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Chapter Eight: The History of Emma Scamander
The three of us eventually arrived at Central Park, where we were running down a fridge. We had to move out of the way to let an ostrich through, who seemed like t was running for its life. Suddenly, we heard a low rumble in the distance before daddy got out some protective gear from his pockets and handed it to Mr. Kowalski. "Put this on."
"Wait, why would I need to wear something like this?" Mr. Kowalski asked.
"Because your skill is susceptible to breakage under immense force." Daddy explained. Wait, just what was he planning?
We all eventually ran to the Central Park Zoo. I had never been to a zoo before, but I heard things about them. Just seeing all the animals in habitats made for them made me both happy and a small bit sad because they weren't where they really belonged.
Anyway, the zoo was now half empty because some of the animals had escaped and the outer walls had been torn down. We all had to carefully walk over the piles of rubble that laid at the entrance. Daddy then handed Mr. Kowalski a small body protector and helped him put it on. "Now, there's absolutely nothing to worry about."
"Tell me, had anyone ever believed you when you told them not to worry?" Mr. Kowalski asked.
"Our family philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice." I explained before we continued on. All of us eventually spotted the Erumpent, which was a large, rotund, rhino-like creature with a massive horn on its forehead. She was nuzzling against a terrified hippo.
"She's in season. She needs to mate." Daddy said before getting out a small vial of liquid and put a small dab of it on each of his wrists before handing the open bottle to Mr. Kowalski.
Wait, was he? Oh god, oh no. "Daddy, you're not gonna do the dance, are you?"
"I'm afraid I have no choice, my dear." Daddy said shamefully before he walked a few feet away from up over to the Erumpent.
"Wait, what's he gonna do?" Mr. Kowalski asked.
"He's gonna do the Mating Dance." I replied with a small groan, covering my eyes but peaked a little. Daddy then began to do the embarrassing dance to the Erumpent, which caught her attention. I couldn't help but laugh at this embarrassing moment and Mr. Kowalski joined me in the laugher. "Gosh, I wish I had a camera right now." I commented as daddy then rolled on the floor, which the Erumpent then copied and moved closer to the case.
Then I heard something hit us before looking up and seeing that Mr. Kowalski had spilled the musk all over himself. I look over to see that a seal had thrown the fish at us then looked back at Mr. Kowalski. Oh, this wasn't good. All of a sudden, Mr. Kowalski began to run away from the Erumpent as she followed behind him while Mr. Kowalski screamed at the top of his lungs. Thankfully, I moved out of the way and back to daddy, who hugged me a small bit.
"Daddy, do something!" I yelled.
Daddy then pulled out his wand and began to cast a spell. But before he could, his wand was taken by a baboon, who then ran off in laughter. "Are you kidding me?! Come back here!" I yelled and ran after the baboon, picking up a stick on the way there.
"Emma!" Daddy yelled before the two of us finally cornered the baboon, who we too busy examining his wand.
"Here, they're exactly the same!" I said, offering up the stick to the stubborn baboon. But then it started to shake daddy's wand and before we knew it, it had casted a spell which caused the baboon to fly backwards. But thankfully, daddy caught his wand and we ran off to find Mr. Kowalski and the Erumpent.
"Sorry!" We both yelled to the baboon as we left the zoo, only to come across the Erumpent chasing Mr. Kowalski on a frown ice pond.
"Stay here, my dear!" Daddy told me before he took the case from me and slid onto the ice, opening the case. Like magic, the Erumpent was swallowed inside of the case before the Erumpent could even lick Mr. Kowalski.
Daddy the shut the case tightly as the two men looked at each other. I gasped and ran onto the ice, hugging both my daddy and Mr. Kowalski. "Good show, Mr. Kowalski." Daddy said in between pants.
"Yeah! You were really amazing, Mr. Kowalski!" I exclaimed.
