Disclaimer : Harry Potter and Co are owned by J.K.Rowling, Warner Brothers
and Bloomsbury. The story takes after the first Sissi-movie with Romy
Schneider. I've taken a few scenes from the movie and added a little Harry
Potter (ouch, I'm starting to sound like professor Snape more and more ;-)
) I've also borrowed something from a fanfic I found here, but I can't
find it anywhere. If you know after reading my story I've used your idea,
please let me know then I'll put you up as a desclaimer as well.
Before I start I'd like to explain something to you all. You may have noticed (or not) that I've changed the title to this Fanfic. It was originally called : "Harry and Hermione : a wedding to remember" Then I started to realize my title sucked! It really did, so I did a little brainstorming. And a new title came out : Harry Potter and the Ever Wanted Wedding. And you do have to admit it sounds soooooo much better. So I changed it! And that's that.
Now back to the story. Time for chapter 8, tention is rising, we know now Hermione is on time as well as Harry and we know Hermione's father isn't going to be an obstackle. Is it possible that nothing will go wrong before these two get married? As there is a lot of sobbing in this one (as always on weddings) it might be good if you get your hankies out as you start reading and please do leave a review!
Chapter 8 : The wedding (part 1)
As soon as mrs Weasley had given the signal to the pianist he started to play the Wedding Marz. This was a typical thing for a Muggle wedding, and as Hermione was born a Muggle she wanted that to be her Entrance Song. She had also wanted to use that to make sure her parents knew how proud she was of being a Muggle-born witch.
As she and her father slowly walked towards the Head Table and looked arround, she spotted some well known faces. She saw professor Flitwick, looking very pleased with himself as he had just found out that she preformed the spell that brought Headmaster Dumbledore and the Potters back, even if it only was for a short period of time. Lavender Brown was there too, as well as Parvati and Padha Patil. She also saw Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell. And Cho Chang was there too. Hermione was quite relieved she didn't recognize any Slytherin's in the crowd, as she walked towards Harry. Her heart started to beat faster when she saw him. He looked absolutly marvellous in his new dress robe he bought especially for the occassion.
Harry's heart had started to beat faster when mrs.Weasley had opened the doors to the Great Hall, and he saw his Hermione walking slowly towards him. She looked astonishing in her long and white satin dress, with the high collar and the long white laced veil.
As she reached him, her father putted his daugher's hand into the hand of his future son-in-law and kissed Hermione on her cheek before he stepped down to join his wife.
Harry leaded Hermione towards a cruch where the Sorting Hat was sitting on, just like it was at the start of term in September.
The Sorting Hat started : "Harry, Hermione, parents, friends, wizards and witches. We are here today for a very special event. Harry and Hermione are going to be husband and wife. Before I start the ceremony that will combine the two of you together forever I wish to talk about the event that took place eight years ago. I see in your eyes you both now to wich event I'm referring to. I would like to say something about Harry's and Hermione's arrival at Hogwarts. We all know by now I'd seriously concidered of putting Harry in Slytherin, but as Harry made a wish not to be sorted into Slytherin but into Gryffindor and I followed his choice. In his second year, and not many people now about this, he succeded in pulling out Godric Gryffindor's sword out of me. A thing that can only be done by a true Gryffindor-decendant." The Hat went sillent for a moment and then continued. ".. You were right Harry," he said, while he nodded at Harry, "You were abolutly right! As we know now, you had Slytherin quality's due to your encounter to Lord Voldemort when you were a baby. He didn't quite plan it to exchange some of his powers to you, but mysteriously it happened. When you told me you wanted to sorted into Gryffindor I knew instantly and instinctivaly you were going to be a very important wizard. And as you defeated Lord Voldemort we can claim you are a very importent wizard! But now I turn to you, my dear Hermione." The Sorting Hat turned towards her and bowed his head, before he continued : "I believe that Headmistress McGonagall has already told you I seriously considered Ravenclaw for you?" Hermione nodded, as McGonagall had told the same thing yesterday. "But as I opened up the mouth, planning to call out 'Ravenclaw' for you, I yelled out 'Gryffindor'. I don't know why, I don't know what had made me say that, but I know now it was all for the best." The Sorting Hat went silent for a moment befor he started talking again. "Normally it's the Minister of Magic who marries wizards and witches, but on this occasion I asked the honor of marrying the both of you. I wish to express my graditude towards the Minister of Magic for giving me that great pleasure."
