Red thread of fate

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A/N: There's a little bit of modification in the time and places for the sake of the story.

Year 2010:

Scamander manor is extremely active since this morning. Porpentina and Flidius are busy packing 3 big bags. And mr. Scamander is standing in front of the stairs to the second floor. He put his hand on Rolf's shoulder and said something with a serious look. Rolf is also paying attention to him. Rolf's hair is slightly wet and loosely draped over his forehead. He has a large duffel bag slung over one of his shoulders and wearing a thin greyish green sweater over a white full sleeve shirt and dark blue jeans. His face now grown mature and has stubble on his cheeks. Also, his body becomes slightly more muscular than before.

Newt Scamander was relaxing on the sofa in the hall while reading the newspaper. Sensing someone coming down the stairs he said without looking at them, "Are you ready Princess?"
Hearing Grandpa's voice Celia ran towards him. "Yes grandpa I am."
She wears a mustard yellow chocker neck ruffled top and a black pencil skirt. And she is carrying a large ladies' side bag on her shoulder.

"Princess sit here," Newt said while patting the empty seat beside him. He looked at Celia with bleary eyes, stroked her cheeks with his trembling hands, and said, "How big my princess has grown. I am truly very proud to have such a gem as my grandchild. I'm sure Skye and Angelo are also feeling proud of you. Also, whether I live or not, I believe that the gifts I give you will protect you from any danger!" Celia's heart clenched after hearing this.

"Noo grandpa! Never say that again." She said in a tone of resentment, "nothing will happen to you." Newt smiled faintly and said, "As long as my granddaughter is here, nothing will happen to anyone."
She kissed his forehead and said, "Bye grandpa. Will come again next vacation. Until then take care of yourself."

Then after bidding goodbye to everyone Celia went to Rolf and both of them apparate to King's Cross Station.
Rolf carried the luggage with him into the train compartment and after settling everything he came out. Celia also stood in front of the door of the train.

He smiled and tease, "So Elly? No sorry Professor Elly! Be careful, work well and come home as soon as possible." Celia laughed and said, "If I can't reach your wedding early, then your wedding will also not happen that day." Hearing this he asked, "what do you mean?"

She smiled again and said, "I mean, Luna asked me to sew her wedding dress. And like a good sister-in-law, I will fulfill all her orders." She winked at him. Rolf chuckled  and then shook his head with a cheeky smile and said, "Ugh, you two are still kids."

Celia smiled and said "Of course! One is your baby sister and one is your baby."
Gradually the students and their guardians started to gather at the station. Celia bid goodbye to Rolf and went to her seat.

Today many small children have come to this King's Cross station with dreams and hopes in their eyes, holding the hands of their parents. The face of many mothers become sad when they let their children go for the first time.
Celia didn't notice the tears in her eyes when she saw the intense love between the mother and the child through the window of the train.
She knows that no one can give her the love that Scamanders gave her. She has no doubts about their love.
But her heart always craved for Skye's love. Celia was deprived of her parents' love for 14 years after her birth. There was no one to share the small joys of her first gold medal in sports or first prize in the music competition, except Sister Mary. But she was busy most of the time. And the children of the orphanage called Celia crazy when they saw her unbridled magic and bullied her. She also remembers the torture of Katherine Daves and her son Aaron.
But after that, the events become blurry. Both Celia and Rolf are aware of their mother's magical powers. So Rolf's predicted attempts did not save her memories.

Thinking about this, Celia did not notice when the train announced the departure. A sweet little voice startled her train of thoughts. "H-hello are you ok? "
Turning her face from the window she noticed a boy nearly about eleven or twelve on the opposite seat. He is very pale ,thin, and blonde. He has a pointed face, and dark circles under his eyes are prominent. But the most attractive thing in his appearance is his eyes. The eyes are so much familiar to Celia.
But she can't remember where she saw those eyes. A knot of turmoil seemed to poke her throat. Then she noticed that she was looking intently at the child's eyes like a shameless woman, and the boy was looking at her scared.

Celia regained her composure and wiped away the tears from her eyes with her fingertips. She smiled at the boy and said "yes I am fine, dear. Thank you ."
The boy smiled reassuringly at her words and asked, "Do you also study at Hogwarts?"  Celia shook her head and said, "No, I teach at Hogwarts."
The boy was startled by her words and was about to say something when a man in a black suit came running towards the window of their compartment.

He had something like a white box in his hand and he passed it to the boy through the window and said gaspingly - "Scorp, keep this. And take the medicines on time.  Also before going to bed, remember to go to the bathroom."  Hearing this, the boy's cheeks turned red. He looked at the man and pleaded in a low voice, "Father, please not here" and looked at Celia.
Celia stifled her smile and looked outside, where she caught the sight of the man.  And hearing the boy's words, the man also noticed that someone was present in the compartment.

At that time, the train started to leave slowly but the two of them looked at each other with a fixed gaze like the time has stopped arround them. Pain and disbelief are obvious in one's eyes, and an intense concern of discovering the familiarity appears in another's eyes.
Looking into the eyes of the man outside, Celia asked the boy "what is your name, dear?"

"Scorpius Malfoy."

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