*~Cinderella~*
~*Chapter Two*~

Summary: **rewritten** This is a Harry Potter version of the famous Disney movie Cinderella.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, the Cinderella story, or anything in this except the idea.

Author's Note: Sorry about the wait. What can I say? I'm lazy. Also, this chapter was a bit harder to edit, because it somehow got out of order during the cut and paste process (don't ask) and I had to figure that out otherwise you people would get even more confused than I was.

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One Monday, when Percy went to work, he decided to have a sale for 25% off on everything he made that day. He worked at A Robe Store (yes, that's that actual name). He made pretty good robes, too. He even invented the first Sewing Spell. Unfortunately for him, nobody knew about it, so his work went unaccredited.

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One Monday when Penelope won the lottery, (20 galleons) she decided to buy some new robes for her and her family because the robes they had were practically rags.

Ten minutes after A Robe Shop opened, Penelope, Ron, Fred, and George walked in.

Penelope ordered a hot pink robe with orange polka-dots for herself, a maroon robe for Ron, a lime green robe for George that said "Fred" on it, and a lime green robe for Fred that said "George" on it.

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When Penelope came the next day to pick up the robes, Percy, blushing as bright as his hair, asked if she would like to go out to dinner with him. She said yes. For Percy, it was love at first sight. As for Penelope, it was love at first sight of wallet.

Upon seeing her sons trying on the robes to see if they fit, she exclaimed that those robes were meant for them, not noticing the disgusted looks on the twin's faces and Ron trying not to gag.

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Two months later, wedding bells were ringing for Percy and Penelope. They decided that they wanted to do something "exciting" for their wedding, so they decided to get married at the drive-through chapel in Las Vegas.* An Elvis impersonator was their witness.

Everybody was happy! Ron was happy because he got new robes that weren't maroon. Percy was happy because he married the woman he loved. Penelope was happy because she was very wealthy and was able to buy a house with 4 floors, 100 rooms and 100 bedrooms and did. Pansy was happy because now she had a new house full of things to smash into itty, bitty, little pieces with Jack and Jill. Fred and George were happy because they got a new stepsister to test their inventions on.

Unfortunately for Pansy, she talks in her sleep. Even more unfortunately, her father heard her. So, to keep her from breaking anything, her took away Jack and Jill and forced her to wear shackles on her hands and feet at all times. Penelope talked him into it.

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Percy loved his daughter and felt bad for her. So a year or two later he decided to give Pansy one more chance to be good. He was going to take off her chains.

By this time, Pansy hated her father and wanted vengeance with a passion. When Percy took the chains off of her, she ran to the shed to get Jill (Jack was too small). When Percy saw that she had Jill, he ran into the house and bolted the door.

That didn't help much considering the door was several decades old and made of wood so when she reached the door she just had to swing the ax a few times and presto! No more door! Once the door was out of her way she chased Percy down the hallway. Since Percy wasn't exactly what you would call fit, it wasn't long until she trapped him in a corner. With one swing Percy's head fell to the floor.

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When Penelope saw Pansy running after Percy** with an ax, she ran to get her wand. By the time she got to the family room it was too late and there was blood everywhere. There was blood on the floor, the carpet, Jill, the curtains, Pansy, and even on the ceiling.

"Do you realize what have you done, you idiot?! You could have at least waited to kill him after he changed his will so that I get all the money and not you!" yelled Penelope. She was so mad, her face turned bright red.

Then, just to be evil and annoying, Pansy asked, "Did you know that when you get really mad, your right eye twitches?"

Hearing their mum yelling, Ron, George, and Fred walked into the room. Amazingly, they didn't notice Percy's head on the floor and his body three feet away from it. But they did notice their mum's eye twitching.

"Fred, George. Mum's eye is twitching and she's pointing her wand at Pansy," Ron whispered to Fred and George so Penelope wouldn't hear.

"Wow," Fred said in amazement. "She must be really mad. I haven't seen her eye twitch that badly since we accidentally blew up the neighbor's house while they were on vacation."

"Mum, are you ok? What's wrong?" George asked.

Penelope pointed to the corner.

"Oh no!" Fred exclaimed. "Percy! He didn't get to change his will yet.

Penelope said a spell under her breath, causing Pansy to fall to the floor.

"Is she dead?" Ron asked.

Fred went to feel her pulse. "No, just knocked unconscious."

"Good," George said in delight. "I was worried we wouldn't be able to pull pranks on her anymore."

