When the Order of the Phoenix found out Harry had left the relative safety of his aunt and uncle's house in favour of travelling across the country on a highly dangerous bus whilst impersonating a muggle, they issued him a warning though thankfully they never found out about the plan the rest of the group had been involved in or they would have been put on desk duty. Remus and Tonks shared with Harry how they had married in a small private ceremony the week before and he congratulated the newly married couple before Sirius laid into him about his idiocy, again.

The week passed slowly as the wedding drew near, there was still so much to do and so little time. Draco had asked his godfather and professor to bare witness to his nuptials but with Harry and a few of the others from Dumbledore's Army in attendance there was no feasible way for the man to be there. Draco begged and pleaded with the man, he couldn't have his father there and really the only others on his side were his mother and Blaise since Theo was Hermione's brother but Snape adamantly refused and vowed to himself to watch the ceremony from a distance, out of the sight of certain teenagers who had watched him kill.

The final dress fitting came three days before the bonding ceremony was to take place, Hermione had used her birth mother's old dress and, with a little bit of magic and a decent seems-witch had been able to transfigure what was left of the lace into a beautiful bodice with capped lace sleeves that fitted over her breasts and just under where it stopped and a silk gown flowed underneath, clinging to her every curve as it fell on her hips and thighs. The skirt flared just slightly when it reached the floor, enough for the smallest train to follow her behind when she walked. It was simply stunning and Willow and Narcissa were both a snotty mess of tears when she walked out of her dressing room wearing the final piece.

Theo, Luna, Daphne and Blaise had take it upon themselves to organise hen and stag nights for Hermione and Draco, they demanded there was no way you could marry without one last night of freedom and, though the pair each put up their own fight regarding the issue, they both lost.

Luna supplied the cookies and brownies while Daphne, who had only been into the muggle world three times, had managed to find one of the muggle sex stores when Hermione was looking elsewhere and brought out vibrator after vibrator which wouldn't have been so bad if Hermione's future mother in law hadn't been invited to the party. Thankfully, or maybe not so depending on how one looked at it, Willow and Narcissa had taken to Luna's baking and were both laughing at everything so while Hermione was being thoroughly embarrassed by her cousin and getting drunk on expensive champagne she was still having some sort of fun, even if Daphne did make her put the toys in her mouth. She'd known the second she opened her trunk and found all that raunchy crotchless underwear that the blonde had a darkside, a very dark side so it came as no surprise to Hermione that she was having to forfeit her dignity for sucking on a black vibrating penis.

Thankfully Astoria had taken herself to bed before anything too naughty happened but Hermione was sure her younger cousin had managed to see enough.

The boys' night out unfortunately wasn't any quieter. Sirius took it upon himself to introduce the small group to a muggle strip club he knew of and, despite Draco's insistence that he didn't need a private dance one was ordered on his behalf anyway as shot after shot of muggle whiskey was placed in front of him and he was forced by his friends to drink each one. The fun didn't stop there either, Theo had brought some of Luna's brownies out with him and the group sat and ate cake after cake before drinking more whiskey and ordering Draco another dance. They walked through muggle London looking for a tattoo parlour that they thankfully never found because if Draco had come home just before his wedding with some ridiculous dragon tattooed on his chest Hermione might never have forgiven him. After that they tried to shift into animgus form, a huge feat, if it would have worked, since most of the group weren't actually animagi' though to be fair it would have been a huge enough accomplishment for Sirius considering the amount he had drank.

Thankfully newly wedded Remus was able to keep a clear head and made sure wands were left at home and everyone got back to Grimmauld Place in one piece that night.

Two days before the wedding was to take place and Hermione finally decided who should walk her into the bonding circle, she had thought long and hard about this since the moment Draco had asked her to marry him and she always came up with the same answer. She called Harry and Theo to her aunt's house that day and waited anxiously for them to arrive wondering how they would react. Theo had been at home with his father playing the role of dutiful son when Hermione's message arrived and Harry had been eating his lunch when his came, they both floo'd over as soon as they could and met her in the gardens just as she had told them to. She was nervously walking up and down the rose garden as she wrung her hands together waiting for them. Her and Draco had already asked them each to bare witness for the ceremony earlier in the week and they had readily agreed but this was a big decision to make. She'd always imagined she would walk down the aisle with her father on her arm, holding her in place so she didn't trip over her heels and or walk too fast but that dream had been shattered at Christmas and though she knew she was making the right decision today it was still hard to know the man she called daddy would never get that luxury of giving away his only daughter. She started to play with the two gold rings around her neck as her brothers appeared before her.

