Gizmo and Celeste have been huddled against each other for days now. To Amelia that could only mean one thing. The egg should be hatching soon. Roisin and Arabeth decided to stay up in the dormroom to gossip. Amelia was sitting on her four poster bed with a frown staring over at the two owls. She should be estatic about a new owlet but it had to be his. Thankfully, James haven't noticed his owl have been missing. Well a girl can only hope, that is.

Charlotte, another one of Amelia's dormmates, entered the dorm with a groan, "Oi, Amelia."

Amelia blinked tearing her attention away from the two owls. She hummed, "Hmm?"

Charlotte sat over at Roisin's bed. She gestured her thumb towards the entry way, "Potter has been annoying every single Hufflepuff entering or exiting the common room. He thinks you have his owl..."

Her words died down when she noticed there are two owls underneath Celeste's perch. Celeste and Amelia made sure the egg had an appropriate nest for the egg to incubate. Charlotte pointed to the second owl, "Who is that? And why do you have two owls?"

Roisin and Arabeth looked up from their spell books. Arabeth sneered, "Great it's starting to become a zoo again."

Amelia ignored Arabeth and answered Charlotte, "This is Gizmo. I don't have two owls. Gizmo is Potter's."

Roisin and Arabeth narrowed their eyes. Charlotte spoke, "Then you need to give his back. Every Hufflepuff is going to be very annoyed with you."

With a huff, Amelia snapped, "I didn't ask for his owl. His owl happened to create a soon to be owlet with mine."

Charlotte raised her eyebrows. Roisin decided to ignore the situation happening. Arabeth scrunched up her nose, "Well get it out of here. Professor Sprout sternly told you not to have any more creatures in here."

Amelia rolled her eyes. Professor Sprout didn't 'sternly' tell her to have no more creatures. She softly told her not to and suggested to keep some creatures at home. Amelia's lips went into a firm line, "I cannot move them as the egg will be hatching soon, Arabeth. For the time being, deal with it."

Charlotte cleared her throat not wanting another argument happen between the two, "Amelia why don't you talk to Potter first then decide on what to do?"

Out of all of her dorm mates, Charlotte didn't want any tension and she was normally the one who won't take sides. Amelia didn't see any sides to take in the first place. Amelia just saw an ignorant and conceited girl who sucks others into her ploy to keep things the way she wants it. Charlotte hopped off Roisin's bed and headed over to Amelia. Her voice dropped down to a whisper, "I can watch the owls, just in case Arabeth does something."

Amelia gave a quick nod before pushing herself off her own bed. Charlotte took Amelia's place. Gizmo and Celeste readjusted themselves giving Charlotte a brief glimpse of an egg. Charlotte's eyes widened a mere centimetre. Amelia gave one last glance at the two owls before heading outside of Hufflepuff common room.

There stood James Potter and his little marauder gang. Amelia is slightly surprised he was able to drag the three of them with him to bother some Hufflepuffs. Sirius nudged James in the ribs, "There."

James stopped talking to a rather annoyed Hufflepuff fifth year. Amelia crossed her arms when he finally caught sight of her. His face went into worry, "Have you seen Gizmo?"

Amelia, still feeling the annoyance and anger towards Arabeth, grabbed hold of Potter's grey vest and dragged him away from the Hufflepuff's entry. Amelia saw James' mouth was about to open but she gave him a glare, "Don't you dare speak."

Sirius and Remus' eyebrows lifted at the sudden change. Amelia released the Griffindor boy's sweater. Amelia continued, "Your owl, Gizmo, is up there with mine. That means the egg is soon to hatch. Now my kind, tolerant, and fair dorm mate wants your owl and the egg to be gone. As I rather not disturb the time between now and hatching, I might have to considering that kind, tolerant, and fair dorm mate will more likely do what it will take to get rid of them."

Amelia is going to regret asking this of James but considering his owl is the other half of the egg equation, she has to. Amelia ran a hand through her hair. She left her wand up in the room which she was starting to regret. Her hair was in the way. The four marauders noticed how she was describing Hufflepuff traits towards her dormmate. James was about to open his mouth to speak once more. Amelia held up a finger, "I am asking you during this delicate stage is to house Celeste and the egg with you and Gizmo. Just until Celeste deems the owlet okay to be without her."

James' face brightened at the thought of being able to see the egg and its hatching. James nodded quickly, "Oh yeah, yes of course."

Amelia looked past James to James' dorm mates with an apologetic look. Amelia sent her apologies to the three, "I do apologize for inconveniencing you three with this. Potter is already a handful but with this situation it'll increase his annoying personality."

