Author's note: Enjoy!

Disclaimer: The following characters belong to J.K. Rowling, and this story derives from her original works, storylines, and world. Please do not sue me, I can barely pay tuition.

Dedication: For Elizabeth, who upon reading an earlier chapter and seeing Sirius alive and well in this magical AU, inquired if Sirius and Kingsley would be babysitting Teddy. I'll do you one better :P

Hogwarts: Assignment #8, Foreign Exchange Task #9, Write about having a magical 'mutation' of sorts.

Warnings: NA

Weddings Are Hard

"You look super handsome, little guy," Uncle Sirius grinned at Teddy. He reached out an arm and Teddy wandered over to him in his tiny little suit. It was dark blue and the tie was silvery and sparkly, so Victoire would probably like it when she saw it. He wasn't sure if she was coming to the wedding, but it seemed to Teddy that everyone was coming to the wedding and who would he talk to if Victoire wasn't there? Surely Uncle Sirius and Kingsley had known to invite her…

"I'm gonna match Mum and Daddy?" Teddy triple-checked again.

"And Harry and Bill," Sirius nodded, scooping up Teddy and plopping him on his knee.

"You'll see once Madam Malkin finishes up fitting your mum's suit," Kingsley said. He reached out and picked at Teddy's collar. "Sirius is right Teddy, you're going to be one very handsome ring bearer."

"But I won't look like this," Teddy promised them.

Uncle Sirius and Kingsley looked at each other for a minute.

"What do you mean you won't look like this?" Sirius said. "Is something wrong with your suit?"

"Weddings are special occasions," Teddy said, repeating what Daddy had told him that morning when he'd explained why they were all going to wear suits and ties and why they were going to pretend to enjoy that. "So we gotta look special."

"You do look special," Kingsley said. "You're wearing a suit…"

"Yeah but turquoise hair isn't special," Teddy said. "Turquoise hair is just Tuesday and Thursday."

"You live in a really special little world, you and your Metamorphmagus genes…" Uncle Sirius said fondly, tousling Teddy's turquoise hair.

"I don't know what that means," Teddy said.

"One day," Sirius promised with a smile like he was about to tease Teddy or steal his cookie. He was wearing eye-liner too, and Mum always said that that made him extra-sassy. He'd also been extra happy ever since Kingsley had given him that extra ring.

"What colour am I gonna make my hair for your wedding?" Teddy asked Kingsley and Sirius.

They looked at each other and smiled before turning back to Teddy.

"That's… a really good question," Kingsley said.

"What colour is Mum doing?" Teddy asked.

"I'm not sure. Probably pink," Kingsley said.

"Does she even know it's a special occasion?" Teddy checked. Sirius burst out laughing.

"We tried to tell her, but you know your Mum…" he said.

"Yeah," Teddy nodded. "Okay, well, I listened. What colour do you want?"

"Whatever colour you want to wear," Kingsley told him.

"You can pull off anything," Sirius promised him.

What were these people not getting?

"You have to pick!" Teddy insisted.

Goodness, this was getting very complicated.

"I'm not getting married, you are!"

"That's true, we are," Kingsley nodded. "Can you maybe show us some options?"

At that moment one of the people dressed in purple that was often around Kingsley (Mum called them "Ministerial Assistants") came into the shop, even if she had been waiting outside.

"Pardon me, sir," she said, tapping her quill against her clipboard. "Word just came in from the Department of Transportation that…"

"It can't be an emergency if it's transportation," Sirius said. "And today's for wedding planning unless of emergency."

"He means 'please give us a little bit more time,'" Kingsley said, elbowing Sirius. "We have another consultation, apparently one we didn't need an appointment for..."

The administrative person gave a little bow (they were funny like that) and went away.

They turned back to Teddy.

"Okay," Sirius said. "We're ready. Show us our options."

So Teddy showed them all the options that would be pretty with the suit and tie they were making him wear—lime green, emerald green, magenta like Mum's favourite, white like snow, white like snow with flecks of gold, dandelion yellow, mustard yellow, soft yellow like his bedroom, pastel pink like Victoire's favourite dress, orange like all the other cousins, purple like the Ministry robes, peach like Grandma's bathroom…

"Well?" Teddy asked them. "Which one did you like best?"

"We like all of you," Sirius said. "That's why you're in the wedding party."

"This isn't helping," Teddy said. It was Kingsley's turn to laugh.

"You're right, Uncle Sirius isn't helping," Kingsley grinned. "Sirius, what did you think of that nice green colour?"

"The Slytherin green?" Sirius asked with a smile. He kissed Kingsley really quickly, like the type of kiss Dad called a peck. "It's like you read my mind. Teddy, do you think that you could do an emerald green for our wedding?"

"That's an excellent choice," Teddy said—which was what Madam Malkin said when they picked out suits and ties in her shop.

"Thank you," Sirius said. "This is a great wedding present you're giving us, Teddy."

"I don't have to get you a present now that I'm doing the hair thing?" Teddy said. "Oh good!"

Weddings were far too complicated for his liking.

Stacked with: MC4A; Shipping Wars; Hogwarts, Fall Bingo

Individual Challenge(s): Black Ribbon; Black Ribbon Redux; Small Fry; Gryffindor MC; Slytherin MC; Rainbow Focus (Y); Bow Before the Blacks; Brush; Seeds; Times to Come; Old Shoes; Themes & Things A (Love); Themes & Things B (Joy); Themes & Things E (Evening Gown/Tux); Tiny Terror; True Colours; Rian-Russo Inversion (Y); Real Family; Flags & Ribbons; Letter of the Day; In a Flash; Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Ribbon Redux

Word Count: 818

Fall Bingo

Space (prompt): E5 (Change)

Shipping Wars

Ship (Team): Sirius Black/Kingsley Shacklebolt (Starry Storms)

List (Prompt): Summer Big List (Shopping)