Chapter 10

The next few weeks were full of pranks, mostly from the men on the women, but there were the occasional instances of revenge and such. The women mostly were trying to plan the wedding, which Sirius and Heather had decided would be on July 31 of that year. They mostly had help from a few family friends, but also from Lily's mom, who helped to set up the aspects that were most like a muggle wedding.

While the girls were busy preparing for the wedding that was due the next day, James had other plans.

"James, what are you doing? The wedding is tomorrow." Sirius hissed at his best friend, and soon to be brother-in-law. James however smiled, and continued toward the ballroom, where the wedding reception was to take place.

"I'm doing what I do best Sirius, planning mischief."

"James, knock this off at once, the house is supposed to stay clean, and I, for one, don't want my wedding to be messed up."

"Yeah, because its your wedding."

"I know, and I will hurt you if it gets ruined, or I might just tell Lily to use some of her special hexes and charms that she invented just for our group."

"This coming from the man who said he would never settle down . . ."

"I know I said that, but that was before I started dating your sister. Now stay out of that room until the reception tomorrow or I will tell Lily and your sister to use them." James seemed to ignore him, however, so Sirius stalked off to find his fiancé hoping that they could save the decorations.

"Lily, I'm just so nervous, what if something goes wrong and he decides he doesn't want to marry me . . ." Heather was raving.

"Heather, calm down, we'll get through this, and Sirius I know will not say no, because regardless of proof, he has fallen for you, and he is not playing you. This Sirius is so unlike the one from school."

"I should know," Heather added sarcastically, but continued normal, "I just wish Dad was here, he'd be able to do what he would have wanted. To give me away."

"Remus will do fine, I much prefer that you chose him to give you away to Sirius than your brother, James would have used to opportunity to prank you, Remus will respect you, and Sirius will treasure you. Whether your brother thinks so or not." Footsteps signaled someone's approach, and it turned out to be Sirius.

"What are you up to?"

"Well, I thought I better let you know that James is still trying to set up a prank that will go off during the wedding reception."

"This better not be . . ."

"Hey, I'm trying to stop him from ruining tomorrow. Do you think you might be able to ward him out or something?"

"Maybe, but . . ." There was an explosion from upstairs, with laughter.

"I'll go sort this out." Lily said. She walked toward the stairs, and disappeared up them. A few seconds later, the laughter stopped only to be replaced by a scream and a solid whack. Then a few minutes later, James came running down the stairs, while bat-like bogeys were attacking his face.

"I . . . have got . . . to get . . . that spell . . . from Lily." Heather said during a laughing fit. She calmed down a bit before talking again. "Not that I'll use it that much on you Sirius, only if you get a little out of control."

James seemed to have figured out how to get away from the bats as he had come back with the glint in his eye equivalent to that of him pranking someone. Sirius noticed this, and transformed into his dog form, and ran from him. James sent spell after spell at him, until one finally connected.

"I try to keep you under control for one day and I can't even do that. That is why I won't let you walk me down the aisle James; you just don't want to grow up." Heather said stalking away; she didn't even notice that her brother was looking at her odd.

The next day came so fast for everyone in the Potter household. Before they knew it, Heather and Sirius were on opposite sides of the house getting ready for the wedding. When Sirius was ready, he took his place at the altar, awaiting his bride. James came in a few minutes later.

"You doing okay?" he asked. Sirius was green with nausea, James had seemed to notice.

"Do I look like I doing bloody okay?" Sirius asked, "What if she changes her mind, thinks me just like she did back in school before we got together."

"Relax Padfoot, I have a feeling she's been waiting for this since that day on the train." The door opened and Peter Pettigrew stuck his head in, and when he saw James motioned for him that it was time to start. "Gotta go; see you in a few minutes." Sirius composed himself just as the door opened, to let the line begin.

Heather had asked Lily to stand up with her as her Maid of Honor, and Sirius had asked James to be Best Man. They headed off the line, together, before standing in their respective spots. Hermione came in oddly enough with Peter, Sirius had no idea who was going to walk his bride to him, at least before that, now he knew.

