Invisible String [t. s]

Fear

"Accio!" Teddy flew towards them at the same time the beast pulled them. "Grab the tie!" In a second, everything started spinning and their backs hit the ground roughly. Both groaned as they sat up and blinked for their eyes to adapt to the bright sunlight.

  When they were on their feet, they realised they were still holding hands, Newt pulled his away quickly and Theseus gasped when the leg of the creature that was still wrapped around him hissed, he pushed it away and it fell to the ground before crawling towards a lake that was ahead of them. Both started walking and Theseus offered Teddy to Newt, for he was still holding on to the tie.

"That was a Portkey." Said Newt.

"Yeah." Said Theseus as Newt held on to Teddy.

"Well done, you two." When they looked up, they saw the beautiful castle, they were at Hogwarts. "This is yours." Theseus looked at Newt and grabbed his wand, which the youngest was offering.

"Thank you."

"What happened to your face?"

"Some guy beat me up."

"Oh." Theseus nodded. "Did he break your nose?"

"I don't think so."

"Hm."

"Hey!" Both chuckled.

"This is also yours, Teddy, hand it over please." The Niffler extended his hand and gave Theseus his pocket watch, which he gently took in between his hands.

"Thank you, lad." His fingers caressed the silk and he opened it, revealing Amélie's picture. She smiled at him and he felt his heart sinking to his feet as his thumb touched the picture delicately. He breathed in and closed the watch to keep it in his waistcoat's pocket. "C'mon, we gotta hurry."

"You gotta clean your face before we walk in." Theseus grabbed the napkin of his pocket, wetted it with the water of the lake and started to wash away the dried blood from his face.

  Theseus and Newt made their way into the castle grounds and eventually arrived at the Great Hall where the children were having lunch. Theseus was walking very fast, he needed to make sure Élie was there safe and sound. The first familiar face they met was Hicks'.

"Lally." Newt spoke.

"What kept you two?" She asked.

"Uh, we encountered some complications. You?"

"We encountered some complications." Lally handed over a newspaper to Newt. 'Murderous Muggle' could be read on the front page and it was a picture of Kowalski.

"Jacob tried to murder Grindelwald?" Asked Theseus as his eyes scanned the bright room.

"It's a long story." The Auror scoffed. "Jacob, look who I found?" Jacob turned around, he was talking to some kids, he smiled at his mates.

"Hey!" He greeted them. "My wizard friends, Newt and Theseus." He told the kids. "I gotta go. Alright, have fun. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." He approached the team. "Can you believe this place? They got pint-sized little witches and wizards running around here."

"You don't say." Said Theseus "Is Amélie around here somewhere?" Lally and Jacob looked at each other. "What?"

"She's not here, pal." Said Jacob.

"Vinda took her with them." Lally informed and Theseus' heart started pounding in his ears again. He felt his chest heavy, his mind rushed like lightning, his hands tickled and were shaky, his breath lacked. He moved past Jacob and Lally, walking with large and quick steps towards Dumbledore, whom was at the end of the corridor. "Theseus." She called his name but he didn't listen.