Part 1 of wedding hehe

I don't own a thing!!!I must admit I wished I owned the twins...they crack me up everytime...Title means: Your last night at freedom


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Chapter 2

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Harry straightened the white shirt that had been laid out for him. He stared at the choice between a dark green tie and a plain black one. "I prefer the green one." Ginny said watching him. He smiled and let her do the tie for him. "This will be the last night we'll have here." She said softly.

Harry grabbed her hands. "There will be many more to come! I promise you that!" Ginny stared deep in his green eyes a smile erupted on her lips. "I won't let anything harm you."

"Harry...as well as watching our backs, make sure you watch your own." Ginny said placing a hand on his freshly shaven face. "I love you."

"I love you too." Harry said kissing her softly.

"I love you Fred!"

"I love you too George!"

They turned round to see two smartly dressed twins imitating Harry and Ginny by the doorway. "Can't you annoy anyone else?" The twins smirked.

"Who better than the birthday boy and our little sister?" They said together grinning.

"Hello boys. Ginny." Hermione said as she entered the room walking past the twins. She was wearing a sophisticated black dress that reached below her knees; it matched the black ring she kept on wearing.

"Hermione I hear you need a date for tomorrow. I have decided to be your escort." Fred said. "I hear there is going to be a famous Quidditch player coming. Krum." Hermione stared at him confused before she quickly remembered him.

"Victor? Tomorrow?" Hermione asked. The twins nodded grinning.

"Vicky? He's coming to this wedding?" Ron asked entering the room. Like Harry he was wearing a smart white shirt but with a black tie. "Who invited him?"

"Our soon to be sister-in-law." George said. Ron rolled his eyes.

"None of us know him!" He replied angrily.

"Well...there's Harry, Fleur and Hermione know him...oh and you Ron." Fred said.

"I don't know him!" Ron replied hotly.

"You don't know who?" Luna asked popping her head through the door. Her butterbeer cork earring's swinging madly from her ears.

"Victor Krum. Ronald has an issue with the fact that he's coming to the wedding tomorrow." Hermione said. Ron let out a small grunt.

Luna nodded. She came into the room and sat down next to Ron. She wore a fanned out short dress all different shades of purple. It made her blond hair look white. "Neville's doing his tie." She said explaining her boyfriend's absence. "I must say Ginny that dress looks adorable!" She said noticing Ginny. Ginny nodded smiling at her friend's compliment on her white summer dress.

"Everybody! Downstairs please!"

"That's our que to go." George said smiling as he and Fred left, Luna followed with Ron and Neville. Hermione glanced towards Harry and Ginny.

"Happy Birthday Harry." She said. Harry nodded and waited till she had left the room. He held Ginny in long embrace and kissed her forehead.

"They'll be worried about us." Ginny murmured gently. Harry nodded and led her downstairs.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" Harry jumped slightly as he heard them shout, the girls shot out streamers of red and gold. He took in everyone there. Lupin and Tonks, Mad-Eye-Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt, Molly and Arthur, his friends, Fleur and Bill and finally Hagrid. The room was filled with lanterns that managed to say 17.

"Thank you." Harry said slightly shocked and amazed at the fact that they had done this for him. As if reading his mind Bill said kindly.

"You are legally an adult Harry." Harry felt his words stay still in his throat as he saw the large birthday cake Molly had made for him; a large golden snitch was in the middle while all around it were pictures of him with either Hermione and Ron or just him and Ginny.

"Thank you so much." Harry said smiling at them.

"Let's get some firewhiskey down you!" Tonks said dashing up to him holding out a small box shaped present. Molly threw her a warning glance.

"He's just turned seventeen!" She said. Tonks shrugged her shoulders and passed Harry a small glass of firewhiskey.

"He's been drinking firewhiskey even before that." Ron whispered to Hermione who giggled.

"Let's settle down, shall we?" Arthur said who Harry thought looked more tired than he was showing. Molly nodded and everyone managed to find a seat, including Hagrid. Harry opened his present and found that it was a small pendant.

