Dorset.
At the Scamander home.
"Is this really Nagini?" Newt looked at the tiny snake lying unconscious before him.
"Yes. I examined her. This is indeed Nagini. One of my students subdued her, then used Transfiguration to shrink her to this size," Dumbledore said with a nod.
Newt looked at the dark green scale in his hand—the very one Dumbledore had picked up in the sewers.
Based on his years of research into Magical Animals, he could fully imagine just how enormous a snake needed to be to possess such a large scale.
And yet now, such a massive snake had been reduced to something so tiny by Transfiguration.
"Your student is remarkably capable... I thought you had handled it personally," Newt said with admiration.
"This student of mine is somewhat special. Let us not discuss that for now. We should think about how to settle her," Dumbledore said, looking at Nagini with concern.
"Nagini is a Blood Curse Werewolf. Although she has completely transformed into a beast, we cannot simply leave her be..." Newt raised his head, his gaze resolute.
Dumbledore nodded, but then said, "The Transfiguration that shrank her may not last much longer... Are you confident?"
Nagini was harmless while shrunken, but once the Transfiguration wore off and she returned to her original size, she would become extremely dangerous.
"Let's wake her up first," Newt said. "I need to see what her temperament is like now before we can come up with a plan... Don't worry. I have plenty of experience dealing with dangerous Magical Animals."
Suddenly, Nagini on the table twitched.
Newt hurriedly asked, "Has the Transfiguration worn off?"
Dumbledore took a look and said, "No. The Stunning Spell I cast afterward has probably just expired."
By then, Nagini on the table had fully awakened.
She