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beauty, snow and peace
Chapter 48
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Christmas is here!
Hallow the cheer!
All thy above! None thy bellow!
Stars shinning bright!
Moon is a glow!
Ding! Dong! Ding! Dong!
The soft melody filled the halls of Hogwarts as the cheer of Christmas filled the air. None were more cheerful then Draco and Dawn who were cheerfully awaiting the arrival of the 24th of December. Although many students had gone home, most Gryffindors and Slytherins had stayed as they had all been invited to attend the wedding. Those staying for the Christmas holidays were also invited. In reality all students had been invited yet only those at Hogwarts would be attending. Of course they were not the only ones in attendance. Amelia Bones, the Minister of Magic would be attending with several aurors, and other members of the Ministry, the entire Order of the Phoenix, new and old would be attending. Lady Crimson and her clan would be in attendance as well as other vampires.
Currently Dawn was in her office, reading the sixth year homework. Thankfully none of it was that bad and she was grateful. Unexpectedly, there was a knock at her door and she looked up with a frown.
"Enter." As soon as the word left her lips the door opened and she was shocked out of her skin by the appearance of Filius Flitwick. The short Professor had been recuperating at home and to see him at Hogwarts was a shock.
"Professor!" She greeted while standing and hurrying over. With a wave of her wand a chair appeared next to the fire place.
The tiny Professor had changed during his year and a haft away, the poor man looked frailer then before and was now walking with a cane. Still his eyes were filled with happiness and he seemed in good health, to some extent.
"How are you feeling Professor?" She asked softly.
"I have been feeling much better as of late Miss Potter, I must say I had not expected you taking the old classrooms but I suppose I never truly expected you to teach in my place. I hear that you are doing a magnificent job of it." Flitwick exclaimed his voice filled with joy.
"I`m afraid it's not all my doing Professor, Professor Crystal has probably helped them more then I have. Would you care to sit sir?" She asked while motioning to the chair.
"Why thank you my dear."
As soon as they were settled tea appeared and Dawn served it to her first Charms Professor. He happily accepted before looking at her.
"My dear you say that Professor Crystal has done most of the teaching, yet of what I hear you are the main teacher, you teach with such exuberance, grace and talent that the students flourish under your wing. You are the youngest Charms Mistress in the world." Flitiwick exclaimed. "I have never been so proud of one of my students even if, at the time, you had not been my student. I spoke with Albus before coming to see you my dear and he informed me of all the good things you have done for Charms. You have made the students see the subject as more than just classes were we learn nifty little charms but a complex art that is useful in everything that we do. Charms is a very important part of our world and you show that to them in your classes."
By the end of the tiny Professor's speech, Dawn was blushing brightly. She couldn't believe that Filius Flitwick was complementing her way of teaching.
"Well with you up on your feet Professor, I presume you shall be returning." She stated trying to push the subject away from her.
"Ah yes my dear but not yet, but I have come to you for those reasons. I wish to ask you a very important question. With the fact that I shall have no choice but to use this cane from now on, I wish to ask if you would like to teach with me. We would share the class load. I find myself getting old and if you wish I can take the younger years and you take the older or we can separate them in another way." Flitwick stated causing Dawn to gap at him in complete shock. She couldn't believe it. Her professor wanted to share his class with her, she had only been a replacement for the time until he returned. Would Draco agree to this, stupid question, he had always agree to her teaching, said she was made for her. "Of course you don't need to accept at once, you can speak to it with your future husband."
At that Dawn blushed furiously. "Perhaps I will but I have to say Professor that there is a strong possibility I will accept. I love it here and Draco loves what I love, well he always said I had a gift for teaching. I hope to be able to help in anyway I can."
"My dear you don't know how much help you will be if you accept but for now I am not ready to return. Perhaps next year, for now it is still you and Professor Crystal, who I must say, is a very good teacher. I'm afraid when I met her the first time she was not like she was today, I presume it was because of your apparent death that she was like she had been." Professor Flitwick stated and Dawn gave a sad nod.
"Afraid so Professor."
"Well I am glad to have met her again and see that she has grown happier with your return my dear."
