Disclaimer: I own nothing, all credit to J.K Rowling for the creation of the Harry Potter universe. I just found a plot for this ship.
Warning: Later chapters will contain adult themes. There is an M rating for a reason. The story will NOT contain rape or sexual violence. Lemons and fluff expected. Basically what you would expect from most romance novels nowadays.
There will also be the use of profanity.
Music speaks to my muse.
This chapters song was: Come On Get Higher, Matt Nathanson
Lyric of choice: I would make you believe, I would make you forget.
Grammarly is my beta at this point, 7-17
Charmed to You
Chapter 11
Bells Toll
Hermione looked up as three house elves apparated into her room with loud pops and let out a small moan. They were all carrying her dress, and someone had extended the train considerably!
"The train!"
Niffy rushed over and tisked. "It was far too short. Niffy saw the pictures of the princess in the magazine, it was much longer."
Hermione sat down feeling faint. "Niffy! I told you I am not a princess."
Niffy crossed her arms looking very stubborn and stomped her little foot. "Niffy heard your mother tell you that on your wedding day you are a princess, Niffy fixed the gown so that you can be one."
She heard Narcissa chuckle behind her. She turned to see her mother and future mother in law smiling at the elf who clearly thought she was being helpful.
Narcissa waved her hand to the elves who gave little bows and laid the gown out very carefully.
"It's all right dear; I felt the train should be a bit longer as well."
Hermione let out a soft gasp. "But who is going to hold it off the ground so it doesn't get dirty? We can't use magic in the village."
Narcissa frowned a bit and then said to Niffy. "Niffy, we will make it this long for the pictures we keep only, put it back the way it was for the Muggle ceremony."
Niffy looked about ready to argue, her little face went red before she nodded and snapped her fingers. The dress went back to normal and Hermione gave a long sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Niffy. I promise to get you a picture of it the way you wished it to look." Hermione said sincerely. "I will put it in a frame as soon as they arrive."
Niffy looked like she was ready to cry her little body trembling.
Narcissa smirked and said. "Off you go, we can take it from here."
Hermione stood up and looked at her mother who was still grinning. "They are like little children; I shall have to watch what I say around them. But, really Hermione, even without the train, you do look like a beautiful princess today."
Hermione sighed and smiled at her mother before she rushed over to hug her.
Narcissa clicked her tongue and said. "Now, no ruining her makeup."
Hermione spent the rest of the morning trying to fight down her constant panic. Her mother, of course, stayed calm, Narcissa Malfoy seemed unfazed as well while Hermione thought she might faint halfway down the church. Luckily there was a beautiful red carpet runner that would buffer her fall.
When her veil was attached to a tiara that she swore she had seen in a history book as a child and set in place with sapphire hair pins, she looked at her mother and gave a tentative smile. Taking a deep breath she waved goodbye at a crying Niffy who had shown back up to see her in the dress and followed her mother out of the room.
Victoire who was Bill's daughter was her bridesmaid with Teddy Lupin being the page boy. They had to give him a potion though to keep him from changing his appearance for the day. The poor tyke was pretty angry about which meant that by the time he made it to the church he threw an epic fit, thankfully the guests just found that charming. Ginny was her maid of honor and Blaise Zabini was Draco's best man.
They hadn't had a rehearsal dinner as the schedule had already been so packed, and this was actually the first time Hermione had seen Zabini since Hogwarts. He looked as obnoxious as ever, even winking at her as she got closer. He also kept whispering to Draco.
Draco wasn't turning around; she wondered briefly who had told him that was the tradition. When she and her father finally reached the front of the church and she met his churning grey eyes she gave a small little gasp. He looked her over a bit desperately and then nodded at her as if he was making sure she was okay. She gave him a tentative smile and handed her flowers to Ginny who was smirking. Then she waited for her father to lift her veil and kiss her cheek before she took a deep breath and turned towards the minister.
She couldn't tell you much about the ceremony itself. She repeated her vows, Draco repeated his. They exchanged rings, although they would be doing this again in the binding ceremony. She watched as Draco clenched his fist as if testing out the new ring. He had a rather strange look on his face as he did so and she wondered if he wasn't used to wearing rings. She had found herself a bit surprised all this week when she had looked down to see the ring on her ring finger. But then she frowned as she noticed the large ring on his other hand and remembered he had been wearing that since she had met him. It was a type of signet ring with emeralds and what looked like the Malfoy crest of arms, much more ostentatious than any Muggle ones she had seen and worn on his ring finger, not his pinky. She wondered curiously when he had gotten it, she hadn't remembered him wearing that at school. Then she let out a small frustrated sigh, that was just another thing added to the many things about her now husband that she didn't actually know.
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The ceremony ended and they turned to face the church full of people. Bells tolled above them and she saw that both of her parents were wiping tears from their eyes. She was shocked to see that Narcissa Malfoy also seemed to be teary eyed while Lucius looked like a proud peacock.
She put her hand on Draco's arm and walked with him slowly out of the church, smiling at the muggle photographer who was snapping pictures. She raised an eyebrow as a few other flashes went off that had the man looking around in confusion.
Draco smirked. "My mother hired a photographer; he is under a disillusionment charm."
Hermione looked up at him and laughed. That was such a Malfoy thing to do, openly flaunting wizarding law like that with half the Wizengamot and all of the heads of department for the Ministry in attendance, not to mention three foreign Ministers of Magic.
He shrugged at her as if reading her mind. "She got permission. How do you think he has an invisible camera and got past security?"
