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Chapter 13. Marrying Ron.
"Harry you have to help me. I mean I'm not against marrying. If we have to, we have to. But not her!" screamed Ron agitatedly.
"Ron Weasley!" Screamed Moaning Myrtle gliding over to Ron. Her face glaring at him.
"Moaning Myrtle what's she doing here!" Asked Ron backing up.
"I live here now and you are intruding on Harry and myself!"
"Myrtle?" asked Harry calmly as he sneezed again.
"Yes Harry?" asked Myrtle sweetly gliding over to him.
"You promised to be nice" he reminded the ghost.
"but I am nice….to you" said Myrtle pouting.
"Myrtle please…" pleaded Harry.
Myrtle looked at him adoringly causing Harry to blush and then nodded "….only for you Harry," and floated to the corner of the room where she danced with herself.
Anasstassia only glared at the apparition. Really, spells she could manage but how in the world was she supposed to deal with an apparition who had a crush on her husband. She could try exorcism but you can't exorcise a ghost that's been invited to your home.
Harry looked at Myrtle and kicked himself mentally for having made the invitation in the first place. He never thought that the ghost would take a simple comment as, "…of course you can come over whenever you want." seriously. Shaking his head, he turned to Ron and continued.
"Ron I'm sure it's not that bad!" Really, Ron could exaggerate things. No one could be that bad.
"It you said it!" said Ron with an aha face pointing at Harry.
"Ron she can not be that bad." Harry corrected patiently rubbing his nose.
"But she is." Ron moaned.
"Maybe a make over could help." Offered Harry.
"Nothing can help. Mum, George and Fred's wives tried and she's still hideous."
"Hideous is a severe word, don't you think Mr. Weasly." Said Anastassia having just about enough of the Weasly boy. Really the friends her husband had. How dare he interrupt them on their honeymoon.
"But she is Ms. Snape." Said Ron turning to Anasstassia.
"Lady Potter if you please Mr. Weasly." Corrected Anasstassia.
"Oh sorry." Apologized Ron off handedly before he continued. "…but she is."
"Well I don't know what I can do Ron. I mean once your name is called you're done for." Said Harry before he sneezed again.
"Easy for you to say at least yours is pretty." Complained Ron.
"Ron really!" exclaimed Harry.
"No I mean it. You would understand if Lady Potter were ugly." continued Ron.
"Excuse me." interrupted Anasstassia, "but what does looks have to do with this?"
"Everything! How can you make love to someone ugly?"
".I'm sure she's a sweet girl if you just got to know her-"
Anasstassia who had just had enough bluntly interrupted her husband. "Mr. Weasly, just exactly what did you hope to gain by coming here?"
"I need his help in getting out of this. We've helped each other before. The Ministry will listen to him," said Ron on the verge of tears.
"Ron I don't think you know what you are asking" said Harry worriedly to his friend.
"The Ministry listens to no-one Mr. Weasley." Added Annasstassia. Really the boy had some nerve. She would have hexed him already if it weren't forHarry.
With a pop the conversation was interrupted and a worried looking Dobby stood before them
"Dobby what's wrong?" asked Harry.
"It's Mr. Lupin he wishes to apparate here with his Lady and a visitor"
"Remus?" Asked Harry looking over to his wife who simply shrugged.
"He says it's an emergency." Said the elf looking around nervously.
"I'll go and check Harry." Offered his wife. She was glad to be out of there. In her opinion, Ron Weasley was a whinny brat and she needed to be away.
She could still hear Ron complaining about his bride's looks as she apparated in the next room. Impatiently she cast a silencing charm around the room.
Standing before the chimney, she saw a reflection of her brother Remus trying to put on his coat and shoes at the same time.
"Brother…" she said making her presence known.
"Oh there you are. Please forgive the intrusion but we have a visitor in our house demanding to speak to Harry about a friend of his." Remus announced politely.
Anasstassia smiled to herself she simply loved Remus's discretion. "Would this intruder happen to be Ron Weasley's betrothed?"
"Yes! How did you know?"
"Mr. Weasley is with us at the moment." She explained icily.
Remus looked embarrassed for her but said nothing.
"I'm wondering how to go about it. I didn't want to apparate unannounced." Said Remus.
"Thank you Brother. It's good to know there are people with upbringing."
"OH?" asked Remus.
"Mr. Weasly had no problem appearing unannounced. Please come and bring the future Mrs. Weasly with you." She said half turning from the chimney.
