PLEASE READ: Hey guys i've finally found a way to get back onto this website (cause its blocked). But thats not important, what's important is that i've done some minor edits for chapter 1 and 2, and major editing for chapter 3 and 4, so there are extra or different scenes from my first upload so please feel free to re-read them again whilst chapter 5 is in the works.
'It's strange' thought Hermione as she observed how the air in this new land had an almost intoxicating sweet smell that invaded the senses. This oddity might have been due to her prolonged stay away from any summer like conditions. The freezing temperatures at Durmstrang and Koldovstoretz doing well to suck out any smells that could possibly permeate from any living or non-living being. But here the greenery was so lush and vibrant they almost seemed to be alive, like they could just get up and walk at any moment. At that thought Hermione snorted, 'she lived in a world of magic, a tree moving on its own wouldn't be too farfetched.' Magic is after all what many muggles thought to be a simple work of fiction created by idealist and dreamers, so why can't plants just get up and move around, maybe even speak if they wanted to 'it wouldn't be so bad.' She would come to regret this thought later in life when she comes face to face with a mandrake but that's a story for another time.
Hearing the small snort Hideyoshi looks down at his daughter whose eyes were once again roaming the area as they walked side by side, hand in hand. He smiles watching her look around curiously at the environment surrounding them. The small toddlers mind was like a steel trap, and more than once he had been caught in an awkward position because of it. Like the time, she had overheard him say a curse word, and he had to spend the next 20 minutes explaining to her why she needed to be older to know what the word was, and why she should never repeat what he had just said. THEN, came the follow up argument about why an adult could say the word but she could not. All in all, it lead to him needing to have a strong drink at the end of the night and to sleep half the day away.
A light giggle was sounds out, making both father and daughter look up to the lady that was in front of them. "Je- Je suis desolee" she said as she continued to try and stifle her giggles, as the two looked at her with a lost look after they were both caught in getting lost in their own minds. "T-the both of you are so similar, it was a bit amusing" she explains as she composes herself.
The duo blush simultaneously, the younger Mori's face was much redder than her older counterpart. Her embarrassment being clear as day by the fact that she hid herself a bit behind her father's leg to hide her face. Hideyoshi reached down to pet his daughter's head in comfort, "Aha ha. I do apologise Mademoiselle Delacour, it seems that my daughter has inherited my habit of getting lost in thought" he replies rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Non non, I understand. I too get lost in my mind at times. There is no need to apologise" she says with a bright smile. "Also please just Alexa not mademoiselle as I understand that you will be staying with us for quite a while so there is no need for the formalities." The woman's smile was quite blinding usually rendering anyone dazed. Hideyoshi despite being male was trained for many years to keep his emotions in check, so he did not react like most males would when being smiled at by a veela though he could not prevent his ears from reddening ever so slightly.
Veela's were humanoid creatures who produced pheromones used to ensnare their prey. These pheromones are given off both consciously and unconsciously, the latter of which is very mild compared to when it was for example, mating season. Hideyoshi nodded his head in agreement and simply stated jovially "I see, well then please call me Hideyoshi, and my daughter Hermione" gesturing to the little girl.
Hermione being a young toddler and having no such information or level of experience in controlling her emotions was not at all immune to the pretty veela's smile. Not only did her giggle sound musical but it was infectious, which was part of the reason for the blush gracing the young witch's cheeks. Her smile just increased the blonde's beauty even more therefore, the young toddle concluded it would be best to just burrow her face into her father's leg.
Seeing the small girl try to almost become one with her father's leg Alexa crouched down, her arms resting atop her lap "Bonjour 'ermione," the blonde says, watching as the young toddler blush in the most adorable way. "I heard you were in Durmstrang and Koldovstoretz before coming here." At her statement the little witch nods her head shyly, still not looking at the young woman. "You know, I had a friend who went to Koldovstoretz" she states.
Hermione peaks out from behind her father and replies softly "W-w-really?"