Mr. Kowalski then smiled at us and offered out both of his hands for us to shake. "Call me Jacob."
Daddy and I looked at each other before shaking hands with Mr. Kowalski. I was right, we were all becoming friends. It only took a little adventure for us to get there.
Some time later, we were all back in the case and in the shack. We had just gotten done with putting the Niffler and the Erumpent back in their separate habitats, but now it was time for me to go to bed. I had changed back into my long sleeved white nightgown and was in my bed while daddy was talking to me.
"I'm sorry I kept you up later than normally, my dear." Daddy apologized, "But you were very brave today. I promise though that tomorrow won't be as crazy. Once we find Dougel, we're heading to Arizona to free Frank and then back to England."
"It's okay, daddy. I've actually had fun today!" I exclaimed before looking at Jacob, who was awkwardly playing with some of the plants in the shack, "Does he have to be Obilivated, daddy? Maybe we can find a way for him to remember?"
"I don't know, my dear. That's something I'll have to think about. But you need your rest now, alright?" He leaned down and kissed my forehead, "I love you, Emma."
"I love you too, daddy." I then closed my eyes and tried my best to go to sleep as I felt daddy get up from my bed.
"That's some little girl you've got there." I heard Jacob say to daddy, "Does she have a mother?"
"No, actually. It's just me." Daddy replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did her mother die? Or did she leave or something?"
"Huh? Oh, no, no! There is no mother. She's actually my adopted daughter. You see.. It's quite a long story."
"I'm listening." Oh no... This story wasn't something that I liked to listen to and it was another story that made daddy uncomfortable to even talk about. It was the day when he found me. The day he adopted me. The day I became a Scamander.
"Well, you see, I didn't just find Frank in Egypt. I found Emma as well." Daddy explained, "You see, I was just about to leave when I saw these wizards that were selling off children for a fair price. When they held up Emma, who was only two at the time, they had said that her parents were killed by dark wizard fanatics simply for not agreeing with what they believed in. Thankfully, other wizards should up and put an end to the trafficking. They managed to free all the children but they didn't know what to do with Emma since she had no other family to go to.. So I finally revealed myself and I said that I would take her."
"Wow.." Was all Jacob could say.
"I took a long time for her to trust me after what those wizards did to her. But finally, after many months of telling her that they would never find her and giving her a better life, she finally did trust me and I became her father.. Her first full word to me was "Daddy." You should've seen the look on my face.." Daddy laughed softly but I could tell that he was close to almost crying.
I got out of my bed and ran into daddy's arms, both of us hugging each other tightly as we both cried in happiness. We were so thankful to have each other in our lives that we didn't care if other people that we were weird or different. We had each other and that was all that mattered. "I love you so much, daddy!" I cried.
"I love you too, my little beast." Daddy replied, crying a little as well.
We eventually stopped crying and pulled away from each other, wiping our tears and laughing now. "You were supposed to be asleep when I was telling that story."
"Well, sorry. I'm a Scamander. We don't sleep." I commented with a grin.
"I think that you're gonna be a rule breaker when you grow up, huh, Emma?" Jacob asked me.
"Well, I can only hope." I replied, which made us all laugh.
Suddenly, there was a knocking sound. We looked up to the entrance of the case. Someone was knocking on it. Daddy stood up and put his coat on. "Emma, stay in here. If anything happens, just stay in here." He told me in a serious tone.
I nodded my head and watched as he climbed up the stairs, opening the door to the case. I then overheard many whispers and voices from above. Jacob and daddy both climbed up the stairs out of the case while I stayed behind, seeing that we weren't outside. I saw from above that we were now in a large grey room.
Why do I have a bad feeling about what was going to happen now?
And there's chapter 8! Ahh, the wonders of a writing mood. Able to write multiple chapter at once or can't even get the first sentence out. Always a fun time. Anyway, there's Emma's past. Yep, she was orphaned and trafficked. That's a lot for a six year old.
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