A Popular Day For PureBloods

It was one of those rare days when her Mother decided not to work. Of course Pansy Parkinson-Nott had set office hours but she was a high profiled reporter, any catastrophe or event and she was there to report it. Even when there was nothing to report Pansy was always away, why? There was always something to be reported on, sometimes it just needed some investigating and Pansy liked to investigate. Thankfully her Mother had no leads today, or if she did then the fact Alexander would be marrying Isadora Malfoy had taken priority.

It was said to be the pure blood wedding of the year. Alexander had been cautioned by the ministry for not following the marriage law and marrying within a month of receiving his letter. Of course the reason behind this was simple: Alexander was a supremacist and refused to marry any but Pureblood, meaning a muggle born match from the ministry wasn't on his agenda. Thankfully, to save him from shaming the Nott name, Pansy, Theodore, Draco and Astoria had arranged a little wedding for their children. Both would remain pure blood and both would continue to produce heirs to the Nott House.

It was the upcoming wedding that had brought Pansy and her daughter to Diagon Alley today. There would be pure blood gatherings in the form of rehearsal dinners, wedding plans, the wedding and an after party. Anastasia was required to look her best for Pansy couldn't have her daughter wear anything but the finest clothing in the presence of distant relatives and others on pure blood socials.

If Anastasia had it her way then she wouldn't be wearing the elvish-sewn corset her Mother was suggesting she squeeze into, Anastasia would be happy with something more low-key from Madame Malkin's. Luxuries never made her happier, she never sought after the finest diamonds or a private holiday manor in the Bahamas. Instead the Gryffindor only wanted one thing: her Fathers approval and one way she could get that would be squeezing into a rib crushing dress for the upcoming pure blood-wedding season.

'Would you like to try the maroon, Madame Parkinson-Nott?' The sales assistant from Twilfiff and Tattings, the clothing store for the finest of garments.

I'd rather not try it on at all. Anastasia thought to herself, her eyes looking around the shop from her stance besides her Mother who was engaging in conversation with the clerk about the colour - not that it interest Anastasia, nor did anything else in the store for that matter.

It was rather early for shopping, Lilyana certainly thought so as her father told her that he would accompany her shopping for her new Hogwarts school robes and dress robes. What did she need dress robes for anyway? As far as she knew, the dances at school were so rare that it was the waste of money to buy anything special to wear. Then again, money was never a problem for her or her family, she wasn't used to saving and neither were her parents.

Lilyana was surprised that it was her father and not her mother to take her shopping. Her mother had to go to work this morning, and her father insisted that they would go shopping. It would be more fun if they took her brother Brice at least, but he got to do his own purchases. Madame Malkin greeted them very warmly, it was their impression that it was like that for everybody else.

Madame Malkin started measuring Lilyana, she had a strange figure, tall yet thin. There was another two people in the store next to them, a girl about Lily's age and an older woman which probably was her mother. Stefan, her father wasn't paying close attention untill Madame Malkin mentioned a familiar name. It certainly rang a bell the last name Nott. From that short sentence, Stefan concluded that this was a woman who was Nott by marriage.

Stefan wasn't very timid, but he knew how to aproach the situation with caution. After all, the woman didn't know him or at least not his face. He didn't know how known were Volkovs here in UK. The sales woman was pretty much leading the conversation with his daughter. "Miss Volkova, I already know the color for Slytherin robes, but tell me what color do you want for your dress robes?" she asked showing her the large asortiment mostly white, pink and royal blue. She picked royal blue with silver scarf knitted on the back of her neck.

"Exuce me, I couldn't help overhearing are you Mrs. Nott?" Stefan asked ignoring Madame Malkin when she told him how much their purchase would cost. Lilyana's father was polite yet there was something proud in his voice. When he spoke up Lilyana looked with intrest while she was standing on the stool waiting for her robes to be ready.

The attention of a charming handsome man. A smile gleamed across her face at the prospect of such a wonderful distraction. Usually it was her approaching the men in an attempt for an affair, but finally the tables had turned and man were lining up for her. Oh how she hoped him to be pureblood. If he wasn't, well she could get over that, but to discover this man to be pureblood would only add to how pleased Pansy was feeling with herself.

'Indeed I am, Pansy Parkinson-Nott. And you are?' She replied, oblivious to the fact another sales assistant had mentioned their family name already.

Anatasia rolled her eyes. Her Mother always was so proud wasn't she. Why she couldn't call herself Nott alone was beyond her. Who really cared that she had two pure blooded names? Was it just other pure bloods or did people of todays society honestly marvel at her blood status? To the Gryffindor blood status wasn't an issue, heck if she wasn't spending her entire life attempting to win her Father's approval she'd find a muggle born and start dating him. Of course, that wasn't the case.

The youngest Nott had always been shunned by their Father. Anastasia had never known why, nor did her Mother or siblings. They simply told her it was all in her head, but not being taught how to ride a broom, being forgotten during introductions, never being read a bedtime story by the man made her think they were either plain stupid or in denial. Of course there was the fact they secretly enjoyed being favoured by him and didn't want to lose that favoritism. Unfortunately for Anastasia the latter was most likely.

(ooc: sorry for the delayed reply!)