Nodding her head, Alexa replies "Really really. She works in the department of magical transportation now."
"Twanportation?" Hermione mumbles out.
"That's right, transportation. She makes sure that everything like your portkey gets you to the place you want to get to" she explains, albeit simply.
Hermione's eyes shine at this new information, and she makes her way around Hideyoshi's leg, asking the woman "W-what about the teleporting magic thing," she asks curiously.
Blinking a bit, Alexa runs the statement through her mind, until understanding dawns on her "Ah, you mean apparition" she states. Hermione nods in confirmation, eager but patiently waiting for an answer. "Oui, she does help with that as well but she is not one of the invigilators for the test."
Hermione quirks her head to the right, eyebrows furrowing in confusion "Test?" she asks.
Looking at the small child whose head was tilted imitating a cute puppy, made Alexa want to almost glomp the child but she refrained from doing. She could not frighten the little child away before they even began living together. Before she could answer, Hideyoshi jumped in to explain "You see Hermione, in every country, any wizard or witch who wants to apparate must pass a test and get their license. It is just like a driving license for cars." Alexa nods her head in agreement, as she gets up from her crouched position, back a bit stiff from being in such an uncomfortable position.
"Oooh," Hermione states as her eyes follow the woman as she gets up.
Now that they were back to their original positions, the brunette was not too sure how to continue their conversation. She shuffles on her spot awkwardly, not quite sure what to do. Hideyoshi noticing his daughter's predicament asks the blonde veela politely "Alexa, would you mind if Hermione walks together with you. I am not too familiar with the area and I am sure she would like to know more about the plants and animals, as well as more on magical transportation."
"Oh?" Alexa says a bit surprised at the sudden request. Looking towards the smallest of the group, who is looking down at her feet, the blonde replies soothingly "Of course, I would love to teach her more." She lifts out her hand towards Hermione, waiting patiently for her to take hold "shall we walk together 'ermione."
The little girl's face flushes slightly as she places her atop the older witches' palm; Alexa tightens her hold slightly as she gently pulls the girl towards her so they were standing side by side. "Well shall we continue" Alexa says brightly, getting a nod from the two before continuing their walk as the woman continues describing the environment of the area and the fauna surrounding them to Hermione as they journeyed deeper until they hit something akin to a marketplace.
It wasn't particularly huge to say the least, only a few stalls were open maybe only ten. However, there were many shops as well located in beautiful buildings, selling anything from clothes to sweets to brooms. It was quite a variety in comparison to the almost nothingness, that surrounded Durmstrang and the colour really popped in a way that the buildings in Koldovstoretz did not.
Hermione was enchanted with the little village's marketplace, with its boisterous people, colourful buildings, and amazing smells. It was like something out of a storybook and let it be known, Hermione had read quite a number of stories in her 4+ almost 5 years of existence. The atmosphere made her giddy and the sunshine simply emphasised those feelings within her. Like the child she was, Hermione began to point at things and make comments, such as:
"Otou-san there are so many people here."
"Alexa, Alexa, what are those over there."
"Something smells really good, can we go and eat those later."
Both adults were happily watching in amusement at the girl's comments and enthusiasm, more than happy to indulge the girl in her curiosity.
"Well we can by some other time. Right now we should probably head towards where we will be staying," Hideyoshi says towards his daughter.
Pouting Hermione replies "Aww, okay papa." Her head tipped down slightly as she sighed dramatically in resignation.
Alexa chuckles at Hermione's reaction, saying as they walk past all the vendors and shops, out of the market place "It's okay, Whenever you want to come here again, I'll take you okay."
"Really!" Hermione exclaims excitedly. Alexa nods, and smiles at the girl in agreement as the little brunette cheers cheerfully.
They soon make their way onto a cobbled road which guided them out of the village till they hit a dirt path that was surrounded by trees but allowed a good amount of sunlight pass through the trees leaves. After a few moments of walking the trio arrived at what could only be described as a mansion. Having lived in a castle on two previous occasions the size of the building did not perturb Hermione. However, the architecture really blew her developing mind out of her head. Unlike, the slightly gothic design both previous castle's architecture was based upon, the mansion had a more modern outlook.
