From Beauxbatons to Hogwarts

Chapter 1: Where It All Began

A/N I am so excited to have finally started this story. I have been wanting to write this for a while now and I just had some free time, so I thought, why not. I hope you all enjoy the story as much as I will writing it. Also, updates will be completely irregular, just to warn you all. I really don't know when I will update, especially with school starting up again soon. Hope you enjoy my Marauders era fanfic.
Update: It has been a year since I took this down, so I am aloud to put it back up again. Hope you enjoy.

Warning: Slight mentions of child abuse and alcohol abuse ahead, please be advised.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything in this story that appears to come from anything Harry Potter related. The only thing that I own in this story is my OC, Jasmine, as well as the plot of this story.

Lily hadn't seen her cousin Jasmine since last summer. Now her family was going to visit her mother's sister and Jasmine for Jasmine's 15th birthday in July. It was the summer before Lily's fifth year at Hogwarts. She was excited to go back. Her troubles with Petunia were only increasing and her parents weren't really aware of it or at least weren't really doing anything about it. This is why Lily was so glad that Petunia decided to stay home for Jasmine's 15th birthday. She was Lily's favorite cousin and the only one that was a witch just like her, which is part of why Petunia elected to stay home.

Jasmine and Lily didn't see each other much, though. Jasmine, unlike Lily, didn't go to Hogwarts. Instead, she went to Beauxbatons Academy in Southern France because that is where her father went. It wasn't until after he graduated that he met Jasmine's mother, considering that she is a Muggle.

Unfortunately, Jasmine's father died shortly after she started her first year at Beauxbatons Academy. It was a terrible time, and Lily felt so bad for her cousin. She didn't know what it was like to lose someone like that or even just someone that close to her before. Lily had never experienced that before, but she could only imagine the amount of grief that Jasmine was going through. She wished that she could have been there for her, but since they lived so far away, and Lily had just started her first year at Hogwarts, her parents decided it would be best if she stayed at Hogwarts for the time being.

Ever since then, Lily has made sure to see Jasmine at least once every summer. She was worried about her. The first time that she visited her after the death of her father was shortly after she got home from Hogwarts. She went over to her house after begging her parents to visit them to see how they were doing after everything that had happened. Jasmine's mother still appeared to be in shock. She had only just been getting over the shock that her husband was a wizard and that her daughter was a witch when she received the news of her husband's death. This was because Jasmine's father never actually told her mother that he was a wizard, well until he realized that his daughter was also magical. He wasn't sure if she would be a witch, so he had elected to stay quiet about it until he knew for sure. He ended up telling them both he was a wizard on Jasmine's 11th birthday. It shocked them both, even more, when he told Jasmine that she was a witch and that in the fall he wanted her to attend his alma mater, Beauxbatons Academy. Jasmine, being the Daddy's girl that she was, immediately agreed to go there.

Lily and her family had come to visit them shortly after that. By this point, Lily's parents had found out that Lily was a witch from McGonagall, a professor at the wizarding school Hogwarts where Lily would be going in the fall. Lily had already known that she was a witch and about Hogwarts from her new friend Severus Snape. Lily told Jasmine all about him, but she had left out the parts about the wizarding world after he told her that it was supposed to be a secret from the Muggle world. Lily had wanted to tell her cousin about the wizarding world and everything, but she was afraid she would react the same way Petunia was. She didn't want to lose the closeness that they had because Jasmine suddenly saw her as a freak instead of the cousin she always knew.

So, when Lily's family came to visit Jasmine's family for Jasmine's birthday party, neither family knew that the other knew about the wizarding world. Lily's family wasn't about to tell them about it after McGonagall had explained everything to them about the statute of secrecy. Jasmine's father had explained this to his wife and daughter as well, but that wasn't going to stop Jasmine from telling her favorite cousin. They were practically sisters even though they didn't see each other that much. They told each other everything. Also, Jasmine didn't think she would be able to keep such a huge secret from Lily anyway.

