A/N: The fifteenth chapter of my HP/ST:TNG crossover-fic. Time for the wedding! *wedding bells play*

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. Star Trek belongs to Paramount Pictures and, of course, Gene Roddenberry (R.I.P.), The Great Bird of the Galaxy. Seinfeld own himself, I guess. Lynn is all mine.





15. The ceremony



Lynn was in her quarters. It was the night of the wedding, and in about ten minutes the ceremony would begin. Hermione had helped Lynn get a rather traditional wedding dress in order and had given her a new, shorter hairdo with a wilder look (A/N: I can't really describe the hairdo, but my sister, whom Lynn is based upon, cut her hair the other day and her hair was like that and it looked great!). Now Lynn was pacing back and forth in the room. Troi stood beside her, watching her.

"Nervous?" said Troi, already knowing the answer.

"Nope," said Lynn quickly. "Little bit. Quite a bit. Extremely." She stopped and looked at Troi, smiling. "I... I still can't believe I'm actually getting married...! Still can't believe I actually asked him..."

"Would you have regretted it if you hadn't?" said Troi.

"For the rest of my days," said Lynn.

"Then why are you so worried?" said Troi.

"What if he says no?" said Lynn. "What if he doesn't want to get married?" Troi smiled.

"Remember that night when you and Hermione had a party in the holodeck?" she said.

"Yeah," said Lynn, and smiled. "That was the night when Wesley and I first kissed..."

"Yes, and you know that I'm an empath," said Troi. Lynn nodded. "That night the strongest emotions in the room came from you two. Even if you only love each other half as much as then, you still aren't going to have any problems with a simple 'I do'." Lynn smiled.

"Yeah, guess you're right..." she said. "Still nervous, though."

"It's only to be expected," said Troi, smiling. Now the door beeped.

"Come in," said Lynn. The door opened and Hermione and Commander Walsh entered. Hermione had a dress to, since she was the maid of honour. Walsh wore his dress uniform.

"Ready?" said Hermione.

"I'll remember to ask you the same thing the day you get married..." said Lynn. "You'll se that it's not all that easy of a question to answer at this point..."

"She's ready," said Troi. "And the father of bride?"

"Ready," answered Walsh.

"Good," said Troi. "Let's go then." They walked out of the room, and entered the nearest turbolift. "Ten Forward." The turbolift started moving.

"I have to admit this feels a bit strange," said Walsh. "I'm acting as father of the bride, and technically your older than me."

"Well, right now YOU are the eldest of us," said Lynn. "Besides, you're the only one of my relatives on this ship."

"Still feels a bit strange though..." said Walsh. "Not that I mind, I'm honoured."

"The federation commander nervous..." said Lynn, a slight smile on her face. Walsh chuckled. "What?"

"Oh, nothing, I'll tell you later..." he said.



"Shouldn't they be here by now?" said Wesley. He was standing at the altar built for the wedding in Ten Forward. Beside him stood Captain Picard and Geordi. All three wore their dress uniforms.

"Relax, Wes," said Geordi, who was Wesley's best man. "Commander Walsh and Hermione just went to get them."

"Yeah, you're right, nothing odd at all..." said Wesley. He looked out over the room. There was a band and guests were all around, standing so that a aisle was formed up to the altar. Among them was Riker, Data, Worf, Dr Crusher, Chief O'Brien, Captain Reno and of course Harry and Ron.

Now the door opened and Hermione and Troi entered. They went up to rest of the group and stood at each side of the aisle, Hermione at Ron and Troi with Riker. Then Lynn and Walsh entered. The band started playing. Lynn and Walsh went slowly up to the altar. When they reached the altar the band stopped playing. Walsh stepped aside to Lynn's side of the altar. Captain Picard started the service. Eventually the got to the "I do's"

"Do you, Wesley Crusher take Lynn Walsh as your lawfully wedded wife, to hold and love, for better or worse, till death do you part?" said Picard.

"I do," said Wesley, looking into Lynn's eyes.

"And do you, Lynn Walsh take Wesley Crusher as your lawfully wedded husband, to hold and love, for better or worse, till death do you part?" said Picard.

"I do," said Lynn, looking into Wesley's eyes.

"Then I pronounce you husband and wife," said Picard. "You may kiss the bride." Wesley and Lynn kissed for a second and then cheers and applause broke out.

"*sniff* It's so moving..." said Hermione, crying. She took out her wand, muttered something, and suddenly a box of paper tissues appeared.

