CHAPTER ONE



Wedding day.

Lily, James, Sirius and Remus, stood aprehensively in the church,
getting ready for the pre-wedding pictures. First went Lily and James. Then
came just Lily for several solo shots, followed by James' several solos,
with Sirius sniggering in the background. James fervently hoped it wouldn't
go into the developed moving photos. Then came the whole wedding party.
Remus was the only one standing out, as he had no part in the wedding, being
afraid of public performance.

The four friends sat in the back of the church, watching guests arrive.
Sirius just twitched, as if waiting for something to go off, which he was,but wouldn't
admit. James and Remus noticed this, but Lily had not spent enough time around
him to know what he was up to. Oh, only if she knew...

The wedding began, and all the guests were seated. The whole thing was
a solemn affair, until there was a tremendous 'BOOM!' and the organ began
smoking and wouldn't play anymore. Lily heard the noise and had poked her head around
the door to see what happened, only to be pulled back. When it was her turn
to go down the isle, she saw the extent of the dammage- the organ was smoking,
and the player was in shock. Trying to disregard it, she walked down the isle,
only to scream at a large black bumblebee flew into her face!

"AHH!" She turned pale, but collected herself quickly and continued
walking as a veritable army of insects flew out of the bouquet. Lily began to feel
sick. As if this weren't enough, before she reached the podium, she heard someone
whisper "Wormius!" Feeling even worse, she looked down to see the carpet had
turned into a mass of worms!

Holding her breath, she quickly crossed it and got to the podium. Thankfully,
the rest of the ceremony finished quite uneventfully and Lily was quite sure that there
were no more tricks, for now...

A the reception in back of the church, everything went quite well, for
a while. Lily began to feel quite nervous, and had a right to do so. As the cake
was cut, there was another loud explosion and everyone was showered with black-forest
cake! Remus grinned and licked some off his cheek, while Sirius and James looked completely
bewildered. Everyone was frowning, and some, were frowning and eating cake
off their tuxedoes in the case of James and Sirius.