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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (Newt Scamander x Female!Reader)

Chapter 1: Qilin

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Kweilin, China

1932

A lone raft floats along the river in Kweilin, one man steering it. He steers the raft up to this shore and stops once the raft hits the rocks. A little bowtruckle jumped from the raft to the top of the suitcase. He picks up his suitcases and started to walk up on the shore then up the hill.

A loud moan like roar sounds out and Newt Scamander stops in his tracks as he looks around. Pickett, who was now on Newt's shoulder, looks then let's out a squeak as they hear the roar. Newt listened and took notice that the roars didn't sound angry, it sounded like a creature was in pain. "She's ready." He mutters and he heads up the hill.

He makes his way over and found a pregnant Qilin that was making the noise as she laid on her side, she was giving birth. Newt walks up to the creature and, gently, places his hand on her belly. The Qilin let's out one more pained roar then starts to get up, making Newt stumble back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Newt said as the Qilin gets up.

Once she starts walking away, Newt noticed an egg. The egg starts to move, like something inside was getting out, until it burst open, revealing a baby Qilin. The newborn then starts to get up on its legs and starts to walk. "Beautiful." Newt mutters as the mother starts to licks the newborn clean.

"Alright, you two. Now the tricky bit." Newt said as he sets his suitcases down, knocks on it and opens it. As the lid of the case opens, the sounds of footsteps could heard from it. Then (y/n) (l/n) emerges from the suitcase, her head at least pops up, and she stops and stares, in awe, at the Qilin. "Oh my..." she said, in awe and wonder. Then she looks up and over at Newt and the two share a smile.

Little did they know, that there were some people lurking about in the forest, they were also after the Qilin. Before (y/n) could fully climb out of the suitcase, a flash of green hits the mother which made her fall over. Newt and (y/n) were startled by this and Newt turns around and noticed three people behind them. Credence was one of them, which meant that these were Grindelwald's people.

One of them shoots another jet of green light at the creature while Newt puts up a large protective charm around them. "Get back inside." Newt tells (y/n) and she does as she's told, closing the lid behind her. Credence walks up to the protective charm and without any problems, tears a hole into the charm with his wand.

"Accio!" Newt shouts, pointing his wand at the suitcase. The case flies into his hand and he starts to run but falls down the hill, the case flying out of his hand as it tumbles down. He hears the baby Qilin cry out then runs over to it and grabs it and starts to run while Credence and his group fire spells at him as they chase after him.

Newt whistles and a creature's arms and legs come out on the edges of the case and begins to run as Newt runs and dodges the spell, still holding the Qilin. One of Grindelwald's men comes up and starts to grab at Newt but he fires a spell, knocking him back.

Newt kept running as the spells kept firing until he gets to the edge of a cliff. He starts to turn around when a spell hits him, making him fall off the cliff and into the water. Pickett starts swimming and goes over to a rock while the baby Qilin screeches out as it tries to swim and the creature in the case swims it to shore, close to Newt. Newt starts to wake up and sees Credence and his people grabbing the Qilin and take off.

Newt struggles to get up then looks down, realizing that he failed in his mission.

Minutes later, he makes his way back to the mother Qilin, who was still alive but just barely. Newt sets his case down next to him and leans against the Qilin, giving her comfort for her final moments. "I'm so sorry." Newt whispers to her, apologetically. But then he heard another noise.

He turns around and found another baby Qilin, which started to slowly trot over to him. Shocked, Newt felt relieved as the Qilin goes up to him and he holds it in his arms, letting out a small relieved sob. "Twins. You had twins." He said as he looks over at the mother. The mother sighs her last breath as a tear runs down while the baby Qilin snuggles up to Newt.

Pickett goes over to the suitcase and he and Newt open the case, Teddy the Niffler pops out. Seconds later, there was footsteps and the upper half of (y/n) comes out.

"Newt, you okay?" She asked as she gets out of the case. Then she noticed the mother Qilin wasn't moving. "What happened?" She asked. "It was Grindelwald's people. They killed the mother and took the Qilin." Newt explained. "But it turns out she had twins." He said as he gestures to the baby in his arms.

"Can you move?" She asked him, worried. "Little bit." He said and (y/n) frowns then turns to the case. "Jason!" She shouts and a young man, eighteen years old, with dark hair comes out. This is (y/n)'s cousin, Edmund's and Isabella's son, and he had graduated from Hogwarts a year ago and decided to at least help Newt and (y/n) out with the creatures as a side job.

"Help me get them in." (Y/n) said to Jason as she gestures to Newt and the Qilin. "Right!" Jason said as he gets out of the case and they kneel down to Newt. "Okay, I'll take her. Okay, love?" (Y/n) said as she goes to reach out for the small creature.

