The three of us hurried through Central Park and were almost ran over by an ostrich as it briskly trotted by us as if it were escaping something. Jacob whimpered, terrified. Newt pulled a leather helmet out of his pocket and handed it to Jacob. "Put this on," Newt told him. "Why?" Jacob asked, confused. "Because your skull is susceptible to breakage under immense force," Newt said. He began to take off before he turned around, pulled another helmet out and handed it to me. "You better put this on, too."

"Why me?" I asked. "Because even if you're not susceptible, I don't want your sisters to kill me," Newt said. I giggled quietly as I strapped the helmet onto my head and Jacob and I closely followed behind him.

We ran up to the now almost deserted zoo, the outer walls of which had been demolished. I heard a bellowing roar echo around the brick building. Newt pulled two chest protectors out and began fastening one to me. "Okay, if you both just, uh, pop these on."

He then moved on to attaching the other to Jacob. "Now, there is absolutely nothing for either of you to worry about," he reassured us. "Tell me... does anyone ever believe you when you tell them not to worry?" Jacob asked. "Well, my philosophy is worrying means you suffer twice," Newt said before he took off again.

Jacob and I followed him to the zoo's entrance, where a large, rhino-like creature with a massive horn protruding from her forehead was cornering a comparatively tiny hippo that looked absolutely terrified. It was like a reverse of when my Aunt Opal was trying to seduce a waiter at Cousin Taylor's wedding.

"She's in season. She needs to mate," Newt told us. He took out a small vial of liquid out of his coat pocket. He pulled the cork out with his teeth, spat it to the side, and poured a bit of the liquid on both of his wrists. After I accidentally caught a whiff of it, I pinched my nose and started breathing through my mouth. "Erumpent musk. She's mad for it," Newt said before he handed the bottle to me and headed into the zoo. I quickly handed the bottle to Jacob.

Newt placed the case on the ground and opened it in a seductive manner. I am not making this up. I swear that I am not making this up.

Then came the mating dance. And I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like it. Don't laugh, don't laugh, I tried to tell myself as a wide grin crept onto my face.

Newt rolled over onto the ground, with the Erumpent coping his motions and moving closer to the case. "Good girl... come on... into the case," Newt coaxed the creature.

Out of curiosity, Jacob sniffed the Erumpent musk. We both felt something hit us, which caused him to spill the liquid on the chest protector. We turned around and saw a seal just as it flopped away. Just as we turned back around, we saw the Erumpent back on her feet and staring at Jacob. Newt, Jacob, and I exchanged looks that clearly said, "Oh, crap."

I turned to Jacob slowly, not wanting to make any sudden movements. "Run," I whispered. Jacob wailed as the creature charged toward him, running as fast as he could. I ran over to Newt, who just had his wand stolen by a baboon. I pulled my wand out of my pocket and turned back to the rubble. "Repar--"

And the baboon promptly snatched my wand away as well. "But you already got his!" I yelled, gesturing at Newt. We ran after the baboon and caught up to him in front of a fence. Newt broke off two sticks from a branch nearby and knelt down to the animal's level. "They're exactly the same... same thing," Newt tried to convince it.

"NEWT! MISS GOLDSTEIN!" I heard Jacob scream. I grabbed another stick. "If we speed this up, you can get a third one," I offered. The baboon shook our wands, not paying attention to us. "No, no, no, don't--" we tried to warn it, but both of our wands went off, throwing the baboon behind the fence.

"So sorry," Newt apologized. We both picked up our wands and ran to the frozen lake, where Jacob was rolling down the hill and onto the ice below while the Erumpent chased him. I grabbed Newt's case and opened it as all four of us hit the ice. As Newt and I slid across the ice, the Erumpent was mere feet from Jacob as she was sucked into the case.

I took deep breaths, feeling my heart pounding from all the excitement. After a long silence for all of us to catch our breath, Newt finally spoke up. "Good show, Miss Goldstein, Mr. Kowalski."

I turned around to Newt. "You can call me Courtney," I told him with a smile. Jacob held out his hand to us. "Call me Jacob," he told us. He and Newt shook hands and then he shook hands with me.

Newt helped the both of us up and we began to make our way to the bridge. I almost slipped, but Newt stopped me from falling by wrapping his arm around my waist. I felt my cheeks heat up as I straightened myself up and he quickly pulled his arms away. "Thanks," I whispered. "No problem," he whispered back. "Well, two down, one to go."

He set the case down and opened it. "Ladies first," he said. I stepped into the case and carefully climbed down the ladder.

I watched the final trailer for "Crimes of Grindelwald" and it's so AWESOME! No spoilers, but I was shook when I learned the name of Claudia Kim's character. I can't wait until I get to that movie and I get to write Courtney in.

Also... NEWTINA feels! Yes, I ship Newtina because... come on! They're so cute together. And I've been reading a lot of fanfiction about them lately. If you're on Fanfiction.net, I recommend reading Newtina fanfictions by msrowley, Bellarsam Chrisjulittle, FandomNonsense, and GryffindorCriss. They're so well written and even hype me up even more for the movie.

As for Newt and Courtney's ship name, I've decided on.... NEWTNEY!

And, anyone note the sexual tension at the end of Newt and Courtney?

Also, if you're an adult who is registered to vote, go and vote tomorrow! Here's a little song that might get you to do it if you aren't convinced...

https://youtu.be/BhBqMbXOQZ0

Well my darlings, until the next chapter, where I promise a lot of Newtney teasing!