Before the Heir

Chapter 14: The Qilin

London No POV

Dumbledore was on a train as it stopped and he got off and went to a teashop. A waitress brought him his tea.

Dumbledore: thank you.

Waitress: would you like something else?

Dumbledore: no. No, no, not just yet. I'm waiting. I'm expecting someone.

The waitress smiles and walks away as Dumbledore put one cube of sugar and prepared his tea. He closes his eyes a bit before something glowed near him and now Grindelwald was standing nearby as he dropped his pale skin and white hair for a more fair skin with black eyes, and neatly combed to the left grey and white hair. He also wore a suit and tie this time around.

He smiled at Dumbledore and approached his table.

Grindelwald: would this be one of your regular haunts?

Dumbledore: I don't have any regular haunts. <chuckles>

Grindelwald: <sits in front of him>

Grindelwald: let me see it.

Dumbledore shows the Bloodpact as it was on his hand with the chains wrapped around his hand.

Grindelwald: <sighs> sometimes I imagine I still feel it around my neck. I carried it for so many years. How does it feel around yours?

Dumbledore: we can free each other of it.

Grindelwald: <sighs> love to chatter, don't they, our Muggle friends. Though one must admit, they make a good cup of tea.

Dumbledore: what you're doing is madness.

Grindelwald: it's what we said we'd do.

Dumbledore: I was young. I was...

Grindelwald: committed. To me. To us.

Dumbledore: no. I went along because... <inhales sharply>

Grindelwald; because?

Dumbledore; because I was in love with you.

Grindelwald: yes. But that's not why you went along. It was you who said we could reshape the world, that it was our birthright.

The waitress walked over and placed a cup of tea in front of Grindelwald and left as Grindelwald gave a very subtle nod not even saying thank you.

Grindelwald: can you smell it? The stench. <sighs> do you really intend to turn your back on your own kind? For these animals? With or without you, I'll burn down their world, Albus. There's nothing you can do to stop me.

The place started going white as now there was nobody in the tea shop.

Grindelwald; enjoy your cup of tea.

Grindelwald stood up and left as the white world was now getting covered in flames.

Hogwarts

Dumbledore opened his eyes as he was in his office at Hogwarts, but he was in the Defense of the Dark Arts teacher office.

In the wild

Newt and Axel were on a small barge as they slowly traveled on a river. They hit shore as they passed some bamboo like trees as they heard a creature moaning in the distance.

Newt; she's ready.

They go past a mountain arch as they see the Mama Qilin. Newt softly touched her pregnant stomach as Newt put his head on her belly and listened before the Qilin got up.

Newt; whoa, whoa, whoa.

Newt and Axel saw a balloon like blob be where she was laying down as it then popped into a baby Qilin. It was still weak and couldn't walk fine as the mother approached it.