Dougal

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Macy's store was really big. We crouched behind some Christmas decorations and watched the floating handbag walk down an aisle. I shifted into dragon form to walk up to Dougal. I chittered to let him know I was behind him. I was the only one who could approach him without scareing him away. He became visible and looked at me with blue eyes. He offered me a nut and I ate it. 

It's time to go home, I nudged him.

I can't leave, before I could ask why he had run up some stairs. Tina, Newt, Jacob and Queenie chased him into the attic of the building. We slowed to a  tip toe when we had caught up. Newt knelled next to Dougal and I stared up at what he was doing. "This is my fault, I thought I had them all but,uh, I must of miscounted." Newt lead his case down next to Dougal.

"It was babysitting that?" Tina stared at the Occamy that was coming down from the roof to feed. Dougal fed it a sweet and Tina smiled. Of course, we forgot about the new born that was born a few days ago.

"Occamies are choranaptyxic. So they grow to fill the available space." Newt had stood up but stayed very still. The Occamy's head came over as it recognized Newt's sent. "Mummy's here."

Queenie took one step forwards and kicked something that jingled. It startled the Occamy so is jerked upwards scooping Newt up on it's head. Dougal had jumped onto Jacobs back. I flew up to get off the floor which quickly became home to the mad blue tail that knocked over shelves. "Find and insect. Any kind of insect and a teapot. Find a teapot!" Newt yelled from the creatures head that never stopped moving. The floor was chaos with the girls and Jacob rummaging around desperately for the items. Cockroaches and dust covered the floor. 

I tried humming to calm the Occamy down but nothing worked. "TEAPOT!" Tina yelled from a remarkably still intact shelf. The creature stopped almost instantly and stared at the cockroach in Jacobs hand. "Roach in teapot." Newt whispered. I landed on a broken shelf to watch. Jacob grunted something that sounded vaguely like "Tina" before throwing the cockroach. Immediately Newt jumped off of the occamy's head and the beast moved to follow the bug. Tina started running with a teapot to catch it. The roach landed in the teapot and the occamy rose above Tina who bowed her head. The occamy plummeted into the teapot shrinking so it could fit. Newt slammed a lid to the pot as soon as the Occamy was fully inside. "Choranaptyxic. They also shrink to fit the available space." Newt panted.

"Tell me the truth. was that everything that came out of the case?" Tina asked also panting.  

Newt looked up at me and I yapped. "That's everything. And that's the truth." 

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