Time Paradox
Chapter Eleven: Richard and Leyna
It was the weekend and Harry was home from his Auror training. He and Tom were with some of the younger children playing a game. Richard and Leyna walked into the reception room. Leyna loved the room as it was filled with pictures of the children that lived within the walls of the orphanage.
Richard had to drag her out of the room on more than one occasion, and this one was no different. They walked down the corridor and into one of the main playrooms. He talked to one of the employees, Tanya. She told them that Harry and Tom were in the fifth playroom. They said goodbye to the children that had gotten up to say hello to the familiar pair, and to Tanya and walked out of the bright and cheerful room.
They walked along the corridor and into another of the large playrooms. They walked in and saw Harry, Tom and children running around the room playing a game. They shouted out to get Tom and Harry's attention. The children stopped their running. Tom stopped as well with Harry running straight into him. They children laughed as Harry fell onto his bum. Leyna and Richard started to join in with the laughter as well.
Harry rolled his eyes. "That's it you two, encourage them all to laugh at me," He said, as he ended with a pretend tearful sniff.
Tom gave a slight chuckle, being used to Harry's funny behaviour around the younger children. He helped Harry off of the floor. "Don't worry they don't need the encouragement, they laugh at you anyways," He joked, making the children laugh as well.
"You're supposed to comfort me Tom." He pretended to cry, wiping his eyes with his sleeve.
"Enough you two and come over here. We have some news for you both," Leyna said, smiling happily at them both as they walked over to them.
"What is it?" Tom asked, looking at them both wondering what they could be so happy about.
"Well, Richard took me to a nice romantic dinner last night. It was beautiful, and he proposed too," Leyna said excitedly as she hugged Harry.
"That's brilliant, have you set a date?" Harry asked from within Leyna's arms. She pulled back and looked over to Richard.
"Well that depends on you," Richard said, as he looked at his adoptive brother. "We want to know if we can hold the ceremony here in the garden like you and Tom did."
Tom and Harry looked at each other and smiled. "Of course just tell us when you have the date set," Tom answered them both.
"Thank you both," Leyna said as she hugged Tom in thanks. "Richard and I thought it might be nice to have a summer wedding, as summer is nearly over this year we decided on next year. Is that okay?" she added and she let Tom go.
"Yes. So you've decided on a date?" Harry questioned.
Richard looked at his adoptive brother and replied, "July 20th, everything is booked for that day; we just needed a place to have the ceremony."
Harry nodded. "Right, we'll help to get everything ready on the day."
"Thank you both so much." Leyna turned to Richard and said, "Right I need to ask your father if he would give me away."
Richard nodded and took her hand as they left Tom and Harry with the children they were looking after. Leyna's father had passed away a few years ago from cancer. Her mother, Rika, was helping out at the orphanage. It gave her something to do and she loved being around the young children as they loved to hear stories of the old days.
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Leyna had gotten Harry to help her with the wedding plans. Like Harry and Tom, Leyna and Richard had asked Dumbledore to presided over the wedding. Leyna and her mother had asked if they could let one or two of the children be a bridesmaid and pageboy for them. They both agreed and they chose nine year-old Maria and ten year-old Charlie, who were both thrilled to be asked to do something that was so important.
Rika had been making the wedding dress herself with a little help from Faith, who was dating Mathew Snape at the moment. It looked wonderful; they had gone for the Muggle tradition of a white wedding dress, instead of the witch's tradition of white and silver dress robes. Leyna had said that the dresses looked better that robes, and they showed her figure better than the all-hiding robes. They had modified the traditional vows to suit themselves.
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Finally the wedding was upon them. The 20th of July 1947, it was beautiful and sunny. The garden alight with the plants the children had been seeing to over the last year. Simon was in one of the tents with Leyna as he was going to give her away. Rika was also with her daughter barely keeping her tears in check, as she was happy for Leyna.
In another tent across from Leyna's was Richard and his best man Harry as well as Tom. The flaps opened and in walked Michelle she looked over her only son and smiled. She walked up to him and adjusted his bowtie on the tuxedo he was wearing. Richard had agreed to wear a Muggle tuxedo instead of dress robes.
"You look just like your father did when I married him," she said her eyes misting over as she remembered the second happiest day of her life, the first being the day Richard was born.
"I don't know who to feel sorrier for Richard or Simon," Harry joked as he lightened the mood.
Tom snorted and said disapprovingly, "Behave Harry"
Michelle laughed and said, "I don't think he knows what the word behave means. I wonder if he did before coming here to us."
"Michelle I somewhat doubt that," Tom said, laughing at the look of a scowl on Harry's face. "Harry told me he was always getting into trouble with the people that taught him magic before coming to Hogwarts. He was rarely out of trouble," He said, making Harry's scowl turn into a death glare that would have Severus Snape on his knees in shame.
"Well its time to go up front Ritchie, you ready?" Harry asked his brother. Richard nodded, forgetting what Tom was talking about.
They went to the front of the aisle and waited for the music to start. It didn't take long until it did, both Richard and Harry turned to look up he aisle and watch as Leyna walked towards them on the arm of Simon. Richard smiled as he looked at the vision of beauty that was about to become his wife. "Beautiful," he whispered, as she took her hand from his father's.
"In this beautiful garden we have gathered to see Leyna and Richard wed together for all eternity," Dumbledore said in greeting to everyone as the all fell silent. "Leyna Hemming do you agree to marry and become one with Richard Potter from now until the eternal life beyond this?"
Leyna looked from Dumbledore and towards Richard and smiled. "I do."
Dumbledore nodded and then looked at Richard. "Richard Potter do you agree to marry and become one with Leyna Hemming from now until the eternal life beyond this?"
Richard smiled and replied to the question, "I do."
Dumbledore smiled at them both and then looked over those that had gathered. "Do you Simon Potter agree to the match between your son and Leyna?"
Simon nodded and replied, "I agree and support them always."
"Do you Rika Hemming agree to the match between you daughter and Richard?" Dumbledore then asked Rika.
Rika smiled through her tears and replied happily, "Yes I agree and I will always be there for them both."
"Harry may I have the rings please," Dumbledore said, as Harry then gave him the two rings that he had been holding safely. "Richard repeat after me, This ring symbolises eternity and as I give it to you I shall be with you for eternity."
"This ring symbolises eternity and as I give it to you I shall be with you for eternity," Richard repeated as he slid the ring onto Leyna's finger when he had finished he lifted her hand and kissed it.
"Leyna the same," Dumbledore said to the blushing Leyna.
"This ring symbolises eternity and as I give it to you I shall be with you for eternity," Leyna said the happiness evident in her voice as she spoke the words.
Dumbledore then announced, "May I now present to you all Richard and Leyna Potter."
Everyone clapped and cheered for the newly wed couple. The reception started and everyone began to enjoy themselves. Leyna and Richard were to go on honeymoon to Spain for two weeks.