It was something akin to the romantic era with its cream colours walls matching the cherry oak French windows and the garden made up of various roses, orchids and tulips. The house looked like a dream. After admiring their surroundings, taking it all in, they soon made their way to the entrance. Just as Alexa was about to open the door another being opened the door from the inside and they were soon met face to face with a slightly older blond. "Bonjour everyone, I hope that you had a good journey here," the woman nodded her head towards Alexa "thank you for bringing them here Alexa."
The younger blonde replied whilst waving her hand "Non, it is no problem. I had a good time speaking with little Hermione here" she says gesturing to the little toddler who was once again mesmerised by the beauty of this new person. 'Honestly who were these people, or veela's as her father said, and why were they all so beautiful' Hermione wondered.
Looking down towards the little girl who was looking at her, the woman smiles charmingly "Let me introduce myself, my name is Apolline Delacour. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance," she says looking towards Hideyoshi and Hermione.
"Yes, hello. Thank you for allowing us to stay with your family whilst I conduct my research," Hideyoshi replies. He then looks towards his daughter who was now hiding behind Alexa, hands still clasped together. "Now little one, you must thank our hosts for allowing us to stay with them" he chides her gently.
Hermione peaks her head out from behind Alexa, much to the two blonde's amusement, and shyly whisper a thank you. Hideyoshi sheepishly smiles at Apolline, "I apologise Ms Delacour, Hermione can be quite shy with strangers."
"Its' alright I understand. My daughter tends to be the same as well with people she is not familiar with, and please call me Apolline. Everyone living on this estate or around the estate is a Delacour. So, it would be much easier to simply use my first name."
Nodding in agreement, the trio are lead inside the house, which looked even bigger on the inside than it did on the outside. "Many of the others are now out, either at their jobs, running errands etc so you it may seem a bit empty till tonight since it's Friday," Apolline clarifies.
"Ah I see, and how are we to dress for dinner" Hideyoshi asks as he was aware of the different customs each family had regarding evening wear for dinner, particularly those of the upper class variety.
Apolline waved her hand in a circular gesture "Anything you want, so long as it is at least decent" she says jokingly with a wink causing Hideyoshi to blush and Hermione to look up in confusion, not understanding the adult conversation going on. They soon arrive in front of a door, which opened into a spacious and almost hotel like room. Filled with a big fluffy bed, a seating area, a desk, and many other amenities included. "I was not sure, whether you would share a room with your daughter, as she is quite young. But I can also have another room cleared for your daughter, if you wish to sleep separately."
Hideyoshi shakes his head and smiles thankfully at Apolline "Thank Ms…ah, I mean Apolline. I think this room will be just fine. Why the bed is so big it could fit Hermione and I, plus the library of books that she carries around" he jests looking at his daughter who caught her father's words, and rolled her eyes dramatically at the witty statement.
The two begin to play argue with each other about the number of books needed for a person to consider a collection of books as a library, whilst Alexa and Apolline both look on, thoroughly entertained by the comedic duo. A sudden light bulb awakes in Apolline's head as she asks "Oh, if Hermione is interested in books. I can show her where our library is located, which she is free to use at any time."
"Ah, that's right. I'm sure the both of you will enjoy perusing the library as it has quite the collection of books. Although not as extent as the one that can be found in Beauxbatons school library, it is still quite big in its own right" Alexa jumps in with further details.
Immediately like a blood hound to a scent, the little witch's head snaps up to look at Hideyoshi. Eyes glistening, asking silently for permission to see the library. Sweat dropping, Hideyoshi agrees with the hosts and they make their way down the staircase, taking a left down the corridor, then another right, before reaching a giant ivory coloured door. Vines and flowering carved into the wood of the door, giving it an ethereal feel. The door opens with a creak and surprisingly does so easily considering how heavy it looked. Hermione quickly passes the trio, only to stop short as she faces an elderly woman sitting on one of the arm chairs, sipping tea elegantly, one would think she were some sort of Queen.
