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THANKS YOU GUYS! I especially like that so many new ppl reviewed! Not to mention the faithful reviewers who I can count on for a review each time. All of you are priceless. Everyone who reads this is priceless…Everyone who listed me or my story as a favourite or on alert are priceless….Sirius is priceless…well obviously. Anyway here goes!

Matrimonius Psyche: A marriage of souls

The garden was lit in every possible corner with fiery oil lamps and the chairs which were arranged in a circle had white roses and lilies draped over them giving the whole location a sweet, hypnotic fragrance. It was an intimate service. Dumbledore stood with a jovial smile on his face in elaborate violet dress robes chatting to McGonagall wearing a pale gold dress, a rare smile plastered on her face. The Potters sat on the chairs wearing co-ordinated pale blue clothes, Margaret trying to flatten the sticking up grey hairs on her husband's head while he stubbornly tried to escape. James was pacing nervously nearby only half listening to the joke Sirius was telling a chortling Hagrid. There was a raised decorated platform where James and Lily would exchange their vows. It was covered in pink and red rose petals which were charmed to shimmer in the moonlight. An extravagant harp was playing by itself in the corner letting out tinkling, soothing notes. James and the Marauders had done a good job.

When Remus and Peter hurried in the group started to sit. Sirius winked at Remus who gave him the thumbs up and then he smacked James on the back.

"Good luck mate" he said with a smile as he shook his friend's hand.

James returned the smile shakily and took a deep breath turning to the entrance. A decorated, flowered arch which spurted gold shimmering dust at regular intervals stood awaiting the two bridesmaids and Lily herself.


"You ready Lils?" Ivana said a huge smile on her face.

"No.." Lily replied in a small voice.

"You could always do a runner!" Diya joked.

"NO!"

"I was kidding…"

"Ah….you guys…" Lily said gripping her friends hands tightly. Ivana and Diya exchanged looks and they wrapped her in a group hug.

"Ok let's do this baby!" Ivana said breaking the hug and gliding under the arch to be received with "ooohs and ahhhs" from the people at the service. Diya grinned at Lily and followed to be greeted with similar sounds.

Lily took a deep breath but something stopped her.


James grinned nervously at the two girls who each greeted him with a kiss on the cheek before rolling their eyes at Sirius' waggling eyebrows. They took seats by Remus and Peter leaving one vacant for the best man to join them once Lily and James were safely on the podium. James started to relax when he thought of Lily coming out and finally being able to see her. He grinned at his parents who waved back while his mother wiped her tearful eyes. Dumbledore sat looking immensely proud while McGonagall had a softened, motherly expression on her face. He was lucky he didn't see the mischievous looks on the Marauders' faces or his ease would've disappeared quickly. Either way however, it did disappear. Lily was nowhere to be seen. The group all looked expectantly at the archway, but no redhead materialised. James started to bite his lip and cast a worried look at Sirius who was tugging at his kilt nervously. When he noticed James however he smiled and called out, "Lily love…you haven't done a runner have you?" The guests chortled at Sirius' idiocy but Ivana and Diya exchanged silent dismay. She hadn't had she?

"Lily…don't be nervous now if you look half as good as Ivana and Diya you have nowt to worry about!" Sirius tried again. "Lillian Evans…."

James looked confused and then suddenly very hurt and the guests all looked horrified at the prospect of Lily leaving. James walked slowly off the podium and collapsed into the empty chair waiting for Sirius.

"She's left me…" he said in a soft voice before hanging his head and mussing up his, for once fairly neat hair.

"Shush Prongs…" Sirius hissed and cast a pained look at Remus who took the hint and instantly placed a comforting arm around James shoulders while asking him quietly to not worry. Sirius then dashed away towards the arch, slowing down and nodding to Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore as he passed. He then quickened his pace and drew out his wand as he flung himself through the arch way to look for Lily. What if she had been taken? But he had been sure no one could find this place. He had been secret keeper. He need not have worried however because the minute he emerged from the other side he noticed a redhead sat on a large rock looking absolutely stunning, if it hadn't been for her hair hanging in her face and a defeated expression masking it. Her mascara and eyeliner had leaked down her face with the hot tears.

"Lily?" Sirius asked gently approaching her and looking for any signs of harm.

"Oh Sirius…" She said flinging herself into his arms. He stroked her back soothingly until he noticed her dress roughly intertwined with a thorny bush. He let out a bark-like laugh.

"Bit stuck are you?"

"I tried…and I tried…but it ripped and then…" Lily wiped her eyes streaking her make-up even worse.

Sirius looked at her incredulously. "Are you a witch or are you not?"

"OH!" Lily said and quickly disentangled herself. "Oh bloody hell…now I've got myself in this mess.."

"Scourgify?" Sirius asked.

