Chapter 18

It had been a week since the attack on the ministry. Things had calmed down and it seemed mostly normal. There was still an ere of sadness had went over everything. There was happiness, but much of it was forced. Dominique jumped on Rose's back. "Rose! How are you going?"

"As well as could be,"Rose said. "Must you get my attention by grabbing me?"

"Of course here is, bu where's the fun in that? You need more adventure in your life,"Dominique said.

"Ah you beat me to it," Roxanne said, coming back to the other two. "Molly wants us girls to get together with Chloe to help her plan the wedding."

"I don't think that's something I can help with that," Rose said.

"Oh course you can," Roxanne pulled Rose along with her. "Come one, Molly and Chloe are waiting for us."

"Fine. I give up," Rosa said, not really putting up much of a fight.

The girls went to see Molly and Chloe. They had wedding books open. "Oh I like this one," Chloe said, holding up a pink princess dress.

"That is pretty. What about these white ones for the bridesmaid's dresses? Molly asked.

"No, I don't like those ones. I think I was them crimson and gold, to match Gyrffindor. I'm sure that'll make James happy. You'll all be my bridesmaids right?" Chloe asked.

"Of course we will,"Roxanne said.

"I'd love to," Dominique said

"If you want me to then I will,"Rose said.

"Me too right?" Rosa asked.

"Of course you too Rosa," Chloe said. "And of course Molly will be one too. We're having a double wedding with Vicotire and Teddy. I picked the color and all the dresses, minus her own dress, and Victorie would make up all of the decor. I told her the colors we were using. I can't believe I'm actually marring James."

"He's lucky to have a girl like you," Roxanne said. "And I want to wear the crimson! But Dominique should be golden. We'll match that way."

"Yeah I like that idea," Dominique said.

"I think I look good in Crimson," Molly said.

"Can't I figure out what dress I'm going to have before we pick out who wears what color," Chloe said with a laughed.

The girls spent the rest of their day picking out dresses they liked and talked about their wedding plans. "Where are you going for your honeymoon? Somewhere fun I hope."

"We're thinking London," Chloe said. "James is applying for a great job, but I need to keep that a secret until he gets the job."

"Awe, you can tell us," Rosa said.

"Nope. No one can know," Chloe said with a smile. "But it's something he'd be good at I think."

"That's great. I know it' going to be hard for you to still be in school while he's off doing this secret job of his," Dominique said.

Chloe laughed. "We can write and everything. We'll keep in touch. I'm not worried about that. I can see him summers and winter breaks, and even trips to Hogsmeid. We'll stay in touch."

"That's good," Roxanne said. "I want you two to stay together. You're so cute together."

Dominique tackled Roxanne. "But not as cute was us."

"Of course not. No one can be cuter than us," Roxanne agreed.

"Must you always do that?" Lily asked.

"But it's true! You're just jealous," Roxanne said.

"No I just don't want to be all over my cousins," Lily said.

"Why? Our boyfriends love it," Dominique said with a smile. "The only thing that would make this hotter is if we were twins."

"Oh I wish we were twins. That would be so much fun," Roxanne said.

"Do you two even have sex with your boyfriends?" Molly asked.

"Does it matter? We don't need to sleep around to feel gratified in myself," Roxanne said. "We don't need to have sex to be happy."

"Shut up. You don't understand anything,"Molly said. "I'm not a whore or a slut. I have a boyfriend and we do stuff together that's not sex. Don't talk shit if you can't make it up"

"Everyone knows that you like sex," Roxanne said.

"Please stop it," Chloe begged "I don't want to cause any trouble for anyone. This is my wedding and I want it perfect, so no more fighting."

"Fine," Molly said, clearly upset.

"I'm sorry Molly," Roxanne said.

"I should be used to it, but I hate being thought of as just a slut and whore. I'm not those things. Sure I like sex, but that doesn't make me a bad person," Molly said.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to make you so upset," Roxanne said.