"Are you sure? Maybe we should let Ron know first." Asked Remus. " She's quite upset at Ron's disappearance."
"Really? Poor girl. Well, we should definitely make it known to her that he's here."
"Sister, she's aware that he doesn't want her." Remus informed Anasstassia.
"That's unfortunate but we've all had to adapt to these circumstance why should Mr. Weasley be any different. However, he is Harry's friend. Apparate with her in fifiteen minutes I will inform Harry and Mr. Weasley about this. I'll lift the ward in the library you can apparate directly there. A question Brother would you happen to know how Mr. Weasley knew how to apparate in our home?"
"Harry told him and I, he said we were welcome any time," explained Remus trying to get some heat of Ron.
Anasstassia sighed again and said, "I see. Well, thank you. See you all in 15 minutes."
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Hellena had quieted enough for Alessandra to get a good look at her and once that happened Alessandra went to work immediately. She got a cream and applied it to Hellena's face to make the two warts the Weasley women had been unable to remove less noticeable. She cast a healing spell to do away with the puffiness and redness of her eyes and then proceeded to try to get the girl's hair under control. It was all over the place it reminded her of Harry's. When Alessandra asked her about it, Hellena explained that Mrs. Weasley had applied a lotion to her scalp that would make her hair grow back recently that morning so she hadn't really had much opportunity to comb it.
She could see that there were half cast beauty spells on the girl and proceed to complete them. Alessadra talked to the girl the whole time trying to get her calmed down. The girl was in a sad state. She had resigned herself to lonely spinsterhood so when The Marriage Law passed she had been so happy because she knew she would have someone that would love her. The girl was under the illusion that if she was given the chance, who ever the Ministry picked as her husband would in time care for her.
Alessandra listened and her heart went out to the girl. She was not pretty, not at all. Plain would be the kindest word she could think of to describe her. Nope, not even that Hermione was plain, this girl was ugly.
Death Eeaters had killed her parents in the war and she was completely alone now. Alessandra was not a very caring person but she identified with Hellena as a woman would. How dare that Ron do this to her. She needed a chance and Alessandra was damned if she would not do what she could to help her.
"Don't move Hellena I'm going to do something about your hair and you nails, and your nose, and …" Alessandra trailed off taking in all the things that needed to be worked on.
"Everything else" she finished resolutely.
"All right." answered Hellena smiling as Alessandra drew her wand and began working on the girl. Alessandra was extremely knowledgeable in healing and beauty spells. Had she not been so wealthy she might have studied healing but a witch with her standing could not work, it would be beneath her.
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Remus was about to step in the room when he saw the flashes of light showing from underneath the door and stopped.
"Now don't move…." he heard Alessandra instructing the girl on the other side of the door.
Remus took a step back two witches doing magic. No, he wasn't going to interrupt just yet.
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Alessandra looked at her handy work and was happy with the results. The girl could now officially be called plain. She had been surprised that most of the things wrong with her had been brought about by injuries that had never been taken care of properly. The family had obviously been too poor to take her to healers. Plainness was in her genes so nothing to do about that. At least her broken nose had been set just right and her nails were a decent size not half eaten. She had all her hair now even if it was such a bland color. Her ears were no longer as large. The skin spots were gone. In addition, her teeth had been completely straightened. She was a good two sizes too large for her height but that is something Alessandra could not help with. The girl would simply have to start taking something for that. There was only so much Alessandra could do. The last thing to go was her dress it was a terrible style and brown and burgundy were not the girl's colors.
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Remus noticed the flashing lights had stopped and knocked on the door before he opened it slowly. He found his wife standing and the girl sitting in the middle of the room. He looked from one to the other and noticed that the girl was no longer as awful looking, as she had been when she arrived.
"You helped her Alessandra." Said Remus to Alessanra who simply nodded. Remus was touched and squeezed his wife's hand.
"You are Hellena Andrews?" he asked turning to his surprise guest.
"Yes sir I am. I apologize for interrupting you both and for intruding in your home," said the girl wringing her hands nervously.
Remus was about to say the polite thing when Alessandra cut in, "Well, just don't do it again."
Remus opened his mouth to say something to Alessandra but shut it again. Choose you battles, instead he smiled politely trying to minimize the girl's uneasiness after Alessandra's straight forwardness. Hellena carried a certain nervousness one that he could identify with. It came from a fear of rejection. Those around her had obviously shunned the girl and so she clung to this small opportunity of happiness.
