The Beauxbatons Granger {On Hold}

The Summer Ball

Ethel's pov: It had been a few weeks since Hannah had offered me to stay at their house, whilst my parents travel. I got out of bed, looked at the bed across the room and saw Hermione's bed empty as she was probably already up. I walked to the bathroom and closed the door. I turned on the hot water and climbed in once it was the right temperature. After a few minutes, I got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body before conjuring up an outfit which consisted of a sky blue dress with whale print patterns on it, a pair of cream earrings and caramel brown heeled ankle boots. I grabbed my cream coloured purse before leaving the bathroom. I walked past Hannah's room and heard a voice which sounded a lot like Aries' but I was not sure. The conversation was muffled as the door was closed, but I heard a groan. I knocked as I heard shuffling around on the other side of the door and Hannah opened it "Good morning Ethel. Do you want me to do your hair for you? I know a hairstyle that would go well with your chosen outfit." Said Hannah as I nod and she allowed me to go into her room. I went to her vanity table which was white in colour and had gold accents in certain areas. I sat on the vanity chair which was also white in colour and had metallic pink accents.

Hannah came up behind the chair and opened up a drawer, in which were a set of two brushes, rose gold in colour, with gold accents and pearls adorning them. She picked up one and started to gently brush my hair, being careful not to grip the brush too tight. Once all my knots were out, she started to do a French braid along the crown of my head. Whilst she worked on my hair, she started to sing a song which was unknown to me. It was quite beautiful and would sound like a lullaby to those who didn't know French.

She finished my hair as I asked "Hannah, what was the name of that song you sung?" She looked at me in the mirror as she said "It's a song I wrote a few years ago called "Strong", there are two versions of it, one in French, the other in English." I nodded my head as she walked towards her closet. She stepped out a few minutes later in a plaid skirt and a red collared sleeveless shirt. Once she'd grabbed her clutch bag, we walked out of her room and downstairs to the dining room. "Bonjour Mia, mére et papa." Said Hannah as she sat down next to her sister. They greeted her back as Aries decided to finally join us. The said boy was dressed in navy blue jeans with a white long sleeved dress shirt and light brown dress shoes. "Bhuel, nach cuma dathúil ort." I heard Hannah mutter as I looked confused, knowing the language was Irish but as to what Hannah said I had no idea. For breakfast we had crêpes which are basically French pancakes.

After breakfast Hermione dragged me to her room after we had helped Mrs Jean put the dishes in the sink. I saw Mia had a bookshelf with quite a few muggle classics. I walked over to the shelf and picked up a book called "A midsummer night's dream" by William Shakespeare. After Mia had grabbed one of the books she was reading, we walked downstairs only to hear Mrs Jean scolding someone in French "Vraiment vous deux! Pourquoi faire ça ici dans le salon alors que tu pourrais le faire dans la chambre, et s'il te plait, si tu dois faire ça, mets un charme de silencieux sur ta porte." I looked at Hermione in confusion as I heard a groan escape from her mouth. "Gah, pourquoi ai-je dû voir ça?!" I heard her say as she pulled me into the room. As to what the two were referring to, I'll never know, I looked in Hannah's direction to see her head resting on Aries' chest as he lay his arm around her shoulders. "Une façon de le rendre évident. Je sais que vous sortez ensemble." I whispered to Hannah and Aries as they both looked at me in shock.

After getting over their internal shock, they decided to tell me their story. I listened intently as they took turns explaining it. At around noon, one-by-one we used floo powder to get to the black manor. Once at the manor, Aries kissed Hannah's cheek before going to his room. A maid led the three of us to Bianca's room as she opened the door. "Ah, at least half the party's here." I heard Bianca say under her breath as she led us into her room. I looked around her room as I found pictures of both her and Aries along with her and the rest of the girls hanging above her bed. "So, the rest of the girls might not be joining us. They decided to get ready at Antonetta's place whilst we get ready here. We will however see them in attendance for the ball." Bianca said to Hannah as we both nod.