After Lily was cleaned up Sirius squeezed her into a hug and gave her a wink before going back into the clearing and yelling,

"I'll marry you Prongs!"

Seeing Sirius joking again, the group realised things must've sorted out and turned to wait for Lily again. James' smile finally returned and he too watched the entrance for his bride.


Lily took a deep breath as she placed her hands in James'. "Sorry about the hold-up" she whispered.

"As long as you're here now…" He said gently stroking the side of her face. She looked so beautiful. He noticed she'd picked to wear her hair the same as the night they'd first gotten together: in loose auburn waves with small white flowers laced in at the top. Although her eyes were the tiniest bit puffy, Sirius had managed to clean up her make-up well with his spell. Her eyes were rimmed in black bringing out the startling green which glittered as the light from the oil lamps flickered in them. Her dress was white with delicate green embroidery tracing them. He opened his mouth to begin his vows, but something caught in his throat.

Lily stared lovingly at James as he attempted to clear his throat and noted his cutely mussed up hair. It had obviously managed to be neat for at least five minutes, but signaturely become rumpled. His suit robes were stylish black and he'd pinned the same small white flower as in her hair to his front. She couldn't believe what he'd done with the place. It was so perfect…It was so magical, so romantic….it was so James. He looked nervous, but Lily could see the happiness she felt was completely mirrored in her soon-to-be husband.

The ceremony would consist of Lily and James exchanging vows, and then the oldest member of the group would perform the marriage charm, in which everyone would partake in.

James, finally able to clear his throat cast the Marauders a quick look before beginning.

"Lily Evans. Wow. I can't tell you how incredibly lucky I feel to be the bloke to be standing in front of you here, holding your hand, and professing my undying devotion to you. I remember the first time I ever saw you, hair as red as it is now sitting on that stool in the Grand Hall with the Sorting hat hanging way over your head. I didn't think much of you then, I was more a blonde man at the age of eleven…"

Lily laughed as the others chuckled along at James who was grinning now really getting into his speech.

"But once I'd dated all the blondes in the school….and the brunettes. It was about third year at the time..."

More chortling…especially loudly from Sirius.

"I noticed this gorgeous redhead. I plucked up all my courage…which wasn't difficult considering what a little arrogant fool I was…and asked you out. Then…um well I wish I could forget this next part, but you rejected me….and every time I asked you – about twice a day in third year, and once a week until seventh year, you kept saying no. I began to wonder if I really was that arrogant. Then when my best mates: Sirius, who by the way is twice as arrogant as me….and Remus and Peter finally got it through my thick skull that I really was an idiot…I tried my hardest to change. Because, if I changed I'd get the one thing I always wanted. And eventually, I did."

Lily smiled, a tear of happiness trickling down her cheek.

"And…I'm so glad I haven't lost you. Lily I couldn't bear the thought. You're the only girl that makes my heart feel this way, the only girl who can crack me up and keep me in my place at the same time. You're the only girl for me Evans…"

Everyone audibly awwwwwed and Lily fought the urge to do the same. Her knees felt weak, the same as they always did when James was romantic.

"So…in saying all this, I pledge to do whatever it takes to make you happy and take care of you and love you." James said turning his gaze shortly to Sirius who tossed him a golden wedding band. He caught it deftly and slid it on her finger happily. Lily was smiling from ear to ear as she opened her mouth to speak.

Sirius nudged Remus, who nudged Peter who nudged Hagrid who gave a nod. Before Lily could start…Sirius had rushed out. Everyone stopped to stare at the crazy man in the kilt who'd disappeared in the middle of his best friends' wedding. James looked positively shocked as he turned to Remus who was trying to hide a sheepish grin.

Suddenly a large black dog ran through the service barking happily. What was truly astonishing about the picture was the large silver unicorn which galloped gracefully behind it leaving a shimmering trail. It traipsed joyfully around the podium sending the petals flying upward and falling softly into Lily and James hair and swirling around them. Despite the annoying interruption, James and Lily couldn't deny the Marauders had probably pulled off the most beautiful prank ever. Within moments, the stir had left when the dog that licked Ivana playfully ran out and led the unicorn to its spot outside awaiting the one ride Lily and James would take on it before going to their reception.

"Sirius?" Lily questioned James with a raised eyebrow but he simply shook his head with laughter. A moment later, a dishevelled looking Sirius swaggered back in, winked at the couple, sat next to Ivana and kissed her other cheek. She looked amazed and confused but amused. Lily laughed and called out,

"Alright lads? Ok if we finish getting married now?"

The guest tittered and Remus called out, "Yeah I reckon so…"

"If you must.." Peter added with a grin.

"Only if you want to love…" Sirius said winking at James.

"Yes please…" Lily grinned.

"James Potter…the first time I saw you was on the train to Hogwarts. You and Sirius were having a go at each other for being Blacks and Potters…and then you both randomly attacked this one other first year."

