Tina wandered down into the basement. She had left Nagini upstairs, practicing the spells she had learned that morning. She had only had her wand for two weeks but she had already learned a lot. Tina was impressed by how quickly she was learning.

She glanced into Newt's office. He wasn't there but Bunty was. She was sorting through a bucket of feed.

"Bunty," Tina said. "Where's Newt?"

The woman looked up. "He went out. He said he needed to buy food."

Tina nodded and turned to leave. As she walked back toward the staircase she felt something under her foot. She stopped and lifted her foot. It was a silver disk. She crouched down and picked it up. It was a coin.

A Sickle, she reminded herself. She still wasn't quite used to British money. She glanced around there were a few more coins of different values scattered to both the left and the right. Her eyes followed the trail further into the basement. It led to the Nifflers' burrow. She got to her feet and hurried over to it. The cage door hung open slightly.

Tina peeked inside. The walls of the burrow were coated in all sorts of shiny items, both valuable and worthless. However, there were no Nifflers to be seen. She spun on her heels and bolted back towards Newt's office.

"Uh, Bunty," she called. "You might want to come."

Bunty looked up and Tina motioned for her to come. She set down the bucket she was holding and moved around the table. She joined Tina in the doorway and they made their way out of the room.

"We've got a problem," Tina said, pointing to the Nifflers' burrow.

Bunty moved forward quickly. "Merlin's beard," she gasped. "I mustn't have closed the cage properly. Newt's going to kill me when he gets back. I promised it wouldn't happen again."

"He won't kill you," Tina said, suppressing a laugh. "Why don't we just catch them before he gets here?"

Bunty looked apprehensive. "We can try but do you know how difficult it is to catch a Niffler, Miss Goldstein?"

"Yes," Tina said. "But I think we can manage. When I first met Newt, he and Jacob, the No-Maj, managed to recapture his Erumpent. Also, the three of us recaptured Dougal and one of his Occamies, which was the size of a two-story house, at the same time. I think we can catch a handful of Nifflers."

"Well, we'll have to find them first," Bunty said.

"Right," Tina nodded. "There's four?"

"Uh-huh."

The two women went in separate directions. Bunty hurried up to the main part of the house. Tina followed the trail of shiny items. It wasn't a very obvious trail, it was only a few pieces, but they led further into the basement. She picked up each piece as she went, slipping them into her empty pocket. She reached the entrance to the Mooncalf enclosure. Three of the Nifflers were in the entrance, fighting over a gold coin.

Approaching them slowly, she carefully reached up and unclasped the necklace she was wearing. She crouched down and held the necklace forward. All of the Nifflers stopped and stared at the dangling jewelry. Two of them came forward slowly, fixated on the necklace. The third had gone back to the coin and was trying to shove it into his pouch.

Tina dropped the necklace on the floor was the Nifflers reached it. They pounced on it and she scooped them up. She kept an eye on the third Niffler as she held onto both of the others with one hand. Then she pulled out her wand and cast a few of spells on her pocket: one to make it bigger, another to protect the contents from any outside influence, and another to seal it that way the Nifflers couldn't escape. She gently slipped the two squirming creatures into her pocket.

The third Niffler was slowly approaching the necklace. Tina watched as the fuzzy little grey and white creature cautiously reached towards the shiny chain. Its little beady eyes were focused on her and he seemed to be daring her to move. Her hand darted forward and the Niffler jumped back. Abandoning the necklace, he ran away, scurrying past Tina before she could stop it. She grabbed her necklace and dropped it into the pocket without the Nifflers.

Tina chased the Niffler all the way across the basement. The little creature was quickly approaching the Zouwu's enclosure. Realizing that, even though the Zouwu couldn't get out of its place, the Niffler could get inside, she raised her wand and shot a spell at the opening to the enclosure. The Niffler reached the entrance and bounced off the invisible shield she had created. However, it recovered quickly and darted away.

Tina reversed her spell and started after the Niffler again. It was running back towards its burrow. She pulled out her wand and pointed it at the little creature.

"Accio," she murmured. The Niffler flew in her direction and she caught it gently. She clamped her teeth down on her wand to free her hands and opened the door to the Nifflers' burrow.

No wonder Newt's always holding his wand in his teeth, she thought with a slight smile. It really is the most convenient place.

She gently set the Niffler in the burrow. She heard footsteps behind her. Bunty appeared at her side and slipped another Niffler into the burrow with the first.

"You caught one," she said. "Now for the last two."

Tina took her wand out of her mouth and grinned. "I've got those too." She reached into her pocket and carefully pulled out one of the Nifflers. She set it into the burrows. Then she pulled out the second Niffler and put it back in with the others. She took everything else out of her pocket and tossed the coins and other shiny things into the burrow.

"How did you -" Bunty trailed off, an astounded look on her face. Tina's grin widened and she pulled out her necklace. She held it up for Bunty to see before clasping it back around her neck. Then she explained what she had done.

They made their way into Newt's office and Tina began helping Bunty with her work.

"How did you and Newt meet?" Bunty said. "I know you're from New York but he's only been there once and you seem to know each other relatively well."

Tina smiled and blushed slightly. "We met because of his Niffler actually. It escaped into a bank and he was chasing it. I didn't know that though, I just saw him and I thought he was acting suspiciously. I was wondering if he was magical and that was proved when he pulled out his wand. Then I arrested him for using magic in front of No-Majs, including Jacob, without Obliviating them."

"What's a No-Maj?" Bunty said. "You said it earlier."

"Oh, sorry," Tina laughed. "It's an American term. I keep forgetting; you call them Muggles."

"Ah . . ." Bunty paused. "Wait, you arrested him?"

"Uh-huh."

"Right, you're an Auror."

Tina laughed. "Yes, but I wasn't one when I tried to arrest him. I had been demoted shortly before."

"Why?" Bunty asked. "And how did you get your job back?"

Tina told began telling the story of how she and Newt met as they worked side by side to prepare the food for the creatures. She told how she had seen and caught Newt at the bank and how Newt and Jacob had accidentally switched cases. She explained how she had taken them home but they had left. She told about how she had nearly gotten them executed and how they had caught the Dougal and the Occamy. She even told Bunty about Credence and how they had failed to save him. However, that's where she stopped. There wasn't really much left to the story and she wasn't ready to tell anyone about what had just happened in Paris.

Bunty didn't ask what had happened next. Instead, the conversation moved on to other things. Eventually, Newt came back.

"Hey, Newt," Tina grinned.

"Hello," he said, smiling softly. "I'm glad to see you two getting along."

Tina and Bunty glanced at each other. "Why wouldn't we be getting along?" Bunty asked.

Newt shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't seen you two talking before."

"We haven't had the chance to," Tina said. "But we're friends now."

Newt smiled at her fondly. "That's good to know."