Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

Prologue

"Mummy, where are we going?" I cried, tears rolling down my face, as I was being dragged out of my home and into the car.

"Don't worry darling" Mother replied tears also down her face, she shoved me into my booster seat, leaving a red hand mark on my arm. I rubbed it frantically, "Oh darling did I do that to you?!" I nodded "I'm so sorry, you know I didn't mean it" Mother put her arm around me.

"Where are we going mummy?" I asked again really wanting an answer but deep down I knew we were leaving. Daddy had punched mummy, and had slept with his secretary and his best friends wife. Daddy always done this but it had never been this bad, I'm six years old and shouldn't be witnessing this.

"We're going to live with aunt Lisa for a while. Until we can support ourselves" Mummy  drove into the moonlight, I shut my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

 5 years later

I put on my new uniform, I wore a dress with a throw that had ribbon to tie into a bow at the front, and a had that looked like an upside down tear but it curled round. The uniform was an Air force blue and I wore broke shoes that had different shades of blue on them. My mother put my silky milk chocolate brown hair into a neat ballet bun and my hat sat on my head tilted to the side.

As I got out the car I noticed the new school I was attending Beauxbatons Academy of Magic It was any girls dream, it was a massive mansion and I meant MASSIVE. the cream coloured walls outside,  with loads of windows, and the roofs were grey but the ones on huge towers went up to point, and the gardens, green everywhere, trees flowers with a moat around the sides it was beautiful.

I was shocked when I had my acceptance letter from this school, well I was a Pure-Blood witch meant I was a real Witch and not 'Muggle'. Muggle's were people who had no connection to magic in any way or form, they were normal. Mother told be a little about it but I wasn't really listening.

"Bonjour!"  I jumped and all my books fell on the corridor floor, a young girl, about the same age as me stood right in my face, her silvery-blonde hair in wavy curls "vous êtes nouveau ici?" She added, I looked at her blankly. I shook my head without a reply.

She hought for a second "Anglais? Espagnol? ou?" I had done a little French in my old school

"Anglais! I'm English!" I replied nodding she shook my hand

"My name es Gabrielle, et que vous êtes?" She smiled

"Anna, my name is Anna" I replied, feeling awkward cause I knew no French

"Only joking! I know a bit of English!" Gabrielle replied laughing, she has a strong French accent when she spoke English. "What I was saying was, are you new here?" She added picking up my books and handing them to me

"Yes, however, I don't really know where I am going" I replied looking for signs to the headmistress's office.

"So am I, but my older sister Fluer goes to this school so I know my way a little" Gabrielle replied, she took my hand and lead me to the main hall. A teacher who was stumpy stopped us from going in to the hall. 

"Bonjour les filles, mon nom est Mlle Bellamy" The teacher said, I understood her name was Miss Bellamy, she seemed nice but could be strict if needed.

She said a few more things that I didn't really understand, but I knew we had to go into the Hall and sit at a long line of tables.

Miss Bellamy opened the door and this room was like the Tardis from Doctor Who, the tables were in a swirl, like a circle but it didn't have an end. lots of older girls were around he outside, I gathered we had to go in the middle so we could talk to the older students.

A very tall lanky woman stood up, and tapped her wand against her glass of red wine, "Huh-Hmm" She coughed elegantly the whole room went dead with silence, all eyes n this woman. "Bonjour, bienvenue à notre école, l'Académie Beauxbâtons de la Magie. Je suis très heureux de voir de nouveaux et vieux visages. je suis Madame Olympe Maxime" She said, greeting us all, so her name was Madame Olympe Maxime and she was our headmistress. She was a red fur coat and her hair was a dark purple/brown.

After dinner we were showed to our Dormitories, all the girls seemed so lovely, but I knew there would be some bitchy ones. In the common room Gabrielle met up with her older sister Fluer, Gabrielle was a spitting image of her older sister, but only younger. Fluer was lovely, however she didn't know much English, and was explaining what the lessons where like before we went to bed.

Well I've been at the school for at least.. two months now, I absolutely love it here, apart from two girls who I absolutely loathe, Alice and Marie. Well my French has certainly improved, I know Sorts is Wand and Quill is the same, I also learned a spell called Wingarduim Leviosa. I definitely don't want to go home in the next Christmas term.