

"Xenophilius Lovegood," he said, extending a hand to Harry, "my daughter and I live just over the hill, so kind of the good Weasleys to invite us. An odd symbol, rather like a triangular eye, glistened from a golden chain around his neck. Slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss, he wore a cap whose tassel dangled in front of his nose and robes of an eye-watering shade of egg-yolk yellow. Weasley repaired the damage and Hagrid shouted apologies to anybody who would listen, Harry hurried back to the entrance to find Ron face-to-face with a most eccentric-looking wizard. Having misunderstood Fred's directions as he had sat himself, not upon the magically enlarged and reinforced seat set aside for him in the back row, but on five sets that now resembled a large pile of golden matchsticks. Hagrid was causing a certain amount of disruption. He did not understand it, but there was no time to dwell on the matter. Lupin gave him a swift smile, but as they turned away Harry saw Lupin's face fall again into lines of misery. "It's fine, I understand," said Harry, speaking more to Lupin than Tonks.


"The Ministry's being very anti-werewolf at the museum and we thought our presence might not do you any favors." Sorry about last night," she added in a whisper as Harry led them up the aisle. "Arthur told us you were the one with the curly hair. "Wotcher," said a familiar voice as he came out of the marquee again and found Tonks and Lupin at the front of the queue. Weasley's old Ministry-colleague Perkins, while a rather deaf old couple fell to Harry's lot. George was left to deal with the middle-aged witches and Ron took charge of Mr. "Not so fast, Your Holeyness," said Fred, and darting past the gaggle of middle-aged witches heading for the procession, he said, "Here- permetiez moi to assister vous," to a pair of pretty French girls, who giggled and allowed him to escort them inside. "They'll need help understanding our English customs, I'll look after them." "Excellent, I think I see a few veela cousins," said George, craning his neck for a better look. Exotic flowers and bewitched birds fluttered on the witches' hats, while precious gems glittered from many of the wizards' cravats a hum of excited chatter grew louder and louder, drowning the sound of the bees as the crowd approached the tent. Within minutes a procession had formed, which began to snake its way up through the garden toward the marquee. Oh blimey, brace yourselves, here they come, look."īrightly colored figures were appearing, one by one out of nowhere at the distant boundary of the yard. "Cried a bit about Percy not being here, but who wants him. "She wasn't too bad this morning, considering," said George.
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You can all wear what you like, and I'll put a full Body Bird Curse on Mum until it's all over." "When I get married," said Fred, tugging at the collar of his own robes, "I won't be bothering with any of this nonsense. The Muggle boy whose appearance he was affecting was slightly fatter than him and his dress robes felt hot and tight in the full glare of a summer's day. Outside, butterflies and bees were hovering lazily over the grass and hedgerow. Fred and George had fastened an enormous bunch of golden balloons over the exact point where Bill and Fleur would shortly become husband and wife. The supporting poles were entwined with white and gold flowers. Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. Harry could see a blue haze of pipe smoke issuing from the spot. A host of white-robed waiters had arrived an hour earlier, along with a golden jacketed band, and all of these wizards were currently sitting a short distance away under a tree. The plan was to introduce Harry as "Cousin Barny" and trust to the great number of Weasley relatives to camouflage him.Īll four of them were clutching seating plans, so that they could help show people to the right seats. Catchpole, from whom Fred had stolen hairs using a Summoning Charm. Harry had taken a large dose of Polyjuice Potion and was now the double of a redheaded Muggle boy from the local village, Ottery St. Three o'clock on the following afternoon found Harry, Ron, Fred and George standing outside the great white marquee in the orchard, awaiting the arrival of the wedding guests.
