Old friends visit
SCENE 26
EXT. LONDON BACK STREET—EVENING
NEWT Apparates and walks on briskly beneath an increasingly stormy sky.
Seconds later, STEBBINS, an Auror, Apparates some yards behind him. They
have been playing this game for an hour. NEWT turns a corner into a darker
alleyway, peers back around the corner, and points his wand back at STEBBINS.
NEWT
(sotto voce)
Ventus.
STEBBINS is immediately caught in a hurricane for one. To the confusion and
amusement of passing Muggles, his hat flies away, he is almost knocked off his
feet, and cannot proceed.
There were a few laughs which seemed to ease the heavy feeling that filled the room from the previous scene.
Smiling slightly, NEWT withdraws his head, still leaning against the wall of the
dark alleyway, to find a single black glove hanging in the air in front of him. He
looks at it, expressionless. It gives a little wave, then points into the far distance.
NEWT looks to where it is pointing. High on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, a
tiny human figure raises its arm.
NEWT looks back at the glove, which makes as though to shake hands. NEWT
takes it, and he and the glove Disapparate—
"Cool talking glove..." Jacob mumbles.
SCENE 27
EXT. DOME OF ST. PAUL'S—EVENING
—Apparating beside a dandyesque forty-five-year-old wizard with graying
auburn hair and beard. NEWT hands back his glove.
NEWT
Dumbledore.
(amused)
Were the less conspicuous rooftops full, then?
DUMBLEDORE
(looking out over city)
I do enjoy a view. Nebulus.
A swirling fog descends over London.
They Disapparate.
SCENE 28
EXT. TRAFALGAR SQUARE—EVENING
DUMBLEDORE and NEWT Apparate and walk on past the great stone
Landseer lions. The darkening sky is becoming increasingly ominous. A flock of
pigeons rises into the air at their approach.
DUMBLEDORE
How was it?
NEWT
They're still convinced that you sent me to New York.
DUMBLEDORE
You told them I didn't?
NEWT
Yes. Even though you did.
Theseus sighed in irritation, still not overly keen on how Dumbledore seemed to like using newt.
A beat. DUMBLEDORE inscrutable, NEWT wanting answers.
NEWT
You told me where to find that trafficked Thunderbird, Dumbledore.
You knew that I would take him home and you knew I'd have to
take him through a Muggle port.
DUMBLEDORE
Well, I've always felt an affinity with the great magical birds.
There's a story in my family that a phoenix will come to any
Dumbledore who is in desperate need. They say my great-great-
grandfather had one, but that it took flight when he died, never to return.
NEWT
With all due respect, I don't believe for a minute that's why you told
me about the Thunderbird.
A noise behind them. The silhouette of a man appears out of shadows. They
Disapparate—
SCENE 29
EXT. VICTORIA BUS STATION—EVENING
Footsteps nearby. Both ready their wands, but the footsteps die away. They walk
on.
DUMBLEDORE
Credence is in Paris, Newt. He's trying to trace his real family. I take it you've heard the rumors about who he really is?
This raises many questions.
Credence naturally the most curious, to find out where he came from...
He like his Sisters and the Weasley, they had taken all three of them in and treated them like family, but if there was a chance he could find out how he came to be in the care of ma all those years ago.
NEWT
No.
DUMBLEDORE and NEWT board a stationary bus.
DUMBLEDORE
The purebloods think he's the last of an important French line, a
baby whom everyone thought lost . . .
Theseus takes notice of Leta who stiffens up.
He silently grabs her hand in support.
A look between them. NEWT is astonished.
NEWT
Not Leta's brother?
Credence sent a sharp look to Leta who would not take her eyes of the screen not looking at anyone.
DUMBLEDORE
That's what they're whispering. Pureblood or not, I know this: An Obscurus grows in the absence of love as a dark twin, an only
friend. If Credence has a real brother or sister out there who can take its place, he might yet be saved.
(beat)
Wherever Credence is in Paris, he's either in danger or a danger to others. We may not know who he is yet, but he needs to be found.
Unable to take it anymore credence addresses the metaphorical elephant in the room.
"Are we related? Am I your brother."
He's met with tears in Leta's eyes
"Trust me, your are not my brother Corvus."
The little bit of hope he had felt before vanished.
How did she know he wasn't him, I mean he was only a baby at the time.
And I rather hoped you might be the one to find him.
DUMBLEDORE conjures NICOLAS FLAMEL'S card from thin air and offers it
to NEWT, who eyes it with suspicion.