Hermione just smiled widely and allowed him to whisk her out and help her into the horse drawn carriage that Narcissa had insisted on. Hermione had found it rather silly as the church had been very close to the old Castle, it actually sat on the grounds so they were back at the front doors of the massive estate in a matter of minutes. Draco got out first and then reached over to lift her down.
He frowned at her a bit. "How much does this dress weigh?"
She blew out a breath and shivered slightly; he still had his arm around her waist and was holding her up so that she was eye level with him.
"Not as much as Niffy wished," she said with a small smile.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "Is that what had you in a mild panic all day?"
She grunted and then laughed softly as he set her down on her feet. "Yes, she made the train at least four times longer."
Draco chuckled keeping his arm around her waist as he moved her forward into the castle. The first thing that hit her was the fragrance of gardenias. They moved into the ballroom and she gasped. It had indeed been enlarged, although no one would know it but the Malfoy's. Catering teams moved throughout the room and she wondered briefly where the house elves were hiding.
"I wish Niffy could see this," Hermione said softly.
Draco smirked at her. "She can, All the house elves are probably running around invisible making sure everything is perfect. Their magic is very subtle, muggles won't even sense it if they don't wish them too."
Hermione smiled and then allowed him to sweep towards a hallway; they were taking pictures in the library. Draco had said it was his favorite room in the castle. As it had floor to ceiling windows all along one wall and offered the photographer amazing light he didn't argue with the groom.
Hermione gave a small moan of pleasure as she looked at all of the books. They were old and she raised an eyebrow at some of the titles.
Again Draco smirked. "Charmed, if any of the muggles wander in here they won't see anything unusual."
She nodded and allowed him to sweep her over to the windows. Niffy appeared suddenly and snapped her fingers so that Hermione's train elongated and then set to pushing and shoving them into place and settling the train so that it was just so.
Zabini swept in and chuckled. "Never thought I would see you be pushed around by a house elf, Malfoy."
Draco glared at Zabini who gave a wink and moved to lounge against a chair. Ginny gave him a firm glare and then rushed over to hand Hermione her bouquet of flowers. Hermione smiled at Ginny and then jumped as Niffy disappeared and then the doors burst open so that the parents and the rest of the wedding party could come in.
The photographer frowned at the train for a moment and she noticed Narcissa muttering something. Suddenly the man's eyes went all cloudy and he just stood by while Narcissa organized everything to her liking. She had to have jinxed him because when the flashes started going off from the wizard photographer the man didn't even blink now. It was an hour of being moved into different positions with the different people before Draco said in a dry tone.
"Mother, I think we have enough to fill a book. Can we please move this along?"
Zabini snorted and Hermione let out a quiet breath of thanks, her feet were killing her, even with the cushioning charm she had put on the heels.
The photographer was ushered out and Hermione wilted under the weight of her dress. Draco frowned at her and the next thing she knew the dress weighed nothing at all. He was turning to glare at his mother. "You couldn't jinx the dress to not weigh her down mother? She is exhausted."
Narcissa flushed clearly upset. "I forgot! Here I have a pucker up potion for her, stronger than the invigoration drought even, she will be fine."
Draco took the potion from his mother and said in a hard tone. "Niffy."
The elf popped into sight smiling and then snapped her fingers. Hermione was instantly in the dress for her reception, complete with her change of shoes. And this dress was light as a feather, which meant that clearly the elf had charmed it.
Her eyes widened in shock. "How?"
Draco just glared at her and seemed to be taking her pulse. "Did she eat, mother?"
Narcissa frowned. "Don't you take that tone with me Draco; she had breakfast but wouldn't eat lunch."
He gave his mother a sharp look and then swept Hermione up against him and looked at Niffy. "If you please."
Niffy snapped her fingers again and Draco was in another suit, this one a dark emerald green with a snake pen on his lapel.
Zabini smirked. "Mind changing me, Niffy? That would be Nifty!"
Ginny snorted at him and shook her head. But the house elf grinned at him and snapped her fingers.
Narcissa was frowning at her husband's pocket watch. "Niffy you better do all of us we ran over our time."
The next time Niffy snapped her fingers everyone was in their reception outfits. Hermione saw her parents gasp and then laugh in delight.
Ginny's eyes were round. "Blimey they sure are handy, aren't they?"
Zabini smirked. "Well, yes," he said lazily.
Ginny shook her head and rushed out of the room probably to find her parents. Hermione handed her bouquet to the elf who smiled at it wistfully and then disappeared.
Draco grinned down at her his eyes dancing with laughter. "She won't let go of that the whole night," he whispered into her ear.
Hermione felt her heart skip a beat as his warm breath washed over her, she met his eyes and felt her world tilt a little.
Draco grunted and held her more firmly to his side. "Come on then, let's feed you, Hermione. You've gone far too quiet on me."
Hermione looked over to see her mother laughing as her father shook his head laughing as well. They had always remarked on how much of a chatter box she was, so she knew that they were laughing at the fact her new husband would tease her about such a thing.
Author Notes:
Thank you for all the reviews and follows and favorites! If this is the first fanfic of mine you are reading I should mention you can find me on Instagram: CrystalJeanRed I now post updates for stories and pictures of things that take my fancy, like jewelry and dresses I have added into my stories.
Ha! Poor Hermione. I would guess that her dress was pretty heavy. I know that I didn't really explain the dress in detail and that is because I wished for you to allow your imagination to take over.
However I must admit, I pictured Duchess Catherine's dress myself.
Next Chapter is the reception where Ginny impresses her brother George with a well placed jinx! Care to guess who gets on her bad side?