"'Mione" they shouted in unison when it was clear she was lost to her own thoughts.

"Wh-oh you're here. That was quick."

"It sounded urgent" Harry replied as he stepped closer.

"Not really I just-I wanted you to know I've made a decision. It was hard, really hard. There are four wonderful men in my life who could have fulfilled this role but ultimately I think I made the right choice."

"What are you talking about?" Theo asked with a furrowed brow.

Hermione took a deep breath "will - will you, both of you, walk me to the bonding circle?"

Quiet surrounded the three siblings as both boys stared in awe at their sister. "Us?" Harry asked as though he didn't quite believe what she was saying.

"Yes"

"But, we're-" Theo spluttered as he tried to find the right words.

"My brothers. My family. It's only fitting I choose you two for the job." She said with a weak smile.

"You're sure?" Theo asked.

Hermione nodded as a tear escaped.

"Then we'd be honoured, wouldn't we?" He asked Harry.

"Yeah. Of course we would." Harry agreed.

Theo pulled Hermione into a hug when she started to laugh and the tears flowed faster and before long he had snagged Harry into their embrace too and the three siblings stood in the rose garden holding tightly to one another.

"I love you two idiots." Hermione said shakily.

"Love you too 'Mione" they replied.

oOoOoOo

The night before the wedding finally came and Hermione along with Willow, Daphne and Astoria camped out in Willows room where her aunt had set out a bed each. Excitement ran high as each witch wished each other goodnight before going to sleep. Unfortunately for Hermione sleep was evading her as her mind ran a thousand miles per second as every thought she had ever had collided with each other. Luckily Willow was adamant her duties as aunt and godmother stretched as far as not allowing eyebags at her only niece's wedding and gave the flustered witch a dreamless sleep laced hot chocolate before taking a few sips herself and settling down for the night.

They all slept in the next morning, the bonding ceremony was set for that evening and so Willow saw to it that everyone got as much sleep as their bodies allowed, within reason.

When everyone was up and ready a beautiful but very late breakfast full of everyone's favourites was set out by the Greengrass elves, which Hermione had been thoroughly excited to find out were paid and forced to take time off each month.

Narcissa floo'd over the moment Lucius' international portkey left and brought with her her elf, Cloud, garment bags, shoe boxes, and an beautifully intricate wooden box warded better than Gringotts that Hermione suspected was a jewellery box.

The Malfoy Matriarch joined the rest of the residents for a breakfast where even the elves were ordered to sit instead of worrying about wedding planning and everyone, humans and elves alike, were ordered to fill themselves up on the feast since they wouldn't be eating another morsel until that evening.

oOoOoOo

Draco had floo'd to Grimmauld Place just after his mother left for Willow Gardens, thankfully luck had been on his side and no Death Eater meetings were arranged for the next few days, it was a Monday and Death Eaters didn't work on Mondays unless they absolutely had to. It meant he should easily be able to keep the whole next three days free and be back in time for the next meeting on Friday.

When he arrived the house was eerily quiet and the only person he found was Theo rummaging the kitchen for some food.

"What're you doing here so early?" He asked his friend as he watched him open cupboard after cupboard to no avail.

"I slept here" Theo answered without looking up.

"You slept here?" Draco asked incredulously. "In Potter's house?"

"Better than going home" Theo offered as he gave up trying to find a food source.

"Ah" Draco understood, Theo's father was the worst kind of man he knew, his own wasn't much better but the only thing making his life bearable at home was his mother. Theo didn't have that luxury. "Did you sort that thing out I asked you to do?" He asked evasively.

"It's done, don't worry."

Asking Hermione to marry him and setting a date had been all well and good, hell even sorting out a fix for the tapestry too but without a Ministry official to bond them together they were officially screwed. They couldn't marry without one, their certificate needed to be signed and then hidden safely away until the war was over with. He'd asked Theo to sort someone out for him having so much already to do. "Who did you get?" He asked, expecting to hear some obscure name he didn't fully recognise.