Harry looked up and Percy Weasley sitting next to Headmistress McGonagall and his beloved friend Dumbledore. As well as all the Hogwarts teachers.
Harry glances at the seats behind him. The seats were the spirits of his parents were sitting. As well as his godfather Sirius, Remus Lupin, Hermione's parents and the rest of the Weasley family.
Harry turned his head again as the Sorting Hat began his little speech : "Do you, Harry James Potter, take thee, Hermione Sophia Granger, as your lawful wedded wife?" The Sorting Hat looked up at him to glare into his eyes like he was daring him to say no. "I do," said Harry, loud and clear, as he fastened his grip onto Hermione's hands. "And do you, Hermione Sophia Granger, take thee, Harry James Potter, to be your lawful wedded husband?" The Sorting Hat glared at Hermione too, but she didn't nottice it, as she turned to face Harry, with that smile of her he liked so much before she answered the Sorting Hat's question, looking deep into Harry's green eyes. "I do," said Hermione.
Then Ron stepped forward, as he had the wedding rings in his pocket. They exchanged the rings. After that the Sorting Hat said : "I know pronounce you man and wife," before he added as if it was an after-thought, "You may kiss the bride, you know."
Harry and Hermione smilled at each other, and then at the Sorting Hat. From behind them were sobbing noises as they kissed.
As they turned round they saw Hermione's mum sobbing, just like Lily and mrs Weasley. As they watched in front of them they saw Hagrid taking out a big handkerchief that looked more like a table cloth out of his coat and blow his nose loudly. They turned round to thank the Sorting Hat again for his lovely speech and for marrying them.
Then Hermione and Harry crossed the small distance between themselves and Percy Weasley, to thank him he had given the honor of marrying them to the Sorting Hat. Then they turned to Headmistress McGonagall again for letting them have their wedding there.
To Harry's surprise he saw tears in her eyes. He didn't say anything, he just hugged her, and so did Hermione. That gave the Headmistress and their formal Transfiguration-teacher a chance to pull herself together again.
After McGonagall they received congratulations from professor Snape and the other teachers. As Harry turned around, he saw Colin Creevy standing, with a camera in his hands talking to Ginny.
He grinned and whispered into Hermione's ear, "I think we'll be asked to go outside to give him a chance to take some photographs." Hermione giggled.
"You might be right," she whispered back, as she grabbed his hand to meet up with their parents, the Weasley's and James' friends, Sirius and Remus.
As predicted, Colin Creevy walked up to them as soon as he notticed they had received the congratulations and best wishes from most of the people present.
Harry rolled his eyes at Hermione but he went along. He knew one day he might be glad their a wedding picture, just as glad as he had been when he received the photo-album Hagrid had made especially for him after his first year at Hogwarts.
They went outside, leaving the Great Hall to be changed for the wedding banquet. As they were taking a big Hogwart's tour and had to pose quite a few times, time flew for Harry and Hermione.
Colin Creevy knew exactly who he wanted in the picture and whom he didn't want. "The bride and groom please! Come on Harry, give us a smile, that's it! Perfect! For the next one we'll have the bride and groom again escorted by their parents! And another one with the best man and the bridesmaid. Let's take one of the bride and her bridesmaid now! And the same for the groom and his best man. The bride and groom with his godfather. The bride and groom with his parents, his godfather and their best friends. The teaching staff of Hogwarts now please with the former Headmaster.The bride, the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom.Perfect! Lets see! I want the groom, the father of the groom and the father of the bride. The groom with his parents, the bride with her parents. The bride and groom with his parents and the whole Weasley-family. The bride and groom with the former Headmaster. The bride and groom with Headmistress McGonagall..Ok, and now a group photo! That's it! Say cheese please!"
They walked along all the places Harry and Hermione had memories too. Hagrid's hut, the edge of the Forbidden Forrest, the Quidditch-pitch, the quiet bench by the lake. And Colin kept on taking photographs.