Slowing placing her cup down, the lady looks up and smiles warmly "Well, hello" she says getting up of the armchair slowly "I was not expecting to see you all so soon. I hope your journey here was pleasant."
The Japanese man quickly straightens his back and bows deeply, "Yes, thank you for allowing my daughter and I to stay in your beautiful home Madame Delacour." Seeing her father greet the lady so formally, Hermione quickly backs up a bit and gives the woman a bow of her own.
"Now now, there is no need for this bowing nonsense Hideyoshi," she says gesturing for them both to get up from their bowing positions. Eleanor Delacour, also known more prominently as the Matriach of the Delacour Clan, was a force to reckoned with, some even say she had a hand in the Goblin Wars but no solid source has ever been uncovered for that particular rumour. Although, she may be well over 70, like most veela's her youth was mostly retained not looking a day over 50.
Turning her golden eyes towards the toddler in the room who was looking at her with curiosity and a bit of fear; Eleanor was equal parts surprised and delighted to see the girl looking straight into her eyes, not backing down. "This must be your daughter I've heard so much about" she states, as her eyes roam the child in a calculative manner, her polite smile never dropping for an instant.
"A-ah yes, this is Hermione." Hideyoshi states as he places his hand on Hermione's head and stands behind her, looking proudly at his little girl.
Eleanor reaches up and holds her chin between the thumb and index finger, quietly stating a quick "Hmm interesting" before turning around and gesturing for them all to take a seat as she ringed for more tea to be brought into the room.
A few moments later, they were all comfortably sat around, Alexa sitting next to Hermione, on the girls left, and Hideyoshi sitting on her right, all of them facing Apolline and Eleanor who were sat on the couch opposite them. "So, you have been researching for a while now" Apolline says, breaking the ice a bit.
"Yes, I have been researching for almost three years now on the fundamentals of magic," the raven-haired man replies enthusiastically.
"Fundamentals of magic ?!" Alexa repeats puzzled by what the term entailed.
Hideyoshi nods his head "Yes the fundamentals of magic. Essentially, what makes it work, why do people from different countries have different specialities, how does a region affect magic" he illustrates. "It is my dream to be able to uncover how magic works, so that we better use magic and develop ourselves further."
Both Apolline and Alexa were pleased to hear that the man before them had such an inspiring dream. Eleanor herself hid a small smile as she raised her cup for another sip of tea. The matriarch places a cup down with a soft clink catching the other occupant's attention "you certainly have grown since the last time we met."
Eyes softening at her words, Hideyoshi replies "Indeed, it's been almost 25 years since you saved me from an errant blast. I was still a fresh young 20-year-old then, who was out looking for an adventure not knowing what would happen," he recalls. The matriarch laughs as she too remembers the time they had first met, when she was on one of her last missions before retirement. Not knowing that he would meet this young man who would bring her on the trip of a lifetime with his crazy professor mind.
Hideyoshi then feels a tug on his sleeve, and turns to the left to see Hermione eyeing him curiosly "Otou-san what are you guys talking about. Another one of your adults talks again" she asks innocently. Her inquiry causing the eyebrows of the women in the room to raise in question.
Coughing into his fist, the dark-haired man waves his hand denying any sort of talk, and telling Hermione that it was a story for another time, much to the girl's annoyance. Then just as it looked like the Asian man was about to break from Hermione's probing, the door of library opens, and a little girl comes rushing in.
"Maman, grandmere I'm home !" the blonde-haired child says loudly as she goes to give her mother and grandmother a hug and kiss.
Hermione looked on at the child, slightly irritated that she had arrived just when her father was about to tell her the details of the previous conversation. A soothing hand gently pets Hermione's head, as the little brunette turns to see Alexa smiling at her apologetically. Confused by the older woman's gesture Hermione shrugged and stared at the other girls' interaction with Eleanor and Apolline.