"Me" Tonks said brightly as she walked into the kitchen with a bag of pastries in hand.

"You?" Draco asked, confusion evident on his face. "But you're a-"

"Ministry official" she said with a huge smile. "And very happy to be the one to marry my only cousin off to little 'Mione, she's a good friend she is so you better take care of her you hear?" She said as she took a Danish out of the bag and passed it along to the boys.

"Aurors can perform the bonding ritual?" He asked, still not quite grasping it.

"Of course, all Ministry officials can!"

"Well that's a relief, I thought we were going to have to imperio someone." He said still somewhat glumly.

oOoOoOo

Tonks floo'd over to Willow Gardens after leaving the baked goods for the rest of the house and when she arrived everyone had finished their breakfasts and we're waiting for the rest of the group to turn up so they could get the party started. She apologised for her mother not being able to attend though the witch herself had sent the bride to be some flowers with a note to say she would be by later on for the actual ceremony.

It wasn't long until Luna and Ginny arrived by floo and after a glass of Buck's Fizz each they were soon lead away from the kitchens by a small group of muggle massagers and taken to a room that had been set up purely for their enjoyment.

Over the course of the next few hours Hermione along with her aunt, two cousins, soon to be mother in law, Luna, Ginny and Tonks all received treatment after treatment and full body massages. There were manicures and pedicures, facials and waxing, eyebrow tinting and eyelash extensions as each girl was put through the works before a portable fake tanning machine was presented before them and those who chose to have sun kissed skin (despite the fact they were in late July and were already sun kissed by British standards) took their turn in the machine.

Hermione opted out as she drank her fourth Buck's Fizz, a half orange juice half champagne cocktail with a strawberry floating near the top. She sat and watched as her friends and family enjoyed themselves and absentmindedly played with the rings on her necklace.

"What's up buttercup?" Willow asked far too brightly for Hermione's liking. She laughed though, which she suspected was her aunt's endgame.

"Nothing" Hermione replied as she plastered on a fake smile.

"It's not nothing if you're worrying about it on your wedding day honey" she said as she put her arm around the witch while they watched the rest of the group dance to some obscure muggle music Daphne had managed to get her hands on.

"I miss them" she said sadly.

"I know love" Willow kissed the side of her niece's head as she held her tighter. "But they're not gone, not really. They're still here" she said as she touched Hermione's heart "they will always be here. And I bet they wouldn't want you moping around on your wedding day so what do you say we teach these witches how to dance?"

oOoOoOo

The boys' day was going much differently, once Tonks floo'd out and Remus arrived he woke the rest of the house and soon, Draco, Theo, Harry, Sirius and Remus with Blaise in tow were off into the small muggle town near where Sirius lived to get a traditional English fry up.

They walked the five miles there before spending an hour in the small cafe where they all ate more than they physically should have been able to consume before walking home.

It was quiet and gave Draco time to reflect over his decision to marry so soon and so young and before he knew it he was lagging quite a bit behind the group and Remus had somehow managed to fall behind with him. The Goblin Inquisition.

"You alright?" Remus asked as Draco walked with his hands in his pockets. It was getting easier, to walk through the muggle world but still he kept his hands occupied, mostly in his pockets, to stop his fingers twitching or reaching for his wand through force of habit. Especially since he was a Death Eater. He was trained to always be on guard. He was secretly the worst Death Eater ever so was usually on guard more than he needed to be, it was hard to not have that piece of wood between his fingers knowing he could defend himself or others if the need arose.

"I'm fine, just trying to get used to not holding a wand" he said as he looked around the otherwise deserted street to make sure they were alone.

"Looks like there's more to it than that, you're nervous" Remus observed.

"Of course I'm nervous" Draco almost shouted back "what if she doesn't turn up?"

Remus smiled then, he'd worried for a moment, panicked even that Draco was going to abandon Hermione at the altar after all of this.

"You know I thought the exact same thing when I married your cousin." He said with a reminiscent laugh.

"You did?"

"Yeah."

"How did you get over it?"

"I didn't, I just had to wait for her to turn up and when I saw her I just knew."

"I thought you came here to help me?" Draco accused as he pouted, clearly he wasn't impressed with having to wait day and night to find out if Hermione would marry him or not.

"I did, that's why I brought this" he said as he pulled a flask out of his pocket and tossed it to the blonde.

