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Chapter 11

He tried to look away, tried to ignore the applause, but it didn't work. As if Grindelwald was a magnet, he drew attention from everywhere. He smiled at the members of the gamot, as if they were his audience, he smiled at everyone. Grindelwald really behaved like a born king. But something was wrong. Grindelwald wouldn't greet those he hated most as equals. He was convinced that everybody who didn't believe in his vision, was inferior to him, especially these ministers. Grindelwald slowly walked around, so he could be sure that everyone really had seen him, before he sat down. "Good day, ladies and gentlemen. I am here today, to tell you what really happened, why I am fighting for the right cause." Dumbledore didn't even try to be quiet. He was not willing to let anyone talk about Ariana or him, if Grindelwald really was willing to sacrifice these memories, well, Albus Dumbledore wasn't. "But you are not fighting for the right cause and there is no way to justify the mass murder for a greater good. Even someone as brilliant as you should know that killing children isn't the right way", he interrupted him. Dumbledores brain worked faster than ever. If Grindelwald would understand that he was talking about Ariana, he would have to shut up. "Keep quiet, old man. Someone as stupid and ignorant as you shouldn't have the right to talk to me. Besides, I never murdered a child. Lawyer, please make him stop interrupting me. I don't even know this person, he seems to be a lot older than me and he doesn't know what he is talking about. You can clearly see that he is mad" Albus almost started laughing. This wasn't Gellert Grindelwald, this was Krall, one of his followers. Grindelwald knew his birthday, he had celebrated it with him, then. He would have known that Dumbledore was only two years older than him. "This is Albus Dumbledore, one of the most brilliant wizards of your history, and I believe that he is widely known all around the world. It is believed that he is about as powerful as you are, Mr. Grindelwald. But if you really don't want him here..." Grindelwald would have known his name better than anyone. "I'll leave the court freely for today, so he can calm down. I didn't intend to hurt the accused person", Dumbledore said.

On his way out of the ministry, he thought about his vision, the dream Grindelwald had sent him. Especially his words. I guess, I won't see you personally in a long time. He had changed his plans before, he had known that he wouldn't come to meet the wizengamot. It had all just been a trap, Grindelwald really was on his way to Paris now. And Newt didn't know about it. He quickly sent an owl to Paris. It all began to start again.

"Get up", he heard someone else say. He didn't remember exactly since when he had been lying on this carpet, but he didn't want to get up again. If he really was such a failure, who let Grindelwald escape out of his own hotel room, then he wasn't the only one to do it. "I said: Get up! I didn't break international laws to see you here lying on the carpet, because you are scared of Grindelwald" "Tina?" "No, I am not Leta Lestrange, sorry to disappoint you" The harsh tone in her voice let Newt stand up. She was definitely angry. She had every right in the world to be angry. "I sincerely apologize, Tina" She just looked at him. "Well, good that you have said it" "Umm... Sorry... Are you alright?" "Not really, Newt. It's just a bad time, now that Grindelwald is on his way to Paris. We've all had nightmares of him talking to us and sometimes it isn't all that easy. Anyways we are all glad you are okay. Queenie and Jacob are waiting down the street, in a cafe, Jacob loves these french bakeries" "I never wanted you to be Leta. Leta doesn't care about me and I shouldn't either. I am really sorry."

"Welcome to Circus Arcanus, Ladies and Gentlemen, Monsieurs et Dames. Tonight, you all will be witnessing one of the greatest shows possibly ever seen. Our circus is home to strange creatures, mysterious humans and some that may be both. Anyway, they are all excited to meet you. And now, one of our highlights today: Paris, please welcome: the enchanting snake girl and her companion, the master of darkness!", Skender declared, his voice was magically made louder, just like the voices of the artists.