The party ended up lasting longer than the adults originally thought it would, so by the time it ended, it was too late for Lily's family to head back home. Luckily, Jasmine's house was pretty big and had two guest rooms. Lily's parents stayed in one and Lily and Petunia were going to stay in the other, but Lily really didn't want to stay with Petunia. Jasmine noticed this and suggested that she and Lily could have a sleepover in her room, which is what happened.

It was during this sleepover that Jasmine figured would be the best time to tell Lily about her being a witch, and so she did. At first, Lily was shocked, which Jasmine assumed would happen, but she didn't know it wasn't because of the fact that witches and wizards were real. Instead, Lily was shocked that her cousin was just like her, a witch. Once Lily overcame her original shock, she told Jasmine about how she was also a witch, which in turn shocked and excited Jasmine. For the rest of the night, until they both fell asleep, they discussed the wizarding world. Both were excited by the prospect that they would be learning magic in the fall, but also disappointed that they would be going to different magic schools. In the morning both families found out the other also knew about the wizarding world and it brought them closer together.

After that day, the two girls became even closer than before. They were best friends and acted more and more like sisters than they did cousins. They were also both there for each other. Lily was there for Jasmine after her father died, and Jasmine was there for Lily each time Petunia would tease her or call her a freak. Though they were only there for each other in letters via owls and the postal service, it was better than nothing.

They almost kept nothing from each other, almost. There was one thing that Jasmine was not telling Lily, but only because she didn't want to burden Lily with even more worry. Also, by this point, Jasmine was used to it only because her mother had been doing this ever since Jasmine could remember. It's not like she was hurting Jasmine physically and what she said didn't really affect Jasmine as much as she used to. Jasmine did think about telling Lily after she told her about what Petunia had been saying to her, but she decided not to, thinking that it was too late to tell her about it.

Jasmine did realize that what her mother was saying to her was wrong and could be considered emotional abuse, but Jasmine also never thought her mother meant any of it. After all, she was drunk whenever she would say those things about her. It was obviously the alcohol that was affecting her and what caused her to call her own daughter a selfish brat and an ugly disgusting girl. Her mother never meant it. Also, she wouldn't get drunk all that often anyway, so it wasn't an issue until it became one.

After Lily had visited that summer after Jasmine's father died, it became much worse. Her mother was still not hitting her, which Jasmine was very thankful for, but she was drinking more and more. Soon her mother was getting drunk almost every night. Therefore, she was almost always calling Jasmine a freak or selfish or ugly and a lot of other different names. "None of that is true though," Jasmine told herself after each time it happened.

Jasmine could handle the words, though. She knew none of it was true and sometimes when her mother would remember, Jasmine even got an apology from her mother. Those apologies made it a little bit better, but Jasmine wanted her mother to just stop drinking. She tried to convince her to stop, but that always led to empty promises. By Jasmine's 3rd year at Beauxbatons Academy, she gave up on trying to help her mother, who was now an alcoholic. Instead, Jasmine just left it alone.

Soon Jasmine and her mother just started to ignore each other. They would eat meals in silence and mostly keep to themselves. Jasmine would mainly stay in her room, especially after she saw her mother start drinking. She took comfort in writing letters to Lily and her friends that she had made at Beauxbatons Academy. None of them knew what was going on between Jasmine and her mother, and she didn't plan on telling any of them.

Everything was still the same when Lily finally came to visit her for her 15th birthday. Jasmine was so excited to finally be seeing her cousin again. Their letters were nice, but they were nothing compared to seeing Lily in person. She hadn't seen Lily yet this summer because her family was really busy. So, she was very excited that they were able to come down for her 15th birthday. Jasmine was so excited that she didn't even notice that her mother wasn't up yet when she went and got breakfast and then got dressed.

After she was done getting ready, Jasmine decided to read one of her spellbooks. She had a bit of summer homework that she needed to do and figured that while she waited that she could at least get some of it done. She was in the middle of reading when she heard the doorbell. She made sure to save her page before she ran to the door. Jasmine was surprised that her mother was not at the door first since her room was closer to the front door than Jasmine's was, but she dismissed that surprise after opening the front door. Jasmine opened the door, only to be tackled by her favorite cousin. They both ended up on the floor giggling. They were both clearly happy to see each other.