Charming chapter I think. I couldn't resist in putting a bit of myself into the story. We know from an interview with Rowling that Harry's second name is James, but there isn't anything known about Hermione's so I took the liberty of using "Sophia" as it is Greek for "Wisdom". Something that goes with Hermione quite well so I found that appropiate. The link to me? Simple, my first name is "Sofie" which comes from "Sophia", see the link now? Till the next chapter, keep reviewing.
Before I start I'd like to explain something to you all. You may have noticed (or not) that I've changed the title to this Fanfic. It was originally called : "Harry and Hermione : a wedding to remember" Then I started to realize my title sucked! It really did, so I did a little brainstorming. And a new title came out : Harry Potter and the Ever Wanted Wedding. And you do have to admit it sounds soooooo much better. So I changed it! And that's that.
Now back to the story. Time for chapter 8, tention is rising, we know now Hermione is on time as well as Harry and we know Hermione's father isn't going to be an obstackle. Is it possible that nothing will go wrong before these two get married? As there is a lot of sobbing in this one (as always on weddings) it might be good if you get your hankies out as you start reading and please do leave a review!
Chapter 8 : The wedding (part 1)
As soon as mrs Weasley had given the signal to the pianist he started to play the Wedding Marz. This was a typical thing for a Muggle wedding, and as Hermione was born a Muggle she wanted that to be her Entrance Song. She had also wanted to use that to make sure her parents knew how proud she was of being a Muggle-born witch.
As she and her father slowly walked towards the Head Table and looked arround, she spotted some well known faces. She saw professor Flitwick, looking very pleased with himself as he had just found out that she preformed the spell that brought Headmaster Dumbledore and the Potters back, even if it only was for a short period of time. Lavender Brown was there too, as well as Parvati and Padha Patil. She also saw Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell. And Cho Chang was there too. Hermione was quite relieved she didn't recognize any Slytherin's in the crowd, as she walked towards Harry. Her heart started to beat faster when she saw him. He looked absolutly marvellous in his new dress robe he bought especially for the occassion.
Harry's heart had started to beat faster when mrs.Weasley had opened the doors to the Great Hall, and he saw his Hermione walking slowly towards him. She looked astonishing in her long and white satin dress, with the high collar and the long white laced veil.
As she reached him, her father putted his daugher's hand into the hand of his future son-in-law and kissed Hermione on her cheek before he stepped down to join his wife.
Harry leaded Hermione towards a cruch where the Sorting Hat was sitting on, just like it was at the start of term in September.
The Sorting Hat started : "Harry, Hermione, parents, friends, wizards and witches. We are here today for a very special event. Harry and Hermione are going to be husband and wife. Before I start the ceremony that will combine the two of you together forever I wish to talk about the event that took place eight years ago. I see in your eyes you both now to wich event I'm referring to. I would like to say something about Harry's and Hermione's arrival at Hogwarts. We all know by now I'd seriously concidered of putting Harry in Slytherin, but as Harry made a wish not to be sorted into Slytherin but into Gryffindor and I followed his choice. In his second year, and not many people now about this, he succeded in pulling out Godric Gryffindor's sword out of me. A thing that can only be done by a true Gryffindor-decendant." The Hat went sillent for a moment and then continued. ".. You were right Harry," he said, while he nodded at Harry, "You were abolutly right! As we know now, you had Slytherin quality's due to your encounter to Lord Voldemort when you were a baby. He didn't quite plan it to exchange some of his powers to you, but mysteriously it happened. When you told me you wanted to sorted into Gryffindor I knew instantly and instinctivaly you were going to be a very important wizard. And as you defeated Lord Voldemort we can claim you are a very importent wizard! But now I turn to you, my dear Hermione." The Sorting Hat turned towards her and bowed his head, before he continued : "I believe that Headmistress McGonagall has already told you I seriously considered Ravenclaw for you?" Hermione nodded, as McGonagall had told the same thing yesterday. "But as I opened up the mouth, planning to call out 'Ravenclaw' for you, I yelled out 'Gryffindor'. I don't know why, I don't know what had made me say that, but I know now it was all for the best." The Sorting Hat went silent for a moment befor he started talking again. "Normally it's the Minister of Magic who marries wizards and witches, but on this occasion I asked the honor of marrying the both of you. I wish to express my graditude towards the Minister of Magic for giving me that great pleasure."
Harry looked up and Percy Weasley sitting next to Headmistress McGonagall and his beloved friend Dumbledore. As well as all the Hogwarts teachers.
