Dragon at heart book 2 (Crimes of Grindelwald)

Blue Fire

The grounded started rumbling and we could see light down a short passage. I could hear people talking. "Queenie?" Jacob called before disappearing down the passage. Then the girl and Credence left. Then Newt held my hand as we walked through with Tina. 

On the other side was a massive dome with hundreds or thousands of people crowded round a stage. "It's a trap," Tina said to Newt but in a way that wasn't meant for me to hear.

"Yeah," Newt answered in the same tone. "Queenie, the family tree. It's all been bait."

"We have to find a way out of here right now," Tina said in a harsh whisper. She stared out into the crowd as if looking for Jacob or Credence. "You go find the others," Newt started to walk away. I held his hand tight.

"What are you gonna do?" Tina asked.

"I'll think of something." Then Newt and I walked down some steps but men blocked us from going back the way we came. We were forced to stand in the crowd. A man walked onto the stage. A man with white hair and black robes.

"Dad it's him," I pulled on his coat.

"I know, you're going to have to be brave for a little bit," he squeezed my hand a little.

The crowd started to applaud for him but then he gestured for silence. "My brothers,my sisters, my friends," Grindelwald started. "The great gift of your applause is not for me. No. It is for yourselves. You came today because of a craving and a knowledge that the old ways serve us no longer. You came today because you crave something new. Something different. 

It is said that I hate les non-Magiques. The Muggles. The No-Maj. The Can't-Spells. I do not hate them. I do not. For I do not fight out of hatred. I say the Muggles are not lesser, but other. Not worthless, but of other value. Not disposable, but of a different disposition. Magic blooms only in rare souls. It is granted to those who live for higher things. Oh, and what a world we would make for all of humanity, we who live for freedom, for truth, and for love," He paused. "The moment has come to share my vision of the future that awaits if we do not rise up and take our rightful place in the world." I woman wearing black joined Grindelwald by his side. she was holding what looked like a skull with a pipe. Grindelwald took the pipe and breathed in deeply. Then he breathed out smoke. 

The smoke drifted over us and inside were shadows in the smoke of people screaming and shooting metal pipes. A car made of green metal with strange tires came over a bump and fell on us. Then we were surrounded by falling buildings and metal dragons flew over head shooting loud light. I turned around and we were in a line of people walking. Then a huge ball of white light exploded in the center of the stage. A huge firey mushroom cloud appeared. I hid my face in Newt's coat, he put his hand on my back but couldn't take his eyes away.

"That is what we are fighting," Grindelwald continued when the smoke cleared. "That is the enemy. Their arrogance. Their power lust. Their barbarity. How long will it take before they turn their weapons on us? 

Do nothing when I speak of this. You must remain calm and contain your emotions. There are Aurors here among us." the crowd began to murmur. "Come closer, brother wizards. Join us," men started coming down the isle closest to us. Theseus was near the front. "They have killed many of my followers. It is true. They confined me and tortured me in New York. They struck down their fellow witches and wizards. For the simple crime of seeking the truth. For wanting freedom. Your anger, your desire for revenge is natural." The woman at the end of our row pulled out her wand but before she could fight. The man closest to her killed her with green light. I hid my face again. "No!" Grindelwald yelled as he came up the stairs. I felt like I couldn't breath. The wizards around the Auror pointed their wands at him. 

Grindelwald knelt down besides the dead girl and held her hand and touched her head. "Take this young warrior back to her family," Grindelwald said before turning away and standing up. "Disapparate. Leave. Go forth and spread the word. It is not we who are violent." The crowd started to turn to mist as people disapparated.

Soon it was just us. Tina, Queenie, Jacob, Credence, the girl he was with, the Aurors and Newt and I. Grindelwald pointed his wand and spun around so that the stage was protected by a ring of blue fire. The woman who gave him the pipe on the stage walked through the fire before disapparating. Then another two of his followers did the same. The last one went to run through the fire but burned alive. "Aurors, join me in this circle. Pledge to me your eternal allegiance or die. Only here shall you know freedom. Only here shall you know yourself," Grindelwald said. There was a moment before a blue flame leaped from the ring and chased the Aurors. "Play  by the rules. No cheating, children."

The flame caught a few Aurors and they turned to dust at it's touch. I saw the girl pulling Credence's arm tying to make him stay. Newt called for him and tried to run over but a blue flame stopped him. I didn't follow. Credence when through the ring and onto the stage. Grindelwald hugged him before disapparating him away.  

I heard Queenie yelling and when I turned my head to look, she had started walking towards the fire. The moment she took her first step into the flames as screamed but didn't burn up or turn away. She walked to the middle of the circle and there Grindelwald disapparated her away with out a word.

Grindelwald then turned to his fire waving his wand to make the flames higher. Then he stopped and looked up to Newt who was now stood next to Theseus. "Mr. Scamander," he yelled. "Do you think Dumbledore will morn for you?" Then he sent a strong blast of the blue fire towards them. 

Both just managed to jump back and block it but were struggling to hold it back. I  couldn't just stand and watch anymore. I shifted and ran at Grindelwald. I jumped at him but he was ready. He dodged, quick as a niffler. He stopped the fire and turned to me instead. I snarled. All he did was touch me. 

I managed to shift and scream "DAD!" before the word around me faded into mist. The sounds of a crowd talking became louder and louder.

I apparated in a small room.