The Darkness Within

•Chapter 3 - Occamy•

They apparated in the forbidden section of the bank, on the staircase that would lead to the vaults. Lily fell backwards, sitting down on the steps of the stairs. Apparating was never her forte, and it was always worse when she didn't know she was doing so. Long ago, her Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had told her she was very strong magic in her, and she had to learn to control it. Let's just say she hadn't, not completely, so it was very overwhelming to control it when she apparated.

Her dizziness and discomfort were short lived as she realised the occamy was hatching its egg. She immediatly stood up and watched in awe as Mr. Kowalski placed the egg on the wizard's hand. The wizard, who now had his wand in his mouth, his case in one hand and the egg on the other, started to walk down the stairs.

"But what-" Mr. Kowalski started. "But excuses me," he tried, but it came out more as a sigh than as a proper phrase. He looked at his left, only to see the man form the office looking for him. Mr. Kowalski sat down beside "wewasoverthere," he started mumbling some nonsense.

Lily decided to walk down the stairs and found Mr. Blue Coat crouched over his case, where he was placing down the new born occamy.

"Why are you placing a new born occamy in your suit case, Mister?" She asked with a small voice. The man immediatly stood up, closing his case tight.

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself," he said, extending his hand towards her. "I'm Newt Scamander," he said. Lily immediatly recognized the name. Her father had worked with Theseus Scamander back during the war.

"Lillian Baker," she shook his hand. "Can you please get your niffler so we can get out of here?" She added, seeing the niffler entering the bank vault.

"Alohamora," he said, entering the vault after his pet.

"Oh, so you're gonna steal the money, huh?" They heard a voice form the stairs. It was the man in the office.

"Petrificus Totalus," Lily conjured and turned back to Mr. Scamander.

"Mr. Bingley!" Mr. Kowalski exclaimed upon seeing the man freeze and fall flat on the ground.

Newt sighed as he took the niffler in his hands and started to shake the animal, until a pile of gold, coins and perls fell to the ground. Lily approached Mr. Kowalski, who looked extremely traumatized by the sight.

"It's okay, Mr. Kowalski," she told the man. "This will all be over in a few minutes," she promised. There was no chance she was going to obliviate this man. Newt Scamander was the one who left his occamy egg with him, so Newt Scamander was going to be the one to obliviate it from his memory.

Just as she wanted to comfort the confused man, a bunch of guards came in, threatening them by pointing their guns.

Mr. Kowalski threw his hands in the air. "Please don't shoot!"

Before she could do anything, Newt grabbed her and Mr. Kowalski and disaparated.