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Chapter Six: Off to Paris We Go!
When dawn had finally came, I had decided to leave the case and go back to explore the mansion that I was born in. Daddy and Jacob were still fast asleep so I changed my clothes and went back upstairs to the mansion. I had put on a long sleeved olive green dress with brown pantie hose, a green bow, and brown boots. I also made sure to put on the necklace Dumbledore gave me just in case I needed it.
I climbed out of the case and arrived back up in the living room of the mansion. I could see the room so clearly now that the sun was out. I glanced up at the portrait of my real mother and father and shivered at the sight of them staring down at me. I walked past the piano and ran my fingers along some keys. I had always actually wanted to play the piano. Maybe I could ask daddy from some lessons.
I continued my journey until I walked into the dining room. It was a big room with a long table that could seat a hundred people. There were many cases full of dead and rotting plants and flowers and even the wallpaper was coming off.
I exited the dining room and decided to go explore upstairs, but I couldn't figure out which way I should go. So I followed my gut and went west. I saw a long hallway that held many windows and many different rooms. I soon found a door that had my name on it. Was this where my room was? I decided to investigate and opened the door.
To my surprise, my old room was all pink. It had a small crib for me, two rocking chairs beside the crib, a small changing station, a play area with all different kinds of toys, a wardrobe, a dresser, a bookshelf with different books from the Wizarding world and the muggle world, and above me was a small crystal chandelier. My mother and father must've put a lot of thought into my room for me.
I exited my old room and decided to go to the room across from mine. To my surprise, it was a large bedroom with a king sized bed. The room was all red and green and it held a vanity, a wardrobe, a bookshelf, a jewelry box, a dresser, a large mirror, a love seat, and a balcony. I walked over to the bed and felt the soft covers. This must be where my mother and father must have slept. I wish I could've known them better. Maybe the book that they left me could help me.
"Emma! Emma!" I heard daddy call for me from downstairs.
Oh no, they must have woken up already. I wish I could've had more time to investigate everything else. But we had to be leaving now for Paris. I quickly exited my parents' old room, closing the door behind me, and carefully ran down the stairs to see Jacob and daddy out of the case and ready to head off. "There you are, my dear. We thought you ran off." Daddy said seriously and hugged me, "You nearly gave me a heart attack."
"I'm sorry, daddy, I just wanted to explore a little." I explained, hugging him tightly.
Daddy sighed and took my hand gently before picking up his case. "Alright, well, just please don't wander off again without telling me, alright?"
"I promise, daddy." I replied, though I'm pretty sure that I would be breaking that promise rather quickly. I began to walk to the door of the mansion to leave and I found myself staring back up at the portrait of my parents. "Goodbye." I whispered to them as we exited the Edwards Mansion.
The three of us then began to walk to where we were leaving to go to Paris. Thankfully, daddy said that it wasn't too far away from the mansion. Daddy soon cleared his throat and looked at Jacob. "Jacob, that man Tina's been seeing-"
"Hey, hey, don't worry! She's gonna see you and Emma and it'll be the five of us together, it'll be just like New York all over again. Don't worry about it." Jacob said positively.
"Yes, but he's an Auror, Queenie said?"
"Daddy, so what if he is? You're a beast tamer. You're ten times better than any old Auror." I exclaimed.
Daddy gave a small smile at me. "Thank you, my dear." He then sighed, "What do you both think I should say to her, if we see her?"
"Oh, well, it's best not to plan these things. You know, you just say whatever comes to you in the moment." Jacob explained.
"Well... She does have eyes just like a salamander." Daddy said reminiscently.
"How about we don't say that?" I asked cautiously. I didn't know much about romance or dating, because of my age, but saying that someone has eyes like a salamander was probably not the most romantic thing in the world.
"Nah, look, you just tell her that you missed her. Right, and then you and Emma came all the way to Paris to find her. She'll love that, especially since you brought Emma with you. And then, tell her that you're losing sleep at night for thinking of her. Just don't say anything about no salamanders, all right?" Jacob asked.
"Right. Okay." Was all daddy could say. I could tell he was confused.
"But hey, it's gonna be alright. We're in this together, pal. Okay, Emma and I are gonna help you out. We're gonna help you find Tina, find Queenie, and then we'll all be happy again. Just like old times. Right, Emma?" Jacob asked me with a smile.
