"Darling, they're coming! We have to leave!"
"No, we have to stay and fight off those monsters! They've taken my parents, but they won't take my home or my child!"
"We'll hide her in the attic and fight them off. Then we'll come back and get her when we win and run to the Ministry."
"Mommy loves you, Emma dear. Daddy loves you too. Be quiet and stay up here."
"Sir, we found a small child up here. What should we do with her?"
"I know a special place to take her to. Grab her and the treasures and let's go."
"And here we have a special little surprise all the way from England. An adorable two year old girl with long brown hair, brown eyes, and pale skin. Who'd liked to take this little gem to-"
"Expelliarmus!"
"Hey, hey, it's alright, my dear. It's okay. I'm Newt. You're okay."
"Emma...."
"Emma? Emma, wake up, my dear."
I groaned softly and opened my eyes, looking around at the place I was in. I sat up from my daddy's lap and rubbed my eyes, still rather sleepy. "Huh? What's going on?"
"You fell asleep, my dear." Daddy said with a laugh, rubbing my back, "I told you to go to sleep last night instead of reading that new book of yours."
"Well, I'm sorry that "The Great Gatsby" has become my new favorite book!" I said with a pout, which caused daddy to laugh even more. I couldn't help but join in the laughter.
Oh, how rude of me. My name is Emma, Emma Rose Scamander. I'm the child of Newt Scamander, who is a magi-zoologist, and I am a fellow magi-zoologist in training. Well, Newt isn't really my daddy, he's more like my adopted father, but I still love him.
It had been about a year since my and my daddy's adventure in America. I had turned seven years old and daddy even hired an assistant to help us take of the animals. She's a little weird and I don't know how to feel about her. We went back to England and were still working with magical animals and even adopted more animals that joined our family. And the most exciting news was that our infamous Niffler had babies!
Anyway, our new adventure had began when daddy and I had went to the Ministry of Magic to discuss both of us getting our licenses for world travel in order to help other creatures. Daddy had been to the ministry to discuss this multiple times, but this was his fifth time and he finally decided to bring me along. It was very early in the morning and we unfortunately had to wake up early, which I didn't like at all. But I had to suck it up because we were here for a good reason. Plus, I was also very excited because I was gonna finally see Uncle Theseus!
We were waiting in the waiting area and I was already wishing I could go back to bed. But I had to stay awake. Daddy was wearing his normal clothes with his blue coat and still had his magical case. Meanwhile, I wore a nice long sleeved light blue dress with white stockings that had blue ribbons on them, black flats, and a small white bow in my curled brown hair as my backpack rested against my back.
Suddenly, I saw daddy look down at his coat. I couldn't help but look down too go see Pickett, our friendly little Bowtruckle, swinging on the loose thread of one of daddy's buttons. "I guess Pickett's bored too."
As soon as I said that, the thread snapped and Pickett fell to the ground. "Oh, Pickett!" I gasped and kneeled down while daddy's button rolled down the corridor. "Are you okay?"
Pickett chipped softly before we all looked at the button that continued rolling down the corridor. We then looked at each other and chased after it, but daddy got there first. Pickett and I whined. "No fair, daddy! You always win!"
Daddy laughed. "I'm sorry, my dear, but I've had much more experience with this than you have."
We then heard the sound of feet walking towards us, causing us to look up and see a dark skinned woman, around daddy's age, wearing a long dark blue dress. "Well, hello down there." She said to the both of us with a giggle. Who was this woman?
"Leta?" Daddy asked in a shocked voice, picking up the button and Pickett and putting them in his coat pocket before helping me off the ground and standing up. "What are you doing here?"
Wait, was this Leta Lestrange? From daddy's shack? She looked so much different. And I expected her to be more mean to daddy and especially to me. Just what was she doing here? "Theseus thought it would be good if I became part of the Ministry family." Leta explained.
"Did he actually say the words "Ministry Family"? Well, that does sound like my brother." Daddy said, causing Leta to laugh a little. I looked up at them and blinked before clearing my throat, giving off a noise that I was still here. Daddy looked down at me and blinked, "O-oh, um, Leta, this is my daughter, Emma. Emma, this is Leta Lestrange, my old school friend."
"Oh, so this is the famous Emma Scamander? I've heard a lot about you from Theseus." Leta said with a warm smile, kneeling down and holding out her hand, "It's lovely to meet you."
