"Close your eyes." Anna rose her eye brow at him, "Newt, I've been in your trunk several times now, I've seen everything in here."

"Not…everything. Watch your step." Christmas had once again fallen at Hogwarts and, in her opinion, he had been disturbingly secretive the last month.

"Can you tell me anything?"

"Nope, not a thing." She sighed, keeping her eyes closed as he led her about the inside of the enchanted trunk. Warmth danced on her skin as they finally stopped walking.

"Open!" he sounded like an excited child which only made the Hufflepuff girl gasp before smiling. Staring in awe, before her was a small enclosure with a rather large array of wild flowers like the ones on a postcard she had in one of her journals, a miniature copy of the same river running through the center.

"Newt…" she turned around to face him, tears in her eyes. "You didn't need to do this."

"Merry Christmas, Anna." Turning back to the flower filled field she looked down, sheepishly.

"What? What is it?"

"My gift isn't all that great but…" Newt watched as she fished something out of her bag, "I found it in Madame Malkin's back in July." She turned, showing him the scarf, in the bottom right corner were his initials in cerulean thread, he remembered her talking about how she was terrible with muggle needlework, but it looked like she had tried, that explained all the bandages on her fingers the last few weeks.

"It's wonderful, Anna." He took the scarf gently, their fingers brushing over one another as he draped it around his neck, making sure that his initials faced forward.

"I love it."

"I picked it because I know you love to go wander about the grounds, this way you always have something to keep you warm." She quickly quieted, realizing how corny she sounded.

"I chose this for you because you said you wanted to visit the places on your post cards." They'd made it tradition to tell one another why they chose that specific gift.

"We both gifted each other something to do with warmth." A grin broke out onto their faces, soon followed by laughter.

"Well, they do say great minds think alike." He ushered her into the enclosure where the two sat talking well into the night.

"I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted."

"I'll go see if the others are asleep." Newt stood, leaving her in the flower filled meadow, the brunette laid back in the tall grass, she never did see him come back, or the smile as he draped a blanket over her, falling asleep in his trunk was becoming a habit for her. Moving a strand of hair out of her face he laid down next to her and drifted off himself.

"There you two are, I haven't seen you all year." Anna jumped as Leta stepped up behind them in the great hall.

"5th year has been a mess, Sorry Leta." Neither of them had seen hide nor hair of the Slytherin all year either.

"Our OW.L.'s are coming up soon, how are your studies?" Anna grinned, "I really think I'm going to ace my charms exam, and maybe transfigurations. I know Newt will pass his Care of magical Creatures exam, he's a the Hufflepuff Beast Master." The sandy haired boy lowered his head, hiding a blush that spread across his face.

"Always the modest one, Eh, Newt?" she teased, nudging his leg under the table, he looked up, "So, Leta. How has your correspondence with Big brother Scamander been going?" the dark-skinned girl nudged her friend.

"Not a word from you, Carrio."

"Think about it this way, if you and Theseus get married, and Newt and I get married, we'd be sort of like siblings."

"Married?" Newt finally piped up, looking across the table at the two girls, "Y-You see us getting married?"

"I'm not sure that's how that works." Anna shrugged, carrying on with the conversation.

"I mean, Maybe, Someday." The blush set again. "I actually came over here to ask if the two of you might be able to help me, I've bene struggling in both Care of magical Creatures and charms."

"I can most certainly help with charms." The brunette smiled, finishing the last of the food on her plate. "How about Sunday we all meet up by the lake, we can do a group study session, if he's up for it, of course."

"O-Oh, of course." He must have been deep in thought because she hadn't heard him stutter like that unless he was talking to someone he was uncomfortable with.

"I can teach you charms by the lake, and Newt can teach you about creatures in the forest. We can all learn something that way."

Fate had other plans for The trio however, as Sunday rolled around Newt and Anna hurried towards the lake, Leta had sent an Owl letting them know she'd be in the forest.

As the two Hufflepuffs approached they saw a group of students chasing after something.

"Newt, is that—" He looked at the creatures that was darting through the grounds.

"Yeah."

