SCENE 47
EXT. WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER—DAWN
NEWT and JACOB are walking with cases toward Beachy Head. Pickett pokes his head out of NEWT’S breast pocket and yawns.
NEWT
Jacob, that man Tina’s been seeing—
JACOB
Don’t worry! She’s gonna see you and she’ll see the four of us together, it’ll be just like New York all over again. Don’t worry about it.
NEWT
Yes, but he’s an Auror, Queenie said?
JACOB
Yeah, he’s an Auror. So what? Don’t worry about him.
A beat. They walk.
NEWT
What d’you think I should say to her, if I see her?
JACOB
Oh, well, it’s best not to plan these things. You know, you just say whatever comes to you in the moment.
A beat. They walk.
NEWT
(reminiscently)
She has eyes just like a salamander.
JACOB
Don’t say that.
A beat. JACOB decides NEWT needs help.
JACOB
Nah, look, you just tell her that you missed her. Right, and then you came all the way to Paris to find her. She’ll love that. And then, tell her you’re losing sleep at night for thinking of her. Just don’t say anything about no salamanders, all right?
NEWT
Right. Okay.
JACOB
Hey, hey, hey. It’s gonna be all right. We’re in this together, pal. Okay, I’m gonna help you out. I’m gonna help you find Tina, find Queenie, and we’ll all be happy again. Just like old times.
He spots a slightly sinister figure on the edge of the cliff: all black, tattered robes.
JACOB
Who is this guy?
NEWT
He’s the only way I can leave the country without documentation. Now, you don’t suffer from motion sickness, do you?
JACOB
I don’t do well on boats, Newt.
A beat.
NEWT
You’ll be fine.
PORTKEY TOUT
Stir your stumps—it leaves in one minute!
Confused, JACOB looks around for the conveyance, ignoring the rusty bucket on the ground.
PORTKEY TOUT
Fifty Galleons.
NEWT
No, we said thirty.
PORTKEY TOUT
Thirty to go to France, twenty not to tell anyone I seen Newt Scamander leaving the country illegally.
Angry, NEWT pays up.
PORTKEY TOUT
Price of fame, pal.
(checks watch)
Ten seconds.
NEWT picks up the bucket and holds out his hand to JACOB.
NEWT
(to JACOB)
Jacob.
JACOB
ARGH!
They are pulled away into thin air.
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SCENE 48
EXT. PLACE CACHÉE—DAY
NEWT and JACOB peer around the corner. A French POLICEMAN is standing in front of the statue of the robed woman. JACOB is pale, sweaty, and still clutching the bucket, which has come in handy.
JACOB
I didn’t like that Portkey, Newt.
NEWT
(absently)
So you keep saying. Follow me.
NEWT points his wand at the POLICEMAN.
NEWT
Confundus.
The POLICEMAN lurches as though drunk, blinks, shakes his head, then giggles and ambles off, raising his hat at disconcerted passersby.
NEWT
Come on. That’ll wear off in a few minutes.
NEWT leads JACOB through the statue and into Magical Paris. He puts his case down and points his wand at the street.
NEWT
Appare vestigium.
The tracking spell materializes as a swirl of gold, which illuminates traces of recent magical activity in the square.
NEWT
Accio Niffler!
The case bursts open and a Niffler jumps out.
NEWT
Get looking.
NEWT climbs onto the case and inspects impressions of creatures revealed in the air, while the now-trained adult Niffler sniffs out clues.
NEWT
That’s a Kappa. That’s a Japanese water demon—
The Niffler sniffs around some shimmering footsteps. The Niffler has found the place where TINA stood in front of the Zouwu.
NEWT sees a vision of TINA.
NEWT
Tina? Tina!
(to Niffler)
What have you found?
He bends down to lick the pavement.
JACOB
(glancing around)
And we’re licking the dirt now.
NEWT puts his wand to his ear and listens to a terrifying roar. He points his wand to the street.
NEWT
Revelio.
JACOB sees what NEWT is looking at: gigantic paw marks overlaying everything else.
JACOB
(intensely worried)
Newt . . . what made those?
NEWT
That is a Zouwu. It’s a Chinese creature. They are incredibly fast and incredibly powerful. They can travel a thousand miles in a day . . . and this one could take you from one part of Paris to the next in a single leap.
The Niffler sniffs around more shimmering footsteps—another place where TINA stood.
NEWT
Oh, good boy.
(intensely worried)
Jacob, she was here. Tina stood here. She has incredibly narrow feet, have you noticed?
JACOB
Can’t say that I have.
NEWT sees a vision of KAMA.
NEWT
Then someone came towards her.
NEWT points to a feather from KAMA’S hat, sniffs it, and looks troubled.
NEWT
Avenseguim.
The feather turns like the needle of a compass, pointing the way.
NEWT
Follow that feather.
JACOB
What?
NEWT
Jacob, follow the feather.
JACOB
Follow the feather.
NEWT
(of the Niffler)
Where is he? Ah, Accio Niffler.
The Niffler is carried by the spell back into the case. NEWT takes the case and dashes off.
JACOB gestures toward the bucket in his hand.
NEWT
Let go of the bucket!
JACOB drops the bucket and chases after NEWT.