Newt nods, slightly, and (y/n) carefully takes the Qilin in her arms then gets inside while Jason goes to Newt and places an arm around him. "Okay, Newt...on three. One...two...three!" Jason said and he helps Newt up on his feet and they slowly make their way down the steps.

(Y/n) walks out the little cabin then whistles at a creature, a Wyvern. It just swallowed a fish then looks over at (y/n) as she made a noise similar to a bird call. The Wyvern flies up and out the suitcase as Jason and Newt get in and they start to walk, well Jason mainly doing the walking as Newt leans against him.

"Put him over here." (Y/n) said as she points to a nearby bed and Jason helps set Newt down while (y/n) sets the Qilin down. "I'll go check on the Wyvern." Jason said and he runs out and up the ladder just as the Wyvern gets out of the case then he lets out call and begins to puff up. Jason smiles as he watches the neck of the creature puff up like a balloon until its tail wraps around the case. Jason gets down as the lid of the case closes.

The creature kept puffing out its neck until it sprouts wings and begins to take off in the rising sun.

Meanwhile, (y/n) goes to sit on the edge of the bed and look Newt over. "Anything hurting?" She asked Newt. "I'm fine, love. Just...a bit dazed is all. They knocked me off a cliff and I fell into the water. I just need rest." Newt assures her and she gives him a concerned look. "You sure?" She asked him and he gives her a small smile. He raises his left hand to her and places it on her right cheek.

"I'm ok." He said and she gives him a small smile back then leans down to kiss him. Then there was a sound of someone clearing their throat and the couple look over and see Jason standing at the doorway. "The Wyvern is getting us home." He said and (y/n) nods at him. "Still don't know why we couldn't Apparate." Jason said. "Because Newt is hurt and I have to watch over him and, as I recall, you haven't pass the Apparition test." (Y/n) said with a cheeky smile.

"Hey, I'm getting better. Supposed to retake it here in a few days." Jason said and (y/n) chuckles. "Well, if you could attend to the Qilin, it would be most appreciated." She said and Jason nods. "Of course. I'll..uh...leave you two alone." He said as he walks off and (y/n) turns her attention to Newt.

"You sure you're okay?" (Y/n) asked him as she pushes back Newt's bangs away from his face. "Yeah...just need rest. Then we'll have to go meet up with Dumbledore." He said and (y/n) nods. "Well, I'll be right here, if you need anything." She said and Newt nods then closes his eyes and starts to fall asleep. The last thing he knew was the feeling of (y/n)'s lips on his forehead before he falls into a deep sleep.

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Meanwhile, Credence and some of Grindelwald's acolytes come up to his palace, the twin Qilin in a bag that Credence was carrying. Isabella was one of the first to walk out of the palace and she walks up to Credence and sees the bag he was carrying while Grindelwald comes up behind her. "Leave us." Grindelwald said to his people and they start to walk away while he looks over at Credence.

"Show me." He said and Credence pulls the Qilin out of the bag and holds it out to Grindelwald. Grindelwald takes the Qilin and starts to carry it as he walks around Credence and Isabella. "The others, they said it was special." Credence said. "Ooh, it's beyond special. "See?" Grindelwald said as he holds up the Qilin to Credence.

"See its eyes? Those eyes see everything." Grindelwald said and Isabella smiles. "When a Qilin is born, a righteous leader will rise to change our world forever." Isabella informs Credence and he looks over at her as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Her birth brings change, Credence, to everything." She finished as Grindelwald situates the Qilin in his arms as he holds it then turns to Credence with a smile.

"You did well." He said and he places a hand on Credence's cheek. "Go. Rest." He said and Credence walks away. "You should go too, Isabella." Grindelwald said and she nods as she walks away while he sets the Qilin down on the ground.

From the front entrance of the palace, Queenie stands there and watches as the Qilin looks around and squeaks a few times. Grindelwald tries to get the creature to look at him but she doesn't as she keeps looking around and squeaks again.

Grindelwald picks up the Qilin then, with his other hand, slices the Qilin's throat with a small blade. Queenie jumps back, in fright, at this as the Qilin makes one more sound before it dies in his arms. Grindelwald sets the dead body of the Qilin down as a pool of blood forms. Grindelwald noticed that in the reflection of the blood, he could see Dumbledore showing off the blood troth him and Grindelwald made years ago.

He stares at it until the vision goes away and Grindelwald let's out a sigh, knowing that Dumbledore was gonna try and stop him.

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Our Days in New York: Chapter 9

December 14th, 1926

Despite her doubts, Tina’s heart warmed at her sister’s reaction to the news.

She had made Newt tell her (It had been his idea after all), and Queenie had all but pounced onto the man to hug him, as she thanked him. Tina was about to step in to rescue him, seeing his discomfort, when the legilimens freed him.

