Obsession {~Gradence~}

The Obscurus {8}

~EMOTIONAL PAIN ALERT~

"Wait....you said victims. Who died apart from Ma?" asked Credence after looking away from Mr.Graves's eyes.

"It was a muggle." answered the man named Newt Scamander. Tina was now looking confused at Newt.

"Muggle?" asked her, not knowing the meaning of the word.

"Yes, muggle." Newt still saw confusion on Tina's face and he felt somehow hurt that she didn't know what a Muggle was."A non-magical person...."

"Oh. Uhm sorry, we call them No-Majs." answered Tina.

"So what's gonna happen to Modesty and Chastity?" asked Mr.Graves concerned. Credence felt his heart warm up a little at the thought that Mr.Graves cared about what's going to happen to his sisters.

"Well, Chastity is old enough to get full custody. But their mother left nothing behind saying what they should do if something like this would happen. So, the No-Maj aurors need a little more time to think about it." Tina ended the sentence abruptly. Credence could swear that there's a 'but' in all of this but he was scared to hear what was next.

"But?" He eventually asked.

"But there...was a problem with Modesty's adoption papers. If the No-Maj aurors don't say what are they going to do in a week, Modesty must return to her biological parents." Credence gasped in horror and looked at Mr.Graves panicking.

"No. They can't take her. I know nothing about her biological family. She only told me about some of her siblings but she never wanted to talk about her parents." Mr.Graves cupped his face with his warm hands and wiped away a tear from Credence's cheek.

"Shhh. It's gonna be alright." Mr.Graves pulled him into a tight hug and Credence started sobbing. "I promise."

"From what M-Ma told her, Modesty's parents gave her away because they were too many. She said they didn't want her..." Credence pulled away to look into Mr.Graves' eyes. "..I know. How could I have been so stupid to not see it? "

"See what, Credence?" Tina asked. He didn't bother to look at her, for he was starting into the dark eyes of the gorgeous man in front of him, that apparently understood what Credence meant. He smirked and shook his head slightly.

"She has magical blood." Said he.

"Yes. Every time something started to float in mid air or when furniture just moved around in seconds without being pushed by anyone, every time something odd happened, she told us that it's the dead, ancient witches that are angry at us for trying to reveal their kind." Mr.Graves started to turn white and his expression changed to fear in just a few moments. It wasn't just fear though, it was terror. He suddenly turned his head towards Tina and Newt. "Meet me at the Ministry." he turned back to Credence, grabbed a hold of his waist and everything went black. They landed very nicely in a darkened area. Credence looked around and noticed that it was the alleyway where he and Mr.Graves met.

"W-what are we doing here?" asked Credence.

"Are you sure it was Modesty doing those odd things?" Mr.Graves' tone was desperate which made Credence worry again.

"Yes."

"And what would usually happen after something like that happened?"

"Ma used to punish her for attracting mad spirits."

"But it still happened afterwards?"

"Yes." said Credence after thinking a bit.

"And did it stop eventually?"