Richard Harris credited as playing...
Albus Dumbledore
- Dumbledore: You both realize, of course, that in the past few hours you have broken perhaps a dozen school rules.
- Harry, Ron: Yes, sir.
- Dumbledore: And that there is sufficient evidence to have you both expelled.
- Harry, Ron: Yes, sir.
- Dumbledore: Therefore, it is only fitting that you both receive...
- [beams]
- Dumbledore: Special Awards for Services to the School.
- Dumbledore: [discreetly talking to Harry and Ron knowing they're under the cloak] You will find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
- Lucius Malfoy: Admirable sentiments. Shall we? Fudge?
- Cornelius Fudge: Come, Hagrid. Well?
- Hagrid: [discreetly talking to Harry and Ron] If, uh, if anybody was looking for some stuff, then all they'd have to do would be to follow the spiders.
- [pause]
- Hagrid: Yup. That would lead 'em right. That's all I have to say.
- [he leaves]
- Harry: Your bird, there was nothing I could do. He just caught fire.
- Dumbledore: Oh, and about time too. He's been looking dreadful for days. Pity you had to see him on a burning day.
- Lucius Malfoy: So, it's true. You *have* returned.
- Albus Dumbledore: When the governors learned that Arthur Weasley's daughter was taken into the Chamber, they saw fit to summon me back.
- Lucius Malfoy: Ridiculous!
- Albus Dumbledore: Curiously, Lucius, several of them were under the impression that you would curse their families if they did not agree to suspend me in the first place.
- [Tom watches wizards carry a dead student away]
- Dumbledore: Riddle. Come.
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: [looks upstairs and sees Dumbledore, who is fifty years younger] Professor Dumbledore.
- Harry: Dumbledore?
- Dumbledore: It is not wise to be wandering around this late hour, Tom.
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: Yes, Professor. I suppose I-I had to see for myself if the rumors were true.
- Dumbledore: I'm afraid they are, Tom. They are true.
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: About the school, as well? I don't have a home to go to. They wouldn't really close Hogwarts, would they, Professor?
- Dumbledore: I understand, Tom. But, I'm afraid Headmaster Dippet may have no choice.
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: Sir, if it all stopped. If the person responsible was caught...
- Dumbledore: Is there something you wish to tell me?
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: No, sir. Nothing.
- Dumbledore: [he examines Riddle, but then shrugs it off] Very well, then. Off you go.
- Tom Marvolo Riddle: Goodnight, sir.
- Dumbledore: Innocent until proven guilty, Severus.
- Filch: My cat has been petrified. I wanna see some punishment!
- Dumbledore: We will be able to cure her, Argus. As I understand it, Madame Sprout has a very healthy growth of Mandrake. When matured, a potion will be made which will revive Mrs. Norris. And in the meantime, I strongly recommend caution... to all.
- [Harry and Ron are in Snape's office; Snape shows them an article in the Daily Prophet about the Ford Anglia flying over London]
- Professor Snape: [furiously] You were seen by no less than seven Muggles!
- [throws the paper aside]
- Professor Snape: Do you have any idea how serious this is? You have risked the exposure of our world! Not to mention the damage you inflicted on a Whomping Willow that's been on these grounds since before you were born!
- Ron: Honestly, Professor Snape, I think it did more damage to us.
- Professor Snape: Silence!
- [Harry and Ron stare in horror as Snape stands up and looks them in the eye]
- Professor Snape: I assure you that were you in Slytherin and your fate rested with me, the both of you would be on the train home tonight! As it is...
- Dumbledore: They are not.
- [Snape, Harry, Ron and Filch turn to see Dumbledore and McGonagall standing in the doorway]
- Harry: Professor Dumbledore. Professor McGonagall.
- Professor Snape: Headmaster.
- [points to Harry and Ron]
- Professor Snape: These boys have flouted the Decree for the Restriction of Under Age Wizardry. As such...
- Dumbledore: I am well aware of our bylaws, Severus, having written quite a few of them myself. However, as head of Gryffindor House, it is for Professor McGonagall to determine the appropriate action.
- Ron: [sadly] We'll go and get our stuff, then.
- Professor Minerva McGonagall: What are you talking about, Mr. Weasley?
- Ron: You're going to expell us, aren't you?
- Professor Minerva McGonagall: Not today, Mr. Weasley.
- [Harry and Ron look at each other happily]
- Professor Minerva McGonagall: But I must impress on both of you the seriousness of what you have done. I will be writing to your families tonight, and you will both receive detention.
- [Harry and Ron are downcast; they turn to Snape, who glares at them]
- Dumbledore: [seeing the message on the wall] Everyone will proceed to the dormitories immediately.
- [Students and teachers proceed]
- Dumbledore: Everyone except
- [points to Harry, Hermoine, and Ron]
- Dumbledore: you three.
- Minerva McGonagall: [Dumbledore opens film camera and suddenly *poof*] What can this mean, Albus?
- Albus Dumbledore: It means... that our students are in great danger.
- Minerva McGonagall: What should I tell the staff?
- Albus Dumbledore: The truth. Tell them Hogwarts... is no longer safe. It is as we feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again.
- Albus Dumbledore: Before we begin the feast, let us have a round of applause for Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey, whose Mandrake juice was successfully administered to all who had been petrified!
- [everyone applauds; Professor Sprout nods in thanks]
- Albus Dumbledore: Also, in light of recent events, as a school treat, all exams have been cancelled!
- [everyone applauds even louder; Hermione mouths "Oh, no."]