/i Get Ready...
Chapter Five Part One /i
When Harry woke up the next day he found himself finding Gabby, and Ginny standing in the corner, throwing his own cloak on him, and once, more forcing him somewhere. This time they went to Gabby's room, 231. "What's going on!" Harry demanded throwing the cloak off himself.
"Hand me the book!" Ginny said franticly ignoring Harry's question. He handed the book he had just barely had the chance to grab, to Ginny. "Thanks." She said opening to a page, and began writing in it with a pen, instead of a quill.
"Ze Lioness is thankful." Gabby said as if she was an announcer. Ginny looked up to meet Gabby's eyes and Gabby spoke once more as a servant. "Lioness says that you do not know," she cocked her head to the side in a French manner, "Is she mistaken?"
"Don't know what?" Harry said slowly. "What's going on?" The girls did the eye thing once more before Gabby continued.
"Ze Lioness is ze queen of the castle." She said simply to Harry's confusion, "She has forbidden me to explain." She said before pulling out her wand and casting a knock out spell on him.
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Harry next awoke to someone jumping on the foot of his bed; he opened a blurry eye to see Fred, and George jumping back and forth between his, and Ron's beds.
"Argh...five more minutes mummy..."Ron muttered, before Fred hit him with a pillow. George followed suit, and before long Ron was being hit at least twenty times a second. "Geroff!" Came the muffled voice of Ron's.
"What happened to the tradition of the bucket of water being poured on his head?" Ginny asked coming into the room, Gabby hot on her heels. "I much liked that one. Morning Har-James..." Harry nodded in reply, he was still thinking about the strange dream he had had.
"Molly! Join in the fun! You too, Ana!" George said ripping Harry's pillows from under his head, and tossing them to the girls.
"Ouch...How many stars did this place get again? Cause their beds are stiffer than...stiff stuff." Harry asked propping himself up on his elbows and putting on his glasses. Once he could see properly he laid back down and closed his eyes. That is until the girls decided hitting him would be much more fun.
"Hillson Hotels get five star ratings." Gabby answered his question when hitting Fred who began to suffocate Ron. "But Fleur- I meant Janette, and I disagree whole heartedly."
"Really! I didn't even know you knew that much English to say so many words!" George said astounded, pausing in his hitting of Ron for a moment of looking to Gabrielle. "Nice job. Janette teach you all that rubbish of how to talk?"
"No, Madame Bolvare, also known as Professor Borthers taught me. That psychopath." Gabby replied fluffing her pillow a bit to cause more hitting range. For a twelve year old she sure seemed comfortable with seventeen, and sixteen year olds.
"Why? So you could understand whatever your sister's new brothers in-law's say?" Fred asked hitting back and forth between Harry, and Ron. Gabby would have answered if Mrs. Weasley hadn't come into the room.
"What in the name of Merlin!" She yelled seeing all the feathers all about the room, including the ones in Ginny's mouth, and the ones in Gabby's hair. Ginny growled and ran from the room, Gabby right behind her.
"Morning mum! We're just waking James, and Billus up, then Molly, and Ana decided to join..."George explained. Fred nodded, Ron was almost unconscious, and Harry was straitening his glasses.
"Right. Now go get ready! The wedding is TODAY!" Mrs. Weasley yelled at them a walked out the door, slamming it shut. The room was silent and still. Until Fred, and George ran out of the room swearing.
"Wedding today...ahh crap. Mum told me to wear my dress robes...dress robes...the torture..." Ron muttered getting up and going into the washroom to take a shower. Harry was grateful that he decided to take a shower the night before, as Ron always took half an hour to take a shower.
Harry stood up and walked over to his trunk. He glimpsed the table where he had set the leather bound book last night, it was missing. I She probably got it when she and Gabrielle came in... /i Harry thought taking his dress robes, which looked more like a muggle tux out and changing into it. When he started combing his messy hair, Ron came out, screamed and ran back into the washroom. Harry looked around the room, and found Ginny, Gabby, and Hermione laughing by the door. Hermione was farther away from the other two although.
"What are you two doing in here?" Harry asked looking at Ginny and Gabby's sky blue dresses. He could barley see Gabrielle through all the blue, and Ginny looked like the American, or the British flag. Hermione stood in a silver, and red dress, that as well reminded him of a flag. "And why do you all look like flags?"
"Mum told us to come tell you we have an hour before the ceremony." Ginny said ignoring the flag comment. "Nice suit. Looks nothing like the dress Ron's wearing." She said looking him over, they meet eyes, but looked away quickly. Gabby giggled. Hermione just looked to the washroom door just as Ron ran out in a dressing gown flustering around in a rush. "Gab, and I have to go hang with Fleur until the ceremony starts." Ginny said, and then looked to Hermione, "You should come too, Granger." Then they left. Gabby winking at Harry on the way out.
"You dating Gabrielle now?" Ron asked throwing his robes on, and staring into the horrid mirror. "She's a little young for you isn't she? I think Fleur would have a fit if she knew." He told Harry.
"Raven head looks great, but Burnt head looks...what's the right word...burnt?" A female voice said from the mirror. Ron scowled at it.
"No, never! She's twelve!" Harry said defensively. "I'd never date Gabrielle! She was just...saying 'see you later' with body language!"
"Still sounds like your dating her. No wonder Ginny's been in a fit all summer, did she catch you two snogging at the end of last year or something?"
"Sod off will you?" Harry said annoyed, and walked out to the hall. He stopped in his tracks, realizing he had never been to a wedding before, and certainly not a wizarding wedding. He walked back into the room, not knowing what to do once he was ready he decided he'd just follow Ron around the whole time.
