Chapter Six: Quidditch Qualities

Hermione sat in the familiar Great Hall with Ron, Harry and the other Gryffindors. They were all talking, waiting for Professor Dumbledore to arrive. He had news regarding different things and everyone in the hall was waiting for him. Hermione had never heard of Professor Dumbledore being late for anything, all she heard was that he was very punctual. Sitting here in the hall was contradicting that statement. She assumed the news would be Newt replacing Hagrid and whoever the new Divination teacher would be. There was already talk among the students about Newt ever since he appeared at Hagrid's lesson. Now, it was a sure fact that there would be plenty of gossip around the school tomorrow and, as an admirer of Newt, she was worried what they would think.

"Why'd you suppose Dumbledore is late?" Hermione heard Dean asked.

"I dunno, he's never been late for anything, and I mean anything. Perhaps a werewolf got him... ooooh," Seamus responded, moving his fingers up and down to create a sarcastic spooky affect. That last comment hurt a little bit considering their third year professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Proffesor Lupin, a man Hermione came to admire despite her first thoughts about werewolves.

As the Gryffindor table continued to be consumed in conspiracy theories, Hernione saw from the corner of her eye, the door in the left hand corner, behind the staff table, opened to reveal Professor Dumbledore and Newt. She was glad he was here and was excited for him personally. While Hagrid's misfortune was sorrowing, she couldn't be happier that her new Professor was none other then the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Then author. Imagine all the information he has! While Harris was great and gave a lot information in his classes, Newt was over qualified and knew more then him.

The table grew less loud as they noticed Professor Dumbledore seat Newt. Newt must have caught Dumbledore up in his many Transfiguration questions. She almost forgot about the Room of Requirement, she hoped he had asked the headmaster discretely... Above all, Hermione hoped Newt even remembered the topic!

The hall continued to be loud but it became quiet as soon as Professor Dumbledore made his way towards the pedestal.

"I have a few announcements to make. Firstly, I would like to remind all fifth-year students that O.W.L.S. are coming up I a few months and while they seem far away, I am hoping that you are studying intently. Secondly, fifth-years and above, our professors will be open to counseling on your future. They will be open throughout the week to hold meetings with them, I advise that you at least speak with one of them," Dumbledore began in a loud voice.

"In addition to this, we have new additional professors. Our first new addition would be Professor Firenze, who is replacing Professor Trelawney as the Divination Professor. Our second addition would be Professor Scamander, who is replacing Professor hagrid as the Care for Magical Creatures Professor. I hope that you treat them with the upmost respect," Dumbledore concluded and returned to his seat.

Immediately after he concluded his speech, the platters of food arrived at all the tables. There were various foods all around but everyone seemed more interested in Newt's announcement as professor.

"Can ya believe it? It is true! Newt Scamander is actually here! But... how does he... look so erm... young?" Neville said.

"That is interesting. Shouldn't he be... I dunno... a hundred?" Dean replied.

They began their conspiracy theories once again and Hermione looked up across the table to find Ron and Harry silent, knowing that as much as they want to tell them about their experience with the author, they cannot.

Hermione looked up at the staff table to see Newt and Professor McGonagall in a conversation. He looked happy talking to the Transfiguration professor. Hermione could have sworn she saw Professor McGonagall laugh.

Ginny then came over with her wrist wrapped in a bandage. She sat on the free space next to Hermione and looked over to Harry, then she met Hermione's eyes.

"You are about to ask, I know, and I got this from Quidditch tryouts. I was in the infirmary all day, and on the bright side I missed classes," she said with a smile. "Umm, that's not why I'm here though... have you guys you know.. found a place?" She said in a quiet voice.

"We're still looking. We should find one soon, however. And I had no idea Ginny. Professor McGonagall didn't even tell me! Does mom and dad know?" Ron asked surprised.

"Yeah right," his sister replied with an eye roll,"and no, I haven't."

"You should tell them," he replied.

"Alright, alright, I'll owl them once I get back to the common room. Anyway, there's been a lot of talk in my class, any ideas to why Hagrid left? That was quite surprising, I liked him a lot. He had a ton of interesting lessons," Ginny said happily.

Overhearing their conversation, Dean said," Yeah but Hagrid didn't really know too much about these animals. I mean he was great and all, but all he really had was a good relationship with the animals," Dean said. Harry and Ron practically looked like they were going to kill him. Before any fighting could interrupt, Hermione spoke.