"Remus had it and thought you should have it." Tonks said gently. Harry was confused but when he opened the pendant he was surprised to see that on one side was a small picture of his father among Sirius and Remus and on the other side was another small picture of his mother and his father holding Harry in their arms.

"Thank you!" Harry said breathlessly.

"It was given to me by...Dumbledore." Lupin said. Harry noted how hard it was for him to say his late headmaster's name. "Happy Birthday!" He said suddenly looking up at Harry.

"Thanks." Harry muttered. They sat down and Molly started serving the hugest roast chicken Harry had ever seen. Harry felt Ginny's foot against his. He glanced towards her; she gave him a small smile.

"Hermione love, are you ok?" Tonks asked, Hermione turned to her with surprise. "You've hardly touched your chicken and you look really pale." Hermione tried to give her a smile but found she couldn't. "Are you ok?" Hermione nodded but she couldn't deny that even though she normally enjoyed Molly's cooking the chicken seemed to make her feel very nauseous. She swallowed hard and forced herself to take a bite.

"I'm fine." She said after swallowing the chicken with a large glass of water. She didn't feel fine, she felt ill. "Just nerves I guess."

"Hm." Tonks eyed Hermione carefully but didn't pass comment.

As they ate the only topic available was mainly about the wedding. Then before the cake, Harry opened his birthday presents. He had the locket from Lupin and Tonks, from Fred and George he received a full collection of their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, from Bill and Fleur they had given him a pair of silver cufflinks with his initials engraved, Ron had given him a deluxe edition of sweets courtesy of Honeydukes Sweetshop and a book called 'Twelve Ways To Charm Witches' he caught Ginny's eye and winked, Ginny smiled mischievously and gave him a wink back. Mad-Eyed-Moody gave him a small silver flask and Kingsley gave him a Swiss knife.

"I'd better open this when you're alone." Hagrid said as he passed him his present, Harry nodded and was amazed at the slight heaviness of it. Harry slipped it in his pocket.

"Harry..." Molly handed a small brown box to him. Harry opened it and saw a gold watch with stars circling round instead of hands, there was a small dent on it near where the dial was. "It's tradition to give a wizard a watch when he becomes of age...now I know it's not new like the one we gave Ronald...it was actually my brother's Fabian's..." Harry cut her off with a hug. He was speechless and so he thought that a hug would say it all, Molly hugged him back tightly.

After the cake everyone declared that they'd get some sleep, the wedding was only in 11 hours. Harry with the help of his friends took the rest of the presents upstairs to be packed away. As they changed into their sleep gear, Luna and Neville gave Harry their joint birthday present. "A Sneakoscope?" Ron said holding the object in his hand, "This'll be helpful!"

"Thanks guys, you really didn't need to do that." Harry said admiring the small engraving underneath, DA Rules.

"Come on, we'll be murdered in our sleeps if we're not in bed!" Ron whispered as they heard someone's footsteps walking near their room. As Hermione crawled into her sleeping bag she accidently touched her stomach, she froze. Something was wrong...there was a small bump. Not a big one but she could feel it. Impossible...I...it was the birthday cake! She curled up into a small ball and tried very hard to ignore the small nagging in her head.

Harry quietly unwrapped his present from Hagrid, it was a small blade, the handle, made from ivory fitted perfectly in his hand, the blade needed sharpening but Harry understood why. "To protect me." He placed the weapon under his pillow and tuned to Ginny, he reached out for her hand and squeezed it gently. Luna snuggled into Neville's arms. Ron's snores filled the room. Only Harry and Hermione lay awake.

The following morning found Ginny, Hermione and Fleur's little sister Gabrielle in their pink bridesmaid's dresses, Fred, George, Ron and Charlie were lined up behind Bill, Harry under the disguise of another Weasley (thanks to the polyjuice potion), Luna and Neville sat next to him. Molly dabbed her eyes, Arthur gently patted her back. The whole event looked perfect; the weather was amazing, the flowers, the marquee...even Bill's scars looked barely visible.

