Snake Charmer

Chapter Four: Flash back cont.

Asteria rolled and groaned softly at the dull ache in her head. Slowly she peeled her eyes open. She sat straight up looking around frantically. She was not at Hogwarts and that Damn book had been a Port key! Why?! Where the hell was she anyway and what would someone want with her? She wasn't anyone important.

"Oh, my Merlin you look just like him." Asteria jumps at the sound of a woman's soft voice. She turns to see who it was and the woman was tall and thin. Her blonde hair was short and curly. Asteria glares at her.

"Where am I? Where is my father." She Demands getting off the bed digging in her pocket for her want but it was gone. She mentally curses and looks around the room for something to defend herself with. The woman laughs a little.

"I'm Queenie and I can take you to your papa now if you like." Asteria's chest tightens and she and began racing. Papa? Papa was here with her? Why? Asteria nods and follows closely behind Queenie as they made their way through this mansion.

"I said No!" Asteria flinched at the sound of a very angry male voice. It was almost familiar. But she couldn't place it. Queenie inclines her head before stepping aside. Asteria's eyes began to burn at the site of her papa. The same stark white hair and crystal blue yes stared back at her. His eyes softening at the site of her.

"Bashta!"(Father) A sob broke through her throat as she ran to him. Grindelwald chuckles running his fingers through her long hair.

"Zdravei, Dushte." (Hello Daughter.) Asteria clung to him tighter and inhaled his crispy scent. It reminded her of winter.

"I have someone that I want you to meet." Asteria pulls away from Grindelwald a look of confusion about her. Grindelwald just gives her an encouraging smile.

"Come." He wraps an arm around her shoulders and begins leading her through the mansion. This place was huge. Was this where he had been hiding. A sharp pain stabs Asteria in the chest and she staggers to take a breath. She knew this feeling. Something was in pain. She quietly let her Papa lead her to another bedroom where a dark haired boy sat with a huge snake at his feet.

"Credence I'd like you to meet Asteria. Little Dove this is your cousin Credence." Asteria's head snaps toward her Papa and then back to the boy. Who was just staring at her in disbelief. The pain had returned. So he was the one in pain. Asteria took a step toward him. This boy. She had seen him before in her visions. Visions that she had neglected to tell her father. She feared her visions most of the time. It wasn't good things that she saw.