"Hagrid was a great teacher, they're are not all perfect. Everyone has their own opinion but we all must agree that he was an amazing professor who did an equally great job," she said proudly. Dean shrunk bad a little bit, feeling guilty for what he said.

"Yeah.. he'll be missed... but... I can't absolutely wait to learn from New-Professor Scamander," she said, looking up admiringly. Ron looked as though he was going to throw up and Hermione giggled, knowing how she felt.

"Does someone have a crush?" Seamus pitched in.

"Hey! I do not! He does look adorable though..." Ginny said defensively. Seamus and Dean laughed while Ron was making puking noises. Hermione giggled and Harry looked on with a little jealously.

"So did you make the team?" Ron asked.

"I'm not sure, I won't know till next week. It's weird how half the season is played and then the next half could be played by a whole new team," Ginny said.

For the rest of the evening, the group talked about many things like how the negative news about Professor Dumbledore and Harry practically disappeared. The news now was filled with information on Newt. There was some negative and some positive, it was all mostly in between. Some welcomed his arrival while others were criticizing his use of the time-turner and the Ministry's response but those articles were suppressed, probably on the Minister's orders

When Hermione got back to the Gruffindor common room, she found groups of people all gossiping. Usually they all went to bed, but not today. It was Friday after all and tomorrow was a Qudditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin. Hermione walked over to where Ron and Harry were sitting, their usual spot in front of the fireplace. She sat next to Harry athe the end to the left on the red velvet couch.

"They're mad, those girls. All they can talk about now is Newt and just Newt," Ron said. Hermione turned around to see a red-haired girl, she assumed this was Ginny, with at least five other girls giggling. Ron looked away bewildered and confused.

"We still need to find the Room of Requirement. We search tomorrow after Quidditch," Harry said.

"That's assuming you don't get hurt," Hermione said.

"I'll be extra careful," Harry said sarcastically. Hermione smiled.

For the rest of the evening, they sat there doing some homework. Ron was the first to go up, and then Hermione. Harry sat at the fireplace even after they left.

In the morning...

Hermione was the first to wake up. She quickly went down to the common room and waited until Harry and Ron woke up. To keep herself busy, she read a book, one of her favorite hobbies. The book she was reading was about the Hogwarts castle and the magical plans used to create it. She was trying to find any clues or hints as to where the location of the Room of Requirement could be, but nothing came up. Before she could finish a chapter, Ginny came down from the girls' dormitory.

"Good-morning Ginny," Hermione said.

"Good-morning, who are you waiting for? If it's Ron and Harry, they still haven't woken, at least, I don't think so. Why don't you come down to the Great Hall with me? We can wait for them there," she said invitingly.

"That would be nice," Hermione said with a smile and together, the two girls went down to the hall. At the staff table were some of the professors eating. Hermione didn't see Newt which made her a little disappointed. Hermione and Ginny sat together with a few other Gryffindor girls she had no clue about. She didn't even know their names. Hermione sat there quietly with Ginny while she and the other girls talked. Finally, Harry and Ron walked in, saving Hermione from her awkward situation. She slid her breakfast over to where they sat. Harry was of course dressed in his Quidditch robes and Ron was in his Hogwarts robes like Hermione.

"You woke up late, very late, even for you," Hermione stated, directing it towards Harry. "Did you stay up too late last night?"

"Yeah, I was just checking Sirius didn't contact us. I wouldn't want the Gryffindors to see that..," Harry said.

"And what is your excuse?" Hermione asked Ron.

"I'm just a late sleeper okay," Ron said defensively.

"Do you think Newt will show up to the Quidditch match?" Harry questioned.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe. I didn't see him at the staff table when we came in, he still hasn't been here. Maybe he is an early riser or a late sleeper, like some people," Hermione said, looking towards Ron's direction. He flew his hands up in sign of surrender. The trio finished their breakfast and headed out towards the Quidditch field. There were tons of other students as well, all from different houses. Usually all the houses came to watch each game as it was a great pass-time at Hogwarts. At the field entrance for the competitors, Ron and Hermione parted ways with Harry as he went inside the little entrance. They headed up the stairs and stood in the Gryffindor section towards the rail, like they always do.

The players walked out onto the field and flew up to their positions with their brooms. Madam Hooch came out to the field and released the bludgers. She then took out the snitch and it flew off quickly. Finally, Madam Hooch brought out the Quaffle and threw it into the air, the game has begun.

