No. 16, Courts Hill.
A woman's screaming voice with frightened indistinctly heard at the ears begging for life and to leaver her family safely. A man laid down on the floor and he looked like he's in a huge of misery pain.
In front of them, stood a tall creature with a black dull hoodie with a lot of tears. Its legs didn't touch the floor. Or perhaps, it didn't have any legs!
In other words, it floated.
It walked closer to the couple. As it passed a line of plants which was arranged by a window, those plants died. The woman moved backwards slowly. She could say no words. Her eyes looked straight into the creature's creepy eyes. Once she reached the wall, she stopped.
She was terrified.
The creature started to open its mouth wider and wider. It inhaled her soul. She was freezing and her eyes went blank. After a moment, she fell and no longer moving. She died.
The creature then turned to face the man on the floor. He knew he would be the next one. The creature would kill him too. He tried to stand up and run away. But, he couldn't even move nor do anything else. The scary devil creature did the same thing to the man.
He was then... dead.
Either it knew there were a pair of frightened eyes watching all of the incidents from the wardrobe or it just pretended not to notice it, letting the boy to stay alive.
* * * * *
2007
Newt Scamander stood in front of an abandoned house. The house with hundreds of memories for him; the good and the bad ones.
The house looked a bit old as it has been left for a long time. He used to live there with his parents. But, after they died in a tragic incident, he was left with his aunt; Aunt Jane Goodwill.
He started to take steps. Slowly, closer and closer till he reached exactly at the front door. Everyone was already there but not for Newt. He needed some moments to adapt with the situation. He looked around him.
There was a basketball court on the left that he used to play with his father in the evening. And on his right, there was a water fountain surrounded with colourful flowers which were planted by him and his mother, when he was little.
Newt stepped into the house nervously. He didn't know why but his heart beat like he had just finished a three hours marathon!
"Chill, newt. You ever lived here before. Why do you need to feel like this?". He muttered.
He continued his even he was still haunted with his own memories.
* * * * *
Suddenly, Newt's legs were terribly shaking. He stood at the centre of Mr and Mrs Scamander's room; the place where all the sadness began. His brain was thinking about what had actually happened to his late parents.
He then moved to the next room which was combined with a big door. That was his father's office. He walked to a wooden shelf that was full with father's books. From a distance, something caught his attention. He saw a tiny golden scale that was placed at the end of the shelf. He went closer.
The he realised. There was something that looked like a doorknob behind it. Newt pushed the scale aside and tried to twist the knob.
Locked!!!
He noticed that the knob had a shape like his locket's bracelet that was given by his mother. The 'S' locket that stands for Scamander. He tried to fit the locket at the knob and then, 'click', it was unlocked.
Newt stepped into the room with butterflies in his stomach. Ashe walked in deeper, he felt goosebumps. The room looked very strange. There were a lot of photos of the peculiar creature hanging all over the room.
There were also some bizarre things placed in jars full of liquid that he had never seen before. At one side of the room, there was a map that covered all the wall. It was full with red marks.
"London's map"
A lot of questions popped in his head like popping popcorn.
"What is this room?"
"What are all the peculiar creatures in the photos and the jars?"
"Why is there London's map. And why is it full of red marks?"
After a moment, he noticed that there was a thick book on a table in front of the map.
'The Scamander Journal'
He read the cover after blowing the dust away. He turned the page randomly. Then, he stopped. His heart skipped a beat.
The creature's picture that killed his parents appeared exactly in front of him.
"Omentos"
He was sure that was the creature because he repeatedly came in his dream. He read the description of Omentos. When it came to the last sentence, he repeated.
"It just follows its master's order"
Curious.
"Newt! Newt! Newt! Where are you?"
Aunt Jane's voice dragged him to reality. He ran like a flash to catch his aunt. He had something to ask her.
"Aunt Jane.". He said when he saw her figure.
"Newt. I've been looking for you since an hour ago. Where have you been, honey?"
- to be continued -
Picture credit: https://jooinn.com/abandoned-house-15.htmlBy: Wardina & Iwani/2019
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