The day of the wedding was upon them, and everyone was running around, doing last minute preparations.
Ron slipped away from the chaos for a moment, and made his way to Ginny's room, where Hermione was getting ready. He knocked on the door, then started to open it, but his mother came up the stairs and stopped him.
"Ron! You can't go in there!" Molly exclaimed, smacking his hand away from the door knob.
"Why not?"
"You can't see her dress! It's bad luck. Now go back up to your room and get ready."
"Well, can you tell Hermione not to straighten her hair? I love it the way it is." he said.
"Alright." she said, then slid into Ginny's room, only opening the door slightly so he couldn't see anything in the room.
He slumped back up the stairs to his room. When he opened the door, he saw his brothers Fred and George standing there.
"Hey guys." Ron said.
"Hey Ickle Ronnikins." Fred said, ruffling his hair. Ron grimaced and fixed his hair.
"Hey congratulations. Finally got her back, did you?" George said, smirking.
"Yes. I did. And I couldn't be happier." he said, pulling out his dress robes.
"What? No frills like your old ones?" Fred said, smirking.
"Oh shut it." Ron said, ushering them out of the room so he could get dressed.
After he got his clothes on, he looked at himself in the mirror, adjusting his tie and other little things.
'I'm finally going to do it. I'm going to marry Hermione Granger.' he thought, then smiled widely.
Hermione went down to the kitchen, holding up her dress so it wouldn't get caught on anything. She looked around as people moved all around her. People started asking her a million questions. She shook her head, quickly making her way to the back yard. She saw even more people out here. She just wanted to be alone. Or with one of her best mates.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder, and she spun around. Ginny stood there, smiling at her.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"More nervous than ever."
"That's to be expected. Don't worry, you won't regret your decision."
Hermione smiled and nodded. Mrs. Weasley came outside and saw the two girls standing there.
"Hermione! You need to get back in the house! What if Ron sees you?"
"Surely Ron and Hermione will fall out of love and never talk to each other again." Ginny said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Come along, dear." Molly said, guiding her into the house. "Oh, and Ron would like you not to straighten your hair. He said he loves it the way it is." she said, smiling. Hermione smiled too.
When they entered the kitchen, Molly went to go correct someone making some kind of food. Hermione walked back up the stairs to Ginny's room by herself.
When she walked into the room, a blonde girl was sitting at the vanity in a courset, fixing her makeup.
"Lavender?" Hermione asked, moving back towards the door.
"Hello, Hermione."
Hermione turned around and started to leave the room, but Lavender stood up and pointed her wand at her.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Lavender said.
Hermione froze where she was. Lavender put down her wand, and walked over to Hermione. She closed the door and pulled her to the middle of the room. She took Hermione's dress from her so she was only wearing her courset. She put the dress on herself, but it was too small for her.
"No matter..." she said, walking over to Hermione and plucking a few hairs from her head. She put them into a substance, which changed color when the hair hit it.
Lavender drank it, then started to change. After a few moments, she turned to Hermione, and it was like she was looking in the mirror.
Lavender fixed her hair with her wand in the mirror, straightening it. She stuck a white flower in her hair, then walked to the door, but stopped before she opened it. She walked over to Hermione.
"Since this charm is going to wear off..." she said, opening a drawer and pulling out a cloth.
Lavender tied Hermione's hands behind her back and her feet together. Tightly. So tight, there was no way Hermione would be able to get out of them.
"And one last thing." Lavender said, smiling evilly. She took a cloth, stuck it in Hermione's mouth, and tied it behind her head.
Lavender walked to the door, turned around, then said mockingly, "Have a nice life, Hermione." Then left the room.
Ron waited at the end of the aisle for Hermione, who was over 10 minutes late. Which was completely unlike her. The music started, and he smiled as she walked down the aisle. He frowned slightly as he noticed her hair was straightened, though. And it seemed like she was walking a bit too fast though. Like she was in a rush.
She reached him, and her dad passed her off to him.
"You look beautiful." he whispered.
She smiled, then the preacher started talking.
Up in Ginny's room, Hermione realized the curse had finally worn off after the longest time. She rolled onto the floor with a thud, then got onto her knees. She slowly moved over to the windows and stared at the tent, which she could see Ron and fake her at the end of the aisle. She struggled, trying to get the cloths undone. She stopped after a long while, then tried to scream. The cloth in her mouth muffled her voice almost completely though, and she was sure there was no one in the house.
Slowly, she got herself on her feet, and walked over to the door. She put her back to it and grabbed the handle with her hand. Locked. She looked around for her wand, but it was gone.
She hopped back over to the window and fell to her knees. Tears started falling down her face as she watched them smiling at each other.
Ron smiled at Hermione as they came to the end of the ceremony.
"Hermione Granger, do you take Ron Weasley to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
She stared into Ron's eyes. "I do."
Ron's eyes flickered with confusion.
'There's something wrong here. Something in her eyes tell me...' he thought to himself.
"Ron Weasley, do you take Hermione Granger to be your lawfully wedded wife?" the preacher asked, looking intently at him.
Ron felt unsure. He looked around, then at the sky. He looked at the house, and noticed something in one of the windows.
He saw Hermione in the window, in a courset, struggling with something. Her mouth was covered with a cloth and he could tell her hands were bound. There were tears streaming down her face as she watched him.
"Hermione." he said, then ran out of the tent, causing everyone but Lavender confusion.
He ran into the house and up the stairs to Ginny's room. The door was locked, but he took out his wand. "Alohomora!" He flung open the door and saw Hermione sitting on the floor. She looked up and her eyes widened at the sight of him. He ran over to her and kneeled next to her, quickly undoing the knots.
He removed the scarf from her mouth last, and she threw her arms around his neck and started crying again.
Ron stroked her hair and held her tightly. "It's alright, Hermione. You're safe now."
The rest of the Weasleys and Harry walked into the room and stared at them.
"Hermione?" Ginny exclaimed, confused.
"Yeah, it's her." Ron said.
"Then who's...?"
The other Hermione stormed into the room and over to Ron and Hermione.
"You ruin EVERYTHING!" she yelled at Hermione. "Get out of my life and stay away from my Won-Won!" As she yelled all of this, her features changed back to her own. After a minute, she was completely Lavender again.
"Lavender! You need to leave. Now." Ron said angrily.
"I'm not going anywhere!"
Fred picked her up and slung her over his shoulder, then started to walk out the door.
"Put me down! NOW!" Lavender shrieked, kicking and punching.
"Fred, wait." Ron said.
Lavender gave him a hopeful look.
"She's still wearing Hermione's dress."
Lavender's face contorted into rage as she started to kick and punch again.
"Hey Hermione, I found this in the kitchen." Ginny said, handing her her wand.
"Thanks, Gin. Petrificus Totalus!" she yelled, pointing her wand at Lavender. She became frozen, and Fred set her down on the bed.
"Well, we'll leave you girls alone now." Fred said, walking out of the room, the others following him.
"Hey," Hermione said, pulling Ron back. "Meet me at the end of the aisle in a half hour?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." he smiled, gave her a quick kiss, then left the room.
Next chapter's the wedding! R&R please!