"I am here", the audience heard someone whisper. The giant circus tent was crowded, but it was dark inside the giant cage, which was used as the stage. Suddenly, everything was bright again. There were no candles, their fires all disappeared after the words of Skender, the circus boss. It seemed to be as if the two artists standing in the middle of the arena eradicated light. A girl with long dark brown hair in a blue dress, which looked like it was made out of snake skin and a boy in a black suit and black hair. They both looked at the audience, insecure, but still with confidence in their eyes. "Now", the boy said, closed his eyes and took the hand of the girl. The enchanting snake girl began to dance strangely in circles, around the so called master of the darkness, who slowly turned around too. First, no one noticed, but slowly, the girls dress began to turn into the skin of a snake. She still danced, round after round. She really looked like a maniac, as her pupils began to become longer and diamond shaped. The girl had now a snake tail and eyes, The audience was silent. No one understood what their eyes were seeing, everybody was curious what would happen next. Some would bet to have heard little girls screaming, as the boy rolled his eyes into the direction of the back of his head and merged with the darkness around him. This was dark magic, it took all warmth out of the air, everyone in the audience was freezing, as this scaring dark force roamed alongside the cage, almost as near that the wizards and witches in front of the cage could touch it. Some were brave enough to clap, but they all became silent, as the snake girl said, with a high, scared voice: "Something's wrong" A man, he would later be recognized as Mr. Yusuf Kama, in first line shouted: "I know this boy!", but no one listened to him. No one was able to say anything, their eyes followed the dark magic in the cage. Sometimes the boy inside could be seen, the next moment it was just the dark dust. The enchanting snake girl still danced around, as if she was possessed by some demon, (which in the opinion of the audience could really be true, because it was a magic circus), her eyes now filled with fear, while she turned back. She was herself again, but the master of darkness wasn't back. "Credence!", she screamed. "Credence, come back" The magic, ready to devour everything around it, which even the most stupid under the audience had realized, slowly stopped. The human formed again, the darkness still followed him. Everybody could see that he was torn. Torn between coming back or giving into the darkness. The master of darkness, Credence, focused. Everything seemed to have stopped, no one could breathe for this second. And he turned back into human, hugged the enchanting snake girl and bowed down for the audience. "We wish you an excellent night, Paris", he said, strangely happy smiling. It had all been a trick, an illusion. Credence had controlled everything, from beginning to end. But the audience was more than impressed by them. This really was one of the most thrilling shows they had ever seen.
"Thank you all for these beautiful memories, and we will both be more than grateful to see you at our wedding, in a few months. Goodbye", Theseus smiled at Leta and their guests. It had been such a beautiful party, even though Leta still had Newts message in her mind. They all seemed to be more than happy to see them here, together, as if Newt was one of the only people who knew about it. And he still went to crush her engagement party, so she and Theseus wouldn't get hurt. He still was a good human. Most of the guests had already left and Leta told Theseus about Grindelwald. "Newt was here? And GRINDELWALD? It is my job to not let him escape. We'll have to get you away from here and have to return to the auror department. I knew that they wouldn't get anything done without me. Leta, trust me, whatever happens, we will be together.", he whispered. And for the first time, she believed him. "We'll send an owl to the ministry, to get a disapparation permission. After we arrive in London, to be clear", Leta said.
"Stop!", she heard the voices of her mother and her half brother, "You'll have to stay. If you don't, then you won't find him ever again" Leta had noticed that Yusuf had been missing the party, but no one had been able to tell her, where he went. Now that he was back, Leta could see that something important had happened. "What happened? We won't find whom ever again?", Theseus asked. "Credence. Corvus the fifth. Whatever the name of this boy is. Leta told us that he is her other half brother and that he is an obscurial", Yusuf said to Theseus. Theseus looked like the mess Leta felt right now. Credence was dead. He couldn't be alive, he had been killed. There was no way that he could be alive. "Credence died more than a month ago, maybe more. He... He can't be alive" The tears came without permission, ruined her beautiful black dress and every time she thought it was over, the tears fell down all over again. "Who else do I know, who looks exactly like these pictures and can control darkness? They even called him Credence", Yusuf told them about his visit in the circus. "What is he doing here, in a circus? He will die if they can't cure them. It won't help him to work in a circus, will it?", Theseus asked. "He seemed happy, and I know that sounds weird, but he smiled after the performance as if he really had found a home to return to", Yusuf said. "I will have to meet him. I want to see him again", Leta decided. "Leta... We can't just... We can't just stay here", he was afraid to say too much. He didn't know if it was a good idea to tell Letas relatives that Grindelwald was on his way to destroy them all. "We will find a way", she said. Why did she always had to be stubborn, but she knew that Theseus couldn't argue with her. "I'll return to London today, Leta. You'll please follow me, when you met Credence" We'll be together. Gone was the trust she had felt.

Dumbledore felt haunted. As if the memories tried to crush him more than ever. He was able to fight them, it were only memories, but he still hated it. He hated waking up and being happy that Grindelwald didn't visit him in his dreams but at the same time being sad about it. Albus hated having not to teach anymore. Since Grindelwald was back again, the school decided to give everybody three weeks of vacation, until everything was clear again — or maybe not. Some students stayed at hogwarts, some didn't believe in Gellert Grindelwald attacking England. They were absolutely right. He had thought about traveling to Paris, he wanted to leave today. But somehow, he wanted to stay until lunch. He would miss Hogwarts, but Nicholas Flamel needed him more than these abandoned classrooms. Newts book had just been released — and it turned out that the publisher was more than willing to take help from Dumbledore. The other teachers practiced defensive and aggressive spells, especially dueling, in case of Grindelwald attacking the school. Dumbledore just wandered around the castle and read his more than sixteen copies of Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. He had permission from the headmaster — they would be used in care of magical creatures, when the students returned. Until then, Dumbledore tried to distract himself from thinking too much by looking for misspellings or printing errors in these books. He did so, as he was surprised by a group of aurors, including the ministry of magic official Torquil Travers and Theseus Scamander. "We have information that Newt Scamander has headed to Paris. It is obvious that he is working under your orders. Theseus immediately returned from his vacation, so you better make this worth his time", Travers said. He was an honest and good man, but Dumbledore didn't appreciate his willingness to follow the law blindly. Ignorance made blind. And so Grindelwald was back in his head. "If you'd ever had the pleasure to teach him, you would know that Newt is not a great follower of orders. He is kind and friendly through and through, but he often follows his own loyalties", Dumbledore looked at Theseus, who stared back. Albus knew that Theseus felt the need to say something, but also that the Scamander brother couldn't risk telling anyone that Newt had explicitly traveled to Paris to warn him and Miss Lestrange. "Does that mean that he isn't working for you? Because if that is your belief, then you are wrong. We have witnesses, people that saw you talking to Newt. Animagi are sure that it was him, no one really knew what you talked about, but I am sure it was an interesting topic. Could you tell us more?"