NEWT
What's that?
DUMBLEDORE
It's an address of a very old acquaintance of mine. A safe house in Paris, reinforced with enchantments.
"A safe house... why would my brother need a safe house."
Albus didn't awnser
But the silence solidified its reason.
"No, Dumbledore I can't let you involve my brother in this."
NEWT
Safe house? Why would I need a safe house in Paris?
DUMBLEDORE
One hopes you won't, but should things at some point go terribly
wrong, it's good to have a place to go. You know, for a cup of tea.
NEWT
No, no, no—absolutely not.
Theseus poked his head up, maybe this time his either would do the responsible thing and stay in London.
SCENE 30
EXT. LAMBETH BRIDGE—NIGHT
They Apparate onto a bridge.
NEWT
I'm banned from international travel, Dumbledore. If I leave the
country, they will put me in Azkaban and throw away the key.
DUMBLEDORE stops.
DUMBLEDORE
Do you know why I admire you, Newt? More, perhaps, than any man I know?
"Is he guilting him?" Jacobs asked no-one in particular.
(off NEWT'S surprise)
You don't seek power or popularity. You simply ask, is the thing
right in itself? If it is, then I must do it, no matter the cost.
He walks on.
NEWT
That's all very well, Dumbledore, but, forgive me for asking, why
can't you go?
They stop.
DUMBLEDORE
I can't move against Grindelwald. It has to be you.
(beat)
Well, I don't blame you, in your shoes I'd probably refuse too. It's
late. Good evening, Newt.
Many were confused, dumbledore was one of the most brilliant wizards there are, If anyone can stop Grindelwald it's him.
DUMBLEDORE Disapparates.
NEWT
Oh c'mon!
DUMBLEDORE'S empty glove reappears and tucks the business card bearing
the address of the safe house into NEWT'S top pocket.
NEWT
(exasperated)
Dumbledore.
SCENE 31
EXT. NEWT'S STREET—NIGHT
Establishing shot: a street of ordinary yellow brick Victorian houses. First
specks of rain. NEWT walks swiftly up the front steps but pauses just outside the
front door. The light in his sitting room is flashing on and off.
SCENE 32
INT. NEWT'S HOUSE—NIGHT
NEWT opens the front door cautiously. Inside, a baby Niffler is swinging from
the brass cord of a table lamp, causing the light to flicker on and off. The baby
Niffler succeeds in stealing the brass cord before spotting NEWT. It scampers
away, knocking all manner of objects to the floor.
NEWT spots a second baby Niffler sitting on a set of weighing scales, pinned
down by gold-colored weights it is clearly attempting to steal.
"you had more of them?!" guess who said that.
As the first baby makes it to the dining table, NEWT lightly drops a saucepan on
top of it, which continues moving across the table. NEWT tosses an apple into
the opposite weighing scale, sending the baby Niffler flying into the air. NEWT
catches both baby Nifflers as they fall, then tucks them into his pockets.
There were a claps at newts display of catching the little thieves.
Satisfied, NEWT heads toward the door to his basement but turns at the last
moment to see a third escaped baby Niffler climbing onto a bottle of champagne
on the counter. With a sense of inevitability, the champagne bottle pops and the
baby Niffler zooms toward NEWT on top of the cork, soaring past him and down
the stairs to the basement.
Few laughed at the slow-motion shot of the baby Niffler
SCENE 33
INT. NEWT'S BASEMENT MENAGERIE—MOMENTS LATER—
NIGHT
A gigantic hospital for magical creatures.
Everyone was in aww of the hospital underneath newts house, that was complex magic for any wizards and for someone who didn't Finnish school.
NEWT
Bunty! Bunty! Bunty, the baby Nifflers are loose again!
(to the Nifflers)
Oi! Oh.
BUNTY, NEWT'S assistant, hurries into view. She is a plain girl, crazy about
creatures, hopelessly in love with NEWT. She peels off the Nifflers with freshly
bandaged fingers.
Newt sighed
How many times had he told her not to feed the kelpie it was to dangerous.
She tempts the last baby Niffler—the champagne cork rider—with a gold
necklace, then tucks all three into a nest full of sparkling objects.
NEWT
Well done.
BUNTY
I'm so sorry, Newt, they must have picked the lock while I was
cleaning out the Augureys—
NEWT
Not to worry.
NEWT and BUNTY walk together among the enclosures.
BUNTY
Hmm . . . I've fed nearly everyone, Pinky's had his nose drops, and
—
NEWT
—And Elsie?
