INT. SLUGHORNS OFFICE - NIGHT
Flash! A camera pops, reveals Athena smiling with Slughorn before a photographer (Adrian). The ceiling and walls are draped with hangings of emerald, crimson and gold, so the room feels like a tent...or the inside of a gift box. It is loud and packed with people.
Slughorn: Thank you, Adrian! [Quietly to Athena] One of mine. Class of '78. I had hoped for more out of him, but at least the pictures are in focus [Suddenly] Oh my! Excuse me, Athena. I must greet the new Minister of Magical Transportation. Class of '67. [As he goes] Mingle, m'girl! Mingle! We're all friends here. And we run the world
Athena watches Slughorn make a beeline across the room, along the way nodding to the twins, who have apparently come with each other.
Voice (o.s.): Drink?
Athena turns, finds Neville standing with a tray.
Athena: Neville...?
Neville: I didn't make the cut for the Slug Club. It's okay. He's got Belby handing out towels in the loo
Athena: I tried finding you, I was going to invite you to be my plus one
Neville: It's okay, Athena. I prefer to help out more then talk to people
Athena: [Teasing] Oh? So you don't want to talk to me
Neville: [Sarcastically] I never want to speak to you
Alice and Lily smile fondly.
Athena laughs and hugs Neville. Neville returns the hug before walking away. Athena noticed a pair of girls feet protruding from beneath a crimson hanging. Her gaze rises, finds Hermione peeking out. As she moves off, we see Luna talking to a small, stout bespectacled man (Eldred Worple).
Eldred Worple: Lovegood, did you say? I once encountered a seriously unbalanced man by that name at a book signing. Claimed to run a magazine...
NEW ANGLE - HERMIONE - BEHIND THE HANGING
Athena (o.s.): What're you doing?
Hermione yelps, turns, pulls Athena behind the hanging. Her hair is slightly askew, her lipstick a bit blurry.
"Looks like someone had a good time." Smirked Barty and Sirius.
Athena: And what's happened to you?
Hermione: Hm? Oh, I've just escaped –– I mean, left Cormac. Under the mistletoe
"CORMAC!" Shouts the great hall.
Athena: Cormac! That's who you invited!
Hermione: I thought it would annoy Ron most. But he's a menace. He's got more tentacles than a Snarfalump plant
Athena snorts.
A few laugh at Hermiones comment.
Waiter (o.s.): Dragon tartar?
They turn, find a waiter peeking in, tray in hand.
Hermione: No thank you
Waiter: Just as well. They give one horribly bad breath
Hermione: [Grabbing the tray] On second thought –– maybe it'll keep Cormac at bay. Oh no, here he comes!
The Great Hall all laughs.
Hermione pops two of the Dragon blobs into her mouth, shoves the tray in Athena's hand and flits away.
NEW ANGLE - PARTY
Snape, looking bored, stands on the periphery of a conversation, when he sees Hermione exit one side of the hanging and Cormac enter the other.
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Athena Potter 🎞
FanfictionIn which the marauders generation watch Athena Potters life and see the dangers of which awaits them. Where friends becomes enemies and enemies become allies. What happens when they realise they've been lied too? Will they be able to prevent the dan...