"Next time, start with the firewhiskey" Draco advised as he drank a few mouthfuls of the amber liquid and waited for it to settle his nerves.

oOoOoOo

Once the tanning and dancing was over the muggle hairdressers and make-up artists turned up to get the girls ready for the night. Another glass of Buck's Fizz each and they were all sat in their chairs as they let the muggles take over. Hermione had opted to have no bridesmaids, it would have been rather silly since she would have so many to choose from and only a very small ceremony to start with. She'd chosen Harry to bare witness in her honour and Draco had chosen Theo other than that everyone had been told they were free to dress as they pleased though Draco did add that Luna wasn't allowed to wear sheer anything if she was forgoing underwear.

One of the elves had been put in charge of the photography, his name was Thomas and he had been ecstatic to get such a privileged job from his mistresses little missy. Thomas took pictures of everything from the tanning booth (he'd never seen one of those before like many of the witches) to the girls' hair styles to them getting ready. He was just so excited he snapped away all day and eventually had to be ordered to take a break to eat something when Willow worried he was working himself up too much.

Luna didn't let the muggles do her hair and instead decided to it herself, had Hermione not had three glasses of alcohol at this point she might have been worried though she had long ago accepted Luna for who she was knowing the witch was going to be a main feature in the rest of her life if Theo had anything to say about the matter. Luna's hair actually ended up being rather beautiful, it was an elaborate hair up do with the girls wand holding everything in place that thankfully the muggle hairdressers assumed was some weird kind of hair prop.

Hermione opted to have hers in a half up half down style while Ginny kept her red locks in their natural state. The Greengrass' all joined Luna in having their hair up while Narcissa went for something so intricate and beautiful that Hermione wondered how the witch got it all to stay, it was half up and half down in her beautiful white blonde hair. Tonks opted out of of getting her hair done through she did insist on a head massage when the hairdresser offered. Once the muggles were gone she used her metamorphosis abilities to turn her hair green and blue in a sort of mermaid way, it reached down her back in loose curls, everyone was mesmerised though she did offer to change it when she worried Hermione might feel outshined.

Once the muggles were gone, they started to get ready, it was nearing time to start the ceremony so each girl left to the guest rooms to ready themselves giving Hermione some time alone before some of them were coming back to help her get into her dress. She had asked Willow and Narcissa to help her dress, she wanted her cousins there and had asked Luna to be there since the girl was practically family.

Hermione wasn't left waiting long before the five witches came through the door already dressed, she would forever be amazed at magic and its abilities.

Her dress was beautiful, she had taken some lace from the Greengrass gown without ruining it and was able to add that to a dress they got made specifically for her. It was muggle made, had to be though Hermione wouldn't have wanted it any other way, in memory of her adoptive mother.

The lace on the top of the dress was woven into a beautiful rose pattern that reached just below the bust, the sleeves were capped and the collar was scooped across her shoulder. Underneath that was the finest acromantula silk her aunt could get her hands on. She insisted no witch of hers would marry in a dress that wasn't the best and that Hermione would just have to get over the price because it was a non issue. The gown flowed to the floor and left a small train in her wake as she walked, the fabric clung to her every curve, hips, breasts, arse, it flowed beautifully to the floor and it felt heavenly to wear. Hermione had gone for a very pale peach colour gown rather than the usual white. She figured nothing about this wedding was done to the book so she might as well wear a dress that suited.

When she was finally dressed with hair and make-up checks done, though she had opted for a rather natural look that hadn't needed much product, everyone but Luna left the room with promises to be back soon.

Luna pulled up her dress to reveal a flask strapped to her leg, she pulled it out of its place where Hermione assumed it was stuck with a temporary sticking charm and passed it back to Hermione.

"You could probably use this." She said with a smile.

Hermione took the flask and poured the contents down her throat, it wasn't until she was spitting it back out seconds later that she realised it wasn't the firewhiskey she was expecting it to be. She should have known, this was Luna after all.

"It's chamomile scotch" she said as she encouraged her to drink more. "It's calming, you'll feel the benefits almost right away, I promise"

Hermione took one look down the neck of the flask into the pale Amber liquid and gave a shrug. What did she have to lose?

"You know when my mother married she wore a blue gown" Luna said as she checked Hermione's dress for well, anything.

