Prologue: In Which Victoire Gives an Insight

My name is Victoire Marie Weasley. I am a witch, daughter of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour. Yes, I am somehow related to the great Harry Potter, the Chosen One. I have long, straight silvery-blonde hair that comes to my waist, electric blue eyes and pale skin. I look exactly like my mother except for the light smattering of freckles on my nose and I stand at 5'5 with a soft barely noticeable figure. My sister is Dominique "Dom" Weasley. She got the fiery hair, dark eyes and the short stature, being only 5'1, of the Weasleys. Louis Weasley is my youngest sibling and only brother. He has the same silvery-blond hair and startling blue eyes I have and is an inch taller than I am.

I study, or should I say studied, at Hogwarts and was supposed to be entering my Seventh Year come this September. I am best friends with Teddy Lupin who I may or may not be madly in love with. He just graduated two years ago and is starting his auror training. I found out two years ago that he may in fact like me as more than a friend. He kissed me at his graduation, and we write to each other but he's been strangely distant these past few months. I truly wish that there's hope for us but he's said that he wasn't ready for a relationship. I told him I could wait.

That is until, my maternal grandmother requested, demanded is more like it, for us to stay with her in her time of "great need", I quote. She is sick but not terminally so, just an occasional colds and cough. I'd wager she's just feeling pretty lonely cooped up in that gigantic house of hers so she decides to play the trump card and make us all feel guilty since we left her all alone with Lacey, her house elf, after grandpa passed away.

So, I will be living in France. In France, for Godric's sake! They speak French there! I mean, we've lived there before but I was just a kid then. I'll be leaving all of my friends from Hogwarts and start at Beauxbatons for my last year. I cannot believe this is happening! I'm leaving all of my friends to go to some snooty, obnoxious school where they can't even pronounce their 'h's! Okay, that was uncalled for but seriously, I cannot get over it. Thank Merlin, Auntie Gabe is a teacher there. I think she teaches DADA or something. At least there's something to look forward to.

Another good that comes from this is that I'll be seeing my best friend back when I was seven, Verita Devereux. I met her at a muggle school I used to study in when we lived with my grandmother. We seldom corresponded when I started Hogwarts but I visited her once when I was in Second Year and I promised her if I would ever study at Beauxbatons, I'd tell her about it. I never thought it would actually happen! I sent her an owl just before summer started and she replied in a fortnight asking if she could stay over three weeks before term started to help me fit in so that's in two days. I honestly can't wait to see her!

Uh-oh. Dom and Lou are back, I hear them trudging around whining about how all of our stuff's gone. I hear them calling me. Damn.

"Well, we can stand here like French, Vicky, or we can leave!" I hear my dad call up to me. I sigh at his awful excuse for a pun and grab my bag. This is going to be one heck of a year.

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Yes, I know, pretty short. :)) I just started writing. Go easy on me? Feedback is much appreciated. Thanks!

-Ish