Chapter 3
Hermione woke up that morning feeling refreshed and at first wondered where she was. Then she remembered. She sat up slowly and felt overwhelmed with sadness. It hadn't even been a day and she missed her old parents dearly. She sniffed back the tears and sauntered into her large bathroom, there was a large black marble vanity in the corner with a ton of make-up arranged across the top. She stripped off her cloths and stepped into the beautiful shower and when she turned the handle the water came out at the exact right temperature she wanted. Hermione stood in the shower and slowly started to cry. She was in an unfamiliar place, and she completely left the people who raised her without much thought. What if these people were Voldemorts' followers! Hermione finished her shower and went to the closet and put on her cloths, she then dried her hair and put on her make-up and walked down to the living room where she found a house elf waiting for her.
"Miss Hermione would you like me to escort you to the breakfast nook?" the elf said in a high squeaky voice.
"Yes please" Hermione said, ashamed of using a house elf as a slave, but not really right he's just escorting me not making me breakfast she thought.
Hermione stepped into the large breakfast nook and sat at the booth her parents were at.
"Good-morning Hermione" Her mom said smiling as her white teeth shown against her bright red lips and beautiful black wavy hair.
"Good morning" where is father?" Hermione said.
"I'm right here," He said as Hermione turned around and scolded herself at her lack of being observant "Good Morning darling, I'm sorry I wasn't able to see you off to bed last night." He said.
"It's alright, your forgiven" Hermione said smiling at him. When he walked over with a full plate he bent over and hugger her neck.
"You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this day" he father said smiling at his found daughter.
"Hermione dear go fill your dish, we need to get a head start so we can get as much shopping as possible in." Her mother said looking thrilled.
"I can't wait" Hermione said smiling back.
"I'm sorry but I cannot make it to go with you so Hermione, I would like to take you to dinner tomorrow night, as because tonight is your welcome home party." Her father said before shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth.
"I would be so delighted," Hermione said as she took a piece of bread from the center of the table and took a bite out of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
A half an hour later Hermione and her mum stepped through the parting wall into Diagon Alley. Hermione followed her mum who had told her to keep the hood of her cloak up when walking around the streets. Hermione and her mother enter a very fancy bookstore where Hermione would spend hours reading when she stayed at the Leaky Cauldron before school would start.
"Welcome to Noble Books & Co. is there anything I can assist you with ma'am?" a young man said as Hermione and her Mother entered the store.
"No, but thank you" her mother said as she breezed by him. "Hermione dear go look around and pick out any books you want, as many as you want. Just meet me back here by 11:00am okay?" He mum asked.
"Alright" Hermione said as she started looking at books on how to 'make the new look old, and the old look new'. Hermione had at least 15 books by time 11:00 arrived and she was ready to go when her mother suggested.
Hermione met her mum by the front counter who was holding a good few books herself.
"I see you found a few good ones. Good job." Her mother said as she set her books on the table and followed by Hermiones'. The clerk ran her wand over the price tag and the price appeared on the flat marble stone sitting on the top of the drawer where they put the money.
"Your total is 583 galleons, would you like to pay cash for that or use you pin?" The clerk said like a robot; as if she had said it a thousand times.
"My pin please," her mother said and typed her pin into the little number pad and the clerk set all the books into a small bag that had been enchanted to hold more than it was supposed to and to make it lighter.
"Okay Hermione, off to look for a dress" Hermiones' mother said as she walked by Hermiones' side and watched for a dress store.
Hermione followed her mom up to an expensive store where in fourth year she wished she could have purchased her dress robes for the Yule ball. Hermione stepped onto the stone floor and looked up at the dresses she had only seen damsel in distress where. They are so beautiful she thought. Hermiones' mother grabbed her hand and pulled her left down and narrow aisle and showed her many dresses but Hermione couldn't really see herself wearing them.
"Hermione lets go look into this mirror, it will show you a variety of dresses that would look beautiful on you." Her mother said as she turned right out of the aisle and left towards the dressing room, where a big mirror stood. "Stand here her mother said gently steering her towards the mirror. Hermione looked into the mirror and still saw her same old self, wearing her black cloak and pants and the black polo shirt. Suddenly she saw a swirl of glitter swarm her reflection and a she appeared in a long sleek red gown. Again the glitter swirled and she was left standing in a dark black gown with a slit going up to her thigh and a diamond flower at the top.
