Pride and Prejudice.
(Disclaimer…I don't own anything you recognize from Harry Potter or Pride and Prejudice. Both belong to 2 very gifted authors, JK Rowling and Jane Austin.)
Cast…
Elizabeth - Hermione
Jane - Josephine (JoJo)
Mary – Margherita
Kitty – Elinore (Eli)
Lydia – Luci
Mr. Bennett – Mr. Granger
Mrs. Bennett – Mrs. Granger
Charlotte – Ginny
Mr. Collins – Harry
Lord Lucas – Mr. Weasley
Lady Lucas – Mrs. Weasley
Mr. Gardiner – Lupin
Mrs. Gardiner – Tonks
Darcy – Draco
Bingley – Blaise
Georgiana – Aslin
Lady Catherine – Bellatrix Lestrange
Miss De Bourgh – Mercury Lestrange (Bellatrix's daughter)
Miss Bingley – Pansy
Mr. Hurst – Gregory Goyle
Mrs. Hurst – Millicent
Wickham – Theodore Nott
Background…
This story is set in the 1800's women and men had different customs and ways of interaction. My interpretation is set the same way. Hermione is the second daughter of a well to do family. The Granger's are not amazingly wealthy and as they are all girls the estate, their home will be taken away as soon as their father dies. JoJo is the oldest and the most beautiful and her mother depends on her to make a good match with someone who is very well off. Now on with the story…
Chapter 1.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a god fortune must be in want of a wife.
"My dear Mr. Granger," Said Mrs. Granger one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
"No I have not"
"Well it has for I have just heard all about it.
Mr. granger decided not to answer.
"Well don't you wish to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
"You want to tell me and I don't mind hearing it."
"Why it has been taken by a young man of large fortune from the north, he came down on Monday in carriage and with four friends to see the place, and was so happy with it that he agreed to take it immediately!"
"What is his name?"
"Zambini."
"Is he married or single?"
"Oh single! A single man of fortune, four or five thousand pounds a year. What a good thing for our girls."
"How can it affect them?"
"My dear, you know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."
"Is that why he has come here?"
"Nonsense! But he may fall in love with one of them, so you must visit him as soon as he arrives."
"I don't see a reason for that. You and the girls can go or send them by themselves!"
"But my dear you must go! Think of your daughters, the Weasleys have already said they will go just for that as you know they don't visit any one. If you don't then we will never be able to."
"Now my dear I'm sure Mr. Zambini will be delighted to see you."
"Oh you enjoy vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves."
"You are mistaken I have a high respect for your nerves, they are my old friends as you have continuously mentioned them for the last 20 years at least. I hope you will get over it to see many young men of 4 or 5 thousand a year come into the neighborhood."
"It will be no use to us if 20 should come as you will not visit them."
Mr. Granger smiled and said, "Depend on it that when there are 20 I will visit them all!"
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Mr. Granger had always intended to go and visit Mr. Zambini and he was one of the first to do so. However until the night after he had visited his wife had no idea he had done so. He then told them in the following manner. Watching his second daughter Hermione trimming a hat he said, "I hope Mr. Zambini will like it Hermione."
"We cannot know what he likes as we are never to visit." Said her mother rather resentfully.
"But mamma," said Hermione, " we will meet him at the assemblies."
"Oh!" said her mother, "I am sick of Mr. Zambini."
"Well I'm sorry to hear that!" said Mr. Granger, "I wish you had told me before I would not have gone to visit this morning if I knew."
The ladies astonisment was exactly what he wanted. Mrs. Granger began to declare that she had expected it all along.
"How good it was of you my dear Mr. Granger! I knew you loved your daughters too much to neglect such a possibility as this. It was such a good joke too have gone this morning and kept it secret until now!" Then turning to her daughter she continued, "What an excellent father you have girls! I don't know how we shall ever thank him, for at our time of life it is not pleasant to go making new acquaintances every day, but for you we would do anything!"
The rest of the night was spent talking of how soon Mr. Zambini would return Mr. Granger's visit, and determining whether they should ask him to dinner or not!
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Well what do you think? This story will be really close to the original so if you like that then you'll like this. Let me know if i should continue or not, but please no flames!
Luv lots SSK xxx