BUNTY
Elsie's droppings are nearly normal again.
NEWT
Wonderful. You can clock off now—
(seeing her fingers)
I told you to leave the Kelpie to me.
BUNTY
That wound needs more ointment—
NEWT
I don't want you losing fingers over it.
The girls in the room awww as newts caring nature with bunty.
NEWT marches toward a patch of black water, BUNTY trotting in his wake,
awash with emotion at his concern for her.
In her seat Tina sat a little straighter, a weird feeling looking in her stomach.
NEWT
Seriously, you go home now, Bunty. You must be exhausted.
BUNTY
You know the Kelpie's easier with two.
They approach the water. NEWT unhooks a bridle hanging beside the pond.
BUNTY
(hopeful)
Perhaps you should take off your shirt?
There were many laughs at the poor girls embarrassment, and poor newt wondering why people were laughing.
NEWT
(oblivious)
Don't worry, I'll dry off quickly enough.
NEWT smiles and jumps backward into the water. The Kelpie erupts: a gigantic,
semi-spectral horse intent on drowning NEWT, who grabs it around the neck and
manages to scramble onto its back as it thrashes.
The Kelpie dives, taking NEWT with it. BUNTY waits, frightened.
WHOOSH—NEWT bursts back out of the water and the Kelpie is bridled. Now
docile, it shakes its mane. BUNTY transfixed by the sight of NEWT in his wet
shirt.
A wolf whistle was heard through the room.
NEWT
Someone needed to let off some steam. Ointment, Bunty?
She hands it over. Still mounted, NEWT applies ointment to a wound on the Kelpie's neck.
NEWT
Bite Bunty again and there'll be trouble, mister.
As he dismounts, there is a crash from overhead. Both he and BUNTY look up.
BUNTY
(scared)
What was that?
NEWT
I don't know. But I want you to go home now, Bunty.
BUNTY
Shall I call the Ministry?
NEWT
No, I want you to go home. Please.
SCENE 34
INT. NEWT'S STAIRCASE—A MINUTE LATER—NIGHT
NEWT climbs the stairs to his living quarters, wand drawn, curious and
expecting the worst. He pushes open the door.
Everyone's on the edge of there seat waiting to see who has invaded the mans house.
SCENE 35
INT. NEWT'S SITTING ROOM—NIGHT
A spartan bachelor residence. NEWT'S real life is in the basement.
JACOB KOWALSKI and QUEENIE GOLDSTEIN stand in the middle of the
room, suitcases beside them, QUEENIE nervous and excited, JACOB unfocused
and over-merry, possibly drunk. He is holding the remaining pieces of NEWT'S
vase, which he has just broken.
There were a few sighs of relief at it just being Queenie and Jacob.
Wait Jacob.
What's he doing here, he was obliviated in this universe.
Also what is wrong with him.
QUEENIE
If you could just give it to me . . . Just give it to me, sweetie. Just
give it to me.
(whispering)
If you could just give this to me, sweetheart. Oh!
JACOB
(looking at NEWT)
He doesn't care. Hold it.
NEWT
St—
JACOB
(bellows)
HEY! NEWT! Get over here, you maniac.
He flings his arms around a delighted but awkward NEWT.
QUEENIE
We hope you don't mind, Newt? We let ourselves in—it's raining
out there—cats and dogs! London's cold!
NEWT
(to JACOB)
But you were supposed to have been Obliviated!
"Yes will someone please explained what Jacob doing here."
Tena sent a pointed look towards Queenie know her sister she had somethingnn Bi to do with this.
JACOB
I know!
NEWT
So . . . But . . .
JACOB
It didn't work, pal. I mean, you said it, the potion only erases bad
memories. I didn't have any. I mean, don't get me wrong, I had
some weird ones. But this angel . . . this angel over here, she filled
me in on all the bad parts, and here we are, I guess, huh?
This gave many magical folk thoughts to think.
How many muggle sinew about the wizarding world...
NEWT
(overjoyed)
This is wonderful!
He looks around, sure that TINA is here too.
NEWT
Is . . .Tina? Tina?
QUEENIE
Oh it's just us, honey. Me and Jacob.
NEWT
Oh.
"You really don't hide disappointment well buddy." Jacob commented to newt in a friendly tone.
QUEENIE
(uncomfortable)
Why don't I make us some dinner, huh?
JACOB
Yes!
