Chapter seven - "I do."

Harry again felt as if he were a prize dog on display as they lined up inside the small room, waiting to go out in front of all those watching people. His father arrived about three minutes before they were ready to go and partnered up with Lily looking shaken and harrassed as if this was a very inconvineant time for to people to anounce their love for each other and they should wait for a later date. Harry averted his eyes from his father when Piper gave him a sharp poke in the ribs.

"Why havn't you called?" She whispered as the music began to sound in the room beyond their door. "I was hoping to hear from you."

"What do you mean?" Harry whispered back to her, waiting for the flower girls to walk. "Call you?"

"You said you'd call." Piper said, a sulky tinge to her voice. "I was hoping you would. I wanted to talk about us." Harry was takin aback by this statement and looked over at the beautiful girl, shocked.

"Talk about us?" Harry asked, slightly startled. "What us? There's an us?" Piper suddenly went from sulky to murderous faster then a set of traffic lights changing. "I mean..."

"We've been goin out for what, a month? Ever since you got back from school and there is still no us?" Harry suddenly wished he was back in his own life and not in this Harry's. No matter what the danger, he'd rather face it then be here with Piper who was telling him with her eyes that he was about a nano second away from dying.

"I'm sorry Piper, it's just that i've been..." Someone suddenly tapped him on the shoudler and an angrey face met his as he turned around. It was one of the bridesmaids.

"Talk later, right now my cousin Sam wants to get married. Can you go?" Harry looked out the door and was surprised to see the flower girls were already half way down the isle. People in the pews were turned in their seats watching and some were whispering. Lupin, who was standing at the top of the isle was smiling and winked at Harry when their eyes met. Taking a deep breath, Harry and Sam began walking up the church isle, Harry's palms sweting.

So him and Piper were a pair. How come Sirius had never meantioned that? He chanced a glance over his shoulder and down the line of marching people, trying to see his godfather. The man was at the back of the line, just in front of Lily and James and just behind Wormtail, who gave him a smile that Harry ddin't return. He still didn't trust the man.

They reached the top of the hall and went to the back of the row. Harry leaned a little towards the crowd and looked around the bridesmaids to see his sister. She was watching the rest of the presetion and didn't notice him. Piper was keeping her gaze diverted in the opisite direction but Harry saw her eyes watching him out of their corners.

Now the bride's march came on and everyone stood. Lupin, sweating now, seemed like he was going to collapse and Harry couldn't blame him. This would definitly be nerve wracking. Sam was beautiful, in a blue tinged wedding gown that dragged in a long train at the back, her vail over her face. Harry smiled as he watched her, he couldn't help it. Her smile was infectious. When she had taken her place at the front and her father stepped back, the minister spoke.

"Who gives this woman away?" Sam's father seemed teary eyed but spoke steady.

"I do." He said. The minister nodded and the man sat down, holding his wife's hand who was crying on his shoulder. The minister cleared his throat.

"Dearly beloved," He had a slow mornful voice that sounded as though he were conducting a funeral instead of a wedding. "We are gathered here in the sight of God to join this man," He pointed to Lupin, "And this woman." He indicated Sam. "In holy matrimony. Any person who does not beleive these two people should not be wed, let them speak now or forever hold their peace." There was silenc but for the shifts of people in the pews. Other then that there was complete silence. Lupin's color, all but drained, washed totally away in those few moments so he looked slightly like Nearly Headless Nick.

"Very well." The minister droaned. "The rings." A small boy stepped forward and gave Lupin the rings then, turning, he tripped over his undone shoe laces and landed on the floor with a loud thud. One of the bridesmaids rushed out of the line and pulled him to his feet, bringing him to a pew before stepping back in the line and appoligising, red tinge in her cheeks. "Remus Lupin, repeat after me." Lupin repeated every word the minister said, stopping only when a hacking woman in the back's wig starrted on fire. The muggles in the audiance didn't notice anything as se rushed from the room to put the fire out leaving Harry sniggering. A young boy who had been sitting beside her put a wand away into the folds of his clothing and laughed.

"I, Remus Lupin, take you, Samantha Monroe, to be my wedded wife..." He paused trying to ignore the witch then continued as the smell of burnt hair lingered. "To have an to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to hold 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge my faithfullness and my love." Sam smiled as he slid the ring onto her finger. Harry looked around the room and spotted his grandmother not far away, crying. When she saw him she smiled and waved. Harry waved back, he'd only seen her in pictures.