“Oh, honey you’re wonderful. He’s gonna be happy, so happy.” she giggled, jumping in delight. “I can’t wait to see his face when he finds out.”

Tina had supposed as much, but she still could not agree wholeheartedly with it.

“I want to be there. Just be there and see him.” Queenie said immediately, reading her mind. “There would be no danger in that.”

“I guess not,” Tina admitted with a sigh. “Newt and I will go to his neighborhood tomorrow, and he will follow Jacob and find out where he works. Then we’ll see how to get the occamy eggshells to him discreetly.”

“It will work out, there must be an easy way to do it,” Newt added, enthusiastic. “A superficial knowledge of his daily routine will give us enough information.”

He searched for Tina’s eyes while he spoke, in a discreet search for approval, tearing a little smile out of her. “I should go finish the feedings, I won’t be long.”

“Go, we'll start dinner.”

As soon as the case lid close, the legilimens turned to her sister.

“He's so sweet to think of that.”

“Yes, he is.” Tina agreed, heading towards the kitchen. “Any ideas about dinner? I was thinking maybe a… “

“I wanted to thank you too, Teen.” Queenie interrupted. “This means a lot to me.”

Tina shook her head softly. “It’s really all Newt’s doing, my part will probably be very small.”

“I know you don’t like this, and you’re still helping. “

“It’s not that…” she said. “I don’t want you to be hurt in any way, that’s all. I have nothing against Jacob, and I have no doubt he is a good man and deserves a chance. If circumstances were different…”

“Yes, if only..” Queenie sighed. “No, I will not be sad. This is good news.”

“Yes.” Tina smiled. “Everything's going to be fine.”

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Her part in the search the next morning, was quite small indeed: She had taken Newt to Jacob's street and they had managed to find the right building. It could have been easier for them to just apparate to the apartment in question, but they didn't want to cause another commotion nor give the baker the fright of his life again. Luckily for them, Tina knew the neighborhood and could apparate the both of them far enough to not raise any suspicions. They placed themselves across the street.

A little after six o'clock, they saw Jacob's figure cross the building door. He stopped to exchange a few words with two women that were passing by, and shake hands briefly with an old man who was sitting on the doorsteps before going his way. As he walked away, Tina saw how his affable smile disappeared, and his face fell. He looked tired and discouraged. She supposed a canning factory would crush people’s spirits as hard as the wand permit office, and couldn’t help but sympathize with him even more.

Newt and Tina parted ways not long after, and she hurried to pick up something for breakfast on her way to work. It would be better to be early.

The morning was relatively quiet, with more paperwork to be completed, informs to be delivered and files to be read. The head of the department had instructed her to find a connection between Grindelwald’s whereabouts in the past year, and his knowledge of an obscurus’ existence in America. The main concern was that he may try to do it again. The man had been gathering quite a lot of support in Europe, and it was urgent to know if there were more people involved in his infiltration of MACUSA, and how exactly did he plan to use the obscurus.

Nobody seemed remotely suspicious of the possibility of Credence surviving, but Newt’s comment the day before kept running through Tina’s mind. It presented a dilemma for her.

There was a high chance, if Credence was alive, that notifying the authorities would put the boy’s life in danger. But if she hid it from her superiors there was also a high chance of being kicked out of the department again.

Tina knew that, despite her recent success, her job was still in thin air. One more reckless action and nobody would care if she had helped capture Grindelwald.

It would be prudent to keep her mouth shut for the time being. Once she was cleared for field work again, which was bound to happen shortly if MACUSA wanted her to handle the case, it wouldn’t be difficult to do some discreet inquiries on the side. If she found proof of Credence's survival, she would see about talking to someone about it.

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Tina skipped lunch to get home and feed the creatures. She had insisted upon it, and Newt had prepared her a list with instructions, that she intended to follow dutifully.

The first one on the list was the erumpent, which was easy enough. The bowltruckles proved to be more of a challenge, not because they were particularly hard to feed, but because Pickett wanted to accompany her around and refused to go back to the tree. After a five-minute argument, Tina accepted her defeat and allowed the bowltruckle into her pocket until she had to go back to work.

She sighed. As much as Queenie had teased her for the past week, she had never seriously stopped to consider what this closeness with Newt meant.

It was the first time she was inside the case without Newt, and she could see why he enjoyed spending time there on his own: It was the most peaceful place.

It was going to be hard to get used to her apartment without the case again. It was going to be hard to adapt to Newt’s absence.

She didn’t try to deny she had become fond of him. It was the extent of that fondness that was beginning to worry her.

She had never felt so comfortable with a man, or any person for that matter. He had managed to earn her trust, to make her share many of her most personal experiences in record time. The only person she had ever been close to was Queenie, but this was a different thing.

