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Chapter Ten: Eye of the Salamander

Tina, daddy, and I had eventually arrived at the Place De Furstemberg. Well, actually, we were in a nearby alleyway, but we were close to it. We looked over at the square where earlier we had seen a birdcage like elevator that led to the French Ministry.

"The box we need is in the ancestral records room. So, three floors down." Daddy explained before pulling out a tiny bottle.

"Is that Polyjuice?" Tina asked.

"Just enough to get me inside." Daddy replied before he looked down at his coat, finding a stray hair on his shoulder. He dropped into the opened bottle and drank it all. To our surprise, he turned into Uncle Theseus, but he still wore his normal clothing.

"Daddy, why are you going as Uncle Theseus?" I asked.

"Because, my dear, we're still not supposed to be in Paris. And I have no doubt that Theseus in here looking for us." Daddy said before looking down at me. He opened the case a little and pulled out a big hat, putting it on my head so it would cover my face. "There we go."

"I feel ridiculous." I commented in a monotone voice.

Daddy let out a small chuckle before he closed the case, taking mine and Tina's hands again as we ran to the elevator. After a short ride down, we made it inside the Ministrère Des Affaires Magiques, or the French Ministry of Magic. It was really pretty down here, it's a shame I didn't find time to enjoy it.

The three of us all ran down a corridor lined with all different types of pictures, but I could see that the Polyjuice potion was wearing off on daddy. "Daddy, the potion's wearing off." I whispered urgently.

"Yes, I know, my dear. We need to hurry." Daddy whispered back before turning to Tina, "I don't suppose you can disapparate on Ministry premises in France, can you?"

"No." Tina replied.

"Pity." He mumbled before the potion completely wore off, revealing himself again.

"Daddy, the potion!"

"Yes, I know, I know there's-"

It was too late. As soon as the potion wore off, every portrait along the corridor turned to daddy before an alarm sounded. "Emergency! Emergency! A tracked wizard, New Scamander, and an underage witch, Emma Scamander, have entered the department of magic!"

"Newt! Emma!" We looked over to see Uncle Theseus. Oh no, this wasn't good.

Daddy instantly took my hand as us and Tina ran as fast as we could away from my uncle. "That's your brother?" Tina asked.

"Yes! I think I may have mentioned in my letters we have quite a complicated relationship-" Daddy said quickly.

"He and I don't! We have a great relationship!" I added with pride before throwing off my large hat in order to stop him. However, my uncle just dodged it.

"NEWT! EMMA! STOP!" Uncle Theseus yelled to us, hot on our trail. But we had already arrived through a second door, which led to the mailroom. We ran past two elderly porters who were pushing mail arts across the circular room.

"Does he want to kill you both?" Tina asked again.

"Me, frequently. Emma, never!" Daddy replied.

"Which is lucky for me, I think." I commented.

"NO!" Uncle Theseus then sent a curse after us, which sent the mail cart boxes flying after us.

Thankfully, Tina quickly blocked the spell before the boxes hit us. "He needs to control his temper!"

"Daddy says I get my temper from him." I said.

"I can see that." Tina turned and pointed her wand at Uncle Theseus. Suddenly, he slammed down into a high chair that she conjured out of nowhere. With his hands bonded to the chair, Uncle Theseus then flew backwards on the chair into the meeting room, where he was then slammed into the wall.

"I think that might have been the best moment of my life." Daddy said in awe.

"It was pretty cool. I have a feeling we won't let him live it down though." I said with a smirk.

Daddy and Tina laughed before they each took my hand and we all sprinted on. After a while of sprinting, we arrived in the Records Room Atrium, which was in front of the towering Art Nouveau doors carved to resemble trees. A very old woman behind a desk barred the way of the entrance. When she saw us, she smiled rather creepily.

"Puis-je vous aider?" The old woman asked.

"Er-yes, this is Leta Lestrange. And I'm her-" Daddy tried explaining before Tina cut him off.

"Fiancé."

"And I'm their adopted daughter." I added.

There was a moment of awkwardness between all of us as the woman lifted up an ancient book to the desk and opened it. She skimmed through it before looking back up at us. "Allez-y."

"Merci." Tina whispered.

"Thank you." Daddy added.

"Very much!" I chirped.

The woman bowed her head as the three of us went through the doors into the records room. "Tina, about that fiancée business-" Daddy spoke.

"Sorry, yeah, I have should congratulated you-"

We were cut off when the large doors shut behind us, plunging us into a rather dark room. "Lumos." Whispered Tina before her wand lit up, revealing the room we were in.

To our surprise, we saw an extraordinary acre of shelved stretches away, all carved to look like trees, so it looked like we were in a forest. "Lestrange!" I yelled, seeing if Leta's shelf would reveal itself to us. But nothing happened.

"Guess we better get looking." Tina said as we all set off to find Leta's shelf. "Tina- About Leta-" Daddy tried speaking again.