At first, Slytherin got the Quaffle and began to make progress towards the three hoops. Hermione saw in the corner of her eye was Harry who was looking around, clueless about the game. He was obviously looking for the snitch. The bludgers came at many of the players but each team's Beaters were making sure no one got hit by the nasty bludger.

Slytherin attempted to score the Quaffle but the Keeper prevented that from happening. Hermione didn't know the girl's name but she knew the student replaced Oliver Wood, the old Gryffindor Keeper. The Gryffindor team got the Quadfle and started to push back on the Slytherin team.

All of sudden, a woosh noise happened and a man appeared next to her. Hermione was clearly frightened as she almost fell on top on Ron before she realized it was Newt.

"Good-morning. It's a lovely day for Quidditch, isn't it?" he said towards the two while looking away from them.

"You nearly scared me to death!" Ron complained.

"Ignore him. You do know apparating has certain laws and you can't really do what you just did..." Hermione said carefully. "Also, I had no idea you could apostate!" she said excitedly and admiringly.

"What? That's.. that's news to me... We used to do it all the time before the Floo Network even existed... Quite odd," Newt said.

As their conversation continued, Gryffindor scored 10 points but a


Slytherin Beater injured one of the Chasers. Hermione could still see Harry flying around leisurely, still trying to find the Snitch.

"Where is your friend Harry?" Newt asked. Ron pointed up and Newt saw him on the broom.

"Ah, he is a seeker?" he asked for them to clarify and Hermione nodded.

"Did you ever play Quidditch?" Ron asked.

"Um, yes I did for a few years. I was a Chaser for Hufflepuff."

"Not to sound rude or anything, but if Hufflepuff is your house, why aren't you with them or where the staff sit?" Ron asked.

"Ronald!" Hermione whispered and slapped his arm. All Newt did was smile though as he looked over to where they were.

"This is much more interesting then where the staff sit. Dreadfully boring, especially with Umbridge there," he said, whispering the last part, "Besides, this is a Gryffindor game and I thought I would support you guys."

Hermione smiled. She wasn't paying attention to the game, she was so caught up in what's Newt had to say, he was so much more interesting then this game. When Hermione checked the score, however, it was 10 - 20 points. Slytherin was up ahead by 10 points. Ron noticed this too and had a sour look on his face.

As the game continued the score went up and up. 20 - 20, 30 - 20, 40 - 20 and finally 40 - 50. IT was becoming a very long game when Harry suddenly flew past the stands in immense speed.

"Looks like Harry had finally spotted the snitch," Newt remarked.

He did, and Harry was chasing after it with determination. The other Seeker, Draco Malfoy, noticed this and chased after Harry. They were shoulder by shoulder, bumping into each other to gain an advantage but neither one were. The two Seekers continued to chase after a golden flurry, speeding around in all directions. Up, down, left, left, right and so on they went. By this time, Slytherin was up 50 - 70.

Everything ended abruptly when Harry and Malfoy both fell on the ground, Harry landing 20 feet away from Malfoy. A large "oooo" went out in the stands. Draco looked like a drama queen, rolling all over the place while Harry simply stood up, grabbed his room and held out the Snitch. The game was over and Gryffindor won!

Newt clapped for Harry along with the rest of the stadium but the Slytherin house, of course. Hermione, Ron and even Newt waited outside to congratulate him. Hermione and Ron hugged him and said their congratulations.

"Congrats Harry, that was a well-played game," Newt said with a smile.

"Thank you professor," Harry replied.

"Oh, please don't call me professor, it makes me sound.. erm.. old. Please just call me Newt, I feel way more comfortable with it. However, Dumblddore will probably have a hissy fit so I'm just going to allow you three to say it," Newt said with a smile. The new Care for Magical Creatures professor escorted the trio back to the school grounds. They asked Newt various questions and were joking around with him. He was such a wonderful and kind person to be around. How could anyone dislike him? They reached the courtyard when Newt spoke to them quietly.

"Clean yourself up, Harry. Then meet me at Hagrid's cabin. We will then go search fo-" he was interrupted by a loud, high-pitched noise.

"POTTER! GRANGER! WEASLEY!"

It was Umbridge.