"This is hopeless, I guess I'll take this one." Hermione said looking at her reflection.
"Okay then, 3rd aisle down, 15th dress to the right." The mirror said to her.
"Uh... okay, thank you" Hermione said setting off the find it. She turned down the third aisle and looked at the little numbers on the dresses. "14, 15. Here we are wow" she said, "This is nearly 3,000 galleons" Hermione pushed the dress back in and her hand caught something soft. She pulled out the black silk to reveal and beautiful dress. The top was a corset, which was white with black lace with a pattern on roses on it. In the middle of each rose was a diamond and when it caught the light it shimmered. The black lace made the top seem the color smoky gray with looked awesome. The bottom of the dress was pieces of black, light gray, and dark gray silk all together. The where in the shapes of squares and they took the tip and sewed a few hundred to the bottom of the corset to make a puffy dress. It was beautiful. Hermione was in love with it. She pulled it out all the way and put it up to her body. The silk felt cool and perfect against her skin. She gulped a bit as she reached for the price tag. '6,000 galleons!' she thought as she made to stuff the dress back onto the rack when she heard someone behind her.
"Hermione what have you found yourself?" her mother said grabbing for the dress.
"Oh its nothing, not something I like" Hermione said not wanting her mother to see the price tag.
"Oh come on, lets see it," her mom said grabbing the hook of the hanger and holding it up. "Oh Hermione it is beautiful! You must get it!" Her mum said feeling the material.
"No really it's okay." Hermione said grabbing for it. Her mom put the dress over her arm and didn't even notice the tag. Hermione followed her mother to the check out and saw an elegant red dress waiting on the rack with her mums name written across the plastic. The dress was a fluttery gown that had rubies going up from the ground in the shape of flames. The clerk rung up the dress and it came out to be 13000 galleons. Hermiones was next and her mother paid for the dresses and then headed out of the store and across the street to Gringotts. Hermiones' mother and her were greeted by a goblin that escorted them to a cart.
"Vault 125 please" Hermiones' mother said and handed the goblin a little gold key. When they arrived Hermione felt sick so she jumped out of the cart quick. The goblin hastily opened the vault door and stepped aside so that Hermiones' mother could walk into the large room. Hermione stepped into the room and suddenly realized why money was not a problem for her parents. She giant mounds of coins reaching the tops of the 50 ft. ceilings. There was hardly any walking room because there was so much gold. Hermiones' mother filled up her silver bag (which was tiny, and still didn't look full) and walked over to her. "Here fill this up for enough that you can last through next year. Hermione was shoving piles into her bag and looked up to see her mom smiling and chatting with the goblin. Hermione shoved five more handfuls into the bag and got up to leave.
"Hermione we are going to stop at a few more shops and you can get more things to personalize your room, and you need to buy some cloths.
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Hermione and her mother finished shopping a few hours later and arrived home at 3:00 pm. She stepped through the door to find the house beautifully decorated and food sitting out even thought the party didn't start until later that night at around 5:00.
"It is so beautiful!" Hermione said looking at all the decorations.
"Yes the house elves did a good job," Her mother said putting her things down as two house elves came running up to take her things. There clothing was different, almost as it they were dressed to fit the occasion Hermione thought.
"How do you house elves change and not have to leave you?" Hermione asked her mum.
"I taught them how to transform their cloths, it wasn't easy but they learned." Her mom said.
"You know I am totally against having house elves kept as slaves," Hermione blurted out not thinking.
"Oh is that so?" Her mother said eyeing her.
"Yeah, I believe they should be paid" Hermione said trying not to feel guilty.
"I do pay them weekly, and they get Sunday afternoons off to do as they please." Mrs. Valdoy said.
"Oh well okay" Hermione said. "Marly since you and the other house elves have done a marvelous job of decorating you can take a two hour break, until the party starts." Mrs. Valdoy said, as the little house elf ran off and she smiled at Hermione and told her to go get ready.
