Ginny's first stop had been the French carriage but she didn't get any information there, so she chose to roam the grounds, it would help clear her mind and maybe she'd come across the French girl she needed to speak to. By the lake she stopped, she could hear people screaming, squealing…She followed the voices to know what in merlin name was happening, as she reached a small glade. She twisted to the side and managed to avoid getting hit by a snowball. She ran and hid behind a tree. She heard Fred's voice "Finally! We could use the help Ginny!"
She looked around and located what appeared to be different teams. The boys from her family seemed to compose one all by themselves.
Next, she spotted Harry with Seamus, Neville and Dean.
She raised an eyebrow as she saw Luna sitting in a tree reading abook upside down. In her soft mellow voice, she told her without looking from her book. "They needed an impartial referee"
"I take it back! You're not impartial! You favor the girls" Exclaimed Seamus as he poked his head out from behind the snow wall he was hiding behind. He even pointed at the said group.
There they were. Hermione and Laetitia were making snowballs as fast as they could and were putting them down. Ginny frowned, not understanding the strategy, until Fleur moved her fingers then raised her hands, the snowballs were floating then she threw them fast anyone could the muggle way.
"We said no magic!" Exclaimed Ron, not showing himself after he saw Seamus be target by all the girls' snowballs.
"Technically we said no wands!" Was Hermione response.
"Do you really want to argue with Hermione about rules?" Asked Harry while he was still helping Seamus recover.
The Gryffindor in question raised her head, glaring. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Rules are meant to be broken!" Scream Fred as he jumped out from his hiding place, shoulder to shoulder with his twin, wands raised. They swirled it in tandem, raising snow from the ground, creating an over 7 feet high snowman.
Neville jumped up next, creating a giant Lion, Dean added a small squirrel on it. The other boys in his team gave him a look. "What? I like squirrels"
Seamus rolled his eyes while Fleur pulled out her wand, this time a snow woman appeared. Her best friend added a little something too.
Hermione groaned right before her girlfriend exclaimed "Laetitia!"
The raven-haired woman pointed at the red headed team. "They gave theirs extra big muscles, I thought it would fit that ours would get extra big boobs"
Ginny could have sworn she had heard Luna sing a strange sentence "Do you want to build a snowman?" but she didn't seem to have moved at all.
"You are such a guy" Commented Hermione.
"You are so imbued by our society's toxic ideologies. Stop being stupid. Girls can like big boobs too"
Hermione's mouth dropped opened, her brain froze, one of the worst insults one could ever address her, calling her stupid.
"Focus!" Scolded Fleur "We have a squirrel problem"
The girls turned back to what had turned into some kind of snow avatar fight. Their snowwoman was trying to get the squirrel from her hair while the lion had the snowman's hip between his teeth, paws and claws on its legs.
They were all starting to yell and gesticulate, she saw Hermione pull out her wand and she had her game face on. Ginny rolled her eyes as she stepped in, pulling out her own wand. "Reducto!"
All the creatures exploded, throwing snow all over the place, some of it falling slowly after the blast. After a good minute it was clear, they were all more or less covered in snow as Ginny stepped into the glade not a snow fleck on her. "This was just getting ridiculous"
"Doesn't she just look like mom when she is like that?" Whispered Ron to his brothers, who merely nodded, that was scary.
Fleur hit Laetitia in the stomach with the back of her hand, just had enough. "What was that for?"
"I saw your ears twitch. Don't even think about it"
"Think about wh…oh" She rolled her eyes. "Get your mind out of the gutter, I was just listening in, not perking up"
"My bad, force of habit" Apologized Fleur, without looking that sorry.
Laetitia rolled her eyes again as she started to remove the snow from her body.
Ginny was still glaring, she had finally managed to locate the French girl. She had been beating herself up all this time while Laetitia was having fun with her friends. That stung a bit. Luna appeared next to her, whatever she had been reading was rolled and tucked in into the waist of her skirt, she was snow free as she stated "The girls team win"
"What?!" Exclaimed the Weasley's boys.
