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"Quite squirming so I can work," Draco ordered as he helped Harry into his outfit.
"Funny I don't recall you being able to stay still before it was your turn," Harry teased his friend.
"True but I was in a normal robe, how you talked Theo into this I can not even begin to guess," Draco said.
"Who said it was my idea?" Harry shot back.
"Oh yeah, I can see that happening," Draco said as he put the last stitches into Harry's dark brown robes and put the sash on with Harry's wand in the special holder for the ceremony.
"He did, right after we asked each other after graduation," Harry informed his best friend.
"Yes, but why this theme rather than Sherlock Holmes?" Draco asked.
"It might have to do with what I shared with him of who I had seen everyone portray before he showed me the movie," Harry admitted.
"So it is thanks to you I am wearing this?" Draco asked in mock outrage gesturing down at his pure white gown.
"Hey at least we did not have you copy the hair," Harry said.
"I would have killed you, your wedding day be damaged if you had tried," Draco shot back though with a teasing twinkle in his eye.
Harry could not help but smile as he looked at Draco and him in the room's mirror. Except for the wand holder, Harry's outfit could pass as a normal work robe in the Magical World it was only when one looked closer at a patch above the heart that one would see a special symbol. Draco on the other hand looked like Harry's old vision of the blonde as Princess Leia that came to his head every time he read a Star Wars book. Well, a Leia that was male had blonde hair and a short beard that is. As Harry gazed into the mirror he could not help but think how glad it was that everything had led up to this. Who would have thought that asking Theo just to annoy Granger would have such an impact on his life. His memory shifted to the first Slytherin Samhain party and his first chasten kiss on Theo's cheek and the real start of their relationship when they had finally really admitted they liked each other as more than friends. This was soon followed by the memory of Theo standing up for him against Granger as well as Ronald's attack.
With Granger and the two youngest "Weasleys", no longer at Hogwarts. Harry and Theo fully moved into the open in their relationship. Walking through the halls arm and arm and even going on several dates over the years to Hogsmead village. They were not the only ones as Fred and George, who had not hidden their relationships with Draco and Blaise respectively, no longer had to tone down their PDA with Ronald and Ginny no longer coming back to Hogwarts. It was thanks to the twins dating the two Slytherins that the pair had not tried to enter the Triwizard Tournament in Harry's Fourth Year leading to their group splitting their focus in cheering for Cedric Diggory and the famous Quiidtch Player Viktor Krum. It had shocked all of them, however, when the Beauxbaton's Champion Fleur Delacour had come out on top.
The Tournament had been fun to watch but the thing that Harry really remembered of that year had been the Yule Ball. Having the Goblet put out on Samhain there had been o Slytherin Party that year so everyone had gone all out for the Yule Ball. Harry recalled dancing with Theo at the Ball, his boyfriend wearing a pure white robe reminiscent of the Grand Admiral's uniform from the year before. Harry had chosen his favorite color for his robes, even if he did not feel that he had the proper skin tone to pull off a bright sun-shine yellow. Harry and Theo had ignored the slight teasing from their sort of mismatched robes having too much fun dancing with each other and wolf-whistling at Romulus who had been asked to the dance by Krum himself.
The only downside of Harry's Fourth Year was that somehow Dumbles had pulled some strings and got himself an interview with a reporter. Rita Skeeter had written about Dumbles ranting on how the Dark Lord was coming back soon and something about a prophecy where only one person could defeat him. The asshole had stated in the article that Harry was the prophecies one to stop the Dark Lord, leading to a storm of owls being sent to Harry about the whole thing. After the Second Task in the tournament, it blew up even more when a Ministry Worker, who was later to be found as one of Dumbles' supporters did admit that such a prophecy existed. With all the press on the prophecy, Cornelius Fudge sent for Harry to come to collect it. Harry had been forced to go to get the small orb, accompanied by Sirius and Narcissa since only people the prophecy was about could touch the damn thing.
Fudge had wanted Harry to just pick up the glass orb that contained the prophecy before handing it over to him. Harry had not even needed his Godparents' advice to not do so pointing out that since it concerned him he should see what it said first by himself. Granted Harry knew that Riddle had survived having fought a shade of the man in his first year the prophecy stated there would be someone born to defeat him, and as he had done so when the monster killed his parents he had fulfilled the damn thing as far as he was concerned. Still, to be on the safe side he met with the Goblins about the prophecy. The Goblins had also known Riddle was alive thanks to the Horcrux that they had removed from Harry when he had gone through his Cleansing as well as the one found in Hufflepuff's cup. Sirius's younger brother Regulus had also been involved since he had found out about another Horcrux and had tried to get rid of it. Comparing the magical signatures from the one removed from Harry and the locket Regulus had collected with Kreacher's help the Goblins had managed to track down the remaining Horcruxes created by Riddle. This action led to Harry gaining the Gaunt Family Ring since Riddle had used it as a vessel for a Horcrux.
