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A/N Thank you to everyone who takes the time out to review. I luv ya! Wedding is in 2 chapters, I know I am making you wait impatiently, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. Happy Reading and hit that review button!
Setting the scene…
We arrived in Hogsmeade early the next morning, and walked to the castle. Just seeing Hogwarts again gave me goosebumps. I was so happy to be getting married in the same place that we fell in love. The warm summer air blew through the courtyard as we walked into the castle. McGonagall was waiting for us in the entrance hall.
"Welcome Miss Granger, Miss Weasley, Miss Brown and Miss Patil. I will be allowing you to use the Head's common room and bathroom to get ready. Your things are already up there. And Miss Granger, your mother is on her way in to help. Now if you want you can go look at the ceremony site and make sure your plans are in order. Now for the bad news."
I looked at her with disappointment, more bad news. My wedding plans were constantly changing due to problems.
"Oh no, what happened now?" I asked.
"Your officiant has owled to cancel, but don't worry I can perform the ceremony in his absence." she stated firmly.
"Oh thank Merlin!" I said. "I couldn't take any more problems. Let's go check out the setting."
"Ok" the other three girls said. And we left the hall and walked towards the lake.
As we approached the lakeside I saw a hundred white chairs, lined up in rows. Each chair was draped with white silk ribbons and gardenias. There was a white lace runner up the middle isle. In front of the chairs was an archway covered in white flowers, gardenias and white roses. A closer look showed me that the white flowers were in fact moonflowers; I suspected that they were de-pollened though, at least I hoped they were. I didn't need any wandering guests at my wedding. There were hundreds of candles. (The ceremony would take place at dusk.) There was a place on the right side where the string quartet we hired would sit and play. Everything looked perfect, just as I had planned. I breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing left to do but relax and get ready.
"Did you get Draco a wedding present?" Lavender asked as we walked back up to the castle.
"What? Was I supposed to?' I asked alarmed.
"It's tradition." she said.
"Well then let's go into Hogsmeade and find something for him, but Merlin he is hard to shop for." I said walking towards the small village.
"We will help you." Pavarti said. "We are good at shopping."
"I also want to find something special for my wedding night; I didn't want to pick it out when I went shopping with my mum." I was too embarrassed.
"Ok, we can spend four hours shopping before we have to start getting ready." I said.
We arrived in Hogsmeade and immediately went into some small shops looking for a special gift for Draco. He was so hard to buy gifts for. I knew he appreciated gifts that were special and from my heart. We looked through shops all with cliché gifts that were not special, not what I wanted. We went down a road, the one that led to the shrieking shack, and walked into a small jewelry store. It was dark and gloomy and I was certain that I would not find anything I wanted in there. As I turned to leave, a gleam caught my eye. It was a small silver serpent ring with gleaming emerald eyes. 'Where did they get this ring?' I wondered. It looked like the one Draco's father used to wear.A little old man hobbled over to me from behind the counter.
"Like the ring missy?" he asked me with a raspy voice.
"Where did you get this?" I asked him.
"I have many sources miss, would you like to see it?" his terrible breath invaded my nose.
"I would like to know where you got it…I only know of one ring like that, and the person who wore it is dead." I was angry. I held no feelings for Draco's parents, but I knew that he missed them very much.
"I have many who bring me these items to sell, I cannot tell you where each one came from." I could tell that he was getting defensive about it. I wanted to get the ring from him and at the same time let him know I would be turning him in should he try this again.
"How much for the ring?" I asked harshly.
"For you, pretty miss, 100 galleons." his greedy eyes gleamed.
"I don't think so, not for something that was robbed from a grave, I will give you 20 and not turn you in to the ministry when I start work there next month." my eyes narrowed at him telling him that I was serious.
"Miss, you surely don't think I would take this from a dead body?" he had nervousness in his voice now.
"I sure do. I know whose ring this is. It is Lucius Malfoy's, my fiancée's father, who died over a year and a half ago." I picked up the ring and looked at the band. There, engraved on the band was 'LDM' Lucius Draconis Malfoy.
"See" I yelled. "Right there, are his initials. My fiancée has nothing of his family and you would stoop so low as to rob a grave to make a profit? I am taking this ring, and I will be talking to the ministry to come and search this shop." I said, taking the ring and walking out the door.
"What happened in there?" Ginny asked.
"That man robbed Draco's fathers grave and took his serpent ring, he was trying to sell it to me for 100 galleons." I was so angry I was shaking.
"So you bought it?" Lavender asked.
"No, I took it and told him I would be reporting him to the ministry. Draco has very little of his family's heirlooms. I will be giving him this ring back, it belongs to him. No matter what anyone thought of his family, he loved them in his own way. I wouldn't care what anyone thought of my family, if I loved them." I said bitterly thinking of how I would feel in his shoes.
"Well is that his gift then?" Ginny asked.
"Yes, I think he will appreciate this more than any little trinket I could find. Now let's find something for me." I said.
We walked further up the road, and down a side street. There were many boutiques with lovely things in the windows, but nothing that captured my fancy. We went into a small shop near the end of the road. It was dimly lit and smelled of incense and perfume. I looked through racks and racks of ho-hum nightgowns and lingerie. A small frail witch looked me over, as she sat and rocked in her chair.
"I see you are looking for something special." she said in a weak voice.
"Yes, I am getting married tonight and want something for the honeymoon."
"I think I have something back here that will be what you are looking for." she motioned for me to come into a small back room. The other three girls followed me and we entered a very small area, filled with white and cream colored garments. She picked up a hanger and said;
"Here it is, go try it on." and pointed me towards a dressing room.
I closed the curtain and undressed. The nightgown was sheer silk, and white. It was long, all the way to the floor with a slit up the side. It had a v-neck covered with sparkling diamonds and wide straps that narrowed at the neckline. It had a matching thong, also adorned with diamonds, and matching thigh high stockings, with lace at the top. I looked at myself in the mirror. The gown was so sheer that you could see through it. My nipples hardened, and I could see the outline of them through the flimsy material.
"Come on Hermione, let's see." Ginny yelled impatiently.
"No way" I said. I didn't want everyone to see my business.
"We are all women here, you don't have anything that I haven't seen before, besides you wore less than that to your house last night." she giggled. She was of course right. I stepped out of the small room.
"WOW, Hermione, you look amazing." Lavender chimed in.
"Draco won't be able to keep his hands off of you." Pavarti said.
"You don't think it's too much?" I asked, twirling in front of the mirror.
"It's your wedding night Hermione, nothing is too much." Ginny laughed.
"You're right Ginny, Ill take it." I went back in and undressed. "Now let's get back to the castle and get ready."
This was it, hours away from me wedding. I had never been so happy.