"You'll never catch me, you twits!" The Jarvey scurried in zig zagging motions through the grass, circling around trees to confuse the students.

"Leta." The two muttered at the same time, she had always been an impatient one, eager to prove she didn't need too much help, just enough to get by.

"Hey, Dame, you look like you could loose a few pounds." Anna narrowed her eyes as the creatures scurried past her now.

"Did that little Beast just call me fat?" Newt kept his mouth shut, his father had once instructed him to never reply to those sorts of comments, not if he knew what was good for him. He watched as Anna drew her wand from her robe pocket, Hurrying after the ferret like creature as Leta came sprinting out of the forest after a group of the nasty little things.

"Figures…her impatience will be the death of her."

"Did she have to let them all out?!" Anna shouted back as Newt took off after a group heading in the other direction.

After fifteen minutes of chasing the things the Metamorphmagus had had enough.

"IMMOBULUS!" the hoard of Jarvey's froze in their place, A scream startled her as she looked for the culprit.

"Why does this always happen when you're around, Beast freak!" Anna looked to Leta to get the frozen Jarvey's back to their pens, she nodded, using the levitation spell to get them back into the forest.

Stepping up behind Newt Anna saw the damage a rogue Jarvey had done, the ferret like creature had done a number to a Boy by the name of Albion Chevelle.

"Get him to Madame Greenwood, we'll round the rest of them up, but those will scar if not treated right away." The Ravenclaw looked at her reproachfully.

"Why should I listen to you?"

"Well, you can listen to me or Albion can bleed out." No further back talk was made as the Ravenclaw helped his friend back to the castle.

"Newt. Go help Leta, Please?" she wasn't asking, and there was no talking her down when she got this way, He knew she was going to round up the rest of the Jarvey's.

She'd spent most of the evening outside Headmaster black's office, Henry, the Ravenclaw boy from earlier had reported the incident and now Leta and Newt were regaling the man with what had transpired, and from what she could hear it did not sound like it was going well.

Dumbledore came into her line of sight, she hadn't even known he was in the office until the door opened, Newt and Leta followed not long after, both despondent.

"I've been expelled…" Anna's heart dropped, it hadn't even been his fault, Leta had let the Jarvey's loose, not him.

"I leave in the morning."

"They can't expel you, it wasn't even your fault!" he always took the blame, but this was as far as it needed to go.

"Anna, please…" the brunette turned, eyes ablaze as she looked at the Slytherin.

"All you had to do was wait! But no, you always think you know what you're doing, and it gets you and everyone around you into trouble, every time!" Newt was stunned, Anna had been known to be harsh at times, but never to this extent.

"But now, Now you've gone and gotten Newt expelled!"

"Anna I'm…I'm sorry." The Slytherin was fear stricken, staring at Anna both students noticed her eyes were stormy and her hair was a shade neither had ever seen before this incident, platinum blonde, matching the strand that had shown up that day in Diagon Alley.

"Anna, Please…" Newt gripped her shoulders, trying to calm her down, in his eyes was the reflection of worry. Staring into his eyes she felt her head swim, her body all of a sudden feeling sluggish.

"Anna?" Newt and Leta looked to see Dumbledore, wand pointed at the outraged Hufflepuff.

"What did you do?" Anna toppled, Newt catching her.

"Nothing you need concern yourself with, but Newt, I need to see you in my office, it's an urgent matter." Concern dawned on his face, looking to Leta for help.

"It concerns Anna." Nodding, Newt turned, "Leta, can you please take her to the hospital wing." The Slytherin looked reproachful, especially after the harsh words the Hufflepuff had screamed just moments ago but gave in, taking the now sleeping girl with her as she left.

Newt departed early the next morning, Stopping by the Hospital wing to see Anna who's hair seemed to finally return to it's usual brown, he wasn't sure when he'd see her again, her parents had a family trip planned for the summer months, but he assumed she'd find a way to see him before returning for her sixth year.

"Goodbye, Anna." The sleeping girl didn't even flinch as he gently touched her face, leaning down to place a chaste kiss on her cheek, he would be gone when she woke up.