James wrapped an arm around Amelia's shoulders and squeezed tightly. Despite wanting to be a friendly face and help others, Amelia showed discomfort. Remus scolded James, "Now James, must you be so rough with her? It was your owl who mated with hers."

Sirius' lips quirked up in a smirk. Amelia rolled her eyes pushing James off of her, "Now before Black decides to be a child and make a remark on that comment, I am going to get the owls ready. It shouldn't take long. Wait for me here and I'll walk with you to your house's entry."

James rubbed his hands excitedly. He patted the boys' shoulders, "This is very exciting, mates!"

Remus gave an apologetic look towards the Hufflepuff with a shake of his head. Amelia headed back towards her dorm room. The faster she can get this over with, the faster she can be free of Potter.

The marauders leaned against the wall by the Hufflepuff entry. A pair of voices caught the boys' attention. The brunette sneered, "It feels like a zoo all over again. She thinks she doesn't have to abide the rules due to her family name, then she has another thing coming. If I recall her grandfather was expelled from here due to having an illegal creature. Good riddance too. I feel like we should get her expelled."

The black haired girl nodded with a scrunch of her nose, "Let's tell Dumbledore of her hoarding of creatures. They smell and keep taking our things."

James pushed himself off the wall, "Hey!"

The two sixth year girls turned to the Griffindor. Sirius joined James behind him with a cross of his arms. The brunette, Arabeth, looked the boys up and down. She flipped her hair over her shoulder, "Tired of Lily, James?"

James scoffed, "Never. Now you were talking about Scamander weren't you?"

Arabeth poised her nose upward in digust, "I nearly forgot your owl have been in our dorm room for the past week."

Remus asked the two girls, "What do you have against her?"

The black haired girl, Roisin answered instead, "You try having a Niffler taking your possessions. Or how about a baby dragon burning the tips of your hair?"

The boys raised their eyebrows. Sirius breathed out under his breath, "Wicked."

James' lips went into a smile, "Aw, blimey that's cool."

Arabeth rolled her eyes, "Boys."

Remus decided to add in, "Amel- I mean Scamander is and will be a better witch than any of you two. She's the true means of her house."

The portrait opened revealing Amelia speaking softly to the two owls and egg. The egg was wrapped in a couple of blankets. It looked like the blanket came from her own bed. The two owls were perched on her shoulders. Each cooing softly. The two other Hufflepuffs scoffed and decided to leave the area not wanting to be in the presence of the Scamander girl.

Amelia didn't notice the two girls who were recently there. Amelia stopped by James. She gestured with the nod of her head towards James, "Now off you go back to your wizard."

Gizmo hopped off her shoulder and perched himself on James' crooked arm. Sirius gave a low whistle, "Your dorm mates were just here. Surprised you didn't see them. That'd be interesting to see."

Amelia didn't look over at Sirius. She scratched underneath Celeste's beak, "Oh? That may be interesting for you to see, Black but I rather turn my attention to important things such as the care for this owlet."

Sirius' brows disappeared underneath his hair. James peered over to Amelia's bundled arms. James asked, "Can I take a peek?"

Amelia started walking away from the boys. Remus decided to be the attentive one out of the four, "How would one take care of an owlet?"

"Leave the taking care of their young to Celeste and Gizmo. Their instincts would kick in, well technically their instincts already kicked in once the egg was produced. All I ask is for you two at least leave a window unlatched so either owl can leave and gather food for the owlet," Amelia explained.

James nudged Remus in his side, "Hey! Why are you becoming interested in taking care of my grand-owl?"

Remus and Amelia rolled their eyes. Remus explained to his eye-glassed wearing friend, " 'Cause you will not. I know you, James. You hardly have any interest in taking care of any magical creature. You let Gizmo do his own thing."

Peter stayed in the back letting his friends talk. Sirius lightly jogged to catch up with Amelia. He bend his body down with his hands in his pockets. He could see a little of the egg hidden in the blanket. He jutted his head towards the bundle, "That is a pretty big egg."

Celeste hopped onto Amelia's other shoulder. Amelia corrected him, "It's actually four eggs. It started out as one but then three appeared while I was getting them ready."

Sirius straighten himself up. He ran a hand through his hair. Amelia thought to apologize once more, "I am sorry for this. I should of separated the two especially if I saw the signs of nesting. You three are going to have an eccentric Potter on your hands and I am at fault."

Sirius' lips curled into a smirk. He thought why not. He got close to the Hufflepuff and his voice is low, "It's only natural. Natural to act on an attraction and do a thing or two."

Amelia glanced at the Griffindor. She chuckled, "A thing or two? Oh zouyu, you think you can fluster me. That's cute."