"What are we going to do with her, mum?" asked Fred. "Are we going to send her to Azkaban?"

"No. I've got a better idea."

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The next day, two ghosts came to their house to read Percy's will. The Ghost Will Reader Agency (GWRA) employed ghosts because if the deceased person didn't have a will, then the Ghost Will Readers could communicate with them. The Ghost Will Readers were Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.

"Seamus, Dean!" Ron said in disbelief when he saw them. "You're… dead. How?"

"We had a little run in with Voldemort himself," Dean told him.

"Never make fun of him losing his magic. First he starts crying and there's nothing more pathetic than seeing an old, formerly evil wizard cry," said Seamus. "Then he lunges at you with knife, stabs you in the heart, and twists it a few times."

"It's not pleasant."

"Now, on with business. Where is the will?"

"Here it is," Penelope said and handed it over to Seamus.

"'When I die I leave all of my earthly possessions to Pansy—'"

"NNNOOOOOOO!" Penelope cried as she sank to her knees and started sobbing.

Seamus ignored her and continued reading. "'But, if I ever decide to get married, I leave all of my earthly possessions to my wife.'"

Pansy stopped sobbing immediately. "YYYEEESSS! I'M RICH!"

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For the next seven years (now age 19), Pansy was their slave. She was forced to do everything they wished her to do. Everything from "mop the floor," to "mend my robe," and "test this candy." In the period of seven years, she had been turned into a canary twelve times, a monkey six times, a clock seventeen times, an armless monkey wearing a frilly cocktail dress doing the Virginia Reel four times, and a bag of yogurt-flavored potato chips once. The only reason she did this is because Penelope threatened to send her to Azkaban.

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Back at the castle, things weren't going smoothly either. Prince Crabbe, now 19, had not found a wife yet.

The King and Queen were talking it over.

"Why can't we just have him pick a girl he wants to marry and then have them marry? That's what I did with you," King Goyle stated proudly.

Queen Ginny looked like she was going to get sick. "No, I'd feel too bad."

"What would you feel bad for? He'd be the one picking the girl."

"Not for him! For the poor girl!"

"What else can we do?"

"Let me think. We could ... um ... we could have a Ball and invite every woman in the kingdom. Then if he finds a girl that wants to marry him, they can marry."

Goyle tried to understand what she just said. Failing, he simply answered, "Ok."

"Let's go tell him."

"Where is he?"

"He's in the garden with the Messenger Boy." They only had one messenger boy: Draco Malfoy.

"You mean Draco?"

Ginny mentally rolled her eyes, ignoring the question.

The Queen and King then walked down to the garden where Crabbe and Draco were.

Wanting his son and Draco to think his IQ higher than it actually was, he announced the idea as if he came up with it. "Son, we have an announcement to make. Within the next week you will be married."

Draco inwardly cringed, feeling sympathy toward the poor girl Crabbe was to marry.

"Who? How?"

Ginny explained further, "There will be a Ball the night after tomorrow. At the Ball, you will find someone you want to marry and if she wants to marry you, then you two will marry."

To find someone to marry him, Draco thought, they're going to have to do more than throw a Ball.

Still not getting it, the prince answered, "Ok. What kind of ball?"

"What? What do you mean what kind of Ball?"

"You know, a basketball, a baseball, what kind?"

Like spike the punch.

"Not that kind of ball." Mentally banging her head against a stone wall, she though, Why me? "There will be a dance."

"Well, why didn't you say so?"

"Draco, I want you to tell everyone about this," the king said, trying to sound important.

With that, Draco left.

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*A city in Nevada, USA, famous for its casinos, hotels, Elvis impersonators, and unique ways of getting married.

**I just noticed, there are a lot of name that start with "p" in this story—Penelope, Percy, Pansy… They're all in the same family, too, technically speaking. Then again, I don't like to get technical because when I do, I either misuse the word or have no idea what I'm talking about. Of course, there's also the not so rare occasion where I do both, which is what usually what happens and then I… ::realizes nobody really cares:: I'll shut up now.

A/N: Hope you like this chapter!

In chapters to come: Millicent Bulstrode, Peter The-Not-So-Pleasant-Peasant, Harry the Human-Turnip, Neville the Screaming-Kid-Running-After-Peter, and Snape the Dancing-Chimpanzee.

Wishing You Prosperity and Pizza,

~Emmy Weezer~
(More commonly known as Emmy)

"Remember how I found you there, alone in your electric chair? I told you dirty jokes until you smiled." —Billy Joel in the song You May Be Right