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WARNING: Mature themes brought up so if you are less than 18 and/or easily triggered by mature content DO NOT READ THIS STORY. You have been warned.

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Chapter 30

Hermione stirred and searched for her wand on the bedside table, she casted a tempus charm and saw that it was already 9 a.m. She went out of bed and rushed out of the corridor and into a smaller room right next to her.

"Ginny, come on, we slept in, we have to take our breakfast, make sure everything is ready, have lunch with your parents and then I have to get married." Hermione said pounding on the door. As she heard nothing on the other side of the door, she pounded harder. "Ginny, I swear to Merlin if this door is not unlocked in two seconds, I'm blowing it off" she menaced.

The door flung open and Hermione only saw the semi-covered silhouette of Harry rushing down the corridor and into the room he occupied during his stay at the Prince Manor.

"Ginny, tell me I didn't see Harry half-naked running away from your room. And you better not be lying." Hermione said staring at Ginny her hands on each side of her waist.

"I better not say anything then. How are you feeling, not to stressed to become Mrs. Snape?" Ginny asked laughing at Hermione.

"Don't talk to me about that, it's been a week since I have seen Severus as the wizarding tradition wants it and every single bone in my body is screaming for him. Little one has been acting around a lot too. Every time she is awake, she can't seem to slow down and kicks me extra hard. I hate being pregnant" Hermione said before beginning to cry uncontrollably.

Her hormones had begun acting up more and more since she Severus had left the Manor a week ago and she kept crying for a yes or a no. Although she should normally finish preparing for the wedding, Severus had insisted for Ginny and Harry to come and look after her and the baby. Their goodbyes had been heart braking and he left her with tears streaking both of their faces.

"Hey 'Mione, calm down, in a few hours you'll see him again. I am sure he is impatient to see you again. I know the past week has been horrible on you, but you must be strong for a few more hours. I'll ask Wilky to come up and bring us a good breakfast. Then we'll call Sofia and Candice before going to the ballroom and make sure everything is perfect and ready for the ceremony. Then we're going to the gardens to overview the set up for this evening. After that, lunch with Mom and Dad and then you'll get to wear your wedding dress and get taken cared of. A few minutes later, you'll see him again. It's not every day one gets to be a bride so cheer up and let's get some food into you." Ginny said hugging Hermione and supporting her until the sobbing had subsided.

"You're right Ginny. Little one is kicking quite a lot this morning. I think she is as impatient as I am to see her dada back." Hermione said placing a hand on her rounded stomach and feeling her daughter kick it away with a firm push.

Hermione called Wilky and asked him for the best breakfast he could do without disturbing himself too much. She thanked him and a few minutes later, the two young women were sitting around a large table that Wilky had conjured up out of thin air. Food was pilling onto the table in large heaps and Hermione ate a good chunk of it. Even though she was extremely stressed, she couldn't allow her baby to go hungry.

After having finished their breakfast, Hermione got dressed very quickly and looked at herself in the large mirror in her closet. Her baby bump was elegantly underlined in the white dress she had chose to wear, not quite hiding it, but not showing it fully either. Her hairs flowed down on her shoulders and encircled her thin face.

"Hermione, we're waiting for you" the voice of Harry coming down from the foyer woke Hermione up and she quickly joined Harry and Ginny downstairs.

"Hey 'Mione how'd you sleep?" Harry asked hugging briefly Hermione

"I slept wonderfully well, but I doubt my bridesmaid and my witness did. Or if they did?" Hermione said chuckling at Ginny and Harry who now harbored slightly flushed cheeks.

"I'll make sure to tell Molly during lunch. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to have her daughter married off." Hermione said as seriously as she could manage.

"No Hermione, please. You know mum, she'll be a nightmare if you do that." Ginny begged

"That's the funny part Ginny."

"I beg you Hermione. Don't do that" Ginny said kneeing in front of Hermione.

"You know I'll make no such thing you idiot. I was just messing with you. Blame it on my hormones." Hermione said shrugging.

"Thanks 'Mione. Now, I do think we have some important business that needs to be taken care of. Don't you think so?" Ginny said looking at Hermione with both of her hands on her hips and looking towards the double French doors leading to the ball room.

"Right" Hermione said before taking the handles of the doors in her hands and opening the doors. "Wow, it's magnificent. I'm lost for words." She said both hands clasped across her mouth as emotion took over.

The whole entire room was filled with white chairs with red or green bows behind them. The carpet leading to the front of the room was streaked with gold and red. And flowers were hung from the ceiling and cascading down above the carpet. The rows of chairs were lined alternately with the Slytherin and Gryffindor's emblems.

