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no, no, no. Oh no. No, no, no.
    He jerks convulsively and slides to the floor, unconscious.
    NEWT
    Well, that’s not the best start to a rescue attempt.
    TINA
    This was a rescue attempt? You’ve just lost me my only lead.
    JACOB launches for the door, trying to break it down.
    NEWT
    (innocent)
    Well, how was the interrogation going before we turned up?
    TINA throws him a dark look. She strides to the back of the cave.
    Pickett, who, unnoticed, has hopped out of NEWT’S pocket, successfully picks the lock, and the bars swing open.
    JACOB
    Newt!
    NEWT
    Well done, Pick.
    (to TINA)
    You need this man, you say?
    TINA
    Yeah. I think this man knows where Credence is, Mr. Scamander.
    As they bend over the unconscious KAMA, they hear an earth-shattering roar from somewhere above them. They look at each other.
    NEWT
    Well, that’ll be the Zouwu.
    NEWT grabs his wand and Disapparates.



SCENE 62
    EXT. PARISIAN BRIDGE—NIGHT
    In the middle of the bridge is the Zouwu, terrified and lethal. It is too badly hurt to keep running, but it is swiping at passersby, who are screaming and running out of
the way. Cars screech to a halt.
    NEWT Apparates in the middle of the bridge, fifty yards from the Zouwu, holding his case. A second later, TINA Apparates too, holding JACOB’S arm. JACOB is sagging
under the weight of the unconscious KAMA.
    JACOB
    (calls)
    Newt, get out of there!
    NEWT stoops down slowly and opens his case. The Zouwu snarls, crouches, and begins to advance on NEWT.
    Very slowly, so as not to alarm the Zouwu, NEWT lowers his arm into the case, feeling for something. It takes him longer than he expected. Frowning, he reaches deeper
inside. The Zouwu advances. It bares its teeth.
    NEWT has found what he was looking for. He raises his arm. He is holding a fluffy toy bird on a stick and rope.
    A beat. The Zouwu’s eyes start to follow the bird.
    The Zouwu’s tail twitches. It crouches lower than ever. Then, with a sudden bound, it soars through the air toward NEWT. Screams from the onlookers—NEWT will
surely be crushed—
    But at the last moment he lets the bird fall into the case and the Zouwu sails after it in a flash of rainbow color, python tail flailing and—WHAM—NEWT slams
the lid shut.
    Uproar from the crowd, sirens approaching, police cars converging on the bridge. FLAMEL’S card flies up out of NEWT’S pocket.
    TINA and JACOB, still carrying KAMA, run toward NEWT, and all four Disapparate.



SCENE 63
    EXT. HOGWARTS—DAY
    An ominous procession of AURORS marches up the drive toward the castle, among them, THESEUS and LETA.
    CLOSE ON AN UPPER WINDOW. STUDENTS staring down at the strangers, nudging one another. The AURORS enter the school.

    SCENE 64
    INT. DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS CLASSROOM—DAY
    DUMBLEDORE is teaching. A space in the middle of the room, all students enjoying the spectacle. A large boy—M C CLAGGAN—is braced for
attack, his robes covered in dust, his tie knotted around his ear. He and DUMBLEDORE circle each other.
    DUMBLEDORE
    What were the three biggest mistakes that you made last time?
    M C CLAGGAN
    Caught by surprise, sir.
    DUMBLEDORE
    What else?
    M C CLAGGAN
    Didn’t parry before counter-curse, sir.
    DUMBLEDORE
    Very good. And the last one . . . the most important one?
    M C CLAGGAN looks away, thinking. DUMBLEDORE hits him unawares. M C CLAGGAN flies into the air, DUMBLEDORE conjures a sofa,
M C CLAGGAN hits it and slides to the floor.
    DUMBLEDORE
    Not learning from the first two.
    The class laughs. The door opens. TRAVERS, THESEUS, and four other AURORS enter, YOUNG MINERVA M C GONAGALL behind them.
    M C GONAGALL
    This is a school, you’ve no right—
    TRAVERS
    I’m the Head of Magical Law Enforcement and I have the right to go wherever I please.
    (to the students)
    Out of here.
    They don’t move.
    DUMBLEDORE
    (to the students)
    Go with Professor McGonagall, please.
    They file out, curious or alarmed. The last out is M C CLAGGAN.
    M C CLAGGAN
    (to TRAVERS)
    He’s the