SCARS || Newt Scamander

Five

Newt returned to the common room after Clara pulled out her homework to work on with Thomas. He pulled out his own homework and started on it.

Once Transfiguration came, Newt decided to sit next to Jasper.

"Why aren't you next to Angell?" Jasper asked Newt.

"Who, Clara?" He asked.

"Yeah, Clara Angell." Jasper said.

"Oh. Clara isn't here yet." He said, a frown appearing on his face.

"I thought you save a spot for her." Jasper said, raising an eyebrow. Newt shrugged, suddenly interested in his wand. Clara walked into the class room, and glanced at Newt. He seemed a lot distant than usual. She frowned before sitting down next to Emma.

"Why's Newt next to Jasper?" Emma asked.

"I don't know, actually." Clara said.

"That's weird. You two are like two peas in a pod." Emma said.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"You're always around each other. It's always Angell and Scamander, people wonder what happened when you two aren't together." Emma said. To prove her point, some people in the back of the class room where whispering and glancing at Clara and Newt.

Clara frowned. "Oh..."

During the class, they learned how to transfigure Hedgehogs into needles. Clara normally would have done well, but she was distracted. She had a lot on her mind at the moment, mainly because she was trying to figure out why Newt was ignoring her.

She tried the spell once more, this time leaving the poor animal half a hedgehog and the other half a needle. It squeaked, alarmed by the other end of itself. Clara sighed and turned it fully into a needle, then returned it to a hedgehog.

Newt found himself staring at Clara most of the class, Jasper had to nudge him a few times to get him to focus.

"Come on Scamander, focus." Jasper said, successfully turning his hedgehog into a needle.

"Do you think it hurts the animal when we transfigure them?" Newt asked, picking up his hedgehog and petting it. Jasper shrugged. Newt raised his hand.

"Yes Newt?" Professor Dumbeldore asked.

"Does it hurt the animal when we transfigure them?" He asked again.

"It might hurt a tiny bit, but we may never know." Dumbeldore replied.

"Then wouldn't it be animal abuse if it hurt?" Newt asked.

"I guess so. Then lets stop the lesson, we can try on something else." Dumbeldore said, collecting all the hedgehogs. He then handed out stuffed animals to use. Newt seemed much more happy with the idea, so he continued to practice the spell on them. The bell wrung, Newt gathered his stuff and left the classroom.

Entering the hallway, or known as the sea of Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws and Slytherins, Newt watched the other students. As he wasn't paying attention to where he was going, he ran into someone.

"Ouch!" The person said.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." They stood up, and Newt recognized the scratch on their face.

"Oh. Hello Clara." Newt said, crossing his arms.

"Are you alright? You seemed upset earlier." She asked. They started walking to their next class.

"I'm perfectly fine." He said, continuing to walk. As they reached the potions classroom, Clara stopped.

"This is about Thomas, isn't it?" She asked.

"What makes you think that?" He asked, looking at her.

"Everytime you see him, you give him a look, and then the same look to me." She said. He frowned.

"Your doing it right now." Clara pointed out.

"No I'm not." He said.

"We're just friends. Nothing else." Clara said, ignoring his last statement.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"I'm positive." She said nodding.

"Sorry..." He said, sighing.

"It's all right, let's just get to class, we don't want to be late." Clara said, entering the class room. Clara and Newt went inside and sat down next to Jasper and Emma.

"So, it looks like you two figured it out?" Emma asked.

"Yeah." Newt said nodding. Professor Slughorn entered the room, and the class fell silent. Clara realized there was only two more days until the full moon. Her stomach lurched at the thought, she blinked.

Slughorn made them make a first year potion, Clara, Newt, Jasper and Emma got out their cauldron and ingredients. The four got to work.

Throughout the hour, explosions and potions were made. The Gryffindors cursed under their breath when they made a mistake. And naturally the Slytherins snickered while the Hufflepuffs glared at the Slytherins and went to help the Gryffindors.

Clara finished hers and started to help Newt. Clara was getting sharp pains in her stomach, her body knew the full moon was on the way. Newt started to work on his potion, following Clara's instructions.

The class finished and Clara and Newt had their potions finished. Emma finished first, Jasper was one of the last people to get done.

"Guys, the first Quidditch match is happening this December!" Jasper said excitedly.

"Who's playing who?" Newt asked.

"Slytherin and Hufflepuff." Emma replied. Clara grinned.

"Obviously, me and Clara are going for Hufflepuff!" Newt said grinning.

"I guess so." She said, grinning.

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