SCENE 36
INT. NEWT'S SITTING ROOM—FIVE MINUTES LATER—NIGHT
The threesome sit at a table bearing NEWT'S mismatched crockery, the
atmosphere tainted by TINA'S absence. QUEENIE'S case lies open on the sofa.
QUEENIE
Tina and I aren't talking.
The Goldstein sisters look at eachother confused.
Why wouldn't they be talking.
NEWT
Why?
JACOB'S POV—pink and hazy, as though happily drunk.
Jacob looked to the screen absolutely perplexed, what on Earth was wrong with him.
Queenie was trying to avoid the many pointed views she was receiving, most by now having guessed what she had done.
QUEENIE
Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each
other and she didn't like it, 'cause of the "law."
(miming quotation marks)
Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah,
blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, 'cause of you.
"Him?"
NEWT
Me?
QUEENIE
Yeah, you, Newt. It was in Spellbound. Here—I brought it for you—
She points her wand at her suitcase. A celebrity magazine zooms to her:
Spellbound: Celebrity Secrets and Spell Tips of the Stars! On the cover, an
idealized NEWT and an improbably beaming Niffler. BEAST TAMER NEWT TO WED!
"WHAT!"
"Who he marrying."
People looked to newt as if expecting him to be able to awnser there questions despite the man in question looked just as confused, not to mention trying to catch the attention on a certain witch who had all of a sudden refused to meet his eye.
QUEENIE opens the magazine. THESEUS, LETA, NEWT, and BUNTY stand
side by side at his book launch.
QUEENIE
(showing him)
"Newt Scamander with fiancée, Leta Lestrange; brother, Theseus;
and unknown woman."
"what the f..." Theseus spoke
Newt and lete look at the cover in confusion, when had they ever given the impression they were a couple let the alone engaged.
NEWT
No. Theseus is marrying Leta, not me.
QUEENIE
Oh! Oh dear . . . well, see, Teen read that, and she started dating someone else. He's an Auror. His name's Achilles Tolliver...
Now the which in question was receiving many stares.
Newt attempted to press down the feeling of disappoint.
A silence. Then NEWT starts to notice JACOB'S state: Eating sloppily, he hums
to himself, then tries to drink the salt. QUEENIE takes it and puts his glass in his
hand, trying to cover.
QUEENIE
Anyway . . . We're real excited to be here, Newt. This is a—well,
it's a special trip for us. You see, Jacob and I, we're getting married.
Not many people were surprised considering the two people in question were about to tie the knot.
She shows him her engagement ring. JACOB tries to toast the moment and pours
beer all over his ear.
"whats wrong with me."
Nobody wanted to answer the poor man.
JACOB
I'm marrying Jacob!
Now sure he knows what's going on, NEWT glares at QUEENIE.
NEWT (V.O.)
(speaking telepathically)
You've enchanted him, haven't you?
"what does he mean queenie."
Jacob looks to queenie for answers.
QUEENIE
(reading his mind)
What? I have not.
NEWT
Will you stop reading my mind?
(speaking telepathically)
Queenie, you've brought him here against his will.
QUEENIE
Oh, that is an outrageous accusation. Look at him. He's just happy.
He's so happy!
"queenie what babe you done to me." javib asks queenie now not more forcefully.
Queenie tries not meet his eyes but fails.
"i... Uh." the woman could not begin to speak.
NEWT
(drawing his wand)
Then you won't mind if I—
QUEENIE jumps up and tries to shield JACOB from him.
QUEENIE
Please don't!
NEWT
Queenie, you've got nothing to fear if he wants to get married. We
can just lift the enchantment and he can tell us himself.
Several painful moments pass. At last she moves aside.
JACOB
What you got there? Whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do with
that, Mr. Scamander?
NEWT
Surgito.
JACOB reacts as though to a bucket of cold water. He comes back to himself and
takes in his surroundings. He looks at NEWT.
NEWT
Congratulations on your engagement, Jacob.
JACOB
Wait, what?
NEWT looks at QUEENIE.
JACOB
Oh no.
He realizes he has been taken against his will. Slowly, he gets to his feet to face
QUEENIE.
She reads his mind. With a sob, she runs to close her case (several small objects,
including a lipstick and a fragment of torn postcard, fall out) and flees the
apartment.
Jacob now turned to queenie.
"why are you running away from me, I might be a bit unhappy with being spelled but you don't have to leave."
Queenie turned to Jacob with tears in her eyes.
JACOB
Queenie!
(turning to NEWT)
It's very nice to see you. Where the hell am I right now?
NEWT
Uh, uh, London.
