The Catastrophe (Credence x Reader)

Chapter Two

She sighed and walked off to find a place to set up her suitcase. ____ walked around until nightfall hit.

She thought a little bit and decided to just sit in an alleyway until she could find or think of a solid idea to sleep somewhere. She went into one and sat against the wall placing her case beside her.

____ was half asleep clutching her case when she heard someone run into the alley and sit down. There was a faint crying coming from the person making her sit up more and look over. "Hello...?" She said groggily.

The person froze a little and buried his face into his knees. She faintly casted 'Lumos' to get a better look at who's there. It was the boy from earlier.

She casted 'Nox' to get rid of her faint light. "Hey? What's wrong? It's me, that weird girl from earlier." She said getting slightly closer.

She reached for his shoulder and faintly touched him. He looked over and reflexively went to push ____ away. "I'm fine.." he whispered wiping tears from his eyes.

"No you're not... what happened. I wanna help you" she sighed taking a small hold on his hands. "Did something happen? Was it one of those wizards?" She said.

She was rubbing her thumb over the palms of his hands. He flinched a little revealing the cuts on his hands. "Who hurt you "

He shook his head, closing his eyes. "No one.." he said. She wasn't believing a thing and pulled her case to her.

"Come with me, I trust you enough to let you in on something, so you need to trust me. Come on" she said opening her case. 

He looked over at her confused. Suddenly she climbed in her case. He stood up and looked down in it. "Come on! Don't be shy!" She smiled up at him

"O...okay" he said climbing into her suitcase
"Wh...what is this?" The boy said looking around.

She held out her hand "I'm ____ Scamander, a pure blood witch. Nice to meet you"

"O...oh. Im.. I'm Credence Barebone" he said taking a hold of her hand shaking it slightly.

"Let me fix up your hands okay? Witches and Wizards aren't all bad, I just, I just got here I don't want people coming after me. I ran away from England for reasons and needed somewhere to go." She said looking through her cupboards.

He sat down on a chair a bit overwhelmed.
"Sorry if this is all. Too much. You get used to it after a while I guess. Tea?" She asked holding out a teapot.

He continued to stare in awe. Credence wasn't sure what to do in this situation. He wanted to run but something about this all interested him. "S...Sure." he finally said.

____ smiled and got a cup and put it in front of him pouring some tea in it. "Here you go Credence." She sat down in front of him as he cautiously took a sip.

"Thank you" credence said after finishing his cup. Once he was finished she reached for his hands. "Do you mind? I want to help with your scars"

He flinched a little when she reached over but nonetheless held out his hands. She daintily took his hands in hers. ____ casted a spell to slowly heal his scars. "Do you need a place to stay Credence? I wouldn't mind if you stayed for the night or however long." She said suddenly taking off her coat and placing it on a rack.

"I don't want to be a bother"

"Nonsense, if anything I'm the bother, I just pulled you into my home without warning. If you want to stay please, be my guest" she said smiling.

He looked around and thought for a while. It was so long that ____ was walking around cleaning by hand instead of casting cleaning spells. "Okay, can we make a deal?" He faintly said making ____ halt in her steps. "Sure! What kind of deal?"

She sat down in front of him. "If I do stay, then I can pay you back by showing you around the city, and making sure no one finds out about You being able to do this" he said pointing to the ceiling meaning the suitcase thing"

____ let out a small laugh and nodded, "well Credence... you have yourself a deal."  she held out her hand and Credence shook it.