August 1st came quite quickly and soon Alice was packed and ready to leave to Beauxbaton. The morning she left she had her usual breakfast before heading to shower, dried her hair, and braided it down the left side. She finished packing her toiletries before changing into her uniform and heading outside wait for the carriage with her trunk and owl, Aspen.
"Alice de la Fontaine?" a small voice suddenly asked.
Alice blinked and right in front of her was a pristine white carriage with two white horses in the front. In front of her was a gorgeous pale woman with pale white hair and pale blue eyes. Alice nodded slowly and looked back to wave at her parents.
"First year, right?" the woman asked. "I am Carine," she replied when Alice nodded yes. "I'm your carriage driver and I will be until the end of your eighth year. In your ninth and final year, you will have a specialty carriage take you to and from."
"Thank you, Carine," Alice replied, smiling brightly. "Where do I put my trunk?"
"Leave it to me, manquer," Carine replied, grabbing the bags and loading them in.
Alice got in the carriage and waiting patiently for Carnine to start the carriage. The carriage lurched forward and soon they were slowly jogging before long Alice felt her stomach lurch forward. Alice looked out the window and noticed they were in the sky, just below the clouds. Alice leaned back and grabbed a book to read. Alice had learned that she would be in a suite with one other girl. It included a bathroom and a shower.
An hour and a half later, the carriage landed and the door was opened for Alice. Alice stepped out, careful not to twist her ankle in the small heeled light blue shoes she wore with her uniform. She stood straight up by her carriage, waiting for one of the teachers to come and inspect her.
"You may go in. Wait by the doors with the other girls," a teacher instructed sharply.
Alice nodded silently and followed another girl to the front door of the large, white castle. There were about a hundred other girls, wearing the exact same uniform and nervous expression as everyone else. Alice stood near the back of the group and studied over the group of girls.
"Hi, I'm Emma David," a small girl piped up from beside Alice.
"Alice de la Fontaine," Alice replied quietly.
"How long was your ride?" Emma asked.
"About an hour and a half, you?" Alice replied.
"It was about 30 minutes. This place isn't far from my village," she explained before going silent.
A tall, mean looking woman was standing before them. Her hair was in a short bob. She had a sharp nose and chin that swooped up. She wasn't an attractive woman whatsoever. The girls hushed each other before standing silently in front of the tall woman.
"I am Headmistress Bellamy," she said, her voice non-quivering. "I will give you your tour."
Her midnight blue cloak whipped behind her as stalked off. The girls hurried off behind her. They looked around the as she started pointing out different classrooms, different important people all girls must know, about the professors and who teaches what, the library, the Main Hall, Second Year Hall, Third Year Hall, Fourth Year Hall, Fifth Year Hall, Sixth Year Hall, Seven Year Hall, Eighth Year Hall, and Ninth Year Wing. Finally, after Second Year Hall, which was in-between First and Third Year Hall, was First Year Hall. The group stopped outside the large hallway. Headmistress Bellamy stood, staring down at the children.
"This is First Year Hall," she said, her voice monotonous. "Here you will sleep, wash, and do homework not finished during your Study Hour. You have a Suitemate and each of you will be responsible for each other. You and your suitemate do not have the same class schedule, in fact, you and your suitemate will not have a single class together, except for Flying. Your names are on the door, your class schedule is on your bed. Tea is in an hour, dinner is at 5, and curfew is at nine. If you have any troubles, Professor David is at the base of the hallways."
At the end of her sentence, the woman turned away and walked down the hallway, disappearing down another hallways. Alice stood and stared at the hallways which was now filling with first years.
"Maybe we'll be suitemates," Emma said, hopefully.
"Maybe," Alice said, smiling at the girl.
Emma and Alice started down the hallway and started glancing at each of the name plates, written on a gold plaque. There were girls all over, setting up their rooms the way they liked it. Finally Alice and Emma got to the last room on the hallways and there, written on the gold plaque was Alice de la Fontaine and Emma David.
"Are you ready to go in?" Alice questioned her new friend.
"Definitely," replied the smaller girl as she grinned and pushed open the door.
The room was separated in half, one side belonged to Alice and the other to Emma. There were two queen sized beds in the room, a nightstand on the right and a bookcase on the left. The bed that belonged to Alice had a dark purple duvet with two grey pillows and two dark purple pillows. The bed that belonged to Emma had a royal blue duvet with two black pillows and two royal blue pillows.
There were three windows, one behind Alice's bed, one behind Emma's bed, and one between the girls bed, facing the lake that's crystal blue waters seemed to stretch on for miles. On the wall with the door, there were two desks with a piece of rolled up parchment on it.
"These must be our class schedules," Emma noted.
Alice picked up her schedule and looked it over.
For the first two weeks of term, Monday through Friday you will be in Flying with Professor Farve from ten in the morning until eleven in the morning and from seven at night until eight at night.