"It's fine. I stared it," Molly said.

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"So you're really going to do it?" Asher asked.

"Of course I am. I love Chloe loves me. What's wrong with marriage?" James asked.

"It's just, she's a little young for marriage isn't she?" Asher asked.

"I don't see it as a problem. We're in love,"James said.

"Are you sure she loves you? She run a James Potter Fan Club. Doesn't that mean anything to you? She might only love you for your status not who you are," Asher said.

"I'm sure Chloe loves me for me," James protested. "We've spent a lot of time together. I know I love her and I have faith that she loves me back."

"I just hope you're right," Asher said.

Annette and Jean came overt to James. "We've heard about you marriage. Congratulation!" Annette said. "When we got married it was on the happiest day of my life. I'm actually glad I didn't do too well in the tournament. Turns out I'm with child. We're going to have a little baby.'

"Congrats on the baby," James said.

"I take it you're going to be having one soon too if you're getting marriage," Jean said.

"A baby? Oh I don't think we're going to have a baby any time soon," James said with a small laugh. "I do want kids though, just not right now. Besides, Chleo is still in school. I wouldn't want her to deal with me being carrying a baby and working on school work."

"I understand," Jean said. "Sometimes you can't help it. I didn't think I'd get Annette pregnant, but she still ended up that way."

"I'll be careful," James said.

"That's what I said," Jean said with a laugh.

"Everything will be fine," James said. "I'm excited though. I can't wait to marry Chloe and see Victorie and Teddy get married at the same time. It'll be great."

"Marriage is always great. You are marrying because you love her not to just calm everyone down and get their minds off of the attack?" Jean asked.

"I mean, I that's part of it, but I love Chloe. If we didn't get married now then we would sooner or later," James said.

"I think it's wonderful," Annette said. "To be married. To be close to the person who you want to spend the rest of your life with. I think it's great to find that person so young."

"Yeah, Chloe is kind of young, but we love each other so it's okay," James said. He hadn't even thought about how old Chloe was. This was really okay right? Because they loved each other? Right? Of course he was right. They'd been dating for a while, and he had always had a crush on her, and she had a crush on him, even making a fan club for him. They loved each other and they would be happily ever after.

"As long as you understand what you're doing," Jean said.

"I do understand," James said, "I'm sure everything will work out."

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"I think we're the only ones studying for finals," Alek said with a sigh. "Do they all want to fail?"

"They're all obsessed with he wedding. My dad got out of the hospital. He's excited about the wedding too. Not as much as mom or my grandparents. Well, everyone is excited. It'll be fun to have Teddy actually be in the family. You'll be my date for the wedding right?"

"Of course I will, but enough about the damn wedding. Do you understand this spell?" Alek said.

Albus tried the spell and got it to work. "Yay! I finally go it!"

"Good job!" Alek said. "Now let's go over the care of magical creatures and defense against the dark arts."

"Okay. I've been working on those two a lot," Albus said.

Alek kissed Albus when Albus got things right. "It's getting late, let's go to eat dinner."

"Okay, sounds good," Albus said.

When they got to the Great Hall, they went to sit next to Victor and David. "Hey! You'll be leaving soon right?"

Victor looked uneasy. "Hyo sees you're parents being killed." He spoke in Russian.

"W-what?" Alek asked, in Russian.

"He sees a bloodbath. You live through it, but you're parents and an auror will all die in the attack. He can't tell you when it will happen, but it will happen over the summer," Victor said.

"B-but," Alek looked down. "They're really going to die?"

"I'm sorry. Hyo is never wrong,"Victor said.

"What if I never go home?"

"You will at some point and then everyone will die. I'd go home and spend as much time with them as you can," Victor said.

"I will. It'll be hard to spend time with them, knowing they're going to die," Alek said.

"Alek is something wrong?"Albus askd. "You look upset."

"No, everything is fine,"Alek said. "Just told I'm going to fail one of my classes."

"Awe, but we're working so hard," Albus said.