"Couldn't you just have went over to the replicator?" said Ron.

"*sniff* To far," said Hermione.

"Here. *sniff* Let me have one," said Dr Crusher and took a tissue. Troi did the same. Now the party began. The band played so that everybody could dance, and in the bar Guinan served drinks.

"You can't believe how nervous I was just before the ceremony..." said Wesley to Lynn, while they were dancing. Lynn chuckled.

"YOU were nervous? What do you think I was?" said Lynn. "I was a wreck! I totally thought you'd say no when Picard asked 'Do you, Wesley Crusher...'." "I thought the same thing about you," said Wesley.

"Well, it's good that we were both wrong," said Lynn and smiled.

"Yeah," said Wesley and smiled also.



"There's one thing I don't get..." said Ron.

"What?" said Harry. They were standing at the bar together with Hermione.

"If Commander LaForge was the 'best man', why did she marry Wesley?" said Ron.

"Oh my- Don't go 'Seinfeld' on me now!" said Harry.

"What?" said Ron.

"Muggle thing..." said Hermione. "The whole 'best man' thing is a tradition, a custom. It's just an expression." Ron shrugged.

"Okay, whatever..." he said.

"And speaking of good men..." said Hermione. "...Why haven't you asked me to dance yet?" She looked accusingly at him.

"Wha- Oh, I'm sorry!" said Ron. "Would you care to-"

"Yes, very much," she said and dragged him on onto the dance floor. Harry chuckled. Now Walsh came over to the bar, having just had a dance with Troi, who now were in the company of Riker.

"Enjoying yourself, Commander?" said Harry.

"Sure am," said Walsh, grinning. "Haven't been on a wedding since my sister got married."

"I was more referring to your company," said Harry, smiling.

"Well, I'm not the man to say no if a beautiful woman ask for a dance," said Walsh, smiling.

"Tell me, Commander, have you ever tasted butterbeer?" said Harry.

"Have I tasted butterbeer? Of course I have, I'm a wizard!" said Walsh. "Though I have to admit, it's been ages since the last time... about ten years or so... It's a bit hard to get your hands on out here."

"Guinan, one glass of butterbeer for the Commander," said Harry to Guinan.

"Coming right up," said Guinan. Walsh chuckled.

"Now that's funny, trying to convince me that-" said Walsh, stopping himself when Guinan put a glass upon the counter. "-You have butterbeer... How...?"

"Connections is a important thing in my business," said Guinan, smiling. "By the way, if you ever meet a man named Shoji Hayter, tell him 'Guinan says hi, and arigato for the help'."

"Shoji Hayter... is he related to Yoko Hayter?" said Walsh.

"He's her grandfather," said Guinan.

"Oh, great..." said Walsh.

"What is it?" said Harry.

"I know Yoko since the academy," said Walsh. "We're... good friends..."

"Don't worry, Commander, Shoji is not violent or angry man," said Guinan, smiling. "So if you ever meet you won't have to be all that worried."

"Oh, good," said Walsh.

"Just how much of 'good friends' are you and Yoko?" said Harry, curiously.

"Well, if I'd ever marry, it would be with her," said Walsh. "Or someone like her."

"She sounds nice," said Harry.

"Yeah, she is..." said Walsh. He took his glass. "A toast to nice women! Present company included of course." He said the last part to Guinan. "Cheers!"

"Cheers!" said Harry, taking his glass own glass of butterbeer. The each took a sip of their drinks. "Tasted good?"

"Sure did," said Walsh, smiling. "Been to long since I had it the last time."



The party went on, and after a while Wesley and Lynn decided to have a toast. The stood up at the altar so that everyone could see them properly.

"May we have your attention, please?" said Lynn. Everyone became quiet in a few seconds. "Thank you."

"Lynn and I would like to propose a toast," said Wesley. "We know that our marriage came as bit of a surprise. No one was as surprised as me." Laughs were heard throughout the room. "But we did it anyway, since we don't have all that much time left together, so we thought we'd make the best of it. Plus, now mom can't be on me about me settling down." Laughs again. "So, do everyone have their champagne?"

"Champagne, what for?" said Ron, honestly not having a clue. Hermione nudged him in the ribs. "OW!"

"You numbskull!" she said. "You toast properly with Champagne!"

"Oh, okay," said Ron. "Um, Guinan could I have-" Guinan gave him two glasses of Champagne. "Thanks."

"Everyone good now?" said Lynn. No one protested. "Good."