Hermione turned around and looked at the double stairs where she will come down and into the room. The railing had been flourished with red, green, gold and silver flowers which snaked around the banister elegantly.

Dozens of witches and wizards were still working on finishing the bows, the floral arrangements or simply the last touches and details that would make the whole room perfect.

"Hermione, I see that you have already looked at the room. I do hope you like it…" Sofia exclaimed smiling at the Trio.

"I love it. Could you show me where my and Severus' witnesses will be seated? I just want to make sure that thy have the extended version of the ceremony's programs. Can we also go over the reader's texts? I know Severus wanted Lucius to read a text his mother had prepared for his wedding in case she died before her son married." Hermione asked Sofia after having looked at a small list she had taken out of her pocket.

"Of course, come on, they are all the way up at the front." Sofia said walking towards the front of the room, her clipboard firmly held into her arms.

Sofia showed Hermione the seats and she saw that neither Ron's nor Rose's names had been placed. She furrowed her eyebrow in a Snape like manner and looked at the wedding planner.

"I am sorry to ask you Sofia, but where are Ron and Rose's seats. I am sure it's only a mistake because they haven't said they wouldn't be coming and I had specifically told your team to keep them a place in the front row for me." Hermione's eyes welled up with tears as she saw Sofia bite her inner cheeks in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry Hermione. Ron and Rose won't be coming. I received their word two hours ago. I wanted to tell you before you came into the room but… I'm really sorry Hermione. I'd understand if you would like a little time with Miss Weasley and Mr. Potter on your own. I'll be waiting for the…" Sofia began clearly sorry for Hermione.

"No, I'm alright. I see that the longer programs and texts have been placed in the correct places. Why don't we go outside to where the cocktail will be?" Hermione said trying not to break in tears once again.

"The cocktail will be right outside. When the ceremony is finished, we will open those two doors and you and your guests will go outside for the cocktail. There will be 75 waiters to accommodate everyone with drinks. With one just for the two of you. You will be served with non-alcoholic beverages of course." Sofia said opening the doors overlooking the south part of the garden surrounding Prince's Manor and showing the bare tables. "Of course, they will be decorated. We are just finishing the ceremony room first." Sofia then helped Hermione down the stairs and into the gardens.

"The guests will then be led towards the dining area with the help of a candle lit path to the mineral bosquet." Sofia said as she walked with them towards the bosquet. They knew the path by heart as they had gone for long walks with Hermione. Although she wanted to go for long walks in the neighboring forest, Severus had told her he preferred if she would wait for him to go for a walk in the forest. She had agreed, knowing that if Severus had told her to do so, their certainly was a good reason behind it.

They arrived to the bushed edge of the bosquet and walked around it before finding the bushed arch entrance leading to the inner of the bosquet. The tables had been set and were already decorated. A large table was right in the middle of the bosquet and had chairs with large gold and silver covers on them. Severus' and her chairs had a special cover over them.

"Severus asked me to take the two chairs in the gardener's shed. He also told me not to take the cover off until you had all went down to the cocktail. I can't tell you more." Sofia said to Hermione pointing at the two chairs.

Hermione then looked at the dancefloor. A large canopy had been installed over it and it was enchanted to look like Hogwarts Great Hall ceiling. Hermione walked underneath it and saw that the candles bared their two initials intertwined one into the other.

"Very good idea the canopy, ceiling and candles. Who is the person that I have to thank for all of that Sofia?" Hermione asked turning to Sofia.

"I think it will be Candice and I" she replied looking innocently at Hermione.

"It is really beautiful. What you guys made. I really think it is going to be the wedding of the century" Harry said both of his hand tucked inside his trousers pocket and his head turned towards the enchanted ceiling.

"Thank you, Mr Potter, it means a great deal coming from you." Sofia casted a tempus charm and looked at the trio with big eyes. "I think you three should along, your lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley is in fifteen minutes and in one hour, Hermione needs to be in her dressing room to prepare herself for the wedding."

"I'll Apparate us in the Manor. I don't want you to do to much today. I think you have enough to worry about." Harry said to Hermione.

"Go on Harry" Hermione said grabbing tightly to Harry's hand while clasping her hand on her belly.

They Apparated in the state dining room where the lunch was supposed to take place. Hermione had decided to invite the Weasley's over because they had taken care of her when she had Obliviated her parents and Mr. Weasley will be replacing her father and leading her up the aisle. She also wanted to thank them for the warm welcome they had given to Severus.