"WHERE WERE YOU THREE DURING MY CLASS THE OTHER DAY? AND WHY WERENT YOU IN YOUR COMMON ROOM AFTER CURFEW? WELL?" she yelled.

"Professor, they were with me. I was speaking with Professor Hagrid along with the three and I invited them to help me with...," Newt caught himself, "with Hagrid's creatures since he needed to go speak with someone. He wasn't specific."

"That still gives no excuse to be out after hours," Umbridge said furiously. Before Newt could make another excuse, "DETENTION FOR TWO WEEKS, EVERY NIGHT AND POTTER, YOU'RE BANNED FROM QUIDDITCH!" she shrieks. Many students looked over surprised. They continued to walk, staring at the four of them.

Harry looked very angry and sad at the same time. Newt looked a little paler then usual.

"Why were you out after dark?" Newt asked angrily after Umbridge had walked away.

"We were trying to find the Room of Requirement!" Ron said in defense of the three.

"We could have done that in the daylight," Newt said. Even when the author was angry, he still looked sympathetic and kind.

"It's alright, I can ask Professor Dumbledore to take you for detention and we can use that time for searching. Perfect excuse. Something good can come out of the bad. However, Harry.. I am truly sorry about your position on the Quidditch Team... That was clearly not right," Newt said calmly.

"It's alright," Harry said through gritted teeth. "I'm going to go clean up. I'll see you later Ron and Hermione," He left before anyone could say anything. Hermione felt sorrowful for him. It was completely biased and unfair! She looked up at Newt, he seemed the same way.


Later that night, Ron and Hermione waited in the Gryffindor common room so that they can report to Umbridge for detention. They have not seen Harry after the ordeal with the High Inquisitor. In fact, no one has really seen him. They waited for what seemed hours, people began to retreat back into the dormitories for the night. Once Harry came into the common room, there were only a few people about. As she turned around and saw him, she ran over to Harry and hugged him tightly for a long time.

"Where were you?" Hermioje said loudly as she pulled away.

"I needed some me time," he replied, clearly not in the mood for conversation.

"Well either way, we need to go, we'll be late and Umbridge is already furious with us," Ron said.

Hermione then led the two boys out of the common room, taking charge. They passed corridor after corridor in the darkness and in silence as they made their way to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. When they turned the corner, the old wooden door that led into the classroom was open. Hermione could hear an argument from inside between multiple voices.

When they made it towards the door, the three were confused on whether or not they waited or walked in. Harry stepped in front of Hermione and Ron and knocked on the door quietly. He stepped into the doorframe, followed by Hermione as they walked in steadily.

Off to the side was Newt who looked very annoyed while Umbridge argued with Professor McGonagall.

"That is a completely barbaric punishment!" Professor McGonagall yelled. "While I agree some punishment should be in order, I will not have my house students be left alone in the Dark Forest for an entire night!"

"Professor McGonagall, we have guests," Umbridge replied calmly as she turned her head towards the door.

Newt looked up towards the trio. Professor McGonagall turned and walked towards them in a calm but stern manner.

"You three, always. Your punishment will be decided by Professor Umbridge and I do hope you think twice about skipping our classes again," she said as she walked out the door. Newt still stood next to the wall quietly, observing the recent events.

"Well then!" Umbridge said in a cheerful voice. "Professor Scamander and Professor McGonagall have tried to change my mind on the punishment and perhaps it is too barbaric.." she said deviously. Obviously the new one would be even worse and more benefiting to Umbridge.

"Weasley, you will be spending the next two weeks with Mr Flinch. You will do as he says and will not ask questions. Follow any rules he gives you," Umbridge said as she stood up and walked around her desk. "Granger, I was going to have you go with Professor Snape, however, Professor Scamander insisted that you three serve it with him. While I do not agree, I will give him the privilege of experience in serving a detention to a student. You will be going with him to deal with a erm..."

"Niffler," Newt said, correcting Umbridge.

"Niffler," she repeated. "And you Potter, you'll be staying here with me," she said with a fake smile. Harry seemed unmoved while Ron looked terrified. Hermione didn't know the look on her face, but she was relieved that she was able to serve her detention under Newt.

"Now go, and Weasley, I will know if you don't go to Mr Flinch," Umbridge said.

Ron and Hermione walked back into the hallway and Newt quickly followed while Umbridge closed the door with Harry still in the classroom.

"How am I even suppose to know where he is?" Ron said confused.

