Chapter 1

The timid looking girl sat on the edge of the ship, holding a newspaper that, if one looked closely, had moving pictures. The headline read 'Where is Grindelwald?' 


She was posed as if ready to quickly jump away. Her platinum blonde hair blew in her face and she brushed it out of her eyes.


The sound of a click caused her to turn her head. She watched as a wiry man with light red-brown hair, wearing a worn blue coat bent down to close the catch to his case. 


He picked up the case and leaned over it and whisper, "Dougal, settle down now, please. It won't be long." He had whispered it so softly that she wouldn't have been able to hear it if she were human.


She turned back to view the Statue of Liberty. If one was looking closely to the girl, they would have seen the panic in her eyes. She swung her legs around and jumped to the deck. She picked up her bag and walked to a more hidden area of the deck.


She set down her bag and started to pace and mutter to herself. "What on earth was I thinking?! Why, of all places, the country that uses my kind? This is so not a good place for me to be. You just had to go looking for anything about your dad!" She groaned and ran her hand through her hair. The boat was nearing the dock.


The ship reached the dock and the passengers walked down the gangplank. The girl hesitantly walked down to customs, leaving the ship last. She took a deep breath and put on a small smile, trying to look excited to hide her fear.


She stands behind the wiry man with the case in customs. She rummaged through her bag to pull out her passport and put something else in her coat pocket. 


She looked up when the customs official called out for the next person. The man in front of her stepped up and handed the official his passport.


She zoned out as the exchange between the two continued, waiting for her turn. She started to listen when the sound of a click reached her ears. She looked down at the man's case to see that the catch flicked open again. She looked up when he closed it again and he said, "Must get that fixed- ah no."


She scoffed quietly as the official asked to look in the case, as he appeared to be suspicious of this man. The man placed the case on the desk and before sliding it over to the official, discreetly flicked a switch that read, 'Muggle-Worthy.' 


She smirked, so this man was a wizard. Apparently the official was satisfied with what he saw in the case, as he closed the case and slid it back to the man saying, "Welcome to New York." The man said a quick 'thank you' before hurrying away. She looked after him. "Next!"


She stopped looking after the wiry man and stepped up to the official. She handed him her passport. He looked up at her. "Scottish?"


She smiled. "Yes sir."


"First trip to New York?"


"Yes sir."


"Anything edible in your bag?"


"No sir."


"Any livestock?"


"No sir."


"May I have a look?"


She smiled, "Of course."


She put her bag on desk and slid it to the officer. He looked inside to see a few changes of clothing, another pair of shoes, and a few pieces of jewelry. He nodded satisfied and handed her her bag and passport back. "Welcome to New York ma'am." She smiled sweetly to him, "Thank you."


As she walked away, her excited facade faded the slightest and her fear starting to show again. She quickly walked down a street and saw a house that had been turned to rubble. 


She heard a couple of reporters talking about what could have possibly caused this. She turned away when their conversation turned boring, something about one of them trying to stop drinking.


She rolled her eyes and started to turn away when there was a high pitched screeching. The rubble of the building went flying and the invisible force shoots out into the street and cars and people fly to the sidewalk. 


The force goes through the street and leaves a long fault in the road. She saw a man walking down the path of destruction that caught her interest. He had dark hair, smart clothing.


She blinked and suddenly he looked different. Blond hair instead dark and looked familiar, but she couldn't place it. She blinked again and he was back to what she saw before. She shook her head and turned around and walked away. 

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