Pansy likes to look good, she knew that she is not as beautiful as many other girls, but she felt really good when wearing pretty dresses. She may have been told that the dresses were her tools to can married into a powerful family, but she did not care what she was told, she only cares about was herself. The Slytherin girl loved to look good to please herself, not another person, she is not a doll.
That does not mean that she will enjoy the whole experience, especially when wearing some dresses. Pansy was 11 years old, but she was already asked to use a corset for her dress.
Pansy chose the dress and knew that the dress had a corset, and how beautiful will look on her, but still, she doesn't like the pain that happens when adjusting the corset.
The dress was sleeveless, and it fell until her ankles. The skirt design was modified to look similar to the skirt of Harry's maid. On the side, the skirt was open and let the people view part of her right leg, in which she was wearing a high tight that covered the part of the leg that was showing.
The dress was green scarlet.
The set was completed with gloves of the same colour as the dress and a small silver jacket, which was made of some exotic animal, and only covered the upper part of the torso.
Because her family lives in the wizarding world, they needed to appear in the muggle world to arrive at the party. Pansy's mother decided to apparate in the magical side of the King's train station because she could not stand the Leaky Cauldron.
When the Parkinson family left the King's station, a maid approached them, the maid was blond with a spectacular body. "Mr and Mrs Parkinson, my name is Solution, and I will be your personal maid and will escort you to the Suzuki mansion", said the blond maid. Parkinson patriarch nodded with dignity and took the arm of his wife.
Outside the train station was a vehicle rather peculiar for the Parkinson family. They saw muggles open their path, so they walked freely. Some people were saying in the background, "are they famous?", "Are they related to the royalty?", "Look, they are going to the Ainz Ooal Gown car".
Some people took photos of them. When they were close to the vehicle, a man in black smoking opened the door for them.
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Hermione has never cared what people think about her appearance. Or so that's what she said to herself. She is very sensitive when they talked about her frontal teeth that are a little longer than the average.
But today, she did something she thought she would never do, she went to a beauty salon.
Her mom made her go. Her parents received a letter from Hermione that explained to them that she was invited to her friends Christmas party, and her parents were happy to go. But what she didn't tell them was that her friend was from a multi-million dollar family.
After a few days Hermione arrived at her home, a letter came with an owl. At first, they were startled by the appearance of the owl, which was all black except for the feathers around the eyes, which were white. They were calmed down by their daughter when she told them that the owl it's from her friend that invited her to the Christmas party.
To their parents' surprise, the letter was sent to them, and when they opened it, they realized the truth about Hermione's friend.
Dear Granger Family
It is with great pleasure that I write to invite you to the Christmas party of the Ainz Ooal Gown Company on Wednesday 25 December 1991. This event is to gather our partners, friends and family together, which we are grateful to have.
The party will be held at the Suzuki Mansion, which address will be attached to this letter.
The event will also feature our advances and our future projects that will be launching the next year, which will be covered by the media.
The evening will also feature dinner, which will be enlivened by our artists who will play some of their music.
For your convenience, we will take care of your transportation.
Sincerely.
Satoru Suzuki, owner and founder of Ainz Ooal Gown
Wendell Granger could not believe what he just read. They were invited to the party of the richest family in the world. Monica Granger could not take her eyes from the emblem of the Ainz Ooal Gown.
Hermione's mother is not a woman who likes gossip, but while waiting for a patient in the dental clinic she normally talked with her colleagues. One of the topics lately was the information about the stars that were invited to the event that the Ainz Ooal Gown was making. Radio, TV, Magazines, newspapers, everywhere are talking about it. Extravagant rumours floating around, and the one that she thought was the foolish one was about the seal of the letters.
The rumour was that they used real gold as a seal for their official documents. Pictures of the emblem of Ainz Ooal Gown float around since they started to be more famous, and their logo, or emblem, was always in a golden colour. At first, she thought for a moment that it was just exaggerations, but now that she had the paper in front of her, she could confirm that the rumour was true.
