Are You Mister Graves? {Percival Graves x Reader}

Chapter 18

December 1, 1924

     (Y/n) stood next to Percival as he stood next to Madam Picquery. A almost disappointed atmosphere around them, as the three looked at Tina, who shamefully stared at the ground. Percival and (Y/n) looked at her in pity as Madam Picquery looked down at her in disappointment.

     "Goldstein, do you have any idea what you had just caused?" Madam Picquery asks with full superiority in her voice. Tina swallowed and nodded as she didn't look up at her.

     "Y-Yes, Madam President." She says with her voice wavering a bit.

     "Attacking a No-Maj, a Second Salemer, the leader of the New Salemers, in front of other No-Majs. You could have greatly exposed our community." Tina bit her lips together, tears brimming her eyes as she's trying her hardest not to cry in front of them.

     "I was fully aware of that, I highly regret it." Tina looks up at Madam Picquery, "But I did it to protect one of her kids from herself." She says with a weak but defending voice. Madam Picquery sighs.

     "I know you were just doing the right thing. But, now you've exposed us to more than likely 3% of No-Majs. Imagine what could happen if they tell the whole world. Think of how much of that percentage could rise from that group alone."

     "I understand. I'm so sorry." Tina says as her lip trembled slightly, already knowing what was going to happen to her next.

     "I know you are, Goldstein. I'm sorry that I have to do this but... As punishment for acting against a No-Maj publicly, you're demoted from position as Auror to down at the Wand Permit office." Tina's eyes widened slightly and so did (Y/n)'s.

     "Madam President-" (Y/n) was about to protest but Madam Picquery held up her hand to silence her.

     "I didn't make the rules. You both know the law and severe punishment of something like this. And this is the best I could do." (Y/n) looked at Tina with apologetic eyes as Tina smiled just a tiny bit to reassure her, a tear or two rolling down her cheeks. "Mr.Graves."

     "Yes, Madam President?" Percival responds.

     "Please take Goldstein's Auror Badge." Percival looks down slightly before nodding and walked over to Tina. Tina takes out her badge, looking at it one more time and brushing her thumb across it before handing it to Percival's outstretched hand.

     "I'm sorry, Tina." He says softly.

     "I-It's fine... It's for the best anyway." TIna says with a sad and small smile as more tears went down her cheeks.

     "Goldstein, you will be working alongside with your sister and you are not permitted to investigate the Second Salemers. Understood?" Madam Picquery asks. Tina nods.

     "Yes, Madam President." Madam Picquery nods.

     "Graves, (L/n), please escort Goldstein down to the Wand Permit office." (Y/n) and Percival nod as they walked on either side of Tina down the hall. As they walked, (Y/n) clears her throat to break the silence.

     "Well, let's look on the bright side," (Y/n) says smiling at Tina as comfortingly as possible, "At least you're still part of MACUSA and not fired or worse." Tina sniffs and looks at (Y/n) with a small smile.

    "Yes, I guess you're right." It was silent before she spoke again, "Graves? (Y/n)?" The two look at Tina as she continued to look at the ground as the walked, "Can you keep one of the Salemer boys safe for me?" They looked at her for a moment and up at each other.

     "Of course, Tina." (Y/n) says with a sincere smile looking back at her best friend.

     "Alright." Percival says as he looked ahead. Tina smiles.

     "Thank you! His name's Credence. He's been abused by his mother for Merlin knows how long. That's why I got in trouble. I attacked his mom to protect him. But that was accidentally and by instinct. I didn't mean to hurt her."

     "We understand, Tina." Percival says. (Y/n) nods with a smile.

     "You can count on us, Tina." Tina smiles at this and nods, already forgetting that she was demoted. All she was concerned about was just someone else's safety. They get to the Wand Permit office as Queenie stands at an empty desk near hers.

     "This is your desk, Tina." She says with a small sad but encouraging smile. Her sister nods as she ran her hand over the desk top.

     "Well, I guess a new start." Tina says as she looked around at her sure as she looked at the three.

     "You'll find yourself back up to the top, Tina. I just know it!" (Y/n) says hopefully as Percival nods in agreement. Tina smiles slightly.

     "I know. And I'm going to work really hard in order to do exactly that." She says as Queenie smiles. Percival nods.

     "And we'll be there when that happens." He says as (Y/n) nods in agreement with a smile.

December 3, 1924

     (Y/n) was walking through the morning streets of New York. The usual crowds, shops and traffic as she walked passed them. As she walked, she noticed a boy nervously holding out flyers. He seemed to be around his mid-late teens as he wore black clothing, his hair in a bowl cut and pale skin. He was also rather tall. She noticed from afar that he was a Second Salemer with how he was dressed and from the flyers. 

     'He must be Credence...' She thinks to herself before she notices a group of men approach him. They started to shove him around into an alleyway as he accidentally drops the flyers, he looked like he was about to cry. She clenched her fists in anger as she watched them before walking over to take matters into her own hands.

     "P-Please stop...!" Credence whimpered before one guy kicks him. They laugh as he fell to the ground and curled up into a ball, defenseless.

     "Leave him alone!" (Y/n) shouted at them as she walked into the alleyway. They look over at her and scowl.

     "This is none of your business!" One growled at her.

     "Yes it is! Now stop!" She retorted. They refuse and she huffed, taking out her wand, "Incarcerous."  She says as thick ropes appear out of thin air and binds the men, they fall to their knees as they tried to struggle out. (Y/n) hummed as she walked over to the cowering Crednece and offered him her hand, "It's okay, they won't hurt you any more." She says softly. He looked up at her and shyly took her hand.

     "Thank you..." He murmured softly as she helped him up, "Are you...?"

     "Yes, I'm a witch. An Auror of MACUSA. Are you Credence Barebone?" He nods. She smiles, "Tina told me about you. She got demoted because she attacked your mother for hurting you so I'm helping her protect you." She hummed with a smile. He can't help but smile a little bit.

     "Thank you...!" He thanks again. She smiled and nodded.

     "I suggest leaving before I get in trouble too." She winked. He nods as he begins to walk out before stopping and looking back at her.

     "What's your name?" He asks softly.

     "(Y/n) (L/n)." She says before he nods and walks off. (Y/n) hummed with a smile before turning back to the men and Obliviating them.

A/n: Sorry for the long ass update! I'm not on here that often anymore because of personal reasons so EVERYTHING is gonna be slow! But I'm possibly posting another chapter this sooooo yeah! I hope this one and the next one is good and I'll hopefully see you later! Until next time, buh-bye!