the fire after the flood {newt scamander}

1.

Kai walked the streets of New York wearing her gray and yellow scarf. She was a proud Hufflepuff even though nobody in America knew the Hogwarts houses.

She came to New York for the same reason everyone else did. She loved travelling and meeting new people. Although she found it difficult to make new friends due to her being quite shy around new people.

Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted by what felt like a small earthquake. She quickly walked to where she heard a crashing sound to see people screaming and running out of a building.

"GAS!" Someone shouted as police cars began to show up. Kai watched as people climbed out the ladders of the building. She watched as a child ran out crying as it stopped to look at the building.

"Hey." Kai says crouching down to the small boy. The boy turned with tears running down his face.

"Don't cry. We'll find your parents." Kai spoke softly as she wiped his tears away with the ends of her scarf.  

"Jack!" A woman shouted from across the street. Kai watched the boy quickly lift his head in the direction of the voice.

"Jack!" The woman shouted again as she ran over to him. The little boy ran into his mother's arms as Kai stood up smiling. The woman hugged her son tightly before looking up at Kai.

"Thank you." She says as Kai nods.

"Officer I'm telling you, it wasn't gas. It was a gigantic, huge hippopoto... gas. It was gas!" A man explained to an officer, confusing Kai as she turned to see a red brown haired man running into the building.

"Surely not." Kai thought to herself before following him inside.

As she ran up the stairs, she caught small glimpse of a blue coat and a small leather case. Her heart raced as she stopped before the door frame where the man had entered. She took a deep breath before walking in to see the man with the case crouched down beside a unconscious man on the floor. Kai's heart was in her throat as she stared at the man. The man who she had not seen in over 13 years.

"Mr Scamander!" A voice shouts through the building causing Newt to look up. He notices the woman standing in the doorway, looking out to the corridor.

"Kai?" He speaks softly. Kai turns back to see Newt staring at her.

"Causing trouble are we, Newt?" She smiled as he smiles back. Kai could hear the footsteps walking upstairs as she pulled out her wand.

"Reparo" she says waving her wand as the building starts to rebuild itself. Newt smiles as he quickly sits on the bed with his case before the woman enters the room.

"It was open?" The woman asks looking at Newt, not noticing the other woman in the room.

"Just a smidge." He speaks quietly looking at the woman and then to Kai.

"Who are you?" The woman asks following Newt's gaze to Kai.

"Kai Munro. I'm an old friend of his." Kai says pointing to Newt.

"Great. Is that crazy Niffler thing's on the loose again?" The woman asks looking back to Newt.

"Might be." Newt says shyly as the man in the corner groans.

"Oh. His neck's bleeding. He's hurt. Wake up! Mr No-Maj." the woman says crouching down before screaming as a creature jumps out. Newt quickly grabs the creature the tail and tries to open his case.

"Mercy Lewis what is that?" The woman asks as the man in the corner sits up.

"It's nothing to worry about." Newt says shoving the creature in the case and closing it quickly.

"That's a Murtlap." Newt says calmly as Kai smiles, shaking her head.

"You?" The man says looking at Newt.

"Hello" Newt says kindly.

"Easy. Mr.." the woman pauses.

"Kowalski. Jacob." The man says as Newt stands up and points his wand at Jacob.

"Newt!" Kai says as she pulls his arm down as the other woman steps in front of Jacob.

"You can't obliviate him. We need him as a witness." The woman states.

"I'm sorry. You've just yelled at me the length of New York for not doing it in the first place." Newt says sarcastically as Kai looks at him surprised.

"He's hurt! He looks ill." The woman says worried.

"He'll be fine. Murtlap bites aren't serious." Newt says as Jacob groans loudly. Kai looks to Newt before he sighs.

"I admit that is a slightly more severe reaction than I've seen. But if it was really serious, he'd have..." Newt pauses as the woman looks at him.

"What?" She asks as Kai looks at Newt.

"Well the first symptom would be flames out of his anus. He doesn't seem to..." Newt tries to speak before the woman shouts over him.

"This is balled up!" The woman shouts as Jacob looks at the three of them, Kai trying not to laugh.

"It'll last 48 hours at the most. I can keep him if you want me to." Newt suggests.

"Keep him?! We don't keep them! Mr Scamander, do you know anything about the wizarding community in America?" The woman asks Newt.

"I know a few things actually. I know you have rather backwards laws about relations with Non-Magic people. That you're not meant to befriend them. That you can't marry them, which seems mildly absurd to me." Newt says as the woman rolls her eyes.

"Who's gonna marry him?" She asks as nobody answers.

"You're all coming with me. That includes you, British woman." The woman says as Kai nods.

"I'm called Kai." Kai says reminding the woman of her name.

"Tina." The woman says trying to get Jacob on his feet. Tina looks to Newt for help as he holds his arm.

"Hold onto Mr Scamander please." Tina says to Kai. Kai loops her arm through his other arm before they disapparated.