Her father went to rent a tuxedo. Hermione's mother took all of her dresses and started to study which was the best dress to use and asked her husband opinion on the matter. When they made up their mind, they looked at Hermione. She was calm and reading a book. Hermione's mother took her to buy a new dress.
The Gryffindor girl only selected the first dress her mother chose as she didn't want to stay long selecting dresses.
Monica Granger sighted at her daughter's personality. She was proud of her daughter, but sometimes she wondered about her lack of interest in her looks.
On the morning of the party day, Hermione woke up earlier than usual. Her mom took her to a beauty salon, and after a few hours, her hair was defeated. The result was a beautiful hairstyle with straight hair and small braids in a crown style.
After the hair was done, it was time for the make-up and to put up the dress. The make-up was made by her mom. Hermione protested, but her mom assured her that it would look natural as possible.
The problem for Hermione was the dress. She regretted not paying attention to the dress.
Once Hermione was done dressing up, she felt out of place. Somehow felt that the dress was too beautiful for her, but the feeling was not shared by her parents. A beautiful yellow dress, which looks like a Disney princess dress with a long fluffy skirt, and on the torso there was a small pattern with beautiful red stones.
Hermione's mother was already dressed up, as so was her father. Both were surprised by the beauty of her daughter. Ashamed, Hermione tried to enter her room to change her dress, but the door's bell sounded.
Mr Granger opened the door and on the other side was an old man, with white bear and hair. That man presented himself as Sebas and let them know that he was the person in charge of taking them to the party.
Resigned Hermione walked to the door where her dad was. Her mom grabbed her purse and followed them outside the house, then they were surprised by the view. A beautiful black limousine was parked in front of their house.
Neighbours watched from their homes, and some of them were so shocked by the sight that they came out to confirm what they saw.
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Dean was without words after seeing the limousine. His step-brothers thanked him and played inside the car. A maid was inside and helped with the kids. The maid's name was Yuri, and the most incredible happened while inside the limousine, his step-siblings were behaving. It only took a few words from the maid, and they willingly obeyed.
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The Parkinson family arrived at their destination. When they got out of the muggle vehicle, that they had to admit that it was very comfortable, a red carpet that looked more expensive than the whole Diagon Alley, and in the sides were more muggles taking photos, but this time, there was a cord that put a limit for them.
"This way please", said the maid to take them to the hall, and while walking, flashes of the muggle cameras started to be shot.
"Excuse me, little lady, could you pose your beautiful dress for us?" someone screamed, and Pansy turned from where the voice came from. A lot of flashes started to appear in front of her.
"Are you a teen model for Ainz Ooal Gown?" "Are you related to Harry Suzuki?" Questions arose, but Solution appeared and said, "they need to enter, please make your questions at the end of the event".
After that, she bowed to the young witch, and Pansy only walked inside the mansion.
Inside the mansion, Harry was talking with a man wearing an outfit that looked more for office work and not for a gala party. At the end of the talk, Harry and the man shook hands. Behind Harry was his personal maid, who bowed when the man left.
Harry looked at his watch and turned to see the entrance. He saw Pansy and her family entering. Lopusregina walked where Satoru and Albedo were talking with other people. The maid talked in the ear of Albedo, and it was answered with a nod.
Harry's parents ended the conversation with the other people and went with Harry to greet the Parkinson family.
The Parkinson family were still processing the amount of luxury of the place. They were a pure-blood family, and they wanted to keep it that way. Still, the first impression of the Suzuki family to them was conflicted.
On one hand, they are extremely rich, the name seems to be prominent in Japan, and by the information that they received from Pansy, their son is a wizard that can live up to the expectation for the Boy-Who-Lived.
On the other hand, they are living in the muggle world. They are developing technology in a muggle world and could be called blood traitors. Famous, powerful, with connections around the world, Suzuki was a family that no one wanted to be against.
When they entered the mansion, they were greeted by their hosts. A beautiful woman with a white dress, long black hair, and around the cleavage was a net that looked like the net of a spide, but it looked that was made with pure gold. The man was wearing a Black tuxed with some edges in dark purple, a golden chain looked outside the pocket were surely a watch should be.