"Yes, I've just said, I'm very happy for you and Emma that-"

"Yeah, well, don't." He said as he stopped walking, causing Tina and I to look up at him, "Please, don't be happy. Uh, no, no, I'm sorry. I don't.. Uh, obviously, I- Obviously, I want you to be. And I hear that you are now. Uh, which is wonderful. Sorry- What I'm trying to say is, I want you to be happy, but don't be happy that I'm happy, because I'm not... I'm not engaged." Well, at least he was trying.

"What?" Was all Tina said.

I sighed, know I would have to take over. "In the magazine, they made a mistake. My uncle Theseus is the one marrying Leta Lestrange, not daddy. He's going to be the best man and I'm going to be the flower girl, at least that's what he promised."

Tina looked like she was trying to understand. "So, does he think that Newt's here to win her back?" She looked up at him, "Are you here to win her back?"

"No, no, of course not! He doesn't like Leta! I mean, I guess he does, but not in that way. I think it's just better if you hear what he has to say." I looked up at daddy with a smile. "Go on, daddy, tell her how you feel."

"Well, I, umm..." Daddy's whole face flushed before he cleared his throat and pulled out a picture of Tina from his breast pocket. "I got this- I mean, it's just a picture of you from the paper, but it's interesting because your eyes in newsprint... See, in reality, they have this effect in them, Tina... It's like fire in water, in dark water. I've only ever seen that in..."

"Salamanders. He's saying that you have eyes like a salamander." I finished.

"Salamanders?" She asked, looking up at daddy for a moment. The two seemed to be lost in each other's eyes, I couldn't help but smile. I guess Jacob was wrong.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard as the doors of the records room flew open. It seemed that someone had entered the room with us. "Come on, let's find that shelf." Tina said seriously as we continued to journey. Shame, they were so close to making up.

After a few seconds, the giant trees started to shift around us. Daddy grabbed Tina and I as the Lestrange tree flew towards us. "Get on!" He exclaimed as we all quickly grabbed hold of the shelf and held on tightly.

"Circumrota." Exclaimed Leta's voice. Oh no, she was here.

Soon, the shelf tower turned as the three of us came face to face with Leta Lestrange once again. She smiled once she saw Newt and I. "Hello, Newt."

"Hello, Leta." Daddy replied awkwardly.

"Hello again, Emma."

"Hello again, Leta." I said happily.

"Hi." Tina awkwardly said. Oh goodness, Leta and Tina finally met. What would happen now?

The question had been answered as the old woman entered the room with us, surrounded by a growling pack of Matagots who were at her side.

"What kind of cats are those?" Leta asked rather scared.

"Those aren't cats, they're Matagots. They're spirit familiars. They guard the Ministry, but they won't hurt you unless-" Daddy was cut off again.

In a moment of panic, Lets fired a spell at one of the Matagots. "Stupefy!" She yelled, but the spell onto multiplied the Matagot and caused it to get more aggressive.

"Unless you attack them!" I yelled aggravated.

"Oops." Was all Leta could say as the Matagots continued to multiply and mutate.

"Leta, get on!" Daddy yelled quickly.

Leta climbed over the balustrade and then jumped onto the shelf tower with the three of us. "Reverte!" She yelled as the towering stack flew backward away from the woman and her pack of Matagots.

The other "trees" of the records room forest spun and moved as the tower was placed back on the ground. The four of us hopped down as we all took hands and ran through the room. I then looked behind me and spotted the pack of angry Matagots behind us. "They're following us!" I exclaimed frightened, causing us to ran after.

After it had seemed like we had lost the Matagots, daddy slammed down the case and opened it. "Everyone inside!" He exclaimed as each one of us climbed inside the case quickly.

"Newt, those Matagots are still out there!" Leta exclaimed quickly, "What are we gonna do?"

"Don't worry, Leta, I have a plan." Daddy replied as he pulled his wand out.

"Oh no, we better stand back." I said, pulling back Leta and Tina into a corner.

Suddenly, the Zouwu appeared in the shack before daddy climbed on her back and up to the surface of the French Ministry. I then quickly ran up and closed the case behind him. I let out a sigh of relief. "He should be facing those Matagots right now. He'll be back soon."

"I hope so." Tina and Leta both said at the same time before staring at each other awkwardly.

"Oh, right, you two haven't met yet. Tina Goldstein, this is Leta Lestrange. Leta Lestrange, this is Tina Goldstein" I introduced.

The two women continued to stare at each other before awkwardly taking shaking each other's hands. "Nice to meet you." Tina said, trying to be kind.

"The pleasure is all mine." Leta replied before pulling her away after long awkward seconds of shaking her hand. "Emma, when your father gets back, I need for all of us to go somewhere."

"Okay. Where do you need to go?" I asked.

Leta then pulled out a small piece of paper and sighed. "The Lestrange Family tomb at Père Lachaise."

Why did I suddenly get a dark feeling when she said that?

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