A/N: This is a time turner AU. On pottermore, I did some research into the time turner and it was mostly about how long a person can go back in time before being affected. I was very curious about going into the future and it did not have any information about the future. I am only interpreting the deadly affects from going into the past for this future AU. After I saw FBAWTFT twice, I immediately fell in love with Newt and I thought about the Prisoner of Azkaban book where Newt shows up on the map. I thought,"What if Newt travelled to the future?" I have always wanted to see an interaction between Hermione and Newt (since they are some of my favorite characters). This AU takes place in Order of the Phoenix. I thought of this because I think it would be a fun idea if Newt had to deal with Dumbledore and Dolores Umbridge at this time. I have so many more reasons for wanting to write this AU at this certain time but I must be boring you. Please give any criticism and corrections, they are always welcome.

-Athena, Slytherin.

Prologue

New York, 1926

Two days after Grindelwald's capture

The MACUSA was in chaos. After all, the wizarding world was just exposed and even worse, the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, has been infiltrating their ranks and rose to a powerful position at Madam Picquery side. To be fooled so easily would make any magical organization on high alert.

Newt was planning on staying in New York a week later then expected. The MACUSA asked him various questions such as how he knew about Grindelwald and what happened in the subway. While Newt was allowed to leave freely with his case full of magical creatures, Madam Picquery required him to create a list of all the beasts and scale them on how dangerous they are. At the same time, Newt tried to educate the MAC about these creatures while staying in New York.

Outside of the days he spent with MAC, Nick went to visit Tina and Queenie as much as he could. Queenie was still upset over letting Jacob go and sneaks off to his bakery quite often. While one of these visits could jog Jacob's memory, Newt did not care as he missed him as well. As for Tina, she regained her job as an Auror after Newt talked to Madam Picquery multiple times. While she was grateful for her job back, Tina still wore a mask of guilt ever since that night in the subway. Newt could see it on her face. Queenie could read both their minds and it was focused on one thing: what could they have done to prevent Credence's death? Newt had wished for a second chance to stand up to Grindelwald when he was attacking while Tina wanted to stall or even arrive early to the scene where Credence was. Both of them could not imagine the emotional impact Credence must have been experiencing while living with his mother. Newt did not think he would ever get that night out of his mind. Whenever he closed his eyes, it always went back to how horrible the MACUSA was to do such a thing. Newt and Tina would have already spoken out but they were on an unofficial probation with the MACUSA.

On his third day in New York, Newt was in the Department of Mysteries (apparently there was one in America). They had requested to look and determine whether or not the Obscurial in his case could be harmful outside of its magical bubble. They only took the bubble and Newt still carried around his case. While waiting for their response, Newt went on a tour on his own. He did not know if this was allowed but curiosity was one of Newt's flaws. There were many doors and rooms full of many different items, some of them were locked. He did see the space room that had beautiful embroidered planets of different colors circling around a bright golden sphere. Newt saw a room full of brains, something that did not sit well with his stomach. He spent the rest of his time wandering around for hours while they assessed the Obscurial. He finally came upon a long hallway with a small object in a glass case. Once Newt got closer, he realized it was a necklace. It was a gorgeous golden round item with a long chain. On the plaque, it read time-turner. Newt remembered reading about time-turner's while at Hogwarts and how they were forbidden from using. He was always questioning time-turners since Newt only studied about the use of going back in time and the impact. Only five hours back in time could not harm a person. As Newt thought about Hogwarts, Leta came to his mind. He suppressed those thoughts as quickly as possible and instead thought how he would use a time-turner now. If Newt had one at Hogwarts, he would have definitely used it for more sleep. However, Newt felt different about it this time. He still felt incredibly guilty about Credence's death and wants to fix it. Credence should of had a chance to live in the wizarding world and it was not right what the MAC did. Newt looked down the hallway to make sure no one was watching. He quickly descended into his case and was trying to find the Niffler. Newt has his chance to save Credence and he wasn't going to waste it. The Niffler would be able to sneak in and out of the magical glass without any detection. As Newt found the Niffler, he tried to scurry away.

"ACCIO," Newt yelled, and the Niffler came towards him.

Upstairs, Newt made a deal with the Niffler, he would be able to spend a day on his own if he only got the time-turner. Newt only made his deal since he planned on re-living the past three days and the Niffler would never remember. While it was incredibly dangerous for Newt to do this, he was very, very desperate to save Credence. As the Niffler came out of the glass with the magical necklace, he left it on the ground in front of Newt and scurried off somewhere with no good intentions.

Newt quickly put the time-turner around his neck. He heard footsteps coming from a different hall, they were evenly paced so Newt inferred he did not set the alarms off. The footsteps soon faded away and he continued with his business. It was 75 hours ago and Newt needed to spin the time-turner 15 times. He heard the footsteps getting closer and Newt felt rushed. He didn't know how many times he flicked it but little did Newt know, he flicked it frontwards instead of backwards. He tried thinking of the subway to appear there but Hogwarts did not leave his mind. It kept coming back to him and as hard as he could, Newt tried to keep those thoughts away. They soon consumed him and all he could think about was Hogwarts. Not paying attention, Newt was set in a gaze about his memories at Hogwarts. He kept flicking it without his knowledge. It was a good six minutes until Newt realized what happened, but it was too late as the scenery changed. Newt quickly grabbed his case beside him before it was too late. The hallway in the Department of Mysteries soon washed away to reveal a vast forest.

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed this prologue! The next chapter will have more speaking parts. This was mostly a description about how the story starts. If there are any ideas, please tell me! I would love to hear more ideas!

As always, please review so that I can make these chapters better!

-Athena, Slytherin.