Hermione woke up that morning feeling refreshed and at first wondered where she was. Then she remembered. She sat up slowly and felt overwhelmed with sadness. It hadn't even been a day and she missed her old parents dearly. She sniffed back the tears and sauntered into her large bathroom, there was a large black marble vanity in the corner with a ton of make-up arranged across the top. She stripped off her cloths and stepped into the beautiful shower and when she turned the handle the water came out at the exact right temperature she wanted. Hermione stood in the shower and slowly started to cry. She was in an unfamiliar place, and she completely left the people who raised her without much thought. What if these people were Voldemorts' followers! Hermione finished her shower and went to the closet and put on her cloths, she then dried her hair and put on her make-up and walked down to the living room where she found a house elf waiting for her.
"Miss Hermione would you like me to escort you to the breakfast nook?" the elf said in a high squeaky voice.
"Yes please" Hermione said, ashamed of using a house elf as a slave, but not really right he's just escorting me not making me breakfast she thought.
Hermione stepped into the large breakfast nook and sat at the booth her parents were at.
"Good-morning Hermione" Her mom said smiling as her white teeth shown against her bright red lips and beautiful black wavy hair.
"Good morning" where is father?" Hermione said.
"I'm right here," He said as Hermione turned around and scolded herself at her lack of being observant "Good Morning darling, I'm sorry I wasn't able to see you off to bed last night." He said.
"It's alright, your forgiven" Hermione said smiling at him. When he walked over with a full plate he bent over and hugger her neck.
"You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this day" he father said smiling at his found daughter.
"Hermione dear go fill your dish, we need to get a head start so we can get as much shopping as possible in." Her mother said looking thrilled.
"I can't wait" Hermione said smiling back.
"I'm sorry but I cannot make it to go with you so Hermione, I would like to take you to dinner tomorrow night, as because tonight is your welcome home party." Her father said before shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth.
"I would be so delighted," Hermione said as she took a piece of bread from the center of the table and took a bite out of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
A half an hour later Hermione and her mum stepped through the parting wall into Diagon Alley. Hermione followed her mum who had told her to keep the hood of her cloak up when walking around the streets. Hermione and her mother enter a very fancy bookstore where Hermione would spend hours reading when she stayed at the Leaky Cauldron before school would start.
"Welcome to Noble Books & Co. is there anything I can assist you with ma'am?" a young man said as Hermione and her Mother entered the store.
"No, but thank you" her mother said as she breezed by him. "Hermione dear go look around and pick out any books you want, as many as you want. Just meet me back here by 11:00am okay?" He mum asked.
"Alright" Hermione said as she started looking at books on how to 'make the new look old, and the old look new'. Hermione had at least 15 books by time 11:00 arrived and she was ready to go when her mother suggested.
Hermione met her mum by the front counter who was holding a good few books herself.
"I see you found a few good ones. Good job." Her mother said as she set her books on the table and followed by Hermiones'. The clerk ran her wand over the price tag and the price appeared on the flat marble stone sitting on the top of the drawer where they put the money.
"Your total is 583 galleons, would you like to pay cash for that or use you pin?" The clerk said like a robot; as if she had said it a thousand times.
"My pin please," her mother said and typed her pin into the little number pad and the clerk set all the books into a small bag that had been enchanted to hold more than it was supposed to and to make it lighter.
"Okay Hermione, off to look for a dress" Hermiones' mother said as she walked by Hermiones' side and watched for a dress store.
Hermione followed her mom up to an expensive store where in fourth year she wished she could have purchased her dress robes for the Yule ball. Hermione stepped onto the stone floor and looked up at the dresses she had only seen damsel in distress where. They are so beautiful she thought. Hermiones' mother grabbed her hand and pulled her left down and narrow aisle and showed her many dresses but Hermione couldn't really see herself wearing them.
"Hermione lets go look into this mirror, it will show you a variety of dresses that would look beautiful on you." Her mother said as she turned right out of the aisle and left towards the dressing room, where a big mirror stood. "Stand here her mother said gently steering her towards the mirror. Hermione looked into the mirror and still saw her same old self, wearing her black cloak and pants and the black polo shirt. Suddenly she saw a swirl of glitter swarm her reflection and a she appeared in a long sleek red gown. Again the glitter swirled and she was left standing in a dark black gown with a slit going up to her thigh and a diamond flower at the top.
