The three of them panted in exhaustion. Lily simply gave up and sat on the floor. She was already wet and freezing, what could be worse?
"What took you so long?" Lily complained. And she had every reason to.
"A monkey stole my wand." She frowned at him. Seriously? "Good show, Mr. Kowalski," Newt told Jacob.
"Call me Jacob," he extended his hand to Newt, who shook it.
Newt stood up, pulling Jacob up with him. Then, he proceeded to crouch down beside Lily.
"Are you alright?" He asked her. Lily only scoffed.
"I stink of Erumpent musk, I am completely soaked and now freezing to death," she exposed. "Yeah, I'm alright," she said sarcastically. Newt smiled at her and pulled her up on her feet. Lily felt that his coat was also soaked. They were all soaked.
They decided it was safer to go back inside, but only after getting out of the frozen lake. As they walked beneath a bridge, Newt slipped and almost fell, making Lily actually laugh. He was so clumsy, a complete dork.
Newt put the case down and opened it.
"Well," he said. "Two down, one to go."
And still, for some reason, Lily didn't believe there was only one to go. She was pretty sure there were more of his beasts that had escaped.
"In you hop," he said, gesturing the case to Jacob, who got in. Before letting her go down, Newt grabbed Lily's arm, pulling her towards him. "Are you sure you're alright?" He asked, more quietly this time. Nina shrugged.
"I am," she said. Newt raised an eyebrow. "I wasn't before. For a moment there, I really didn't know if.." she shook her head. "I wasn't, and now I am." Newt nodded.
"Okay," he said, extending his hand to her, offering help to get down into the case. She gladly took his hand, and the two of them entered the case and climbed down the ladder.
Little did they know that, on the bridge above them, was Tina. She had heard everything they had just said. And let's just say; all the suspicious theories that Tina had about Lily had just been confirmed.
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Short one, so sorry.
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The Darkness Within
FantasyLillian Baker, a British Auror called in by MACUSA to help with the sudden attacks in New York. She is head of Care of Magical Beasts at the Ministry of Magic, and the U.S. believes some beast is tormenting and killing people. 28th of August 2018 - ?
