Newt's Assistant: A Newt Scamander FanFic

Chapter Twenty

Newt caught up to Eleanor in a few strides and they playfully punched each other.

"Don't make me take my wand out, Scamander!" Eleanor teased while reaching for it in her pocket. Newt froze and shot his hands in the air.

"Please don't, I'm a little more nervous around you now." He said. Eleanor took this as a compliment and smoothed out her dress. She flashed him a smile and took his hand in hers and turned the corner. 

"Peeves!!" Eleanor shouted at the ghost that was meddling with something in the halls. Peeves turned quickly to see who had addressed him in such way. He saw Eleanor and shook his head.

"Ahhhhh!!!! Eleanor Baker!!!!" He screamed through the corridor. "She's back! The crazy lady is back! Stay away from me!"

"What did you do to him, El?" Newt chuckled. 

"I used to shoot bubble gum up his nose every time I saw him." She laughed and they continued down to the classroom. Students were filling the corridors and pointing at them while whispering.

"She kicked his butt back there."

"I hope I can do that one day, that was so cool!"

Eleanor squeezed Newts hand and walked back into the classroom.

"I see you got your wand back?" Dumbledore asked Newt. Newt held it in the air like a trophy. 

"I did. Now what's this about her getting special dueling classes?" Newt asked which made Dumbledore chuckle. 

"She came to me and asked for some extra training! And she was doing well in her other courses with no trouble at all, so I wanted to challenge her a bit. I will admit she beat me once or twice in a match, but I wonder if she's still got the reflexes..." Dumbledore trailed off and shot some water at Eleanor and she quickly stuck her hand out in front of her causing the water to freeze in mid air.

"Dumbledore! I didn't even have my wand out!" Eleanor yelled. But the men were watching her curiously. It was rare to see a witch be able to perform wandless magic, none the less stopping a curse being thrown at her.

"El, when did you learn to do that?" Newt said astounded.

"What? Like it's hard?" Eleanor said sheepishly.

"Well yeah, it is hard. I didn't think you'd be able to pull something like that off," Newt said and immediately regretted it because she redirected the water towards him.

"How did I manage to get hit again?" Newt said while wringing out his now soaked tie. 

"Don't degrade me like I don't know anything about magic, Newton." Eleanor said and used her wand to blow dry him. 

"You two are quite the pair... Anyways about your upcoming trip. I can arrange a team to meet you in Greenwich. Anyone you have in mind or do you want me to just gather my own team for you." Dumbledore asked. Newt and Eleanor looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking.

"Actually, if you don't mind, I'll send the letters out to our friends from our last trip." Newt said. "You can get us a portkey to Egypt from Greenwich and we'll be all set."

"Are these friends of yours skilled Newt? I said this before, you're going to need a strong group." Dumbledore asked seriously. 

"He might be right Newt. Remember in the cave with the yetis? They were terrified. They couldn't even move. I mean Samuel is a good wizard, but maybe we should let Dumbledore choose this group for us. It will make us safer." Eleanor said with her hand on his. 

"Just Samuel then, okay?" Newt asked.

"Of course," Eleanor said. "Dumbledore, you can find us three people right?"