Chapter 14: Summer of Magic

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. I am officially starting Book 2, now this one is gonna have a lot more original events than Philosopher's Stone but trust me I think you'll like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.

It had been 7 weeks since Sam's first year at Hogwarts and right now he was enjoying his summer back at the orphanage.

"Alright boys keep up. We have a lot of work to do." Newt said handing Sam, Eric and Cole a bucket of meat.

Opening the door, Newt walks out and the three of them looked in awe as they saw multiple habitats filled with so many different magical creatures.

"Now Sam, Hogwarts doesn't offer Care of Magical of Creatures until your 3rd year, but in my experience it's never too early to learn about creatures." Newt smiles.

"This is incredible." Eric said.

"You know boys you two are the second muggles I've ever brought here. The first was a muggle I met in America. His name was Jacob Kowalski." Newt said.

"What was he like?" Cole asks.

"He and I made very good friends. I even gave him the startup money he needed to open up his own bakery. You see boys with magical creatures you don't need magic. All you need is time, patience, and above all else a comforting and caring attitude." Newt said as he held his hand up and a brightly colored bird flew into his hand.

"Whoa, what is that?" Sam asks.

"This, is a Fwooper their feathers are commonly used as quills. When I first found this young lady, she was completely bald. All the feathers pulled from her body." Newt said as he held her out and slowly Eric held out his arm and she flew onto it and nuzzles him causing him to laugh.

"I think she likes you." Sam smiles when Newt made some sort of call.

"What's that?" Cole asks.

"Graphorns." Newt smiles as 8 large humpbacked creatures with tentacle-like appendages on its mouth ran over. "Excellent the family is growing."

"Growing?" Cole asks.

"You see Cole, Graphorns are very endangered species. Their hides are much stronger than dragons which allows them to repel most spells. I've been taking care of them for years so they can increase their numbers." Newt explains taking a bucket from Sam and feeding them.

"Newt this is amazing." Sam said.

"Thank you." Newt smiles.

"But I gotta admit, I was a little surprised that you offered to teach us. I mean Cole and I aren't exactly wizards." Eric said.

"No you're not, but when I saw you three help my pets at King's Cross I knew you could be trusted. Sam has Hogwarts, but I think you two would really benefit from learning about Magical Creatures, assuming I can trust you all." Newt said.

"Absolutely." The three boys nod.

"Perfect." Newt said as they went around feeding the creatures.

As Cole walked through a bamboo forest, he noticed a nest he saw 6 blue serpent creatures with wings. "Whoa what are these?"

"Those are Occamys. Be careful they are very protective, especially around their eggs." Newt said as Cole noticed their eggs were shiny.

"Are those eggs silver?" Cole asks.

"Yes they are, hunters always try to rob nests for these eggshells. They're extremely valuable." Newt said reaching down and picking one up. "Here hold out your hands."

Slowly Cole reached up and Newt put the Occamy in his hands.

"So you rescue all these creatures?" Sam asks.

"Yes that's right. Rescue, nurture and protect them. When I wrote my book Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them, I wrote in hopes it would educate fellow wizards. I never imagined Muggles would get their hands on it though." Newt said looking to Sam who rubbed the back of his head.

"My fault." Sam said nervously. "I felt bad I was going off to Hogwarts while Eric and Cole had to stay here so I saw your book and bought it for them."

"I admire your loyalty to your friends Sam. You don't see that much these days." Newt said when Sam noticed a small green cocoon hanging from a tree.

"What's that?" Sam asks.

"That is called a Swooping Evil. It's venom while strong if diluted can help erase bad memories." Newt said throwing the cocoon and it opens to reveal an extremely large butterfly but with a wolf-like skull for a head. "I carried that little guy in my pocket for years. Very handy to have on your side, but be warned it feeds on brains."

"You mean like a zombie?" Eric gulps.

"What's a zombie?" Newt asks confused.

