Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Poppy Scamander

The Mark of the Obscurial

Rooftop; underneath a sign

The quintet, group of five, apparated to a rooftop; rushing forward when they saw the a black swirling mass.

"Geez. Is that the- is that the Obscurial thing?" Jacob asked.

"That's more powerful than any Obscurus I've ever seen." Newt stated. He looked at his case quickly before turning to Tina "If I don't come back-" he stopped talking for a second as he and Tina made intense eye contact "-look after my creatures."

Poppy rolled her eyes as Newt  reached into his pocket and pulled out a small notebook.

"Everything that you need to know is in there." he placed the book in her hand.

"What?" Tina's voice was small and nervous.

Newt looked back around his shoulder "They're not killing it."

And he jumped from the roof and disapparated.

"Newt!!!" Tina screamed in distress. She turned around to Poppy "You heard him. Look after them."

And Tina disapparated.

Poppy turned to Queenie "Watch out for this, Queens."

And Poppy jumped from the roof and disapparated. She appeared on the street somewhere, but couldn't see Newt or Tina anywhere. She threw herself, back first, onto the ground when she turned to meet the obscurus up close.

Letting out a short scream of shock, the obscurus stopped for a moment; hesitating to destroy anything. It stared at Poppy. Poppy reached up at it, but that didn't make it happy. It recoiled and lashed about, charging straight through Poppy. Everything Poppy knew in her body was suffocating. Her heart came to almost a complete stop, her throat was swelling up, her vision was blurring.

Then, as instantly as it happened, everything in her body was responding again as the obscurus exited her body; moving down the street behind her. Poppy turned around and watched it turn the corner. After the shock was gone, she disapparated, although when she reappeared, she let out a scream and fell to the ground again.

She looked up when she saw a pair of feet running toward her. Newt dropped to the ground beside her. Poppy trembled. Her right arm ached. Looking down at it, it seemed completely fine, but when she rolled up her sleeve a black mark was developing on her wrist.

Newt took her arm in his hand, examining the mark. Poppy laid her head on the road and focused on steadying her breath. She saw Tina out of the corner of her eye. Tina ran towards Poppy, dropping by her left shoulder.

"Poppers? What happened?" Tina asked, her voice wavering between courage and panic.

Poppy gave a small smile "It didn't kill me, at least."

Newt looked up at Tina and showed her the mark appearing on Poppy's forearm. Tina widened her eyes and looked at her friend.

"What happened?!" she asked, more distress in her voice.

Poppy propped herself up on her elbows "The obscurus went through me, but didn't kill me."

Tina looked up at Newt, then back at Poppy "The obscurus did this to you."

Poppy nodded "He did."

Tina's facial expression changed quickly.

"He?" Newt asked, "What do you, he? Did the obscurus show you the host?"

Poppy shrugged her shoulders "It's a little more complicated than just showing me that. It let me see the host before my vision blurred." Poppy looked at Tina "We can't let anyone hurt the obscurus. He's been through enough."

"Who's the obscurus?" Tina asked.

Poppy looked at her arm. The mark was fully formed: The Deathly Hallows. Poppy looked up at Tina "Credence."

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The three of them apparated to a movie theater focused street. Couples who were probably on movie dates were running around, screaming and crying in fear. They ducked behind overturned cars, peering over the sides at the obscurus, which Graves was approaching.

"To survive so long! With this inside you, Credence! It's a miracle! You are a miracle! Come with me! Think of what we could achieve together!" Graves was attempting to manipulate him.

"How is it possible?" Tina finally asked.

Poppy looked over her shoulder "What is possible?"

"Credence being the obscurial?" Tina stated "He's not a child!"

Newt explained hastily "His power must be so strong he's, somehow, managed to survive!"

"Newton?" Poppy asked her brother to get his attention.

"Save him." Tina and Poppy said in unison.

Then, they ran toward Graves. Poppy apparated behind a car on the opposite side of him than Tina, but Poppy wouldn't fire until he noticed her.

"Mr. Graves!" Tina yelled to get his attention. Poppy walked out from behind the car and waited. The obscurial flew off. Graves looked to it until it was out of sight.

He looked back at Tina "Tina, you're always turning up where you're least wanted!" and he made a car fly at her head, so she had to duck out of it's path. He turned around. Poppy fired at him.

"You do not disrespect my best friend, Graves!" Poppy yelled.

Graves blasted her spell aside with ease "Get out of my way!"

He used his magic to throw Poppy into the wall beside her. Then, he disapparated. Tina ran towards Poppy. When she was helped to her feet, she nodded.

"Don't worry, Tina. I'm fine." The two of them disapparated.