Strings Attached

Chapter 12

"Making sure that you are safe and not getting yourself killed." Celeste said, looking at Graves standing and talking to obscurus.

"I was fucking right." Celeste growled as she heard another crack, and Tina appeared from thin air.

"I thought you would need extra pairs of hands." Tina said, as crouched beside Celeste.

"Good. Newt, Tina, follow credence. I am going to have a little chit chat with Graves." Celeste said as she watched Obscurus leaving the area.

She stood up and walked towards Graves, who was prepared to follow the obscurus. "Not so fast Mr. Graves." Celeste called out, as she slipped her wand through her sleeves.

Graves turned around, and a smirk took place on his feature. "Ah Ms. Fischer, how good it is to see you." Graves said, twirling his wand in his fingers.

"I wish I could say the same, Mr. Graves. Why do you want an obscurus?" Celeste asked as she kept her footing steady and her wand raised.

"And why should I tell you?" Graves asked as he kept his wand steady, prepared for Celeste to attack.

"Unless you are helping grindelwald." Celeste said, completely ignoring the question. "Or you are Grindelwald." Celeste said, narrowing her eyes.

And without a word, Graves sent a hex at Celeste, which she easily deflected. Celeste sent another hex of her, until it turned into a duel.

Graves sent a knockback jinx and this time it hit Celeste straight on her chest, making her land on her back, all air leaving her lungs.

It took her a moment to gather her breath before she stood up. "Bastard." Celeste muttered under her breath before disapparating from the spot.

She appeared inside the subway, and she could hear Newt speaking to someone. She carefully approached the stairs and descended down towards the platform.

She watched Newt talking to Credence, who was crouched into the corner, but she was distracted as she heard a pair of footsteps descending down the stairs as well.

She cursed under her breath and came in full view of the duo by the tracks, and let her back face them.

She motioned her wand and a strong shield came up between her and the incoming unwanted guest.

And Graves appeared in front of her, an impressed look passed over his features. "I see you have good hearing sense." Graves commented, as he twirled into his fingers.

"Learned in hitwitch training. What is your purpose Mr. Graves? Why would you work for Grindelwald?" Celeste asked, as she calmly kept her hands behind her back.

"I simply want the betterment of this world, for us." Graves said, trying to find any weakness in the shield.

"What betterment are we talking about, Mr. Graves? Mass murdering innocent people? Wizard superiority? Spare me." Celeste scoffed as she glared at the man.

"You simply have to understand my motives, Celeste. Imagine the sun that will rise after every evil will extinguish?" Graves asked, his eyes trained on Celeste, and something flashed in his eyes, that Celeste couldn't pinpoint.

"Only evil I know is Grindelwald. So please preach the right, not false disguised in right." Celeste scoffed again, but a noise made all blood drain her face.

She quickly made her shield vanish, and Newt had taken Credence out of harm 's way as the metro train appeared.

Celeste quickly disappeared and appeared beside Newt, who had a protective arm over Credence, who was shaking immensely.