Harry glances at the seats behind him. The seats were the spirits of his parents were sitting. As well as his godfather Sirius, Remus Lupin, Hermione's parents and the rest of the Weasley family.
Harry turned his head again as the Sorting Hat began his little speech : "Do you, Harry James Potter, take thee, Hermione Sophia Granger, as your lawful wedded wife?" The Sorting Hat looked up at him to glare into his eyes like he was daring him to say no. "I do," said Harry, loud and clear, as he fastened his grip onto Hermione's hands. "And do you, Hermione Sophia Granger, take thee, Harry James Potter, to be your lawful wedded husband?" The Sorting Hat glared at Hermione too, but she didn't nottice it, as she turned to face Harry, with that smile of her he liked so much before she answered the Sorting Hat's question, looking deep into Harry's green eyes. "I do," said Hermione.
Then Ron stepped forward, as he had the wedding rings in his pocket. They exchanged the rings. After that the Sorting Hat said : "I know pronounce you man and wife," before he added as if it was an after-thought, "You may kiss the bride, you know."
Harry and Hermione smilled at each other, and then at the Sorting Hat. From behind them were sobbing noises as they kissed.
As they turned round they saw Hermione's mum sobbing, just like Lily and mrs Weasley. As they watched in front of them they saw Hagrid taking out a big handkerchief that looked more like a table cloth out of his coat and blow his nose loudly. They turned round to thank the Sorting Hat again for his lovely speech and for marrying them.
Then Hermione and Harry crossed the small distance between themselves and Percy Weasley, to thank him he had given the honor of marrying them to the Sorting Hat. Then they turned to Headmistress McGonagall again for letting them have their wedding there.
To Harry's surprise he saw tears in her eyes. He didn't say anything, he just hugged her, and so did Hermione. That gave the Headmistress and their formal Transfiguration-teacher a chance to pull herself together again.
After McGonagall they received congratulations from professor Snape and the other teachers. As Harry turned around, he saw Colin Creevy standing, with a camera in his hands talking to Ginny.
He grinned and whispered into Hermione's ear, "I think we'll be asked to go outside to give him a chance to take some photographs." Hermione giggled.
"You might be right," she whispered back, as she grabbed his hand to meet up with their parents, the Weasley's and James' friends, Sirius and Remus.
As predicted, Colin Creevy walked up to them as soon as he notticed they had received the congratulations and best wishes from most of the people present.
Harry rolled his eyes at Hermione but he went along. He knew one day he might be glad their a wedding picture, just as glad as he had been when he received the photo-album Hagrid had made especially for him after his first year at Hogwarts.
They went outside, leaving the Great Hall to be changed for the wedding banquet. As they were taking a big Hogwart's tour and had to pose quite a few times, time flew for Harry and Hermione.
Colin Creevy knew exactly who he wanted in the picture and whom he didn't want. "The bride and groom please! Come on Harry, give us a smile, that's it! Perfect! For the next one we'll have the bride and groom again escorted by their parents! And another one with the best man and the bridesmaid. Let's take one of the bride and her bridesmaid now! And the same for the groom and his best man. The bride and groom with his godfather. The bride and groom with his parents, his godfather and their best friends. The teaching staff of Hogwarts now please with the former Headmaster.The bride, the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom.Perfect! Lets see! I want the groom, the father of the groom and the father of the bride. The groom with his parents, the bride with her parents. The bride and groom with his parents and the whole Weasley-family. The bride and groom with the former Headmaster. The bride and groom with Headmistress McGonagall..Ok, and now a group photo! That's it! Say cheese please!"
They walked along all the places Harry and Hermione had memories too. Hagrid's hut, the edge of the Forbidden Forrest, the Quidditch-pitch, the quiet bench by the lake. And Colin kept on taking photographs.
Charming chapter I think. I couldn't resist in putting a bit of myself into the story. We know from an interview with Rowling that Harry's second name is James, but there isn't anything known about Hermione's so I took the liberty of using "Sophia" as it is Greek for "Wisdom". Something that goes with Hermione quite well so I found that appropiate. The link to me? Simple, my first name is "Sofie" which comes from "Sophia", see the link now? Till the next chapter, keep reviewing.