Invisible String [t. s]

Fear

"It has to if we are to finish this business and get your girl back."

"How exactly do you plan on doing so? We're back to where we started and we don't know where they're located. They could be anywhere. That's why it's been years and we haven't been able to catch 'em."

"You're right. We don't know where they are and things are a great deal worse." Newt and Theseus frowned. "You haven't told them, have you?" He asked Hicks, whom looked at the brothers with a dead serious expression on her features.

"Grindelwald's been allowed to stand in the election." She dropped the bomb.

"What?" Asked Theseus.
"But, how?" Asked Newt at the unison.

"Because Vogel chose easy over right." Dumbledore spoke, rubbing his face still. He proceeded to draw something in the air with his wand, from its tip crawled smoke until it solidified in mountains.

"Bhutan." Said Newt.

"Correct, three points to Hufflepuff. The Kingdom of Bhutan, sits high in the Eastern Himalayas. It's a place of indescribable beauty. Some of our most important magic has its origins there. They say if you listen carefully enough, the past whispers to you. It also happens to be where the election will be held."

"He can't win, can he?" Asked Jacob.

"Only a few days ago he was a fugitive from justice. Now he's an official candidate in the International Confederation of Wizards. Dangerous times favour dangerous men." He turned around and started to walk away. "By the way, we'll be dining with my brother in the village. Should you need anything before then, Minerva is here."

"Dumbledore has a brother?" Asked Lally as Theseus sighed.

"This is ridiculous. We need to find her, Newt." Newt's eyes reflected worry and he was surprised to find such desperation in Theseus. "The second they have what they need from her or they think she's not useful anymore, they'll kill her."

"I know. We'll find her, I promise."

"If something happens to Amélie, I would not be able to live with myself."

"It won't come to that. We'll find her and she will be alright, then you'll tell her how you feel." Theseus frowned. "Theseus, you clearly love her. No matter how much you said you hated her in the past, no matter if you haven't spoken in ages, you two cannot seem to be away from each other. You're meant to be. You love her and she loves you. When you see her, pack up the courage to tell her before it's too late." Theseus sighed and nodded.

  The oldest Scamander stayed for most of the day at the Astronomy tower just admiring the view, when he decided to pace around the hallways, he walked into one of Dumbledore's Defence Against the Dark Arts lectures. Albus invited him to take over and teach the kids some stuff.

  Saying they loved that class would be an understatement, learning from an Auror seemed like the most amazing thing in the world. When the class was dismissed, Albus and Theseus stayed in the classroom for a hot minute. When Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak, Theseus walked out and returned at the Astronomy Tower.

  There, he begged for her to be okay. He told her once he's not a religious person, but in that second he started praying to whoever's in the heavens to keep her safe. The thought of Amélie hurting, being tortured, crying...dead destroyed him. Theseus cried in his solitude as he tried to trick his mind into believing she was alright and no harm had come to her at all.

  When night started to fall over Hogwarts and the air turned too cold, he made his way towards the Great Hall where he met with the rest of the team. When Lally asked if he was alright, he said he was, that the cold made his eyes tear up. Newt knew, of course, that it was a lie. Like Theseus had told him, they are brothers after all. Dumbledore showed up and they made their way towards Hogsmade, where they stepped into the Hog's Head.