"Welcome to our humble house. It is an honour that you were able to accompany us. Harry talked wonders about your girl," greeter the man with a small and extending his hand. The Parkinson patriarch accepted the hand and smiled.
"Will you accompany us for a small talk? We haven't been in the British wizarding community for very long", Albedo said and the Parkinson parents accepted and went to talk. On their way to find a place to talk, Satoru was interrupted by a maid telling them that something happened, so the talk was only between Albedo and the Parkinson family.
Other guests showed up in the mansion and were greeted by maids taking them to their seats, and while that happened, Harry and Pansy were talking.
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The Granger family arrived at their destiny, and the flashes started to be shot at them. Hermine heard people asking for her to turn to see them, and others that told her to look their way. She was overwhelmed and only walked faster.
Once they arrived at the other side they found a maid that greeted them, but then a familiar voice sounded. Harry was a few meters away talking with Pansy. Hermione's parents nodded at her so she could greet her friends.
"And the beaver becomes a what?" said Pansy in a mocking way. Hermione frowned, but then Harry complimented, "a princess?" The moment Harry said that Hermione's face turned red, and she frowned. Pansy turned to see Harry with frowned eyes herself. Harry could only chuckle at their reactions.
A few moments later, Dean arrived with his family.
The four were talking in the same hall. A few meters away, Satoru was talking with the parents of the Gryffindors.
"Dean, didn't you say that you were a West Ham fan?" asked Harry knowing the answer. "Yeah, why?" Dean unconscious of who was the other guest asked. "Look over there", Harry pointed with his head, and Dean's eyes were wide open.
At the table that Harry pointed to were Cafu, Hugo Sánchez and Ian Bishop, who were the Juventus defender, the Real Madrid attacker and the West Ham midfielder and captain, respectively.
When Dean saw them, he went to shake their hands. Harry chuckled, Pansy did not understand the reaction, and Hermione shook her head.
The three continued talking until they saw a scene neither Pansy nor Harry thought would happen. Harry could hide his surprise, unlike Pansy, who was with her mouth open.
Pansy's parents were talking with another person, which was weird as they thought that all the people were muggles but not only that, this person looked rather extravagant. Hermione also saw the picture and made her think about the reason. Suddenly they turned to see in their direction. Pansy, Harry and Hermione walked where the man and Pansy's parents were.
"So, this is your daughter? It is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Robert Smith", said the man. He was wearing a white sweater under a black coat and black pants. He was wearing light white makeup all over her face, red lipstick, and black eyeshadow, his hair was a mess and standing.
"Are all of you in Hogwarts?" asked the singer, which was answered with a nod by the three. "I remember when I was there. I was a Ravenclaw myself. In which house are you?", Robert Smith continued.
"Slytherin both us, only my friend here is a Gryffindor", Harry responded while pointing that Hermione was the Gryffindor.
"Is that so? That is amazing. In my times, the house rivalries made it almost impossible to befriend someone from another house", The Cure's singer smiled warmly while looking at them.
Mr Smith turned to see the Gryffindor girl and ask her, "Will you allow me to know your name?"
"Hermione Granger", answered the young Gryffindor.
Mr Smith thought for a moment on the name, "Are you related to William Granger?"
Hermione's eyes were wide open. She has not talked about what she discovered in Gringotts, not even her parents, she did not want to make any family problem for that information. Hermione turned to see her sides and saw Harry, "of course. He already knew, even before I. But HOW?"
Hermione nodded to Robert. He just smiled at them. "Well, I have to go now. It was a pleasure to meet the new generation of wizards and witches." Mr Smith turned to see Pansy's parents, "Mr and Ms Parkinson, I hope we can talk again like the old times", Robert nodded at Pansy parents and walked to his seat.
"Who was him, and who's William Granger?" asked Pansy to Harry, but Hermione was the one that answered. "He is a very popular singer in the muggle world. And William Granger is an old wizard, and the head of the Granger family, who happens to be my great grandfather".