Once off the floor, Jasmine greeted her aunt and uncle by giving each a hug. Jasmine noticed that Petunia had once again decided to stay home, which Jasmine was thankful for since she didn't like Petunia very much, especially after what Lily had told her.

The girls were just about to start talking and catching up when her aunt asked where her sister was. "Jasmine, sweetheart, where is my sister? I haven't seen her since we got here."

Jasmine looked at her aunt in confusion. That's when she noticed that her mother was still not there. Assuming that she was just sleeping in a little bit, Jasmine told her aunt "I'm not sure, Auntie. I think she might still be asleep. Don't worry! I'll just go and get her up." So, she went to go and wake her mother up. Her aunt was about to stop her, but Jasmine had already started in the direction of her mother's room. Not wanting Jasmine to wake her sister up, she followed Jasmine to her sister's room. Not far behind her were her husband and daughter. They were curious as to why Jasmine's mother wasn't awake yet.

Jasmine reached the room first. She threw open the bedroom door and saw her mother lying on the bed asleep, so she ran up to her and started shaking her trying to wake her up. Not long after, the Evans family arrived at the room only to find a crying Jasmine on the floor, which was covered in beer bottles. They all were able to connect the dots and figure out what had happened. Lily's mom collapsed into her husband's arms and Lily ran over to comfort her crying cousin.

Once everyone collected themselves enough to make it back to the sitting room, Lily's father called the police to report the incident. This only brought Lily's mom back into tears again. Jasmine, however, was feeling more guilty than sad at the moment. She didn't have it in her to keep crying. Needless to say, this was the worst birthday that Jasmine ever had.

By the time the police arrived, Lily's father had laid her mother down in a bed in one of the guest rooms so that she could rest. The loss really got to her. The police questioned each of them. It would have been separately, but Jasmine insisted on having Lily by her side when the police questioned her. And so, she told them everything from how her mother had become an alcoholic to how she tried to get her to stop. She told them about how she had been calling her names and emotionally abusing her since she could remember but that it only happened when she was drunk.

By the time she was finished telling them everything, Jasmine was crying again. "I should have tried harder to help my mother," she cried out.

The policeman, though, tried to reassure the crying girl. "If your mother didn't want any help, then there was nothing you could have done to stop this from happening."

Soon the police were done. They were pretty sure that Jasmine's mother died accidentally, but they would let them know for sure after the medical examiner finished his examination. They would probably know by next week.

During that time, the Evans family stayed with Jasmine at her house. Since she was now an orphan, it was decided that she would go and live with them, at least until she was of age and got a place of her own. They stayed at Jasmine's for about another week to settle all of Jasmine's mother's affairs along with selling the house. The funeral was a small quiet affair. It was a nice little ceremony that Jasmine and her aunt really appreciated. They ended up cremating Jasmine's mother instead of burying her. They took the vase with them when they packed all of Jasmine's things up. Jasmine was sad to leave her home knowing she would never go back, but she was also slightly excited to be living with Lily. They were already practically sisters and now they were even going to be living with each other. There was also the fact that they would be seeing each other for the rest of the summer. That thought brought a smile to Jasmine's face as they drove away from her childhood home.


It wasn't until a week after living with Lily that she realized that living with her aunt and uncle meant that she had to transfer to Hogwarts. She realized when not one, but two Hogwarts letters came to the house. One was obviously for Lily, but the other was for Jasmine, which is when Jasmine realized that she would be going to Hogwarts in the fall instead of Beauxbatons Academy. She was going to be losing so much, but yet Jasmine didn't mind it as much as she thought she would. Really the part that upset her the most was that she was losing one of her only other connections that she still had with her father. She was still a witch though, and magic would always connect them to each other. Other than that, though, there wasn't anybody that Jasmine was particularly close with at Beauxbatons Academy that she was going to miss very much. She could still keep in contact with her friends through the owl post and there was always over the summer that she could possibly see them. So, the news that she would be going to Hogwarts wasn't actually that bad.

