A/N: Okay…this is the sequel to The Locket…called The Ring. And again, it's really the second semester of vocab for me…so please bear with me here…oh, yeah, and please review!!

Disclaimer: Sigh. I do not own any characters that JK Rowling mentions in her stories. Some are mine, but none are mine in this chapter.

Chapter 1

"Lily Evans, love of my life, will you marry me?" James asked, looking up into the sparkling emerald eyes he loved so much.

Lily looked down at the open box in shock. The whole Quidditch field had gone deathly quiet. She glanced around at her classmates, some of them had their diplomas already, and others were waiting expectantly to walk across the stage. Everyone's parents had turned up for the graduation, not to mention the entire student body and staff of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She looked up at the improvised screen, still projecting pictures of Lily's time at Hogwarts for all to see. When she turned her head the other way, she saw Sirius, Remus, and Peter standing behind the projector, which had obviously been charmed so that it would work at Hogwarts. They were smiling, looking calmly at her, waiting for her answer.

"James, I," Lily began.

"Of course, I thought you wouldn't want to," James whispered in a lamentable tone.

"No, James. I'd love to! It's just so…sudden. I really didn't expect this," Lily said, fidgeting with her apparel.

"And that's not a good thing?"

"It is a good thing. So yes, James, Potter. I will marry you."

The whole Quidditch pitch burst into applause as Lily said this. She noticed that even the Slytherins, albeit grudgingly, joined in.

That evening, Lily walked alone to the Astronomy Tower, thinking of what lay ahead of her and absentmindedly twirling the slim gold ring set with rubies, diamonds, and emeralds now perched on her finger. When she reached the battlements, she looked out over the silent grounds and to the heavens, taking in the partially veiled moon. She turned as she heard someone climbing the stairs that spiraled downwards a few feet behind her, and saw Remus approaching.

"I thought I might find you here," he said softly.

"I suppose you thought right," Lily replied with a small smile.

"James is wondering where you are, so I said I'd try and find you."

"Thanks, Remus. I just needed to look over the grounds one more time before I left Hogwarts…and I wanted it to just be me and my thoughts for a while."

"And what are your thoughts saying to you?"

"That I'm totally unprepared for life, I haven't secured a job, and I'm getting married in an undetermined amount of time."

"That's a lot to be thinking about on such an emotionally draining day," Remus commented.

"I suppose, but some thoughts just come barreling through my mind and turn everything upside down."

"Speaking of your wedding," Remus said quietly, closely inspecting the edge of the tower, "Will I be invited to your wedding?"

"What makes you think you wouldn't?"

"Well, the Minister of Magic usually attends magical weddings, and, I don't know, he might look down on an underling like me."

"Oh, come on, Remus, don't talk like that. If you think that someone like that would scorn you at my wedding…I mean, you're one of James' best friends…and you've always been there to listen to me rant and rave about every insignificant thing under the sun…if they won't accept you at a magical wedding, then I'll just have to convince James to have a muggle wedding. They're quite lovely, really. And it's what I dreamed of before I came to Hogwarts, and kind of what I assumed I'd have, so…"

"Really? You mean that, Lils?"

"Of course, Remus. Now, I think that I'd better get back to my groom-to-be and start annoying him with all of those lovely wedding plans," Lily smirked.

As Lily walked down the stairs to her dorm, she couldn't help but notice that Remus didn't follow. Upon entering her dorm, Lily found James sprawled out on one of the couches, staring at an empty silver bowl that had, just that morning, been filled with fruit. Lily sat down next to her fiancé and sighed, leaning lazily against him.

"James, where did all of the fruit go?" she asked, mocking a motherly voice and staring into the concave shape.

"Sirius came while you were out and about," James explained, still staring, transfixed, at the bowl. "I don't think I've ever seen someone eat that much fruit in five minutes."

Lily began to giggle quietly as an idea hit her. "Well, if my fiancé doesn't start taking an interest in planning our wedding, I may have to trade him in for someone who will. Do you think they'd give me a refund on my money?"

James continued to seem to be construing the bowl, but began to laugh. "Who would you trade me in for?" He asked, his eyes twinkling with mirth. "Some servile git?"

"Of course not. I think I'll go for some tall guy with glasses, hazel eyes, and black hair that sticks up in every direction."

"Sounds good to me," James said. "In the interim, let's start planning your wedding to this incredibly handsome guy."

"Really? You'll help me plan my wedding? Oh, James, you don't have to, you know," she laughed.

"Let's see…we'll start with the basics. Where and when?"

"I was thinking even more basic than that. I don't know much of anything about magical weddings."

"Right. Well, when a couple gets married at a magical wedding, a charm is placed on each ring. We get to choose what is put in the enchantment, because it's there to remind us why we got married, incase it begins to fall apart."

"Is it true that the Minister of Magic is usually there?"

"The Minister is usually the one to place the charm, but he doesn't have to be. If he doesn't do the charm, he's usually just there for show. Why?"

"From what I've heard, the Minister isn't very kind towards werewolves. He kind of treats them like vermin."

"Good point. But unless we have a magical ceremony, our marriage won't be acknowledged in the magical world, so basically it wouldn't be legal."

"We can't have Remus treated like that, James. What if we got someone else to place the charm, and didn't make it really public that we were going to get married."

"Something tells me that's gonna be kinda hard, Lils. I'm the only child of two aurors."

"What is this? Some sort of conspiracy against us?"

"Nah, Lils, it's just the complications of marriage. We'll work it out, I promise."

"Okay, so the Minister doesn't have to do the enchantment. Who else could?"

"Usually, it's the father of the groom if it's not the Minister."

"Right. But that can't exactly happen here. So who else does it?"

"The godfather of the groom can as well, or a close family friend."

"Is your godfather still alive?"

"Yes."

"And your close family friend?"

"That would be Albus Dumbledore."

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