It didn't take the five long to arrive at the Griffindor entrance. Amelia stepped away from Sirius to head towards Remus. James had his arms held out ready to take the egg, unknowingly eggs. Amelia gently placed the bundle in Remus' arms. His brows knitted together at the weight. Amelia saw the confusion and explained, "Turns out there are more than one egg. There are four total. While I was gone, Celeste decided to lay three more. If they have an owlet or not, only time will tell. Considering Gizmo have not left Celeste's side, I would like to think there is an owlet."

James pouted, "Why did you give Remus them? I'm their grandparent."

Amelia scrunched up her nose. She shook her head, "Despite you being Gizmo's wizard, Lupin is the only responsible one out of the four of you. I trust him with Celeste and their eggs. It would be then Black next. Unfortunately, I do not know you Pettigrew enough to give a responsibility. No 'fence. Then it would be you Potter."

The quiet marauder gave a nod and shrug. He quietly spoke, "None taken."

James pointed to Sirius, "You'll give him responsibility before me?"

Amelia looked Sirius up and down. Sirius shifted his weight at the sudden attention. Normally he would be flaunting what he had to offer to anyone who would look him up and down but for some reason he felt unsure. Amelia turned back to James and nodded, "Yes, I would. One hundred percent. I've seen how you play in Quidditch, I'm not trusting my owl to a rough chaser."

James puffed out his chest, "Oi!"

Amelia rolled her eyes before holding out her arm. Celeste hopped onto her arm and let out a coo. Amelia gave little scratches underneath her beak, "Be nice you're a guest, love. Now go on."

Amelia would've expected Celeste to hop onto Remus to be near her eggs but instead she lightly flapped her wings towards Sirius. He was surprised but quick to held out his arm for her to land. Amelia raised her brows, "Well I shall leave you lot to it. I have to meet with Professor Kettleburn and Dumbledore."

The four had questioning looks. Amelia could hear James buzz with excitement when he finally took a look at the eggs but then a yelp of pain followed right after. Amelia could only shake her head at the distant sounds.

"Salamader! Hey, Salamander!"

A distant voice didn't tear the Hufflepuff chaser's attention from her other teammates who were acting as 'opposing' team chasers. Instead of the quaffle, they had an ordinary ball to replicate it. Amelia had the quaffle in her hand. She threw it to another chaser, Tobias.

"Oi! Salamander!"

Another shout was made but this time it was by the Hufflepuff's captain. All brooms stopped. Amelia knew who's voice was shouting the nickname. It could only be one person. The Hufflepuff captain, Kiernan pointed to Amelia, "He's shoutin' for ya. He's disruptin' practice."

Amelia's lips went into a firm line before she lowered herself down to the ground. Amelia fast walked towards James and Sirius. It seems only half of the marauders wanted to come out. Amelia hissed, "What do ya want, Potter?"

James simply smiled, "It's here."

Amelia immediately took interest. She asked, "What about the other three eggs?"

"The owls are still keeping them underneath but the oldest egg hatched, " James' smile grew.

Amelia turned to her team who was still hovering in the air. She turned back to the two, "I cannot see the owlet. They're in your dorm."

Sirius elbowed James. James pushed his glasses up, "I got a plan. Well Sirius thought of it but we got a plan. We will meet you at your house's entrance after curfew."

Amelia hissed, "Yer're crazy Potter if ya think I want to get detention by Filch."

Sirius let out a snort, "You won't get caught, Scamander. Just be there after curfew."

"Scamander, hurry up!"

Amelia huffed, "If I say I'll meet you after curfew, will you leave? We are in the middle of practice."

James' lips went into a teasing grin, "What? You think I'll report back to the Griffindor team of your plays?"

With a roll of her eyes, Amelia straddled her broom, "Puh-lease. Your team needs to take notes, Potter."

James smirked, "Don't be late."

Amelia pushed herself off the ground, "Now leave."

The glasses wearing Griffindor wrapped an arm around his friend's neck, "You know, Pads... I think she would be a great asset to the marauders."

Sirius rolled his eyes, "You're only saying that 'cause your owl and hers had tiny owls."

James lightly shoved Sirius, "I'm serious! Not sure if you've seen them but a bowtruckle or two comes in once in a while with a little vial. They only go to Moony especially when he's asleep. If you recall the color and smell when he tried to discreetly take them, that has to be wolfsbane potion. It just has to be!"

Sirius shook his head, "I highly doubt."

