Prequel to the Drew Grindelwald series

Ilvermorny - Year Two

Drew was really excited to see Tina again. She had had a great summer with her brother at her aunt's place but she kept wondering about how Tina was doing. She'd even sent a letter asking how her summer is, thankfully she had received a letter back in which Tina explained in detail about all the things she had done mostly with her sister Queenie as her parents still weren't well.

Drew was back on the train going towards Ilvermorny when she realized she hadn't thought about Percival at all. Did that make her a bad friend? She definitely felt like it. Tina and Percival were equally great friends so why was she way more excited about spending time with Tina?The train arrived at the station. Drew's suitcase had already been delivered to the castle so she didn't have to worry about that. She quickly made her way out the cabin. A lot of students were exiting the train so the station was absolutely packed.Drew tried to make her way through the crowd. She had made a promise with Tina to wait for each other at the station. Her eyes darted around trying to see if the girl was already there.

"Drew!" a familiar voice called out. Drew turned around and came eye to eye with Tina. Drew was frozen as she noticed how Tina had changed. As if puberty had suddenlyhit her hard, she now looked like a real young woman. Her cheekbones had sharpened and Tina had cut her hair making it way shorter.It send chills down Drew's spine, Tina had become really beautiful.

"Hey!" Drew called out excitedly as she ran over and hugged the girl. She noticed how her heart rate increased. Why was she feeling like this? Drew had never experienced anything like it.

"How was your summer?" Tina asked once the hug ended. They started to walk down the path that lead to the castle.

"Great! Gellert took me to a lake and it was wonderful" Drew beamed. "Did you and Queenie go to the wolf sanctuary like you wrote?"Drew's hands felt sweaty, why were all these things happening? It felt as if she was nervous to talk to Tina, she just hoped her friend wouldn't notice.

"Yeah the wolves were really beautiful"

Drew smiled at Tina, she loved seeing the girl get excited about something.

"Have you heard about the Welcome Ball?" Tina suddenly asked. Drew shook her head no, she hadn't heard about it at all.

"It's a ball tomorrow night to welcome the students back, unfortunately it's only for 4th years students as they have surpassed half of their years at Ilvermorny and get to celebrated that"

"That sounds like fun" Drew agreed. Tina nodded excitedly "Yeah! I can't wait to be a fourth year student and go there. We can dance all night Drew" there was a sense of wonder in her eyes that was very affecting.

"Why do you think I want to dance with you all night" Drew joked, Tina rolled her eyes and playfully pushed Drew away not realizing that push sent butterflies down Drew's stomach.

"I'll find a way to get you to dance" Tina winked sending chills down Drew's spine.

"Good luck" Drew challenged her.they were at the castle in no time and were ordered to go to the balcony to watch the first years get sorted into their houses. During the ceremony most students on the balcony got bored quickly. Everyone already knew what would happen.

"When will Queenie come to this school?" Drew whispered to Tina who was standing next to her.

"Next year, she's really excited to meet you" Tina answered surprising Drew.

"To meet me?" Drew asked in shock. Tina nodded excitedly, " I told her about you, I hope you don't mind"

Drew grinned at this " Of course not!"

"Your brother graduated from Drumstrang Institute last year right?" Tina asked curiously.Drew nodded. A teacher standing nearby told the two and a couple of others to stay silent during the ceremony so they shut their mouths.