"Why didn't you go meet up with your girlfriend Gabrielle? They're all meeting on the lawn." Ron told him, and he made for the door.
"Whatever Mr. Hermione Weasley." Harry blurted out before he knew what he had said. Ron whipped around wildly, wide eyed. "Oops..."
"Y-you...h-h-how...You know!" Ron finally said, as pale as the walls at the Dursleys. "How!"
"Er...Ginny told me yesterday..."Harry said, before retelling the story Ginny told him. "-So o'course I know. And that's why Ginny's been 'The Lioness' lately." He finished up. Hermione walked in scowling.
"Those two have become the best of friends lately. What's wrong with you Ron?" She asked looking back and forth between Harry, and Ron. "Well!"
"Harry knows! He knows we got married in June!" Ron turned to Hermione; she seemed as calm as ever, "Ginny knows too! She told him! That's why she's been a lioness!"
"I already knew that. It's explains everything." She said sighing, Ron almost on faint, mouth opened wide, "By the way, James, Molly, and Ana are looking everywhere for you. Their in the lobby." Hermione said turning to Harry, looking more like Ron's mum than ever before. Harry muttered a 'thanks' and walked down to the lobby.
When he reached the bottom step a white finger nailed hand pulled him into a nearby closet. One blue candle was lit in the room. Ginny, and Gabby were sitting on cardboard boxes. "After the wedding, during the reception, meet us here. Slip away from Granger, and Weasel if you can." Ginny said quickly before shoving him out of the closet.
Harry went out to the lawn, wondering what that was about. Ron, and his brothers filled the second row. Hermione sat at the end of the second row, next to Ron, and waved him over. He walked over trying to flatten his hair. He sat down next to her and she turned to him. Ron was talking with Fred, Charlie was best man, and Harry was second to the last seat of the row, Ginny would apparently be sitting down.
"Wizarding weddings aren't too different from muggle." Hermione started. "The bride still goes down the aisle. The groom still stands up top. But the bride's maids have to sit down when the bride reaches the top. And the best man has to jump wildly down the aisle before the bride, and groom can walk down it. Also the bride's maids have twirl behind the bride. Since this wedding has French customs as well, the parents of the couple have to jump like kangaroos behind the maids." She paused for a breath, as Harry leaned back and had an eyebrow raised.
"You're joking!" He breathed, as Hermione caught her breath and shook her head, "That's a little insane."
"That's the wizarding world, Harry. A little full of inanity." Hermione said turning to the front where Bill stood, scars and all as the ceremony began. Charlie stood next to him looking a bit sour about being the best man. The music began, and the lawn quieted down, as blue candles were lit as the sun went down. It was hard to believe that ten in the morning had suddenly become night.
The bride's maids practically floated down the aisle, at the head of the walk was Gabby, then Ginny, then five more girls in blue Harry didn't know behind them. Then the music became subtler as Mr. Delacour walked a stunning Fleur down the aisle. Ron was obviously drooling. "I trained a dragon that can dance, and sing!" One man on the groom's side yelled out. Fleur scowled, Bill just huffed a laugh. The minister began to speak as Mr. Delacour sat down next to a very beautiful brunette, and blonde who looked a lot like Fleur next to her.
"That's Fleur's step mum." Ginny whispered to him, when she sat down. "Della, Fleur's mother was accused of cheating on Mr. Delacour, and he divorced her and married Ariel." She explained. Harry nodded and turned to the front where Bill had just finished his vow, and Fleur had begun hers.
"I ave loved you since I saw you with your ponytail, whether or not I thought you a girl at first is a different story." She paused for a bit of laughter and went on. "Even ough you were horribly attacked last year I still love you with all of my heart. I ave always said ze English over zeir steak." Fleur finished.
"Okie dokie...I now pronounce you two in holy matrimony! You may now kiss the bride!" The minister said, in a full-blooded American southern voice. The couple kissed, and everyone cheered. As soon as they broke Charlie sourly started to long jump down the aisle. The couple walking behind. Everything went dandy until Charlie tripped on a pink haired lady's dress in the back, and slammed into the back chairs on the bride's side.
"Sorry!" Tonks said, her and Remus leading a dazed Charlie inside. "Sorry!" Everyone but the people in the procession laughed. Ginny, and Gabby looked dizzy after a second or two, although the other maids seemed fine. Ginny landed into the non-alcoholic punch bowl, and Gabby in the alcoholic. "Now that wasn't my fault!" Tonks yelled from the other side of the lawn. Everyone turned to the punch covered girls, laughing, and Gabby hiccupping from alcohol, Harry helped the two girls up from the glass covered, wet with punch, ground.
"Thank you, Harry." Gabby said squeezing the punch from her blue hair. The dye was apparently permanent, "I hate weddings..."
"Don't we all, Blue Kitten." Ginny said wiping her face with a wet cloth that had been in her invisible pocket. Harry raised an eyebrow at the nickname Gabby held. Ginny saw and told him, "You know how I'm 'The Lioness'? Well Gabrielle's family sometimes call her 'The Blue Kitten' aka 'Le Chaton Bleu' in French."
"'Chaton Bleu.' 'Blue Kitten' my blue hair gave them the idea." Gabby added. "Which makes ze Lioness, 'La Lionne'. And what zat Malfoy 'Garçon De Furet', 'Bouncing Ferret Boy' or 'Boy of Pipe Cleaner.'" Harry almost spit out all off his punch on that one.
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A/N: Okay the wedding's probably missing things...but I have an excuse. I have never in my natural born life been to any kind of wedding. So there. And there was originally more to this chapter but I spilt it in the middle so this is part one of chapter Five.