Wilky had once more outdone himself. Hermione and Severus had decided to gift him with a short three days holiday. Hermione had tried to convince him to go for a two weeks holiday, but he had refused and had only asked for a three-day period to go in Scotland and visit a distant cousin he had met while shopping in Diagon Alley.

Hermione sat down at the end of the table while Harry and Ginny sat next to each other on her left. They heard Mr. and Mrs. Weasley come up the stairs and into the dining room. Hermione stood up with a little help from Harry as the weight of her belly made it sometimes quite hard for her to stand on her own.

"Hermione, the Manor is magnificent. We're very honored that you chose Arthur to lead you down the aisle. I can see that little one has grown quite a lot since we last saw each other." Mrs. Weasley told cheerfully Hermione clapping her hand rapidly.

"She has also put on quite a lot of weight…" Just as she was speaking, Hermione felt a kick in her stomach and knew that her daughter was awake and reclaiming to be fed. "and she knows how to kick no problem too" Hermione finished as she sat down in her chair and gestured for her guests to do the same.

They served themselves of the food that was in front of them but Hermione had a hard time eating anything at all and kept moving her food around her plate.

"Hermione, is everything all right?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Yeah, I think the stress caught up with my stomach and I can't seem to get anything down. I am sure it'll be better once the ceremony is over with." Hermione said before casting a wandless tempus charm. "Oh Merlin, is that the time? I am so very sorry Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, but I must excuse myself. Madam Malkin is waiting for me. I'll see you in a few. See you in two hours Mr. Weasley." Hermione said pushing onto the arm rests of the chair.

"Don't worry Hermione we'll just go back home and change before the ceremony. See you in a few. And please do call us Arthur and Molly." Mrs. Weasley said smiling warmly at Hermione.

"Thanks Molly. Goodbye Arthur" she said before going towards her closet.

She first directed herself towards the small bathroom attached to her closet and took a nice warm shower. She put the clothes she had wore in the morning into the dirty laundry basket and saw them vanish before going inside her closet and opening a box she had on one of her shelves. She took out a bridal set of lingerie and pulled it on before going back to the bathroom and drying magically her hairs.

She went back into the walk-in closet and took a large green and black box out of the shelves. A large P made out of emeralds and diamonds was encased into it. Hermione touched the box with her wand and it opened up. A large bridal tiara made out of onyx, emeralds and other gems in green and black shades were onto the silver tiara. She took it out and opened the hidden compartment. A beautiful matching set of earing, collar and bracelet was encased in the bottom half.

A knock was heard on the other side of the room.

"Miss Granger, it's Ginny, Luna and Madam Malkin. We're here to help you with your dress and your hairs. May we come in?" Madam Malkin asked politely.

"Yes, come in, come in." Hermione said as she took a bathrobe and hurriedly covered her body with it.

She had asked Luna to be her bridesmaid. Even though they weren't very close, they had spent a long time together in the library working on their essays and Luna was the closest thing of a friend Hermione had apart from Ginny and Harry.

"Hello Hermione, you're positively glowing" Luna said in the same dreamy voice she always had. "How is your little girl doing?" she asked.

"How did you know that Luna? I didn't tell you I was going to have a little girl?" Hermione said astonished.

"Gnardles, you're surrounded by them. Only woman pregnant with a girl will be surrounded by them during pregnancy." Luna said as though Hermione had asked the answer to two plus two.

"She is doing just fine." Hermione responded cheerfully.

"Now Miss Granger, if you could take your bathrobe off, we could put that dress on." Madam Malkin said, she had taken the dress out of the box and had placed on a form she had conjured out of thin air and was busy taking the ruffles of and making sure every bead was still attached to the fabric.

Hermione removed the bathrobe and Madam Malkin took the dress off the form and helped Hermione into it. The fabric fell perfectly over Hermione's baby bump, underline it but not exhibiting it. Her breasts were encased in a fine lace top and the short sleeves left her shoulders bared. The back of the dress finished off in a long train which would flow behind her as she walked down the alley. The hand sawn beads shone in the sun light pouring in from a light well in the ceiling and from windows on top of the shelves which while they brought light into the room, didn't show anything of what was happening inside it to eventual visitors.

Luna waved her wand and Hermione hairs were immediately done into a tight bun which let escaped two strands of hair encasing her soft facial features. Ginny helped Hermione put the bridal jewels of the Prince's house. Madam Malkin finished by waving her wand in the most complicated pattern Hermione had ever seen and a long tulle and beaded veil appeared. It was held into Hermione's bun and fell down to the ground, on top of her train and onto the ground.

"Thank you all. I think it is time" Hermione said heading towards the exit of her closet. Ginny, Luna and Madam Malkin making sure her dress fell perfectly for her grand entrance.