Title: The Fate of Scamander
Rating: K+
Genre: Friendship
Characters: Newt, OC, Dippet, Niffler
Summary: It's no secret that Newt Scamander and Marcie Lowrey are friends. They've been practically inseparable since the sorting hat played them both in ravenclaw. It's not until an experience with a creature goes awry that their friendship is tested. Will they push through each other's mistakes and remain friends? Or will everything that's happened be too much and split them apart forever?
It was dark by the time the students returned to the castle. With the detention over and completed, the two were eager to return to their beds to sleep.
"Why did you have to get us caught?" The boy asks.
"Well if you had been more careful, Newt, we might've gotten away with it!" The girl turns away from her friend, hoping to keep her mind set on being upset with him.
"Marcie, you can't blame me. It's both of our faults. If we had both been more careful with the niffler, then Dippet would never have known." Newt reaches out and forces his best friend of five years to look at him. "Anyway, there's always next time."
"Next time? Sorry, Newt, but I'm worn out by all these creatures! I can't keep up with them!" She pushes his hand off of her wrist. "Newt, you're by best mate, and I love you, but I can't." She turns back around and runs to the castle.
Newt turns to glance back at the forest then runs to catch up with the best friend he's ever had.
***
It was two weeks before the friends made up. As they walked down the stairs in the morning from their respective dormitories into the Ravenclaw common room, the two looked at each other before rushing to meet in the middle.
"I didn't mean what I said." Marcie says, hugging the scraggly boy. "I love the creatures too and I don't ever want to stop finding them with you."
Newt gripped his best friend tight. "I'm sorry too; I shouldn't have put you in the position where you would get into trouble."
Stepping away from each other after their longest hug yet, the two take in the appearances of each other.
"Newt? Have you even showered?"
Newt hesitates. "Yes."
"I don't believe you." Marcie pulls him down to her height and sniffs his hair. "As I suspected. You don't smell at all like you've recently showered. Newt, why haven't you been taking care of yourself?"
"I could ask you the same question! You look like you haven't washed your clothes!" He reaches down and smooths out a wrinkle on her robe. "Now what would Professor Dumbledore say if we walked into class like we are now?"
"He'd probably wait until after class, then give us a stern talking to about personal hygiene." She pauses for a moment. "Then, he'd probably offer us some kind of candy, probably those licorice drops he's so fond of."
"I think you mean lemon drops." Newt laughs. "The other ones are licorice snaps."
"I think instead of discussing whatever got you two up so early, you both should change into something clean and take a shower." They are interrupted by Marcie's older sister, a Ravenclaw prefect.
"There's not enough time before breakfast to do that, Mikey!" Marcie turns to look behind as her sister descends the stairs.
"Well, maybe you two should've thought about that before everyone else woke up. This whole conversation you were having could've waited until after you'd gotten ready for the day." Mikayla looks down at her sister. "Now go take care of yourselves before you smear the name of Ravenclaw. No doubt some house points would be deducted by the state of you."
***
It was later that spring when things began to go wrong, and Marcie knew it.
The flowers, in full bloom and the grass giving off the wonderful smell that it does before rain; the morning air, while still fresh, has begun giving off a foreboding taste. When Marcie sees her best friend outside near the forest, she knows something bad is going to happen. Rushing down the stairs and through the common room, Marcie makes her way to Newt.
The moment she reaches her friend, Marcie knows something bad has already happened.
Newt turns to look back at her. "I didn't mean to, I swear."
Marcie looks past Newt to look into the forest. "Newt, what happened?"
He gives her a sad look. "There was an accident. One of the newer creatures got loose and has caused a situation in the forest. The centaurs are upset and it's no longer safe for students. I'm so sorry, Marcie. I had made a promise and I broke it. Now it looks like I'm going to get something much worse than detention."
"Newt, whatever happened, we agreed we were in this together." Marcie reaches out to hug her friend. "Whatever happens to you will happen to me too."
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