Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Just to clarify in the book Beauxbatons is mixed gendered just wanted to clarify that as I didn't think I'd made it clear enough lmao.

Chapter 3

As the arrow hit the board, it turned blue. Hermione had been sorted into Ombrelune. She smiled as she headed over to the table and sat next to Madeline. At least she had a friend now and she needed to forget about her Hogwarts. This was a fresh start, right? Soon enough, the sorting finished, and everyone was seated at their house tables.

Suddenly, food appeared on the table, and everybody started eating. Hermione piled some food onto her plate and began eating. She didn't really know who to talk to and Madeline was talking to another girl.

"You're Hermione, right?" she heard somebody say. I looked up and saw a really pretty girl sat across from her. She had wavy blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes. Hermione was very jealous of her looks. "I'm Revita Putnina, where are you from? I'm from Latvia" the girl said to her.

"Oh, erm I come from England, nice to meet you Revita" Hermione replied with a smile.

"That's so cool! I've always wanted to go to England. How come you aren't at Hogwarts?" Revita asked. Hermione just took a deep breath. How was she supposed to leave Hogwarts behind her when everyone kept asking her about it. Maybe she'd just be the odd one out here too.

"Uhm, well I went to Hogwarts last year but let's just say that it didn't go well" she told the girl across from her.

"Oh, that's totally okay. I was really out of place here last year; I didn't know anybody and was really quiet. However, everyone at Beauxbatons is really friendly and we're like a huge family so I soon settled in. Too bad my best friend got sorted in Bellefeuille, but it isn't like I'll never see her again" Revita told Hermione with a smile. Maybe things were finally turning around. Maybe.

Soon, everybody had finished eating and Madame Maxime stood up to give a speech. Revit and Hermione paused their conversation they had been having about food and listened to the headmistress. As Madame Maxime was talking, Hermione realised how not a single person opened their mouths and listened to her. This was new. At Hogwarts, everyone just whispered under their breath and most people didn't even pay attention to what Dumbledore was saying.

" I would like to welcome or welcome back all of you. As most of you already know, your time here at beauxbatons will change your life forever. No matter your gender, house or background, everybody here is welcome to be part of our family and you should never be afraid to ask anybody for help. Your wellbeing is just as if not more important than your education here no matter what anybody tells you. If you have not joined one of our extra-curricular activities, I highly recommend you do so. It is not only good for you to take a break from your studies but also an amazing way to make new friends. Now more notices will be posted throughout the week about signing up to different clubs and other information you may need to know. However, I am aware that it is getting late so good night and see you all tomorrow,"

Hermione and Revita caught sight of Madeline and the other girl she had been talking to. "Oh, hi Hermione. This is Alina, we were good friends in class last year and she doesn't really speak to anyone else in our house, so I thought I'd talk to her" Madeline said. Hermione introduced herself to Alina and the four started walking to their house. Hermione had a rough idea of where she was going because of the map she'd been given but still followed the others as this school was even more complex than shown on the map. As they walked through the halls Hermione couldn't fail to notice all the portraits on the wall. Wow. Beauxbatons had produced many great wizards and witches that Hermione had never even heard of.

One person caught her eye as she was walking past. Hanna Delannoy. 1719 - 1801. Hanna Delannoy was Belgian born and became the first ever non-French Minster of Magic of France from 1765 - 1772. She was also the first female and first muggleborn Minister of Magic anywhere in the world. Hermione smiled. She wanted to be just like that when she was older. She wanted to make a difference, something Hogwarts would have never allowed her to achieve. Hermione decided to listen to the conversation the other three girls were having.

"So basically, my older brother Jakub is going into 5th year this year and is very upset that he wasn't made prefect. No surprises though. Just kidding. He's in Pappillonlisse so I won't be seeing much of him thankfully," Alina was saying to the group.

"Ha. I'm so lucky my super annoying twin brother is at Durmstrang. Hate him with passion. Just joking but still" Revita said and her and Alina started laughing. Hermione wished she had a sibling sometimes. Being an only child, she had never had anybody to talk to due to the fact she had a hard time making friends.

Soon enough, they reached a doorway that read OMBRELUNE above it. They walked through the door and Hermione was very surprised. She thought they would have to use a password or something to keep people from other houses out, guess not then. As they walked into the room, Hermione was in awe. The common room was huge. They had many plush sofa's, tens of desks, potions and ingredients lining the wall, lots of random cupboards and most exciting, a huge wall of books. The whole colour theme was blue, and it just felt so cosy. She could get used to this.

They all sat down on one of the sofas and Hermione spotted Fleur, whom she had met on the train. Fleur caught her eye and smiled at her. Hermione smiled back. After only a short while, it appeared that everyone was there and a girl with long chestnut hair and a boy with short messy blonde hair stood up. Hermione saw that both of them had a badge pinned on their robes, Head Girl and Boy respectively.

"Hello everyone. Welcome back to another year at Beauxbatons. For all the new members of the house, we hope that you settle down soon and are able to be a great member of our house. Anyways, my name is Ana Vaickute and I will be this year's Ombrelune Head Girl along with your Head Boy Almir Lopes" The girl told the house members.

"Now we have our prefects. For seventh year we have Nadia Lemaigre and Yves Berlioz. For sixth year we have Sylvia Delafosse and Wiktor Draus. And finally, for fifth year we have Fleur Delacour and Ares Allason" Almir said, and all the prefects stood up when their name was called.

"If you ever have any problems, please come to any of us for support. Remember there is no such thing as a silly question. Now, I am aware it is getting late so we will continue with notices and everything tomorrow. Now head up to your dorms because we all know we won't be going to sleep for a while. Apart from that off you pop. Second years just stay behind for a minute" Ana said and everyone started heading up the two staircases.

They waited until only the second years and the heads were left. Hermione started to get really nervous. This would be her home for the next six years, hopefully. She didn't want to mess everything up on the first day. She couldn't, not like last time. Hermione had refrained from being a nerdy teacher's pet so far and hadn't been a bossy know it all, but something could just happen like that and ruin everything.

"Hello everybody and welcome to Ombrelune, the best house in my opinion," Ana said as she smiled. "We hope that you will all be amazing members of this house. I'm sure you all know one another fairly well but you never know. We as a house like to include everybody. But don't feel pressured as we won't force you to do anything you don't want. Now we pride ourselves as being the current house champions 15 years in a row. Just work hard, try your best, don't get caught doing anything you shouldn't and most importantly, have fun. Now before you head up to your dorms, we have the sheets here of everyone and their dorms. Girls on the right, boys on the left. Now, goodnight and see you tomorrow"

Everybody looked at the sheet saying where all the dorms were. Madeline and Alina were very happy when they got put in the same dorms as each other. Hermione waited till most people had gone to their dorms to look at the sheet. She quickly scammed over the boys before reaching the girls.

Dorm 1

Alena Stankov

Eva Chauveau

Hermione Granger

Natalia Ivankova

Dorm 2

Alina Sacha

Madeline Beauvau

Emmeline Mallet

Alexa Busch

Dorm 3

Victoria Martin

Revita Putnina

Elaine Blanc

Hermione wouldn't know anybody in her new dorm. This meant she needed a good first impression. She would practically be living with these people for the next six years. Hermione went up the right staircase whilst admiring the decor. Everything just seemed perfect. She stopped when she reached the first floor that read 2nd Years. There were three doors and Hermione walked to the door that had a huge silver 1 on it. She took a deep breath. Time to meet her dorm mates.

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