5: An odd day for the Scamanders
Everyone was excited for Valentines day, even the professors put on themes for this holiday, spells, potions and even curses. Of course many of them did not recommended to use this on Muggles it could end up not the way you expect. "Professor!" Diantha raise her hand. "If we use a love potion on a muggle, will it remain forever? Or will it fade?" – "That would depend on the muggle, but usually it fades with time, after all at the end of the day, you cannot force love" Thalia glared at this question, but sighed at her professor´s answer. It was more than obvious that Diantha was messing with her.
At the end of the class Mirian grabbed Diantha´s sleeve and looked up. "Tell me you are not up to something" – "I am not, I was just curious" – "I doubt Diantha would have interest in any Muggle boys" Thalia realized. Diantha did not actually hate Muggles but she could possible not imagine dating one of them, they are too boring for her. "But we could have some fun" – "Don´t you dare" Thalia hit her friends hand. "Besides that we should use no magic in the muggle world or on muggles while we frequent Hogwarts" Mirian reminded. "You tell Newt that" the wizard pouted. He could use the magic that he wanted but when it was her turn he would go all out on her how it was forbidden. "But nobody said you couldn´t use it on me" Mirian winked at Diantha, always playing around.
During the weeks after christmas Mirian spend more time with Thalia and Diantha and in the end, got dragged with their mischief. "Will you stop feeding her trouble?" – "You know she would not harm Muggles that way" – "I truly have my doubt" Thalia argued with their new friend. "How could you think of me that way?!" – "Do not give me that look" Thalia said but quickly bumped into someone, scattering her books over the floor, including herself. "Ugh my head" – "Thalia, are you alright?" Mirian asked, helping her up, but when she realized who it was she bumped into, she quickly pushed Mirian away. "Professor Black, my appologies" she said hasted.
Mirian and Diantha gathered her books from the floor, not causing any more problems with the professor or causing more commotion than already done. "You should look where you walk Miss GreenGrass" – "I will Professor, once again my appologies" – "Well, your remarkable A+ for Defense against Dark Arts, makes that up" he handed her over her test paper. "Still, look where you are going" he ordered. "Good day Ms. Scamander and Ms. Rose" the two immeiatly bowed. Mirian being a Ravenclaw did not meant she did not know the horrors of that man. "Seriously my home teacher is like the nicest man of this school" – "Sirius is a nice professor if you do not piss him off like bumping against him" Thlia glared at her friend. "Thank you!" she pulled the books out of her hand and walked away hasted. "Oh Thal... I was just making a joke! Come back!" the two hurried after Thalia.
"Besides that, what are you going to do for Valentine´s day?" – "How about nothing?" Diantha told Mirian. "Well that is boring, coming especially from you Diantha"-"I was never into this chocolate giving day" – "That is because you never had a reason to celebrate" – "There is a reason?" Thalia interrupted their conversation, climbing the stairs. "Oh you two know nothing" – "Enlighten us then Mirian" Thalia said, bumping again against something. "What the-" – Language" she heard, as she looked up it was Newt. "This is definitly not my day" – "You are the one complaining? I am the one gathering your books from the floor!" Dhalia complained at her clumpsy friend.
"There you go" Newt helped her up, being accompanied by Leta, who was always there, even when they did not want too. "Thanks" Thalia said coldly for obvious reason. "This would be adorable if that witch wasn´t there" Dhalia whispered in Mirian´s ear. "We cannot insult other really with witch can we?" she realized. "What is up with you three?" he asked curious. "Oh we just finished classes, the whole school is talking about the festivities you know" Newt nodded, grabbing the paper that was left on the floor. "Is this yours?" Thalia quickly nodded and pulled the paper out of his hands. "Bloody hell.. An A for Defense against dark arts, even Leta hasn´t pulled that off!" – "Yeah, well it must have been luck" she rolled her eyes.
"So any of you doing something for Valentine?"Leta kindly asked, not seeing the harm. Diantha, immediatly stepped back to help her friend, however Mirian seemed no harm. "We are not sure yet, how about you third years?" – "Oh not that I know off, but I am sure the three of you will gain a lot of chocolates" – "You surely will do" Mirian let them pass by before she even began to argue with her two friends. "What is the matter with both of you? Why are you so rude?" – "We do not like her" Thalia complained. "I clearly got that picture!"
Mirian crossed her arms before her chest. "I understand you do not like her both because of Newt, but she had done no harm to him or to you for that sake so stop being rude" – "How have she not done anything to him? She obviously uses him!" Diantha argued. "Well he clearly doesn´t mind" Thalia whispered, but loud enough for them to hear. "Oh for Merlin´s sake" Mirian said annoyed as she walked away from them. "Mirian wait!" the two ran after her, climbing all the stairs.
Diantha opened their room to the dorm, realizing that they might have annoyed Mirian. "I think Mirian is annoyed with us" – "She is right Diantha, we are treating her badly for our own gain" – "We do not treat her badly, on other notes. My cousin seemed impressed with your grade" – "It is to be expecte right? MY family is related to the Black, and the name says it all" she said dissapointed. "What? Don´t be silly, you are a Greengrass, and not all Black´s are considered evil, look at our professor, he is scare as hell but not- Bloody hell!" she yelled, while she was cheering up her saddened friend. "What is it?!" Thalia ran to her friend, afraid it might be Occamy who had slipped out.
