Green eyes princess (HP fanfic)

Chapter 1 - Her

How come it felt so odd? She'd done this so many times before. Maybe it had to do with the fact that she never had done this knowing she wouldn't return at the end of the schoolyear.

She picked up Merlin from the floor and put the black cat into his cage. She looked through the bars of the cage into his pitch black eyes. Silently promising he'd get to come out soon again. Her emerald green eyes scanned her childhood bedroom to see if she missed to pack anything before stating to herself that only the large pieces of furniture were left, the ones that would be taken away by the moving firm later that week.

"Jane come down, it's time to leave" she heard a voice that was so familiar call up the stairs. She looked at herself in the vanity mirror. Fixing a red strand of hair that hung in front of her green eyes before picking up Merlin's cage and making her way downstairs to her aunt and uncle. Her aunt was tall. She had shoulder long, wavy, aburn hair and brown eyes that were partly hidden behind a pair of square glasses. She wore a creme coloured blouse, not too unlike the one Jane wore herself except hers was a light blush colour. Another difference between their choice of clothes were the bottoms. Whilst her aunt wore a pair of jeans, Jane wore a white flowy skirt.

Her uncle however was only wearing a white t-shirt and some jeans. His messy light brown hair had some strokes of grey in it and his chin had only been shaved a few days ago so he had half a centimeter long stubble. He smiled at her as she put on her white sneakers, she didn't really care which shoes she wore as she'd change them in just a few hours anyways.

"Ready to leave?" Uncle Peter asked and she nodded before walking outside to the little white skoda with Merlin, sitting down in the backseat and fastening her seatbelt. The car rolled out of the driveway and onto the pavement road. Her eyes gazed out the window over the town of Toulouse. Knowing she wouldn't return as soon as the term was over she gave off a sigh. It was beautiful here, and she'd never been to Dublin. She had no idea what to expect and was glad it wasn't time for her to move in there for another year.

Her parents had decided to move from Toulouse to Dublin and in the process, Jane would be forced to change school and go to Hogwarts. However, as it was the triwizard tournament this year she'd be allowed to be written as a student at Beauxbatons for another year.

The white car slowed down and parked by the side of the road at the field by Beauxbatons castle where a horse carriage was parked. She stepped out of the car, as did Aunt Rose. They grabbed her things from the trunk and she grabbed Merlin. "Well then... I'll see you next summer" she said and her uncle smiled and nodded. Both of them gave her a large hug before jumping back into the car and driving away.

Jane grabbed the handle of her trunk walked to the carriage to get settled in. Her trunk was placed in the compartment for all the baggage and she sat down beside one of her classmates. Carefully she opened Merlin's cage and he got out of it to lay down on her lap. The red haired girl looked out of the window as the last of the students got in. Not everyone got to come with, however Jane had got special permission from Madame even though she was too young as she was to go to Hogwarts next year and this was a good way to get aquatinted to the school.

The carriage shook lightly as the white horses pulled it over the grass to get some acceleration before jumping into the sky. However, soon enough the carriage was in the air. All around her, students were in eager conversations about what they thought Hogwarts would be like. She herself had no clue what to expect. The redheaded girl petted Merlin gently for a while, imagining what the grand castle would be like. A soft smile appeared on her lips as her thoughts wandered before she put Merlin back in his cage so she could go change into her school uniform. The skyblue over the knee dress looked a lot better on most other girls from her school and the hat only made her look silly in her own opinion, she wasn't sure the shade suited her red hair and bright eyes. She put on the short cape over her shoulders and tied the bow before walking back out to the other students.

The other students from Beauxbatons had stopped their conversations and stood looking out the windows. She slowly approached them to see the castle that was the destination of their travels. She smiled and backed away as Madame Maxime called for their attention. "Ladies and Gentlemen, when we arrive I want you all to follow me to the great hall where we are to meet headmaster Albus Dumbledore" she said with a small smile and gestured at the students with her hands. The students nodded and got themselves ready. Soon enough the carriage hit the ground and the doors opened. Their headmaster showed them the way out and Jane followed into the crowd that had formed outside. She looked down onto the ground and bit her lip before hurrying her steps inside the castle after the others and it didn't take long before she reached the great hall.