Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

ANGLE ON THE DEMIGUISE, which, on hearing the sound, looks up toward the ceiling, before continuing to gather sweets, now shoveling them into its handbag.

TINA (O.S.)

(regarding the roar)

Was that the Demiguise?

NEWT

No, I think it might be the reason that the Demiguise is here.

ANGLE ON NEWT AND TINA, moving swiftly down an aisle toward the Demiguise, which is now moving away through the store.

Realizing it’s been spotted, the Demiguise turns and looks at Newt quizzically before moving up a set of side stairs. Newt smiles and moves to follow.

SCENE 91

INT. DEPARTMENT STORE, ATTIC STOREROOM—NIGHT

A huge, dark attic space, full floor to ceiling with shelves packed with boxes of china: Dinner services, teacups, and general kitchenware.

The Demiguise walks along the attic in a patch of moonlight. It glances around before stopping and emptying its handbag full of confectionery.

NEWT (O.S.)

Its sight operates on probability, so it can foresee the most likely immediate future.

Newt comes into view, creeping up behind the Demiguise.

TINA (O.S.)

So what’s it doing now?

NEWT

It’s babysitting.

The Demiguise holds up one of the sweets, seeming to offer it up to someone or something.

TINA

What did you just say—?

NEWT

(calm and whispered)

This is my fault. I thought I had them all—but I must have miscounted.

Jacob and Queenie enter quietly. Newt moves calmly forward and kneels beside the Demiguise, which makes space for him in front of the sweets. Newt carefully places his case down.

ANGLE ON TINA—a shift of light reveals the scales of a large creature, hiding in the rafters of the attic. Tina looks up in horror.

TINA

It was babysitting that?

ANGLE ON THE CEILING as the face of an Occamy comes into view—just like the small, blue, snake-like birds seen in the case, but this Occamy is huge, coiled round and round itself to fill the entire attic roof space.

The Occamy moves slowly down toward Newt and the Demiguise, which again offers up a sweet. Newt remains very still.

NEWT

Occamies are choranaptyxic. So they—grow—to fill—available—space.

The Occamy spots Newt, and cranes its head toward him. Newt holds up a hand, gently:

NEWT

Mummy’s here.

ANGLE ON THE DEMIGUISE, whose eyes flash a brilliant blue—a sign that it’s having a premonition.

FLASH CUTS:

A Christmas bauble rolls across the floor; the Occamy is panicking, Newt clasping its back, being flung about the room; the Demiguise is suddenly on Jacob’s back.

BACK TO THE DEMIGUISE as its eyes turn back to brown.

Queenie moves slowly forward, staring at the Occamy. As she does so, she accidentally kicks a tiny glass bauble on the floor, which jingles as it rolls. At the sound, the Occamy rears up, screeching. Newt tries to calm the large creature:

NEWT

Whoa! Whoa!