Chapter 37
Molly"s Search
Arthur had yet to return to the Burrow, it was getting late, but he had stayed away much later in the past, but not recently, not since the final battle. Molly fretted a bit, but tried not to worry. Her computer kept her company, and the wedding preparations, would fill her time until, he returned.
Using the search thingy, Hermione showed her, Molly entered the words, Harry Potter Wedding, what came up were Muggle ideas to use in their weddings, not that some of the things could be incorporated, into a Wizard Wedding.
As for the weddings themselves, the brides would each choose their dresses or robes, whichever they preferred, and their grooms likewise, the ceremonies themselves, fairly slandered, with each couple adding their own vows. The only thing she really needed to do was contact Kingsley, to perform the bindings. It was the decor and reception that flustered the red headed witch. Ten different couples, each with different tastes, likes, and dislikes. How could she set a reception that would make everyone happy?
House colors were not an option, as some of the couples were from different houses, in fact one groom didn't even have a house, thinking hard, she came up with a solution, The Great Hall would be decorated like it had been for the Yule Ball, after all it was a Christmastime event. The sparkling, icy appearance would add beauty, and there would be no need for colors. Each couple would have their own cake, the top could be charmed to look like each couple. Their favorite flavors of cake under white icing, would give the impression of unity, while still individuality, to keep all the brides and grooms happy.
She would have the help of Hogwarts House Elves to do the decorating, Flitwick would be able to charm the cake toppers, now all she had to do was talk to each couple, finding out what specific things they wanted, to make it special for them.
With those things decided, Molly did another search, Harry Potter fan fiction, she had not ventured into that area yet. Click on something called fan fiction. Net she was shocked, over 400000 stories, were archived there. She was able to choose which two main characters she would search, thinking hard she decided on Hermione and Severus. Clicking on completed stories she came up with a list of 107 pages of stories. Shaking her head in disbelief she clicked the back button, maybe later, but she couldn't comprehend so many Muggles writing stories about these two people, not just yet.
She stood up, walking to the kitchen, thinking about fixing something for Arthur's supper. Where was he anyway? OH Well, she made a quick meal, corn beef sandwiches, chips and a salad from the things in the garden. Now she could get back to planning, grabbing a quill and parchment from the drawer she wrote
Things To Do
contact
Hermione
Lavender
Audrey
Susan
Angelina
Ginny
Luna
Alicia
Katie
Hannah
Check up with
Severus
Ronald
Percy
Dudley
George
Draco
Harry
Dean
Lee
Neville
Also consult with
Since Hermione's parents weren't around and Severus older no need to consult family.
The Browns
Audrey's Parents
The Dursleys and The Bones Families
The Johnson's
The Malfoys
Mr. Lovegood
The Thomas and Spinet families
The Jordan and Bell families
The Abbott's and Augusta Longbottom
Hogwarts List
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Filius Flitwick
Minerva McGonagall
The House Elves
Cake Supplies
Use telephone and call Duff Goldman, Charm City Cakes had been a wonderful find on one of her searches. They would make all the cakes to specification, and add special touches. She would make arrangements to have them picked up and delivered to Hogwarts. From everything Molly read Duff and his crew were fans, of Harry Potter, having read "the Books" and seen "the
movies", they had even made the cakes for the movie premiers (Big Muggle parties, for the movie release) for Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince. It was fantastic Muggles loved Harry, her job had just become a lot easier.
Get 10 wedding cake tops (bride and grooms), send them to Flitwick for charming
.Relax
Invitations, check and see if each bride wanted to do their own, or if they would furnish a list and Molly would be responsible for the invites. She thought, hoping the brides would wish to do their own, poor old Errol would drop over dead, trying to carry that much post. Or she could contract out to a calligrapher to hand write the invitations and have them deliver them, hummmmmmm, that was a better idea yet.
Finding the right people to assign each task to, would make this a lot easier. Why didn't she have use of technology when planning Bill and Fleur's wedding? Oh yeah, Hermione hadn't told her about the fandom, so she had no reason to want a computer. She thought to herself, sometimes I can be as thick as Ronald.
If she thought of any more details her list would grow, and she would delegate, any odd tasks to others that wished to help.