And Then I Wrote Marvel

Salamander (Part 4)(Newt Era HP!Steve/Bucky/Peggy x Reader)

"I am so sorry about your creatures, Mr. Scamander. I truly am," Miss Goldstein apologized.

Newt didn't say anything as he sat with his head in his hands.

"Sometimes we do things that we think are right," you piped up, "but we have no way of knowing the consequences."

"Can someone please tell me what this Obscurial--Obscurius thing is? Please?" Jacob Kowalski asked politely.

Tina answered him, saying, "There hasn't been one in centuries--"

"I met one in Sudan three months ago," Newt finally spoke. "There used to be more of them but they still exist. Before wizards went underground, when we were still being hunted by muggles, young wizards and witches sometimes tried to suppress their magic to avoid persecution. Instead of learning to harness or to control their powers, they developed what was called an Obscurus."

Tina noticed Jacob's continued confusion and continued, "It's an unstable, uncontrollable dark force that busts out and--and attacks, and then vanishes." She stopped, turning to Newt. "Obscurials can't survive long, can they?"

"There's no documented evidence of any Obscurial surviving past the age of ten. The one I met in Africa was eight when she--" he forced himself to pause-- "she was eight when she died."

"That's terrible," you whispered.

"What are you telling me here? That Senator Shaw was killed by a--by a kid?" Jacob asked.

Newt couldn't verbally answer, but the look on his face confirmed the statement. After a few moments, he took a deep breath and straightened up. "So, (Y/N), it's been too long since we've seen each other. What brings you here?"

"Assignment from the ministry. I've been here a few months now," you answered, trying that this situation was perfectly normal and you were just catching up with your old friend. "It's incredibly boring. Your trial last month, Miss Goldstein, was the most interesting thing that had happened. I'll have you know I was very much in support of your actions."

"Oh, thank you, Miss (L/N). And please, just call me Tina."

"Well, Tina, just call me (Y/N). We've been arrested together, so I think we can be on a first name basis. Same goes for you, Mr. Kowalski."

"Jacob," the man chuckled.

"How are Steve, Peggy, and Bucky?" Newt asked. "I got an invitation to Steve and Peggy's wedding, but I wasn't able to make it. Was it good?"

You couldn't speak for a second, your mind suddenly hit with the full force of all of the emotion and pain of the last few weeks. "I-I--er--well--" you stuttered, eventually going silent again.

"(Y/N)?" Newt said, trying to meet your eyes. He hesitantly placed his hand on yours, and when you still didn't respond, he gently turned your face to look at him. You met his eyes, tears filling yours, not sure that you trusted your voice. "(Y/N), what happened?"

"The wedding never happened," you stated quickly, your voice cracking.

"What? Why?"

"Two days before the wedding, Steve and Bucky disappeared. The only clue we have as to where they went was the mark of Grindelwald in their homes," you sniffed. "Peggy is still beside herself with grief; she's staying with me until we can both figure things out."

"Why would Grindelwald target your friends?" Tina inquired, tears forming in her eyes as well.

"It would make even less sense if you knew Steve and Bucky," Newt told Tina. "Unless Steve changed after we left Hogwarts, he's a tiny stick of a man, and Bucky just watches out for him. I can't imagine that they would matter to Grindelwald."