"Uh nevermind. Hey Newt, when you were in Hogwarts what was your house?" Sam asks.

"I was a Hufflepuff. What's your house?" Newt asks.

"I'm a Slytherin." Sam said surprising him.

"Hmm you certainly don't act like one, but to tell you the truth Slytherin was the house of my first crush." Newt smiles when they heard a knocking noise.

"Come on boys, it's lunchtime." Martha's voice echoed.

"Ooh looks like it's our feeding time as well." Cole said feeding a fire crab.

"Best not keep her waiting." Newt said.

Zooming out we see, Martha by a briefcase when it opens and Sam climbs out startling her.

"I still can't figure out how all you boys and all those animals are in that bag." Martha said as Eric and Cole climbed out behind him.

"Because it's magic Martha." Sam smiles.

As Newt was the last one to climb out, he closes the briefcase and adjusts the setting.

"Alright, everyone's taken care of. Good work boys." Newt said.

"Mr. Scamander we really appreciate you visiting us every week." Martha said.

"I've told you before Martha, Newt is just fine and I enjoy these visits. Always happy to pass my knowledge of creatures to those who will appreciate it." Newt said looking at Eric and Cole.

"Same time next week?" Eric asks.

"Absolutely." Newt said grabbing the case and they walked out to the mess hall where everyone was sitting down for lunch.

"Now are you sure you can't stay lunch?" Martha asks.

"Sorry Martha, but I have a date with a couple Blast-Ended Skrewts. Got to make sure they end up in a safe place. However, I will take one of these for the road." Newt said picking up a sandwich. "Say goodbye Pickett." Climbing out of Newt's pocket the little bowtruckle waved to them before leaving.

Sitting down for lunch, Sam was eating when Noctis flew in and landed next to him.

"Hey Noctis." Sam smiles as he offers him a bowl of water to give him a drink.

"Sam we've talked about this, Noctis cannot sit at the table." Martha said.

"He's just delivering me mail." Sam said getting the letter tied to his leg when a white Barred Owl flew in and land next to him.

"And apparently someone else is." Eric said pointing to the letter it dropped.

"Hmm well this one is from your school." Cole said picking up the one from Noctis.

"Probably the new books I need." Sam said.

"Cool, I hope they're like Fantastic Beasts." Eric said when Sam opens it.

"Wow, almost all of them are written by the same guy, Gilderoy Lockhart." Sam read.

"Hmm wonder why?" Eric asks as Sam took the other letter.

"Oh well this one is from my friend Penny. Everyone's going to Diagon Alley tomorrow to get books and she wants to meet me." Sam said.

"Penny? Was that the girl who gave you that kiss before we met Newt?" Cole smirks causing Sam to blush at the memory.

"Does she want to see you again?" Eric asks as he and Cole puckered their lips and made kissing noises.

"Boys stop. Don't do that." Martha said walking over.

"Thank you Martha." Sam said.

"Do it when he's not looking, it's funnier." Martha smriks.

"Martha." Sam said causing the three of them to laugh.

"Sorry I couldn't resist. But seriously what does it say?" Martha asks.

"Her little sister starts Hogwarts this year and she wants to know if I can help her out. She wants to stop by here before we go to Diagon Alley to get our books." Sam read.

"Smart. I remember how nervous you were when you first started." Martha said.

"I wasn't that nervous." Sam said.

"Yes you were." Eric and Cole said.

"Here you go." Sam said giving Penny's owl the response before it flew out.

"By the way don't forget we gotta go to the library today for your show." Eric said.

"Like I would forget that." Sam smiles.

"So any new tricks?" Cole asks.

"Oh yeah check this out." Sam said taking a spoon. "Now you see this is a normal spoon. One we eat with every day, right?"

"Yep." Eric nods.

"Well watch this." Sam said as he bent the spoon with ease. "And now it's bent. I know what you're thinking that doesn't look very impressive. Let me just go back in time and fix this." Sam flips the spoon backwards towards him and when it comes out the spoon was back to normal. "Tada!"

