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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Six: Pre-Ceremony Jitters
That morning Fred and George woke Harry up by leaning in by his ears and taking turns whispering at him until he woke up. Fred started with, "Harry! Where were you? You missed all your classes! Severus is hysterical with worry!"
George snickered a bit and whispered, "Harry! How could you! You missed all three meals! You've only got an hour until the ceremonies!"
Fred got a bit louder with, "Harald James Potter! What on earth are you still doing in bed! The ceremonies start in ten minutes! You'll never make it on time! Hurry up Harald! Your groom is beside himself with worry and your great grandparents are ready to charge in here themselves!"
George got louder yet, almost in a normal voice and said, "Harry! I can't believe it! Missing your own wedding and bonding ceremony! Everyone thinks you've changed your mind! Wake up! Quick!"
Then Fred snickered and yelled, "HARRY! YOU COMPLETELY MISSED THE CEREMONY! AND SINCE YOU WEREN'T THERE RON HAD TO MARRY HIM FOR YOU!"
Harry literally jumped out of bed started throwing on his robes, rushing around like crazy looked at Fred and George and said, "Well do I look alright?"
Fred and George burst out laughing which woke up the rest of Harry's dorm who all looked at Harry, Fred and George and groaned. Ron muttered under his breath and then said, "Harry what are you doing in your robes for tonight? You'll ruin them if you wear them all day you know."
Harry suddenly looked as though that dawned on him that it was morning and not night and glared at Fred and George and spoke in a deadly quiet voice, "Might I remind you that I'm marrying a POTIONS MASTER? And when I pass out in the middle of my own wedding and bonding ceremonies we might be able to seek out revenge by poisoning your food? Need I remind you that I happen to be VERY close friends with a couple of the house-elves? Hmm?"
Fred and George went white as sheets and mumbled apologies before running like a mad hippogriff was behind them. The rest of the boys in the dorm burst out laughing and Ron managed to tweak out a, "Someone remind me to tell Hermione and Ginny, they'll be mad they missed it."
Harry, Ron, Seamus and Dean walked into the Great Hall for breakfast half an hour later, Seamus and Dean practically carrying Harry into the room. Harry looked like he hadn't slept in a month. The four boys sat down and immediately Hermione rounded on them, "Harry, you look like crap, what happened?"
Harry looked up, gave her a glare that put a basilisk to shame and said, "Fred and George."
Hermione didn't need another explanation, she turned, stood, walked to where Fred and George were seated and started yelling at them. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU TWO DO TO HARRY? YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT TODAY IS AND HE COMES IN HERE LOOKING LIKE SOMEONE PRACTICED UNFORGIVABLES ON HIM! WELL? OUT WITH IT, WHAT DID YOU TWO MORONS DO TO HIM?"
Fred and George both went white and George squeaked out, "Woke him up..."
Hermione glared at both of them and said, "HOW?"
The entire hall was watching, including a very pissed off Severus, Remus, Albus and Minerva who were all ready to hex the boys on the spot. Fred said, "We just toyed with him a bit, that's all, how were we supposed to know he hadn't slept last night? He's always like that you know that, anything big means Harry doesn't sleep. Any Gryffindor knows that..."
Hermione cut him off with, "WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM THE BLOODY HELL ALONE YOU IDIOT!"
She didn't get to say anymore as Ginny came up behind them, grabbed them both by the ears and pulled them both out of the Great Hall. Both boys were bright red with embarrassment and wincing and protesting at the pain. Hermione snickered, "And they think I was bad! Ha!"
By the time she got back to her seat Harry had fallen asleep with his head resting in his hands, Ron was trying to slap him awake and Seamus was trying to get him to respond to his voice. Hermione muttered three spells and Harry was awake, looking normal and eating breakfast like nothing had happened. Ron shook his head at her and said, "You know, you really are scary sometimes."
Hermione smiled, "Yes, but that's why you like me so much silly."
Harry smiled at his two friends and wondered how long it would take them to realize they really did like one another. They were both blindingly obvious about it to the point that everyone thought they WERE together, but very few people actually knew they weren't. The rest of the day Harry was on edge, worrying about tonight and more nervous then he was during the Tri- Wizard Tournament. He smiled, knowing that if they had to do the second task again now it wouldn't be Ron under the water, but Severus.
He'd laughed when Seamus explained that's what made everyone think he was gay. Really he didn't care what gender the person was so long as they were in love, which was one thing he'd decided this summer, though he knew he really preferred males. The Gryffindors that were attending the wedding and bonding absolutely refused to let him go to the Great Hall. Ron took Fred, George and Seamus with him to get dinner for everyone.
Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Dean, Katie, Alicia, Angelina and Lee were all helping to settle Harry's nerves a bit. Someone had owled Oliver Wood at some point during the week, and he was dining with the Gryffindors and his new boyfriend from the Kenmare Kestrels that he was now playing Keeper for. His boyfriend, Torin O'Reilly, was one of the Beaters on the team.
Torin and Oliver had both begged him most of the night to consider coming to the team as they could use a seeker with his strengths. Harry had merely smiled at them with twinkling eyes and responded, "I plan on having a family the minute this blasted war is over, and then probably go into the family business of being a Professor."
Oliver had been outraged and told him loudly, "Just because Snape's a Professor doesn't mean you have to be as well!"
Harry just smiled and said, "I wasn't referring to Severus."
That had left Oliver with no comeback and the subject was dropped when Harry promised he would think about it. After the meal was over everyone had gone to change into dress robes, Harry into his ceremonial robes. Sirius came in the tower and smiled when he saw Harry fussing with his hair. Harry couldn't for the life of him get it to lay down flat on his head, so Sirius muttered a spell that made it look more controlled then it had but still had a bit of the unruly look.
Harry grinned and said thank you before the two had turned to leave for the hall together with Ron and Hermione. Everyone else that was going was already in the Great Hall seated and waited for the ceremony to start. Severus's parents, Aramis and Solenne Snape, had come along with Severus's sister, Elaina and her family.
Elaina's husband, Antonio Marcello, ran a small Wizarding chain of bookstores in Italy. They ran one of the stores themselves, with the help of their three young children, Dante, Arianna and Oriana. Beyond that, their ceremonies were only open to other students in the school who wanted to come to witness their first Wizarding wedding and bonding or ones that just wanted to come providing they had no ill tensions towards the couple.
Harry was tense the entire walk to the Great Hall while Sirius tried to make jokes and lighten the mood a bit. Harry knew Sirius was just trying to help but he was incredibly nervous about the ceremonies, Sirius's safety during them, meeting Severus's family and everything that would occur after the ceremonies. Sirius merely smiled and patted him on the back telling him everything would be alright before they reached the side door that Harry and Sirius were going to use to get into the Great Hall for the ceremony.
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The Mirror of Etamluos
"Luosruoy Fo Flahreht oehtnah treht ono it celferon wohsi"
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Chapter Six: Pre-Ceremony Jitters
That morning Fred and George woke Harry up by leaning in by his ears and taking turns whispering at him until he woke up. Fred started with, "Harry! Where were you? You missed all your classes! Severus is hysterical with worry!"
George snickered a bit and whispered, "Harry! How could you! You missed all three meals! You've only got an hour until the ceremonies!"
Fred got a bit louder with, "Harald James Potter! What on earth are you still doing in bed! The ceremonies start in ten minutes! You'll never make it on time! Hurry up Harald! Your groom is beside himself with worry and your great grandparents are ready to charge in here themselves!"
George got louder yet, almost in a normal voice and said, "Harry! I can't believe it! Missing your own wedding and bonding ceremony! Everyone thinks you've changed your mind! Wake up! Quick!"
Then Fred snickered and yelled, "HARRY! YOU COMPLETELY MISSED THE CEREMONY! AND SINCE YOU WEREN'T THERE RON HAD TO MARRY HIM FOR YOU!"
Harry literally jumped out of bed started throwing on his robes, rushing around like crazy looked at Fred and George and said, "Well do I look alright?"
Fred and George burst out laughing which woke up the rest of Harry's dorm who all looked at Harry, Fred and George and groaned. Ron muttered under his breath and then said, "Harry what are you doing in your robes for tonight? You'll ruin them if you wear them all day you know."
Harry suddenly looked as though that dawned on him that it was morning and not night and glared at Fred and George and spoke in a deadly quiet voice, "Might I remind you that I'm marrying a POTIONS MASTER? And when I pass out in the middle of my own wedding and bonding ceremonies we might be able to seek out revenge by poisoning your food? Need I remind you that I happen to be VERY close friends with a couple of the house-elves? Hmm?"
Fred and George went white as sheets and mumbled apologies before running like a mad hippogriff was behind them. The rest of the boys in the dorm burst out laughing and Ron managed to tweak out a, "Someone remind me to tell Hermione and Ginny, they'll be mad they missed it."
Harry, Ron, Seamus and Dean walked into the Great Hall for breakfast half an hour later, Seamus and Dean practically carrying Harry into the room. Harry looked like he hadn't slept in a month. The four boys sat down and immediately Hermione rounded on them, "Harry, you look like crap, what happened?"