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A soft red glow filled the room as Dawn looked at herself in the mirror. Around her everybody was panicking, they had an hour until she walked down the isle to meet Draco. She couldn't believe just how fast her wedding had come yet she had butterflies in her stomach just thinking about it. How couldn't she after all. Currently they were in a room, and around her was her bridesmaids party, Hermione who would be her maid of honour, Ginny, Diana, and Tonks were also there being bridesmaids. They were all dressed in beautiful gowns. The colours for the wedding were simple, Dawn would be wearing white while the bridesmaids and Hermione would were the tradition . The bridesmaids were all wearing a beautiful dresses that went to their knees. The dresses were a beautiful dark red with sleeveless sleeves. They had low v necks. The dress clung at the chest and flared out slightly at the waist. Around their shoulders were golden faux fur wraps that only covered their shoulders and tied in simple emerald green silk ribbons at the front. Their shoes consisted of a pair of gold stiletto heels that had some jewels on the side and a ankle strap. Their hair was all done in elegant ringlets and had jewels on the right.
Of course there was also the little flower girl which was a young Vampire that Dawn had met and fell in love with. The child was an orphan because her parents had been killed in the war but she stayed with Crimson's clan and was being raised by them. Dawn had taken a liking to her instantly and whenever she would go over to spend time with Crimson she would also visit the little girl.
Her name was Vanessa, she was around five years old and she had beautiful long black hair that had been pulled into a bun on the top of her head with a emerald green ribbon wrapped around it. Her dress was a simple knee length dress that was very similar to the bridesmaids and maid of honour but hers was emerald green and her wrap was done in ivory with large pompoms dangling from the silk ribbons. Around her waist was a red sash. Her shoes were dark red to go with the sash and had ankle straps.
Her own dress was simple, it was a soft off white princess gown that had a cathedral train. It was made of satin and was strapless. With gold detail on the bottom of the dress and on the top going all around. It was laced up giving it that old effect. It was gathered around her waist in a band and had a sweetheart neckline. Her hair would be down, done in large and soft waives of ebony. The only accessory would be a set of feathers and crystal done on the right side of her head holding some of her hair back. Around her neck she would wear a simple necklace of white gold and emeralds that was a match to her earrings She would be wearing a pair of ivory high heel platform pumps to go with everything and they had a bit odd jewels on the top. Yet when she entered the room nobody would see that, no everything would be hidden under a large white cloak that had a hood, the trip, and hood would have ivory fur around them.
"Oh Dawn you look so beautiful!" Hermione gushed as she looked at her best friend.
"Thanks Hermione, you all look beautiful." Dawn murmured as she turned from the mirror and looked at her friends.
"You know, traditionally bridesmaids are supposed to be uglier then the bride so as not to pull attention away from her." Tonks remarked causing Dawn to laugh softly.
"I know, but I wanted an amazing wedding and if you all were wearing horrible dresses then it wouldn't have been perfect. I want everybody to be happy and looking amazing during this wedding and you guys are no exception. Plus I only really want Draco's attention." Dawn answered causing Hermione to smile, it was nice to know that her friend was happy.
"We should get your cloak on, because Sirius will be arriving soon." Ginny remarked and Dawn agreed.
Hurriedly the girls all gathered around the large cloak and swiftly brought it over to Dawn. Diana was the one to help tie it around her, making sure that the white ribbon was in a nice looking bow and that the entire thing was strait. As soon as that was done she pulled the fur trimmed hood over Dawns head making sure that her waves were outside of it an either side of her face.
"You look beautiful Dawn." She whispered.
"Thank you Diana, Merlin I'm so nervous." Dawn whispered as she accepted her bundle of flowers which was a mixture of white flowers with green leafage and a few branches of red berries.
"You have nothing to be nervous about Dawn, Draco is waiting for you, probably just as nervous. You'll see everything will go just fine." Diana murmured and Dawn gave her a soft smile before a knock sound at the door.
"Who is it?" Hermione asked.
"Sirius." Came the answer and hurriedly the door was opened letting them all see the Lord of the Black family standing there. He was dressed in black robes that had silver detail on the trip and cuffs. He looked great.
"Wow you look beautiful!" He exclaimed the moment he spotted Dawn who smiled brightly back at him.
"Thank you Sirius, you know for doing this." She whispered.
"It's but my pleasure, as Godfather it is after all my place to do so if your father couldn't." Sirius remarked as he walked over and gave Dawn a gentle hug that she returned. "You ready?"
"Yes."
"Then let's go."
With that they left the room and made there way to the entrance hall. The Great Hall would be completely filled, as that was wear they were doing their wedding. The place was decorated perfectly for the wedding.
In no time they arrived in the entrance hall and took their positions with a final deep breath the doors opened and the music began to play and they began to walk.