But instead she found a huge flower arrangement and box of chocolates next to it. "What by Merlin´s name is that?" – "It is flowers and chocolates Thalia" – "I clearly see that! Is it for you?!" Diantha nodded slowly, it had her name on it, but from who could it be. "But there is no name" – "Secret admirer, huh?" Thalia teased. "It is not funny, who could it be?" – "Well this person, must be from our house, there was no way someone else could have put it here" – "Alright so I ask all the boys-"Thalia stopped her from moving. "You are not asking any boys, we are not even sure yet!" Dhalia was very bad at dealing with this. "Then what am I to do?!"
"Keep it, and give it time, the week is not over yet, you will find out, and maybe you will find love while doing it" – "Absolutly not!" Thalia smirked, it did made Diantha uncomfortable, she wondered why. "Well we better hurry up. Mirian is waiting for us for dinner in the hall" Thalia reminded, seeing the time. "Oh yes, let´s go!" the two ran out the door as soon as they could.
The next day just between classes Diantha heard her name, it was a second year from the house Gryffindor. "What can I do for you?" she asked confused. "Your name is Diantha, am I right?" – "Y-yes, what can I do for you?" she suddenly forgot her words. He had black hair until his shoulders and bright blue eyes, he was definitly taller than she was and curious she never had seen him before. "My name is Vincent, did you like my present?" – "What present?" she asked suprised. "Oh did I delivered it to the wrong person? I had hoped you would have liked it" – "Liked what?!" she suddenly asked shocked. "Oh the chocolates" she sudenly remembered what she had found yesterday under her name. "That was from you?" – "Yes" – "How did you got that into our dorm?!" – "That is a secret" he teased. "Alright"
She was very confused at what to do with this, he surely was handsome and from a good house, but she did not know him, neither did he know her. "Would you like to be my Valentine?" he asked. "What? Oh no, oh ehm Vincent, right? I think I am not the correct one for that" – "Why not?" he laughed. "Oh well, it would be better if you ask someone else" – "What?" – "Exactly, now I need to go!"
At lunch she explained her fellow Slytherin friend and Mirian from Ravenclaw what had happened and both were too shocked for words. "YOU SAID NO?" The two yelled. "Of course I had never seen him before!" – "Well good thing too... If he knew what she truly was" Diantha hit her on the head. "What is that supposed to mean Thalia?!" – "Nothing, nothing I am not talking!" she concentrated back on her lunch. "Hello there" Newt greeted, before sitting down next to his cousin. "This is odd" Mirian whispere to Thalia.
"I heard something odd" – "Hello cousin, like what?" – "Like you having a valentine?" – "What?!" Diantha´s face got slightly red. "Where did you got that from?" – "Is it true?!" his face got slightly worried. "What, no. I said no" – "Who asked you?" he asked suspicious. "Some second year boy, what does it matter?" – "I think it matters a lot. I do not think you will approve- I mean I will approve to such things" – "Things?" – "Yes, the whole exchange of words and feelings, things.." Newt was clearly not doing well on his words. "You mean relationship?" Mirian teased. "That word"
"Newt, aren´t we moving to fast on this? He just gave me chocolates..." – "Y-you accepted the gift?" – "I kind of had no choice, it was there in my room-" – "Y-your room?" he blushed before he stormed off. "Oh my" Thalia whispered worried. "Where is he going?" Diantha asked. "If you ask me, he is going to find your lover" – "I do not have a lover!" she yelled at Mirian. "And why would he care!" – "He like your brother, he is over protective" – "Oh no Newt!" Diantha threw another slice of bread in her mouth before she ran off from the table.
Thalia clearly sighed on this and put away her plate. Mirian realized she had not ate as she normally did and her plate was messy. "You seem worried" – "Should we not chase them? Newt is not good with his words, Diantha is up to the case..." – "Yes let us hurry"Mirian and Thalia immediatly walked away from the hall, but the two Scamanders were already out of sight. "This was definitly something I never imagined to have to deal with at Hogwarts" – "What?" Mirian asked suprised. "Boys, we are thirteen, I rather take care of Severus" – "You do know that most wizards and witches get married through Hogwarts? Mostly your parents met each other here" but Thalia rather didn´t want to think of that.
"Newt!" Diantha pulled the sleeve of her cousin, stopping him in going any step further. "Will you calm down?" – "I-I, you are not supposed-" – "Supposed to what? Like boys? Well I can like girls then, Mirian is not a bad choice, to be honest" Newt´s face turned into a slightly brighter red. "No, you can like girls- I mean boys! I mean you are too young to-" – "To what? Oh please Newt you are acting as I never dated before" but Newt had never heard of this. "You have?" – "Nothing seriously obviously, I am thirteen, who do you take me for?" – "But you said-" he sighed deeply, he was not able to come out of his words.
"I cannot see the problem, he actually seemed like a good boy" – "You know him?" – "Met him this morning" – "Y-you cannot like someone you met this morning!" he argued. "Why?" – "What do you mean why? You-" – "Newt, I am not going to-" – "Hello there" they got interrupted."Newt turned around and saw a very tall boy, most likely as tall as he had long black hair until his shoulder, bright blue eyes, pale skin, and a wonderful smile. "Hello?" Newt said confused. "Hello Newt Scamander, I have heard of you, my name is Vincent, second year of Gryffindor" Newt understood who he was and immediatly exchanged a strange glare with his cousin.
