Free as a Bird

Away

"I read a book of yours about Necromancy. It told me to sacrifice a portion of my own blood and to consume a potion to get into contact with the dead" Theseus said, shaking.

"What kind of potion?" Newt asked.

"A. . . I don't know" Theseus shook his head, "I don't remember anything before, except for bits and pieces of information.".

"Let him rest, Newt" Tina said, "I still don't understand why you did it, Theseus. We were on a verge to do the same, more safely".

"I dunno, I just didn't want you to get hurt" Theseus said, "I knew about your plan of contacting with Leta a few months ago. I decided to do the same, hoping that you wouldn't put yourself in danger because of me".

"Theseus" Newt felt a pang in his heart, "You can tell us everything. You didn't have to do this. We could've done it together".

"I'm here!" a huge shout erupted from the hallway. Newt, Tina and Theseus turned to the door to see Albus Dumbledore, quite in a frenzy himself. His robes were crumpled and he looked like he had been running cross country, as he was drowned in a pool of sweat.

"I told you, Tina! I warned you!" Albus panted, "Now look where it led us! You two are knee deep in a whole lot of trouble!"

Hearing Albus's words, Queenie and Jacob stormed in, carrying a tray of food for Theseus. "What? My sister is in trouble?" Queenie said, quickly reading their minds.

"She will be" Albus answered, "Necromancy is banned and you could even land in prison for that. All three of you are in huge trouble".

"Aye aye aye" Jacob mused, "Listen,  guys, can we not do this? It's stupid and dangerous. We're having good lives and soon we're going to England after Newt proposes to Tina---"

"What?" Tina thundered. Off Albus's glare, she quickly composed herself. Newt was blushing to the core as well. Theseus looked at everyone, with confusion on his face.

"Look, the worst thing about Necromancy is that you can be tracked" Albus said, "Almost every bit of magic is tracked. Expect a Howler from the Ministry very soon because you two" - he pointed to Newt and Tina - "are in big trouble. I warned you, Tina. You are a Ministry official and that's a big mistake you did, right there".

"Oh no" Newt crossed his arms.

"Okay, okay" Albus composed himself, "Theseus, I want you to stay out of everything, understand? Newt,  Tina, you two are coming with me because we're going to prepare for the worst. Jacob, Queenie, I want you to ease the situation as possible".

Jacob and Queenie nodded. "Do we even get a break nowadays?" Queenie glared at her troublemaker of a sister, "Come on Theseus".

It was hard enough for Theseus to explain what he did. He felt like he was trapped in a void.  He had to get Leta back and he felt that desire ever since he experienced standing before the Mirror of Erised. He wanted Leta. And so did Tina and Newt. Hence he stole a few books from them, learnt as much as he could during the short span of time and followed all the instructions.

He was supposed to get a vision of Leta. He had sacrificed a portion of his blood and muttered an incantation. He had even attempted to brew a complex potion. The instructions mentioned that he'd receive a vision after the incantation was uttered, the blood was well mixed in the potion and drunk.

He did manage to get a vision. It was a hazy Leta, almost like she was weaved out of air. He tried to open his mouth to talk to her, but he couldn't. When he tried, he was pulled back from that void.