"It's just history of magic, so it's no big deal," Alek said, switching back to English.

"Oh. Well I guess that's okay," Albus said. "it's still sad that you're going to fail your class. Can't we study really hard and change what is going it is going to be?"

"Hyo is never wrong. He's been having these dreams since he was a baby. He's never been wrong. I wish it could be changed, but it can't be. What Hyo sees comes true, no matter how much you fight it," Victor said.

"Hyo hates it, but it's not like you can change it," David said. "He hates seeing horrible things happen, knowing there's nothing that he can do about it. He's scared a lot. All I can do is comfort him the best I can."

"It must be so hard on him," Albus said.

"He's strong. He's a lot better now than he was before. He would cry so much about his nightmares. It took a little while, but we ended up noticing his nightmares were things that actually was happening. It was worse when we tried to stop his dreams. There was always a way they found to make it happen. That's when we learned can't be changed. They always happen no matter how much you try to fight it. It's hard on him. He's just a little kid," David said.

"So even if Alek studied his brains out he'll still fail that class?"Albus asked.

"I'm afraid so," Victor said.

"It just doesn't seem right," Albus said. "I don't believe life is predetermined like that. There's always a way out of something. Just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean it can't be."

"That's wishful thinking," Alek said. "I wish it were true."

"We're going to make you Ace and you'll break that curse," Albus said.

"Albus it wasn't me failing a test. Hyo saw my parents killed in front of me, and an Auero was there and was killed as well. I live, but I don't know how that's going to happen," Alek said.

"T-that's horrible! There has to be someway to stop it," Albus said.

"There isn't. I know that. I-I just have to try and stop it. If I tell the right someone about it then maybe we can stop it," Alek said, but he didn't sound hopeful.

"I can spend the summer with you and-"

"You will do no such thing. There was only one left alive in the blood bath. I'm not letting you die in this. You will stay with your family. I need to know you're safe and sound," Alek cut in. Alek hugged Albus. "I'll need you to be strong for me if this actually happens. I'm going to come to you. I'll need you.''

"O-okay. I hope it doesn't happen, but it if does happen, you're free to come to my grandparents' house. That's where we spend most of the summer, at least everyone will be there for the wedding," Albus said. "Unless it happens afterword, but I'll sill be there. Luis will probably be gone working with Dragons again. Most of us kids stay with our grandparents over the summer. I mean, we spend time with our parents and-" Albus was quiet a moment. "None of that really matters. You can come to us if something horrible does happen. You'd be safe there for sure."

Alek held onto Albus. "You're so innocent. You know that? If something bad does happen, don't blame yourself. Things will be okay. Even if my family is killed, I won't be all alone. I'll have you. So you have to be strong for me, okay?"

"Of course. I-I'll work hard on being there for you. I hope that your summer is uneventful. I-I'm glad you at least make it out alive," Albus said softly "I don't want your parents to die, but I'm happy you at least live. I know that it's selfish, but I don't know what I'd do with you."

Alek held onto Albus tightly. "I know. It's not selfish. I'd want the same thing. There's no reason to be up and arms about it. There's nothing wrong with wanting the person you love to stay alive."

"I guess."

Alek leand in and kissed Albus. "No matter what happens, you'll always have me. I promise."

Albus nodded. "Good. You better keep that promise. I don't know what would happen if I lost you."

Alek just held onto Albus tighter. "Well I can't go and let you down now can I?"

Victor smiled. "You two are so cute. I know the feeling though. I'd do anything for David and David's brothers. It's good you two are so close. Hyo sees a war coming. He can't tell anything other than it's a war. You'll need each other in that."

"A war huh? I take it the attack on the ministry was the part of that." Alek said.

"That's what we're thinking," Victor said. "I'd leave it for the professional to deal with though. I plan on being a auror so I might see some stuff, and David wants to be a doctor. We both want to help each other. Well, enough talk about depressing things. Let's eat."