Chapter Five:

It was now time to start. The groomsmen wait for their fellow walkers and the ushers take their places. Bill and Theo walk up to the waiting que. They trade off seating the guests, here and there are their friends. They remind each magical that there are muggles around, so don't do anything out of the ordinary.

Theo has the honor of seating the Headmistress and Professor Riddle, on the grooms' side as Tom is a distant relative of James and Harry.

Bill seats Severus in the reserved section on Hermione's side. When he asked Bill why, he is informed that Hermione told him to as Severus is her uncle. The man is surprised to be honored as such, but appreciative all the same.

Theo seats Lucius with the Riddles. "Good Evening, my lord." Lucius inclines his head to Tom. The older man nods back. "Evening Lucius." He returns.

Bill seats his father with Amelia Bones. Then Frank and Alice Longbottom in the reserved section on Harry's side. Theo makes sure that Hagrid is in his magically reinforced seat within the same section. Zeus applied some Mist on him so the muggles would not see anything strange about his appearance.

Hermione's aunt, Karen and cousin, Elle are green with envy over the opulence they see around them. Hermione must be marrying into a very rich family.

As the godly part of their family starts to show, the jealous harpies amend their thoughts, very rich and beautiful family. They watch as Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Eros and Psyche are seated with Thantos in the reserved section with Maria, on the groom's side.

"I wonder what her groom looks like if his family looks like that." Hermione's cousin Elle asks. She still could not believe that the bookworm that her Aunt and Uncle adopted was marrying before her.

Elle was the beauty of the family; she should have been the one being wed. Instead, she has to sit here and watch her ugly little cousin get married into a rich, beautiful family.

A plan forms in her mind. Elle was going to seduce one of the groomsmen. They sure are fine, at least the ones that she has seen already.

James escorts Lily to her seat as Ares does the same for Enyo. Fred escorts Emma, while George escorts Rebecca to their seats of honor. The ministry official, Draco and Harry walk out to stand under the arbor. The twins, Theo and Bill scoot up to join the line.

Elle is blown away. Both the dark haired groom and his blonde best man should be reclassified as gods. How in the hell did Hermione land that?

The procession begins with Padma and Jason. "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles, done instrumentally is softly playing behind them. They are followed by Orion and Pansy and George and Daphne, Theo and Claire, Bill and Reyna, Annabeth and Percy, Susan and Neville, Fred and Jane, Nico and Thalia, and lastly Alec and Katie.

The men line up behind Draco and the girls wait in a line with a space saved for Luna. Luna walks down the aisle and stands in front of the bridesmaids. Orion's eyes glaze over, now he's wishing it was their wedding day.

The music switches to the Wedding March. The guests stand and face the aisle. Hermione walks down the white runner on the arms of her two fathers. Harry's emerald eyes are wet at the sight of his wife. The bride and her escorts stop in front of him. Both men kiss Hermione on the cheek and hand her off.

Hermione and Harry recite their vows, light a unity candle and before long, the ceremony is over and Luna walks up to the microphone after walking back up the aisle on Draco's arm. Her clear voice comes over the speakers as she sings "Ava Maria".

The wedding party goes off to finish up the group photos and couple shots. Lucius tags along to watch the kids play around for Cissa's camera.

Cissa captures some pretty shots of them all; Harry and Hermione while looking over the pond, the groomsmen hoisting Hermione up lengthwise. Draco with Katie in a bridal carry. Fred with Jane over his shoulder.

Harry had made sure that each couple would end up with a nice wall photo to hang in their homes, including the parents.

Cissa makes sure to snap shots of the families and couples with the bride and groom.

As the guests wait for the wedding party to get done with their photos, they listen to the music. Arthur notifies the DJ that they are back.

"May I have your attention? The wedding party is back. Please join me in welcoming the parents of the groom, Ares and Enyo and Lord James and Lady Lily Potter." The two couples walk in to thunderous applause.

"Next we have the parents of the bride. Lord Pendragon, Remus Lupin and Miss Rebecca Snape and Drs. Daniel and Emma Granger." Again everyone applauds for them.

Severus and Lucius are taken aback. They had not recognized the woman when she was seated at the ceremony.

"Now let's get to the large bridal party. First up are Miss Padma Patil escorted by Mr. Jason Grace. Miss Pansy Parkinson escorted by Mr. Orion St. Rosa. Mrs. Daphne Greengrass-Black being escorted by Mr. George Weasley. Miss Clarisse Mars escorted by Mr. Theo Nott. Miss Reyna Mars escorted by Lord Prewett, William Weasley. Miss Annabeth Chase escorted Mr. Perseus Jackson. Miss Susan Bones escorted by Mr. Neville Longbottom. Miss Jane Volturi escorted by Mr. Fredrick Weasley. Miss Thalia Grace escorted by Mr. Nico Mars and Miss Katie Gardner being escorted by Mr. Alec Volturi.

