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Central Park

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Central Park

Tina and Poppy ran to the zoo and peered around the wall next to a huge wall. A huge creature with a glowing orange forehead, looking kind of like a rhinoceros, was backing a hippopotamus into a corner. Newt and Jacob stood looking at it from behind a cage. Newt said something to Jacob while pouring something onto his wrists and rubbing them together. He handed the little bottle he was holding to Jacob and took his case to the steps.

He set the case there, wide open and squatted down. It looked like he was about to start something.

"Oh, please tell me he's not going to do a mating dance." Poppy said to herself.

Tina looked at her "What?"

Before Poppy could explain what she was talking about, Newt let out a loud cry. He started snorting and spinning around. At the end, Newt basically hung out on his foot before he rolled over. Then, he stood back and watched as the Erumpent appeared to be about to roll into the case. Suddenly, a seal was next to Tina and Poppy. It threw a stick at Jacob. When Jacob turned around the bottle was facing down and there was a spot on his front. Poppy's eyes went wide and she instinctively grabbed Tina by the arm and disapparated.

Tina and Poppy reappeared on the other side of the bridge. Poppy tightened her grip on Tina's arm and ran like the wind.

"Poppy! What about them?"

"They'll be fine! I'm sure, Newto-! I mean, Mr. Scamander can handle it!"

Tina stopped moving and yanked back on Poppy's arm "I am NOT leaving them behind!"

"Tina! Did you not see the size of that creature?"

"I saw it! Mr. Kowalski is being chased by it!" Tina declared.

Poppy sighed "Fine. Tina, you go to the bridge and make sure there's nothing that goes past it. I'll make sure Mr. Kowalski is okay."

And the two of them disapparated back to the ice.

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Poppy landed on the ice. But, Newt and Jacob had already taken care of the Erumpent and were getting back in the case. Poppy looked up at Tina and gestured to under the bridge. Then, she glided across the ice, stopping just in time to not hit Tina. Tina locked the case and dropped to her knees.

"Poppy, I'll wait here for you. Why don't you go make sure the zoo isn't completely destroyed in the morning."

Poppy smiled and disapparated. Reappearing at the zoo, she made sure no no-maj's would be able to watch her magically fix the zoo and started to fix the bigger walls and cages. When she was satisfied, she went back to Tina, who was waiting as she said.

"Alright. Let's go." Poppy said confidently.

"You know, I was think-" Tina stopped "No, nevermind. This could get us our jobs back."

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