A/N: Thanks to stackles, Rocks-my-Socks (for reviewing chapter 1!), and kittyatza for reviewing! I'm glad you all like it!

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Chapter 10

Abbey gazed numbly at herself in the mirror. Her white wedding gown was off-the-shoulders, and sleeveless. It held her torso snugly, and the skirt was somewhat puffy and bouncy. Her hair was slicked back into a tight bun, and her veil was tied to the bun, and it hung behind her, going down to her waist. The train of her dress trailed about five feet behind her. She would have thought she looked wonderful if it wasn't for the occasion.

She spun around when there was a light knock on her door. Figuring it was Wrinkles, she went over and opened it, but felt her heart give a painful jolt when she saw it was Narcissa Malfoy.

"You look…" Narcissa said, looking her over, "beautiful."

"Thank you," Abbey replied flatly. She stepped back in alarm when Narcissa pulled her wand out of a pocket in her dress.

"I have to do this," Narcissa said matter-of-factly, pointing the wand at Abbey, "We don't want any…occurrences." She then mumbled an incantation, anda light blue beam of lightburst out of the wand tipand hit Abbeysquarein the chest.

Abbey suddenly felt extremely relaxed and somewhat fatigued. Narcissa was slightly fuzzy around the edges, as was everything else.

"Wha…what did you do to me?" Abbey slurred, closing her eyes as she tried to get her bearings.

"Just a simple tranquility charm," Narcissa answered coolly, putting her wand back, "We don't want you to do anything stupid, now do we?"

Narcissa then took Abbey's hand and led her out of her room. Due to the charm, Abbey didn't resist in the slightest. She was taken to the ballroom, where the wedding was to be held.

The wedding went by in a blur.Abbey's fatherledher down the aisle, at the end of which Draco was waiting in his black suit (even his dress shirt and tie were black). They linked their arms together and patiently waited for the wizard at the front to start the ceremony.

While the wizard was going on with the ceremony, Abbey glanced over at Draco. His eyes seemed a little out of focus, and Abbey inferred that the tranquility charm had been done on him as well.

"I now pronounce you man and wife," said the wizard after what seemed an eternity, and Abbey felt herself turning towards Draco.

She felt a shiver run through her as their lips met, and she thought for a fleeting moment that she was going to retch.

They pulled away quickly and the room full of guests broke out in a soft applause. She and Draco then turned to them and made their way back down the aisle, their arms linked. Abbey spotted her parents and forced a smile.

The next thing she knew she was getting on a carriage with Draco, both of them still in their wedding attire. She didn't wave goodbye as the carriage rolled forward, towards their new home.

She and Draco didn't speak a word during the whole trip. It was partially because the tranquility charm hadn't quite worn off yet, but the biggest reason was because they were still in shock, and their minds were elsewhere.

Abbey found herself getting out of the carriage behind Draco, the tranquility charm now completely gone. She saw that Draco was back to normal as well, because his eyes flashed fiercely and alertly as he watched her step out of the carriage.

In the setting sunlight, Abbey turned and looked at her new house. She was immensely relieved to see that it wasn't black, at least on the outside. It was a dark grey, but still, it wasn't black. It was almost as big as Malfoy Manor, but not quite. It was out in the country, like Lucius had said, and it sat on the crest of a large hill, overlooking the ocean.

"Let's hurry up and get inside, so I can get out of this dress," Abbey said irritably, picking up her skirts and making her way down the gravel driveway.

Well, they're finally hitched. I wonder how they'll deal with married life? hee hee. Hope you liked it!

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