Now our best man and maid of honor; Mr. Draco Malfoy and Miss Luna Lovegood.

Here they are Mr. and Mrs. Harry James Mars Potter."

The bridal party walks, or struts (Fred and George) in to Tag Team's "Whoop There it is." When it is time for Harry and Hermione, the music switches to "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton.

Everyone sits down as the DJ announces that it is time for dinner. The bridal party sits on a dais, behind a long banquet table. Harry had hired a personal friend to cater the wedding.

Dobby and Winky had started a catering company under the name of Elf2. He had no problem with their cooking, so he gave them a chance.

Once everyone has had their fill of fillet migon or Lobster, Luna taps her glass with her dessert spoon.

"Good evening everyone. My name is Luna Lovegood and I am Hermione's Maid of Honor. First, I want to thank Hermione for asking me to stand by her side in this. It meant a lot to even be asked. I have been able to finally get to know Hermione for the first time this past fall. She and Harry are a year ahead of me, but have accepted me and my many quirks.

You may not remember this, but my first memory of you, Hermione is during your second year. I was lost on my way to my first class with Professor Snape. You were on your way to meet with Harry and Ron down by the Great Hall, but you went out of your way to help me and I have looked up to you since then. This year all of us have gotten very close and I would not pass it up for anything.

Over the last four years, I have observed the interaction between these two. I watched Hermione fret over Harry's rather daring exploits on the field. I saw how Harry would carry her out of the library because she would fall asleep researching something.

Since they met on the very first train ride to school, they have rarely been apart." Luna smiles dreamily and raises her glass.

"To Harry and Hermione Potter, may Fate look on you and smile. You two deserve all the happiness in the world."

"Hear, Hear!" The call echoes around the room. Harry leans over and kisses Hermione as Luna sits and Draco stands. The blonde clears his throat. With a blush, he begins his speech.

"Luna clued me in on some of what she was going to say and graciously allowed me to go second, like the coward I am. So I will start here. While Luna hasn't had much interaction with these two up until this year, I have. Granted it was mostly acquired by heated glares across the classroom, Great Hall or sports field. That and the resulting arguments.

I guess the safest explanation is that the three of us were pitted against each other from day one. They were the "Golden Lions" and I was the "Snake Prince". Harry's and my father were bitter rivals in school, so everyone just accepted that it was the status quo and moved on.

This year, the three of us buried the hatchet and became friends. The fact that we were actually brothers made me fall apart. I had always wanted Harry as a friend, even with the rivalry that we had, but treated him cruelly.

I made amends with Hermione and other than Orion and Theo, Harry's my best friend.

I am honored that out of our many brothers, cousins and dear friends that Harry asked me to be his best man.

Here's to my big brother and my new sister, may you love each other for all time. I love you both." Draco's molten silver eyes are leaking as he finishes his speech. Both Harry and Hermione hug him and sit back down.

Another throat gets cleared at the side of the room, where the Volturi side of the family is seated. The three Kings stand as one, but Caius speaks. "As you well know, we consider you all our family. As such, we would like to present you with this for your marriage."

Harry and Hermione stand and bow to the vampire regents. "Thank you, my Lords." Harry nods to them as Caius hands him the envelope. Hermione opens it, and can't believe her eyes. The Volturi have given them a villa in their town. She shows the deed to Harry.

"It's a deed to a villa in Volterra, Italy." She tells the guests. They clap for the couple and the Kings.

"You are most welcome, my dears." Aro coos to them.

"It is now time for the First Dance. Harry, Hermione please report to the dance floor. Everyone, please enjoy "Memories of Us" by Keith Urban."

Harry leads his lovely bride to the floor and pulls her close. "I love you, 'Mi. You are everything to me." He murmurs in her ear. She nestles against his shoulder and sighs. "Thank you, Harry. I am so grateful that you and I bonded."

He kisses her head and when the song ends, dips her down to the floor to the enjoyment of the guests. Harry winks at her as they both chuckle.

When they leave the floor, the DJ calls for the father/daughter dances and mother/son dances. Hermione had chosen "Daddy's Hands" by Holly Dunn for her dance with Dan Granger.

It brings tears to Emma's eyes to hear that. Dan had expressed fears of Hermione not needing him with Remus in the picture now. Hermione heard of it and corrected his assumption.

