The Enchanted Vows.
The next Morning dawned with a fresh fall of snow, glittering on the treetops of the Forbidden Forest. After breakfast, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Draco, Cho and Harry all went out onto the grounds for a snowball fight. After almost and hour, Harry decided to get going with the D.A. for at least an hour. While the rest of them were drying off in the D.A. room, Harry pulled out a small golden coin. He tapped it with his wand, and the date instantly changed to the time of their meeting. Hermione jumped, and so did Ron, when the door opened, right after Harry put his wand back in his pocket. Dean, Seamus, and Neville, were just walking by when their coins got hot. They had just made it in when ten more people walked in. After the last nine people showed up, Harry told them what was going on.
"-So most of us will be here for Valentines day, instead of going into Hogsmeade right?" There was a small mutter of agreement, before Harry said "Fine! You can go, or you can stay. I don't really care. But if Voldemort walks in and kills your friends, or you family-" He added to Padma Patil, who gave im a frightened look, "- then fine. But I'm not going. I'm going to stay here and practice. So. Most of us will me staying here for Valentines day, right?" Everyone nodded, and some even said "Right" or "Cheers!" Neville looked wearily at Harry, before nodding. Their meeting went on for an hour and a half, before someone noticed the time. Most of the girls shrieked, and said hurriedly "I have to get ready!" or "I Still need to do my hair!" Cho on the other hand stayed for another ten minutes, before Harry told her, "You can go get ready if you want, you know. I don't mind." She smiled and gave him a hurried kiss on the cheek, before walking, faster then usual, out of the room. Hermione walked back with them, but said she wouldn't be down for a while. Harry and Ron spent half and hour playing a game of Exploding Snaps, until the clock struck 4:00. They went and got ready in silence, seeing as it took a lot of effort to put on dress robes. Harry tried for ten minutes to make his hair lay flat, but it just kept getting worse. Finally he gave up, hoping someone would take pity on him and help, he walked downstairs still messing about with his hair. When they walked down into the main part of the common room, everyone was there. Padma Patil was wearing the same dress her sister had worn to the Yule Ball in fourth year. Ron, who had gone down ten minutes before Harry, was sitting in a chair. His dress robes were black, with silver bobbles of metal. Harry knew they were the ones that Fred and George had bought him, because Ron's old ones looked like a moldy, old dress. Sitting across from Ron was Hermione. She was wearing a navy blue dress with falling snowflakes, that shimmered and fell as she moved. She had just been telling Ron how she enchanted it. "- it's a simple flick of the wand, that makes pictures of things, really move. Its mostly used to make pictures move in the muggle world, but I thought I'd try it out on my dress." She smiled. Harry, who was looking around for Ginny, noticed her sitting by the fire alone. She was dressed in a tomato red dress, that accented her hair, with a necklace that was made up of a pink ruby and two black dragons wrapped around it. She noticed Harry looking at her. She smiled slightly, then walked over to him. "You look really nice." Harry said shortly. Ginny's smile widened. They walked down to find Neville, who was dressed in pale grey robes, and Luna, who had put on a pink tank top with a purple skirt, standing by the front doors. She smiled and waved as they came down the steps. Cho was leaning against the wall by the Great Hall doors, when Harry walked over to her. He looked at her and smiled. "You shouldn't look so beautiful." He said. Cho's head snapped up. "It won't be fair to the bride. Your gonna make me look a right toad." She blushed. Her hair was up in a knot, with ivory chopsticks. She was wearing a white dress, with shimmering yellow, red and black dragons on it. Harry saw, as Cho pushed a loose piece of hair from her eyes, the bracelet he had given her. Harry noticed Ginny with Draco by the steps. She was playing with his hair. They walked over to stand with him and the others. He was in black robes with ruby clasps down the left side. His hair was just like Harry's. Messy and sticking up in odd areas. It also wasn't sleek and shiny, as it had been ever since him and Harry had met in the Robe shop. Harry could see Draco's mother walking towards them all. "Draco please do something about your hair. Its getting ridicules."
"Mom, come on. I don't want to. Its my hair. I like it this way." He said. He could tell his words weren't effective when his mother gave him a stern, piercing stare.
"Would you stop being so defiant and fix your flamin' hair!" Draco looked from his mother, to Ginny, and back.
