A New Beginning

△⃒⃘ _Chapter 7_△⃒⃘

Hadrian was sitting around at the corner of auditorium quite far from the crowd, disillusioned and unseen. He watched as his sister went beside Grindelwald in a flash and projected the events of their past life and he tightened his grip on his wand. He watched as the charismatic dark lord manipulate the crowd's reaction and provoke the aurors.

"They have killed many of my followers, it is true. They caught and tortured me in New York. They had struck down their fellow witches and wizards for the simple crime of seeking truth, for wanting freedom."

Watching the scene unfolded calmly while no one took notice of him except his sister, Hadrian thought, Grindelwald was deliberately playing on the young Auror and the red-haired witch's feelings. She desired to harm those that didn't understand, and the first one to go would be the young Auror.

"Your anger - your desire for revenge - is natural."

Soon, she'll move!  But will she be fast enough? She raised her wand, but the Auror acted first, sending a curse her way. She fell to the ground, solid and dead. 

Taking his eyes away from the young witch, Hadrian looked at the Auror hiding among the crowd. She must be the Auror from MACUSA, huh? What was her name again? Tina Goldstein...

Hadrian watched as Tina stood up, wanting to rush to Newt. Ah...!That must be the famous creature lover, magizoologist... He and Hagrid would've been a great friend...With their love for dangerous creatures...  The magizoologist looked at her from one of the benches, shaking his head with a frightened expression. 

Hadrian noticed a creature running away from him. A Niffler? The Niffler squeezed its chubby body out of Newt's case, going unnoticed until Newt saw it running away. He bit down on his lap and tried to get to the Niffler, but he ended up losing it.

Hadrian soon heard screams which filled the auditorium. He watched unseen as Grindelwald walked into the crowd, which parted for him. The dark lord knelt down and pulled the dead witch into his arms.

"Take this young warrior back to her family," Grindelwald commanded her friends. "Disapparate. Leave. Go forth from this place and spread the word: It is not we who are violent."

Hadrian impassively observed their actions. They took the body and Disapparated, as did most of the crowd.  How manipulative... And, quite a silver-tongued, too... He curled his lips into smirk and looked at Aurors. The one leading the Aurors must be Theseus Scamander. Theseus and the Aurors watched the purebloods leave. Theseus ushered his Aurors forward.

"Let's take him," Theseus said, looking straight at Grindelwald.

They started to descend the amphitheater steps when Grindelwald turned his back to the Aurors, relishing the fight to come.

"Protego diabolica." Grindelwald spun and drew a protective circle of orange fire around himself. The flames slowly turned a vibrant electric blue. The exits closed.

My, what a dramatic move....What's with the dark lords and their dramatics?? And, those flames... I better put a barrier around. Hadrian nonchalantly wave his wand and the didn't burn him at all while touching him. 

Abernathy, Carrow, Krafft, Macduff, Nagel, and Rosier... Acolytes,Followers of Grindelwald... Hadrian watched as they walked through the flames easily and into the circle, Grindelwald stood on beside his sister. One man, Krall, was it? however, hesitated. He walked into the fire to get to the circle but was consumed by the flames. He turned to ash.  Hadrian winced,Ouch, that's must have burned...

"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 sent a wall of flames into the air,pursuing fleeing Aurors who were trying to Disapparate out of the amphitheater, but they were caught and made into ashes.

"Play by the rules!" Grindelwald shouted. "No cheating, children."

Hadrian then turned toward the obscurial and the Maledictus and watch their actions. Nagini grabbed Credence and tried to drag him away with her, but he was staring at Grindelwald intently. He wanted to go to him, but Nagini didn't want that. She wanted Credence to stay with her. Nagini, huh? So, you will be Voldemort's snake in the future... But let me change your fate...

"He knows who I am," Credence whispered.

"He knows what you were born, not who you are," Nagini protested.

Grindelwald smiled at Credence through the fire. Credence pulled away from Nagini and started walking to the flames in the center. Credence walked the stairs to Grindelwald. 

Hadrian watched as the other Goldstein sister, Queenie had also left to go to the other side. Jacob wouldn't go with her and he tested her patience and honor. A muggle, huh?

Tina screamed and attempted to get her sister back, but Queenie Disapparated long ago. Grindelwald used the Elder Wand as his conducting instrument to push the flames farther. Newt and Theseus were on one side of the flames together on the steps, while Nagini was on the other.

It was at this moment, Hadrian decided to make his presence known after looking at his twin standing beside Grindelwald. In a flash he appeared beside Nagini and looked her in interest. 

"A Maledictus? How interesting... " He muttered and talked to her, "Tell me, do you want to break the blood curse?"

Looking at the masked man that suddenly appeared beside, Nagini questioned in doubt, "Break the curse? How can you be sure that you'll be able to break the curse?"

Hadrian smirked, "Oh yes, of course I can. After all only a parseltounge who is a descendant of the one who cursed you, can break it." and hissed "-sSS: So, what's your answer?:SSs-"

Nagini shivers hearing the hissing but perfectly able to understand him and unconsciously hissed back, "-sSS: Yes,I want to break it!:SSs-"

"-sSS: But are you willing to pay the price?:SSs-"

"-sSS: I'm willing to pay any price as long as you can break it. :SSs-"

"-sSS: Five years. You will stay with me as my apprentice for five years. And in return, I'll break the curse. So mote it be! :SSs-"

Feeling the oath settled around her, Nagini nodded, "-sSS: So mote it be! :SSs-"

Hadrian smirked hearing her agreement to the oath and order, ""-sSS: Transformed! :SSs-" He watched amused as the woman turned into a snake as she slithered up onto his shoulder. 

Hadrian turned toward his sister and Grindelwald, "Grindelwald! You may be my sister's soulmate. However, if you ever treat her wrong, and, you'll regret it, mark my word!" while stoking the scales.

Mira who has been standing silently beside Grindelwald as she watched the spectacle, fondly shook her head, "What's with you with savior complex? To try to save her? As for my relationship with Gel, you don't need to threaten him. I'm not a weak women and I can teach him a lesson if he ever treat me wrong..."

In a flash, he appeared right beside her, "I know... I know... But, as your brother, I should looked out for you, shouldn't I?"