Then Alice Longbottom and her husband Frank walked in, and took their respective spots. Finally Remus and Heather walked in. Just before the altar, Heather turned to him.

"Thanks Remus, for being there."

"It was no problem." She gave him a short hug, and they continued to their spots. When Heather reached Sirius, The looked at each other before turning to Dumbledore, who was presiding at their wedding.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the magical union of these two souls, as they join in holy matrimony." Both Heather and Sirius couldn't help but feel embarrassed a little. "I do believe you both had your own vows to say, before we continued."

Heather, who plucked up her Gryffindor courage, began to recite hers as though they were memorized, and she hadn't really memorized them.

"Sirius, I guess we took a while to realize that we did love each other, for me it started that afternoon on the Hogwarts Express. Though, I didn't know it at the time, I was already falling in love with you. Most of the time, however, you were that annoying pest that you were back in school. I guess opposites do attract, as we were opposites at the time, Sirius, I'm very proud to say that I love you, and always will." Sirius, who had been mesmerized by her voice, shook out of his stupor, in order to read his own.

"Heather, I guess we should be glad it took us a while to realize what we did, as up until seventh year, I was the completely obnoxious brat, who couldn't decide whether or not to date one girl one day or another the next, I am ashamed that I was that way. I guess the only thing that stopped me from doing that to you, was the fact that you were as mean to me as Lily was to James, and we both know how that turned out, both of them snogging in broom closets." Every seemed to laugh except Lily and James, who had turned bright red.

"I guess what I mean to say is that, well; I really do love you Heather." Someone had started to cry, and they assumed it was Hagrid, due to the loud trumpeting noises.

"Sirius, Heather, if you would take each other by the hand." They did so, "Sirius Orion, do you take Heather Marie to be you lawfully wedding wife? To honor, and cherish, as long as you both shall live."

"I do."

"Do you Heather Marie; take Sirius Orion, to be you lawfully wedded husband."

"I do."

"Then by the power vested in me, by the Ministry of Magic, I now pronounce you husband and wife; you may now kiss the bride." A gold shield seemed to cover them, just as he lifted her veil, and it intensified when they kissed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I now give you Mr. and Mrs. Sirius Black." They stopped kissing and led the way into the ballroom, where the reception was to be held.

The next few hours were full of dances, and fun. When Heather tossed her bouquet, Lily was the one who caught it. Heather saw James blush, when Lily looked at him after she did.

What shocked everyone, was when Sirius' mom, showed up to the reception.

"What you doing here?" Sirius growled, as James and Remus restrained him from attacking her.

"Figured I better come to my own son's wedding, as my other son is dead."

"That's funny; I thought you didn't consider me your son after I refused to follow the path you wanted."

"Your father re-inherited you after poor Regulus died, as he wanted the Black house to continue." She said snobbishly, and put her present on the table, and without a second look, left.

"Good riddance."

"Sirius, it's not funny, even if she is your mother, you can't go trying to attack her. She is a respected member of the Wizarding Community and could get you thrown in Azkaban."

"I don't care, she shows up, uninvited, and expects me to treat her like I did when I was five." He said. "I'm not going to do it."

"Sirius, please, act respectable for once, we still have guests here." Heather said. He seemed to calm down at her words, and took his bride by her hands.

"Do you want to cut the cake now, or later?"

"Let's enjoy one last dance, and then we'll cut it." His stomach growled at that. "I guess I should be glad I said one. Otherwise my stomach might just try to kill me." James laughed out loud before the music started. It was a slow dance, and soon after they finished, they sat down for a few minutes to unwind and relax.

"What did you say to Remus earlier when you gave him that hug?"

"I thanked him for being there."

"It's nice to have this over with but think roles are going to be switched here soon, you'll be the Maid of Honor, and I'll be the Best Man." Sirius said, "at least I'll be able to laugh at James when that happens." The married couple laughed, before standing up to walk over to the cake.

Later that night, after the cake had been smashed in their faces, Heather and Sirius retired to their room, preparing for their honeymoon.

