"You are my sunshine." Frick me up
meme | accepting selectively
While Queenie was floating plates to the table for dinner, a creature pounced suddenly onto her. It was one sheād yet to meet, a cute little thing though, and she would have smiled had she not heard the scurried thoughts pouring from him. A mix of incoherence muddled with images of Newt curled up on the ground.
Dropping everything, plates crashed but didnāt make a sound for Queenie as she rushed into the suitcase. She thought of a million things all at once, how she could help him first and foremost, and what would happen if Tina came home early. This surprise visit was supposed to be a good thing, Queenie had been working on a special meal and everything.
But as soon as she saw him she knew.
Beasts crowded around, worried sounds of an animal kingdom flowed throughout the space, and Queenie broke through them all to fall beside him. āW-What happened ??ā Poison. āTell me what to do, Newt, you gotta tell me.ā It takes all of her effort to stay calm in the face of this. Inside she was a rush of panic and fear. A world without Newt Scamander seemed much too sad a place to be.
Itās going to be alright, Queenie. Just stay here, please, I donāt want to be alone⦠Looking around, Queenie smiles. āAlone, you?ā Sitting down carefully beside him, she runs a hand through his hair. āLook around Mr. Scamander, youāre surrounded by family.ā His nod is almost indiscernible as he lips try desperately to pull into one last smile. I am, I am, take care of them for me, pleaseā¦and tell Tina Iā¦
No one can be prepared for how death feels. She was in his head, connected, and then suddenly there was a void. A dark space where his light should have been glowing. Queenie felt it in her bones, hands shaking as she willed him to wake up, to just finish his thought even though she knew what he would say.
The beasts felt it, too. They shifted restlessly, some coming closer to curl in beside him, others landing on her. Sounds came from them all, soft and low, a chorus of mourning for their mama.