A/N: This just makes me chuckle.
Chapter Thirty-Five:
Severus shakes his head at the article in the paper. There is a reason that he hasn't attended these last weddings with her, she is batty about weddings.
Surprisingly, Rita is intelligent and interesting. When she isn't wearing those garish suits and glasses, she is actually lovely. He told her about his being Hermione's uncle and she helped him talk through his thoughts on it. It was nice to have someone really listen.
The elder Potters had gone out with them the other night, thinking it would help him. It was nice of them. They encountered Sirius and Hestia Jones out also, so it grew to a party of six and they all got along well.
Everyone complemented her on her articles and commiserated about the Weasley/Brown wedding with her. It sounds like she was being kind in what she said in the column.
They met last night and hammered out the wedding for the first week of December. Rita said that she was going to ask Lily as her matron of honor and Hestia, Alice and Cissa as maids. He nodded and informed her of Luc being his best man, James, Remus and Sirius being groomsmen.
"I never thought that the Marauders would be my attendants." He groused to her. Rita chuckled and bought him another fire whiskey for the thought.
The wedding wasn't going to be big, neither is the reception, but when they both went through who they wanted, the list grew and grew. She wants some fun, so he will have to "lighten up a bit." That made Luc double over in laughter.
He has made an effort to be less grim and she has shown that she appreciates it. They do actually have fun together.
Severus decides that it's time to find out this obsession with Harry in Ginerva Goyle. He calls her and Greg in for a meeting, while they talk about mundane things, he dips into Ginny's mind.
After a few minutes of searching through the unorganized mind, he finds what he is searching for. A whole mess of compulsions to want to be with Harry. With the embedded life debt, he now knows what is up. The compulsions are mostly from her mother, but the first few were placed by Albus.
He pulls back from her mind and looks to Greg. Ginny still doesn't know what happened. Severus dismisses her to her homework. He turns to Greg. "You do know about Harry saving her from a teenage Tom Riddle at the end of her first year, right?" Greg nods.
"But an old life debt wouldn't cause this mania, Professor." He looks worried about where Severus is going with this.
"No it wouldn't, but compulsions piled on through the years by the former headmaster and her mother, especially during the summer before last would compound the effect of the life debt. I wouldn't be surprised if Molly had brain washed her since a girl, saying she would marry Harry when she grew up.
Most likely, Molly's been adding to the amount. Everyone knows she isn't happy about Ginny not being a Potter." Severus tells the young man.
"So what do you suggest, Professor?" Greg asks, honestly wanting to know what to do about her.
"Greg, you have two options. One, scrap this whole thing. Get a medical exemption annulment and apply again. Two, ban Molly and risk your wife's wrath by getting her some help and hope for an relationship when she is deprogrammed. Personally, I think your best shot at being in a happy and healthy relationship is the first. I discussed this with your parents. They said that they would support you either way, but it is your wife, so your choice."
Greg has never had a choice this important before, so he thinks for a few minutes and nods. He looks up at his professor. "Sir, as much as I think I could love her, I don't think I can wait for her to heal enough to want to be mine. I'm going to let her go. I do think that she should get some help though, so I am going to pay for her to go to a mental hospital in the States. We both know that Molly will get her out of St. Mungo's."
Severus is proud of the boy. "That is a very good idea, Greg. I wish you luck."
Greg writes to his parents with his decision. His father writes back that he will have Ginny sent to a medical/mental wizarding hospital in Idaho. That way, Molly can't go to her and get her out. They will enter her under a different name. Then, they will get the annulment and apply again to the Marriage selection.
That night, he tells Vince and 'Tori what is going to done. They both nod and wish him luck. The next morning, he packs Ginny's things for her, and hugs her. He had sat her down and told her that he is sending her for some help and having their marriage annulled. She basically just nods and goes with the orderlies. They have a special port-key that allows them not to carry their wands, so she would not be able to grab it.
That evening, the annulment goes through and he receives a new application. 'Tori helps him go through it and he sends it off.
Greg gets a notice in the morning that a match will be made in the next couple days and they will take into consideration that he would like someone that isn't too old.