Sirius laughed loudly while Remus and Peter chuckled away. There were no prizes for knowing Lily was talking about Snape.

"…and even though it brought you guys together, I couldn't have thought less of you. It didn't help that both of you were gorgeous and had a swagger to rival any famous quidditch player! So of course I ignored you until an incident in third year when you played a prank on me and my friends. To be honest, I don't know how I got over the incident in the great hall where u hung us upside down. ...in our skirts...…but all I can remember is I despised you for it. I despised you for all your arrogance. And worst of all I despised you for not living up to the potential I knew you had!"

James looked sheepishly to the Marauders and nervously back at Lily who was smiling.

"But then darn it all James Potter, you got me. It didn't matter how hard I tried to fight it, or ignore it. It didn't matter how many times I refused dating you. I couldn't get you out of my head. So…despite all your arrogance, and ridiculousness – I fell in love. I grew to love the way you messed up your hair when you were nervous, like you're doing right now…I adored the pranks you and your mates played. But the thing I admired the most, was your good heart. Your bravery. And those gorgeous hazel eyes a girl could drown in…James, in such a short while; you've become everything to me. My best friend, the one I go to when I need to talk, the person who'll make me laugh and cry at the same time. The love of my life. And now, I could not possibly imagine anyone else in your place. At this beautiful wedding, which you organised, with our great mates. And there's nothing more I want than to marry you and start and family with you, and love you." Lily laughed as she choked on the tears now streaming down her face and slid the wedding band on her boyfriend's finger. James looked choked up but was grinning from ear to ear. He winked at her and then stated formally for the purpose of the Wedding,

"We ask if the oldest person in the room please give us their blessing and perform the marriage charm…"

"…So our souls can be united as one" Lily finished grinning at Dumbledore who smiled and stood up.

"With all the luck and happiness in the world, Matrimonius Psyche" Dumbledore wished raising his wand, a pale pink jet shooting from his wand and surrounding Lily and James. One by one, the rest of the guests raised their wands and silver beams joined Dumbledore's pink one. Lily and James glowed with the charm for a moment and then all was still. They stared at each other smiling widely.

"Well kiss for goodness sake!" Sirius shouted before Remus clapped his hand over his mouth to silence him. James smiled and pulled Lily in. They shared the same kiss they had the very first time, where they felt cartwheels and fireworks, the thrill of quidditch, the satisfaction of a great relationship and the intensity of love. When they broke apart they were greeted with stars from the Marauders' wands and cheers and clapping from the rest of the elated guests. James clasped Lily's hand tightly to him and after grinning at their friends and family whispered in Lily's ear. "Well Mrs. Potter…you ready for this?"

"Ready as ever Mr. Potter…" Lily said kissing him softly.

A moment later a beautiful stork with white and pink feathers, dropped a letter from the Ministry into James' hand.

"Mr James Potter and Mrs Lily (Evans) Potter,

We wish to congratulate you on your marriage. You have been registered in the Ministry.

Greetings,

Cornelius Fudge

Minister for Magic".

"That makes it official lads…" Sirius said from behind them as he wrapped them into a hug. Soon the crowd rushed forward to give their congratulations, until Sirius yelled, "Alright, everyone to the Leaky Cauldron for the Reception…we'll be meeting the others there…"

"The Leaky Cauldron Sirius?" Lily asked rather horrified slipping her hand into James'.

"I know Lils…I'm full of surprises…" Sirius and James laughed and Lily couldn't help but grin: she felt giddy!

"Smile!" Ivana said quickly popping up and snapping a picture of the three laughing. She then gestured to the crowd and they quickly apparated away leaving James and Lily still holding hands.

"Shall we go then?" Lily said getting ready to apparate.

"Actually Lily…" James interrupted stopping her. "I have another way to get there."

Lily looked past his gesturing arm to where the proud silver unicorn stood waiting for them to climb on. She gasped and hugged James with a squeal before rushing towards the unicorn to stroke it. When they had mounted and placed the sufficient charms on themselves to go unseen, they glided off into the air, leaving a shimmering trail with the words:

"Just married".


The party was in full swing, with the wedding guests, the Order members and a few old school friends filling the Leaky Cauldron which Sirius had completely booked. They were all dancing, with Lily and James in the centre swaying away completely wrapped up in each other, despite the fast tune playing.

Sirius grabbed another glass of Champagne Supernova and grabbed a fork to clink against it. The music was muted and everyone turned to look at the jovial best man.

"As best man, I think it is in order for me to tell you all about the two people we're celebrating this evening, so take a seat and grab a glass folks…" Sirius said with a grin as everyone chuckled and took a seat.