Harry looked up, gave her a glare that put a basilisk to shame and said, "Fred and George."
Hermione didn't need another explanation, she turned, stood, walked to where Fred and George were seated and started yelling at them. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID YOU TWO DO TO HARRY? YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT TODAY IS AND HE COMES IN HERE LOOKING LIKE SOMEONE PRACTICED UNFORGIVABLES ON HIM! WELL? OUT WITH IT, WHAT DID YOU TWO MORONS DO TO HIM?"
Fred and George both went white and George squeaked out, "Woke him up..."
Hermione glared at both of them and said, "HOW?"
The entire hall was watching, including a very pissed off Severus, Remus, Albus and Minerva who were all ready to hex the boys on the spot. Fred said, "We just toyed with him a bit, that's all, how were we supposed to know he hadn't slept last night? He's always like that you know that, anything big means Harry doesn't sleep. Any Gryffindor knows that..."
Hermione cut him off with, "WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM THE BLOODY HELL ALONE YOU IDIOT!"
She didn't get to say anymore as Ginny came up behind them, grabbed them both by the ears and pulled them both out of the Great Hall. Both boys were bright red with embarrassment and wincing and protesting at the pain. Hermione snickered, "And they think I was bad! Ha!"
By the time she got back to her seat Harry had fallen asleep with his head resting in his hands, Ron was trying to slap him awake and Seamus was trying to get him to respond to his voice. Hermione muttered three spells and Harry was awake, looking normal and eating breakfast like nothing had happened. Ron shook his head at her and said, "You know, you really are scary sometimes."
Hermione smiled, "Yes, but that's why you like me so much silly."
Harry smiled at his two friends and wondered how long it would take them to realize they really did like one another. They were both blindingly obvious about it to the point that everyone thought they WERE together, but very few people actually knew they weren't. The rest of the day Harry was on edge, worrying about tonight and more nervous then he was during the Tri- Wizard Tournament. He smiled, knowing that if they had to do the second task again now it wouldn't be Ron under the water, but Severus.
He'd laughed when Seamus explained that's what made everyone think he was gay. Really he didn't care what gender the person was so long as they were in love, which was one thing he'd decided this summer, though he knew he really preferred males. The Gryffindors that were attending the wedding and bonding absolutely refused to let him go to the Great Hall. Ron took Fred, George and Seamus with him to get dinner for everyone.
Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Dean, Katie, Alicia, Angelina and Lee were all helping to settle Harry's nerves a bit. Someone had owled Oliver Wood at some point during the week, and he was dining with the Gryffindors and his new boyfriend from the Kenmare Kestrels that he was now playing Keeper for. His boyfriend, Torin O'Reilly, was one of the Beaters on the team.
Torin and Oliver had both begged him most of the night to consider coming to the team as they could use a seeker with his strengths. Harry had merely smiled at them with twinkling eyes and responded, "I plan on having a family the minute this blasted war is over, and then probably go into the family business of being a Professor."
Oliver had been outraged and told him loudly, "Just because Snape's a Professor doesn't mean you have to be as well!"
Harry just smiled and said, "I wasn't referring to Severus."
That had left Oliver with no comeback and the subject was dropped when Harry promised he would think about it. After the meal was over everyone had gone to change into dress robes, Harry into his ceremonial robes. Sirius came in the tower and smiled when he saw Harry fussing with his hair. Harry couldn't for the life of him get it to lay down flat on his head, so Sirius muttered a spell that made it look more controlled then it had but still had a bit of the unruly look.
Harry grinned and said thank you before the two had turned to leave for the hall together with Ron and Hermione. Everyone else that was going was already in the Great Hall seated and waited for the ceremony to start. Severus's parents, Aramis and Solenne Snape, had come along with Severus's sister, Elaina and her family.
Elaina's husband, Antonio Marcello, ran a small Wizarding chain of bookstores in Italy. They ran one of the stores themselves, with the help of their three young children, Dante, Arianna and Oriana. Beyond that, their ceremonies were only open to other students in the school who wanted to come to witness their first Wizarding wedding and bonding or ones that just wanted to come providing they had no ill tensions towards the couple.
Harry was tense the entire walk to the Great Hall while Sirius tried to make jokes and lighten the mood a bit. Harry knew Sirius was just trying to help but he was incredibly nervous about the ceremonies, Sirius's safety during them, meeting Severus's family and everything that would occur after the ceremonies. Sirius merely smiled and patted him on the back telling him everything would be alright before they reached the side door that Harry and Sirius were going to use to get into the Great Hall for the ceremony.
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