"Right!" I agreed before we all spotted a slightly sinister looking man on the edge of the cliff wearing black tattered robes and in front of him was a rather old and rusty bucket. This was the portkey tout that daddy hired to help us get to Paris.
"Who's this guy?" Jacob asked.
"He's the only way Emma and I can leave the country without documentation. Now, you don't suffer from motion sickness, do you?" Daddy asked our muggle friend.
"Well, I don't do well on boats." He replied.
"Well, then it's a good thing we're not traveling on a boat then, Jacob." I said with a small wink, leaving Jacob confused as to how we were traveling to Paris.
"Stir your stumps! It leaves in one minute!" The tout announced to us before holding out his hand to daddy, "Fifty galleons."
"No, we said thirty." Daddy argued.
"Thirty to go to France, twenty not to tell anyone I seen Newt Scamander and little Emma Scamander leaving the country illegally." The tout argued back.
I sighed. "Just pay him, daddy. You know how stubborn people like him are." Daddy looked down at me and sighed before handing the man the fifty galleons.
The tout grinned at the money in his hand. "Price of fame, pal." He then checked his watch, "Ten seconds."
Daddy then picked up the rusty old bucket before taking my hand. I then held out my free hand to Jacob. "Hold tightly onto my hand, Jacob."
Jacob looked nervously before taking my hand and suddenly, we were pulled away from the cliff into thin air. It only took us a few seconds to appear in front of the Place Cachée. We quickly walked to a large green statue of a robed woman. I looked up to see Jacob being rather pale, sweaty, and gripping the bucket tightly. "Are you okay?" I asked.
"I didn't like that portkey." He commented.
"I'm afraid you'll have to get used to it. Follow me, you two." Daddy said before pointing his wand at the French policeman, "Confundus." And with that, the French policeman lurched as though drunk, blinked, and shook his head before giggling and ran off away from off. "Come on, that should wear off in a few minutes."
The statued woman opened her robes to us and we all ran inside, only to find ourselves in a rather colorful street. I gasped and looked around the France Diagon Alley, which I had read a lot about. There were so many places I wished to see, but that would have to happen another time.
"Appare vestigium!" Daddy exclaimed as he pointed his wand to the street. Suddenly, the tracking spell materialized into a swirl of gold, which illuminated graces of the recent magical activity that had happened in the square. He then pointed his wand to the case, "Accio Niffler!" The case then burst open and our old pal, the adult Niffler, jumped out. "Get looking."
"What's he going to do, daddy?" I asked.
"He's going to look for Tina's footprints, my dear. To see if she's been here." He explained as we examined all the scenes that took place just last night.
"Daddy, look! It's a Kappa!" I exclaimed and pointed to the famous Japanese water demon.
We then looked over to see that the Niffler was now sniffing the place where some footprints were now. "Tina? Tina!" Daddy exclaimed before looking down at the ground and then leaned down, beginning to lick the pavement.
"And now we're licking the dirt now." Jacob commented.
"Daddy, that's disgusting!" I screeched, gagging a little.
Daddy ignored us as he then stood up and placed his wand to his ear. His eyes then widened before he pointed his wand at the street again. "Revelio!" Soon enough, gigantic paw marks were revealed all over the pavement.
"Newt, what made those?" Jacob asked worriedly.
"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.
"Wow. Do you think that Tina was here too?" I asked before seeing the Niffler sniffing around more shining footprints. Daddy and I ran over to him as I picked him up. "Good boy!"
"Tina was here. She stood her. She has incredibly narrow feet, haven't you both noticed?" Daddy exclaimed with a worried look upon his face.
"Can't say that I have." Jacob replied.
"Neither have I." I added.
We then saw a vision of a man. He was dark skinned and dressed rather well. "Someone came towards her." He then pointed to a feather that was on the street, pointing his wand at the feather. "Avenseguim!" Suddenly, the feather turned like the needle of a compass and pointed into a random direction. "Follow the feather!"
"What?" Jacob asked.
"You heard him! We have to follow the feather." I repeated. I quickly put he Niffler back into the case and handed it to daddy as we all began to follow the feather. I looked up to see that Jacob was still holding the bucket. "Jacob, put the bucket down!"
"Huh? Oh, right, right!" Jacob quickly sat down the bucket as we all followed where the feather was leading us. Hold on, mommy, we're gonna find you and we'll all be one happy family again.
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