Author's note: Thanks to all those people who have taken time to read and review/favorite/follow the story. Your encouragement is the key to my writing a good story. So, please read and review, folks.

Also I forgot the disclaimer in the previous chapter. I don't own a thing in Potterverse, people.

Chapter 1:

This was it. The D-day. The day when I officially become Rose Malfoy, with a promise to be beside Scorpius forever. I stared at my reflection in the mirror. An impossibly happy redhead in a pristine white dress and veil smiled at me from the mirror.

It had taken a lot of hard work to find the perfect wedding dress for me. The whole female brigade of us: me, mum, Astoria, Nyah, Lily and my best friend Cynthia Boot- we were all exhausted after weeks of fruitless dress shopping. Finally we found it…that too in muggle London! I fell in love with the dress as soon as I saw it…a floor length Princess-cut pearly white gown, with an impossibly long train. The upper body was simple and hugged me in a flattering way , whereas the lower body was strewn with beautiful white embroideries . When the 'Estrogen Brigade' saw me in it for the first time, everyone got misty eyed. Cynthy even came upto me and whispered conspiratorially, " That dress will make Scorpius want to do the naughtiest things to you, you know that, right?" . I had simply winked at her.

There was a knock on the door, and my dad came in. He was nervous, his hands were shaking. It was understandable though; I was his princess and he will never be truly ready to give me away. Everyone said that I had him wrapped around my little finger ( a fact that my little brother Hugo was very jealous of). He was part of the reason I had to reject the offer from the Auror Academy; He was scared that I would hurt myself somehow in the training or worse, in the battlefield (he seemed to forget that both he and my uncle Harry were reputed Aurors). Whatever, I was now happy with my current job- interning in the most famous potion-brewing company of the world. After Hogwarts, I had gone for higher studies in Potions in France for two years. After that, I interned under Professor Slughorn for a year ( yes, he is still teaching in Hogwarts). My current internship would take only three more months to complete, after that I will join the company as a full-time potioneer. Yay!

"Rosie, ready?" My dad's voice was shaking. He even had tears in his eyes!

"Aww Dad! Are you crying?", I attempted to tease him . He looked a little embarrassed and said,"Maybe."

I went and hugged him. It felt just like my childhood, me clinging to my father, he stroking my head. Then he said," come on, Rosie. There's a Malfoy boy waiting for you..although I still don't know what you saw in him,sweetie.", he smirked. I smiled too.

Dad took my hand and we started walking down the aisle. My cousin-cum-best male friend Albus, who also happened to be Scorp's BFF, was the Best Man at the wedding, while Cynthy was my Maid of Honor. Nyah and Lily were my other Bridesmaids.

As I was walking down the aisle, I saw many familiar faces weeping openly; my Mum, grandma Molly, grandma Jean, Aunt Ginny, Astoria…I even saw the ever haughty Narcissa Malfoy dabbling her eyes with a handkerchief. Oh my God!

James winked at me from the first row. He was holding hands with his long-time girlfriend Lena. It was James, who helped me and Scorp get together in our seventh year after "being best friends hopelessly in love, but too stupid and coward to admit it."(James's word, not mine)

At the end of the aisle, there he was. My Scorpius, my love- with a goofy grin plastered on his impossibly handsome face. I realized that I had the same smile too. We were two stupid people madly in love with each other.

We stood together in front of the priest, my Dad leaving my hand after kissing me in the cheek. Scorpius was now holding my hand, our fingers intertwined. He was about to say his vows, when-

"Rose, Rose!"I woke up with a jerk ,my hand still grasping Scorpius's hand. Where was I? I saw Albus's face, he was telling me something…but I was befuddled. Dizzy. What's going on?

Then I looked into my surroundings. An unconscious Scorpius lay on a white hospital bed. He was covered in bandages and blood. A lot of blood. As I stared at him, the day's events came rushing back to me….