The moment they entered the Great Hall Dawn felt her breath catch. The hall was just perfect, snow fell from the ceiling, candles were glowing and hanging from their normal places but each one was pure white. The hall was decorated in white, red and green not only depicting Christmas perfectly but also Draco and Dawn's respective houses. The hall was packed with guest all dressed for the wedding. Yet there at the front of the Great Hall standing where the Staff table would normally be was Draco along with his best man, Blaize Zabini. Draco was dressed in a black suit with an emerald green dress shirt and a gold tie. His shoes were black but in his pocket was a red piece of cloth.
His eyes seemed to be glowed onto hers as they walked into the Great Hall. The moment hers met his she couldn't pull them away, she loved those eyes, molten silver. Arriving at Draco felt like it took ages but when they did she couldn't stop her smile. For a moment there was silence but then Dawn turned from Draco to Sirius who gave her a smile.
"You look beautiful today and I know your parents are watching over you just as they always have." He whispered.
"Thank you Sirius." She whispered before kissing his cheek. With that they turned to Dumbledore who gave them a worm smile.
"Who gives this young woman to this man?" He asked.
"I, Lord Sirius Black give Dawn Potter as her godfather." Sirius answered causing Dumbledore to nod.
With that Sirius turned to Dawn and with a nod undid the silk bow holding her cloak on and pulled it away revealing her dress. He was careful not to ruin anything and when it was pulled away everybody gasped as her dress was revealed to them. Whispers of just how beautiful she was spread across the hall until everybody fell silent and Sirius walked to his chair. Dawn turned to Draco who gave her a soft smile.
"We are gathered here on this wonderful night to partaking in the joining of two lives. Draco Malfoy and Dawn Potter are about to embark on a brand new journey as husband and wife. Such a beautiful journey that will bring many surprises but also hard times as marriage might not be as easy as people think yet with hard work and determination nobody can loose what they hold dearest to them." Dumbledore stated his twinkle in his eyes all so bright. "Now we will began with the traditional ceremony."
With that he took a deep breath before looking down at the book in his hand. In a soft voice that seemed to carry across the hall he began to read.
"Merlin, you have made the bond of marriage a holy mystery, a symbol of your love for magic and it's deepest magic. Hear our prayers for Dawn and Draco. With faith in you and in each other they pledge their love today. May their lives always bear witness to the reality of that love." Suddenly a soft glow surrounded Dawn and Draco yet the Headmaster continued, this time with a different prayer.
The glowed seemed to grow brighter and brighter with every prayer read. Finally the vows were said.
"Dawn, you are my love, the person I love the most in this world. I would never see another person I would rather live the rest of my life with then you. The first time we met I have to say that I was a prick. Over the years it grew more and more until finally you broke through my heart. I remember the day I confessed my love for you. How couldn't I, you had been captured by Grindelwald and held hostage. The day we saved you I told you I loved you and I never turned back on that fact. I love you Dawn Potter I will always love you. I hope that I will make you as happy as you make me because everyday you are in my life, it's as bright as the sun. I love you." After Draco's speech many had tears in their eyes, Dawn was actually brushing tears of her own away as well.
"Dawn?" Albus murmured and Dawn gave a nod before taking a deep breath.
"Draco, I have to say the first time I met you I didn't think I ever would have been walking down the isle to marry you, A, I was a boy and b we didn't get along at all. Now I see myself standing here with you. I love you Draco and I hope I will be able to make you as happy as you make me. You have been there for me for so long and I hope that I will be able to be there for you whenever you need me. I love you Draco Malfoy, and you make me feel like the most beautiful most special woman in the world. You make me happy and I love you so much." She whispered.
"With the vows said I have two very important questions to ask you. One Draco Malfoy do you take Dawn Potter as your officially wedded wife?" "I do." "Do you Dawn Potter take Draco Malfoy as your officially wedded husband?" "I do." "Then I now pronounce you husband and wife." Albus announced and with that Draco pulled Dawn, by the waist, until she was flat against his chest and gave her the deepest kiss they ever shared. Yet the moment their lips met the bells ran across the school showing that it was midnight and that it was now Christmas. By the end cat calls could be heard by many of the teens causing Dawn to laugh softly.
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It was late at night and in a large home in the country side of Scotland a large group of teens and children were gathered around a fire place where a young woman and a young man sat. It was summer time and the only reason all those children and two adults were still up and around the fire. The room they were in was a large living room with several sofas and chairs. Bookshelves filled with story books, windows and a large fire place. Covering the dark hardwood flooring was a large thick carpet and pillows that the children were all sitting on. The two adults sat in large leather arm chairs, the man had his hands cross over his chest while the woman read from a book.