"So, a toast to our marriage, Lynn," said Wesley, looking into her eyes. "Even though we won't have years for it, I'm sure that I won't regret it a second." Lynn smiled. Throughout the room "aaawww's" were heard from the female population.

"My thoughts exactly," said Lynn.

"A toast then!" said Wesley raising his glass, taking a sip of the champagne. The rest of the room followed.

"Damn it *sniff* where are those tissues...?" said Dr Crusher quietly after the toast had ended.

"Now, on with the party!" said Lynn. Laughs again. Everyone carried on with the party. Captain Picard and Captain Reno came over to Wesley and Lynn.

"I have to attend to my duties now, I'm afraid," said Picard.

"As do I," said Reno. "We only wanted to wish you the best of luck. Have a lovely evening."

"Thank you, Captain Reno, and good evening," said Lynn. Reno smiled and left the room.

"Before I go I wanted to tell you that what you have done takes a good deal of bravery and trust," said Picard. "I'm proud of you Wesley." He smiled.

"Thanks, sir," Wesley managed to get through.

"Now I'll go before I embarrass you even more in front of your new wife," said Picard. Lynn and Wesley laughed. "One last thing, though."

"What?" said Lynn.

"May I kiss the bride?" said Picard, smiling.

"Can't say no to the Captain of the Enterprise, can I?" said Lynn and smiled. Picard gave her a (if anything a bit formal) kiss.

"You two enjoy yourselves now," said Picard, smiling. "And that's an order for you, Mr Crusher."

"Yes, Captain," said Wesley, smiling.

"We will," said Lynn, smiling also.

"Good," said Picard, and left the room.



Guests left during the night. All would have enjoyed staying, but they had their duties to attend to. Harry still stood at the bar, having his fourth butterbeer. Troi came up to him and stood next to him at the bar.

"You've been standing here all evening," she said. "Enjoying the party?"

"Yeah, it's great," said Harry. "Amazing how they could throw all of this together in such a short time."

"Danced anything yet?" said Troi. Harry chuckled.

"No, I'm not very good a dancer," he said.

"You can't be all that bad," said Troi, smiling. "Come on." She dragged him onto the dance floor.

"Whoa! Stop!" said Harry, laughing. "I told you, I can't dance."

"Then you'll have to improvise," said Troi. "As long as you stay clear of my-" Harry stepped on Troi's left foot. "-feet. Okay, new tactic, let's try and talk while we're dancing. Maybe that will make it easier."

"Okay, what about?" said Harry.

"For one..." said Troi. "...How do you feel?" Harry sighed.

"Better than before," he said after a second. "Guess I've come to terms with my situation, finally. Plus, it's good to know that there's still some wizards."

"Yes, you and Commander Walsh certainly seem to have connected," said Troi.

"Yeah, well, he's a nice guy," said Harry. "Gave him a glass of butterbeer this evening. He hadn't had it for quite a while. So that made him happy."

"But your worried about something?" said Troi.

"It's this thing with the Death Eaters..." said Harry. "They could be here any second. I just don't know how they are with starships, 'cause they we're pretty evil without them..."

"So, do you think Wesley and Lynn will be happy?" said Troi after a few seconds silence, trying to cheer him up.

"Sure, they'll be happy, I don't doubt that," said Harry. Then he smiled.

"What?" said Troi.

"Nothing..." said Harry. "I just remember that Lynn got to choose their holodeck honey moon trip."

"Really? Where to?" said Troi. "Risa? Hawaii?" Harry smiled and shook his head.

"Nope," he said. "I'm not sure, but I think I have a pretty good idea of were they would go."

"Were?" said Troi, curious.

"Vastergotland," said Harry.

"Where's that?" said Troi. "Never heard of that country."

"It's not a country, it's a region of a country," said Harry. "I could be wrong on the region, though, but the country's a pretty sure bet."

"Which country?" said Troi.



The door in one of the VIP quarters opened. It would serve as Lynn's and Wesley's home during their time as husband and wife. Wesley was carrying Lynn over the threshold.

"Wow, this room looks great...!" said Lynn, looking around.

"Yeah, it's nice, huh?" said Wesley.

"You can put me down now, Wesley," said Lynn. Wesley was beginning to have some difficulties carrying her.

"No *puff* way...!" he said. "I'm gonna *puff* carry you to the *puff* bed...!"

"Oh..." said Lynn, smiling. "Didn't know you were that eager, Mr Crusher..." She gave him a peck on the cheek. Wesley gave a chuckle.

