Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production

by John Tiffany

ALBUS: So we need to — talk to the future. We need to send Dad a message. SCORPIUS: But we don’t have an owl that can fly through time. And he doesn’t have a Time-Turner. ALBUS: We get a message to Dad, he’ll find a way to get back here. Even if he has to build a Time-Turner himself. SCORPIUS: We send a memory — like a Pensieve — stand over him and send a message, hope he reaches for the memory at exactly the right moment. I mean, it’s unlikely, but . . . Stand over the baby — and just repeatedly shout HELP. HELP. HELP. I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly. ALBUS: Only slightly. SCORPIUS: A bit of trauma now is nothing compared to what’s happening . . . and maybe when he then thinks — later — he might remember the faces of us as we — shouted — ALBUS: Help. SCORPIUS looks at ALBUS. SCORPIUS: You’re right. It’s a terrible idea. ALBUS: It’s one of your worst ideas ever.