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Flora-Part 13:

The president had stuck to her promise had had begun to select people for a Creatures department. Tina would be the connection with the auror department, which had pleased Tina greatly, until Lucianna had added Flora to the list after Graves had recommended her. The hope was that this would help Tina and Flora solve their differences.

Flora, herself, was still unaware as nobody had been able to catch her to tell her about it all. She knew about the creatures department that was being set up but she didn't know that she and Tina would be the auror department liaison. Newt had decided that he'd try and catch her at the apartment as he roughly knew everyone's schedule so he knew there would be about 20 minutes when Flora would pop back to the apartment so he apparated there to wait for her.

Sure enough Flora soon apparated into the living room over by the fire. She turned around and froze as she saw Newt stood there.

"Mercy Lewis! I thought I was alone," she said.

"No sorry. I came back for something and I needed to talk to you about something without Tina around," Newt said before sitting down. Flora sighed and went and sat down too,

"Well spit it out then," she said with her arms crossed.

"Well the President has given the go ahead and a magical creatures department is being set up and is to liaise with the auror department and you in particular," Newt said, "and Tina."

"What?! No way! As if having to live with her isn't bad enough. What was the President thinking?" she asked before getting to her feet and disapparating quickly away.

Seraphina was in a meeting when the door suddenly burst open.

"What the hell are you playing at?" Flora asked as she stopped in front of the President's desk.

"Sorry about this Mr. Gold," the President said, "this is our Flora, Flora Goldstein."

"Youngest auror in history if I'm not mistaken," Mr. Gold sat as he got to his feet and extended his hand, Robert Gold from the International Confederation of Wizards." Flora shook his hand,

"Flora Goldstein, auror and head Grindlewald interrogator." Robert's eyes widened,

"How old?"

"17 sir," Flora replied.

"And you're the one that's stopped the major security breach here at MACUSA? The only one that's managed to get information out of the wizard?"

"That is correct sir," Flora confirmed.

"Well you've certainly landed a smart and gifted witch there Seraphina," Robert said.

The President, herself, had been watching Flora before turning to the wizard,

"Flora's shown magical abilities beyond her years for a number of years now," she said, "Flora go and wait in my sister's office and I will come and see you there as soon as I finish with Mr. Gold here."

"Yes Madam President. Goodbye Mr. Gold," Flora said before exiting the room.

"She's quite fiery isn't she?" Robert said.

"She's like a niece to me. My sister was already caring for her when Queenie joined Porpentina at Ilvermorny and completely took over once she realised the two had tossed the 8-year-old Flora aside after they'd blamed her for their parents' deaths," Seraphina explained, "although I think Queenie has forgiven Flora."

"Porpentina Goldstein? As in the witch that exposed herself?"

"Yes the very one," Seraphina said, "yes I do have my work cut out with them two in the auror department.

Lucianna looked up when she heard Flora walking in,

"Sit down and with for Seraphina," she said, "yes she told me you were on the way." Flora just sighed and sat down in a chair. She'd rather have been down with Grindlewald but she sure as hell wasn't going let Lucianna read her thoughts as she'd gather what was going on. She was also struggling to keep her feelings in check. She was confused about her feelings for the dark wizard. The worst part was she knew she shouldn't be feeling the way she was about him but she was also scared that someone would find out.

Eventually the other Picquery sister arrived and Lucianna instantly got up so her older sister could take her chair. Seraphina sat down and waved her wand and a chair appeared out of nowhere for Lucianna to sit down which she did.

"I'm guessing Porpentina told you about it then," Seraphina said.

"Well Newt did. Tina and I aren't talking remember?" Flora replied, "I mean Queenie is talking to me when Tina's not around, same with Newt."

"Well that's progress inded then," Seraphina said, "she'll come round in the end."

"Why even get us working together when we aren't even speaking to each other?"

"Because you both need to get over what's happened, well she does," Seraphina said before Flora hada chance to say something. Flora sighed,

"She won't get over it. She would have done already if she was going to. Just forget it. I know why I have to stay there. I heard the two of you the other day." The sisters looked at each other,

"When?" Lucianna asked.

"After I'd brought that girl in. I heard the two of you coming and hid so I heard it all. Why didn't you just tell me?"

"Because we didn't want you knowing," Lucianna said.

"You're meant to be family! Not lie to my face! I can't trust anyone can I?" Flora asked before rising from her chair and walking out.

"You know where she's going don't you?" Lucianna asked.

"Yes and she's still getting information out of him so there's nothing I can do really," Seraphina sighed, "but I'm not happy about it but there's nothing I can do about it." Lucianna looked,

"There's something going on but she won't say what's going on. I have my suspicions it involves Grindlewald but I just can't get inside her head to confirm it."

"I just want to know what they find to talk about," Seraphina said, "but they're both smart and would be able to detect something in the room. All we can do is trust Flora and her judgement. After all you raised her."

"She's got the Picquery levelheadedness with the Goldstein fire," Lucianna said, "hopefully they will balance as she matures still."

"So everyone's been lying to me or keeping secrets or trying to pretend that I don't exist," Flora told Grindlewald, "so really I don't know what to do because I have nobody to talk to."

"You're talking to me Miss Goldstein," Grindlewald said, "look at me," he said and Flora looked at him, "You are smart, beautiful and sexy and your sister is a fool for ignoring you and treating you the way she is." Flora's eyes widened as she heard his words,

"You…You think I'm sexy?" she asked and Grindlewald nodded,

"And beautiful and smart," he repeated as he walked around to her side of the desk and leant against the desk in front of her, "I know you're confused about your feelings for me," he whispered causing Flora to gasp, "I know you better than you think I do Goldstein." She looked at him before rising to her feet and began to close the space between them. They could feel each other's' breaths on their skin and their lips were inches from each other's before they heard a knock on the door and heard Tina's voice.

"Get out here! The President wants to see you, me and Newt now!" she said before leaving. Flora sighed before stroking Grindlewald's cheek and leaving the interrogation room.