Chapter 8

Saturday - MAY 16, 1998

The Day of the Weddings!

With the Battle of Hogwarts still fresh in everyone’s mind, a memorium was placed in the backyard of the Burrow for those who were lost.

Although, obviously buried in their families’ cemeteries, a faux colorful headstone was made for each of them:

Many more than this were killed, but there was no record of exactly who they were. It has been speculated, that as many as eleven Hogwarts teachers and close to twenty students, mostly current and graduated from Gryffindor, with a few from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

Unfortunately, the entire house of Slytherin, except for Vincent Crabbe, got away clean. Many Snatchers and Death Eaters died, as well, including Bellatrix Lestrange. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

With the weddings scheduled for two pm, guests started to arrive at noon. The invitations clearly said no presents, however, just about everyone brought something, so George using his prodigious spell work for good, created a sturdy table to hold all of it. Knowing how much his twin liked parties, he also created a table with some goodies from Weasleys Wizard Wheezes, with a sign that prominently said, “Free, but eat at your own risk!”

A sign next to it said, “Weasleys Wizard Wheezes will reopen on June 1^st!”

Molly didn’t especially like it but put up with it.

Hagrid arrived in his best suit, if you could call it that, with Madam Maxine as his plus one.

Oliver Wood showed up with Katie Bell on his arm, Head Mistress Minerva McGonagall arrived with Lee Jordan, of all people.

Professor Filius Flitwick and Horace Slughorn arrived together. Neville Longbottom had Hannah Abbott on his arm, Zacharias Smith, Ernie Macmillan, and Justin Finch-Fletchly arrived together. Michael Corner showed up with Marietta Edgecombe, who had been invited by Hermione to show she held no hard feelings.

Everyone invited showed up, which was wonderful. The twenty Death-Bolt Broomsticks had all been unwrapped, with each of them having a name of their new owner on it.