Manon Beaulieu

##### Positives

> Aside from her natural beauty, Manon is rather intelligent, which she hopes more people take notice of. Although she understands that her beauty is always going to be the dominate factor, she wishes that it weren't, so she works hard to prove herself worthy of the attention that she may receive. Manon is very diplomatic - something she gets from living with Margaux and Celeste. She is often the middle ground and knows how to play the role well when it comes to calming a situation down and ensuring both parties don't kill each other. Despite her veela-status, Manon fights against the norm. She is not easily angered, and is known to be quite calm. Those who don't know her, don't expect this since they are used to veelas having that temper. Even bothered, she works hard at making sure it's not known. It's all about control for her.
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##### Negatives

> For a 14-year-old, she is really exhausted - from trying to study hard everyday so she's known for her brains and not beauty, and from dealing with her sisters, she's just a little over it sometimes. She definitely needs her sleep at night to function decently. Manon finds it difficult making a decision - scratch that, she can make a decision, but it takes her a very long time as she goes through all of the pros and cons and potential scenarios so she is making the very right decision. For as calm as she is, her sisters know how to irk her. Her eyes deceive her, showing her sisters her irritation even while she is denying it.
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##### Family History

> The Beaulieu family have been Veelas or part-Veelas for generations. While it usually was a point of pride within a family to have sons, none of the Beaulieu’s have given birth to a boy in decades. Their Veela blood is strong and their luck is good and so generation after generation beautiful full or part-Veelas have been born, always taking on their mother’s name so as to carry it on to the next generation. Colette Beaulieu was no different, the youngest of seven girls and a brilliant and enchanting student at Beauxbatons.
> Upon graduation, she began her training as an Obliviator, quickly working her way up the ladder and entrancing all of her male colleagues. She was married at a young age to a colleague who was head over heels for her. They shared many happy years together and had four beautiful daughters but after a tragic case of dragon pox, Colette was left with her four girls on her own. While she grieved, she was determined that she’d never marry again. However, there was a local Muggle who ended up catching her attention. He was handsome but in a careless sort of way and he stumbled all over himself to talk to her whenever they bumped into each other at a shop nearby to her small flat. He was cute and charming yet slightly clumsy. It was still endearing to her and so she married Henri Charpentier without a worry in the world. He was normal after all, what was there to worry about? Shortly after their wedding, Colette told him about being a witch and Henri didn’t seem phased by it at all. He felt so lucky to have someone as beautiful as Colette and so it didn’t matter to him who she was or what she was as long as she had chosen him. Colette moved her daughters into Henri’s home and began the new phase of her life, giving birth to their only daughter Violette. Henri insisted that she carry his name, breaking the Beaulieu tradition. It was the first time that he got irritated about something and so Colette relented, figuring there were worse things than not sharing a name with her daughter. At least all five of her girls had a father figure, right?
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##### Early Years

> As long as Manon could recall, she felt as though she was the other parent of the group of Beaulieu women. There was even a handful of times that when their mother would get ready to head out of the house to work, she'd lean in close and quietly say to her *Assure-toi que tout le monde se comporte bien pendant mon absence, d'accord ?*. It got her teased mercilessly by Celeste but Manon took the duty seriously. What their mother needed was more help and the young girl was happy to give it.
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> Obviously, Margaux was the one who was officially in charge, being the oldest, but everything would fall to chaos when Margaux and Celeste would argue. Then there was Sabine who couldn't cope with all of the stress when there was arguing and Violette was too tiny, she needed tending regardless of who had disagreed.
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> It felt as though when all of her older sisters were Hogwarts age, Manon finally got to breathe for the first time in her life. It was just her and Violette and so things were easier to manage; so easy that it didn't even feel like work at all.
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##### School Years

>    The September after she had turned 11, Manon had triple-checked to ensure that she had everything she needed for the train ride and even checked her siblings trunks as well, Celeste was notorious for forgetting one thing or another and then writing home to have it sent to her at school. By the time they managed to get to Kings Cross Station Margaux had rolled her eyes at Manon's questioning of if everyone had all of their things but their mother dropped a kiss on the top of her head. *Tu es un tel lèche-bottes,* Celeste said.
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> For as beautiful as Hogwarts was, there was one aspect of it that Manon loved more than the rest, the library. Every day that she could squeeze it into her schedule she was in there reading books and making friendly conversation with the librarian. The young Ravenclaw even offered to teach the librarian some French which was met with some quiet laughter and a comment about how she was certain Manon had better things to do with her time. It was true, she did, although managing her older sisters proved challenging since they were all in different houses. Secretly, she hoped that when Violette joined them that she'd be in Ravenclaw as well so that she could make sure she was exposed to a good influence-- Merlin only knew what she'd get up to in Gryffindor with Manon.
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> As the years passed, her marks were outstanding and her behavior exemplary. Manon was a shining example of what it was to be a Beaulieu... but was that enough to compensate for some of her sisters? The answer to that was murky.
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> Her fifth year rolled around and she was given the honor of being the Ravenclaw Prefect, one of which she was going to take care of seriously and proudly as she continued to watch after her siblings in between her slips to the library.
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### Connections

#### **Family**

###### Henri Bernard

> Not much of a relationship - she hopes to never see him.
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###### Colette Beaulieu

> Manon is so proud of her mom and looks up to her a lot. She always wants to help her mom out in any way that she possibly can, and often feels as if they are co-parenting together. She wants to be successful so that she can take care of her mom one day.
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###### Margaux Beaulieu

> The eldest of the sisters, Manon loves her dearly, despite their many differences. Manon is more of the balance between Margaux and Celeste to try to keep them from killing each other. Sometimes, it can be draining being around the both of them, but separately, she loves it.
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###### Sabine Beaulieu

> Things with Sabine is very easy compared to when she is with her other siblings. Manon maintains a good relationship with her since Manon doesn't have to babysit her.
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###### Celeste Beaulieu

> Similar to her relationship with Margaux, she feels as if her two sisters are very similar. She loves her still all the same, because that's her sister and she's close with all of them.
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###### Violette Bernard

> Manon always wants to be looking out for Violette to ensure that she's good and safe, and often finds herself acting like the mother roll around her. That's baby sis, though.
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#### **Friends**

###### Felicity Beaumont-Jones

> Manon looks up to Fliss a lot - like as if Fliss were another big sister. She's not really anything like Fliss, but musically, she wants to be better, just like Fliss is. She loves how nice and sweet Fliss always is.
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###### Barnaby Edevane

> Her prefect partner, but also someone that she considers a dear friend. He's always so nice to her and really smart, too.
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#### **Romance**

###### Tirone Duke

> Very much not a romance, but he makes her tongue-tied like no one else and she has a stupid little girl crush on him because he's hot, he's in a band, and what's not to like?
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#### **Enemies**

> None yet.
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