"Angels and Dragons," Epilogue Part 4
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I still do not own any of the Harry Potter characters, but that's all right, 'cause J. K. Rowling does a better job of keeping the story going than I probably could, and I would have never thought to kill Dumbledore.
Summary: Well, in this section of my very long epilogue, wedding preparations continue, among other things. Author and sometimes-editor flash evil grins at the readers.
Well, hello again to my faithful readers! Yes, I am still alive. I have not abandoned my stories. It's just with schoolwork and applying to colleges and taking SAT/ACT tests, I have not had time to update. Today, however, I have decided to not be lazy and to sit in front of my computer and type. For how long, I'm not sure, so what I upload today will depend. Anyway, thank you to all of my readers for keeping with me; I appreciate it. Again, thanks go out to my part-time editor for contributing to this installment. Anyway, on with the story!
Epilogue Part 4
"No, no NO!" Draco shouted at his mother and Ginny. "I draw the line at make-up!"
"But Draco darling, it's not make-up," Narcissa explained.
"No," Ginny agreed. "It's not. It's just some foundation to cover up imperfections." Draco shook his head stubbornly.
"I don't have any imperfections." Hermione looked up from the book she had quietly been reading in a corner of the room.
"You owe me 5 Sickles," she said to Narcissa. "I told you that's what he would say."
"Well maybe that's not make-up," said Draco as he pointed to the foundation. "But that," he pointed to something else, "is!"
"No it isn't," insisted Lily, who had just floated in. "It's just blush. It will put some color in your cheeks."
"And you need it," Ginny said. "You look like you've seen a ghost. No offense Lily," she added as an afterthought.
"None taken."
"I didn't want to do this to my own son." Draco took a step back. "Hermione, could you help us?" Hermione set down her book and, seeing the look in Narcissa's eyes, realized what she was to do. Narcissa grabbed the 'make-up-but-not-make-up' and yelled "Get 'im girls!" Draco turned around and ran out of the room screaming in high C with two girls, a full grown woman, and a ghost chasing after him.
The little stampede continued down the hall, down the stairs, into the Gryffindor common room, around the coffee table twice, over two chairs, a couch and poor Tonks, around the coffee table again and straight into Remus.
Poor, poor Remus. Mistaken for Draco, he ended up untangling himself from the group to step out looking like a cross between a clown and a cover girl. Tonks, who had just been standing up, began laughing hysterically and grabbed the coffee table for support. Unfortunately, the last time the group ran around the coffee table, Narcissa had kicked it out of the way in frustration, so it was not there for Tonks to grab. She fell over. Thus, when Ron walked in he saw the worst possible scenario. Tonks was on the floor laughing so hard that she was crying. Lily was laughing so hard that she was floating upwards and was now half-way through the ceiling. Draco was on the floor half-crawling, half-cringing away from his mother, who was advancing on him like a madwoman, make-up in hand. Poor Ginny and Hermione were on the floor entangled and unconscious.
But seeing Remus is what made Ron double over in laughter. Remus was sitting in kind of a dog-like squatting position and was 'pawing' at his face, trying to wipe off the make-up that was ground into his skin. This scene is what Harry and Sirius walked, or floated, in on. Harry ran to Draco and pulled him close, trying to calm him down.
"What are you doing to Harry's other half? I don't think Harry said this, but I'm sure that he didn't want you to kill his lover," said Sirius, laughing in his bark-like laugh.
"Harry, please make them stop! I can't take anymore torture," said Draco, crying hysterically.
"Come on, Draco. We'll go see how the outside preparations are working out," said Sirius, still chuckling to himself. Harry gave Draco's hand an affectionate squeeze and pulled him closer to him. Sirius floated behind the couple, jumping into the conversation at various times to say something. By the time they'd gotten outside and reached the wedding area, Draco was pretty much calmed down and make-up free. James was the first 'person' they saw, and so they told him what had happened. James laughed and then smiled at Draco.
"How horrible! I can't believe my wife would be in on such a thing. I must say, it's a shame I missed seeing Remus wearing make-up. That would've been a candid moment."
"Trust me, it wasn't as funny as they said it was," said Remus, who'd come up behind them, make-up free.
"What are you talking about, Remus? It was hilarious," said Sirius, chuckling at the thought of it all.
"Well, whether it was funny or not, the wedding's due to start in five minutes, so all of you need to go straighten yourselves out. Especially your hair," added Mrs. Weasley.
"Will do. Come on, you four. Yes, ghosts included," added Remus, seeing the shocked looks on Sirius' and James' faces.
"Why us?" James whined. Remus gave him the 'because-I-said-so' look. Sirius jumped in with the 'but-I-don't-wanna' look, and Mrs. Weasley came in and gave them all the 'do-it-now-or-die-a-slow-painful-death' look. James harumphed and floated off in the general direction of the castle with Sirius, Harry, and Draco following silently behind. Remus came behind them as the caboose, mumbling what sounded like, 'What'd she glare at me for? I didn't do anything wrong.' Harry squeezed Draco's hand gently.
"Draco love, what's wrong?" Draco snapped out of his trance.
"Nothing," he assured his lover. "I was just thinking about our future. That and our wacko family," he added with a laugh. Harry thought about that for a minute.
"We are an interesting bunch, aren't we?" Draco nodded enthusiastically so that his blonde hair flopped forward and caused him to resemble Cousin It. Harry chuckled and fixed Draco's hair. When he was done, he leaned in and kissed Draco softly. "Even though we'll be surrounded by people, we'll still find time to be alone," Harry said quietly but firmly.
"C'mon!" Sirius called. "Hurry up you two! There isn't much time!"
"All right, we're coming. Jeez, you'd think it would kill these people to be a few minutes late. We're already behind schedule, so it won't matter if we're a few more minutes late," muttered Draco. Harry chuckled.
Okay, this is the end of Part 4 of my epilogue! What did you think? My editor thought up, and wrote, the idea of Reme being attacked by the women by mistake, and I must say that the day she handed it to me so that I could write some more, I laughed so hard that I cried. I could just see him doing the 'pawing' thing, and I can still see him doing just that! Please R&R! Until next time!