JACOB
(frustrated)
Oh! I always wanted to go here!
(angry)
Queenie!
He runs after her.
SCENE 37
EXT. NEWT'S STREET—A MINUTE LATER—NIGHT
QUEENIE dashes out of NEWT'S house and off up the street, crying. JACOB
runs after her, livid.
JACOB
Queen, honey. Well, I'm just curious, when were you going to wake
me up? After we'd had five kids?
QUEENIE turns to confront JACOB.
QUEENIE
Why is it wrong to want to marry you?
JACOB
Okay—
QUEENIE
To wanna have a family? I just want what everyone else has, that's all.
JACOB
Okay, wait. We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they're gonna throw you in jail, sweetheart. I can't have that. They don't like people like me
marrying people like you. I ain't a wizard. I'm just me.
QUEENIE
They're really progressive here, and they'll let us get married properly.
The two looked at each other both glad now more than ever that they had decided to move to England.
QUEENIE gestures to the street.
JACOB
Sweetheart, you don't need to enchant me. I'm already enchanted! I love you so much.
The women in the room swoon at the declaration of love from Jacob.
QUEENIE
Yeah?
JACOB
Yeah. But I can't have you risking everything like this, you know?
You're not giving us a choice, sweetheart.
QUEENIE
You're not givin' me a choice. One of us had to be brave, and you were being a coward!
JACOB
I was being a coward? If I'm a coward, you're a—
"oh no"
Everyone seeing where this was going.
She reads his mind.
QUEENIE
—crazy!
She reacts. He knows she "heard" him.
JACOB
I didn't say it . . .
QUEENIE
You didn't have to.
JACOB
No, I didn't mean it, sweetheart.
QUEENIE
Yeah, you did.
JACOB
No.
QUEENIE
I'm gonna go see my sister.
JACOB
Fine. See your sister.
QUEENIE
Fine.
The two hold each other closer not wanting to believe what could have happened if they hadn't been allowed to move to England, the realisation that this very well could have been their future.
QUEENIE Disapparates.
JACOB
No, wait! No! Queenie! I didn't mean it. I didn't say nothing.
But he is alone in the street.
Many felt sorry for the man who had just lost his love.
SCENE 38
INT. NEWT'S HOUSE—SHORTLY AFTER—NIGHT
NEWT'S miserable gaze falls on the piece of postcard. He crosses to pick it up,
then points his wand at it.
NEWT
Papyrus Reparo.
It reconstitutes into a whole. We see a picture of Paris.
Postcard text becomes visible onscreen.
TINA (V.O.)
My dear Queenie,
What a beautiful city.
I'm thinking of you,
Tina X
SCENE 39
INT. NEWT'S BASEMENT MENAGERIE—NIGHT
CLOSE ON JACOB as he enters, pushes open the door, stares around. Soaked
through, he has been searching the streets for an hour. NEWT is nowhere to be
seen
JACOB
Hey, Newt?
NEWT (O.S.)
Down here, Jacob. I'll be with you in a second.
JACOB starts peering into the enclosure. By the patch of dark water where the
Kelpie lives, NEWT has placed a sign for BUNTY: BUNTY, DON'T TOUCH UNTIL I GET
BACK. He walks on.
An Augurey caws mournfully at JACOB as he walks past.
JACOB
I got my own problems.
That for a laugh out of a few people.
NEWT (O.S.)
No, no, no. Back in, please. Right, wait, wait, wait, wait.
A sign on the Augurey cage reads: BUNTY—DON'T FORGET TO GIVE PATRICK PELLETS.
JACOB hears movement and changes direction, passing a snoozing griffin with
a bandaged beak: BUNTY: CHANGE DRESSING DAILY.
NEWT'S case sits beside the Niffler enclosure. On the inside of the lid is a large
moving picture of TINA he has torn out of a newspaper.
NEWT comes round the corner wearing his coat.
NEWT
Queenie left a postcard. Tina's in Paris looking for Credence.
JACOB
Genius. Queenie's gonna go straight for Tina.
(elated)
Okay, we're going to France, pal! Hold on. I'll get my jacket.
NEWT
I've got it.
NEWT has already pointed his wand at the ceiling. JACOB'S coat, hat, and case
drop onto the floor in front of him. JACOB is blasted with warm magical air,
which dries his rain-soaked clothes.
JACOB
(impressed)
Oh. Beautiful.
They leave. We close in on the note that has appeared: BUNTY, GONE TO PARIS. HAVE
TAKEN NIFFLERS WITH ME. NEWT.