#Judette Scamander

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Baby Juliet and Newt’s Coat

(Oneshot in The Chosen Ones series)

Baby Juliet loved fabric and soft textures. When her Uncle Newt carried her, she liked to touch the blue coat he was wearing and feel the fabric.

One day, Newt came home after getting groceries, greeted Theseus and the babies, who were all playing in the living room, hung his blue coat on the back of the couch, and went to the kitchen to put the groceries away. Theseus picked up Judette, who was sitting closest to him, and took her to the high chair in the kitchen.

When Newt and Theseus weren’t looking, Juliet went to the back of the couch and tugged on Newt’s coat till it fell on top of her. The brothers heard the noise and turned around to see Newt’s coat on the floor. Newt told Theseus he’d take care of it and went to the living room as Theseus continued to get Judette settled in the high chair. Newt came closer to the fallen overcoat and saw a little lump moving underneath it. He lifted the part of the coat that was covering the moving lump and saw his one-year-old niece looking down, her tiny hands holding the part of his coat that was in her lap. The little head of black curls looked up, a curious expression on the baby’s tan face. When she saw it was Newt, she smiled happily. Newt smiled back at her and shook his head, amused. Then Juliet turned her attention back to the overcoat, continuing to feel it. Newt turned to call Theseus over, but Theseus was already on his way.

“Is Juliet okay?” Theseus asked.

“Yeah, she’s fine,” Newt said amusedly.

Theseus looked over at his content baby and sighed, smiling at the scene.

“She really likes your coat.”

“She does.”

“To be fair, it is a really nice coat.”

“Yeah,” Newt laughed.

Theseus gently picked up Juliet to take her to her high chair.

“Come on, Jules. It’s time to eat,” he said lightly.

As Theseus carried her to the kitchen, Newt took out his wand and pointed it at at his coat, cast a duplication spell on it, and shrunk it till it was about Juliet’s size. Then he thought for a moment and decided to duplicate the baby-sized coat and give the second one to Judette.

As the fathers were feeding their daughters, Newt told Theseus what he did and asked if he could give Juliet one of the little coats. Theseus agreed, thinking that she would be really happy. So after the babies were fed, Newt presented one of the baby coats to Juliet. When she realized it was for her, she cooed happily.

Newt took Juliet’s sweater off and then helped her into the coat. She looked down at the coat and felt it. Then she looked up at Newt and smiled happily. He smiled back at her and then at Theseus, who thanked him for giving her the gift.

Then Newt looked at Judette. “I didn’t forget about you, little one,” he said softly, and he showed her her coat.

The Scamander brothers looked on fondly at their little loves in their overcoats.

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The Spaghetti Mountain and the Snowman

(Oneshot in The Chosen Ones series)

After Leta finished preschool duties at the Scamander brothers’ home with three-year-olds Juliet and Judette, the girls excitedly pulled Newt and Theseus toward the table that their paintings were lying on to dry. Leta smiled at the scene, but when her gaze landed on Judette and Newt, her smile became a little nervous.

Judette eagerly grabbed her painting and showed it to Newt. Newt took it from her, and his jaw slightly dropped when he saw it. There was a giant triangularish-shaped blob of reddish-pink paint in the middle. The blob was very thick with paint, so thick that it was probably going to take around two days to dry.

Newt’s lips then curled into a humorous smile, and he said, “It’s nice, Judette. What is it?”

“It’s a spaghetti mountain!” she said enthusiastically, a big smile on her face.

Newt burst out laughing.

Theseus’s head turned towards Newt and Juliet. His hands were holding Juliet’s painting.

“What is it?” Theseus asked, smiling.

Newt just motioned to him to look at Judette’s painting.

Theseus set Juliet’s painting back on the table and patted his daughter’s shoulder affectionately. Then he turned and looked at the painting in Newt’s hands.

“Oh!” He saw the blob but also noticed how much paint was on the paper. “Wow.”

“She said it’s a spaghetti mountain,” Newt said, grinning.

