CHAPTER3 - THE WEDDING

Harry woke the next morning to a quiet rumble he recognised as Ron's snoring. Harry knew he must have slept in quite late because there was a lot of noise in the hall and sun was trying to creep in through the grime covered windows. Harry got dressed quietly and went down for breakfast. In the kitchen Fleur was sitting at the table with her family and Mrs Weasley talking about the wedding that was meant to take place today. Harry saw a pile of toast at the other end of the table, sat down next to it and started eating. Ginny came and sat next to him
"Good morning Harry." she said brightly
"Morning Ginny." Harry replied
"Fleur isn't too happy about having to change the day of the wedding, actually shes quite upset." Ginny told Harry quietly
This was quite true, Harry looked up in time to see Fleur leaving the room in tears.
"I wish I could do something to help, because I mean, its pretty much my fault all of this is happening. If I wasn't at your place then the Death Eaters might not have been there yesterday, of course they would have come, but not until later." Harry confessed
Ginny didn't say anything, but patted his arm in comfort. Harry was deep in thought when he suddenly cried "Argh, what took me so long, wait here, I know, argh." He put his 4th piece of toast down and ran up to the top floor.

Harry knocked on a bedroom door, when no one answered he felt it safe to walk in.
"When is breakfast?" Uncle Vernon demanded
"Down in the kitchen, you can get it yourself." Harry replied impatiently
The vein in Uncle Vernon's head looked as though it would explode, but he got his temper under control and pushed Dudley out of the room first. Vernon knew better then to abuse Harry in a house full of wizards. Once Uncle Vernon and Dudley had left the room and were on the floor below, Harry turned to Aunt Petunia
"Aunt Petunia, yesterday when you told me that stuff - " Harry began
"I told you never to speak of that again!" Petunia hissed
" - I know, but listen. Before I went up to your room I saw you looking out at the wedding. It was meant to be today, outside, but obviously that can't happen any more and Fleur is terribly upset. Would you like to talk to Mrs Weasley and Mrs Delacour and see if you can help them think of how they can make it happen?" Harry asked
Aunt Petunia thought for a while and then said stiffly
"What are Mrs Weasley and Mrs Delacour's names?"
Harry smiled "Mrs Weasley is Molly, and Mrs Delacour is Antoinette."

Back in the kitchen Uncle Vernon and Dudley were eating breakfast, while looking around incase someone might jump out at them and curse them for fun. Aunt Petunia walked up to Mrs Weasley and Mrs Delacour
"Molly. Antoinette. Shall we take these plans up to the living room and decide what is to happen today?"
"What, oh, what?" Mrs Weasley said
"Zat would be lovely, tsank you." Mrs Delacour said
They gathered up the plans and left the room. Uncle Vernon was shocked
"What have you done to my wife!" he demanded as he stood up
"Nothing, she simply wants to help with the wedding." Harry said
"But, but, but she is helping witches. She told me she would never associate herself with one again, and you. You. You did this to her." Uncle Vernon screamed and made to lunge at Harry, but Harry simply pointed his wand at him, as did Ginny, and Hermione who had just entered the room. Uncle Vernon looked as though he would explode, but simply sat back down muttering darkly to Dudley.

The day was dedicated to turning Grimmauld Place into the Weasley's new home. Dobby and Kreacher were called back to help, but had to work together as Kreacher had a habit of 'accidentally' dropping and breaking the Weasley's things. It was nearing dinner time when Mrs Weasley, Mrs Delacour and Aunt Petunia emerged from the living room.
"Dinner will be late tonight, it will be in the formal lounge on the third floor, no one is to come into that room until you are told. Dinner is going to be formal tonight so everyone is to wear their dress robes. Fleur, come with us." Mrs Weasley announced
"What was that all about?" Ron asked as Fleur left the room with them.
"Ron, seriously, today was meant to be Bill and Fleur's wedding, im sure it is a dinner for them." Hermione said impatiently.

A couple of hours later and Grimmauld Place was almost unrecognisable with the Weasley's things in it. Ron and Harry were sitting in the living room on the second floor with Ginny and Hermione. Ron and Harry were in a very intense game of wizarding chess and it looked as though Harry might beat Ron for the first time ever.
"Ginny, could you come here please?" Mrs Weasley had just walked into the room
"Yeah mum, in a minute." Ginny said
"Ginny, I need you now, and where is Gabrielle?"
"Gabrielle is with Fred and George in their new store room. They are showing her their new jokes."
"Ok Ginny, come on."
"Fine, im coming." said Ginny, reluctantly walking away from the game where Harry's queen had just savagely destroyed one of Ron's knights.
"I wonder what that was all about?" Harry said
"Phh, who knows, girls aye." Ron replied jokingly looking nervously at Hermione.
Hermione just laughed. Fred and George walked in the room.
"What's so funny?' Fred asked
"We were capturing the innocence of a lovely young french girl when our mother ripped her from us and told us to come down here." George said
Hermione laughed again.
"Check." Harry cried triumphantly
"Ah ha, not so fast. Check Mate!" Ron said
"What, oh no. Good game though. I think that is the first time I have put you in check." Harry said
"Boys, Hermione, Molly wants you ready in half an hour waiting outside the formal lounge." Mr Weasley said sticking his head in the room. Hermione got up and left
"Ill see you guys soon."