"Why the hell would my mother choose to show up now?" Sirius asked. He'd fretted about it the whole time.

"At least she didn't curse her present; she did show some respect to us, I think your father might have forced her to come to do even that, after what you told me about you and her having the arguments that you did."

"She did bring up the point that he did re-inherit me, so we are able to get access to the family vault, but I won't be touching that for a few years, not until they're dead. My father did seem a little reluctant to disown me, but she forced him to. Haven't heard from him since I moved here after sixth year." Heather climbed into bed next to her husband.

"Two years ago, I thought that we hated each others guts, but I guess that changed fast."

"Yeah, now we just have to see Lily and James end up together." They silently laughed, before he turned to her.

"Where are we going to go for our honeymoon again?" Heather laughed at his question.

"I figured we'd go to America or something, get away from this war for a while, and then come back." She hoped he'd go along with it. "If that doesn't work for you, we could go somewhere else."

"No, that's fine with me." He kissed her on the lips before lying down, and falling asleep. Heather on the other hand, stayed up remembering her dreams. In them she'd been married to Sirius, and well, now she was, maybe she was a Seer, but then again she really didn't think that either. She turned off the lamp, before falling asleep herself.

"So, the plan is we buy them a house while they're on their honeymoon?" Peter asked. He kept forgetting what they were doing.

"Wormtail, I think it would do my sister some good to be out of this house, a bit anyway, she's been staying up late at night remembering our parents, and well, she'll cry herself to sleep sometimes." James said.

"I hope this will do it, but why don't we look at some possibilities that Sirius was looking at, and then we'll go from there." Lily put in. The rest of the group agreed, before she left to go find the ads for the houses, while they cleaned up from the wedding.

"I hope the seals will last Fawkes, they didn't want to remember their old lives, and so I hope they don't maybe time will change, and those that were lost before will now be saved." Albus Dumbledore muttered to his phoenix, "Several times, I had to redo them while they were at school, then I hoped it was just their magical cores readjusting to their bodies, but if it happens again, then I don't know what will happen." He pulled out a packet of papers, regarding the method the three had supposedly been sent back in time. But it didn't make sense, Portkeys couldn't have been made to travel through time, and yet, that was the feeling they supposedly had gotten, according to Hermione Granger.

"I don't know what to make of this mess . . ." he said out loud, Fawkes flew over to him, and perched on the desk, trilling a soft melody. Dumbledore patted the bird on the head, before putting the papers away, and going to bed himself.

The next morning, Heather and Sirius got up early to pack for their honeymoon. It took about an hour for them to get all their stuff, but they managed. They got downstairs, at about the time Lily was looking over ads for houses.

"What's up, Lils?"

"Oh, just looking for an apartment to stay in for a while." Lily quickly said. Heather, who seemed to catch that it was a lie, opened her mouth to say something, when Sirius interjected.

"That might be good for you. Get away from your sister, and James for a little bit, speaking of which, I have been noticing him going over dates the last few weeks. It makes me wonder if he's planning to ask you something soon."

"If he asks that question, I think he'll wait till he can announce it to you two as well as the rest of the world. So it probably won't be till you two get back."

"Well, better get something to eat before we have to be at the airport for our scheduled floo time."

"So that's how magical people go internationally!" Lily shouted.

"Yeah, didn't you know that?"

"Nope, being raised in a Muggle family means Muggle means of travel." Sirius felt like hitting himself for asking that. Of course Lily wouldn't have used the Floo Network to travel internationally. Heather hit him anyway, for being stupid.

"I deserved that." He said. Heather stuck her tongue out at him briefly, before they said their good-byes to Lily and for her to tell the rest of them good-bye for them.

"How long are you two going to be gone?" Lily asked before they left the kitchen. Heather looked at Sirius before answering.

"A week or two at the most. We do want some time to spend alone, as this house is being used as Marauder central." Lily had to laugh at that, and then with a pop, both of the Blacks left the house.

