Chapter 8: The Schism

"You think that I am going to approve of this? After what he did to you the last time you're planning to marry him. How thick are you?" Remus asked as he stood up and stared down at his sister. In the twenty years of his sisters life, he'd never called her thick or anything like it. She stared up at him with pleading in her eyes as they filled with tears.

'It was a foolish mistake, everyone makes mistakes. Please Remus, he's the man that I love!' Remus brushed away her words from the air before him and shook his head. He loved his sister so much, but he couldn't see himself having Snape as his brother-in-law, especially not after what he did to her and what he'd become.

"Then find another man to love," he said as he stared down into her eyes. "What about Sirius. Why won't you be with him?"

'Sirius doesn't want to marry me and I don't want to marry him. Our love wasn't meant to be put through those complications,' the words glowed before him red now, meaning that she was now angry with him. She stood up and stared into his eyes, which was always like staring into a mirror, for his eyes were the same amber as hers. Remus ran a hand through his hair in frustration as he stared into her eyes.

"So what you two were just shagging the entire bloody time that you were together!" he said angrily. Viktoria ran a hand through her hair and pushed her brother lightly.

'You great big git! Of course not! And I don't know why we are still arguing about this. I love Severus and I am going to marry him whether you like it or not! I just want you to be there for me and give me away. Viktor is gone and you are my only family left,' the words hovered before Remus in red. He shook his head as he looked down at his feet and looked back up at her.

"Don't ask me to come and be a witness as you destroy your life!"

'I will never forgive you if you don't come to the wedding.' the words glowed a very deep red as he stared at them. Remus stared at them for a long moment. He didn't want to lose his sister, not to Severus, but he couldn't be asked to stand by and watch as she through her life away. Remus looked down at the floor and turned around.

"I see you've made your decision," he said as he walked over to the door. "Good Luck Viktoria."

Viktoria fell to her knees in tears as he slammed the door shut behind him. She placed her hand over her mouth as she started to sob and she wrapped her arms around herself. It was as if she'd just lost her second brother.

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"He didn't come, he really didn't come," Viktoria whispered as a tear slid down her face. Severus looked down at her. He reached out and grabbed her chin, slowly tilting it so that she looked up into his eyes. He wiped the tear from her face.

"I'm very sorry that he didn't come, Viktoria. Had I been anyone else he would have gladly given you away, but don't let it get you down. Not today. Today is the most important day of our lives. It's the first day of the rest of our life," he said as he stared down into her amber gaze. She smiled sadly as she looked up into his eyes.

"You're right. We're married! Can you believe it?" she whispered excitedly as she held out her ring finger. Around her finger was a golden band with his name imprinted on it and on the inside an inscription. Will you still love me in the morning? Simple, but the sweetest thing that she'd ever read. Every time she looked at it, she would remember him and always the answer to that question would be the same. Always and forever, as was in-scripted on the inside of his ring.

TBC…