"When I get married...it'll be grander than this." George whispered. Bill turned to his younger brother.

"You'll be lucky if you even get married!" Bill said smirking.

"When I get married...you can all come as you like, you don't have to bother with all this." Fred said tugging at his white dress robes and his red flower.

"I'm glad I'm a bachelor." Charlie said chuckling to himself.

"Then who's Jessica Grahams?" Ron asked. Charlie flushed slightly. "Is she a mate or what?"

"I'd say she's more than that." Bill said gently. "When Charlie boy here, arrived late last night you all missed her! The kiss he gave her-"

"It was on the cheek!" Charlie hissed watching Molly. "Now shut it!" The brother's chuckled slightly. The music suddenly changed and everyone found themselves standing up and turning towards the back, Fleur stood in a one piece satin gown, with thin straps hanging on her shoulders. Her long blond hair was let loose yet hidden by the long white veil with Aunt Muriel's tiara, she wore short see through gloves, and she smiled towards Bill like he was the only man in the room.

Hermione felt slightly jealous, not because of Fleur or Bill but because she wondered if she'd ever have something like this. She closed her eyes and for the briefest moment she saw it, she saw herself in Fleur's place and the man she could only see was Draco, she saw herself playing with their children, taking it to Hogwarts...she looked up again and saw Fleur holding Bill's hands.

She gingerly swept a hand over her stomach, she couldn't feel a bump. Probably the cake from last night. Fred whistled loudly making several people chuckle.

"Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome." The priest said letting the guests know they could sit down. "We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of these two faithful souls."

"I think my tiara set the whole thing off nicely." Muriel whispered loudly. Ron snorted with laughter earning him a glare from his mother.

"If you know any lawful reason why these two people should not be together in holy matrimony let you speak now or forever hold your peace...Do you William Arthur Weasley take Fleur Isabelle Marie Delacour to be your lawful wedded wife? To love and to cherish until death do you part?"

"I do."

"And do you Fleur Isabelle Marie Delacour take William Arthur Weasley as your lawful wedded husband? To love and to cherish until death do you part?"

"Oui."

"The rings?" Charlie nodded and passed them to the priest. Molly and Fleur's mother were sobbing into dainty handkerchiefs, loud trumpet noises informed them that Hagrid was crying. Hermione and Ginny were weeping; Ron rolled his eyes at them and mouthed 'typical' to Harry and Neville.

"...then I declare you bonded for life." Suddenly a burst of stars erupted from the priest's wand and entwined around Fleur and Bill's rings. Bill took off the veil and kissed his newlywed wife. Fred and George whistled loudly as did many others. Fleur broke away from Bill and threw her veil to her parents before kissing Bill again.

"Ladies and Gentlemen? Please rise and celebrate with me, Mr and Mrs Weasley!" The priest aimed his wand at the marquee and with a loud bang, the chairs they had been sitting on vanished even the walls of the marquee vanished revealing a large canopy supported by gold poles. It gave a view of the sunlit orchard and the surrounding countryside. Next, a pool of molten gold spread from the centre of the tent to form a dance floor.

"I'm defiantly having a dance on that!" Ron said catching Hermione's eye.

In the far corners of the tent, white chairs appeared next to gold cloth tables, with matching candles and flowers. Suddenly a waiter appeared next to Harry offering him a selection of sandwiches and drinks. "Champagne?" The waiter nodded and handed him a glass of the golden drink.

"Come on! We need a seat away from Muriel!" Ron said dashing to the nearest table he could find, he ushered Hermione and Ginny to the table. "Luna here!" Neville stared at Ron slightly confused. "A round of champagne please? Bring two bottles." Ron said turning to the waiter. The waiter nodded and handed him to large bottle of champagne.

Once everyone was served Ron raised his glass. "To happiness, peace and adventure!" They cheered with him but not without Molly observing them.


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