Granddaughter of Voldemort Book 2

Chapter 28: Atlantia

"Come on, Atlantia. You need to decide where you want to have your wedding!" Ginny insisted as she held out pictures of the places that potentially could be the venue. I had to decide between having my wedding either at the Weasley's farm, my mansion in New York, or in the garden up in Olympus. The girls were helping me make a decision as we enjoyed a coffee in the shop next to Gringotts.

"Come on you have the best places to have your wedding. I mean who wouldn't want to have their wedding up in Olympus." Hermione says as she points excitedly at the images of the garden.

"I know but it's just so hard because I'm not sure if it would be right to have it up there." I admit, "While Olympus is such a beautiful place and the home of my parents, it is also the home of some of the traumatic events from my past." I shake my head, "I'm not sure if I should have such a happy moment in my life there."

"But that is exactly why you should have one there." Pansy exclaims wrapping her hand around mine which laid on the table next to my coffee. "Every time you go to Olympus you always have an air of sadness as you remember what happened there but for such a beautiful and important place for you, it shouldn't hold that sadness. It's time to add to your memories so when you visit Olympus, it won't just be filled with the sad memories of your past but of a happier time when you married the love of your life." I stared at the photos of Olympus thinking back to my demigod life. Honestly, my demigod family would probably be happy for me that I was beginning to push past their tragic deaths and trying to find happier memories.

"You're right. We are happy to see you finally living your life instead of fighting." I hear from behind Ginny. I glance up and see Annabeth smiling at me with Percy by her side but I could easily tell they could not be seen or heard by my friends. It wasn't till I noticed Nico and Clarisse walking toward my table that I realized that was because time was frozen.

"How is this possible?" I say with tears in my eyes as I stood and gave them a hug.

"I thought you might like to talk with them before you decide on your wedding venue." I turn to see Hades who was leaning against the coffee shop's door. "Think of it my wedding gift to you." I close the short distance between Hades and I before jumping into his arms.

"Thank you," I say honestly with tears in my eyes as I pull away. Hades had a smile on his face before he disappeared leaving me with Nico, Clarisse, Annabeth, and Percy.

"I can't believe you are getting married." Clarisse said pulling me into a headlock and ruffling my hair. "Honestly, I thought you were die in a fight before you got married." I laugh at that as I pull myself from her grasp and straigten up.

"You almost was correct. I died two coming up on three years ago and would have stayed dead if the gods didn't use their powers to revive me." I tell her.

"Well, its good to see that the gods allowed for one of the demigods to actually live a normal life because we deserve at least that." Annabeth says leaning into Percy's arms. "Now Hades told us that you were struggling to decide if you want to have your wedding up in Olympus?"

I nod my head, "Yeah, I want to have it up there since it would allow for most of my parents to be there, and a lot of my new family thinks it would be the best place to honor my heritage but I don't know. I have so many bad memories up there that I'm not sure if I should."

"But why?" Percy asks confused, "I know the Titan War ended up there and you watched Luke die and it might remind you of Clarisse's death but why shouldn't you have your wedding up there if you want to?"

"Because she believes she will be disrespecting us." Nico interrupts giving me a knowing look, "She believes that by having her wedding up there, she is disrespecting the suffering and deaths that happened there but you are not."

"Yeah, I mean we don't hold any grudges against you with our deaths because you couldn't prevent them." Annabeth says, "So you can't use us for a reason for why you can't have the wedding up in Olympus."

"The only one stopping you is yourself, Atlantia." Percy says, "You need to let go of the guilt of our deaths. There was nothing you could do to stop our deaths."

"Thank you guys," I say pulling them into a hug, "I needed that."

"Glad to be of assistance." Clarisse says, "I guess that means we can return to the Underworld and our other lives."

"Wait, will you three remember this conversation when you return to your new lives?" I ask realizing something. It wouldn't be good for them to return knowing of their past lives because that would just confuse the people in their life.

"Hades told us we will remember this conversation when we return to the Underworld again but in our new lives, it would be like we never left." Annabeth explains giving me a reassuring smile. I return the smile feeling better that they weren't pulled from their lives just to help me.

"That's good to hear. I'm glad to see you guys are happy in your new lives." I say hinting that I have spied on them. They smile at that before giving me a final hug. Once they released me, they faded away and time resumed. The buzzing of Diagon Alley resumed immediately leaving me standing staring at the spot where my demigod family stood.

"Atlantia, how did you get over there?" Ginny asks at the same time Pansy said, "Atlantia, what's wrong?" With a smile on my face, I explain what just happened when time was frozen.

"So does that mean you have decided to have your wedding at Olympus," Hermione said after hearing what happened.

"Yeah, I think I want to have it up in Olympus." I say finally after thinking about it. The girls squeal before quickly gathering up the photos and pulling me toward the dress shops. They wanted to get an idea of what dresses I was thinking before we spent a day next week designing dresses so Aphrodite can make them. The wedding wasn't till June but we knew Aphrodite had sort of a no hurry attitude so we needed to get the designs to her quickly.

"So, what about this one?" Ginny asked holding up a pale pink gown. It was beautiful color but I didn't like the design so I told her just that.

"Yeah, I have to agree." Hermione says looking at the gown. "The color is beautiful and this is one of the colors that Aphrodite said was flattering on us but the design wouldn't work."

"Maybe something like this one would look nice on you guy." I say holding up a grey dress which had a really pretty design. It had a lot of tulle making it very flowy. "The tulle would look really pretty on you guys."

"Yeah, maybe we can do a pale pink gown with a little bit of tulle." Ginny agreed. "We can let Aphrodite design the rest of it since she would want to." Now that we sort of had an idea for the bridesmaid gowns, the girls wanted to move onto my dress but I already had an idea. I wanted it to resemble a traditional siren wedding gown and once I showed them a few photos of them, they were excited. They helped me design my version of it before we visited Aphrodite to hand our sketches to her. She was excited and promised she would work on them immediately. With the dresses out of the way, we could focus on the other items on the list for my wedding and I couldn't wait till the day I get married to Blaise Zabini, the love of my life.