"Mimi? Where did you go to school last year?" Hermione asked Mimi, trying to continue the conversation.
"I've gone to Catalina since we moved here, but for first and second year I went to Beauxbatons." Mimi said.
"You went to Beauxbatons?" Fleur shouted from across the bonfire. Mimi nodded.
"Zat ees where I vent to school!" Fleur smiled, happy to have made a connection with this new girl.
"Vat deed you say your last name was?" Fleur asked.
"Beauvais."
"Oh my goodneeze! Is your aunt Madeline Beauvais?"
"Yes! Do you know her?" Mimi smiled.
"She was my best friend! What 'as 'appened to 'er?"
"She married a man named Christophe Bonnet. She has two girls named Sophie and Genevieve. My cousins. She still lives in Paris. She is a wonderful healer."
"Ezz zat so? Oh I am so 'appy for 'er! She always vanted to be a 'ealer!" Fleur placed her hand on her heart and smiled at Mimi, "So zat must mean zat your fazer ezze Jaques Beauvais. Non?"
"Yes, that's my Dad."
"Well he 'as done well 'asen't 'e?" Fleur laughed, "You are part Veela then, non?"
"Yes, I am. And I guess that would qualify my brother as one as well." Mimi laughed.
"Who ezze your mozzer? Do I know 'er?"
"No, she's from Italy. Her parents wanted her to marry another man that she didn't so she ran away to Paris and met my father." Mimi stated.
"Is your Mum Adrianna Moretti?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, that's her maiden name."
"Oh my, you're a Moretti? They're a very old wizarding family."
"Yes, and they're very proud of it. I've only met them once or twice since they are still holding a grudge that my Mom left." Mimi shrugged.
"Do you still keep een touch wiz your fazzer's mozzer?" Fleur asked.
"Oh yes. She's brilliant." Mimi smiled.
"'Ave you ever seen 'er dance?"
"Yes, I've seen pictures. She was the most graceful ballerina I've ever seen." Mimi smiled.
"A vunderful cook as vell." Fleur laughed.
"Absolutely. She bakes the most amazing croissants I've ever tasted."
"She steel makes zem?"
"All the time." Mimi smiled.
After some more conversation about Mimi and her family, she decided that she should probably get back into bed before her parents catch her. So she said goodbye to everyone and made her way back to her house.
Just before she was about to climb back through the window, she stole one last look at Albus over her shoulder, who was looking back at her. She blushed, then made her way through the window and changed back into her pajamas and went to sleep as if she never left at all.
The next morning, she woke up to find her father making breakfast as usual.
"Morning, Papa." She said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning, Mimi." He smiled, and handed her a small plate with a toasted piece of baguette and strawberry jam and a glass of milk. She smiled then sat down at the kitchen table to eat her breakfast.
"So I have some good and bad news for you." He sighed, sitting down at the table across from her.
Her head cocked to one side in response.
"Well it seems that my job at the British ministry has fallen through. So we won't be moving there and you and Danny won't be going to Hogwarts." He said.
"WHAT?" she said, her mouth full with toast.
"Let me finish." He held his hand up to stop her, "But my job at the French ministry is being given back to me, so you will go back to Beauxbatons and Danny will go to Limoges. Your Mom and I will move back home to Paris while you two are at school. But it seems that both schools have been almost entirely destroyed by fires and Hogwarts has graciously enough offered their campus to host both schools. So in a way, you will be going to both schools and you'll have your brother, cousins, old friends, and new friends with you. You would have traveled to Hogwarts this year anyway with Beauxbatons because Hogwarts is hosting the Triwizard tournament this year."
Mimi smiled and squealed with excitement, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
"Entirely." He smiled.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!" she ran over and hugged her Dad, practically causing him to fall out of his chair.
"Oh my gosh, I am so excited." She smiled, then ran upstairs to wake up her brother and tell him the news and thank her mother just as profusely as she had her mother.