"It's not *puff* that, Mrs Crusher..." he said. He reached the bed and dropped her on it abruptly. "Didn't know how to put you down properly, that's all..."

"Shame, I was rather hoping that I was right..." said Lynn.

"You're not to wro-" said Wesley, but stopped himself when he noticed a card on a table in the main room.

"Open it," said Lynn. Wesley went over to it.

"What is it?" said Wesley.

"Our holo-honey moon," said Lynn, smiling. Wesley opened the card.

"Sweden?" said Wesley.

"Uhuh," said Lynn, grinning.

"Not that I'm complaining, but wouldn't it be good to go some place, you know..." said Wesley. "...um... warmer?" Lynn looked angrily at him.

"Sweden is warm!" she said. "We're not going to be there in the winter, but in the summer, when the average temperature is more than enough for a good vacation. Plus there's often much sun in the summer."

"Okay..." said Wesley, still having his doubts. He continued reading. "Vastergotland? Where in Sweden is that?"

"In the western part of the country," said Lynn. "Computer, dim the lights." Wesley didn't notice the last part, nor the lights becoming darker. "The nature there's lovely in the summer. And it's pronounced west- er-yaet-land."

"Westeryaetland..." said Wesley, tasting the name. Lynn began taking of her dress. "It's because of the dots over the letters that it sounds that way, huh?" (A/N: couldn't write it properly with English letters)

"Yeah, that's right," said Lynn, taking of more of her clothes, Wesley still not noticing. Now Wesley began taking his clothes of too. He started with his shoes, and then went on to his dress uniform tunic. He took of his communicator and rank pip (since he was only a Ensign, he only had one). Then he took of the tunic and went over to the wardrobe to put it in along with his shoes. He opened the door and was temporally blinded by the wardrobe light. Now he noticed that the rest of the room was darker. He took of his pants and hanged them in with the rest of his clothes, and then put his shoes on the floor. Then he turned around towards Lynn, still with his underwear on, though.

"Hey, Lynn, why is it so..." he said, but stopped himself when he saw that Lynn stood leaned against the wall next to the opening into the bedroom, naked. "..dark in here... Never mind..." He smiled.

"Come on now, Mr Crusher..." said Lynn, smiling.

"Yes, Mrs Crusher..." said Wesley. "One last thing, though: Computer, look the door." A beep confirmed that the door had been locked. Wesley and Lynn both smiled again and went into the bedroom.



"I wonder how what they're doing..." said Hermione. She and Ron had moved into Hermione's and Lynn's quarters now. Now the two lay in their bed.

"I on the other hand, think it's pretty obvious..." said Ron. "It's their wedding night, what would they be doing?"

"I don't mean it like that, but more like..." said Hermione. "...like how do they feel? They're husband and wife now..." She smiled. "And here we are, supposed to be the experienced couple."

"Well, I can't tell you how they feel," said Ron. "But since their married each other, they can't feel all that bad. I mean, they wouldn't have married otherwise."

"Yeah... still wonder how it feels though..." said Hermione.

"Um... like, being married?" said Ron.

"Yeah," said Hermione. Ron was quiet for a few seconds.

"You're not like, giving me a hint here or something?" said Ron.

"What?" said Hermione.

"Um... well... about marriage and stuff," said Ron.

"What?! No! God, no! I'm not!" said Hermione, surprised. "I was just thinking, Ron!"

"Oh, thank heavens!" said Ron. "Scared me a bit there...!"

"Really? Why is that?" said Hermione, pretending to be angry. "The thought of marrying me scares you, Ronald Weasley?"

"Wha- No, no, it doesn't!" he said. "I just... I mean... We're still in school! I couldn't possible support you, or anything!"

"Nothing else?" said Hermione. Ron was quiet for a few seconds.

"Nothing that comes to mind," he said, and smiled.

"Good," said Hermione, and smiled also. "But I'll think we'll wait with marriage until we've graduated and have a stabile economy."

"Agreed," said Ron.









A/N: Phew! Long chapter! Next will be much shorter, since I really got to write more stuff now....!

Commander Walsh sure seems to make a lot of toasts, huh? ^_~ Though, he wasn't alone in this chapter.

The Seinfeld thing is just one of those fun references that I threw in, since he once joked about the same thing Ron said in this chapter about "best man".