"So, you are his descendant?" interrupted Pansy's father. "I remember talks about him when I was younger. He departed years ago to be part of the war against Grindelwald. Please give us our greetings to him next time you meet him." Hermione nodded to them. Pansy went with his parents to take a seat at their table.
Hermione did the same, and Dean was already seated with his parents and siblings. After that Harry walked to his respective seat.
Pansy looked around. She saw that in the current hall, people were in the back. There was a line that separated the VIP guests, the line in the back was full of Muggles and their cameras, and in front of them was a line of different men in tuxedos and sunglasses, all looking strong and tall. "Muggle security to control Muggles," Pansy giggled at her own thought.
The event happened with Pansy not understanding much of it. She could understand that they are expanding and that they are having a partnership with another company of Muggle technology.
Then they said that they will enter into the industry of cellphones. Pansy did not know what they mean by that.
Men and women started to walk and give a box to the VIP guests. Harry walked to the stage and opened the box to revelled the device, then he proceeded to press the buttons, and the box of Pansy's family started to sound.
Harry looked at her and gestured to open the box. She did and then saw a similar device, a green button was blinking so she pressed it and from the device, she heard Harry's voice saying, "thank you for being my first call". Pansy eyes widen.
By the description that Harry's father said, the device was more powerful than any communication spell.
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After the presentation was done, the food was served followed by some music. Harry went and asked his three guests to accompany him. He went first with Dean. "How much do you like your gift?"
"No words. It was amazing, the best players in the world!" Dean enthusiastically answered.
"Glad you like it, now I want to ask you something in return, nothing bad," Harry walked with Dean at his side. "I want you to watch out for Hermione while in the school. I am unable to help her from your house when in the Gryffindor common room, but you should be able to do it", Dean smiled and said, "you can count on it."
When Pansy and Hermione were also with them Harry took them to his bedroom. The room was prepared beforehand, so no item or something related to Nazarick was on display. At the right of the room were 5 bookshelves with 500 books in each, almost every book was of research of any subject Harry was interested in at the moment, only a few were fictional.
In front of the bed was a big TV screen, and below it was different Video-consoles with different cartridges and CDs. At the left were big windows and a balcony that had a view of the pool and the sports fields inside the territory, and far behind, the lights of the city could be seen.
Harry turned to Hermione and pointed at his bookshelves, "Take a book or two". Hermione's eyes light up, "Is that alright? Aren't those yours?" asked Hermione. "I have already read all of them, and it is getting difficult to find a place to put new books. I also to start to have a new collection of wizardry books", Harry shrugged and Hermione ran to the bookshelves. "Took as many as you want, but don't let me without a book, please", Dean chuckled at Harry's comment, and Pansy only shook her head.
Hermione tried to grab a book at the top of the bookshelves, and Dean went to get her a stair that was next to the bookshelves. Meanwhile, Harry led Pansy out onto the balcony so she could see the city lights.
In the sky, near where the city was, some fireworks were displayed. Pansy looked at the view, and then Harry appeared with a box and gave it to her. Inside the box was a necklace, with a small crystal rose with a clear radiance that imitated a rose. The thinness of the crystal petals makes it almost resemble the real thing.
"You never told me what you wanted as a present," Harry admitted but Pansy eyes never left the necklace. "It's called 'Rose Crystal', it was carved from a single crystal, a craftsmanship with the attention and genius of a God-class skill."
Pansy looked at him in disbelief. Such a piece of beautiful jewellery was given to her. "The necklace may cost thousands of galleons even when it was crafted by Muggles," thought Pansy.
Harry gestured to her to ask her to help her to put on the necklace. She turned her gaze elsewhere while her ears turned red and nodded to Harry.
Behind them, Hermione was able to select five books. She was happy for the books but sad that she won't be able to take more, she did not want to be abusive with her friend.
Harry helped Pansy to put on the necklace and said.
"Merry Christmas"
