𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓 ━━
✧˖*. | ❝Hey there, sweet-pea.❞ | ✧˖*.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome our main attraction, The Phoenix!" the ringmaster announced.
The curtains drew back to reveal a naked woman trying to cover up. Her usual sunrise ombré...
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Newt and Cora found the Obscurus in the subway. He walked through the tunnels quietly. The Obscurus gently swirled in the air above the train tracks.
Newt was hiding behind a pillar as he talked to it. "Credence. It's Credence, isn't it? I'm here to help you, Credence. I'm not here to hurt you," Newt reassured.
The sound of soft footsteps could be heard. The pacing was deliberate. Newt moved out from behind the pillar and stepped onto the train tracks. Credence was a shadow inside of the Obscurus. He was scared.
"I've met someone just like you, Credence. A girl - a young girl who'd been imprisoned. She'd been locked away and she'd been punished for her magic."
Credence listened. He never knew there was another person like him. Slowly, the Obscurus left, leaving only Credence, huddled on the train tracks. Newt crouched on the floor. Credence looked at him with hope.
"Credence, can I come over to you? Can I come over?" Newt asked.
He didn't respond.
Newt tried a different approach. "Mary is your adopted mother, isn't she? I think - I think I may know who your real mother is."
"A lullaby," added Cora. "Have you ever hummed something but never knew where you knew it from?"
She began to hum the lullaby she always sang to Credence when he was a baby. He stepped away from his Obscurus, humming the tune to match with her.
Credence hesitantly reached forward for Cora, but a light and struck Newt beside Cora. Graves marched down the tunnel with intense purpose as Credence ran away. Graves stood on the platform, continuing to duel with Newt, who stood on the train tracks. Credence cowered behind him. Graves cast a spell that rippled along the train tracks and down the tunnel, finally blasting into Newt. He landed on his back. Cora unfurled her wings and shielded Newt, taking the blow of his attacks on her back and wings. Graves had a crazed look on his face. Credence was shaking, unable to control his sorrow and anger before he finally turned back into an Obscurial.
"Credence!" Cora shouted. "Don't let it consume you. I haven't had time with you yet."
The Obscurus was slowly shrinking, letting her words sink in. She wanted to bond with him. The Obscurus was seeming more human-like. Once it fully became human - became Credence - Cora sunk to her knees, the adrenaline finally sinking away to feel her injuries on her back in the form of whip marks.
However, he and Cora were surrounded by Aurors, who were shooting spell after spell. Cora unfurled her wings once more and shielded both her and Credence, taking more injuries. She wouldn't be able to keep up. Her wings were beginning to darken and wither, feathers following off after each spell. Credence shook uncontrollably as the Obscurus was threatening to burst out once more at the sight of his mother giving up her life for him.