"Now Fleur, don't be rude. We have guests" Apolline scold her daughter slightly.
The child turns around to come face to face with two people she had never seen before sitting next to her older cousin. Blushing slightly in embarrassment, Fleur quickly introduces herself "Bonjour, my name is Fleur Delacour. It is nice to meet you."
"Hello Miss Delacour, my name is Hideyoshi Mori. Please just call me Hideyoshi or even Uncle Yoshi. Whatever you want." the man replies then places his hand on Hermione's shoulder "this is my daughter Hermione." At the introduction, the brunette simply nods her head in acknowledgement.
"Oh, you speak French" Fleur says surprised at the man's linguistic ability.
Hermione furrows her eyebrows at the declaration and turns to her father "Papa, what does she mean we are speaking French? Have we not been speaking English or Japanese this whole time?"
"Oh yes, I forgot to tell you. Sorry about that Hermi," he says apologising for his forgetfulness "I had used one of the old potions I found during one of my trips in the amazons which helps people learn languages. The difference it has from a potion you can buy from a normal store is that whilst it helps you learn it also acts as a translator for you. So, people would hear you speaking French and you would hear them speaking English. Once the potion wears off, you won't be able to tell the difference due to how it slowly become ineffective as your proficiency in the language increases."
Everyone in the room blink owlishly at the mini-lecture before Apolline then asks for Fleur to take Hermione around, explaining that she and Hideyoshi will be staying with them for a while.
After the explanation Fleur nods her head obediently as her eyes finally fall on the small brunette child long enough for her to see that other girl was very cute. So cute that Fleur want unsure whether she had seen anyone like Hermione before. A sort of excitement bubbled up in her as she asked Hermione whether she wanted to play with her. Hermione looked up at her father who gave her a nudge to go play with the little Delacour, causing Hermione to slowly slide off the couch, and be dragged away by the blonde child.
The two children run through the halls of the mansion till they reach double glass door, opening into a beautiful garden. Hermione tried her best to keep up with the older girl, but her small four-year-old legs just couldn't quite keep up. Thus, she promptly, face-planted into the ground the minute they stopped running. Fleur, not feeling her new playmate's near her turned around to spot the lump on the floor. "Are you okay!" the little veela called out as she rushed back towards the other child.
Hermione rolls around onto her back as she wheezes out her answer tiredly "I-I'm ok. Y-your legs are too long."
Fleur laughs out loud at the brunette's reply, the girl sure was interesting with her odd comments. "You should run faster then" the little Delacour teases, plopping down on the floor next to Hermione, who waved her hand nonchalantly in dismissal.
"Like a wise man once said what a drag – Nara Shikamaru" the smaller girl states as she watches the clouds for a bit, taking in the beauty of the sunlit sky.
"What's do you mean by drag?" Fleur asks curiously, not quite familiar with the term.
Hermione turns her head to look at Fleur and smirks, she motions the blonde to come nearer so she can whisper the answer into her ear. When Fleur gets close enough, Hermione says right into her ear "Not telling." Before she gets up ad rushes far away from the seven-year-old, who stays rooted at her spot for a few moments mouth agape.
Finally realising what had occurred Fleur gets up and quickly rushes to catch her new friend. Both spending the rest of the day playing together in the garden till they were called in to get cleaned up for dinner. The pair getting ready for dinner separately despite Fleur's urging that she could help Hermione just as well as Uncle Yoshi can, much to Apolline and Hideyoshi's amusement.
The Mori twosome come down the stairs after taking a quick shower, and putting on some a comfortable black shirt and jeans to match each other, entering the dining room; or as Hideyoshi silently thought, dining hall due to the sheer size of the area, hand in hand to come face to face with multiple pairs of blue eyes facing them. Each pair of blue matched with different hair colours, from fiery red to almost white shade.
