The party is...not as terrible as Harry had expected. The Malfoys and other pureblood families hold lots of parties but Harry can usually get out of attending because of his age; Corvin makes up something about a babysitter, and Harry can spend the evening alone at home and doing whatever he wants while Corvin schmoozes and ingratiates himself to the crowd. For this one, however, Harry’s attendance is, unfortunately, mandatory. Still, he gets to spend most of the time in the big playpen set up in a side room, with a whole flock of children his age. Draco, Blaise Zabini, Crabbe and Goyle, Susan Bones, Pansy Parkinson, Theo Nott, Daphne Greengrass, and a whole host of others, making up just about half of the crowd that will be in his year at Hogwarts. The room is filled with other kids of varying ages, but they’re allowed outside the playpen, while the youngest stay inside and are minded by a gentle house-elf.