While Jasmine was thinking about what going to Hogwarts would entail, Lily had grabbed the letters and dragged Jasmine up to her room, well their room now. The Evans didn't have a spare room, and since Lily's room was pretty big, they decided to have Jasmine room with Lily for the time being. Jasmine didn't mind though. Upon getting to the room, Lily pushed Jasmine inside and then walked in herself pulling the door closed behind her. The push Lily gave Jasmine pulled her out of her thoughts and just in time because she fell on the floor.

After getting off the floor, Jasmine saw that Lily was sitting on her bed with the letters in her hands. The excitement was written all over her face. It was clear that Lily was excited to open her Hogwarts letter, but Jasmine thought she seemed a bit too excited. She voiced this thought after taking a seat next to Lily on her bed. "What's got you so excited, oh cousin of mine? It's just a letter from Hogwarts."

"It might just seem like a Hogwarts letter to you, but to me, it's my answer of whether I was made a prefect or not," Lily explained, but upon seeing Jasmine's confused expression explained what a prefect was to her because Jasmine didn't have those at Beauxbatons Academy. Upon finishing her explanation, Lily couldn't hold it in any longer. She threw Jasmine's letter at her, which she barely managed to grab, and tore open her own letter.

Based on the excited scream she let out when she looked in the envelope, Jasmine guessed that she got the prefect badge that she wanted. This was confirmed when Lily dumped out the contents of the envelope, out came a badge and the letter. She was super happy. In her euphoria, Lily managed to still read through her letter to see what she would need this year. Then she folded the letter back up and put it on her dresser knowing she would need to bring it when they went to go buy books for the semester. Then Lily sat back down on her bed and looked at Jasmine expectantly. She was waiting to see Jasmine's letter from Hogwarts.

"Come on Mina, open the letter. I want to see how they are planning on doing your transfer. You were obviously already accepted," Lily explained to her cousin expectantly using the nickname for Jasmine that she has been using since they were little girls. "Though, how they already heard or knew about you having to come live with me is beyond me."

Jasmine was unsure of what the letter could possibly hold. She wasn't nearly as excited as Lily had been, so she didn't find it necessary to tear open the letter. Instead, Jasmine opened the envelope as she would open any envelope. Then she took the letter out and read it. It basically just said that she was accepted and that the credits that she earned at Beauxbatons Academy would be transferred over to fit Hogwarts' learning requirements. Given that, it best matched up that she would be going into her 5th year like her cousin. She would be expected to take her O.W.L.s like the rest of her class at the end of the year even though at Beauxbatons Academy, their equivalent wasn't taken until 6th year. Jasmine wasn't worried about that though. She was pretty sure that there would be new things that she would learn at Hogwarts. Actually, Jasmine believed that she might just be a bit ahead of the curve when it came to their curriculum. She had heard about Hogwarts from Lily and compared to Beauxbatons Academy, it seemed like a pretty lax school, not that she minded that. She was glad that she was going to be able to slouch a little bit at school. Beauxbatons Academy was pretty strict, but it was still an amazing school that Jasmine had loved.

The letter also stated that since one of the extra/elective courses that she was taking at Beauxbatons Academy was not offered at Hogwarts that she had to choose between several other listed courses. Each of the course's books were listed, but they wanted a response as soon as possible, so Jasmine quickly wrote a short note saying that she would be taking Muggle Studies. She figured that it was best to take the class that she had at least some prior knowledge in just since she was sort of behind in terms of the course curriculum of other 5th years.

The letter also stated that there were other things, such as horseback riding which Jasmine had done at Beauxbatons, that were not offered at Hogwarts. That greatly disappointed Jasmine as horseback riding was one of her favorite parts about Beauxbatons Academy. She would greatly miss it. Though she was glad that Hogwarts also offered music as a course, she was sure that it would greatly contrast the music courses at Beauxbatons Academy.