"Blue?" Hermione asked, "why blue?"

"Dimple-bottomed-forget-me-nots are attracted to the colour blue and my mother was so nervous, she worried my father couldn't see them around her anymore so she wore blue to make herself look more attractive to him."

Hermione thought about Luna's mother, Pandora Lovegood being nervous on her wedding day, it was hard, to imagine someone with Luna's genes ever being nervous. "Wasn't your mother a Seer?" She asked her friend.

"Yes" Luna said with a huge smile.

"Then why didn't she see that he would marry her regardless of the colour of her dress?" She asked as rationality returned after her third mouthful of the chamomile scotch.

"Even Seers get nervous Hermione, my mother was so nervous she couldn't see past the stars in the sky."

Hermione thought about that as she contemplated walking into the bonding circle soon with a brother on each arm but the scotch was certainly helping though she wasn't leaving anything to chance, even Luna's forget-me-nots were looking appealing right now.

"I don't have anything blue" she said as she looked around the room.

"I do," Luna said as she pulled a silver hair comb out of her bag. It had a huge Sapphire in the centre and smaller ones dotted around. It was beautiful. "You can wear this"

"Luna" Hermione whispered as her friend secured the piece in her hair.

"It's not a blue gown but it will be enough, Draco won't be able to miss you now"

"I don't know what to say" Hermione said as she looked in the mirror at her reflection, the comb sat there in her Raven hair and glittered in the light, it looked perfect.

"Thank you" she said as she hugged Luna. They didn't stay like that long before there was a light knock on the door.

oOoOoOo

When they arrived back at Grimmauld Place Sirius insisted it was time for a celebratory game of Quidditch, they still had a few hours until their portkey took them to Willow's house where the wedding was being held and with nothing else to do the supposedly more mature adults of the group decided a Gryffindor versus Slytherin match was the best idea they had ever had.

Thankfully, the garden, much like the rest of the house was hidden away from muggle view with the best wards Sirius and the Ministry could come up with. The decided to play Seeker, Chaser and Keeper. With Harry and Draco taking their respective places as seeker though neither had actually played a game or trained in months. Theo and Sirius took the places of chaser with Remus and Blaise filling in for the keeper positions though neither actually played the game. They were evenly matched except for the fact Sirius hadn't been on a broom properly in years.

Take off was a little shaky, but after a while the six of them were having fun as they zoomed and soared through the skies. It was a cloudless day and perfect for flying in, Draco who had earlier thought Sirius' idea of quidditch before a wedding was absurd was now revelling in the beauty of the open air.

No one kept score and each team were adamant they were the winners when they finally came back down to earth and put their brooms away before everyone went to get a shower and dress themselves for the night.

It was thirty minutes later when Theo entered Draco's room, as well as helping give Hermione away he was also standing for Draco as best man and the best man had duties to fulfil.

"Are you sure this is what you want?" He asked as he handed over a bottle of firewhiskey.

Draco glared at his best friend before ignoring his question in favour of a drink.

"Fine, you win. I'm just trying to help."

"If I wasn't sure I wouldn't have bloody asked her."

"I'm just checking. You know she's my sister so I feel it's time we had the talk"

"The talk?" Draco asked with a raised brow.

"You know, the if you ever hurt her talk." Theo elaborated. "Because of you do-"

"-I won't"

"But if you do-"

"-I still won't"

"Piss off Malfoy and left me finish!"

"Fine!"

"If you hurt her in any way you won't just have to worry about me coming after you, you got it? We're in a house full of men who would gladly tear you limb from limb for Hermione so you better look after her because I swear I'll be the first one to piss on your parade of I have you. I like to think I've learned a trick or two growing up with my father."

"Are you done?"

"Not really but I think you get the picture."

"I did and if you're lucky I won't tell 'Mione what you said because she might tear you limb from limb" he snickered at his friend.

"Whatever, here you ungrateful tossed" Theo said as he threw a small black box at his friend.

Draco opened the box to real a pair of cufflinks with his initials. They were made from platinum and had a black onyx in the centre. They matched his outfit perfectly. He attached them to his shirt before asking "how do I look?"

They drank half a bottle of firewhiskey between them to 'settle Draco's nerves' before heading down to the come and go room to meet the rest of the group ready to take their portkey to Willow Gardens.

oOoOoOo

"Come in" Hermione called as she wiped at a stray tear and pulled herself away from Luna.