"This is hopeless, I guess I'll take this one." Hermione said looking at her reflection.
"Okay then, 3rd aisle down, 15th dress to the right." The mirror said to her.
"Uh... okay, thank you" Hermione said setting off the find it. She turned down the third aisle and looked at the little numbers on the dresses. "14, 15. Here we are wow" she said, "This is nearly 3,000 galleons" Hermione pushed the dress back in and her hand caught something soft. She pulled out the black silk to reveal and beautiful dress. The top was a corset, which was white with black lace with a pattern on roses on it. In the middle of each rose was a diamond and when it caught the light it shimmered. The black lace made the top seem the color smoky gray with looked awesome. The bottom of the dress was pieces of black, light gray, and dark gray silk all together. The where in the shapes of squares and they took the tip and sewed a few hundred to the bottom of the corset to make a puffy dress. It was beautiful. Hermione was in love with it. She pulled it out all the way and put it up to her body. The silk felt cool and perfect against her skin. She gulped a bit as she reached for the price tag. '6,000 galleons!' she thought as she made to stuff the dress back onto the rack when she heard someone behind her.
"Hermione what have you found yourself?" her mother said grabbing for the dress.
"Oh its nothing, not something I like" Hermione said not wanting her mother to see the price tag.
"Oh come on, lets see it," her mom said grabbing the hook of the hanger and holding it up. "Oh Hermione it is beautiful! You must get it!" Her mum said feeling the material.
"No really it's okay." Hermione said grabbing for it. Her mom put the dress over her arm and didn't even notice the tag. Hermione followed her mother to the check out and saw an elegant red dress waiting on the rack with her mums name written across the plastic. The dress was a fluttery gown that had rubies going up from the ground in the shape of flames. The clerk rung up the dress and it came out to be 13000 galleons. Hermiones was next and her mother paid for the dresses and then headed out of the store and across the street to Gringotts. Hermiones' mother and her were greeted by a goblin that escorted them to a cart.
"Vault 125 please" Hermiones' mother said and handed the goblin a little gold key. When they arrived Hermione felt sick so she jumped out of the cart quick. The goblin hastily opened the vault door and stepped aside so that Hermiones' mother could walk into the large room. Hermione stepped into the room and suddenly realized why money was not a problem for her parents. She giant mounds of coins reaching the tops of the 50 ft. ceilings. There was hardly any walking room because there was so much gold. Hermiones' mother filled up her silver bag (which was tiny, and still didn't look full) and walked over to her. "Here fill this up for enough that you can last through next year. Hermione was shoving piles into her bag and looked up to see her mom smiling and chatting with the goblin. Hermione shoved five more handfuls into the bag and got up to leave.
"Hermione we are going to stop at a few more shops and you can get more things to personalize your room, and you need to buy some cloths.
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Hermione and her mother finished shopping a few hours later and arrived home at 3:00 pm. She stepped through the door to find the house beautifully decorated and food sitting out even thought the party didn't start until later that night at around 5:00.
"It is so beautiful!" Hermione said looking at all the decorations.
"Yes the house elves did a good job," Her mother said putting her things down as two house elves came running up to take her things. There clothing was different, almost as it they were dressed to fit the occasion Hermione thought.
"How do you house elves change and not have to leave you?" Hermione asked her mum.
"I taught them how to transform their cloths, it wasn't easy but they learned." Her mom said.
"You know I am totally against having house elves kept as slaves," Hermione blurted out not thinking.
"Oh is that so?" Her mother said eyeing her.
"Yeah, I believe they should be paid" Hermione said trying not to feel guilty.
"I do pay them weekly, and they get Sunday afternoons off to do as they please." Mrs. Valdoy said.
"Oh well okay" Hermione said. "Marly since you and the other house elves have done a marvelous job of decorating you can take a two hour break, until the party starts." Mrs. Valdoy said, as the little house elf ran off and she smiled at Hermione and told her to go get ready.