Imaginary || Newt Scamander x Reader

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It took three hours. Three hours of scouring the island until it clicked in Jacob's head. "That's the street! It was 709 Watt Street! I remember it now!" he exclaimed as soon as he saw the street. Newt looked down the street, most of the houses looked almost 100 years old, and like they were about to fall over by a single gust of wind.

Immediately, Newt went dashing down the street as everyone else chased after him. Any plan they may have had went out the window as he ran, looking for the house number. I need to see her, I need to see her, I need to see her, I need to see her, is all that ran through his head as everyone else struggled to catch up. It didn't matter to him if he compromised their "plan," he'd faced Maverick once before and he'll face him again, he'd do what it takes to see ______.

Once he saw the house, Newt froze in his tracks and stared at the house. It was one of the nicer looking houses on the street, and he couldn't help but wonder what Maverick would've been doing all this time in there. While he was rooted to the spot, everyone else caught up with him, and Tina was the first to speak. "Newt, I know you want to get her as soon as possible, but you need to be careful. You have no idea what he could be doing, or if he'll harm ______ if he sees that we're after him."

Newt didn't look at her, just silently nodded. Tina sighed and started talking to the group about the plan. "Alright, Dumbledore and I will head inside with Newt to find Maverick and ______. Queenie, you're going to stay out here with Jacob and be a lookout. We know he has controlled the dementors enough to only go after No-Maj's souls. If they detect Jacob, we could be in danger. You tell us at the first sign of danger out here."

Queenie protested. "Tina, I want to help inside. I'm more useful in there than out here. I mean, I could tell his next move just by looking at him if we need it. I don't want to just stay out of the action, I want to be involved."

"I can stay out here," Dumbledore offered. "Besides, I have a talent for dealing with dementors, if I do say so myself. I'll warn you if anything happens."

Tina nodded – she wasn't in the mood to argue with anyone. "Alright then. Once we get in there, Queenie and I will look for Maverick or any plans he may have hid in there. Newt, you look for ______ and tell us as soon as you find her. Alright?" Newt silently nodded. "Let's head in, then."

Newt didn't need to be told twice. "Alohomora," he pointed his wand at the door, watching it come unlocked. Without hesitation, he opened the door and entered the house.

Since it was getting late into the day, all the lights were off and the most they could see were a few lights on in the house. Newt was tempted to shout ______'s name, just to hear if she'd respond, just to know that she was there. Instead, something else shocked him.

Her voice came before anything else.

"Newt?" He heard his name ring out, coming from a room down the hall, then pounding on a door. "Newt, I'm down the hall!"

Newt looked at Tina and Queenie. "I don't think he's here if she's shouting like that, but can I speak to her first? Alone?" he asked them. "I need to make sure she's okay. I need to see her."

Tina looked at Queenie, and they both nodded. "Go to her, honey," Queenie gave him a smile. "Sounds like she's been waiting for you."

Newt ran down the hall, unlocking the door she was kept in as fast as he could and flung open the door. The room looked like a strange hospital room, and ______ was sitting on the bed, looking at him with tears in her eyes. Before she could say anything more, Newt shouted her name and ran over to her, enveloping her in a hug. "You're alive, you're okay!" He clung to her, a few tears of his own running down his face before he wiped them away. He's never been so happy to see someone in his life.

______ didn't say a word, just kept crying. She knew what she had to do, what she had to say. Maverick wasn't really gone, he was hiding, listening to the conversation. If ______ gave so much as a hint to where he was or that he was there, it was fire for Newt's case. She had to be careful and convincing.

Newt became concerned by her silence. "______ are you alright? What happened?"

"I'm fine," she told him, scooting away from him. She didn't want to. She wanted to wrap her arms around him and never move again, she wanted to stay in his embrace forever and have him tell her that everything was going to be okay.

But that was not an option.

"You need to leave," she began. "You need to go and not come back."

Newt was shocked, and a chill ran through his body. "What?" he stuttered getting the words out. He could feel his confidence start to fall apart. "I don't understand. ______, we came to rescue you. I know we're late, and I have no idea what you've been through, but I'm here now. I need you to come home with me."

"I don't want to," she couldn't help but cry. "Maverick is not here. I can't go with you."

"Why not?"

______ almost choked on her words before saying, "I can't go with you because I don't love you anymore. I love him. I love Maverick."

Newt's heart dropped. Whatever was left of his confidence was gone, he began to sweat, and his heart was beating at a million miles a minute. "I don't understand, that's... it can't be..."

"I'm not crying because I'm happy to see you, Newt," ______ told him, but every word hurt her like a stab in the side. "I'm crying because I'm scared. I'm scared of what might happen to Maverick when you find him."

"This can't be true," Newt reached out for her, but she shoved him away. "He did something, right? Did you make you drink more amortentia?" He was reaching, desperate for an answer. Every word came out as a stutter and a whisper. He felt like he was about to break. This couldn't be true, right?

"Go," she begged him. "I don't want to see you again."

That's when Newt lost the rest of the hope he had. Tears flowed to his eyes and he let out a loud, heartbreaking sob, like he had just watched someone die. ______ had never seen him cry like that, she's never seen anyone cry like that. These were deep, racking sobs that made Newt dizzy and short for breath. She wanted to reach out and hug him, comfort him, but she didn't move a muscle.

When Tina and Queenie heard the sobs, they burst into the room to see what was going on. They burst into the room and stared at the scene with horror. Queenie and ______ made eye-contact, and that's when ______ had a plan.

She looked at Queenie with pleading eyes and hoped that she was listening. Queenie, tell Newt that I didn't mean a word of it, Maverick is making me say this or else he'd kill me and Newt's beasts. Maverick moved to a new location, but the only thing he told me was that it was somewhere I knew well. I'm so sorry I don't know more. Make sure Newt knows that I love him. Don't say a word until you get out of this house.

Queenie nodded at her.

______ couldn't do anything more. Maverick said once she was done she had to leave, and that he left a portkey in the hospital drawer. She didn't know exactly what a portkey was except that it meant it would take her somewhere else. She whispered a quiet, "Goodbye, Newt," opened the drawer and grabbed the object that told her exactly where she was going: a sewing needle.

The next second, she was gone.