Chapter 8

Ginny stood there, watching in shock. The woman, who had looked about 80, was now looking 30 and still getting younger. She worried that this was a trap. The woman stopped changing at about 20 and Ginny turned to see where the laughing was coming from. The building was changing as well. It slowly turned into a warehouse with makeup products all over the place. She looked at the girls and found that it had been them laughing.
"What's going on?" Ginny asked.
"You should have seen your face!" a girl Ginny had gone to Hogwarts with said.
"Yeah! When you saw the inside, I though you were going to kill me for getting reservations here!" Fleur said.
"What is happening?" Ginny asked with a warning glint in her eyes.
"It's a practical joke! Some of Fred and George's best customers started this place. They do all sorts, but they mostly like to do them on brides. They told me about it, and I told Fleur. We thought it could be fun, so we set it all up!" Hermione said laughing hysterically.
"You mean we wasted an hour that I need to get ready on a joke! I'm going to have to go find someone to do our makeup for real now! Do you two not think!" Ginny raved.
"Here." the previously old woman said handing Ginny a mirror. Ginny took it unsurely and looked into it. The old lady's makeup was gone replaced by perfect makeup. She had some beautiful pink shimmery lip gloss on, some very subtle blush, and beautifully done eyes with the green matching the bridesmaid's dresses. She looked absolutely gorgeous. She couldn't wait to see the affect the dress gave. She looked around and noticed that all of the other girls had very good makeup on too.
"I'll be very happy to pay 8 galleons for this work." Ginny said with a smile.
"It's only 5. The 8 is just part of the joke. But if you really want to, I'll be happy to keep the difference." the young woman joked.
"Wow! That's a really good deal!" Ginny said.
"Actually, we're ripping you off, you just don't realize it, because we've got you thinking that we did a great job, what with the old lady's makeup and the price she was going to charge!" she said with a wink.
Ginny handed over the money and grabbed a brochure of the place. Then she led the way out the door and to the Leaky Cauldron. From there, they apparated to the burrow.
"Oh! Good! You're home! And might I add that you look gorgeous!" Mrs. Weasley said happily, but with a tone of aggravation.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked her.
"Harry and Ron are acting too happy about this wedding! They're driving me crazy!" Mrs. Weasley answered.
"Here, take this to them," Fleur said handing her a altered version of the picture taken at the old woman's house. It had everyone's hair in rollers like an old woman would wear it to go to bed.
"They're going to run before the wedding is even an hour away if you show them that!" Ginny said frightened.
"Don't worry hun, I'll only hand it to them for a few seconds," Mrs. Weasley said running up the stairs. Ginny thought she heard a shriek, but it could have only been the ghoul in the attic.

Soon, Ginny and Hermione were sitting in the living room with all the bridesmaids and the flower girls. They heard the kitchen door open and the flower girls left. Mr. Weasley stood guard at the door.
After a few minutes her bridesmaids were gone and so was everyone else, besides Hermione and their fathers.
The sounds of 'Here comes the bride' filled the room and the two 'bride to be's' walked to their dads. They linked arms with them and were led into the kitchen.
Ginny let out a gasp of happiness. Harry was standing at the base of the stairs to the platform with all of his best men next to him. Her big brother was standing like a mirror image on the other side. The bridesmaids were lined up in the center at diagonals with two preachers looking down at them. One on each side of the platform with a beautiful arch decorated with lilies over each. It was magical looking; the perfect wedding for Ginny; Hermione too. They had each made certain sacrifices but they were worth it. Ginny gave Hermione a hug when the doors had opened and they walked down the aisle together to the biggest moment of their lives. As far as they were concerned at that moment anyways.