“A spa—” Theseus put his hand to his forehead and shook his head, laughing.

Both men looked over at Leta, who gave them an apologetic but amused smile.

“It’s nice, Judette,” Theseus finally said to his niece as his laughter died down. Judette grinned proudly.

Newt carefully set Judette’s very thickly-painted painting back on the table, and gently squeezed his daughter’s shoulder in affection. Then his gaze turned to Juliet, and he asked to see her painting. She happily showed him her painting of a snowman.

“Tell him who the snowman is,” Theseus said, grinning.

“He’s Frosty’s brother!” Juliet declared.

“Is he now?” Newt asked, smiling at her.

“Yeah.”

“Alright,” he said softly. “What’s his name?”

“Sky,” she murmured.

“Sky,” Newt repeated. “That’s a nice name.”

Newt admired the painting and then looked at his niece as he said, “It’s great, Juliet.”

Juliet beamed.

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April Fool’s Prank

(Oneshot in The Chosen Ones series)

It was teatime, and Newt, Theseus, and seven-year-old cousins Juliet and Judette went into the kitchen to prepare for it. Theseus and Newt washed their hands before going to the cupboards. Then, Juliet pushed the stepping stool in front of the sink and stepped on that stool. She tucked her nearly shoulder-length black hair behind her ears, rolled up the gray long-sleeves of her light pink shirt, and washed her hands. When she was done, Judette got on the stepping stool, quickly smoothed her dark blue t-shirt down, and washed her hands.

The kids got the placemats, utensils, and napkins, and started setting the table. Newt got the teabags, sugar, cups, and spoons for his and Theseus’s teas, and Theseus took out the plates and cups and set them on the counter within the girls’ reach. The girls took them and finished setting the table.

Newt sped up the steeping process, then took the sugar container and poured the sugar into the teas. Juliet and Judette saw that, and their eyes widened and they pressed their lips together, trying to suppress their smiles. Meanwhile, Theseus set out some scones, strawberry jam, cantaloupe that he had sliced earlier, and dairy-free milk.

Then, everyone sat at the table and got their food. The kids weren’t strong enough to pour the milk without making a mess, so Newt poured milk into Judette’s cup, and Theseus poured milk into Juliet’s cup.

Then, Theseus took his spoon and started to stir his tea. Newt did the same.

The girls quickly glanced between Newt’s and Theseus’s cups and their own food as they ate, trying not to be too obvious. Theseus was a highly observant auror after all.

When the brothers were done stirring their teas, they raised their cups to their lips and took a sip.

They sputtered in disgust.

The tea was salty!

The girls burst out laughing. Theseus and Newt, looked at them and then at each other, confused.

“We got you!” they exclaimed gleefully.

“What—” Theseus stammered.

“We switched the salt and sugar,” Juliet said, smiling.

“You did?” Newt asked incredulously.

“Yeah! We used magic to take them out of their containers and put them in the other ones,” Judette said excitedly.

Newt and Theseus were quiet for a few moments. Then, Newt remembered.

“It’s April Fool’s Day,” he said, smiling at Theseus. Theseus’s eyes widened in realization.

The girls giggled.

Theseus chuckled and shook his head.

“Alright, you got us,” he said in mock defeat. He held his arms out toward them. “Come here, you two.”

When Juliet reached him, he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, rocking her gently. After he pulled out of the hug, his hands lingered on her shoulders and he smiled at her.

When he let her go, he turned to Judette, ruffled her short black hair, and pulled her closer to him so he could kiss her head. He then laid his hand on the edge of her shoulder, smiling at her.

Like her dad, Judette didn’t like hugs.

Theseus let her go and then turned towards Newt. He chuckled, and Newt shook his head in amusement.

The girls walked over to Newt.

“April Fool’s, Daddy,” Judette said as she looked up at Newt, a big smile on her face.

Newt laughed and shook his head.

“April Fool’s, Judette.”

He kissed his daughter on the top of her head and cupped her cheek before letting go and giving the same affection to his niece.