Unofficial Portkey Archive

Ch. 4 Wedding Interrupted

About an hour after Harry and Hermione emerged from their bedroom, Jessica and James appeared in the kitchen with a loud crack. Hermione shrieked and jumped into Harry’s lap and Jessica and James laughed as they sat down at the table.

“So you’ve passed your Apparition tests then have you?” asked Molly as she placed some lunch in front of Jessica and James. They nodded and Molly smiled. “Good for you two. Well, I’ll be out back in the garden working on the flowers and chairs. If you need anything just holler.”

“Now we are legal in the States and in the UK,” said Jessica as she began to eat her meal. “Sorry if we scared ya Herms.”

“It’s ok, you just surprised me, that’s all,” said Hermione.

“Wait a sec, Mione, she just called you Herms, I thought you hated that nickname…” laughed Harry.

“I only hate it when Ron calls me that. Honestly Harry, if we are going to have an intimate relationship-”

At the words “intimate relationship”, Jessica sprayed her butterbeer across the table in shock. James and Harry laughed as Jessica stared at Harry and Hermione in awe.

“You mean you guys ACTUALLY-!” squeaked Jessica. Harry and Hermione blushed and Jessica squealed in delight.

“Ok girl, you can spill the dirt on the way up to change for the wedding,” said Jessica as she dragged Hermione up the stairs to change. “So, how good IS Harry Potter?”

Harry groaned as they walked up the stairs and James laughed as he clapped Harry on the back.

“Come on man, the guys are out back with Bill. I can hear them laughing and joking around.”

The two men made their way to the garden where everyone was busily setting up for the wedding. Molly was making some last minute arrangements with the chairs and flower displays, and farther out closer to the woods, Harry could make out Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Arthur, Ron, Lupin, Moody, Mr. Delacour, and some of Bill’s co-workers smoking pipes and cigars.

“Well, well…” said Fred.

“Looks like James and Jessica are back…” said George.

“Harry, so nice of you to finally wake up and join adulthood…” laughed Fred and George and Bill and Charlie handed James and Harry each a cigar.

“Bill, I’ve never actually had one of these before,” said Harry as he looked at it left and right. “I just remember Aunt Marge and Uncle Vernon smoking these…they were quite nasty really…”

“Aw go on Harry,” said Ron. “This is the one day of the year we can do something like this without Mum catching us. She’s too busy focusing on the wedding to notice that we’re smoking these.”

Bill offered a light to James, who happily puffed away on his cigar. Holding the light out to Harry, James held a hand up.

“Hold on I’ll light it for him…I think he’ll die from choking if he lights his own cigar for the first time…”

James took Harry’s cigar and lit it with his own and then handed it back to Harry. As Harry inhaled the smoke from the cigar, his lungs gave out a little cough and Moody patted him on the back.

“Constant Vigilance!” said Moody. “You alright there lad?”

“Yeah, just fine,” squeaked Harry and he continued to smoke with the men.

Meanwhile upstairs the girls were putting the finishing touches on Fleur’s gown and on their dresses. Jessica was spying out the window on the men with a pair of binoculars.

“What eez goingz on outz there Jessica?” asked Fleur.

“Molly’s creating havoc as usual, my mum is trying to calm her down, and all of the guys are smoking by the woods.”

“WHAT?” cried Hermione. “Don’t tell me Harry’s with them.”

“Oh, he is…so’s Ron and Jimmy, but no surprise with Jimmy. We’ve been avid smokers for the last 2 years.”

“How could someone wiz such ze lovely voiece as yours take up zuch a nasty habit as zmoking?” asked Fleur.

“My step-father,” said Jess, turning away from the window. “He’s smoked for years, including all those times he was in the muggle wars. He said it’s a nasty habit you pick up while you are in the army.”

Fleur clicked her tongue in disgust and Jess continued to peer out the window as Hermione, Ginny, Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet continued to get ready for the wedding. About five minutes later a loud crack was hear and a squeal emerged from Jessica.

“The colonel’s here!” squealed Jess and she darted out the door. Jessica ran all the way out to where Murphy had joined the men and she greeted him in a massive embrace.

“Dad!” cried Jess.

“Munchkin!” he cried. Remembering they were also soldiers in the army…they regained their composure and saluted each other.

“Sir,” said Jessica.

“At ease, cadet.”

“Oh good smoke break…I am dying!” said Jess and she pulled her cigarettes out from her wand holster.