"Oh, don't worry, I think he'll find you," Newt said with a smile as he took Hermione by the arm and led her the opposite way from Ron. She had to cover her mouth to hide the smile. Before they turned the corner, Hermione saw Ron walking slowly down the opposite corridor. Once they distanced themselves from the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Newt turned and looked behind him to make sure no one was there. After a moment of silence, Newt finally spoke.

"Sorry I was listening for any sounds," he said apologetically.

"We aren't going to take care of the Niffler, are we?" Hermione said.

"Of course not! We're going to go look for the Room of Requirement. I hope you don't mind, unless you actually want to take care of the Niff-"

"No, we desperately need to find the Room of Requirement," she interrupted.

"Oh okay," Newt said softly.

For the next few hours, the two of them went corridor after corridor and they even went back to the original place the room was but there was no success. Hermione began to feel tired from the day she had, it didn't help that she was up at an un-godly hour, looking for a room. Hermione noticed that Newt seemed tired as well. While she didn't know what he did on his free time, it must be very tiring, Hermione thought. They kept searching for it throughout the castle until Newt turned to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You should go back to bed. You look awful. I-I-I mean not in-in that way! I mean liek you just... ugh... you just look... tired, that's all," Newt rambled on. He quickly looked away in embarrassment. Hermione let out a small chuckle at how adorable that was.

"No, no it's ok. I do feel tired though. Thank you, again, for trying to help," Hermione said. Newt still looked away but she saw a smile on his face. She turned around and walked down the hallway towards the Gryffindor common room.


The next day, Hermione slept the entire day. She was so tired from running around the previous night and it was taking a toll on her mentally and physically. She mostly spent the day sleeping until she went down to the Great Hall to eat breakfast. When she arrived, Ron looked half asleep while Harry seemed wide awake, how peculiar, she thought.

"Good-morning," Hermione said in a half yawn.

"Who is the late sleeper now?" Ron quipped in.

"Unlike you two, I was looking for the Room of Requirement all last night. I practically searched the school, twice, in fact. I have a right to be tired, you know," she replied.

"At least you didn't have to clean the trophy room, three times, in fact," Ron said in a mimicking voice.

"Would you guys stop, you're giving me a headache. I had to spend the entire night with Umbridge so I think I rightfully win," Harry said. Before the two of them could argue even more, Harry spoke again. "So, did you find it or any clue on where it could be?"

"No, no we didn't find it. Newt said it could take a long time before there is any sort of sign. But he did say it took him two weeks so we should have hope."

"We need to find it, soon," Harry replied.

"Don't worry, I plan on spending Christmas here so that I can look more. You two should go back and see Mr Weasley. Especially you, Ron. He needs to see you both after what happened," Hermione said.

"Yes, well Ron was planning on going, I wanted to stay here. And I think I am," Harry said.

"I can't change your mind, can I?" Hermione asked hopefully.

"No, sorry," Harry shrugged.

"Alright then, I guess you can join Newt and I then," Hermione said.

For the rest of her time there, they spoke about random things. After she was done, Hermione left the two boys and returned to the Gryffindor Girls' dormitories to go back to bed.

She slept through the entire day until Lavender came in and woke her up.

"Um Harry and Ron told me to come in and get you," she said.

"Oh..Oh thank you..," Hermione said with a yawn.

She got out of bed and walked out into the common room. Hermione completely forgot that she had detention, again, tonight.

"You must've been really tired," Ron said.

All Hermione did was groan as she led the two of them to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom for their second night of detention.

Throughout the night, there wasn't anything interesting. Newt and Hermione searched the school again, this time with more detail. The professor had allowed Hermione to go back to bed early since he noticed she was incredibly tired. It was only two hours into searching, but she was grateful for being allowed to go back to bed.


In the morning, Hermione felt better after sleeping for over a day. She never realized how much rest she needed until she woke up in the morning. Hermione again went down to the Great Hall and found Ron asleep on the table with Harry opposite of him, eating his breakfast silently. Next to Harry was Neville, who was talking to him but Harry seemed to not pay attention. Hermione sat down next to Ron and leaned her head against the table to get a better look at him. She then patted his arm to wake up.

"Ron... wake up.. please," she said in a pleading voice.

"Ugh... five... more... minutes..," was all that Hermione heard. She looked at Harry, who seemed a little worried.

