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Chapter 5: Catching the Niffler and a Mating Dance

After getting out of the case, we Disapparated out of the Goldstein residents and into the streets of New York; Mr Kowalski leading us to Central Park. "I was watching you at dinner." Newt said to Kowalski.

"Yeah." He said.

"People like you, don't they, Mr Kowalski?" Newt asked him.

"Oh--well, I'm sure people like you too--huh?" Mr Kowalski asked Newt, startled at his question.

"No, not really. I annoy people." Newt muttered.

"But what about (y/n)? She's with you." Kowalski said pointing at me.

"She and I share the same interest in creatures, so in away we both annoy people." Newt replied.

"So, are you two a couple?" Kowalski asked, sounding unsure if he should ask.

Newt and I glance at each other for a moment before saying. "No." At the same time. "We're just friends." I said, feeling my face turning red, as we continue down a deserted street, lined with shops full of expensive jewelry, diamonds and precious stones. "Ahh." said Kowalski.

"Why did you decide to be a baker?" I asked him, changing the subject.

"Ah well, um--because I'm dying--in that canning factory. Everyone there's dying. It just crushes the life outta you.." Kowalski said then turns to face us and asked. "You two like canned food?"

"No." Newt and I answered.

"Me either. That's why I want to make pastries, you know. It makes people happy." He said with a small smile.

Then he points to the right and said. "We're going this way." And we turn to the right as Newt asked. "So did you get your loan?"

"Er, no--I ain't got no collateral. Stayed in the army too long, apparently--I don't know." replied Kowalski. "What, you fought in the war?" I asked him, intrigued.

"Of course I fought in the war, everyone fought in the war--you two didn't fight in the war?" Kowalski asked us.

"We worked mostly with dragons, Ukrainian Ironbellies--Eastern Front." Newt responded as I stop and notice a small shiny earring lying on top of a car bonnet.

"Uh,boys...." I said as I pointed. Newt saw the earrings too then moves his gaze downwards. I look down too and see diamonds scattered across the pavement leading toward the window of a diamond shop. Newt stealthily follows the trail, creeping past the windows. I follow behind until I stopped, seeing something out of the corner of my eye and it seems Newt saw the same thing.

We tiptoe back and see the Niffler standing in a shop window, trying to pretend it's a jewelry stand. I fold my arms across my chest as the both of us stare at the little pest in disbelief. Sensing our gaze, the Niffler slowly turns to face us and makes eye contact with us for a moment before he, suddenly, takes off.

Newt whips out his wand and points it at the window. "Finestra." He said and the glass shatters. He leaps inside the shop and start seizing at the draws and cupboards, desperate to find the creature.

I climb inside as the Niffler appears scurrying over Newt's shoulder in an attempt to get higher and away from his clutches. I jumped on a desk after him but he is now balancing on a crystal chandelier. 'Oh Bugger!' I think to myself as I jump up on the chandelier, hanging from it as we spin windy around and around until the chandelier finally had enough and it crashes on the floor, smashing. I groan as the Niffler clambers across cases full of jewelry.

Newt walks over to me real quick to help me up. "You all right?" He asked, softly. I nod as the two of us chase after the Niffler. We jump on the case the little guy is on and the case, not taking our weight, falls to rest against the window. Newt, the Niffler and I all become very still when, suddenly, a crack appears on the window.

'Bloody hell, this is going to hurt.' I thought to myself as the crack spreads across the pane of glass and the window bursts open, shattering across the pavement, sending us crashing on the ground. The Niffler is only still for a moment before its on the move again, Newt helps me up to my feet as he draws out his wand.

"Accio!" He shouts and the Niffler starts to fly backwards towards us until he sees another window display. 'Oh no, you don't!' I think as I pull out my wand and aim it at the window as jewelry from his pouch come flying at Newt, Mr Kowalski and I.

And just as the Niffler grabs on to a pole, spinning around and flies onward, I cast a spell on the window, turning it to a sticky jelly which it finally traps the Niffler. "All right? Happy?" Newt asked the little creature, who tries to get out of his trap. Newt pulls him out of the window as we hear sirens behind us. Kowalski and I turn around and see the Muggle policemen pulling up in their cars as Newt shakes Niffler's treasures out of his pouch.

The policemen run out of their cars and aim their guns at the three of us, Kowalski raises his hands up and said. "They went that way, Officer..."

"Hands up!" One of the men shouted at us.

Newt walks up beside me and the Niffler pokes his head out of Newt's overcoat and squeaks. "What the hell is that?" An officer asked.

Before we could say anything, Kowalski looks over to the left and freezes, his face full of terror. "Lion..." He said and then the police aim their guns toward the other end of the street as we look and see a lion stalking towards us.

"You know, New York is considerably more interesting than I'd expected." Newt said, calmly, as I grab Kowalski's arm, Newt grabs my other arm, and the three of us Disapparate.

Few minutes later, we make it to Central Park and start running across a bridge. Once we get to the other side we hear a loud rumble in the distance and Newt tugs protective headgear out of his pocket and hands it to Mr Kowalski. "Put this on." Newt ordered. Mr Kowalski looks at the headgear for a moment before asking. "Why-why would I wear something like this?" "Because your skull is susceptible to breakage under immense force." I replied as we run off.

