Credence saw it. The Impenetrable Shield. It was orange and silvery, surrounding an old manor. He took one last look at Caoimhe. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, but she smiled at him. It hurt him to see her like this. He wished that he could comfort her pain, but it was too late now. He turned back to the shield, and he felt the Obscurus tear from within. He rose into the sky, and charged down towards the shield as fast as he could with a roar.

The moment he met the shield, a white-hot pain split over his whole body. He felt the shield fizzle, but the pain didn't stop. His brain slowed, his vision went fuzzy. He fell to the ground, and saw Death with his long black cloak, preparing to take him away. Come with me, and your pain will end, Death hissed. He reached out to Death, as the army charged towards Grindewald's base. He was about to take Death's hand, when he heard a voice that made him pull his hand away. 

"CREDENCE!"

Caoimhe ran up and knelt by his side. Death hissed again before fading away. Credence saw Caoimhe's face one last time, and thought of the first time he had ever seen her, when she was thirteen and kneeling over him when he was weak. He smiled at her before he fell into a deep coma.

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Tina whipped out her wand, shooting a spell at a vampire that had gotten too close for comfort. He spiraled backwards, hitting the wall of the manor before jumping to his feet, his face alight with thirst.

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Dumbledore ran into the mansion, searching desperately for Grindewald. He was close, he could feel it... so close...

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Alice ran as fast as she could towards Theseus, who was battling an enemy wizard. Theseus was tired from starvation, barely managing to block each curse. Why did that stupid man have to sacrifice his food for me? she thought, pulling out her wand and shooting a hex.

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"Hang in there, Credence," Caoimhe whispered, laying him down on her bed at home. She gave him one last kiss on the forehead before apparating back into battle.

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Theseus was about to lose the battle with the wizard. He dropped to his knees as he felt the next curse hit him. The wizard raised his wand, about to deliver the final blow. Theseus closed his eyes, and thought of Alice and Carter. He would miss them...

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Newt scanned the area, looking for something that could cause trouble. He gasped when he saw Tina on the ground, the vampire about to sink his teeth into her flesh. He saw Theseus, his older brother who had always been there for him, kneeling before a wizard who had their wand ready to kill.

Newt thought fast.

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Tina felt the cold breath of the vampire on her neck. She felt his teeth graze her skin, but he suddenly jerked his head up, sniffing the air curiously, his face twitching with thirst at the sight before him.

Newt stood there, his arm dripping with blood, his wand where a giant gash had formed. Blinded by his need for blood, the vampire left Tina and staggered towards Newt.

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Theseus heard a scream, and looked up. The wizard who had tried to kill him was being attacked by Newt's swooping evil! He quickly picked up his wand, shooting a spell at the wizard. The wizard fell unconscious.

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The crazy witch cackled in a high voice as she shot spell after spell at Caoimhe, who was leaping from tree to tree, trying to dodge the curses sent in her direction. Caoimhe fired a hex, but it was deflected easily. The witch screamed with laughter, firing a hex at the branch Caoimhe was standing on. It snapped, and Caoimhe fell to the ground with a thud. Before Caoimhe could get up, the witch screamed, "Crucio!"

Caoimhe screamed, the pain shooting through every nerve in her body.

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Dumbledore stumbled into a room, and saw him. Grindewald, his former friend, arose from an armchair. "So..." he drawled. "We meet at last, dear friend." He smirked at Dumbledore, and Dumbledore pulled out his wand.

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Tina quickly made magical ropes spring around the vampire's hands and feet. She hugged Newt before rushing back off into battle, Newt heading in the opposite direction.

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Newt wove his way through the fights, until he heard a familiar crystal voice. "Newt! It's been so long!" Newt spun around to see Leta.

She expected him to go pale like he usually did and become so overwhelmed with pain and shock that she could kill him easily.

Instead, his face twisted with fury, and he shot a spell in her direction.

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Tina saw a witch, pointing her wand at Caoimhe, cackling gleefully as Caoimhe jerked and writhed on the ground, screaming in pain.

Tina took a rock and hit the witch on the side of the head with it. The witch fell unconscious, and Caoimhe quickly scrambled to her feet, still weak from the torture. She shot Tina a grateful look before climbing back up a tree. Tina grinned before starting to run again.

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"It doesn't have to be this way!" Dumbledore panted, shooting a spell at Grindewald. Grindewald reflected it. "Don't you get it, Dumbledore? You betrayed me! I cannot forgive you!" Dumbledore blocked a spell.

"You chose the wrong path!"

"No, dear friend. YOU DID!"

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Leta fell back as Newt hit her with yet another spell. She quickly grabbed her dagger and dove towards Newt, sinking the dagger into his thigh. Newt howled in pain, but managed to scream, "Petrificus Totals!" Leta went stiff.

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Hours passed before Dumbledore hit Grindewald with a spell. Grindewald stumbled out the window, falling to the ground with a thud.

The great and powerful Grindewald was dead.