Hey everyone! So, this is another fantastic beasts story. This takes place after the crimes of Grindelwald and focuses a lot on Tina and Newt working to try and get Queenie back on their side. Let me know what you think. Is there something that I should add to the story? Let me know. Anyway, I hope you all like it.
"Queenie!" Tina yells trying to get through the blue flames to her sister when all of a sudden, she apperates out of there and is gone. How could this have happened she thought to herself trying to reach the circle.
But the blue starts to get even harder to fight off. All she could do was jump down towards Jacob and get him out of there.
"Queenie!" Tina yells sitting up in the bed she was sleeping on in Newt apartment. As she looks around, she notices that Jacob came out of the other room to check in on Tina.
"Tina, are you okay?" Jacobs asks standing out in the doorway. Tina shakes her head as she tried really hard to calm her breathing down. "We both can't keep blaming ourselves. That won't help us get her back." Jacob says sitting down at the end of the bed she was laying in.
They both just stare at each other not knowing what they should say. "Well we should both get some rest. Goodnight Tina." Jacob says walking out the room. Tina still sits up against the wall running through those same moments in her head over and over until she drifted back off again.
The light peers in and wakes Tina up. She can hear something walking around on the floor. As she rolls over to see what it was, she notices one of the baby nifler's out running through her coat trying to get the shiny button off of her jacket. Tina can't help but smile at how hard it is trying to remove the button.
A slight knock hits the door. "Tina? Tina are you awake?" Newt asks from the other side of the door. "Yes I am. Come in Newt." Tina says sitting herself on the side of the bed. Newt walks in with his shirt untucked looking like he got as much sleep as she did last night.
Before he could say anything, he notices the baby nifler trying the still get the button off. "Accio nifler." Newt says with his wand out. The nifler goes flying into his arms. "SO sorry about that. They must have picked the lock again." Newt says with a half-smile trying very hard not to make direct eye contact with Tina.
"Umm how did you sleep Newt?" Tina asks trying the break the awkward silence that was taking control of the room.
"Not that great. We lost so many people yesterday, it was hard to forget it." Newt says trying very hard not to let the memories play back in his mind. "Leta?" Tina says trying to meet his gaze. Newt nods but then walks over to Tina and sits down next to her. "Among other people to. Credence, Queenie, and so many aurors" Newt adds on not trying to let Leta's death be the main focus of the situation.
Tina begins to get up and grab her coat and cloths to change. "I am going to put breakfast together and then we have work to do today at Hogwarts." Newt says as he heads for the door to give Tina some privacy to get ready. Tina watches the door close behind him and as she gets ready, she lets the memory of losing her sister to a dark wizard consume her before she steps out of the room to sit at a small table with Newt and Jacob.
No one says a word until Jacob decides to get up and take a walk. "Tina, do you want to go with me today?" Newt asks as Tina finished up her tea. "Yes, I want to know how I can help get my sister and Credence back." Tina says as she puts down her empty cup and grabs her coat. "Shall we?" Tina says ready to get this over with.
Newt grabs his case and then takes Tina's hand to disapperate out of the apartment and in the courtyard of Hogwarts. All of the kids reading look up at the two strangers who had just arrived.
"Ah Newt, he has been expecting you." Professor McGonagall says as she had rounded the corner to check on the students in the courtyard. Newt and Tina both nod and follow McGonagall through the halls. Tina looks around at all of the features of the school and sees how cool this place really is. As they walk up the stairs, they reach a classroom and inside is Dumbledore reading through some books with the blood pack on the desk next to him.
"Professor?" Newt says as they both walk through the door. "Ah Newt, welcome back and hello I don't believe we have had the full pleasure." Dumbledore says shaking Tina's hand. "Tina right? I have heard so much about you from Newt here." Newt looks away a little embarrassed by what he had just said to her.
"Professor Dumbledore have you figured out any way to break that pack and fight Grindelwald?" Tina asks wanted to get straight down to business.
"No not yet. Unfortunately, no answer comes overnight but I think I might be on to something, but it could be a little risky and we would only have one shot at it." Dumbledore says walking back over to his desk to grab one of his books. Both Newt and Tina follow watching him closely as he thumbs through one of his older books. "Look I can break it but I need some of his blood in the spell to break it and that will not be easy to come by." He continues on. Both Newt and Tina look at each other unsure of how they would do that.
"There is no way we could get that close to him without something bad happening." Tina says trying to think of another option.
"I know Tina, but it is the only plan we have got at the moment." Dumbledore adds on. "I think we need to at least try, Tina this might be one of the only way we can get them all back to us." Newt tells Tina.
"We could also try talking to them to, I want them removed from him before we try this. He has Queenie and I think he would use her as leverage in order to keep getting what he wants." Tina says as she starts to walk out of the room.
"No Tina wait, let's just sit and talk about how we want to do this first." Newt says grabbing Tina's arm and pulling her back towards the desk.
"We can't do this unless we are all on the same page. Tina, we need you to understand that maybe the only way to do this is to break the pack first and then get to them." Dumbledore says leaning over the desk and making eye contact with her. Tina nods and walks back towards him and leans back on one of the student desks and listens in to what he has to say.
"We all know that their safety is a high priority. I will not let either of them get hurt when we do this." Dumbledore continues on.
"And what if we can't?" Tina asks not fully on board with their whole plan. "Tina you need to trust him he knows what he is doing." Newt says trying to change Tina's attitude towards them.
"Okay, let's give this a shot." She says.
Somewhere in Austria
"My dear Queenie, how are we feeling today?" Grindelwald asks walking down the hall. "I don't really know. I miss Jacob and my sister but they both would never understand why I am doing this." Queenie says looking out the window at the snowy mountains.
"What if I told you that your sister soon would understand this choice that you made?" He asks. Queenie turns around reading through his thoughts but can't find a thought as to why Tina would follow him.
"Why would she do that. She is an auror, her job is to stop you." Queenie adds on trying to make him aware of the career she chose.
"My dear I am very aware. Do not forget I was Mister Graves for a while and watch as your sister pathetically tried to prove herself after she attacked a nomaj." He says. Queenie turns to him with slight anger in her face. "Don't say things like that about my sister. She did that to save him and look at where he is now." She says pointing at him sitting in a chair staring at his new wand.
"You are right about that. I owe her a great debt for helping keep him from harm." He says trying to diffuse the situation. "Would you like to see her?" He asks her.
Queenie nods with a smile on her face. "More than anything. I never did get to find her in Paris, I only heard her yell my name before I came here." She says thinking back to cemetery and how she yelled at Jacob to walk with her.
"Well I will make arrangements for you to go see her and I will let you know as soon as know something." He says walking back down the hall and into his room.
"Write a letter to Tina in Queenies handwriting. I want her removed from the situation." Grindelwald says.
"And what if she doesn't listen?" The servant asks. "We use force." Grindelwald says walking out of the room and back down the hall to sit next to Credence.
"My boy are you alright." He asks him. "I think so. I just didn't think I would ever find out who I am." Credence says.
"Look I may need you to do something for me. It is a bit dangerous and it could get someone hurt. Someone you know a little bit. Would you be able to do that for me?" Grindelwald asks in a gentle way.
"Yes, what do I have to do?" Credence asks. "Overpower a very stubborn auror." Grindelwald says putting his hand on Credence's shoulder.
That's it for now. I hope you like the first chapter. If you have read my other stories you know I like testing the strength of Tina. I find that strength development makes a good story. It also is fun to write. Let me know what you think. Thank you to everyone who has read my past stories and is enjoying this one so far.