PANDORA'S BOX
by Emmy Pendle
Prologue
Life had been blissful for Hermione and Draco since their engagement. Hermione had moved into The Shrieking Shack with Draco, although she stayed up at the castle during the week, as she had recently been promoted to Head of Gryffindor and felt that she ought to be available for her students. This gave Draco the time he needed to work on writing his new book, which was sought after by popular demand from both his wizard and muggle publishers. So life was sweet for the both of them.
Preparations were well under way for their wedding ceremony and after many discussions, Headmistress McGonagal had talked the couple into allowing Hogwarts to host the ceremony. She had bombarded them with reasons why they should do so: including that they would be leading a great example to the students in promoting inter-house relationships. Draco and Hermione felt that they couldn't really say no to such wise words from Minerva, and the more they thought about it, the greater the appeal of being married in the place where (although in less than happy circumstances) the couple had first met.
The Great Hall was lined up to be the venue and everyone; students, staff, friends and family were all very excited. Aurelia had designed the wedding clothes and had also agreed to be a bridesmaid. Luna and Neville had taken care of all the invitations and menu's, Gianni from Venice had spoken with the Hogwarts house-elves regarding the catering and Narcissa was in her element regarding decorations, everything was so under control, that Hermione and Draco, really had nothing to worry about at all and they were far more relaxed, as they entered into the last month before the wedding, as they had imagined they would be.
Everything was wonderful for the happy couple.