A New Beginning

△⃒⃘ _Chapter 5_△⃒⃘

MACUSA 's prison, Woodworth Buidling, May 30th, 1927

President Seraphina Picquery and Rudolph Spielman were walking at pace along the dark shadowy corridor towards an ominous-looking door with endless pairs of guard following them.

"You'll be glad to get rid of him, I expect?" asked Spielman.

President Picquery responded, "We'll be more than happy to keep him here in our custody."

"Six months are enough. It's time for him to answer for his crimes in Europe."

As they reached to the door of the high security cell, Abernathy turns and acknowledge them respectfully, "President Picquery, Mr Spielman, sir. The Prisoner is secured and ready to travel."

As they stopped at the door, President Picquery and Spielman peered into the cell at Grindlewald.

"You've thrown everything at him, I see." Spielman remarked seeing the state of the man.

President Picquery calmly responded, "It was necessary. He's extremely powerful. We've to change his guard three times-he's very..." She pause in her sentence and continued, " ...persuasive. So we removed his tongue."

Spielman shot her a quick side glance before regarding the prisoner once more, Grindelwald blankly stared them back while listening to every words they said.

The aurors successfully took Grindelwald out of his cell and bound him. They, then, levitated him in mid air as they took him upstairs where the other prisoners were kept.

The cells are shaped like cages in tiers, and a prisoner is kept in every single one of the cells. The prisoners banged and rattled the metal bars while chanting Grindelwald's name excitedly.

"Grindelwald!  Grindelwald! Grindelwald!  Grindelwald!   Grindelwald!  Grindelwald!"

At this point, Grindelwald is quickly led by the aurors to the top of the building, where a black carriage drawn by four pairs of Thestrals, awaited them. Two aurors quickly climbed onto the driver's seat while the others forced the prisoner inside.

Spielman turn to face President Picquery, "The Wizarding community worldwide owes you a great debt."

She calmly looked him in the eyes, "Do not underestimate him." was all she responded, as Abernathy  approached them.

"Mr. Spielman, we've found his wand hidden away." as he respectfully handed a wooden box to the German wizard.

"Abernathy". Picquery signaled at the wizard. Abernathy looked at her in response and then he opened his palm revealing a vial which contains some sort of  glowing gold substance upon realizing the meaning of her signal. Spielman took the vial by the chain which Abernathy reluctantly gave while Grindelwald was looking up at the ceiling blankly.

Spielman, then, climbed into the carriage with one auror sitting on each side, guarding him and aiming their wands at the Prisoner. As soon as the carriage's door is closed, a series of padlock emerged and locked themselves in place, letting out an ominous sound of clicks at the same time.

As the Thestrals were urged by the driver, the carriage took off. It plummets slightly in the sky before soaring away through a torrential rain with thunder and lightning flashing. The carriage was followed closely by a group of aurors on broomstick.

Back at the Woodworth Building Abernathy walk toward on the edge of building, the place the carriage just took off. As he was standing there, the rain drenched him from head to toe. In his left hand, he was holding the Elder Wand.

He looked up at the sky and the black carriage which grew smaller and smaller as it went further ahead in the sky until it could hardly been seen. He, then, immediately disappear from the spot as he disapparated.

In a flash, he reappeared under the wheel of the carriage.

Inside the carriage,  Spielman observed the vial closely and said mockingly,"No more silver tongue, hmm?" while looking at Grindelwald.

To his shock and horror, however, he found "Grindelwald" morphing his appearance to that of Abernathy- clearly a swapping has occurred previously. And the real Grindelwald who was under the wheel, started to attacked the aurors.

In a flash, Grindelwald started to fire spells at the driver and eliminated them. Then, with his magic, he manipulated the wand of the guards inside the carriage and stabbing them in the neck. They  managed to survived only because of a protection spell surrounding them disintegrated the wand into ashes. 

Spielman found Grindlewald peering at him from the back window of carriage as he turned around. Panicking, he  opened the case he held, only to find the chupacabra inside which proceeded to attack the German wizard's neck upon Gindelwald's order.

Meanwhile, among the chaos, Abernathy tried to retrieve the vial even as Spielman and the Aurors fought to restrain him.

At the driver seat, Grindelwald manipulated the trajectory of carriage flying near the surface of the river nearby as he was firing spells at the Aurors on broomstick.

Soon, the carriage is submerged underwater and pulled up toward the sky. Inside, Spielman was trying hard to hold his breath with water filled up in the space, while  Abernathy and the chupacabra bit the chain of the vial at the same time.

As the carriage was moving forward in a great speed, Grindelwald finished eliminating the Aurors following behind on broomstick one by one.  He, then, tapped his wand on the door of the carriage and opened it letting out the water as well as making the aurors flew outside.

It was only Abernathy and Spielman left inside the carriage. 

Grindelwald stepped inside the carriage. With a wave of his wand, he regenerated back Abernathy's tongue  with dark magic while remarking, "You've joined a noble cause, my friend."

Grabbing the chain from his mouth, he looked at the vial, turned toward Spielman and smirked, "Now who's the weak one?" while taking chupacabra. Caressing it almost lovingly, he looked at it , "So needy..." was all he muttered before throwing it out of the window nonchalantly.

He, then looked toward Spielman, grabbed him and proceeded to drop him off the carriage. Spielman hurriedly grabbed his arm and begged him inaudibly driven by his own survival instinct. Grindelwald, however heartlessly, flung back his arm , letting him fall from the carriage. 

Seemingly changing his mind, he dropped Spielman's wand which he caught it and cast a Slowing Charm mere seconds before he impacted the water.

Soaking wet and traumatised, but alive, Spielman could only helplessly watch as Grindelwald escaped to wreak havoc once more.

"Must you always be so dramatic??" A female voice suddenly sounded in Grindelwald's mind at this moment. "I was trying to get a peaceful sleep here, you know..." 

This voice...! "Oh, it's you again... And here I thought, I will not hear you again after the event at New York." 

The voice snapped, "Of course not! It's just that the connection is suddenly broken... But with what I have known about you, it was expected... After all the wards surrounding MACUSA's prison must be strong enough to blocked it."

"So, you do know what kind of connection we share, don't you, meine mysteriöse Dame ?" he silent shot back while raising the corner of his eyebrows.

The female scoffed, "Of course, do you think I am a dunderhead...?! And, I was the one who discovered and know it first " She paused for a moment and questioned, "But I can't seem to connect to our other member?"

"Oh, him..? We had a slight disagreement, so he turn off the connection. And, when will I have the chance to meet you, Liebling?"

"Soon... Soon... We'll, soon, my Dark Lord..." the voice trailed off.