"We said no wands. You were the first one to use it, disqualified. Then Neville and Dean, which disqualified their team. By lack of opponent at that point the girls won" She wasn't looking at any of them as she spoke, she was looking at something up, maybe in a tree.
"Following your logic, the girls were disqualified too! I call that refereeing error! Or unfairness!" Argue Seamus.
Luna glanced at him. "Fine then, you all are losers"
Seamus made a face, this wasn't the outcome he was hoping for.
And she walked away humming while she was still looking up, like she was following something only she could see.
They all looked at each over, for a second before Hermione walked up to the opposite. "It was a very nice lion Neville" He blushed and rubbed his neck, looking away. "Thanks Hermione"
They were all converging in the glade. George speaking loudly "That snowman was amazing Fred. Very nice magic"
"Why thank you George. I do think it was a nice one. Did you see how tall it was?"
"It was bloody brilliant" Added their younger brother.
"A few more seconds and I would have added an armor to your master piece" They overly congratulated each other. "It would have been so nice"
Laetitia snorted. "Excuses. Excuses. Some people can do it instantly"
"Because we all know how big breasts can be effective in a fight" Snarked Hermione.
"We are fighting boys!" Pointed out the French girl. "Like a snow armor would have done the difference, it would have still been snow, it would have just looked cool" No one payed attention to her pun.
"It could have been ice!" Argued George
"She is just the pot calling the kettle black. Did I say it right? I mean, you just flash her and she can be quiet for quite some time"
Laetitia could actually feel the heat on her cheeks, no matter how cold it was. "Fleur shut up!"
"What? You've just publicly declared your love for breasts"
"Big boobs" Lowly added Ron, receiving multiples glare for it.
"It was…I was…this was just some silly fun!" Babble the raven-haired woman.
"I didn't think it would embarrass you, it never did before" She turned to Ron "For your information she likes all kinds of breasts"
This time Laetitia actually groaned, not even realizing it as she glanced at the people around her, until she reached the younger Weasley.
"Could we please rewind this?" Hermione's tone made it very clear that she wasn't kidding.
Neville made a face, turning to Harry before he whispered. "Rewind?"
"It's a muggle thing. It means back up in this scenario" Explained the boy who lived.
"When did Laetitia see your breasts?" Inquired Hermione as she crossed her arms.
All the attention was shifting between the two French girls.
"We've been roommates in Beauxbatons for years, we've walked in on each other changing many times" Clarified Fleur.
"And you just get quiet?" Asked Hermione as she turned towards the lycan who had started to take one, then two steps away. She stopped moving. "While…I respect Fleur very much, seeing her…" She cleared her throat "Without her clothes on can leave one person…admirative. Actually…I've seen people react like that whatever the way she is dressed" Laetitia made a wide circular move with her hand, motioning to the boys close to them. They shifted awkwardly, looked away for most, Ron blushed to the tip of his ears.
Hermione's eyes turned to slits for a second, she took a step forward then stopped, took a deep breath, grabbed her girlfriend's hand. "Let's go. I want to spend some time with you before I have to go and get ready for the ball"
Ron opened and closed his mouth, nothing managed to come out so he just stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked away, his brothers laughing behind him.
Laetitia looked at them all leave as Harry was complimenting Neville too about his lion while Dean and Seamus started talking about Quidditch. She glanced at Ginny who remained, before shifting away, she'd find something to do in the carriage.
She was not going to let her go after that. Ginny stepped in front of the raven-haired woman, but she was surprised at how fast she moved. Laetitia shifted her weight in her feet, twirled to avoid the younger girl in front of her, walking right passed her on her left.
"I don't think so" Determined the red head's hand flew without her thinking about it, grabbing the other girl's forearm. Laetitia nearly growled, spinning around as she made a rolling movement with her arm to free it, stepping closer to Ginny.
The Gryffindor's eyes grew wide as Laetitia stepped into her personal, she could have sworn that she had seen dark brown eyes flash yellow.
"Don't touch me if you're not invited to do so"
"Sorry. I'm just so sorry, about everything. I really need to speak to you"