The younger Mori quickly becomes uncomfortable with all their stares and clutches on her fathers' hand and says quietly "Papa, why are they staring at us like that. It's scary, they look like Ju-on."
Nodding his head, Mori silently agrees with his daughter, then furrows his eyebrows as he turns to look down at his daughter "When did you watch The Grudge? I definitely have never allowed you to watch such a show."
Shrugging her shoulders, Hermione replies "Eh, one of the older kids from Koldovstoretz was a muggleborn. He dared the other kids to watch it with him on his portable DVD player."
Sweat dropping, Hideyoshi sighs at his daughters' indifference "well, I don't want you getting any nightmares from those kinds of shows. So, you can only watch them when your much older, okay" he lectures.
"Ok otou-san, I understand" Hermione states who, not being a fan of the horror genre, didn't care either ways if she was or wasn't allowed to view such films.
So, caught up in their conversation, neither noticed a little blonde come up behind Hermione and jump on her back, causing the 4-year-old to topple down. Staring upwards she comes face to face with bright blue eyes peering into her hazel eyes. "'ermione, why are you standing outside the door, let's eat" the blonde states, dragging the little brunette once again to sit next to her. And just like that the dining room's occupants go to get seated, Eleanor, at the top end of the table, seemingly presiding over her family.
The table is filled with all kinds of foods, from meat to soup, to bread. Anything you could think of, it would be on the table. Eleanor introduced the two Mori's to the rest of the family, explaining in more detail what they would be doing whilst on their stay here. Hideyoshi then begins to scan the room just for observation and notices something strange. Minus the fact that all these women were beautiful, as was stereotypical for a veela to be, there seemed to be no men around. In fact, he was the only male in the room. Confused by the situation Hideyoshi turns to his right, as he was seated on Eleanor's left across from Apolline, "Madame Delacour, if I may be so bold as to ask; I've realised that…um" Hideyoshi drifts off to gesture around the room.
Smiling in understanding, Eleanor places her arm on the table, and leans her head on her open palm "Ah so you've noticed the lack of, shall we say, testosterone in the room," she states amused, her eyes twinkling with a bit of mischief.
Clearing his throat, Hideyoshi states nervously "w-why yes, I-I was just surprised that were not males here. I-I knew that all veela's were women but I'm a bit confused as to how…." He drifts off one again, a blush settling on his cheeks at the unspoken question.
"How do we make bébé's" Eleanor fills in for him, a smirk trying to break free onto her lips, as she teases the somewhat reserved man. Her statement causes the sole male's face to shine bright red like the sun.
"Maman, please, you are making our guest uncomfortable" Apolline says trying to save Hideyoshi from the embarrassing conversation.
"Oh but he wishes to know how we procreate, and since magic plays a part in it won't it help with his research" Eleanor rebuts, an eyebrow raised in challenge. Apolline simply looks apologetically across the table, mouthing a sorry to the man opposite.
Understanding that he should resign to his blight, Hideyoshi lifts his hand and nods in understanding. Patiently listening to Eleanor's explanation. The eldest Delacour ignoring the two's shenanigans continues "You see, just as magic can help one create spells that causes one to meet their end, so to can magic cause the creation of life" she says seriously, Hideyoshi's face hardens in seriousness, listening attentively to the older woman. "A ceremony, which I unfortunately am not allowed to give you the details of, binds the magic of a veela and her mate to create this new life. Some have speculated that the reason veela's only take on female mates is due to the similarities in the qualities of a female to that of a veela but no one, not even I am to know for sure."
Bringing his hand up to grip his chin in a thinking motion, Hideyoshi eyes widen and asks curiously "Excuse my rudeness Apolline, but if one is to have a child by having a mate, may I ask where your mate is, as I feel embaressed having not introduced myself to her."