"Ron, wake up. We have to go to class soon," he said. Neville turned his head and his attention was now on Ron.

"Poor Ron, what was he doing? He seems so tired," Neville said, stating the obvious.

"We have detention," Harry said, rolling his eyes.

"Let me guess, Umbridge?" Neville replied.

Harry nodded his head in response.

"What'd you do this time?"

"None of your business," Harry snapped. Neville obviously looked a little hurt and Ron started to stir from his short nap. Hermione felt bad for the both of them. There was a long akward silence before she spoke up.

"Neville, excuse Harry, we missed class by accident. We were helping someone."

"Oh, yeah, that's right, I remember that Umbridge was furious in class that you three weren't there," he said. "We ought to get to our first class, it's getting late."

"Yes, we should," she said in response.

Hermione helped Ron finally wake up, but he still looked awfully drained and tired. She just hoped that he would make it through the day without passing out. As they made their way out, many other students were leaving as well. The trio, along with Neville, passed some of the Ravenclaws where Harry saw Cho and ran off to her quickly. Hermione didn't even bother to tell him that they would be late as he swiftly came back a few minutes after he ran off. The fifth year Gryffindor's first class was Care for Magical Creatures and unfortunately, they have a combined class with the Slytherins.

"Where are we going? Class is outside," Ron said in a dazed voice.

"No, Newt thought it would be too cold out and preferred we stayed inside and learn about... well.. I don't know," Hermione said.

"Don't you meet Professors Scamander?" Neville said suspiciously.

"Oh, yes! Yes, yes of course," she replied in a hurry.

The foursome went down the different hallways of the Hogwarts castle, heading towards the classroom set aside for Newt's class. When they reached the door, many students, both Gryffindor and Slytherin, were still walking inside. Hermione sighed in relief that they weren't late, she was hoping to be there early for Newt's first time teaching the class. Inside of the room, there were different rows of desks, two at each one. The room looked just like all of the other classrooms, stone walls, ceiling, and floor. The ceiling was high up, with gorgeous and grand pillars holding it up. There was a small space between the pillars where the rows of desks were located. It was familiar in ways to the Charms classroom, with the vaulted ceiling, but this room felt different in many ways. Perhaps it was because of Hermione's new friendship with Newt or if it was something else.

Hermione sat down at at desk with Ron beside her while Harry and Neville took their seats next to the two. The Slytherins across the room were talking and Hermione could spot Draco Malfoy sitting with the bunch of them, talking about who knows what. Her eyes then immediately darted to the doorway where she saw a pink fluffiness from the corner of her eye. Of course, it was Umbridge. For some reason, she was out for anyone teaching the Care for Magical Creatures class, which was quite odd.

"Bloody hell... What is she doing here?" Ron said sheepishly.

Ron looked as though he was going to be sick either due to the new presence of Umbridge or not getting enough sleep. Hermione certainly hoped it was the latter of the two choices.

Umbridge quietly walked around the perimeter of the room, avoiding the attention of the students. She then stood in the corner near the door on the Slytherin side of the room. A few moments later, Newt came inside the classroom and with a flick of his wand, he closed the large wooden doors that led into the classroom. He seemed in a joyful and playful mood as he walked in. Hermione thought his choice of clothing was odd, most professors in the school wore traditional robes but Newt continued to wear a waistcoat and trousers. It seems as though he missed the 1920s to Hermione.

He continued to walked in a swift fashion, stopping at the end of the walkway, where a desk was, between the two pillars. He went around his desk and Hermione just noticed that his case was ontop of it.

The students quietly all took their seats, staring in curiosity of what the new professor would do.

Newt then opened the leather case and brought out a stick- no it wasn't a stick, it was a green slim figure that was no taller then 8 inches. Its skin was like green, a color similar to the stem of a plant. Newt held his hand out and cautiously walked around the desk and stopped in front of it. There was silence before he spoke.

"This, is a Bowtruckle," he said in a quiet voice. The small creature turned around slowly and gave a small, shy wave.

"They are native to English, German and Scandinavian forests. Bowtruckles have a... erm... home tree, I suppose you can call it. They become guardians of that particular tree and protect it."

Newt was obviously not as joyful as he used to be, Hermione thought it was because he noticed the lurking presence of Umbridge in the corner of the room. There was a small pause before he began again.

"Taking what I just told you... Can anyone guess as to what their... um... demeanor is like?"

