Chapter Thirteen; The Wedding
Thanks Muroch! Brother or sister in Christ. (sorry I'm not sure whether or not you're a boy or a girl and it's driving me crazy for some strange reason lol) Anyway, hope you enjoy the next chapter! And yes Hermione and Snape really are cute together aren't they?
As soon as Harry, Ron, Snape, and Elvis returned to the campsite Hermione rushed out of the tent. "Where the hell have you been!? The sun has already started to rise!" she yelled angrily before noticing Ron and Elvis. That's when Elvis started running towards her.
"Hermione!" he cried.
"Elvis." She realized while breathing a sigh of relief before squatting down in front of him and wrapped her arms around him hugging him tightly. "Thank God you're alright." She said.
"See Hermione? God was looking out for him the entire time." Harry told her as she glanced up at him and stood up.
"I think you're right Harry. And I think that I just decided to become a Christian." She said.
"Me too." Ron said as Hermione quickly turned her head over to look at him. "I mean if there wasn't a God up there looking out for me, there's a real good chance that I wouldn't be alive." He said glancing up at the sky as Hermione quickly withdrew her wand and pointed it at him.
"There's still a good chance! How could you just take off like that!?" she hollered.
"Now Hermione remember what you said." Harry began as he held up his hands. "You said that you wanted to be a Christian and Christians don't kill each other." He told her.
"Listen Hermione, I'm sorry that I left." Ron began. "But just for the record I wanted to come back as soon as I left. I just didn't know the way." He told her.
"Yeah how exactly did you find us?" Harry wondered.
"With this." Ron began pulling his deluminator out of his pocket. "It doesn't just turn lights on and off. I knew that I wanted to find you, and all of a sudden I started hearing a voice. Your voice Hermione." He told her as she just simply folded her arms and scowled.
"And what exactly did I say?" she asked him.
"My name. Just my name. Then this tiny ball of light came out of it and touched my heart. It went straight through me. I took Elvis and we started following it because I knew it would take us exactly where we needed to go." He explained as Hermione stared at him like she wasn't sure whether or not she believed him. "Hermione, listen to me. I love you, and I never meant to behave like that. Will you forgive me?" he questioned her as she looked over at Harry.
"Christians are supposed to do things like that aren't they?" she questioned him as he just nodded at her.
"Yeah, it's in the Bible." He told her before she looked back over at Ron.
"Fine. I'll forgive you. But only because Jesus wants me to." She told him before she turned around and walked away.
"That went well." Ron said glancing over at Harry.
"Just give her some time, she'll come round. Just continue telling her about the little ball of light going through your heart." He told him.
"It's true every word. Besides, if I lied it would be considered a sin." He said as they started heading back towards the car together.
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Lily threw her arms around her son and embraced him tightly. "Oh Harry, thank God you're safe!" she cried while tears started rolling down her cheeks before they broke out of the hug.
"I'm just glad that you're safe." Harry said as he and his father stepped through the door. "I had another vision from Voldemort and he was threatening you." He told her.
"Well don't worry darling, I'm fine." She reassured him while running her fingers through his hair as Cowboy sprinted down the hallway barking energetically and wagging his tail. Harry's face lit up with excitement as he bent down and started scratching him behind the ears.
"Hey boy. I told you I'd be back." He told him as Tobey and Eve ran out of their bedrooms and ran towards them.
"Harry!" they chorused together.
"Daddy!" Eve exclaimed throwing out her arms and jumping up into his.
"Hullo angel, how's my baby girl?" he asked her with a grin as he placed a kiss on her cheek.
"I got a loose tooth see!?" she cried while pointing to one of her teeth and starting to wiggle it.
"Well I guess I better get Teddy and Heather up from their nap because we have to get ready for the wedding." Lily said as she started walking down the hallway. Harry went to his own bedroom to change and to say hello to Hedwig and feed her a treat. He couldn't wait to see Ginny again. Once everyone was changed and ready to go, Harry drove them back over to the burrow.
"Well done Harry, if you keep driving like that it won't be long until you get your license." His mother told him while Eve continued skipping merrily along the driving way and twirling around in her new purple dress.