"But-" His Mother pulled out her wand, and flicked it at his hair. Almost instantly it was combed out nicely. He conjured a mirror, took on look, and nodded. His mother simpered.
"Now, don't you look handsome? All of you look splendid." She smiled and walked away. They talked for another ten minutes, before being instructed to go outside, where about ninety little orb shaped carriages were awaiting them. The six of them grabbed a carriage together. They still had four places left when Neville and Luna came in.
"Mind if we sit with you?" Neville ask. Harry was shocked to see that Neville was going, but recovered quickly, and said "Sure."
They talked about Quidditch until they felt a small jolt of the carriage, which meant they were taking off. Harry thought it a good time to ask Neville why he changed his mind about coming. " Well I got it finished. Hermione helped me find and alternative to the Lontagiouse Borgadium. It turns out that its so rare, and used to give a lot of people a strange rash, so Hermione suggested using Essence of Magnatius fixumdium." He smiled.
"Does it work?" Siad Ron stupidly.
"Not sure. But I'm going to see them tomorrow. Since they like Droobles Best Blowing Gum, I put the potion into some, so they won't think I'm trying to poison them." He smiled brightly.
"Neville that's simply Brilliant!" Hermione said, looking avidly at him. Neville just smiled even wider and blushed. Luna put her hand in his and smiled up at him, with a look of deepest affection. They talked about the D.A. and famous Quidditch teams. Ron and Cho were having a debate about the Tornados (Cho's favorite Quidditch team,) and the Chuddly Cannons (Ron's Favorite team.)
"Yea but the Tornados made it to the semi-finals, the cannons were the sixth team out." Said Cho.
"Yes, but who's been around longer? Who has better players?"
"Oh would you just agree to disagree? Please? Your doing my head in!" Said Hermione sharply. Ron and Cho just nodded. Ron apologized to Hermione deeply, then cuddled with her on the seat. Harry just put his arm around Cho and sat silently. He was thinking. Cho was leaving Hogwarts in June, and he wouldn't see here except on holidays. What kind of a relationship is that? He needed to talk to Ron. A few more silent moments passed, until they felt a small pull on their seat. They were descending from the sky. They felt the carriage hit the ground softly. Harry, Ron, Neville and Draco got out first, then held out their arms for their dates. They walked up to a large crystal church. Harry could see the church reflecting its self in Cho's eyes. He should ask her, but when? Draco led them inside the church. Guests were already sitting in their seats. They walked up to the front of the church to find a large wooden pew. It had a small golden sign that said 'RESERVED.' Then it flashed ;
'Luna Lovegood & Neville Longbottom.'
'Hermione Granger & Ronald Weasley.'
"Ginny Weasley & Draco Malfoy.'
'Cho Chang & Harry Potter.'
They each took their spot, and waited. The priest apparated along side Professor Snape at the Alter. He was wearing pale grey dress robes, and a very nervous expression. Harry could see a pale pink colour flickering in his eyes. He turned his head to see two small fairies. Everyone got to their feet. The bride apparated at the entrance of the Church. She was dressed in a light purple gown, with silver crystals in each pale lilac that was made into the skirt of the dress. What looked to be Snape's parents apparated infront of the bride. Then Narciassa's parents infront of them.
They walked to the front of the church, then stopped. They took a place on either side of Snape and Narciassa. Everyone sat down at once. The priest talked about the long awaited prophecy that was put upon them, and then they exchanged vows. Their words rose up into the air, then stopped above them. The priest flicked his wand. Narciassa's vows melted into a silver ring, which she placed on Snape's ring finger. Snape's vows, too, changed into a small silver ring. Once he put the ring on her finger, then there was a flash of pink light. The silver rings had turned a pale gold. Everyone stood up and applauded the newly weds. The flowers on Narciassa's dress flew from her dress and began dropping flower petals on the guests. He heard Hermione gasp 'Fairies!' The next moment, the small lilac fairies grouped together their crystals. It instantly melted into a small crystal flower. They flew higher and dropped it. It fell into Cho's hand. Everyone turned and looked at Cho and Harry. Then clapped even louder. Cho was blushing, but Harry was confused. What was this supposed to mean? His dad came up behind his and said quietly "It means you're the next to get married." Harry smiled. Now he knew what he had to do.