Chapter 10: Wedding Bells

A/N: By the way I do know that Beauxbatons is a boys and girls school (in the book not the movie) but I always imagined that way mostly cus I think boys look ghastly in pale blue robes so I erased them from my imaginings.

"Wake up Harry! It's Christmas!"

"Ron geroff me. It's too early." Harry mumbled from his pillow.

"Fine I'll get you up later." Ron ran down the stairs and up the ones in the girls dormitory. Although he forgot about the charm on the stairs and was immediately pushed down again. What is up with that. How come girls can come into our dormitory?

"Hermione!" he shouted.

"Hermione!"

"Just a sec."

Ron waited at the bottom of the stairs. Probably finishing extra homework. He he he. good one Ron. Ron was quite wrong. When she did come down she was wearing her dressing gown and slippers and carrying two presents.

"Where's Harry?"

"Asleep." Ron said rolling his eyes. Together they climbed the marble staircase to find Harry still asleep, snoring loudly. He had a big grin on his face suggesting he was having a good dream.

"I hate it when somebody wakes me up from a good dream." Ron said.

"Mm." Hermione agreed.

"Lets wake him anyway."

"Ok. 1,2,3 go!" They all jumped on him yelling, 'wake up Harry! Wake up Harry'.

"Alright I'm up, I'm up!" he said.

"Happy Christmas Harry." Hermione said, giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Ooh well happy Christmas to you too." Harry laughed coming closer.

"Excuse me! Still here! Jeesh." Hermione and Harry just blushed and smiled.

"Ok now that that's over time for pressies!" Ron said throwing a package to Harry and Hermione.

"Aw thanks Ron" said Hermione when she opened Ron's gift(a packet of hair clips that changed colour according to your mood).

"Oh yeah mum's sent you guys something too." Ron handed a lumpy package to them. They opened them and both had gotten Weasley jumpers. Harry's was green with a large 'H' on it and Hermione's was red also with a large 'H' on it. Ron was already wearing his (Maroon with an 'R').

Harry slipped his over his head. "It's nice and warm. I'll write a letter to your mum saying thanks.

"Ok Ron now your turn." Ron received a box of sweets from Hermione. Harry gave him the dress robes that Ron had worn.

"Thanks Harry. I would've died if I had worn that thing," he pointed to his feral dress robes, "to the ball last night."

"Yeah I bet Luna would've freaked."

"Shit I almost forgot! I told Luna I'd meet her for breakfast five minutes ago!" Ron run to his and quickly put on his robes. He sprinted down the stairs making as much noise as was possible.

"Wonder if he noticed his robes were on backwards." A loud 'Oh crud!' answered Harry's question.

"It's good to have the old Ron back." Harry sighed.

"Yeah. Even if he does have the emotional range of a teaspoon."

"Hey I haven't given you your present yet!" Harry jumped off the bed and started rummaging through the drawers of his bedside table.

"Ah! Here it is." He said pulling out a tiny package. Hermione removed the wrapping. Inside was a little velvet box.

She opened it and in it was a golden locket shaped like a heart. On one side of the locket was a moving picture of her and Harry, laughing and waving. On the other was a little message. It read:

Dear Hermione,

Wear this and you'll always carry me with you

Love you always,

Harry.

"Oh Harry. It's… it's beautiful."

"Let me help you put it on." Harry lifted up her hair and clasped the locket around her neck.

"Gorgeous." Hermione blushed.

"Now my present won't look any good."

"I'll love anything you give."

"Ok here you go." Hermione handed him a package. In it was a box that was labelled 'Harry Potter's Dursleys Survival package.' Harry opened it and there were small plastic packets.

"What are these?" He asked. holding one up.

"They're food packets. You tap it with your wand thinking about what food you want to eat and it'll appear in front of you."

"Great! I don't think I could survive another summer without food." There was also a key that unlocked most locks, a set of wizard chess where the chessmen of the opponent could think for themselves so Harry could play alone, and a mirror.

"What's this for."

"It's a two way mirror. I have the other one. It's like a phone but you can see each other."

"This is an excellent present thanks Hermione." He gave her a peck on the cheek. Hermione's stomach gave out a loud rumble.

"Oops. I guess I'm hungry. Come on lets go down to breakfast."

"We have to get changed first though."