There stood Amelia wrapped in her cardigan outside of the Hufflepuff entrance. The temperatures dropped during the night time. A light flickered across the walls. Amelia felt her throat tighten. She was about to turn to head back inside the portrait but a hand grabbed her and pulled her underneath a fabric. A hand covered her mouth to prevent a sound to escape. A familiar voice whispered by her ear, "Stay quiet."

A shiver racked up her spine. The light got closer to the two. There walked Filch and Mrs. Norris. Amelia's eyes widened when Filch and Mrs. Norris walked past them and left the two of them alone. Sirius released her mouth. Amelia immediately turned to Sirius with a million questions running through her mind. Her mouth opened and closed unable to form words. Sirius smirked, "Lost for words? I do that a lot."

Amelia should start keeping count on how many times a marauder make her roll her eyes. Amelia whispered, "How did he not see us? He definitely should of seen us and where's Potter?"

Sirius gave a nonchalant shrug to shrug off the questions, "Invisibility cloak, love. He's with the owls. He claims he want to take every moment with them."

Amelia didn't know what to say. One of the marauders had a rare item. An invisibility cloak! Warm breath fanned over her cheeks brought her back down from her thoughts. Amelia placed a hand between the two, "Now Filch is gone, can we go? You're too close."

Sirius, now noticing the closeness, took a half a step away from Amelia. He couldn't go too much further or one of them would be seen. Sirius turned towards the Griffindor tower, "Let's go."

Amelia stared at the back of Sirius. Sirius called towards her quietly, "If you keep staring at me like that, I'm going to have a hole in my head."

Warmth filled Amelia's cheeks, "Sorry."

Sirius removed himself from the cloak to appear the fat lady. He said Griffindor's password and the Fat lady allowed him entrance. As the Fat lady was faced away from the two of them, he grabbed Amelia's hand to quickly get her in since the Fat lady only saw one student. Amelia's blush didn't die down before hand but only slightly intensified when the warmth of his hand warmed her cold hands. Luckily for the two of them, no one was in the common room or they would've pointed out his hand disappearing underneath the cloak. Amelia cleared her throat, "Uh, Black."

He whispered, "We are almost there."

Amelia glanced down at their conjoined hands before looking at the back of his head. His hair was pulled into a small pony tail. She tried again, "Sirius."

He stopped turning to face her cloaked figure. He used his free hand to pull the cloak off her head and have it pool around her shoulders, "What?"

Amelia looked down at their hands. Sirius followed before he released her hand. He mumbled, "Sorry."

He turned to a dorm room door, "Here we are."

Sirius wasn't sure how he felt his name coming off of the Hufflepuff's lips. The only people who call him his first name was his family, friends and housemates. He thrust a thumb behind him, "Got her."

James hopped off his bed in excitement, "Finally! I thought Sirius decided to take a detour."

Amelia didn't want to know what this said detour was. Amelia pushed past James, "Filch was patrolling near the Hufflepuff entrance. Nearly got caught. Which one of you have an invisibility cloak?"

Smiling sheepishly, James raised his hand, "That'll be mine."

Amelia pulled the cloak off putting it into James' arms, "You better not be using it to get past the prefects, Potter."

His voice didn't sound innocent whatsoever, "I wouldn't dare, Salamander."

"Amelia."

The sound of her name caught the three of them's attention. Amelia hurried over to the little nest. Celeste was over the hatchling and eggs. Bravely, Amelia moved Celeste to a standing. Celeste was ready to peck at her witch's hand but Amelia tutted, "Ah- ah. Don't ya dare, Celeste."

Celeste thought for a moment then cooed. There was a feather-less owlet squawking at the feeling of light on itself. Amelia smiled softly releasing Celeste who nestled back onto her eggs and hatchling. Amelia scratched underneath Celeste's beak cooing, "Atta girl. Ya done well."

A flap of wings caught Amelia's attention. She stood up to Gizmo's perch. She smiled rubbing an index finger at the sides of Gizmo's cheeks, "I can't forget about ya, handsome thing ya are. Ya done well as well."

Gizmo let out a coo that sounded like a purr. James gestured to Remus and Amelia, "When did you two go onto first name basis?"

Amelia raised an eyebrow. Remus let out a sigh, "Don't worry about it, James."

Sirius looked between Remus and Amelia. Amelia posed a question, "So we are at first name basis now?"

Remus shrugged. Amelia shrugged as well, "Alright, fine with me Remus."

The black shaggy haired Griffindor's lips went into a firm line.

A/N: A Zouyu is a magical beast originating from China. It appeared in Fantasic Beasts 2! I hope this helps planting a seed between the two. Slightly. I hope you guys enjoy and let me know what you guys think! I'm glad this is getting some positive responses. I was a wee worried about it, to be honest.