lips, "Ah ah ah, no spoilers."

"Are they really going to show who solved the First Five case?" Hermione asked.

"I mean we— the note they gave you was marked with Fallen Agency LTD, right?" Scorpius said. "So probably."

"How'd you two know that?" Ron pointed at them. "We didn't tell you anything."

"Shhh no spoilers!" S reprimanded the younger version of himself. 

INT. HOGWARTS EXPRESS - MORNING

(The camera now pans to ALBUS walking the corridors of the train with his bag, there is a lot of clutter and children leaving him to push past the crowd. He opens a door to see a blond boy reading a book, SCORPIUS)

ALBUS: Is this spot taken?

SCORPIUS: No, not in the slightest, although I doubt you'd want to sit here.

ALBUS: And why is that? (ALBUS drags his trunk inside the space and sits opposite to SCORPIUS)

SCORPIUS: Because I'm Scorpius.

ALBUS: Okay, hello, Scorpius. I'm Albus. I still don't get why.

SCORPIUS: Scorpius Malfoy. 

ALBUS: I'm Albus Potter, why do you think I chose this carriage? People crowd me way too much, I don't suppose there's gonna be a crowd here.

SCORPIUS: First off, how did you know who I was? And second, If you knew who I was, why'd you ask?

ALBUS: Mum said that it was polite to ask your classmates' names, I don't know why either. And you look like a carbon copy of your mum with your dad's eyes and hair. It's not hard to miss the only two people on the platform with pale blond hair.

"Damn, that was smart." Ginny said.

"Thanks mum."

SCORPIUS: Okay then, Albus. Smart. Should we also do the small talk in the carriage or. . .

ALBUS:I don't know— (he notices the book SCORPIUS was reading) you read Sherlock Holmes too?

SCORPIUS: (surprised that he knew the book) Yes it's my favorite series.

ALBUS: Really! (ALBUS says too loudly, then clears his throat) Really, cool, mine too. (ALBUS is too excited but tries not to show it)

"You were so cute back then." S whispers into his boyfriend's ear.

"Am I not cute now?" the brunette turns to him and whispers back.

"You're always cute, my dear sniper-slash-boyfriend." the young ones pick this part up and instantly turn their heads toward the older couple. Blinking and blushing furiously.

"Scorpius, hand them your texter. Now. we have to chat." Albus said and Scorpius obliged. The adults behind them are confounded as to why the movie stopped.

Albus: Since your us from the future I assume you know how this works
A: Yes
Albus: Now answer, Scorpius is my WHAT?!??!?
Scorpius: ALBUS IS MY WHAT?!?!??!?
A: Watch and learn mini- me
S: Watch and learn.
Albus: WTFFFFFFF
Scorpius: yes-- WHAT THE F
The movie continued

SCORPIUS:(smiles) Who do you think you're more alike to, Sherlock or Watson?

ALBUS: Doctor John Watson. He's an army medic. How cool is that? Also, I love his dynamic with Sherlock. How he's practical but ready to kill a guy if anyone threatens his best friend.

SCORPIUS: Mine would be Sherlock himself. I don't know, I just love the way he abducted things. Also did you know that Sherlock never really 'deduces' things, he abducts things.

ALBUS:I know right, the BBC lied, deduction is when you have a set of facts and already laid out premises. (SCORPIUS cuts him off to fill in the meaning of abduction)

SCORPIUS: And Abduction means to predict the answers based on a set of occurrences and scenarios.

ALBUS: Oh, I think we would pair well together, don't you?

SCORPIUS:(smiles) most definitely.

(SCREEN GOES BLACK)

"What have we learnt from that kids." S said.

"Don't let your kids read too much Sherlock Holmes." Mini-Scorpius said, Albus and A nod their head solemnly. 

"Wait, the note, it said, 'The Game's Afoot'" Hugo began, connecting the dots

"The note was sent by the Fallen Agency LTD--- and it that line is from---" A look of realization dons the Granger-Weasley siblings. Eyes wide with surprise, no one could've expected it. 

"Wow, you got that quickly." Albus and A smirk. "There might be hope for you lot, yet."

"What in the name of Merlin are you talking about." Ron said to his kids. Albus and Scorpius silence them with a look.

"Let them find out on their own." Scorpius said, ominously.