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Flora-Part 29:

Flora had taken refuge in the case with Newt and Jacob. It had been a few days since the night interviews with Grindlewald had started and Flora was able to keep up with everything that was being demanded of her; even her eating and sleeping was normal instead of being the crazy pattern it was before the hospital.

"We have to do something," Tina said, "we owe it to Ma and Pa to pull her completely back to us. I've managed to make some progress with her but there's still such a long way to go and that's what worries me."

"The fact that you've even been able to make progress with her says a lot Teenie. You've gone from having no relationship with her to having a relationship with her. Granted it's a fragile relationship but it's better than it was a few weeks ago," Queenie said, "I've managed to get that connection with her and she listens to me more."

"That I can agree with but it'll still be a while before she's fully back with us but we are certainly closer than we were," Tina agreed before sighing.

Meanwhile down in the case and Newt was watching as Flora was feeding the Mooncalves before he felt someone beside him. Jacob had joined him.

"What are you thinking?" the No-Maj questioned.

"What is going on in Flora's head because Queenie says that she's blocking everyone out and that is something that Flora doesn't do normally. At least that's what Lucianna says," Newt said, "you do have to question it all really. She's 17, left Ilvermorny early, is close to a Dark Wizard and is trying to realised who she is and connect with her family again."

Jacob watched Flora before sighing,

"Yes that's very true. Queenie says she can't really remember their sister, but when you consider when it all happened Flora was still a child and Tina was a teenager and Queenie was 11. A lot can happen in that time."

"If it's anything like in England then yes a lot can happened," Newt said before heading over to Flora and talking to her softly. She was a lot tireder than usual but she was nowhere near as bad as she had been. Dougal stood beside the witch as he had so often begun to do when she was in the case and the apartment.

"How are you doing?" Newt asked Flora.

"I'm doing ok thanks. Just a little tired but I can deal with that. That's never unusual," Flora said before sitting down on a rock by the Mooncalves and smiling softly as she watched them eating the food. She smiled and laughed before yawning softly and Newt let Dougal take over with Flora before the witch fell asleep there and then.

Flora woke up a while later as everyone had joined her in the case before she began to eat as they were all eating and they smiled at her. To everyone's surprise Flora rested her head on Tina's shoulder.

"When we're done here I'll take you to MACUSA and then I'll bring you some clothes in and you can change once I arrive," Tina said.

"Thanks," Flora said softly before she finished eating her food and went out of the case to get herself ready for another night with Grindlewald.

Eventually Tina joined her and they walked all the way to MACUSA. It was an uncomfortable walk, but that was an improvement on where it had been. The two had also somehow managed to not try and hex each other and that was really the telltale sign that things were slowly beginning to improve between the two sisters.

"Just be careful Flora and I'll see you tomorrow morning," Tina said before heading off. Flora smiled and nodded softly before she headed to the elevator and up to the Auror Office and grabbed her things she needed before heading back down to the elevators and then down to the cells.

There he was, sat there waiting for her and she couldn't help but smile as she saw him stood there.

"Decided not to sit down then?" Flora smirked as she walked into the cell and the door closed before her. She was silent and he knew that she was listening out for the sounds of people anywhere near them. He had begun to see why the witch was the most powerful width or even wizard that MACUSA had and he wondered whether that had been the reason why Flora had grown up with the Picquery sisters. Yes he did know about the troubles between them and how Flora had been blamed when their parents had died, but Flora had been just three and didn't know what had happened.

"Are we alone?" the Dark Wizard finally asked and Flora nodded,

"Yes. The last one went just now," she said before silently snapping open the binds that were holding Grindlewald's hands back. She had really got the two charms down now and was effortlessly performing the two silently and wandlessly.

Grindlewald actually found that he couldn't help himself and as soon as the bonds were broken he was round Flora's side of her little desk that she'd had put in to make it easier for her to write on. She was writing away and how she had anything to write about was beyond him but he watched as she wrote information down.

He waited for a few moments until she had stopped writing before he wrapped his arms around her neck and kissed her neck softly causing her quill to drop to the floor.

"Gellert…" she whispered, "you know what that does to me."

"I can't help it Flora, not when you're so amazing. They're lucky to have you. If I ever was a free man again would you come with me? I know you have a life here now and family…" He stopped speaking as he heard her thoughts beginning to race around her head. He sat on the edge of the desk and waited for her to speak.

"Yes I think I would come with you because you are the only person that's probably never hated me at any point in my life," Flora said finally after she'd thought about it for a few minutes, "and that means a lot to me," she said before finding herself pulled onto her feet and led over to the bed with her work.

Flora sighed before she carried on making her observations and asking him about everything to do with the night. Yes half of it did seem pointless but, as far as the magical world was concerned, he had to be killed. Flora, however, felt that he deserved to live and be made to suffer for what he'd done.

Flora eventually finished and put her pen down and smiled softly before she found Grindlewald's lips on hers and she she just couldn't help herself. They had well and truly fallen in love with each other but he knew that one day soon he was going to break Flora's heart because he wanted power and Flora would have gone with him as well and he knew the two would be unbeatable and that is what he wanted; but he also knew the situation between the sisters and that made him want to leave her behind.

The two found themselves laid on the bed and he held her close to him before he kissed her once more and he watched as she finally left her guard down and he just kissed her and held her close but they both wanted more and it was a case of who was going to make the first move.

Tina had stopped by with her clothes the next morning and Flora got changed and soon found her sisters and she wondered if they'd hate her. She eventually found them both in the Auror Office and she went and sat behind her desk and got on with some work.

Tina and Queenie looked at each other before they went and sat next to Flora and hugged her and, to their surprise, Flora let them both hug her and she sank back down into her sisters as they hugged her. However the fact that Flora had barely said a thing meant that they were concerned about Flora. What was going on in her head?