She stood as maid of honour at her best friend's wedding, watching from the best position she could as the dark-skinned beauty married the man she loved.

She remembered the laughs and the tears, the team they had been and the quidditch. She remembered Hogwarts and their times together, and she remembered when his twin brother had still been alive.

Standing here now, she was the only person on the side of the bride. There was no one beside the groom. He had refused to have a best man, saying that place belonged to no one but his other half. In the bright sunlight shining on the happy couple she could have sworn she saw a redheaded silhouette standing next to the groom and hear faint laughter on the wind.

She blinked her eyes quickly at the whimsical thought, turning her wandering gaze away from the dancing light and towards the soon-to-be newlyweds once again.

She wished he was alive. She did miss him terribly, but that wasn't the only reason. It was selfish of her and made her feel sick, but when they were younger she and the bride had chosen which twin they liked the most. Heck, the twin they'd chosen had even taken them to the Yule Ball that year. The groom standing there now was the twin that she'd chosen. The bride had known that but after the war and the death and the heartbreak and the healing, she'd slowly fallen for the other twin.

Sighing as the couple exchanged their vows and watching as it twined around their joined hands, she felt happy for them. They'd moved on, found their happiness and were now starting their future together.

She couldn't help the melancholy that invaded her as she sat at the table later that night, watching the happy couple dance their first dances as man and wife. She liked to imagine the shining of the torchlight behind her was illuminating the silhouette of a twin next to her.

She felt connected to that imagined-spirit then. She was stuck in the past and he was too.

She left the party early that night.


This one is dedicated to darkswansea who actually requested I write a separate story with this pair, but I thought, in the meantime, why not make them a short?

Also, congratulations on guessing the last pair. It was indeed Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley! So, well done to 03hermione1992 and TheFantabulousPotterHead for guessing correctly! And I still love you islanzadi heap and EvelynHunters (hello and welcome!) for giving it a good crack. 5sunday5 you gave me yet another fantastic review, as well, so thank you.

Thoughts on this pairing here?

Until the next!