They continued to smoke and about 2 hours later it was time for everyone to take their places for the wedding. Guests were flooding in from left and right and the garden was becoming a circus scene.

Jessica and the girls gathered in the kitchen. Fleur took Jessica’s arm before she could escape to the outside.

“Jessica, zanks again for agreeing to be in zee wedding.”

“I’m glad to help out, sorry your cousin Veronique couldn’t make it,” said Jess as she fixed Gabrielle’s flowers. “Okay everyone ready?”

As the last guest took their seat, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron, Harry and James took their places at the front with Amelia Bones, who was voted the new head of the Wizenmagot in replacement of Dumbledore. As the music began, Gabrielle strolled down the aisle as the flower girl, followed by her little cousin Michael, who was the ring bearer. Jessica, Hermione, Ginny, Alicia, Angelina, and Fleur’s cousin followed as bridesmaids and as the march began, the guests rose and oohed and ahhed as Fleur came into view.

As she reached the Altar, Fleur’s father kissed her cheek and he shook hands with Bill. Joining hands and handing her bouquet to her cousin.

“You may be seated,” said the Minister and the congregation sat. “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here, in the sight of God, to join William and Fleur in Holy Matrimony. Who gives this woman to this man?”

“I do,” said Mr. Delacour and sat down.

“If anyone here thinks that these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace.”

No one spoke up and Fleur smiled at Bill.

“Christ calls you into union with him and with one another. I ask you now in the presence of God and this congregation to declare your intent. Will you have this man to be your husband, to live together in a holy marriage?
Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live?”

”I will,” said Fleur.

”Will you have this woman to be your wife, to live together in a holy marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live?”

”I will,” said Bill.

“Vows, please.”

“I, William, take you Fleur, to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully through the best and the worst,through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold So I give you my life to keep So help me God.”

”I, Fleur, take you William, to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today,tomorrow, and forever I will trust you and honor you I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully Through the best and the worst, Through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold So I give you my life to keep So help me God.”

“The rings?” asked the Minister. Charlie placed the rings on the bible in the Minister’s hands.

” Traditionally, the marking of the passage to tile status of husband and wife is marked by the exchange of rings. These rings are a symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love freely given has no beginning and no end, no giver and no receiver for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May these rings always remind you of the vows you have taken,” said the Minister. Bill and Fleur took their respective rings.

“The wedding ring is the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual bond which unites two loyal hearts in endless love. It is a seal of the vows William and Fleur have made to one another. Bless O God these rings, that William and Fleur, who give them, and who wear them, may ever abide in thy peace. Living together in unity, love and happiness for the rest of their lives.”

“Bill, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, With this ring, I thee wed. “

”Fleur, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, With this ring, I thee wed.”

The minister motioned for Jessica to take center stage and sing for Bill and Fleur.

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face and I've
Never been this swept away

All my thoughts seem to settle on the breeze
When I'm lying wrapped up in your arms
The whole world just fades away
The only thing I hear
Is the beating of your heart

‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe

In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
I’m closer than I've ever felt before
And I know
And you know
There's no need for words right now

‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe

Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way

The crowd burst into applause, as Mrs. Weasley and Arabella whistled. Including Fleur and Bill, there was not a single dry eye in the garden. The minister spoke up again as Jessica returned to her spot.

“In as much as you have each pledged to the other your lifelong commitment, love and devotion, I now pronounce you husband and wife, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Let us pray by reciting the prayer that our Father taught our forefathers and their ancestors.“

“OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, On Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen,” recited the whole of the church.

”Those whom God has joined together let no one put as under. Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. William Weasley. Bill, You may kiss your bride!”

Bill kissed Fleur gently. The congregation burst into cheers and applause and the newlyweds walked down the aisle, hand in hand.

All of a sudden there was a loud crack and people started running for cover as death eaters shot spells at guests. Jessica and James teamed up to take out death eaters with the help of their military training. Jessica armed her self with protection spells and instead of clutching her wand, she stuck it in her pocket and pulled out a handgun.

“There’s a shotgun in the house, we need to get to it!” said James as he pulled his handgun out as well. They began to fire at the death eaters headed their way. As the first shots were fired, everyone fighting stopped, including the death eaters fighting Jessica and James. Everyone watched as the two fell to the ground dead, and the remaining death eaters fled the scene. As everyone cheered, Jessica removed the masks and gasped. James had shot Bellatrix Lestrange and Jessica killed Narcissa Malfoy.

“No…” whispered Jessica and she sobbed as she held her cousins’ bodies in her arms.