"Hullo Mrs. Weasley, hullo Ginny." She said as they answered the door and she curtsied towards them.
"Well hullo there Eve, aren't you getting to be a big girl." Mrs. Weasley began with a grin.
"Thank you." Eve began smiling sweetly at her. "How do you like my new dress?" she asked her.
"I think you look absolutely beautiful and so does your mother." Mrs. Weasley told her while she opened the door for them to come inside. "And Tobey you look very handsome in your junior dress robes." She told him. "I can't believe that you're starting Hogwarts already. Why I remember when you were still just a tiny little thing." She said as he stifled a laugh and Ginny pulled Harry off to the side.
"Do you think that you can zip this up? It's stuck." She told him while turning around and lifting up her hair.
"Sure." He told her as he managed to pull it up.
"Thank you." She began while turning around to face him again. "It seems kind of strange doesn't it though? Having a wedding at a time like this." She said but he just simply shrugged at her.
"Maybe it's a good thing. To help get our mind off everything." He told her.
"I miss you Harry." She said sadly.
"I miss you too." He told her before placing a tender hand to his cheek. "And you don't always have to be so brave you know." He told her.
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Harry and Hermione sat down out on the lawn with the rest of their families while Ron took his place with the rest of the groomsmen and Ginny took her place with the bridesmaids. Harry couldn't believe how beautiful she looked and pictured how beautiful she would look in a wedding dress someday. The music began to play and Ron and Ginny took their turns marching down the aisle. Then when it was finally the bride's turn, Harry, Hermione, and everyone else stood up and watched her.
"Who gives this woman to this man?" the minister questioned as the wedding march came to a stop and Harry's mother quickly ran a comb through his hair to straighten it, making him blush and feel completely embarrassed. However he remained silent as Bill Weasley was now allowed to go get his bride and turned back over to look at him while everyone else sat down.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God to join this man in holy matrimony. And what God has joined together let no man put asunder. Bill Weasley, do you take Fleur to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold in sickness and in health? To love and to cherish? Do you promise to keep yourself only for her as long as you both shall live till death do you part?" he questioned him.
"I do." He replied before he turned over to look at Fleur.
"Fleur Delacour, do you take Bill to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold in sickness and in health? To love and to cherish? Do you promise to keep yourself only for him as long as you both shall live till death do you part?" he inquired.
"I do." She replied.
"In that case may I have the rings please?" he asked as Charlie pulled the rings out of his pocket and gave it to him. "Thank you." He said before he turned over to Bill.
"Now Bill, I want you to take this ring and repeat after me." He said as he handed it to him. "I Bill take you Fleur." He began while he started to repeat his every word. "To be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold. In sickness and in health. And there to pledging my faith." As soon as Bill had finished repeating him he slid the ring onto Fleur's finger before the minister turned over to look at her.
"Now Fleur I want you to take this ring and repeat after me." He told her as he handed her the ring. "I Fleur take you Bill." He began while she started repeating him. "To be my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold. In sickness and in health. And there to pledging my faith." She finished repeating him and slid the ring onto his finger.
"Now at this time Bill and Fleur have said that they wish to take communion." The minister said before he took a piece of bread and broke a little bit off of it. "Jesus said to His disciples at the last supper that this is my body. Then as He broke it He told them to eat it and do it in remembrance of me." He said as he gave them each a piece of bread that they took and ate. "Then He poured them each a glass of wine and said that this is my blood and to drink it in remembrance of Him." He said as he poured them each a glass of grape juice and waited for them to finish drinking before he continued on.
"Bow your heads with me in prayer." He said as everyone bowed their head and closed their eyes. "Heavenly Father, we just want to take this time to thank you for Bill and Fleur. We ask that you be with them and bless their marriage and that they will always remember to put you first. We thank you for everyone else that came here today and to be with those who do not know you and that you may enter their hearts and help them see the light. In Jesus' name, Amen." He said.
"Amen." Harry said along with everyone else as they all raised their heads and opened their eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen by the power invested in me, and as minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." The minister said as Bill tossed Fleur's veil over her head and placing a tender hand to her cheek, closed his eyes, and started kissing her passionately.