Now it was Sam's turn. "I, Samantha Monroe, take you, Remus Lupin, to be my wedded husband. To have an to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to hold 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge my faithfullness and my love." She slid the ring on Lupin's finger and they turned, in unison to the minister.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the..." The word bride was drownd out by the crackling, wizzing and screeching of hundreds of Dr. Filibuster's fabulous no heat, wet start fireworks. All the muggles jumped and took cover as the many witches and wizards in the hall exploded into cheers and Lupin and Sam kissed. Harry watched the minister, who seemed to be scared to death, cover his head with his bible and run, screaming from the hall as a firework in the shape of a mouse chased him, letting off small but very loud squeeks. Harry was laughing but no one heard him over all the noise.

He made his way in procession again out of the hall with Piper on his arm, the smile still on his face until they were outside the chapel. One second he was trying to decide if he should talk to Piper and tell her the truth and the next he was on his hands and knees gasping as a wave of emotion swept through him, the most powerful being confusion and anger as the place were his scar should be burnt.

"Harry, are you alright?" Piper asked, pulling him to the grass and setting him down. When the emotion was gone he leaned his head back against the chapel wall and opened his eyes, squinting against the sun at the girl watching him. Behind her he could see the crowd hadn't noticed a thing and all of them were crowed around Lupin and Sam, cogradulating them.

"I'm fine, it's just a headache." Harry said. "It must be the fireworks." Sam nodded.

"Yes, i don't know who set them off. It wasn't part of the 'show'." She looked over her shoulder then placed her hand beneath his elbow and tried to pull him to his feet but Harry seemed winded by the last encounter and couldn't move for fear of vomiting. That had been the strongest emotion blast yet.

"Can you find Sirius for me?" He asked. pulling his arm gently from her reach. "I need to talk to him." Piper nodded and then disapeared. Harry closed his eyes, taking in the shade the building was providing and suddenly a voice echoed in his ear. It seemed distant and was not his own.

"What do you mean he's not real? I can still feel him?" The voice was high and cold and sent shivers up and down his spine.

"I know master." Said Wormtail's voice. "But the Harry there is not the Harry you want." Harry felt a strong blast of confusion. "I have gone there in rat form. As you know, there was something different about him."

"Yes Wormtail, you are right, there was something different about him. Something odd. He must be a decoy of Dumbledore's. Dispose of him in anyway you can and find more information on him." Voldemort's emotion changed and Harry suddenly realised they weren't talking about the decoy anymore, who ever that was. They were talking about someone else, a different him. He opened his eyes and looked around. Voldemort couldn't be near, could he?

To my reviewers:

Nikki101: Hello again. Sounds fun, where did you go again? About your uncle, the one with the obsession like that in my family is my brother so, it's really bad! The beeping noise you'll have to keep guessing on....maybe. Being a Minister for Magic's son would be hard to, maybe being the boy who lived would be worse though. still in the limelight but ron dosn't seem to mad anymore eh?

Laughing Dragoness: Hey. You are right! If i'm right that he's not dead then you are to because i will not give up on him and you can't either. okay? DO NOT GIVE UP ON HIM! Thank you.

Alteng: Hey, nice long review. I had a two minute space to read it in but it was all good and i got it done. Don't worry, it takes me forever to review to so...I know, the order is a really depressing book but it was good though, right? It's my second fav book, three is my fav but the movie wasn't as good. Thank you for saying i write Sirius really well, i want to do a good job on his since he is my fav character. I don't know if i would trust draco, even if he was good but harry's more fogiving then i am. yes, draco is hot in number 3, now that he's looking more like a teen and all. i think he's really hot but i still dont like his additude. i think harry's gonna be hot when he gets older to, i kinda think he is now but not many ppl agree with me. yes, they did leave out to much and screwed up on the part with peter and the map, eh? And they didn't explain who the mauraders were or how lupin knew the map was a map and who prongs was. that pissed me off. i looked on the jk rowling site, the one she actually made herself and she said that was the name but it dosn't refer to harry or voldemort! She answers a whole bunch of questions like some of her mistakes and such. it's a good site, you should check it out. i personally don't think she'll bring sirius back intill the last book but i could be wrong.

CuRiOuSiTy KiLlEd ThE rAt: I hate the little rat to, everyone dose except my brother who says that voldemort should take over the world and such. Yadda yadd yadda, he's an idiot anyway. yes, i know some ppl update a month later. that makes me so mad i just don't want to turn out to be one of them.