Willow came in first with Narcissa following closely behind and the rest of the bridal party at their heels. Hermione smiled at the witches as she eyed their outfit choices and looked at their ensembles. She was just about to find her shoes when Narcissa approached her.

"I wanted you to have these" she said as she passed a small wooden box to Hermione. Hermione looked up at the older witch, a questioning looking her eyes before Narcissa gave her an encouraging nod. She opened the box to reveal the most beautiful pair of earrings she had ever seen. In the centre say a beautiful yellow stone that was an almost golden colour, it was sat around an intricately woven design of diamonds and emeralds that represented both her and Draco's house colours. She was rendered speechless. "I-Mrs Malfoy I can't accept this." She gasped.

"Why ever not darling?" Narcissa asked as she worried she had somehow gotten her gift idea very wrong.

"It's too much. Far too much."

"Not for my daughter." The elder witch said almost possessively as she looked on at Hermione.

Hermione smiled weakly at Narcissa's comment "thank you," she said through fresh tears as she hugged her soon to be mother-in-law. "Now, what have I told you about calling me Mrs Malfoy?" Narcissa asked as she reprimanded her lightly.

"So we have your something new" Willow said to the group, "I see you have your something blue, we need something old and something borrowed"

"My dress is my something old, part of it anyway"

"And you can wear this" Ginny said she she took off her friendship bracelet and put it on Hermione's wrist "as your something borrowed."

"Is that everything?" Tonks asked.

"I have a Knut for your shoe" Astoria said with a smile as she placed the small coin in her cousin's palm.

"And I have the garter" Daphne said with a wicked grin.

"Of course you do Daph" Hermione answered with a roll of her eyes.

"Well, I think we're ready then" Willow announced.

oOoOoOo

"Uh, erm Black, can we talk for a minute?" Draco asked Sirius when the rest of the group were in the next room and it was just the two of them. He still wasn't quite sure what he should call either of Hermione's godfathers, on the one hand one had been his professor for an entire year and even though Draco had been the biggest prat in his third year he still respected the man considering everything he had gone through to make sure his students were actually taught something, a far cry from most of of the professors that had had year in, year out. On top of that he was also married to his cousin. Sirius was a whole other kettle of fish though, technically they were cousins, family, but even still he had been that man that went to Azkaban for twelve years before breaking out to kill a man. He was used to calling Remus by his surname, he had no idea what to call Sirius.

"You know, you can call me Sirius, I won't bite but I might bark" Sirius said with a wink as he obliged Draco.

"It's weird."

"I know" Sirius said with a smirk, "I'm still trying to remember you're not a younger version of your father and have to remind myself not to call you Malfoy all the time." Sirius admitted.

Draco winced at the thought, he hated when people said he looked like his father.

"What's up?" SIrius finally asked.

"I um, bought a house, cottage actually." Draco admitted as he tried not to show his uneasiness at what he was about to ask this man.

"For you and Hermione, I take it?"

"That's the plan, I mean I know we won't be able to use it properly for a while, maybe in the holidays and such for now."

"Is there a reason you wanted to tell me this?" Sirius asked with a narrowed brow.

Draco sighed and decided to just come out with it "I need a secret keeper, I've thought about it a lot and I think you're the best person to ask."

Hermione had told Draco the story of how Sirius was supposed to be the Potter's secret keeper but had changed at the last minute, so he wasn't surprised to see the man's face pale at the words or his adam's apple bob in a nervous twitch. "I-I don't think you're realising quite what you're asking here mate." SIrius said his voice rough and broken.

"I know exactly what I'm asking and who, I think you're the best person for the job. We trust you, well, to be honest I don't really know you that much but I know you're not the type of person to sell someone out and Hermione trusts you, that's enough for me. Plus, you're family."

"I don't know." Sirius admitted as he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"Well, it's you or Potter." Draco said with a smirk knowing the man would jump at the chance if he knew the only other option was Harry. "And we all know he would say yes without thinking it through."

"Fine, I'll do it. I can't believe I'm being manipulated by a fucking kid." He said with a growl.

"Well, I am a Black." Draco said with a smirk, "Come on let's go and set the charms and wards up. It won't take long."