36 Next World
(3rd Person POV)
At the Père Lachaise Cemetery, the followers of Grindelwald have left, disaparated like he told them to. All that remains is the final clash between the Aurors and the 'Dark Lord' himself. Or is it?
"Let's take him.", Theseus Scamander says but he is interrupted by a rather potent spell, Grindelwald uses. A spell he has learnt in Aquila School of Magic, Protego Diabolica.
A bright blue ring of fire is created around him, shielding him from anyone who is not his ally. The Aurors seeing this, are surprised and get wary of the power Grindelwald wields. That is natural since they have never seen any other wizard who graduated from Aquila, perform magic. But they will get rather lucky this evening. Because two such wizards are present. And they aren't your normal wizards, no ... they are Adeptus Magicae.
"Aurors, join me in this circle. Pledge to me, your eternal allegiance, or die. Only here shall you know freedom, only here shall you know yourself.", Grindelwald tells them. He is sure of his escape, should that be necessary. But he doesn't understand the full truth of his situation.
"Move!", some Aurors scream and try to get away. The fire moves like it has sentience, just the way Neoth designed it, and kills those who want to flee.
"Play by the rules! No cheating children."
Two people are in a heated argument right now. Credence or as he is actually called, Aurelius Dumbledore, has decided to follow Grindelwald. For he is looking for his parents. He wishes to know who they are and he believes Grindelwald knows that.
"He knows who I am.", he tells Nagini, who is holding onto his arm and trying to stop him.
"He knows what you were born, not who you are!", she retorts.
"Credence!", Newt shouts and tries to get to the boy. But the blue fire stops him and suddenly burns with intensity. However, before it can consume him, someone steps in between the fire and holds on to the fire ... with his bare hands. Newt seeing this is shocked. But he's not the only one. Everyone in the room is shocked at the display of this man, who blocked the fire with his bare hands. His hands were glowing with golden light, and the glow disappeared as soon as the fire died down.
Another man, who has just appeared out of nowhere, holds out his hand to Newt and helps him up.
"Are you alright, young Newt?"
"Ah ... yes thank you."
"Quite the adventure you find yourself in, Newt. And all of that without telling us."
"Ehm ... who are you?", Newt asks them.
"We are the keeper of magical order in the Imperium, Newt.", the first wizard tells him.
"You should know about us if you graduated from Aquila.", the second man says. And then Newt understands ... but he is not the only one. Grindelwald understands as well and he says the words.
"Adeptus Magicae. Donnovan and Robinson. What are you doing here?"
"Why what's with that condescending tone there, boy?", Donnovan asks.
"Don't you know how to respect your seniors?", Robinson asks next.
"Or those who are superior?"
"Hehe."
"Heretics should know their place, boy!"
"Indeed. Don't wave your stick around in front of us. We aren't impressed."
Credence has stopped descending the stairs and looks at the scene like everyone else. Then the two Adeptus Magicae look at him and smile. Donnovan looks at Newt and gives him a nod. Newt understands and then approaches Credence.
"Credence ... Do you remember me? I was there in New York. Back then, I wanted to tell you something. I wanted to tell you that you aren't alone. There is someone who can help you. Being an Obscurus usually results in the death of said person. This person I am talking about can help you remove the Obscurus from your body.", Newt tells Credence.
"Do you know who I am?"
"Sadly, I am not aware, but I know that there is a special room in the school where I was taught, Aquila. In this room, you can place a drop of blood on a small pedestal and your family tree becomes visible. It is a wonderful thing. That way, I also found out who my ancestor was. With this, you will undoubtedly find your parents or know who your parents are.", Newt told Credence giving him hope, but making him a bit suspicious as well.
"He's speaking the truth, boy. The room of ancestry is an ingenious contraption of the Emperor. Finding out who your parents are, is as easy as pie.", Donnovan says. However, before Credence can decide, Grindelwald attacks him and Newt. He has understood that there is no way, Credence will follow him now, and if he can't have him, he will never allow the Emperor to have him.
A powerful wave of blue fire shoots towards Credence and Newt but is stopped by Donnovan. He has his hand outstretched and a wave of golden fire shoots from it. The fire cancels each other out.
As this is going on, Robinson points at Grindelwald and a powerful magical lighting shoots out of his finger. Before the lighting can make contact though, the Protego Diabolica blocks the attack, narrowly. Grindelwald understands that he is not ready to face two Adeptus Magicae at the same time, speeds up his plan and decides to kill everyone here.
He waves his wand like he is conducting an orchestra. The blue flames of the Protego Diabolica grow more intense and when they are powerful enough, Grindelwald releases his control and hold over them, making them burn everything in their wake. All of the wizards and witches in the cemetery apparate outside to flee from the destruction that will follow, except two. The two Adeptus Magicae don't follow.