Chuckling at Hideyoshi's sputtering, Apolline points down the table to where Hermione was sat next to Alexa, Fleur sitting on the brunette's right, and next to the blonde was a woman with light brown, coffee coloured hair. The woman turns to see the trio staring at her, and she smiles and gives a polite wave so as to not have to shout across the room. "That is my wife Sulpicia. She decided to sit with the children just in case Alexa needed a hand but, seeing how well-behaved young Hermione is, it does not seem to be a problem."
"Yes, my daughter likes to be independent and do things on her own. So, I like to let her try things out first until she decides to ask for help. Though she can be quite stubborn so it takes her a while to do so" Hideyoshi states smiling wistfully.
With Fleur and Hermione
"Hermione ~~, listen to me" says Fleur who face is puffed out a bit as she tries to gain the attention of the little witch next to her.
The brunette pauses in her eating, mouth full with food, as she mumbles out a cute and quiet "Sowwy" before swallowing and looking at Fleur.
Sulpicia and Alexa who were seated on either side of the pair were half speaking to each other, and half observing the duo's cute interactions.
"What should we do tomorrow 'ermi" Fleur says as she swings her legs and takes a bite of her food.
"Hmmm I was thinking of reading some books in the library. Papa said I have to keep up my studies even if I'm here."
"Studies? What are you studying, you're four years old," Fleur asked incredulously as she stared at her littler friend.
"Just because I'm little doesn't mean I can't learn stuff. I learn lots of things like like flying, and music and martial arts…." Hermione says using her fingers to count out what she's learnt.
"Wow 'ermi, you must be really smart" Fleur says watching the little girls eyes light up at the compliment, and feels warm flutter go through her heart.
Hermione puffs out her chest proudly, "Of course, I have to get ready before I start school 2 years from now" she says confidently.
"You go to school at six" Fleur exclaims, her eyebrows shooting up in surprise.
"No, I start school at 7. My birthday is in 2 months, so I will be five years old soon" the little girl clarifies.
Curious Sulpicia cuts into the two children's conversation "Do you mean you will attend a muggle school at 7 Hermione? Because I'm quite sure you have something called pre-school that one must attend first."
Shaking her head the younger Mori explains further "Mahoutokoro, is a Japanese magic school. Like Durmstrang and Koldovstoretz and B-B-Beauxbaton" she stutters out still not quite use to the French vocabulary. "We start school at seven years old but we don't stay in the school till we are 11."
"Oh that's amazing, so how do you get to school for your first four years" Alexa asks, the topic now piquing her interest.
Hermione furrows her eyebrows a bit, blushing as Alexa gets closer to be able to hear the little girl. Seeing this Fleur suddenly grabs Hermione's hand, causing everyone to look at her in confusion. The little Delacour flushes and quickly let's go of Hermione's hand "S-sorry" she says.
Hermione feeling a bit bad for the girl's situation, grasps hold of the blonde's hand, and gives her a comforting smile causing the young blonds stomach to flutter. Hermione then turns towards Alexa to answer her question "I'm not too sure since I haven't started school yet. But Papa says that a big bird will come and pick me up every day for school and send me home except on weekends, since weekends are family days."
The conversation continues till the food finishes and everyone begins to get ready for bed. Fleur was unwilling to let go of her new friends' hand, and asked (note: begged) her mothers to allow Hermione to sleep in her room. Said girl not minding where she slept, and having become comfortable with the blonde child shrugged her shoulders when Hideyoshi asked her what her thoughts were off sharing a room with the blonde.
Hence, the situation Fleur found herself in. The time was midnight and the little girl was unable to sleep whilst her bed companion had knocked out almost the minute she got into bed. Their faces were facing each other, and Fleur could feel the other's child's scooch closer to her. Hermione's hand unconsciously coming to curl itself around Fleur's waist and pull the veela' closer. Her face nuzzling into the crook of the seven year olds neck as she mumbled out unintelligibly.
Fleur looks up at the dark ceiling, her face bright red but covered by the shadows of the night as she feels her heart pounding a mile a minute. Not quite knowing what was going on as she whispers out quietly to no one in particular "Why do you make me have such strange feelings Hermione?"