Hermione was completely mesmerized by the small creature, so much in fact that she missed the question for a few moments before raising her hand.

"Ah, um... yes... Hermione?"

"Well, Bowtruckles are mainly peaceful and quite shy, all they want to do is protect the tree they guard but... They become rather harsh if it is threatened in any way, she said.

"Yes, yes that's right. Any interference from humans, and they will attack. Their hands... or rather.. err.. twigs... turn into sharp claws. Considering the amount of Bowtruckles on a single tree, they can be... dangerous in groups," Newt said carefully with a smile.

"Oh yes, by the way, this is Pickett," Newt said.

Hermione and a few others gave a small wave to the creature. Some of the Slytherins were interested in what Newt had to say, while others, like Malfoy, were not paying attention and had a disgusting look on their faces.

Umbridge then made her presence known, by speaking in a commanding and loud voice.

"Professor Scamander, how did you get a Bowtruckle if they attack with any human interference?" she said. Newt looked dazed at the question for a minute, he wasn't looking at her, his attention was on the Bowtruckle. His head dipped down for a moment before he spoke.

"The tree where I found Pickett was in danger and I rescued him and the other Bowtruckles he was with. I now take care of them until I can release them properly.

"Today, however, is focused on how to care for Bowtruckles. These creatures are often... used... as a way to pick locks...," Newt said in a slow manner.

Umbridge looked defeated, she backed down from Newt and continued to observe the class, something Hermione saw no professor do.

For the rest of their time there, Newt showed the various students the Bowtruckle. He taught them how to care for their needs and how to deal with the different colds they can catch. Hermione wanted one of her own but she remembered how Newt scolded a Slytherin for thinking of such a thing. Newt obviously seemed to take that personally in a way, which was quite adorable.

When the class ended, Newt went back to his case and seemed to be speaking to the Bowtruckle, which was odd. Ron was asleep next to Hermione and she goaded him to wake up like she did before in the Great Hall. Neville immediately left and ran over to Seamus and Dean, who were walking out the door. Malfoy, Umbridge and the other Slytherins left in a hurry but some of them looked quite content in what Newt taught. Hermione finally got Ron to wake up but Harry left in a rush again. She was worried about him, he seemed to be acting emotionless and reckless at times, as well as deeply saddened. Together, Ron and Hermione walked out and followed him in a quick pace, heading towards their next class.

A/N: Hello! I hoped you enjoyed the chapter as always! I am most likely going to add on to it so watch out for that.

When I made Newt a chaser for Hufflepuff's Quidditch team, it's because in FBAWTFT (SPOILERS) (SPOILERS) (SPOILERS) Newt is asked by Mary Lou Barebone if he was a Seeker but he replied with saying he was a Chaser and someone came up with the idea that Newt possibly meant that he was an actual Chaser for Quidditch.

I made Harry being banned from Quidditch different. I'm going based off the book btw and not by the movies. I don't believe that Harry is banned from Quidditch in the movies.

As always, please review!

-Athena, Slytherin💚.

UPDATE:

To answer some of your questions, I do not have a specific pairing in mind yet. I may have an idea of what I might do. Also, Newt originally wanted to go into the past to prevent Credence from dying but he ended up accidentally going into the future. He has no real purpose of being in the future, no motive, except now his motive is to figure out a way back to 1926, which will be addressed soon.

Also, Newt being in the future does effect the storylines and events of everything after the Order of the Phoenix. Everything he does and everyone he intereacts with can change outcomes in the story. Had Newt not been in this story, then the Order of the Phoenix timeline would have been the same as the book. It's a little confusing but I hope you get the idea of it.

The next few chapters will have some time skips but I will describe a summary of what happened in the time skips. I don't want to give too much away because as of right now, I'm halfway through finishing the next chapter.

-Athena, Slytherin💚.

UPDATE NUMERO DOS:

Ok I am so sorry for not updating, the Christmas season you know. I have also been very lazy and forgetful, to which I apologize. However, I'll try to get the next chapter out either tonight or tomorrow and I will not be posting over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I will write on my own during those days and post them the following week.

I am going to try and make my writing consistent in the next few chapters, some of the events that happen in other chapters are not heavily mentioned or addressed later on but that is because I have been lazy again in rushing to get to some of the juicy writing parts.

As always, hoped you enjoyed the chapter and please leave a review!

-Athena, Slytherin💚.