Hogwarts Fanfiction: The Beginning

CHAPTER THIRTY TWO

Zoey couldn't sleep that night. She wanted to listen to her father, but she didn't want to disappoint her mother any more than she already had. She stayed up all night studying about Beauxbatons. She was stressed. She had the whole summer to study Hogwarts. Now she only has one night to study about the dreaded French school.

Before she knew it, her mum was calling her down for breakfast. She went downstairs to the smell of French toast. Great, she thought, French. Mum's really trying to rub it in. She ate her French toast and waited in the car for her mum to take her to the train station.

Her mum was out shortly after. She got into the car and drove to the station. It was silent the whole ride. No one made conversation.

When they got to Kings Cross, her mum walked her to platform 17, to the Pyrenees mountains of southern France. She boarded the train and waved to her mother. She was going to listen to her father. She was going to get expelled from Beauxbatons. She would have no other place to go but Hogwarts.

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The train ride was boring. There was no one else on the train. She sat down, staring out the window. She could hear and see the soft pitter-patter of the rain. She wondered why her mum was so mean. Why couldn't she be Ravenclaw? The house has good traits.

A few hours later a woman with some snacks came up to her. "Voulez-vous quelque chose ma chère?"

Zoey was confused and didn't know what she was saying. She saw that the woman was carrying snacks. She assumed that she was asking if she wanted any. There were no sweets. It was all fruit. Zoey shook her head no. The woman seemed disappointed but walked away anyway.

Time passed and Mindy was begging Zoey for food. She opened her trunk and took out some berries. She handed them out to Mindy and the mouse ate happily.

Hours went by, and Zoey fell asleep at some point. She woke up to the screeching sound of the train wheels on the track. They had arrived at Beauxbatons. She looked out the window and saw a huge palace. She was not excited.