[They enter a dark room with broken pieces all around it.]
Hermione: I don't like this. I don't like this at all.
Harry: Where are we? A graveyard?
"Not yet" Ron said.
Ron: This is no graveyard. [sighs] It's a chessboard. [Walks out onto the marble board and flames light, illuminating the board and GIANT players. Harry, Juniper, and Hermione come up with him.]
Juniper: There's the door.
[They walk across the board, towards the door. Suddenly, as they reach a line of pawns, the pawns bring up their swords. The four jump and back up.]
Hermione: Now what do we do?
Ron: It's obvious, isn't it? We've got to play our way across the room. Alright. Harry, you take the empty Bishop's square. Hermione, you'll be the Queen-side castle. Juniper, you'll be the Queen. As for me, I'll be a knight. [They all take their places.]
Hermione: What happens now?
Ron: [aboard a horse.] Well, white moves first. And then... we play. [A pawn on the other side moves forward. Ron studies the game.]
Hermione: Ron, you don't suppose this is going to be like... real wizard's chess, do you?
Ron: You there, D5. [A black pawn moves forward, diagonal to the white pawn. The white pawn raises its swords and smashes the black one. The three jump.] Yes, Hermione. I think this is going to be exactly like wizard's chess.
"I can feel my grey hairs coming in" Lily says
[The game continues. The pieces smash against each other. Boom! Boom!]
Ron: Castle to E4! [Smash!]
Ron: Pawn to C3! [Smash! Boom! The Queen turns and smashes a piece! Harry, Juniper, Ron, and Hermione wince.]
[The Queen turns again. Both Ron, Juniper and Harry study the game.]
Juniper: Wait a minute.
Ron: You understand right, Juniper. Once I make my move, the Queen will take me. Then Harry is free to check the King.
Harry: No. Ron, no!
Hermione: What is it?
Harry: He's going to sacrifice himself!
Hermione: No, Ron, you can't! [Ron closes his eyes.] There must be another way!
Ron: [turns to face Hermione.] Do you want to stop Snape from getting that Stone or not? Harry, it's you and Juniper that has to go on. I know it. Not me. Not Hermione. You two! [Harry and Juniper nod.] Knight to H3.
[Ron's horse moves forward, slides and stops.]
Ron: Check.
[The Queen turns and advances. As she starts moving, Ron breathes faster clutching onto the steel reins. The Queen stops moving. And then... SMASH! The Queen uses her sword to bust the horse's hips. Ron goes flying off the horse and lands on the floor unconsciously. The knight's horse then falls to pieces.]
"NO! RON!" People in the great hall yell
"I'm right here guys" Ron says
Ron: Ahhh!
Harry: RON! [Hermione starts walking to him.] No, don't move! Don't forget, we're still playing. [Hermione moves back. Harry walks the diagonal in front of the King.] Checkmate. [The King's sword falls onto the ground in victory. Harry breathes out and then the three run to Ron. They bend beside him.] Take care of Ron. Then go to the owlery. Send a message to Dumbledore. Ron's right. We have to go on.
Hermione: You'll be okay, Harry, June. You're a great wizard and a great witch. You really are.
Juniper: not as good as you.
Hermione: [smile] Me? Books and cleverness? There are more important things. Friendship, and bravery. June, you have a really cool power. And guys, just be careful.
[They nod and stand, walking away]
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RandomIn which people from the past get sent into the future to watch movies about a special pair of twins lives.