My observations of No. 427, Park Lane, did little to clear up the problem in which I was interested. The house was separated from the street by a low wall and railing, the whole not more than five feet high. It was perfectly easy, therefore, for anyone to get into the garden, but the window was entirely inaccessible, since there was no water-pipe or anything which could help the most active man to climb it. More puzzled than ever, I retraced my steps to Kensington.I had not been in my study five minutes when the maid entered to say that a person desired to see me. To my astonishment it was none other than my strange old book collector, his sharp, wizened face peering out from a frame of white hair, and his precious volumes, a dozen of them at least, wedged under his right arm.
"You're surprised to see me, sir," said he, in a strange, croaking voice.
I acknowledged that I was.
"Well, I've a conscience, sir, and when I chanced to see you go into this house, as I came hobbling after you, I thought to myself, I'll just step in and see that kind gentleman, and tell him that if I was a bit gruff in my manner there was not any harm meant, and that I am much obliged to him for picking up my books."
"You make too much of a trifle," said I. "May I ask how you knew who I was?"
"Well, sir, if it isn't too great a liberty, I am a neighbour of yours, for you'll find my little bookshop at the corner of Church Street, and very happy to see you, I am sure. Maybe you collect yourself, sir –here's British Bird Catullusd The Holy Waragain, every one of them. With five volumes you could just fill that gap on that second shelf. It looks untidy, does it not, sir?"
I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me. When I turned again, Sherlock Holmes was standing smiling at me across my study table. I rose to my feet, stared at him for some seconds in utter amazement, and then it appears that I must have fainted for the first and the last time in my life.Certainly a grey mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Holmes was bending over my chair, his flask in his hand.
"My dear Watson," said the well-remembered voice, "I owe you a thousand apologies. I had no idea that you would be so affected."
I gripped him by the arm.
"Holmes!" I cried. "Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?"
"Wait a moment," said he. "Are you sure that you are really fit to discuss things? I have given you a serious shock by my unnecessarily dramatic reappearance."
"I am all right, but indeed, Holmes, I can hardly believe my eyes. Good heavens! to think that you-you of all men-should be standing in my study!" Again I gripped him by the sleeve, and felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath it. "Well, you're not a spirit, anyhow," said I. "My dear chap, I am overjoyed to see you. Sit down, and tell me how you came alive out of that dreadful chasm."
This young woman was Lady Dawn Potter, the wife to Lord Draco Malfoy. They were also the owners of the first and only magical orphanage in England. They had opened it a year after their marriage. They had gone through many orphanages to find all magical children and had brought them to theirs so that they wouldn't be shunned or teased because they were different. Since the house was quite large and there were not many orphaned children each child received their own room, unless they were sisters or brothers or requested to stay with another orphan.
Yet the children in the home were not only orphans. At the age of 24 both Draco and Dawn had three five children. The first was a boy who was named Christopher James Potter, he was the heir to the Potter family.
Christopher was also the strait image of the Potter family, messy black hair tanned skin yet the only difference was his eyes, he had his fathers molten silver eyes. The next was Orion Sirius Malfoy who was the heir to the Malfoy family. He had black hair that wasn't messy but he also had his fathers molten silver eyes. Then there was the twins girls, Storm Lily Potter-Malfoy and Tempest Narcissia Potter-Malfoy. Each girl had dark wine red hair and the same eyes as their older brothers and father. Then you had the last child, the youngest Stephanie Dawn Potter-Malfoy. She was the perfect image of her mother, pure black wavy hair and bright almond shaped emerald green eyes just as intense as her mothers.
Suddenly the cloak rang causing the children to protest and Dawn to smile softly.
"I'm afraid it is time for bed. We can continue tomorrow." Dawn remarked as she clossed the legendary muggle book known as Sherlock Holmes.
"But Mrs. Dawn we can stay up later it was getting to the good part!" Exclaimed a young girl.
"No, it's late and you all must rest for tomorrow is a new day. We must be well rested now up and to bed with you all. Draco and I will make are rounds soon enough." She remarked and with sighs and slight protests the children started to make their way to their rooms.
Smiling softly Dawn turned to her own children and swiftly, with Draco, walked them to their rooms. Inside they tucked their children in and kissed them goodnight before started on the other children. When they finished she made there way to their own rooms and fell on their bed exhausted.
"Running an orphanage is so much harder then teaching yet I love it." Dawn whispered as she cuddled to her husband.
"I must agree, but we are happy and the children are happy." Draco whispered before kissing Dawn's forehead. "I love you."
"And I love you." Dawn whispered before kissing him. "I have surprise by the way."
"Um what is this surprise?" Draco asked as he started to kiss her neck causing her to moan softly.
"I'm pregnant."
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