"I won't. I apologize I'm so sorry. I was just so distraught when I got the owl this morning. I was with Mrs. Weasley and her daughters in laws they were helping me too, like you did just now. Ma'am."
"Lady Lupin if you don't mind." Corrected Alessandra immediately.
"Alessandra really!" Remus said shocked with his wife's attitude.
Alessandra turned to her husband with a What look and ignored him.
"No, that's quite all right Lord Lupin. Please pardon my ignorance. Lady Lupin, you've been so kind."
"I'm not a Lord, Hellena just call me Mr. Lupin or Professor Lupin if it makes you feel more comfortable" Interjected Remus. He couldn't change his wife but titles were not him.
"Very well Professor." Answered Hellena gratefully.
"Well ladies I have some good news Ron is with Harry and if you both are ready we can apparate there now." announced Remus taking his wife by the hand while offering his arm to Hellena..
"Is he now? Well let's do that then." Alessandra was dying to meet this Ron.
With both ladies by his side he apparated them to Harry's home.
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"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Shouted Harry grabbing Ron's arm.
"I'm not staying Harry." Screamed Ron pulling away he had just been informed about Hellena and he was trying to leave before she got there. Unfortunately Harry wasn't having any of it.
"Yes you are. You are going to see her. She deserves that at least. She's I'm sure a good person. You have to learn to see beyond the superficial."
"Easy for you to say you married her!" Ron said pointing at Anasstassia. Anasstassia looked on forcing herself not to hex Ron's accusatory finger. ILL-MANNERED BRAT.
"Ron if you don't marry you will be thrown in Azkaban! Dublemdore has volunteered to track any renegades down. Do you really want him after you!
"Anything is better than her!"
"You will disgrace your family. What would your parents say? What would Ginny say?"
Anasstassia who had remained silent until then asked, "Ginny who?"
"Ginny, my sister."
"Oh." Replied Anasstassia looking Weasly over more carefully. She was probably a red head too. I can't stand red heads.
"We were in Hogwarts together." Informed Harry.
"Come on Ron you're a good person. You can't disgrace yourself and your family."
"Mr. Weasley, my sister is a Master at beauty spells maybe she can help with your fiancée."
"My Mum already tried it didn't work."
"You are not listening Mr. Weasley, I said she is a Master."
"Would you do that Anasstassia?" Asked Harry wondering why she would even offer.
"He is your best friend I'd ask Alessandra for your sake and the girl's." Harry did not miss the fact that she excluded Ron.
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"There won't be any need sister. The job has already been done." Announced a voice behind them.
All three turned to see Alessandra standing next to Remus and next to them a tall chunky plain blonde girl.
"Ron I found you!" cried Hellena stepping towards Ron only to be stopped by his shouting.
"Stand back. Don't come near me!"
"RON! HOW RUDE! STOP IT THIS MINUTE!" Yelled Harry. What was the matter with him? She was not hideous. Ok she could use with skipping some meals and if she fixed herself up a little bit she would be ok.
"I WON'T STOP IT I DON'T WANT TO MARRY HER!" said Ron backing himself into a corner.
"Enough of this Ronald Weasley!" Remus had had enough. Hellena was in tears again. All right she was not a looker but he would not stand by and let a lady be insulted in such a manner.
"Alessandra stay with Ms. Andrews and Sister. Harry, Ron and myself need to speak alone." He said grabbing Ron by the arm. Motioning for Harry to follow he dragged the protesting boy from the room. Alessandra nodded noticing the gold around Remus's eyes and walked a broken Hellena over to a chair while her sister stood out of the way as the men exited the room. Anasstassia secretely hoped the brat would refuse Remus. Harry was obviously, so fond of his friend that he was willing to forgive his blatantly cruel behavior of his fiancée but Remus was another matter.
"Dobby!" Called Anasstassia.
Dobby apparated quickly and was ordered to get two trays of refreshments.
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"You should be ashamed of yourself Mr. Weasley such a display is intolerable. How can you stand by and so selfishly insult someone who is just as much a victim as you in this whole affair".
"I--" Ron said trying to cut in.
"Do not interrupt me Mr. Weasly. You think that that girl is made of stone. That she doesn't feel anything.
"She's--" Ron tried again but it was useless.
"DO NOT INTERRUPT ME AGAIN!" Remus was so angry he was seeing red.
Harry actually took a small step back. Damn he had never seen his docile, polite Godfather this furious. Ron had it coming though so he said nothing when Ron pleaded for him to help.
