Chapter Thirty-Three: The Wedding

As Harry ran back to where his mother and sister were waiting another man with rather long brownish blackish hair and a matching beard smiled at him and then scooped him up inside his arms. "Hullo there Harry." He said.

"Hullo,.." Harry began before giving him a rather questioning and bewildered look. "who are you?" He asked him.

"I'm your godfather Sirius Black. I haven't seen you since you were a baby because everybody in the ministry of magic thought that I was the one who betrayed your parents, but thanks to your mummy and Dumbledore, my name has finally been cleared." He explained.

"Sirius, the child is only four years old. He doesn't even know how to read yet and so I highly doubt that he understands what you're telling him." Lily told him.

"Fair point." Sirius responded with a nod while setting Harry back down. "Well, I best take my place out there with Severus." He said before turning around and leaving the room. A few moments later the pianist started playing and the ceremony began. If Harry thought he was nervous, he would never believe how many fairies were currently fluttering their wings inside the pit of Lily's stomach.

When it finally got to be Harry's turn to carry the pillow of rings down the aisle, he just continued focusing his attention on the man that he knew and loved as his father while he smiled back at him. Afterwards it was Sarah's turn and she had absolutely no problems at all with tossing petals of everlasting roses here and there.

Finally, it was the moment that everybody was waiting for. Everybody rose to their feet as Dumbledore started walking Lily down the aisle and Severus suddenly felt like he could hardly breathe. For she was the most beautiful creature that he had ever seen as she was wearing a traditional long and white silky wedding dress, with a matching veil, and her hair all tied back in braids.

She had on silver eye shadow, red lipstick, and silvery sparkles on both of her cheeks. Hagrid had big old tears rolling down his cheeks and heaved a humongous sniff as the music finally came to a halt along with Lily and Dumbledore and the minister began to speak. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony. Who gives this woman to this man?" He questioned.

"On behalf of Minerva and I and the rest of the staff at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,.. I do." Dumbledore replied as tears were now rolling down McGonagall's cheeks as well.

"In that case you may go get your bride." The minister said as Severus went to go take her arm and guide her to the altar. "The rest of you may be seated." He said and everybody else sat back down inside their pews. "For it is written that a man shall leave his father and mother and join to his wife and then they both shall become one flesh. For what God has joined together let not man put asunder." He began before turning to look over at Severus.

"Let us begin. Severus Snape, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold in sickness and in health? To love and to cherish and keeping yourself only for her for as long as you both shall live?" He questioned him.

"I do." Severus replied and then the minister turned over to look at Lily.

"In that cases Lillian Potter, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold in sickness and in health? To love and to cherish and keeping yourself only for him as long as you both shall live?" He asked her.

"I do." Lily replied as she exchanged smiles with Severus and then the minister looked down at Harry.

"May I have the rings please?" He questioned as Harry slowly lifted up the pillow with both of the rings on top of it.

"Yes you may I have to go potty anyways." He replied as laughter suddenly broke throughout the congregation and Severus just simply shook his head and rolled his eyes while the minister took the rings and thanked him before he ran off towards the restrooms.

"At this time Severus and Lily have decided to write their own vows." The minister said while handing one of the rings over to Severus who slowly started sliding it onto Lily's ring finger.

"Lily Potter, I have loved you since the first moment I saw you and I've basically loved your children for the same amount of time. Thank you for giving me this chance to prove my love for you and for them and the fact that I have become a better man because of all of you." He told her as several aww's broke throughout the crowd and Lily smiled at him while the minister handed her the other ring and she started sliding it onto Severus' ring finger.

"Severus Snape, although I never actually pictured myself marrying twice or married to anybody but James Potter, thank you for proving to me that I made the right choice of agreeing to be your wife and mother to both of our existing children, and future children to come." She said and several more aww's were heard as Harry quickly hurried back from the restroom.

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." The minister said as Severus smiled at his bride and threw the veil back over her head and then laid a tender hand upon her cheek, closed his eyes, and started kissing her passionately as cheers and applause broke throughout the church.

The wedding march reprise began to play as Harry and Sarah both made disgusted faces and then Severus hoisted Harry up inside his arms while Lily lifted up Sarah into hers. "Come on you guys we better get you home so you can take your naps before the reception." She told them.

"I thought I didn't have to take naps anymore." Harry said.

"Usually you don't, but today you're going to need some extra rest." Lily told him as all four of them headed back out of the church together.