Two Houses Unite

Luna had planned the wedding and had invited a handful of people whom she though ought to attend including Ron, Hermione, Harry, Neville Longbottom, and Minerva McGonnagal. She had asked Kingsley Shacklebolt to preside over the ceremony and he had agreed. The only thing left to do was get to sleep the night before she would officially become Mrs. Draco Malfoy. Draco had insisted upon observing the old traditions of not seeing each other for 48 hours before they were wed and Luna missed the warmth of his lean body pressed against hers as she lay in bed.

After much tossing and turning, she was finally able to drift off at a quarter until 3, much to her unconscious relief. Her head was filled with visions of Draco panting over her and sparks flying around them. The scenes were so vivid that when she awakened several hours later she had to catch her breath and calm her fluttering belly. Ginny had come early to help her get ready and the redhead had brought bangers and toast from the Burrow for Luna.

"I can't believe you're marrying Malfoy," Ginny told Luna as the blonde nibbled on the toast. "I never would have imagined this."

"He's different," Luna told her friend. "Not at all like he was before the war."

"I suppose three years gives a bloke some time to change, I just never expected it out of Malfoy."

Luna simply smiled and continued eating her breakfast, unphased by Ginny's bluntness. When she was finished eating she sent the remains to the kitchen and Ginny began plaiting her hair in preparation for the upcoming ceremony. The process took nearly an hour as Luna's hair had grown to touch her bottom and Ginny was using the old style hair compilation for Luna. "Do you want to get into your dress first, or shall I put on the makeup before?" the female Weasley asked.

"You can put on a bit of makeup," Luna told her. "I'm a bit clumsy when it comes to powder, so I don't want to get any on the white dress."

"You're going to look absolutely breathtaking," Ginny told her as she set to work. "Malfoy will never forget how you look today."

"I don't think I'll forget how he looks either," Luna replied.

"You're really in love, then?"

"I am."

Ginny didn't say anything else about Luna's choice after hearing the words fall from her lips. She knew that Luna was a bit different than other people, but she had quite a good head on her shoulders and Ginny surmised Luna knew when she was feeling the real thing. "I always hoped to have a ceremony at Hogwarts," Ginny confided as she finished up the final touches to Luna's makeup. "I think Harry would like that quite well as well."

"Has he asked you, then?" Luna questioned.

"Not yet," Ginny replied. "But I've got a feeling he'll do it tonight. Hermione's told me he bought a ring a month ago."

"You two have been together for ages," Luna said. "I'm sure he'll get 'round to it."

Ginny smiled and the blonde smiled in response. "Are you ready to put on your dress? It's very lovely."

"Alright," Luna agreed. "What time is it?"

"We've got nearly half an hour before you're due downstairs," Ginny told her.

"Ok. I should get dressed then, I suppose. I'm going to wear a special piece of jewelry, as well." Ginny grimaced a bit, having experienced some of Luna's jewelry, but when she pulled out a small box with a sapphire necklace inside, Ginny lost all fears. Luna had turned into quite the sensible woman, she realized.

"Dad says muggle women have something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue when it's their turn to get married," Ginny told Luna.

"Well this is old and blue," the blonde girl replied.

"Borrow this," Ginny suggested, pulling a small comb with a blue flower painted on. She stuck it in Luna's hair and the girl smiled.

"I suppose I need something new now…the dress is new, do you think that'll work?"

"It should be fine," Ginny told her with a smile. "You're all set."

Luna waited nervously to go downstairs and see her husband-to-be. She suspected it had something to do with the fact that she and Draco were pureblood mates, but she had been dying to see him all morning. More than twenty-four hours without him and she was ready to break the rules and find him. When Ginny signaled that it was time, Luna was only too happy. When they made it down to the drawing room, twenty people turned around to see them enter. Ginny took her place near the fire and Luna walked up the short aisle of people to Draco.

She touched his hand gently and immediately wanted to hold onto him forever, shag him in front of everyone, and then go on with the ceremony, but she held herself in check. She wanted the thing done properly. She settled for lacing her fingers through Draco's and squeezing his hand a bit. Through the ceremony she would glance over at him and noticed that he looked as though he were in pain. She was worried, but didn't dare interrupt the binding ceremony. Draco put the thin silver band on her finger and the crowd cheered loudly.

Luna looked into Draco's eyes and saw mixed emotions, however. She cleared her throat after he placed a chaste kiss on her lips and they walked back down the aisle toward the entry room. "What's wrong?" she asked him in a whisper.

"I'll tell you what's wrong," he replied in a growl. He was speaking from deep in his voice and she was more than a little scared and surprisingly turned on by it. "I've been without you for a bloody ritual for forty-eight hours!" He pinned her against the wall and crushed her lips with his. "I'd ravage you right now if there weren't twenty people, including the minister of magic waiting for us to have dinner. You look bloody fantastic."

She smiled into their next kiss and followed him back out into the drawing room to invite their friends to the dining room for dinner. All through the meal Draco eyed her and she couldn't stop herself from tingling all over. His eyes racked her body hungrily and she knew that the evening would be magnificent.