J. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Graves realizes his mistake. He stands, brushing off the questions, turning the blame back onto Newt.

GRAVES

You fool nobody, Mr. Scamander. You brought this Obscurus into the city of New York in the hope of causing mass disruption—breaking the Statute of Secrecy and revealing the magical world—

NEWT

You know that can’t hurt anyone, you know that!

GRAVES

—you are therefore guilty of a treasonous betrayal of your fellow wizards and are sentenced to death. Miss Goldstein, who has aided and abetted you—

NEWT

No, she’s done nothing of the kind—

GRAVES

—she receives the same sentence.

The two executioners step forward. They calmly, intrusively, press the tips of their wands into Newt’s and Tina’s necks.

Tina is so overcome with shock and fear that she can barely speak.

GRAVES

(to the executioners)

Just do it immediately. I will inform President Picquery myself.

NEWT

Tina.

Graves again places a finger to his lips.

GRAVES

Shh.

(waving to the executioners)

Please.

Queenie is carrying a tray of coffee and mugs toward a meeting room.

Suddenly she freezes, her eyes widen, a look of terror across her face. She drops the tray—cups smashing on the floor.

An assortment of low-level MACUSA functionaries turn to stare at her. Queenie stares back, stunned, before running away down the corridor.

A long, black, metallic corridor leads into a pure white cell, which consists of a chair suspended magically over a square pool of rippling potion.

Newt and Tina are forced into this room by the executioners. A guard stands at the door.

TINA

(to the executioner)

Don’t do this—Bernadette—please—

EXECUTIONER 1

It don’t hurt.

Tina is led to the edge of the pool. She begins panicking, her breathing heavy and erratic.

The smiling executioner raises a wand and carefully extracts Tina’s happy memories from her head. Tina instantly calms—her expression now vacant, otherworldly.

The executioner casts the memories into the potion, which ripples, coming alive with scenes from Tina’s life:

A young Tina smiles up as her mother calls:

TINA’S MOTHER (V.O.)

Tina . . . Tina . . . Come on, pumpkin—time for bed. Are you ready?

TINA

Momma . . .

Tina’s mother appears in the pool, her expression loving and warm. The real Tina watches, smiling down.

EXECUTIONER 1

Don’t that look good. You wanna get in? Huh?

Tina nods vacantly.

Queenie stands in the crowded lobby.

The elevator doors sound.

ANGLE ON THE ELEVATOR DOORS, which open, revealing Jacob, escorted by Sam, the Obliviator.

Queenie hurries toward them, determined.

QUEENIE

Hey, Sam!

SAM

Hey, Queenie.

QUEENIE

They need you downstairs. I’ll Obliviate this guy.

SAM

You ain’t qualified.

Grim-faced, Queenie reads his mind.

QUEENIE

Hey, Sam—does Cecily know you been seeing Ruby?

ANGLE ON RUBY, a MACUSA witch, standing ahead of them. She smiles at Sam.

ANGLE ON QUEENIE AND SAM—Sam looks nervous.

SAM

(appalled)

How’d you—?

QUEENIE

Let me Obliviate this guy and she’ll never hear about it from me.

Stunned, Sam backs away. Queenie seizes Jacob’s arm and marches him off across the cavernous lobby.

JACOB

What are you doin’?

QUEENIE

Shh! Teen’s in trouble, I’m trying to listen—

(she reads Tina’s mind)

Jacob, where’s Newt’s case?

JACOB

I think that guy Graves took it—

QUEENIE

Okay, come on—

JACOB

What? You’re not gonna Obliviate me?

QUEENIE

Of course not—you’re one of us now!

Queenie hurries him toward the main staircase.

Tina sits in the execution chair. She gazes down: Beneath her swirl happy images of her family, her parents, a young Queenie.

MEMORY:

We move into the pool and follow one of Tina’s memories: Tina walks inside the Second Salem church and up the stairs. She finds Mary Lou, standing over Credence, belt in hand—Credence looks terrified. In anger, Tina casts a spell, striking Mary Lou. Tina moves forward to comfort Credence:

TINA

It’s okay.

ANGLE BACK ON REAL TINA, still gazing into the pool, smiling wistfully.

ANGLE ON NEWT, who glances quickly down his own arm—Pickett is clambering, quiet and agile, toward the shackles holding Newt’s hands.

ANGLE ON THE DOOR TO GRAVES’S OFFICE.

QUEENIE (O.S.)

Alohomora.

We see Queenie and Jacob standing awkwardly outside Graves’s office, Queenie trying desperately to open the door.

QUEENIE

Aberto . . .

The door remains locked.

QUEENIE

(frustrated)

Ugh. He would know a fancy spell to lock his office.

Back to Pickett as he finishes unlocking the shackles holding Newt’s wrists, and quickly climbs onto Executioner 2’s coat.

EXECUTIONER 2

(to Newt)

Okay, let’s get the good stuff out of you—

Executioner 2 raises her wand to Newt’s forehead. Newt seizes his opportunity—he jumps backward out of the way before revealing the Swooping Evil, which he throws forward toward the pool. He then swiftly turns and punches the guard, knocking him out cold.