"Oh yeah. Right. I almost forgot." Harry came down wearing his baggy ex-Dudley trousers and his Weasley jumper over a blue tee-shirt. Hermione wore her jeans and her Weasley jumper over a pink tee-shirt.

"Come on Harry lets go. I'm so hungry I'd even eat a blast ended skrewt."

"I guess it's pretty serious then." When they reached the hall most of the people had gone outside to play in the snow, or write to their families. Hermione dashed to the table and piled a mountain of scrambled eggs on her plate. Harry followed her more casually ,waving to everyone he knew.

"Hiya Harry." The twins rushed up behind him.

"Hullo. Happy Christmas."

"See you've got a Weasley jumper."

"So does Hermione."

"Great. That entitles you to join in the annual Weasley Christmas day snowball fight." Fred said.

"Only people wearing a Weasley jumper can play." George continued.

"Cause if you're wearing a Weasley jumper-"

"You're family." They ended together.

"Sure just tell me when and where."

"By the knobbly bush after breakfast. See you then" They ran off outside.

Harry and Hermione finished their breakfast quickly and ran to the knobbly bush o find Fred, George, and Ginny already there, in their hand knitted Weasley jumpers.

"Ok so it'll be me, Fred and Ginny versus, Harry, Ron and Hermione. The only rule is no magic. Think you can do that?" They all nodded with their battle faces on.

"Ready, set go!" Each team went to opposite sides of the snow covered lawn and hurriedly made battle plans.

"Harry, Hermione you build the fort. I'll start making the snowballs." Harry and Hermione packed snow together to make a fort while Ron made piles of snowballs.

Half an hour things started getting desperate. There wasn't a single person that wasn't covered in snow. Harry's team's fort was being demolished at the wrath of Ginny's throws.

"Harry I've got a plan. You sneak over there and take a hostage."

"Are you sure we can do that?"

"Hey as long as we don't use magic or do anything potentially dangerous we can do whatever we want."

"Right." Harry artfully snuck over to the opponent's fort. Ginny had her back to him, busy making more snowballs. Harry pulled her back into him holding a snowball to her face.

"Alright nobody move! Or she gets it in the face." Harry said menacingly. Fred and George grinned.

"Guys what are you going to do?" Ginny asked. The twins quickly whipped around and threw a pink snowball at Harry. It hit him in the face and exploded, covering him in sticky pink goo. Ginny got away just in time.

"Yeah! Got him in the face." Before the twins could do their victory Hermione and Ron appeared behind them and slipped a snowball down each of their shirts.

"Ah! Cold! Cold ! Cold!" Hermione and Ron hi fived.

"Er guys. Little help here." The sticky goo had stopped him from moving and he was pinned to the ground.

"Limpazis," Hermione muttered. The pink goo disappeared and Harry lifted himself off the ground.

"What was that?"

"Trick snowball."

"Invented it ourselves." Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys spent the rest of the Christmas joking and eating and when it was finally Harry slept as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Christmas passed and lessons resumed as usual. Harry and Hermione had told Ron about the clue in the egg and, Ron being Ron, had no useful suggestions. They were lined up outside the dungeons for potions class, waiting for Professor Snape who was unusually late.

Georgio came down the steps without Professor Snape as he usually did.

"Where's Professor Snape?" Malfoy drawled.

"Um I'll tell you inside." They all followed Georgio in and took their seats. Georgio stood in front of the class.

"So tell us, where's Professor Snape?" Malfoy asked again.

"Professor Snape has regrettably left us." The whole class gasped.

"No, no, no, no not like that. Snape has gotten married and moved to New Zealand to start a new life with his wife. The Gryffindors cheered while the Slytherins all moaned and groaned.

"So," Georgio raised his voice, "I will be your new potions master." More cheers came from the Gryffindors.

"Who's going to be our Head of house then?" A slytherin piped up.

"Well me. But unlike Snape I will not show favouritism. Now on with the lesson. Who can tell me…"

Whoo I got you good didn't I?

I bet everyone thought it was Harry and Hermione getting married by the title didn't you? Then I hit you with the little velvet box BAM! Whoo hoo hoo ha ha ha ha!

Everyone who thought Harry and Hermione were the ones getting married please review and tell me. Also a cookie for the people that can guess who Snape married.

Thanks for reading please review I'll update soon

XOXOXO

Laura