Quidditch matches begin September 26th. Please pick a term from the following:
Rouge
Pourpre
Vert
Jaune
These are our four Quidditch teams. You will pick one and that will become the Quidditch team you follow. In one year you must attend FOUR Quidditch games, record the score and answer a question about the match. If you do not attend you will be required to write a three parchment essay on the history of Quidditch. If you answer your question wrong BUT you were at the match, you must prove you were at the match. If you are a member of the team you are exempt. First and Second Years are unable to try out for their teams.
Classes for the year are as listed below:
Mondays:
Herbology with Professor Bellerose in the lower Greenhouse at 11 in the morning
Charms with Professor Abel in Room 105 at 1 in the afternoon
Potions with Professor Victors in Dungeon 2 at 4 in the afternoon
Transfiguration with Professor Roux in Room 101 at 6 in the evening
Study Hall in the library at 8 in the evening
Tuesdays:
Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Jacques in Room 106 at 9 in the morning
Muggle Studies with Professor Vincent in Room 107 at 1 in the afternoon
Potions with Professor Victors in Dungeon 1 at 3 in the afternoon
Transfiguration with Professor Roux in Room 101 at 4 in the afternoon
Study Hall in Your Own Room at 6 in the evening
Wednesday:
Flying with Professor Farve on Quidditch grounds at 9 in the morning
Muggle Studies with Professor Vincent in Room 107 at 11 in the morning
Transfiguration with Professor Roux in Room 101 at 2 in the afternoon
Study Hall in the library at 4 in the afternoon
Astrology with Professor David on Astrology Tower 1 at midnight
Thursday:
Flying with Professor Farve on Quidditch Grounds at 11 in the morning
Astrology with Professor David in Astrology Tower 2 at 1 in the afternoon
Transfiguration with Professor Roux in Room 101 at 3 in the afternoon
Study Hall in library at 4 in the afternoon
Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Jacques in Room 106 at 7 in the evening
Friday:
Herbology with Professor Bellerose in Greenhouse 2 at 9 in the morning
Potions with Professor Victors in Dungeon 4 at 2 in the afternoon
Study Hall in library at 3 in the afternoon
Transfiguration with Professor Roux in Room 101 at 4 in the afternoon
Charms with Professor Abel in Room 105 at 6 in the evening
Please note that breakfast will begin at 5 in the morning and end at 9 in the morning, lunch will begin at 11 in the morning and end at 1 in the afternoon, and dinner will be served from 5 in the evening until 7 in the evening. Sunday through Thursday, curfew is at 9 in the evening unless you have Astrology at midnight. Friday and Saturday, curfew will be at midnight.
Good luck
Staff of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
"That is a lot," Alice mused, placing the letter down and beginning to unpack her things.
"That is," Emma replied, sitting on her bed.
Alice silently put all her books away on the bookshelf, leaving room for the additional books she'd acquired over the next year. She hung up all her uniforms and placed the uniform she currently was wearing in the dirty basket.
"Let's sort out what goes where in the bathroom," Emma suggested after she had put away all her things.
"Alright," Alice replied and followed Emma to the bathroom.
The bathroom was huge as well. There were two sinks with four drawers and three shelves for each of them. There was a quite large shower and a quite large bathtub along with it. The toilet and bidet were sitting side by side in a small room next to the bathroom.
"I take left, you take right?" Emma asked and Alice nodded, placing her toiletries along her side of the sink.
"When is tea?" Alice asked.
"It should be soon, do you want to head down?" Alice nodded and the two of them walked out of their room and closed the door. "So, are you excited to start class?"
"I kind of am, kind of not. I haven't really been on a broom. Mother and Father say I can't until I go to school," Alice replied.
"Do you have any siblings?" she then asked.
"Yes, two sisters and two brothers. I'm the youngest," she smiled. "What about you?"
"I'm the oldest of eight and the first in my family to go to Beauxbatons, where did your brothers and sisters go?"
"My brothers, Frank and Fred, went to Durmstrang and my sisters, Lili and Maeva, went to the Brazilian wizarding school. My mother and aunts came here though," Alice replied as they entered the Dining Chambers.
"Hello girls," a young witch said, smiling at the two of them. "Are you here for tea?"
"Yes, madame," Emma replied softly.
"Two per table," she said, ushering them in.
Emma and Alice sat at a table with a light pink tablecloth and little tea candles in the middle. There was a small white teapot with little pink flowers dotting it with teacups and small plates to put pastry on it.
"What desserts would you like?" a young girl.
"A benguie, angel wings, and Religieuse," Alice said.
"I'll have the same," Emma said, smiling.
"I was unable to have lunch, seeing as I was traveling at noon," Alice explain.
"I was too," Emma giggled.
The two girls served themselves tea and munched on toasted pieces of a baguette with cinnamon butter. When their desserts arrived, they munched on those, talking happily. When they finished, they waited until the table was clean before exiting and heading to their room again.
"I wish we could go swim on the lake," Emma said, gazing at the lake.
"I wish we could too," Alice replied.
After a delicious dinner of moules marinières, hachis parmentier, and cassoulet and a dessert of Pièce montée, Alice and Emma headed to bed.