"M . . . My L . . . Lord. I bring y . . . you information." A man said. He was stammering, and quite scared.

"What is it Wormtail?"

"T . . . the Blacks . . . will be gone for a couple of weeks. I overheard them talking about going to the States." Wormtail stammered. He paused, waiting for a pain curse.

"Very well, I didn't expect them to stay in the country for their honeymoon anyway. Have you found out about the girls true past?"

"N . . . no, D . . . Dumbledore m . . . m . . . must of have put a strong memory charm on her." The rat answered.

"I do not appreciate failure from my Death Eaters, Crucio!" the pain curse Wormtail had been waiting for finally hit, as he shrieked, and withered beneath the curse. After a few minutes, the curse was removed. Just as they were about to speak, the door to the chambers opened, revealing Severus Snape.

"My Lord," Snape said approaching Voldemort, "The Blacks just left the airport via the Floo Network, do you wish for us to procede with the attack on the Potter's home."

"I will be attending to this in person; I will kill the Potter boy and anyone else who stands in my way that will surely lure the Blacks back to England. Where I can finish off the Potter family for good." The high-pitched voice of Lord Voldemort answered.

"I will relay the message to Lucius then, he is getting impatient waiting outside the house." Snape bowed before Voldemort, and then left the room, but not before being hit the Cruciatus Curse.

"That, Snape, will teach you to wait for my say before leaving, now get out of my sight." He turned back to Wormtail. "Go back to Potter Manor, but get out when you feel the mark burn, do not make the rest of them suspicious."

Potter Manor was full of relaxing young adults, who were consequently trying to find a house for Heather and Sirius, when they heard the familiar sound of Apparation.

"I'll go check it out." Remus said. He opened the front door, to find Peter Pettigrew standing outside.

"Hi Moony." Peter said.

"Where were you Peter?"

"I got an owl from my mother, she requested my help with something." He said. Remus, who wearily took the excuse, let him into the household. They moved to the table once more, when there were more sounds of Apparation, this time setting off the wards that Dumbledore had put up after James and Heather's parent's deaths.

"Guys, I think we're in trouble." James said when the wards were breached.

"Why?"

"They're here." No one noticed Peter slink away from the group and change into his rat form, just as the front door was blasted in. When the dust from the spell cleared, they almost ran into the hallway only to be greeted with several of the Unforgiveables, Including the Killing Curse. When they all reached the hallway however, the Death Eaters stopped firing, and parted, allowing the small group to see Voldemort approach.

"Well, well, Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans, right, Mr. Lupin, and Ms. Granger. How nice of you to let me into your home."

"We didn't let you in, you broke in." James snarled. A silencing spell placed on him shut him up.

"Now, now Mr. Potter, treating a guest that way. Crucio!" the curse hit James and he screamed as the pain of a hundred knifes stabbed into him, the curse was held for a minute.

"Let him go!" Lily yelled. In response, Voldemort turned the curse on her. James, panting from the torture, dove at Voldemort, just as several more pops signified arrivals. Voldemort disapparated, however, as well as the Death Eaters.

"James, Lily, Remus, Hermione!" The familiar voice of Dumbledore cried out.

"We're alright, well Hermione and I are, but James and Lily were put under the Cruciatus Curse for a little bit. You didn't give him the chance to turn the curse on us." Remus said as Dumbledore approached.

"Let's get them to St. Mungos, as they will require some potions." Dumbledore said. Remus and Hermione picked up James and Lily and helped them to their feet. With several pops, they were gone from the house.

A/N: I know JK Rowling said that Wormtail started giving information to Voldemort around a year before Harry was born, but hey this is a fanfiction. I think he must have started earlier than that, because, he, like Snape, was able to keep Dumbledore from knowing he was the traitor. Anyway, I know people have been wanting some sort of scene with Voldemort, and I just had to put one in that is (in this anyway) one of the three times that Lily and James defied Voldemort. Of course the scenes will get better, but you've got to admit, they faced him probably within a year of each thing. Once in 1978, once in 1979, and once more while Lily must have just barely been pregnant with Harry.