The thing about a honeymoon in Sweden may not sound all that romantic, but just you wait and see. Guess I'm a bit biased though, since I love my country... in the summer at least... Nah, snow is fun too : )



Now, I went to see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this evening (the 22nd is the opening night in Sweden), hereby follows my review:

OH MY GOD! IT ROCKS! IT F*****G ROCKS! This movie was LIGHT-YEARS better than the first! So much detail so...

Okay, I'll start from the beginning. First of all, all of the kids have grown tremendously as actors (except Seamus, but he's not important!). The details they managed to keep in the movie was great. The things they added in the movie was also great, like the chase after the snitch and away from the bludger in the ditch, during the Quidditch match. When I saw that I thought about "Well, George Lucas, you've been officially outdone!".



SPOILERS!



But the thing they added in the movie that I appreciated most was the hints about Ron and Hermione. It proves that us fanfic writers haven't been all that wrong : )

And why had Draco been so keen to tell his father about Hermione? Can't be JUST because he wants to point out the mudbloods... ^_~

Plus there's a wee bit of a hint to Harry/Ginny in there... It's not much, but it's there...



END SPOILERS!



There was so many things for us fanfic writers to feast on, to develop further.

Gilderoy Lockhart. Kenneth Branagh OWNS this part. He's brilliant in it, being delightfully perfect as the insufferable fraud of a teacher. I LOVE the moment between him and Ron after the memory charm has backfired.

Lucius Malfoy. Jason Isaacs plays him as he should be played, as a complete creep. You really get how truly EVIL he is!

Hermione, Hermione, Hermione! Emma Watson is soooo great and charming in this movie! She really a lot more personal than in the book. How come the boys aren't already falling in love with her?

Ron. Rupert Grint's role has got fewer lines than in the book, yes, but makes up for it with the pure comic talent. As Ron would say "Bloody brilliant!"

Harry. David Radcliffe is really much better as Harry this time round, and has a bit more attitude too. Though, at first his eyes seemed to green at last, but then changed back to blue. *sigh* when will they keep a colour throughout a whole movie?

I did say Hermione was great, right?

Ginny. Bonnie Wright had ONE line in the last movie. To say the truth, she doesn't have all that many in this one either, but she's still great. The moment in the Burrow when she comes down to the breakfast table is excellent ^_^

Draco. Tom Felton is till the same old Draco, but a bit more of that Draco we remember from the books. Plus some new great stuff (Draco the kleptomaniac, for one).

Are you really sure I said Hermione was great? Oh, did it twice already... Well, she deserves it.

Dobby. Don't you come down on Toby Jones voicing of this character, since Dobby should be like this. And he sure as h*** ain't no Jar Jar (thank God), and is really well CG:d.

Ah yes, the CGI and special effects. Almost flawless! I am notorious for noticing flaws in CGI, but I noticed only ONE shot that looked slightly fake. The Quidditch match was fast and beautiful, the spiders were creepy, and the basilisk was even creepier...

Oh, I almost forgot, Shirley Henderson's Moaning Myrtle. I had my doubts when they decided on an actor in her 30s for the role, but she does it wonderfully. You really think she's that self-pitying little dead teenage girl.

The Burrow. Why, oh why didn't they spend more time there?! I loved the set and the exterior of the house, being better than I had imagined. Love that clock.

Percy's morning hair. Priceless.

The scares (and the little violence). There were quite a few of them this time around. How they managed to get a PG rating is beyond me. Though I don't mind, more grown up Harry Potter I say!

As a closing statement I want to say that the movie is absolutely brilliant. It really hits spot on, presenting the version of Harry Potter that at least I, and I think others, imagined when reading the books. 9 out of 10 at least, I have to see it again to judge it further. It is already on my favourite list of pure entertainment movies, beating Star Wars Episode II as this years ride as of yet. Undying classic and THE adventure movie for, if not mine then at least, my little brothers generation. I you haven't seen it yet (shame on you!) then go see it!

My only sad feeling about this move is that the next movie Chris Columbus won't be the director, but Alfonso Cuaron (who I know nothing about). It's a bit sad since Columbus had finally hit his stride, directing the film of his career, and since Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite book, I really want to see it done well. It will probably turn out fine, though.

And with that I end my review.



Review comments:

Coolone007 - Thanks, always appreciate you opinions. Cool thing with the Spock quote }: ) About the happy ending, I promise I'll do the best I can.

Dizzy2381 - Thank you, It's nice that you like the story. Judging from you review you've only read the first chapter when I write this, so you when you read this, you know things have become more complex since the start.





Emher









PS. Hermione rocks. DS.