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"He has grown up well.", Donnovan says in jest.
"Eh, it's alright, I guess.", Robinson comments.
"As if you were stronger when you were his age.", Donnovan snickers. He knows that's not true of course.
"You're joking of course. I was that strong when I entered my last year. He almost couldn't block the weakest lighting. This is pathetic. He didn't even change the 'Protego Diabolica'. Apart from that foolish ending here, that destroys everything. What does he think would happen?"
"Yeah, that is foolish. So what shall we do?"
The two Adeptus Magicae are talking as if there wasn't a giant blue fire and three fire dragons forming right where they stand. But they don't burn at all. They are just talking normally.
"Do you want to have hte honours?", Robinson asks.
"Sure. I guess, I could do that trick you showed me. I did some adjustments.", Donnovan says.
"Oh? Show me then."
"Sure.", Donnovan says and both of them rise into the air. The clothes they wear have been created and enchanted by themselves. It is another course that the students of Aquila can take if they want. The clothes both of them are wearing are fireproof, can levitate and fly, and have serious magic resistance as well as a ton of other things.
When they are in the air, Donnovan begins to wave his hands around. The magic in the air and inside the spell begins to listen to him. Then he uses his own magic and performs a powerful nullifying spell, which he learned from Robinson and adjusted later on. The three ginormous dragons, made of blue fire, notice the two and then change their course towards them.
They attack the two but crash into a golden barrier that surrounds the two Adeptus Magicae. Donnovan holds out his left hand and waves it around. His right palm is facing upwards like he is collecting something. And indeed, after some time, a small orb of shining blue magic energy begins to form. Steam rises from the orb and when it reaches the size of a golf ball ... Donnovan closes his fist.
Then he brings his fist to his mouth and takes a deep breath.
*Exhale*
"PUUUUUUUUUU", Donnovan breathes into his fist and from the other side, cold air comes out, which hits the flames. He turns around, blowing at all of the fire. And something marvellous happens.
Wherever Donnovans breath reaches, the flames instantly freeze. Flames can't freeze normally, but Donnovan doesn't freeze the flames, he freezes the magic which is used for the flames. After two seconds, the three fiery dragons ... are completely frozen.
"Not bad. It looks quite flashy. I can imagine the problems you will give enemy wizards and witches with that.", Robinson remarks. He snips his fingers and the frozen magical dragons begin to dissolve into pure energy again.
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(Neoth POV)
"Credence is it? Well then let me help you.", I say and descend from my throne. I walk towards him and stand in front of him. Suddenly, I pushed my palm forward and hit him in the thorax. He is surprised but he is more surprised about the thing that I have pushed out of his body.
The Obscurus.
The black mass of malevolent energy wiggles and screeches, trying to get out of my grasp. But that is futile. I make it float towards me and then touch it. Golden light shines and begins to slowly purify the Obscurus. I have met quite a few Obscurus in my life and I find purifying them the best solution for both the curse and the human.
"Congratulations ... you are now a normal wizard.", I say to the boy. He looks at me in awe and also a bit of fear. But that is normal.
"If you follow this fine gentleman over there, he will show you to the Room of Ancestry. There you will find answers to your questions. Your friend, Nagini was it, may also stay for the time being. If you want to know more about the curse that is affecting you, you are welcome to find Professor Ross. He will tell you what you want to know."
After they leave, only Donnovan and Robinson are left in the room. I turn towards them and wait for them to tell me what happened. They do that and don't leave anything out in their report. It seems that things mostly went according to my plans. That is good.
"This will be an important two decades for the Imperium. But not only for the Imperium, the entire world as well.", I begin.
"Oh!! Is it finally time, sire?!", Donnovan asks excitedly. I smile at his enthusiasm.
"Indeed. It is finally time. In not quite two decades, there will be another war. This time, the war will also include the magical world, thanks to Gellert Grindelwald. He will manage to gather a powerful force around him. Not only those who believe in his cause but also those who want to fight against Cadia.
The world fears us. They see our ginormous size and the resources we have acquired. Greed, jealousy and fear guide their actions and the first ... and final World War will occur. To call the first war a world war is wrong. However, this one will be. It will be a Crusade. Cadia will finally spread its wings and unite the entire world under our banner. The banner of the Imperium."
"Yes, your Grace!!!", both of them say. I can feel their excitement. They can't help but wish for things to speed up.
"We will use this time, before things start, to prepare. The newly introduced territories still need some time to fully integrate into the Imperium. And for that, we will help them. I will however not be here to overlook the war efforts. I will leave for another world, the next one to integrate into the Imperium. So this will fall into your and the Ministry's hands. I believe in you.", I say.
"Yes, sire.", they both say.