"Oh man they are gonna love that." Eric smiles.

"How did you do that?" Cole asks.

"A magician never reveal their secrets." Sam smiles.

Because of the law, Sam can't do any wizardry outside of Hogwarts until he's 17, but the Wizarding World didn't realize is that muggles have their own ideas for magic that they find very entertaining.

At the local library, Sam was up front as a bunch of little kids and their parents watched as Sam took out a deck of cards.

"Now for my next trick I need a volunteer. How about you?" Sam asks pointing to a dad.

"Me? Alright." He said walking up.

"Now sir, pick a card, but don't show it to me." Sam said holding up the deck.

Reaching out the man picked one. "Now remember it and put it back in the deck."

Looking at it he slipped it back and Sam shuffled.

"Thank you and can you tell me your birthday?" Sam asks.

"It's October 6th." He said.

"Okay October is the 10th month. One plus Zero equals One plus Six equals Seven." Sam stops shuffling and flips over the 7th card. "Is this your card?" Sam asks holding up the 9 of Diamonds.

"It is." He smiles causing everyone to clap.

Near the front desk, Eric and Cole smiled as the Front Desk Lady handed them a check.

Walking out, the three friends smile.

"It ain't much but it's definitely a start." Eric said.

"At the very least it can help for a rainy day." Sam smiles.

"Man Martha is gonna love this." Cole smiles.

You see, Sam had used the summer to learn Muggle Magic Tricks so he, Eric and Cole could raise extra money for their home. Granted since he was just starting off, he could only do small events like at the library, but honestly, they didn't care.

They were helping their home and they were happy doing it.

It was late at night as everyone in the orphanage was sound asleep. In Sam's room he was sitting on his bed looking at the picture of his parents.

Slowly Sam reaches under his bed and pulls out his Pensieve.

"I wonder what other memories are in this?" Sam said as he looked into and it glowed bright pulling him in.

When Sam opened his eyes, he saw he was at the Quidditch field.

"Whoa, cool." Sam said when he noticed Leonard was in the stands.

"Come on James!" Leonard cheers.

Looking up Sam saw the Gryffindor Seeker flying in after the Snitch when from above the Slytherin Seeker flew in who had long black hair and goggles.

"Not this time!" The Slytherin Seeker said ramming into James.

"Oh you wanna go?" James asks as the two Seekers raced across the field towards the snitch when it dived.

As James dived after it the Slytherin Seeker flew right above the snitch and instead of diving for it the seeker dropped down and hung upside from their broom and grabbed the snitch seconds before James could.

"And Slytherin has caught the Snitch! The game is over!"

Landing on the ground James turns to the Slytherin who lifts up her goggles revealing the seeker to be Lucy Smith.

"Mom?" Sam said surprised.

"Bam! In your face Potter! I win!" Lucy laughs rubbing the snitch in his face as Leonard walked up to them.

"I'll get you next time Smith." James said.

"Bring it on, I'll kick your butt up and down this field any day of the week." Lucy smirks.

"Leonard, can't you tell your girlfriend to take it easy?" James asks.

"Or maybe you can just be a better seeker." Leonard said.

"Leonard I'm your friend." James groans.

"And I'm his girlfriend which will always put me ahead of you." Lucy smirks pecking Leonard on the cheek causing him to blush.

"Sorry James, you can't win this one." Leonard shrugs causing James to groan.

Coming out Sam sits down on his bed.

"Whoa, my mom was a seeker and that guy James…he must've been Harry's dad. Wow, so both our parents were friends." Sam said putting the peniseve down and Sam laid down in his bed.

Pausing he pictured himself facing Harry in a Quidditch match and smiles. Since the last Slytherin Seeker graduated last year there was an opening on the team for that position.

"Tomorrow I'm getting myself a broomstick." Sam smiles wanting to fly just like his mom did.