"Ok so originally I had everything all written up all nice like, and it just sounded so fake and sick and sickly sweet and so not Sirius….so I was confused. And when I'm confused I usually go to my good friend Remus because he's usually very good at sorting out my problems….anyway that's besides the point. He said some rubbish about talking from the heart, so I took that to mean….make fun of Jamesie every chance I got…" He said with a wink.

"James Potter…I'll go with the whole wedding vow theme here and say, the first time I ever saw you was on the Hogwarts Express. The minute I saw that ridiculous mussed up hair and glasses I recognised you to be a Potter. Someone my parents said I was meant to loathe, to hate, to treat as the enemy. Naturally this made me want to be friends as soon as possible. But then obviously if you see a Black…and an extremely handsome one at that approaching you – you're not exactly going to open your arms wide and wait for me to hug you now are you? So we started to row. Even then, as much as I'll try to deny it I had a ton of respect for the guy. I almost looked up to him. I think we pretty much sealed the deal when we both wanted to hex the same guy. It was inevitable James Potter was going to be my best friend. And yeah…he still is. Now…before I get all mushy, and Lily-like on you lot….just joking love…" Sirius said casting Lily an amused wink before continuing.

"I honestly don't think there were two guys who could make as much trouble as we did, and imagine that times two. Yeah the marauders had a laugh at our seven years at Hogwarts. Whether it was turning people's hair green, flirting with the ladies or just messing about. People considered James the ring leader, but they didn't know us. They didn't know that James didn't give a toss about which one of us was the most popular, most rich, most clever or anything. James is kinda like that…he's the one guy who won't care if he heard you talking about him, as long as you could give him a way to make things better. There have only been 3 times, James has really gotten mad. One time was when I did something stupid which deserved his anger, one time when Peter bumped into him and made him lose the snitch he'd stolen….and this time Remus ol' boy thought he'd fallen for our Lily."

Remus slapped his forehead and covered his eyes with his hands as the listening crowd laughed heartily. Lily grinned and James forced a chuckle. It still felt weird thinking about it.

"I remember it like it was yesterday, Remus comes back from a study session with Evans and sits on my bed and I'm like Moony why are you on my bed? And he's like I think I like Lily. And I'm like that still doesn't mean you're allowed on my bed. So I kicked him off, and once I'd kicked him off I kicked him really hard! A Marauder's basic rule is not to fall for another's girl. Problem was, I knew at that point Remus probably had a better chance with 'James' girl' than James actually did. Anyway, as much as I begged Remus to keep this to himself, of course guilt consumed our little perfectionist and he went straight to James to tell him. And you guys could probably guess how our calm, collected, reasonable James reacted. Yeh…he punched him out. I would've laughed but he looked ready to kill, so me and Pete had to restrain him. Of course they didn't talk for like a week until Remus realised he liked Marilee and Lily was just good at helping him out. I think it was then when we all knew the James and Lily saga was going to be a part of fate, even if she didn't know it yet."

James and Lily shared a silent knowing look at this comment, because Sirius didn't realise he'd practically quoted them from only a few months earlier. After kissing softly they returned their attention to Sirius who was grinning at them wildly.

"Anyway, James has practically been the brother I always wanted, and the Potters and my friends have been the family I wished I'd had. So I mean in general I guess I didn't mind that he was almost as funny and good looking and charming as me….alright I suppose he's just as funny….but then he goes and falls for Lily and his brain goes to mush. He's ready to hurt one of his best friend's over her….well not properly but you know…anyway yeah so when Lily finally gave him a chance….you could tell they were perfect for each other right from the start . I mean, I'll be honest Lils…I didn't think much of you until late last year…but now, wow dude…I mean I can see why James fell so in love. It's hard to find people like Lily. She's got this smile that lights up the room, this gorgeous face, a killer body and a heart to match. Seriously how Prongs got her, I'll never know! It's not only that, she's a perfect match for our Potter cos she's hilarious, and kind and knows just how to put him in his place. Having said all these brilliant things about you Lils…don't you dare think for a second I'm letting you monopolise all of James' time….James mate…you've gotta come round at least once a day…I'm not sure I could take it without your snoring on my sofa!

But…all jokes aside James, you've not only been a brilliant surrogate brother…but also the best friend I've ever had…the best friend I ever will have. No one can make me laugh like you and I don't wanna sound like a pathetic girl or anything….but dude I'm gonna miss you! You've been everything to me. But Lily, I can't think of any girl better for our James than you. You've got this personality which just compliments his in a way I doubt anyone else could….you guys are perfect for each other and Lils babe, I dunno how you did it but you finally deflated that big head my friend's got. Anyway I want everyone to raise their glasses to Lily and James. The best friend I've ever had and a girl who could not be more perfect for him. To the bride and groom: Lily and James." Sirius said dramatically lifting his glass.

"To Lily and James…" The room echoed happily.


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