Summer before year 5: Miller Manor.
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Eleanor stood before a full-length mirror, admiring her dress for the night. Her parents has forced her to wear a skin-tight dress for the party they were throwing.
Eleanor had been studying at Beauxbatons before she had been expelled for something she didn't do.
•FLASHBACK•
"Hey El, Professor Maxime wants to see you in her office." Eleanor's best friend, Alice, told her.
El groaned. "What have I done this time?"
Alice shrugged. "Dunno. But she's pissed. You better hurry."
Eleanor nodded. "Merci beaucoup Al." as she smoothed her uniform and briskly walked down to Madame Maxime's office.
Alice and Eleanor had special nicknames for each other: Al and El.
Eleanor reached the office and knocked three times, hearing her headmaster say "Come in Miss Miller."
El walked in and sat down in a chair left of the room as Olympe Maxime straightened an ink pot on her desk and looked at Eleanor.
"Miss Miller, I kindly ask for you to pack your things and wait outside the School. Your parents have been informed and you will be send home for the Summer ."
Confused, El asked- "If you don't mind be asking, why am I being sent home?"
"You're being expelled."
Eleanor Miller was astounded. What had she done to get expelled?
Eleanor made the brave decision to continue to ask questions. "Why am I being expelled?"
"Well." Madame Maxime started. "One of my students informed me of a fire starting in one of the classrooms. The spell was traced back to your wand. You are excused from classes for the rest of the day to pack your things and leave."
Dumbfounded, Eleanor left her office, took her shoes off and ran all the way back to her dorm, where she tossed her shoes in the corner and sat on her bed.
Who had her wand last?
Then it hit her.
Alice.
Eleanor ran downstairs and into the hall to find Alice laughing with some girls.
"Hey, Alice! What the fuck is your problem?"
"What do you mean, El?" Alive faked confusion.
"Where's my wand?" El asked demandingly.
"Oh, that. Yeah I kinda snapped it and through it off of that balcony we saw once. Sorry not sorry." Alice laughed.
Eleanor was next to Alice at this point but then remembered what her parents would do to her if she retaliated back.
The girl walked alway calmly before having an intrusive thought.
Eh, fuck it.
She turned around and punched her ex best-friend right in the nose before turning around and walking away with an evil smile on her face.
That felt good.
•END OF FLASHBACK•
Eleanor remembered that memory with a smile on her face. It had happened at the start of summer and it was now one week until school starts again.
"Eleanor! If I have to shout you again, I will make you regret your existence!" Her mother threatened her, snapping the girl out of her thoughts.
"Sorry Mother! I'm coming now!" Eleanor called downstairs before fluffing her curls one more time and slipping her feet into her heels.
When El reached the last step, her mother grabbed one of her curls, yanked her back to her and whispered in her ear. "You're so lucky the guests are here or you'd be close to death right now."
Then she released Eleanor harshly, allowing her only daughter to hit the walls and nearly fall down.
Only, someone caches her. His dark hair covered his eyes and his pursed lips rush to ask if she was alright.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
Eleanor only looked at him confused. "Qui es-tu? Pourquoi vous souciez-vous si je vais bien?"
The stranger only rolled his eyes and spoke fluently. "Je suis Sirius. Sirius Black. Je voulais savoir si tu allais bien parce que tu avais l'air blessé. Maintenant, qui es-tu ?"
Eleanor was astonished that this boy, Sirius, knew fluent French but responded in French still. "Je suis Aliénor. Eleanor Miller. Je vais bien, merci, juste confus. Comment connaissez-vous le français courant?."
Sirius laughed for a moment before saying, still in French. "J'ai grandi dans une famille de sang-pur. Le français était obligatoire."
Eleanor laughed for a second before asking. "Pouvons-nous arrêter de parler en français? Je préfère te parler en anglais."
"Sure, Eleanor. Are your parents hosting this party?"
"Yep." She said, popping the 'p'. "Pureblood Pride, unfortunately."
"Do you always speak in French Eleanor?" He asked.
"No. It only happened because you scared and confused me. I also like testing if people can understand me."
"Well, if that's the case, i understood every word."
"That's nice. So you're the Sirius Black, eh? The troublemaker the Death Eaters all warn their kids not to turn out like you?"
"That's me. Are you a Death eater?" Sirius asked cautiously. "I-i wouldn't make it a big deal! I'd probably have to become one in the future."
"No, thank Merlin for that. I would rather die tha-"
"Eleanor! Eleanor get over here now or I'll-" John nudged his wife to remind her that they were in public. "I'll count to three." Angelica changed it to.
"Well, looks like this is the end of our conversation Sirius. Will I see you at Hogwarts?"
"You bet you will. I think my mates would love you, you know."
"Au revoir et bonne nuit Sirius."
"Au revoir et bonne nuit Aliénor." He called after he retreating figure.
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DISCLAIMER!
I am not French and do not speak/ learn French so I'm using Google Translate. I might when editing put the English in the comments if you want to look there. <3
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
-Ivee
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