SCENE 9: THE STONED CAT

(764-830.)

The trio are walking through a corridor, when they see about a dozen spiders crawling out of a window in single file.

	HALLY PORTER: "It Is Stange. I Have Never Seen A Spider Running Like This."

	LEAN WISLIN: "I Hate Spider Most!"

Suddenly, Lean spots the reflection of a message in a puddle of water. Somebody has vandalized the castle walls!

	LEAN WISLIN: "What'S That?"

Mely Gland reads the message out loud, apparently believeing her friends to be illiterate.

	MELY GLAND: "'The Room Is Open! The Enemy Be Careful!'... It Is Writen By Blood."

	HALLY PORTER: "Oh God!"

Hally is shocked, only now noticing the seemingly dead cat hung up by the macabre graffiti.

	HALLY PORTER: "That'S The Cat Of Flying Seven... Mrs Nalos."

The corridor is suddenly filled with a crowd of students and staff. They are all shocked, except for Brother Mafle, who appears suspiciously smug about the situstion.

	BROTHER MAFLE: "That'S The Enemy Be Careful! You Are The Nest ,Melon!"

The line seems directed squarely at Mely Gland. Any potential argument is interrupted by the arrival of Flying Seven, who pushes himself through the crowd.

	FLYING SEVEN: "What Are You Doing Here? Hurry Excuse Me!"

The first person he sees is Hally, whom he immediately assumes to have caught in the midst of some mischievious act.

	FLYING SEVEN: "Port! You Are..."

Mid-sentence, he spots his dear old cat, which has been suspended from an empty tourch holder by the tail. She isn't moving.

	FLYING SEVEN: "Mrs Nalos?"

Again, he turns his attention to Hally, his voice taking on an loathful, even more accusatory tone.

	FLYING SEVEN: "You Dare To Kill My Cat?!"

	HALLY PORTER: "No..."

	FLYING SEVEN: "I Will Kill You. I Will Kill You!"

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "Flying Sever... Don'T Be Like That."

Flying Seven's shouting is interrupted by the arrival of several teachers, lead by Professor Doublic.

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "Everybody, Go Back To Your Dorm. Don'T Go Out... Except You Three."

He points right at Hally, Lean and Mely. The other students begin to leave.

	RUOWEN CLARK PREFECT: "Follow Me Ruowen Clark!"

Professor Doublic continues trying to calm Flying Seven down.

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "She Is Not Dead Flying Sever... She Is Stoned."

	MR. LORD LOHA: "Ah I Know Then! It Is A Pity That I Am Not Here! I Know How To Save Here!"

Professor Doublic shares an awkward look with Mr. Lord Loha - who has apparently walked in from one of the licensed video games - before returning his attention to the cat.

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "But I Don'T Know How She Was Stoned."

	FLYING SEVEN: "Ask Him! It Is Done By Him! You Saw What He Wrote On The Wall!"

	HALLY PORTER: "Not Me President I Swear! I Have Never Touched Nalos!"

	FLYING SEVEN: "Bullshit!"

	PROFESSOR SNELL: "As I See President... Maybe Port And His Friends Happened To Be Here?"

Snell initially seems to at least be playing devil's advocate, but then his tone gets more accusitory as he threateningly approaches Hally.

	PROFESSOR SNELL: "But... I Think It Is Strange. I Can'T Remember Whether People Saw Port At Dinner!"

	MR. LORD LOHA: "He Was With Me. Harry Was Helping Me To Wrtie Back To The Fans."

(Is this a rare moment of humility and honesty from Mr. Loha? For once, he actually admits to have let somebody else do his work.)

	MELY GLAND: "So Ron And Me Went To Look For Harry. He Said When We Met Him..."

	PROFESSOR SNELL: "What? What Did He Say?"

	HALLY PORTER: "I Said I Was Hungry. And When We Were Going Back To The Lobby We Saw Nalos."

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "Without Any Proof He Is Not Guilty."

(And here is the REAL reason why the "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?!" line was so controversial in the fourth film. THIS is how Dumbledore treats an - arguably far more serious - accusation, by being the
voice of reason and calmly trying to figure out what actually happened, not pointing angry fingers at the most convenient scapegoat.)

	FLYING SEVEN: "My Cat Was Stoned! I Need To See Somebody To Be Punished!"

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "We Will Cure Her. As Far As I Know... Mrs Bean Has Risen Some Healthy Magic Apples. When They Are Mature The Medicine Will Be Made, So That Nalos Will Be Cured."

Doublic turns and adresses the entire gathering.

	PROFESSOR DOUBLIC: "In This Peoriod... I Suggest That Everybody Be Careful. Remember This."

END OF SCENE 9.