I blinked and stared at her hand for a few minutes before I shook her hand in return. Why did I ever think this Leta woman was mean? "It's nice to meet you too, Leta. How do you know my Uncle Theseus, if I may ask?"
"Oh, didn't your father tell you? Your uncle and I are getting married." She said, showing off an engagement ring on her left hand.
I stared at the engagement ring for a moment in surprise. "Wow. Daddy, when were you gonna tell me this?" I asked with a pout. I loved Uncle Theseus as much as I loved daddy, and if he was getting married, I wanted to be the first person to know!
"I-I was going to tell you, but I kept forgetting." Daddy replied awkwardly before we all started to walk down the corridor, still holding my hand.
"Theseus was disappointed when you and Emma couldn't come to dinner. Any of the nights we asked you to." Leta said.
Wait, Uncle Theseus asked us to come to dinner? Great, another thing daddy kept hidden from me! I looked up at him with a raised eyebrow, which caused daddy to clear his throat. "W-we've been busy."
"He's your brother, Newt, and Emma's uncle. We like spending time with you. Besides, I would love to know more about your 'little beast.'" Let explained with a soft smile.
Okay, there was no way this woman was the one who broke daddy's heart. She seemed too nice and sweet to be someone mean like I thought she was. Just what happened between her and daddy that made him sad whenever he left the shack in his case.
I looked up at daddy to see him trying to gently push Pickett down in his coat pocket. "Pickett, Pickett, stop that now."
Leta laughed softly and I looked up at her. Had she also experienced daddy being around his creatures? I guess so if they were school friends. "How is it that strange creatures love you so much?"
"Well, you see, Leta, there's not strange creatures-"
"Only blinkered people." Leta and I finished for him, looking up at each other before giggling.
"How long did you get in detention for saying that to Pendergast?"
"You know, I think it was a month at that time." Daddy laughed softly.
"And I set off a Dungbomb under his desk so I could join you, do you remember?"
"Wait, you did? Wow, you must've been crazy!" I exclaimed with laughter.
Leta joined me. "Yeah, I was pretty crazy back then. Wasn't I, Newt?"
"Well, yes. But going back to the subject, I actually don't remember that."
I blinked at daddy not remembering that memory before we arrived at some rather big and scary looking doors to the meeting room. Suddenly, I spotted my favorite and only uncle. Uncle Theseus was a lot more easy going and very calm unlike daddy, but he always loved spoiling me a little more than daddy loved spoiling me. The two always fought over who was the better Scamander man in my life. "Uncle Theseus!" I exclaimed and ran to my uncle, wrapping my arms around him to give him a hug.
Uncle Theseus laughed when he heard my voice and lifted me up, giving me a rather large hug. "Hello there, my little niece! How are you today?"
"I'm better now that I've seen you!" I exclaimed with a giggle.
"Oh, you know your way to my heart." He sighed happily before kissing Leta on the cheek. "Hello, darling.
"Hello Theseus. We were just talking about Newt and Emma coming over for dinner soon." Leta explained.
"Really now? Well, we can plan that later." Uncle Theseus said before looking at daddy rather seriously. "Look, before you go in there, Newt-"
"This is my fifth attempt, Theseus. I know the form."
"But this isn't like your other times, this is.." He looked at me for a moment before signing. "Just try to keep an open mind and maybe be a little less..." He looked up and down at daddy.
"Like me?" Daddy asked sort of angrily.
"Well, it can't hurt."
"What about me, Uncle Theseus? What advice do you have for me?" I asked curiously.
Uncle Theseus laughed softly and smiled up at me. "I want you to just behave yourself. You're a big girl, but these are pretty serious men. They probably won't like a little girl who knows more about Muggles than they do."
"That's not my fault. I'm just fascinated by them!" I said with a pout.
Daddy and Uncle Theseus shared a small laugh together. "Well, come on, you two. Let's get the meeting started." He leaned down and kissed Leta's cheek again. "I'll see you soon."
"Alright. Goodbye, Newt. It was nice meeting you, Emma." Leta said sweetly before she walked away from the three of us.
"B-Bye Leta.." Daddy waved to her, looking at her with a short of longing tone.
"Bye Leta!" I called and gave her a wave, which she looked back at me and giggled, giving me a wave back. She seemed rather nice, but I still didn't know why daddy was so awkward around her. I guess that was to be discovered later. Right now, it was time to go and have this serious meeting. Get ready to be serious!