•His English Rose• {Harry Potter X Twilight crossover}

••Nine••

Chapter Nine - Weasley Wedding

THE WEDDING OF Hermione Granger and Fred Weasley was a much-anticipated affair.  Not only was it the wedding of the decade, but Hermione was one-third of the trio that had saved the wizarding world; so of course the wedding had rivaled that of a royal wedding. 

Nova sighed in her glass of champagne, the burrow was a flurry of activity. Loud boisterous music came from the floors below as the groom and his brothers had gotten ready. The bride and her party were in the larger room of Molly and Arthur Weasley. Magic was added to the bathroom to accommodate the larger party. Hermione turned in her seat, and the magicked makeup brushes followed her; Her large brown eyes eyed Nova sceptically as she sat on the end of the bed, her hair braided and styled by the groom's only sister Ginny. 

"How's Carlisle?" the bride had asked, her eyes filling with concern. Since the vampire had returned, he had barely left Nova's side; overprotective Carlisle had become overbearing from the bathroom to bed he would hardly leave her side. 

"Jumpy" Nova admitted, which was true, Carlisle was considerably more jumpy since his kidnap. "Emmett broke a vase near me and I honestly thought he was going to rip the poor boy apart" Hermione sighed and turned back around eyeing the blonde witch in the mirror. 

"Can you blame him though, what he went through" the witch explained "I mean he was kidnapped because they were after you" Nova cleared her throat before sipping at the bubbly drink, she tried not to pull a face, the champagne was nice, but Nova wasn't used to muggle champagne it was cheap and tasted too, but she wasn't going to kick up a fuss on her best friends wedding day. 

"Have you heard anything further?" Nova asked shifting the attention to the prisoner rather than her vampire partner. The prisoner was the second wizard they had captured. Nov couldn't bear telling Carlisle that the man he had followed down to the dungeon was dead by his hand, she had used the killing curse to take the death from the vampire doctor who took his oath of 'shall not harm' quite seriously. 

"Not really, he squealed like a pig when it came to locations and more underground dark wizards but he didn't say anything about what they were to do to you if they ever did capture you" Nova shivered, she wasn't sure why.

"You dont think" Ginny began the blonde bridesmaid paused to turn to the red-haired witch. Hermione followed suit as the makeup brushes began washing themselves, ready for the next person. "that your father is behind it?" She asked the blonde, Hermione and Nova could practically see the clogs turning "I mean he is hell-bent on torturing and killing you and almost succeeded too" Nova paused 

"But isn't he in prison?" She asked Hermione and the bride nodded moving from the makeup chair. 

"Yes" she replied "somewhere even I don't know, probably one of the treaty lands we have"

"Hopefully it's the Bermuda Triangle" Ginny muttered and Nova laughed as she folded herself into the makeup chair. The brushes, now clean and dry worked against her delicate skin. 

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Carlisle let out a sigh as he straightened his tie. The manor was quiet; The children had gone off to hunt and left the coven leader alone to get ready for the wedding of the century. He was to be Nova's plus one, so the coloured tie matched the bridesmaid's dress that Hermione had picked. He wore a three-piece suit, grey in colour, fitting his body well; he wore a burgundy colour tie, and he straightened the matching pocket square, before making sure his hair was in place. His eyes shone brightly gold, after the recent hunt. He turned to the gift on the desk, a large hamper that the girls had worked on for what seemed forever, and headed down to the kitchens where Dippy, the house-elf was waiting for him. The house elf smiled softly and eyed him.