Training for the Inevitable

Chapter Seven: Harry and Ginny's wedding

THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY

BY: RITA SKEETER

DAILY PROPHET SPECIAL EVENTS REPORTER

Attention all you single witches and wizards. The two most eligible people to be coming out of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the years to come are now officially off the available list. Sorry ladies and gents, Harry Potter and Ginerva Weasley were married in a small wedding attended by their friends and family in Cairo Egypt last night. The ceremony was so private, no one new about it except the invited guests until we received an owl this morning with the story about what happened. Don't worry, everything was checked out to be true and not a hoax by some crazy person. The letter was sent directly from Mr and Mrs Potter themselves.

No one knows how or why they were in Egypt for the wedding, but it is rumored that they were offered jobs with Gringotts as curse breakers once Harry has defeated you-know-who and Ginerva finishes school. I am happy to announce that the rumors have been verified tho, and that they have been training in Egypt on an early entry program into the curse breakers. We can only assume that is the reason that they were there for the wedding also.

We at the Daily Prophet would like to congratulate Mr and Mrs. Potter, and wish them the best of luck in their lives together.

FLASHBACK TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ABOVE DATE AND THE WEDDING

"Are you two ready for the next couple of weeks, and for your wedding. You have guests that will start arriving over the next couple of days, and will be needing a place to stay. I know that you said that they will all be staying with you two at your new place, and that it is plenty big enough, but are you prepared for what mum and dad's reaction is going to be when they find that your living together, and getting married. I know that they probably aren't to happy about you getting married so soon, but also living together, along with leaving school. I feel sorry for you for when you have that talk with them." Bill was trying to be nice about everything, and trying to help the young couple get things ready for when their friends and family will be starting to arrive. He had offered to let his mum and dad stay at his place so that they wouldn't be bothering the couple before the wedding, but Harry and Ginny would have nothing of that. They figured that they would have to deal with them before the wedding anyway, so might as well have them staying at their house.

"We thank you profusely for everything that you have done for us already Bill, and we know that you mean well. We will deal with Mum and Dad when the time comes. What did you tell them that got them to agree to come to Egypt this summer anyway?" Ginny gave her brother an appraising look and laughed as he turned beet red. "Oh Bill, you didn't have to do that. I mean that if we would have told them that we were getting married, yes they would have been mad, but they wouldn't have wanted to miss it."

Bill looked flabergasted at what he thought Ginny thought. "No I didn't say I was going to be getting married Gin, but they know that there is a special event going on here that they needed to attend that involved family, and they agreed whole heartedly to attend. They don't even know you're here. I guess either they weren't told that it was I that you two flew away from the school with, or they don't believe it. They keep flooing and owling me asking if I had seen you two. Boy are they going to be surprised when they see you two here when they arrive. Now you two, it's getting late, and I think that we should be getting some sleep, your guests from Hogwart's will be arriving tomorrow morning early. Didn't you set their port key to send them here?"

"Yah they will be arriving in about 3 hours. We should be getting some sleep so that we will be at least a bit wide awake when we greet them." Luckily for the three of them, they only need an hour of sleep now and they would be up for a couple of days with no problems. They had their sleep, and were up with breakfast made for their friends when they got their that morning.

When they had awoken an hour later, they found that they were ready for the day in an hour. They had everything up and ready, and were making breakfast for their guests that were coming.

The students from Hogwart's were the first to arrive, and they greeted them with hugs, and seeing how well they were doing. They showed them to their rooms, and then around the house,telling them that it was part of a deal that they got when they got done with their training and their first mission. They showed them around, and Ginny showed them her ring. They all ooed and awwed over them, and got settled down before coming down to breakfast.

Molly and Arthur came an hour later, and everyone could tell that they were a bit confused about where they were. "Bill, is this your new house?" Molly asked her oldest son, hoping that it was the truth, for she hadn't seen Harry or Ginny yet, and was greeted by Bill when they ported into the hallway.

"No mum, this isn't my house, but it is one of your childrens houses. You might want to sit down when I tell you this, for this is going to come as quite a shock to you when you learn." After they were sitting, and had a cup of tea to keep them calm, Bill started in with the story. "Mum, Dad, a little over two months ago, Harry and Ginny escaped from Hogwart's with the help of me and a flying carpet. Now before you start yelling at me, and getting all mad, there was a good reason. They were part of a very old prophecy that fortold of Harry's training with the ancient Egyptian gods, and also training all over the world with the love of his life, and their chosen protector. Well Harry's love of his life is Ginny, and I have been chosen as their protector. We just got back from about a two year training in the time of the Pharoh's in Ancient Egypt with the gods, and Harry and Ginny are getting married in a couple of days. That is the reason that you two are here, for the wedding. Don't worry, they are doing good, and have completed all their schooling, and will be taking some time off before they go off to finish their training to defeat Voldemort. Now as to whom's house you are in at this time, it is theirs. They received it, along with the training to become curse breakers, which they are fully qualified and offered jobs, for which they accepted, when they get done with their training, defeat Voldemort, and Ginny officially finishes her schooling." Bill smiled at his parents, and waited for the outburst that he knew was going to be coming.

"So you are telling me, that Harry and Ginny are getting married in a couple of weeks, and you didn't tell us about it. Now Bill, that isn't very brotherly of you, they are to young. Well maybe not to young anymore, but they don't know what they are doing. This training, what does it incur of?" This surprisingly came from Arthur, and not Molly Weasley, who was just sitting there contemplating what her oldest son had told them.

"They are more than ready for the upcoming battle, and the wedding and training Dad, so don't worry about them. They don't have to worry for money ever again, and will be with me during the travelling and training. The wedding at least you were invited to it, and I'm sure that Ginny is hoping that you would walk her down the aisle for it Dad." Bill smiled and hugged his parents when they just nodded their assent.

The wedding was a beautiful one, and they had a whole lot of people and Goblins attend it. It was covered by none of the papers, but there was a notice put out the next day to all the Wizardring papers, telling of the wedding. They spent their honeymoon in one of the most luxiourious hotels in Egypt, then came back refreshed and ready for the rest of their training.

A/N: I hope your not disappointed by this chapter, but I really wanted to get it done, so that I can get to the rest of the training. Sorry for the delay in posting, and I plan on getting more out sooner. Please as always Read and Review. ---Donald