Tina walked past the graphorns without stopping, as Newt had requested her not to go near them on her own, and went for the niffler’s burrow. She pet the little head, distractedly keeping her locket away from the paws, still deep in thought.

She had brushed Queenie’s comments aside, thinking it was a part of her usual sense of humor. It seemed she was speaking from an honest observation. That, and whatever she could see inside of Newt’s head. For some reason, letting the legilimens tell her a thing or two on the subject had never been more tempting.

If there was something that Tina had always wanted, was to have things under control. All her life she had struggled to keep her emotions in check and be the rational adult she needed to be to survive. The emotions that were taking hold of her lately, she did not understand them, and that was unnerving. It shouldn’t matter to her what Newt thought. Still, she couldn’t help but care.

A movement of her wand summoned the bucket of pellets for the mooncalves.

She had to think. She had to break her feelings down into smaller pieces and understand them before anything.

What was it that she liked about Newt?

He was intelligent, observant, and cultured. Shy sometimes, though he was becoming less so in her presence. He had a sense of humor.

Maybe what had left a permanent impression on her was his kindness. He had proven to be a loyal friend in the short time they’d known each other.

Tina had learned to take care of herself and her sister quite young, used to not having another soul to rely on in times of trouble. Newt had come to her help, even when he didn’t have to, asking for nothing in return.

He had saved her from death, and helped her get her career back, but it was more than that. He had offered his friendship, shared his space and his work, brought back some sort of equilibrium into her life. After all that, how could he not be special to her?

A young mooncalf slid closer to her, gently urging her to distribute the rest of the food. She rushed to comply.

Well, there was nothing out of normal with all that. People could be special to other people without moving into romantic territory. Admiring someone didn’t necessarily mean being attracted to them on any other level.

She did find him handsome though, but that couldn’t be held against her; he was. Though perhaps not the kind of "handsome" women in the office would be obsessed over. He had nice eyes, and his smile was sweet. The freckles smattered all over his face gave him a boyish appearance; she liked it. His hands were rough and full of callouses, a product of his work, but also extremely gentle. And there was also these particular feeling that took hold of her every time their eyes met or their hands touched.

Tina bit her lip. That couldn’t be normal.

What if Queenie was right?

And if it was the case, what did it mean for her? What did it mean for Newt? What would Newt think of her if he knew? The idea alone made her squirm. She would probably die of shame.

Queenie’s outbursts hinted that she believed Newt had a similar regard for her. A few times Tina herself had even thought… But it couldn’t be. It just couldn’t.

Queenie may read minds, but she didn’t understand Newt the way Tina did. He was just too good, and his preference for her was merely the recognition of a kindred spirit. When he observed her, he was most probably moved by a purely scientific curiosity.

She had to search for evidence. Be alert, mistrust herself, and examine her own feelings and thoughts when he was around. Pay attention to his behavior. That was the best way to come to a conclusion.

She was an investigator, after all, she surely could handle that.

With that determination, Tina headed back to the shed, wishing she could stay some more. Only when she was climbing up the ladder did she remember Pickett was still in her coat.

“Pick, I have to go now,” she said, reaching for her pocket. “I’ll take you back to the tree, alright?”

The creature held to her fingers, emitting mournful chirps.

“We said until I was done with the feedings, that was the deal. Besides, Newt will be back soon. And I’ll come to see you later.”

Those words were far from making Pickett come to his senses; the next chirp was even more dramatic.

“Fine, you can stay in the shed if you want, that’s all. I can’t take you.”

There were some more protests, but Tina finally managed to place the grumpy bowltruckle over one of the shelves.

The mysterious girl had some flowers placed over her dark hair. Her factions were proportioned and graceful, and her smile was attractive.

It was then that her eyes fell on the picture. Of course she had seen it before, but she had never paid much mind to it.

The girl in the picture reminded her of Queenie a little bit. Not because they had some physical similarity; mostly because both of them irradiated confidence and grace.

For the first time, she wondered about the beautiful stranger. Who was she? What was her picture doing there? What did she mean to Newt?

“What does it matter to me?”

She had a sense of her inferiority. It was not a new; she had grown up with Queenie. She had always been conscious she was not “the beauty” in any place she had ever been. It hadn’t bothered her that much until that moment.

She left for work feeling slightly dejected.

Looking at the picture, she felt upset she wasn't as pretty as that girl, that her smile wasn't bolder, that her features were so imperfect, and her presence was so irrelevant.

And not for the first time, she wished for some of Queenie's confidence.

Hi there! This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I wanted to post a little something for the NewtinaMoments event, and I don't have enough time to finish the whole thing. I'm already late for that!

I have my last exam next week, so hopefully, I'll have time to work on my two unfinished stories during the summer.

Whoever is still reading this, thank you!

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