Ch. 5

After Voldemort had gotten the two girls up; by sending a couple of snakes upon the bed, which caused a few screaming, this had stopped upon their own in a couple of minutes. After he heard Lyra Granger telling her cousin Hermione that they would not hurt them, for they would have done it already. This caused him to smile that he had picked the right woman after all; he knew that Lyra was many years younger than him, but she was still a woman none the less. He had sent in a couple of House Elves to help them with their wedding preparations. The thought about the last minute about having a double wedding; it would save on time, and he wanted to spend most of it on Lyra and he knew that Severus Snape would want more time with Hermione Granger as well.

Voldemort hung over his living room fireplace and threw a little of the floo power into the fire and called out "Headmaster Dumbledore's office," where he called out for the Old Man for a few minutes.

The Headmaster came to his own fireplace with a dark look upon his face as well as a shook look. "Tom; what do you want and how did you become young again?"

The Dark Lord chuckled, "Glad to see you too Dumbledore. Well I have called you tell you know that I am getting married to Hermione Granger's cousin, Lyra Granger. What I want is for her to be moved into Severus Snape's chambers, where she will have her own bedroom; while she shares the other rooms with Severus and his new bride; Hermione Granger. As for me being young again, I simply took a potion that helped with that."

Albus said with a darkened look, "I don't know if I can do that Tom; Lyra will need to see you or have you visit, and I can't have you come to the school for you to do that."

"That is why I am asking for you to have Lyra to live with Severus, this way I can come and go through his fireplace, and no one else will have to see me. You can even ward the outside of his chambers to make sure I don't pass through his doorway and get into Hogwarts, if that will make you happy."

"Done," barked the old Headmaster. "I take it that you made Severus marry Hermione?"

Voldemort laughed, "Not really, but she was the one who asked to marry him. I was kind enough to have her make a choice out of all of my Death Eaters and she picked him. Then again she does value school above anything else though." Voldemort could tell that Dumbledore was shocked with all the information that he was giving him, but the Dark Lord knew that the old man would make his life a living hell if he was not making things simple for the headmaster. "I need to go Old Man, it's getting close for the weddings to start. Don't try to stop us."

Dumbledore had that crazy twinkle in his eyes, "Don't worry Tom, none of my people will be crashing your party. I think it is high time that both you and Severus had gotten married. Maybe the women would tame the two of you."

With the wave of the old man's hand the firecall was ended and the Dark Lord was left to think, what did the old man believed that the girls would tame two dark wizards; he would never know.

xXx

Severus Snape was in his rooms of Riddle Manor; in the basement, next to his potions labs that he had there. He had finished dressing for the wedding that was to take place in an hour. For the first time in ages; his hands were sweaty with nerves, it made him feel like he was back in Hogwarts again as a teenager. He could not believe that his potion worked; he had made the Dark Lord young again, and he does not know what else the potion would do over time. It was a new potion that he made and had hardly tested it out. Another thing that was making him nervous was the fact that he was marrying Hermione 'Know-It-All' Granger.

He would rather face Harry Potter's dragon back in 1994; during the Tri-Wizard Tournament, during Potter's fourth year. Or even the three headed dog again, before marrying one of his students. How was he going to face Minerva McGonagall; knowing that he marrying one of her cubs, he would be dead before he even uttered the words 'I do'. He knew back in 1980 that he was doomed by becoming a spy that he would end up dead, once the Dark Lord learned about his double snake ways. What would Granger do, once she realize that I will be dead before the war had ended? She might through a party or something. He knew that he was not the best teacher for someone like her to have; she was one of the brightest women; second from Lily Evans-Potter, since the red head had died.

Severus Snape was dressed in something different from his teacher's clothes. He wore his black slacks, dragon hide boots, white button up dress shirt, and an emerald colored vest with silver buttons upon it. He would not be wearing a jacket that day. He rolled up his white dress shirt sleeves up to his elbows. Severus wanted to show Hermione that he was willing to be a different man for her, while they were married to one another; but also have to be the same man that she know because of the work he has to do. He saw that he was ready for the wedding and left his chambers and started heading for the ballroom.

xXx

The girls were done with their makeup and hair. They had helped with getting each one of them into their own dresses for the weddings to come. Hermione wore her hair up and in a half twist, while Lyra had her hair in a French braid. They had both wore their makeup in natural colors for the day, with mostly earthly tones and dusty colored blushes and lipsticks. Hermione wore a white wedding dress that clung to her body shape with silver threading and designs upon the fabric, with one full shoulder strap. While Lyra wore a dress that was off the shoulder straps, Victorian looking dress, with silver threading, along with purls and ribbons weaving through the fabric.

Both girls were given crowns to wear for their wedding. Hermione wore one that was made of silver and emeralds, with a matching necklace. Lyra was given a silver crown with purls upon it and a necklace to match. Neither girl could believe that they were getting married to two dark wizards; one a well-known killer, while the other a demon of the dungeons.

They were already given word by the House Elves that they were being having a double wedding. Then they looked upon the clock that was in the room; seeing that they only had a half hour before the wedding was to begin, and they have no way of known where it will be.

When there was a knock at the door and then it was opened by Draco Malfoy and Theodore Nott; Theodore spoke up, "We will be escorting you to your grooms. Now follow us."

Draco growled, "Come on Grangers; we don't have all day."

Both of the girls looks at each other and knew that it was it, and with a final sigh from both girls, they followed the two Slytherin students down the hall and down the stairs.