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AN: For the time being I am going to try to do weekly updates. It might be easier for me to write if I get some reviews. It's nice to get follows but it would be even better to get reviews so I know what you all think. I am playing with two possible ways for this to go, one is much shorter than the other, so I guess I will have to see what you all want. Either way I do plan on writing plenty of Newtina fluff.
The next morning Tina woke before the sun had even begun to rise. She made her way as quietly as possible through the house to the kitchen. Once there she summoned a mug and some cocoa for hot chocolate. She knew the Scamanders didn't have any coffee so the cocoa would have to do, considering she didn't much like tea.
As she drank her hot chocolate she thought about Queenie. They had only been apart for a day but it felt much longer than that.
She turned away from the counter and almost jumped when she saw Newt's mother sitting at the breakfast table. The older woman had a fond smile on her face and a faraway look in her eyes.
"Mrs. Scamander, you scared me," Tina said.
"Ms. Goldstein, good morning. You can call me Elizabeth," Mrs. Scamander said.
"Do you always get up this early?" Tina asked her.
"Not much these days. It became a habit when I started breeding hippogryphs. Now I just enjoy being by myself in the early hours. It's nice to appreciate the quiet of the early morning, before the day gets started. I love to listen to the world around me wake up and come to life."
"I know what you mean. It's the same for me at the end of the day. Given my job I guess it's understandable, especially given the last couple weeks."
"There's more to how you and Newt met than just him walking into you, isn't there?"
"Yes. I think it's his place to let you know the whole story. I need to go. I don't want to be late on my first day."
"Of course, dear. Good luck."
As Tina walked out of the house to apparate to the ministry entrance she didn't see the look on Elizabeth's face. Elizabeth needed to know what exactly happened when her youngest son was in New York.
Tina was nervous but in the most exciting way. Never had she expected to be assigned to a case like this. She wasn't sure exactly where she was supposed to go but had been told that Newt's brother, Theseus, would be there to meet her and show her to her office this morning.
She was trying to figure out where she might find Theseus when she noticed a man who bore a striking resemblance to Newt. Tina figured that must be Theseus.
"Are you Theseus Scamander?" she asked the man when she reached him.
"Yes, you must be Ms. Porpentina Goldstein," Theseus said.
"Yes, I am," she told him.
"Follow me. There isn't much new information to go on but I wanted you here as soon as possible. I'm the head of this team and as such I get to choose the aurors who are on it. I wanted you because I found out you helped detain Grindelwald in New York. Is what I heard correct?"
"Yes, it is. Your brother also helped, more so than me, in fact."
"My brother has other things to deal with and he has never expressed any interest in being an auror."
He led her to a small windowless room with two desks in it.
"This is your office. You will be sharing it with another auror from MACUSA when he arrives. At this time I cannot let you know who it is, though I'm sure you two have worked together before. We have a meeting in about an hour in the room next door. I do hope you enjoy your time with us, Ms. Goldstein."
With that he left the small room. What was Tina supposed to do for an hour? She hadn't received any information to review yet, she hadn't been assigned any cases here except to help locate Grindelwald and from her understanding there hadn't been much progress in that area yet. All she knew was that he was most likely in France or Germany since that was where most of the attacks had occurred since he escaped New York.
Finally she thought enough time had passed and decided to make her way into the meeting room. She was a couple of minutes early but Theseus seemed eager to get started. There was the typical welcoming of new additions to the team and going over what little information they had on Grindelwald. Tina discovered she was not the only one who thought Grindelwald was in France or Germany, close to the border. However, there had been a few attacks around a small town in Poland last night so investigating in France or Germany was useless at this point. Nobody brought up the fact that Grindelwald seemed to avoid Britain all together. It almost seemed like he was afraid to do anything here. After the meeting, which hadn't been that long, Theseus dismissed everyone.
Tina made her way back to her office digesting the information she had gained. As excited as she was to be on this team it seemed like everything she did here until they could absolutely nail down Grindelwald's location would be a game of hurry up and wait.
As she had predicted, her day was very uneventful. Of course there was the odd person who was claiming allegiance to Grindelwald and was brought in for questioning. As the new person on the team, or so it seemed, Tina was not involved in the arrest or interrogation of any new suspected Fanatics. At the end of the day she apparated back to the Scamander residence and was surprised to find Theseus and a beautiful blond woman with green eyes already there.
"Ms. Goldstein, I wasn't expecting to be seeing you this evening," Theseus said when he turned around and saw her.
"Newt offered for me to stay here and not have to pay for lodging since I have no idea how long this whole Grindelwald thing will take. With any luck the whole situation will be over in a couple days but the way things are going it doesn't look like it will. I wasn't expecting to see you either," Tina said in a rush.
"Oh, My fiancé, Morgan and I are supposed to go over plans for our wedding. Her parents are supposed to meet us here soon to talk over plans with mother and father and us."
"I didn't know you were engaged. Congratulations."
Before anyone could say anything more Tina heard footsteps coming down the stairs and turned to see Newt.