The DJ doesn't get the odd song for the other father/daughter dance, but puts on "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon anyway.

Rebecca laughs at Remus' pantomime howl as he joins their daughter on the floor. As they dance, they howl along with the song, Remus' being a real one and Hermione strokes his hair in accordance with the lyrics.

Enyo silently decides that the next time they do the song, they will have them up to dance along to it.

Remus kisses his daughter's cheek when the song ends. "Thank you cub, that was even more fun than singing it. I love you." "I love you too, Dad." Hermione whispers to him.

It's Harry's turn now. He pulls Lily away from his father, to dance with her. "Mum, please excuse my abysmal dancing." Lynard Skynard's "Simple Man" comes on. It's a fitting song for who they are. Tears come to Lily's eyes as they slowly sway in a box step. Harry and Lily exchange kisses when the song ends.

Again the DJ shakes his head at the next song. The Beatles "Black Bird" starts playing as Harry and Enyo start to dance. It's a short song but they both like it. Everyone claps at the end of it, plus now they can dance.

When the DJ suggested doing a couples dance, both Hermione and Harry laughed. They explained that it would not be necessary.

Winky wheels out the enormous cake. It is a six tier monstrosity. The cake itself is a marble of German chocolate and Strawberry cake. The filling is cream flavored with Bailey's Irish cream and sweetened strawberries. The frosting is fluffy. Harry could not stand sticky, tasteless fondant and Hermione hated stiff buttercream royal icing. There was a stripe of crushed hazelnuts around the center of each tier. Hermione gasps, it was more beautiful than she imagined.

Hand and hand, they walk over to the cake table. Hermione, with Harry's hand over hers, cuts a small piece from the cake. She cuts two bites from it offering him one, with her hand under the fork. Harry takes the cake from her, fully expecting the normal mess.

In fact, he hears most of their friends moan in disappointment. Harry foregoes the fork and picks up the last bite. Because she was nice, he decides to be also. Once she takes his fingers in her mouth, he feels her dislodge the cake with her tongue, while smirking at him.

The bouquet and garter toss are next. Luna organizes every single woman onto the floor. Hermione turns to bless her flowers with long marriage, hot sex life and fertility. She stands where Luna tells her and tosses them back behind her to the single girls.

Hermione turns to see who caught them. It was her cousin Elle. 'Well, so much for that blessing. Let's hope that she tries to attach herself to a single guy. Like Paul or something.'

Draco and their brothers push Harry front and center. "Your turn." Draco mutters to Harry. The messy-haired groom leads his bride to a single chair and wiggles his eyebrows at her as he ducks below the hem of her gown.

Both Dan and Remus turn away, not wanting to see her blush, knowing what usually goes on under the skirt.

Hermione does blush as Harry plants open mouthed kisses up her leg. He goes beyond the toss garter that sits just above her knee and swipes his tongue over her panties, making the woman above squeak and blush even more. Working his way back down, he traces the garter with kisses before dragging it off with his teeth.

"Hey Harry you've got eternity, let's have that thing!" Charlie yells to his future brother in law. The rest of the gathered men, including the pack and Sirius chuckle at the comment.

Harry emerges with the strip of satin and lace. He stands and winks to his wife, before chucking it over his shoulder. Harry helps 'Mione up from the chair and they watch the scramble.

Two others are avidly watching the quest for the garter; Elle and Dora Tonks. Elle was hoping for one of the younger, better looking men will catch the little piece of fabric. Tonks on the other hand was watching because Remus went up.

When she received her invitation, she hoped he would invite her as his date. When it was brought up, he said that as part of the wedding party, he was not going to be able to devote enough attention to a date. At the time, she thought that Harry had asked him to be a groomsman. She was shocked when he helped walk Hermione down the aisle, sat with the parents of the bride and that other woman that she never met.

When the father/daughter dance was announced, Tonks watched Remus dance the second song with Hermione. As they danced, she noticed that they shared facial features and the same goes for her and the mystery lady that was sitting with Hermione's parents, the Potters and the Mars parents. She should be sitting with them. The other lady was beautiful and got along with everyone. Tonks turns to her mother and father as they sit back down from going to the bar.

Sirius ends up with the garter. He is not looking forward to the rest of the ritual, and he was correct to be concerned. The bint was on the make. He bit his tongue to stay polite. "So why did you come here? Ugly is my cousin, I don't get how she landed such a hottie."

"The groom is my nephew and god son." He bites out and places the garter on her shin instead of her thigh, before walking away. The nerve of the little girl insulting Hermione Potter.