Everyone was waiting outside the formal lounge dressed up in their robes. Uncle Vernon and Dudley had been invited, but refused to come and had shut themselves in their room. Harry looked around and saw Lupin and Tonks were here, Tonks had waist length blonde hair today. Moody and Shaklebolt were deep in conversation. Mr Delacour was talking to Mr Weasley about Quidditch. Hermione came running at them.
"Im not late am I? Good." she said
Hermione was wearing gorgeous robes of deep purple. Her hair had been done the same as at the Yule Ball, pulled back loosely into an elegant bun at the nape of her neck.
"Ron, it is rude to stare, instead you say wow." Fred and George said quietly to Ron
"Wow, Hermione, you look, wow." Ron mustered unable to articulate a sentence
Fred and George both groaned but Hermione smiled
"Thank you Ron."
The double doors leading into the room suddenly opened. Everyone just stood there, to shocked to move. The walls and ceiling had been draped in elegant fabric in shades of soft silver and white. The white, soft gold, soft pink and soft silver lilies, peonies and roses Harry had seen the day before were all here, filling up the room over flowing everywhere. Sun was shining through the windows which were impeccably clean. An alter had been placed at the end of the aisle, it was also silver. Everyone slowly started filing into seats. Once everyone had seated and Aunt Petunia had quietened everyone down, Bill walked out of a door which was attached to the side of the room. He was wearing white dress robes. Charlie followed him wearing soft gold dress robes. They both stood on the alter, Bill looked nervous. His scars weren't that bad any more, he looked a little bit like Moody, but as handsome as ever. Soft music started playing, which reminded Harry of a phoenix tune. Everyone stood up and faced the double doors which they had come through. Gabrielle came through first wearing robes of soft gold. Her silvery white hair was plaited right down her back. She was carrying a bouquet of soft gold and soft pink lilies and roses. Ginny walked in next wearing soft gold robes. Her long red hair was also plaited right down her back. She was moving with such elegance, holding a bouquet of soft gold and soft pink lilies and roses. She had silver roses entwined in her hair. Ginny smiled nervously at Harry, who could not take his eyes off her. He had never seen Ginny look like this before, she looked beautiful. Once Ginny had taken her place on the alter next to Gabrielle, Fleur stood in the door way, a soft breeze blowing around her, and only her. She walked in slowly down the aisle wearing elegant robes in a soft silver. The colour accentuated her long silvery hair which was half up in a twisted bun. She was carrying a bouquet of soft sliver, soft pink and white peonies. Fleur had white roses entwined in her hair which made her hair shine even more. She stood on the alter next to Gabrielle and Bill. Dedalus Diggle appeared at the top of the alter wearing robes of soft pink. He instructed Bill and Fleur to say their vows. When they had finished
"Do you Bill Weasley, take Fleur Delacour to be your wife, through sickness and in health, til death do you part?" Dedalus Diggle asked
"I do." Bill said as Charlie gave Bill a ring. Bill slipped it onto Fleur's finger.
Mrs Weasleys crying got louder
"Do you Fleur Delacour, take Bill Weasley to you husband, through sickness and in health, til death do you part?"
"I do." Fleur said as Gabrielle gave Fleur a ring. Fleur slipped it onto Bills finger. Both put the tips of their wands on each others rings.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Bill and Fleur kept their wands on their rings as they kissed and a white light shot out of both wands, through the rings and created an aura around around Bill and Fleur. Everyone stood up and clapped.

The food had been brought out and music was playing. Bill and Fleur were dancing as was Mr and Mrs Weasley, Mr and Mrs Delacour, Charlie and Gabrielle, and George and Tonks.
"Ron, dance with me." Hermione suddenly said
"What? I don't dance!" Ron cried
"Today you do little brother. When a lovely young lady asks you to dance, you always say yes. Now go." Fred advised with a push
"And Harry, if you do not ask my equally lovely sister to dance soon i shall have to curse you inventively."
Harry laughed, but walked over to Ginny all the same.
"Ginny, would you like to dance?"
"I thought you would never ask."
The evening went on with no problem what so ever. Uncle Vernon and Dudley came down in their best muggle clothes and had some food. Hermione and Ron spent most of the night dancing with each other. Harry and Ginny had fun dancing, laughing, eating, and talking. Harry felt it was the perfect night. Everyone was off to bed and Harry walked Ginny to her room.
"Goodnight Ginny." Harry said. He was about to walk away when Ginny kissed him.