We make it to the Cental Park Zoo which is now half empty and the outer walls have been demolished. I produce a body protector as we hear another bellowing roar echoing around the area. "Okay, if you just, uh, pop this on." I said to Mr Kowalski as I fasten the breast plate over him.

"Okay." He said.

"Now there's absolutely nothing for you to worry about." Newt said to him.

"Tell me---has anyone ever believed you and her when you told them not to worry?" Mr Kowalski asked him.

"My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice." Newt responded as he picks up his case and the three of us head towards the entrance of the zoo.

A loud snort comes from within as we stand at the entrance. "She's in season. She needs to mate." Newt said as we see the Erumpent walks into a habit. Newt takes out a tiny vial of liquid, pulling the stopper out with his teeth and spits it to the side before dabbing a spot of the liquid onto each of his wrist.

"Erumpent musk--she is mad for it." Newt replied to Mr Kowalski's confused look as he hands me the open bottle and heads into the zoo. Kowalski and I walk closer and watch Newt as he gets closer to the Erumpent.

Newt places his case down on the ground near the Erumpent and slowly, seductively, opens it. He begins to preform a mating ritual, a series of grunts, wiggles, rolls, and groans to gain the Erumpent's attention.

I couldn't help but chuckle at this as the large creature turns around to face Newt, her demeanor is puppy-like, her horn glowing orange. Newt rolls along the floor and the Erumpent copies him, moving nearer and nearer to the open case. "Come on--into the case." I whisper as Mr Kowalski takes the bottle out of my hands and sniffs it.

Suddenly, I was hit with something and I back into Mr Kowalski. "Oh I'm so sorry." I said to him and I noticed that some of the musk had fallen on Mr Kowalski.

The wind changes and I hear the Erumpent taking a deep breath and she turns her head towards us. "Oh no." I whispered as the Erumpent gets on her feet and stares at us for a moment then starts to chase after us. Mr Kowalski wails as I grab his hand and Disapparate.

We appear a few feet away from the Zoo but apparently that didn't work as the Erumpent burst through the entrance and chases after us. "Merlin's beard!" I shouted as we ran. But as we start walking over a hill, I trip over a rock and I fall, tumbling down the hill until I felt my head hit something solid.

"(Y/N)! Newt!" I hear Mr Kowalski shout.

I groan and look around, my vision was blurry at first until I blinked a few times. My vision becomes clear and I see Mr Kowalski hanging precariously upside down from a tree branch and the Erumpent lying on her back, wiggling her legs in the air.

After a moment of that, she gets up on her feet and charges towards the tree, digging her horn deep into the tree, which bubbles with glowing liquid before exploding and crashing to the ground.
"Mr Kowalski!" I shouted as I get up on my feet. I stumble a bit but I finally get my balance and run towards him. Once I approach him I grab his arm and Disapparate again.

We appear onto the frozen lake and start to skid across it as the Erumpent catches up with us and skids on the lake as well. She was just a mere few feet away from us when she disappears and was replaced with Newt in front of us, closing the case. The three of us take a deep breath before Newt speaks up.

"Good show, Mr Kowalski and (y/n)!" Mr Kowalski holds his hand out to him and said. "Call me Jacob." The two men shakes hand then Mr Kowalski, or should I say Jacob, holds his hand out to me and I shake it as well.

Jacob then has a concern look on his face as he looks at me. "(Y/N), you're bleeding." He said.

I look at him confused then raises my hand to my head. I pull my hand back and see the bright red liquid on my hand. "Oh so I am." I said as Newt puts his pointer finger and thumb under my chin and pulls my head to face him and I see concern and worry on his face as he looks at the wound on my head.

"Merlin's beard." He whispers.

"It's nothing." I mumbled as I try to stand up but I start to stumble and Newt catches me. "Nothing, huh?" He asked as he wraps an arm around me. Jacob gets up on his feet and both men help me to my feet. "Well, two down--one to go." Newt said as we walk across the frozen lake.

Once we get under the bridge, Newt places the case down and opens it, he walks back over to me and wraps an arm around me and says to Jacob. "In you hop."

"Are you sure you don't need me to help you get her in?" Jacob asked him.

Newt shakes his head and Jacob climbs into the case first as Newt starts to carry me, bridal style, and down in the case we go.

Once he closes the case and get inside, he sets me down on a crate and goes over to get a handkerchief and cleans up the wound. "How bad is it?" I asked him. "Thank, Paracelsus it's not serious. It's just a cut." He said as he removes the cloth from my head and walks back to his workstation and pulls out a vial with blue liquid inside which I knew was a healing potion.

"Here take this." He whispers as I take the vial from his hands. I pull the stopper off and take a sip of the potion and shudder as I swallow because I've always hated the taste of this potion. Newt smiles as he looks over the wound.

"So...is it gone? Am I going to be pretty again?" I asked in a teasing tone. Newt reaches out and strokes my forehead with his thumb and whispered. "You're always beautiful."

My breath hitches in my chest as I look up at him and I see that he freezes in place, shocked that he said that out loud. "What?" I asked, softly. Jacob, who has been watching this, keeps looking back between me and Newt then sits there in shock as well. "Um...um...uh....I mean...uh.." Newt stammered when suddenly we hear a knock from up above.

"Who could that be?" Jacob asked as we look up at the lid of the case.

Newt goes to the steps, climbs up and opens the lid and stops in his track. "Newt? Everything okay?" I asked.

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