There were a few more things that the letter said like when she would be sorted and other similar information. It said that she would be sorted after the first years. There would be an announcement about it. She was welcome to ride in the carriages or the boats, it didn't really matter. Also, the letter said that while she waited to be sorted, she was welcome to sit next to her cousin or at the staff table, whichever felt more comfortable to her.

Jasmine related all this back to Lily while she wrote the short note about taking Muggle Studies as her extra course. Lily was happy that she was taking Muggle Studies as she was also taking that course. Lily told Jasmine that if she wanted, Lily could catch her up on the curriculum. She could even do the summer homework that she was assigned at the end of the last term. She told Jasmine that would really impress the professor. Jasmine agreed that it would probably impress her, but she wasn't going to do any extra work if she didn't have to.

Jasmine wasn't like Lily when it came to school. Sure, she was smart, she had to be in order to excel in the many classes that she took at Beauxbatons Academy, but she didn't try to be an overachiever. She did what was assigned to her in an orderly fashion. The only classes that Jasmine would be willing to do extra work in were Transfiguration and Music. Those were her favorite classes at Beauxbatons Academy, and the ones that she excelled at. Lily knew this, too. She just thought she would give it a shot to try and move her cousin to try more in school.


The rest of the summer went by pretty quickly. The girls spent a lot of time together and luckily for them Petunia left them alone. She was too busy spending all her time with her boyfriend, Vernon, that both girls really could not stand. They had only met him a couple of times over the summer, though. Besides meeting Vernon, Jasmine also got to meet Severus Snape, the guy that Lily had first mentioned meeting all those years ago. The three of them spent some time together, but Jasmine really didn't like him. There was something about him that just made her feel uneasy. This uneasy feeling made her leery of the strange boy, but she was willing to tolerate him since he was such close friends with Lily.

When they went to get books, Lily seemed a bit apprehensive as if she were expecting to run into someone that she really didn't want to see. Jasmine wasn't sure who she kept looking out for, but she decided to leave it alone. Luck seemed to be with Lily, though, since they didn't end up running into anyone that Lily didn't want to see. They did run into a couple of Lily's friends and dorm mates, including Alice and her boyfriend Frank Longbottom. Alice, Jasmine learned, along with a girl named Marlene were Lily's best friends at Hogwarts. They ended up chatting with Alice and Frank for a little bit before they got back to shopping.

After they had gotten all their books and other school supplies, the girls decided to do a little window shopping. They passed a couple of stores that sold broomsticks, but neither girl was really all that interested in quidditch. Jasmine had never taken much of an interest in the game. She preferred horseback riding. Now that she wasn't part of that, maybe she would get into the sport, not playing, but maybe watching. Who knows, maybe she would find an interest in quidditch at Hogwarts.

They also passed Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, which piqued Jasmine's interest. She liked a good practical joke every now and then, much to Lily's dismay. They spent several minutes just browsing around the store seeing what it had to offer. Jasmine wanted to save her money, though. She hadn't played many practical jokes on many people at Beauxbatons Academy given the strictness of the school, but she knew she was going to have to pull one at Hogwarts. It had been a long time since she had pulled one, so she would probably only pull a small one. They looked at a few more shops before stopping at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour for an ice cream treat. After ice cream, they met back up with Lily's parents and headed home. Within a few weeks, the two girls would be going to Hogwarts together.

A/N Finally. It took me all day, but I finally finished this first chapter. I know it's long (at least to me it is). I don't know or think the other chapters will be this long, but who knows with me and my detail-oriented self. Anyway, I can't promise that a new chapter will be up soon because my classes start up again soon, but I just had to get this out there while I was in the mindset of wanting to write. I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter. I tried to make sure everything was factually accurate or at least sort of canon. The next chapter will focus on Jasmine meeting the Marauders.
New note: I am leaving the original A/Ns but I have included some edits that I have made before reuploading it. Enjoy and please comment, review, favorite, etc. because they encourage me to keep writing.

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