A/N: Well, this just about wraps things up for me for a little while! I'll still be on and around the site, reviewing, reading, and posting on The Reviews Lounge, but because I gotta move back into college in a few days, and that'll be consuming a lot of my time. Glad you all enjoyed this, and I hope to chat with you all soon! If any of you have an idea for a story you want me to write about, PM me and I'll see what I can do, kay?

It was just like any other early summer day. Bright, breezy, warm, but not stifling hot. Tonks looked at herself in the mirror in Molly Weasley's bedroom as Molly did last-minute touch-ups on Tonks' dress.

"Tonks, you're going to look absolutely wonderful!" Molly smiled. Ginny, sat on the edge of the bed brushing her long red hair, her skinny legs barely touching the floor, and smiled. Her 'big sister' did look very pretty, even in a hasty '24-hour dress' as Molly called Tonks' wedding ensemble. It was little more than a low-necked white dress that came in an A-line skirt down to the knees, a few crinoline petticoats were underneath the skirt to make it billow out a little more. No fancy trim, lace, or beading. Tonks, to compensate for lack of an elaborate wedding gown, had done some unique work to her hair. She made her hair a long, wavy, silvery blue, the color of the blue moon that shined over her as she and Remus fought for their lives against Bellatrix. She didn't want a veil to cover her head, so instead, she wore a silver headband that was her mother Andromeda's, that had a crescent moon lying over the middle of her forehead. She hoped Remus would appreciate the 'theme' going on with her wedding outfit.

"I dunno," Tonks muttered to herself. "I was never one to wear dresses."

"I think you look radiant," Ginny said. Tonks turned around and smiled at Ginny. Ginny wore a simple peach-colored dress, one of her own, and was going to be Tonks' maid of honor, seeing as the vast majority of Tonks' friends and peers were men.

"Thanks," Tonks said, looking at herself again. Her arm was out of the sling and pain-free, but she would have a slight limp walking down the aisle (or rather, the path to the garden outside the Weasley home) this afternoon. "There WILL be food, right?" asked Tonks. She'd purposely not eaten since yesterday afternoon so she could manage to fit into the dress.

Molly sighed, exasperated. "Honey, you're about to unite in marriage with Remus John Lupin, to have and to hold and all that other business…and you're worried about food?"

Tonks shrugged and Molly laughed. "Ginny, the boys and I have been working every since Thursday making cakes and a small but satisfying wedding feast! Well, Ginny and I did most of the work, the boys just sat there with the fire extinguishers, praying for a grease fire so they could put it out 'the Muggle way'."

Kingsley Shacklebolt poked his head into the room. "Tonks, your father's waiting outside the door to walk you outside. We're ready whenever you are."

"May I have a second alone?" asked Tonks. Ginny and Molly Weasley nodded and went outside, leaving Tonks and the mirror.

She wondered how Remus felt about today. He had been so hesitant to marry her, and now, here they were, ready to tie the knot before July was really beginning! It was as if the blue moon changed Remus. He was still the Remus she knew and loved, but he seemed a little more cheery than before. He allowed himself to laugh and see the glass as half-full. It had only been a few days, but the change was THAT significant. Maybe the night had brought out something in Tonks too. She knew Remus was willing to sacrifice his night as a human for her to stay safe. Maybe she did ask a little too much of him sometimes. True, he could occasionally be unreasonable, but then again, so could she. It certainly seemed like a match made in heaven.

The wedding wasn't a huge get-together, like Tonks had longed for. But not much more could be done than what was being done. Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacoeur were being married in a month's time, so Molly's attention had to be focused there. By month's end, both Tonks and Remus had to escort Harry safely to The Burrow before his protection at Privet Drive ran out. Then, there was the war with Voldemort. Tonks knew that she and Remus couldn't play lovebirds and honeymooners for long. They had to become fighters for the Order as soon as Harry Potter was safe. So much to do!

Tonks smiled and went to open the door to let herself out into the sunshine. For now, none of that mattered. All that did matter now, was that today was her wedding day.

Tonks felt like she could howl.

The Weasley yard was nearly empty, not like a normal wedding ceremony. The Weasley family was present, as were Tonks' mother (her father had gone to escort her outside), Kingsley was there, standing beside Remus as best man. Mad-Eye Moody, who would be marrying them, stood in the middle of the garden, looking rather awkward in his dress robes. Hestia Jones and Ginny Weasley stood in two different peach-colored dressed as Tonks' bridemaids on the opposite side of the aisle, each holding a small bundle of roses. Other than that, Minerva McGonagall was present, and no one else.

Remus nervously adjusted his bowtie and looked at the front door to the Weasley house. Any second, Tonks would be emerging, ready to marry him.

Biting his lip, Remus sighed to himself. Of course, Kingsley was a good man, but Remus never would have thought that he would be his best man. He had two candidates in mind way ahead of Kingsley Shaklebolt. Of course, those two candidates were presently dead.

Suddenly, a small bout of pleasant music sprung up. The two rows of witnesses stood up as Tonks, on her father's arm, came out of the house and towards Remus. Remus beamed for the first time in ages as a warm feeling crept through him. Tonks was glowing. She was absolutely radiant. If only Remus's old gang of friends could see where he was and who he was planning to spend the rest of his life with. He knew that the Dumbledore and the Marauders would be so thrilled for him and his bride.

But something in the back of Remus' head made him shudder as he looked at Tonks and around the garden. He felt their presence beside him. He thought he felt Sirius standing beside him, between him and Kingsley, beaming like a moron and whispering to Remus, asking when Molly was breaking out the champagne and Firewhiskey. Lily Potter was sitting in the front row with James Potter, Remus knew it. They were holding on tight to each other tightly and smiling. James was probably jokingly telling Lily how he knew Remus would find a woman who could tie him down long enough for a wedding ceremony. And there was Dumbledore too. Dumbledore, who Remus thought was the kindest, most noble man on earth, was standing right behind Mad-Eye, looking over his shoulder into the small booklet he held in his hand with all the wedding vows and formalities in it. They were all there for him today, dead or not.

And it would be like that for a long time, at least until the next blue moon.