"You will sit and listen and you will think before you open your mouth again. I have never been so furious in my whole life." Remus said glaring Ron into a seat. Ron sat wide-eyed waiting for Remus to calm down it did not happen.
Harry took a seat himself and watched.
Five minutes later Dobby popped in with a tray of refreshments and Harry served himself tea and sandwiches as he heard his Godfather berate Ron's lack of sensitivity and manners. Ten minutes later Myrtle floated into the room, sat in front of Harry, and asked him again why she couldn't haunt the master bedroom.
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Anasstassia took it upon herself to floo Mr. and Mrs. Weasly to the manor and in five minutes the red headed clan made their entrance to the Library where Alessandra sat consoling a broken hearted Hellena.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had called their children home when Ron had decided to run off. The Weasley's were a poor lot but they were proud of keeping their word and Ronald Weasley's behavior was looked down upon by everyone especially the older brothers.
The last to walk through the chimney was Ginny Weasley who happened to come alone.
Anasstassia signaled her sister and they both memorized her features for later reference.
They all walked in. One by one, they offered their apologies for the inconvenience. Anasstassia nodded to each one and called her own elf to bring in chairs for the family as Dobby brought more refreshments. Never had the sisters seen so many red heads in one place.
"Lady Potter, first let me again apologize for this most inconvenient intrusion on your honeymoon."
"Apology accepted Mr. Weasley I have requested your presence here so that you speak to your son and remind him of his honor."
"We are aware that our son is reluctant to go through this marriage." Continued Mr. Weasley embarrassed.
"And you have done nothing." Finished Alessandra.
"We have tried to convince him, but it has proven difficult." Interruped Bill.
"Try harder Sir. Your son has taken advantage of this girl's lonely state."
"Lady Potter I don't think-!" interjected Ginny. Ginny knew that her brother had done wrong but she was loyal to him and tried to speak up for him.
"No you didn't…think. Not one of you did. Ms. Hellena Andrews has received more kindness from my sister than from those who will be her family, from he who will be her HUSBAND." Alessandra said frostily.
"It's obvious you love your son Mr. and Mrs. Weasley or you would not have come. Love the one who will soon be your daughter too. She did not ask for this. Speak to your son and set him on the right path if he causes this girl's misfortune I can only say that a misfortune ten fold will befall him. " warned Anasstassia.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had heard stories about the Snape Twins many had thought them dead. To see both of them alive made the older couple remember all of the eerie tales surrounding their mother. The Weasley children eyed the Twin Ladies and shivered what Annasstassia said sounded awfully like a curse without actually being one. Bill who was the oldest and most settled of the bunch noticing his parents apparent shock stepped forward and said. "You are of course right Lady Potter. Hellena come with us. We are so sorry about Ron. You're pain shames us terribly. I assure you that you will be happy. We will all help to make this better on both of you." said Bill looking at his Twin brother's who for once had the sense to look ashamed.
"You will?" asked Hellena anxiously. She wanted to believe them so badly but she was so unsure.
"Yes darling we will." Said Mrs.Weasley standing to go sit next to her.
"All right." answered Hellena trustingly.
"Very well, Mr. Weasley is with my husband at the moment. They should be in shortly." Said Alessandra who smiled at her sister and who in turn smiled at those around her. The were not pretty smiles everyone noticed except Hellena.
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After Moony's appearance, Ronald finally gave in half an hour later and agreed to marry Hellena. Remus was quiet happy and offered to stand by Hellena on her wedding day if the girl agreed.
Ron could only nod, even he knew when it was time to throw in the towel. He might have been able to get away from Dumbledore but how could one escape a vicious werewolf.
Resigned Ron sat munching on a sandwich while Remus and Harry exchanged winks.
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Twenty minutes later the whole family came together and Ron's father performed a binding ceremony with the purpose of preventing either one of the couple from taking flight.
Hellena could only think how lucky she was to have found support in people such as the Lady Lupin, Lady Potter and the Professor. The Ladies had actually voiced their intention of attending the wedding and the Professor had offered her his arm in the giving away ceremony. Hellena had never been so happy. How could she not smile?
Ron looked at his fiancée and felt guilty when all she did was smile at him gratefully. There was not a bit of reproach in her eyes. Ron Weasley had never felt so small.
Well I hope this was not too long and I hope you enjoy reading it. One more thing, READ AND REVIEW THEY BOTH GO HAND IN HAND PEOPLE…………