While they had not discovered what had happened to the Dark Lord's essence Regulus had pointed out that since the Horxruces had been collected and Harry had defeated the man as a baby his role in the prophecy was finished. Even if it wasn't Regulus had pointed out that if Harry did not put any trust in the prophecy it would not come true in any case, hence why there were so many unclaimed prophecies in the vault that Harry had retrieved his from. With this bit of information, Harry finally talked to one of the papers in Brittian the one owned by the father of Neville's cousin Luna Lovegood. Without talking about Horcruxes Harry had told about the prophecy saying he would defeat You-Know-Who and since he did so as a baby it was over, no matter what Dumbledore believed.
Harry's Fifth Year was much like his Third, with the only real difference being that the amount of homework increased in all his classes due to the upcoming OWLs. Also by the end of the year, Fred and George had exchanged courtship rings with Draco and Blaise since it was their final year.
Draco and Blaise had been surprised the next year on the second Hogsmead trip of the year, neither had gone on the first one missing the twins, to find Fred and George had opened a joke shop in the village. Draco being Draco had not been able to hold back asking how the pair had afforded the place after opening another shop on a side street in Diagon Alley. The twins had shared a look before informing the four Sixth Years that they had gotten money from the lawsuit against Ludo Bagman having won a bet against the man from the Quidditch Cup the summer before. Like many others who had won bets with the man, they had filed a class action against the man leading to everyone getting refunds. With the money, they had already made from their Diagon Alley shop and due to them leading the charge against Bagman the Goblins had approved a loan for the second shop.
After his seventeenth birthday and passing his Apparition Test Harry had been able to go on some dates outside of Hogwarts and Hogsmead with Theo. Theo had even tracked down a drive-in theatre who were showing the Star Wars Trilogy since it had just been announced that George Lucus was working on a new Star Wars movie set to be released in a couple of years. While Harry had finally been able to see what the characters looked like in the movies he still saw his friends whenever he read the books, or Theo read them to him. This did lead to Harry finally revealing who he had seen as the other characters to Theo making the taller boy laugh to hear that Harry always pictured Draco as Leia.
During his Seventh Year when not focused on his studies Harry had asked Draco and Romulus for help in getting a Courtship ring for Theo. Harry wanted to have one specially made rather than take one from one of his vaults, Harry wanted a ring that showcased Theo's intelligence as well as their common love of Sherlock Holmes, Star Wars, and other books series. Romulus who had grown to be the best student in Charms of their year had created a small book-like item for the ring which could open up would act like a Priori Incantartum spell and show off an image of a particular book or character above the ring. The ring itself had been made with some help from Draco as a project and sort of interview for his Wandmaking Master. The ring's body was created from the shavings of a Catoblepas tusk coated with some scales taken from the Basilisk corpse Harry had killed in his Second Year. Harry himself had inscribed several protection runes on the ring, as well as a message, "You are my Sherlock."
It had taken until graduation for Harry to work up the courage to ask Theo to finalize their courtship with a bonding ceremony. Harry had no idea that Theo had the same idea and as he came down from the stage after giving his Valedictory speech Theo had approached Harry and with all eyes on him had gotten onto his knees to ask Harry to marry him in the Muggle way. The whole hall had fallen silent waiting for Harry to respond only for Harry to start laughing as he pulled out the ring for Theo and got onto his knees as well to ask the same. The thunderous applause from his classmates, and the crowd was louder than it had been at any other part of the ceremony as the pair had gotten to their feet and shared a kiss. Harry had thought he heard either Fred and George or Dean and Seamus catcalling and wolf-whistling for the pair.
It had still taken a couple of years for Harry and Theo to plan their ceremony and in the meantime, several of their friends had gotten married themselves. The earliest one had been Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater who had bonded a year after the pair had graduated Hogwarts and after Percy's first year working in the records department for the Wizengamot. Percy had even earned a promotion due to his work discovering some of the corruption involving several laws that had been voted on during Dumble's tenure as Chief Warlock. Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint happened shortly after becoming the Flint-Wood family as Marcus even talked Oliver into starting a Quidditch training center for young kids rather than try out for one of the national teams. This led to the pair starting a youth center that Magical kids could go to during the summer or before they were old enough to go to one of the magical schools.
While several bonding and marriage ceremonies happened after Marcus and Oliver's bonding the next one that Harry had a role in was the one between Romulus and his long-time long-distant boyfriend Viktor. As Harry had lived with Romulus since, after the Third Year, Harry had seen the other boy as more of a brother than a friend at that moment and had not been surprised to be asked to fulfill the role of best man for Romulus. The only sad part was that Romulus was moving to live with Krum in Bulgaria and was starting a greenhouse there so Harry would not get to him that much anymore, only during holidays and the occasional long-distance Floo call.
Fred and George when they got married to Draco and Blaise shocked everyone by not performing a double ceremony. Rather the two bindings were performed a week apart from each other, allowing Blaise and George to go on their honeymoon before coming back to take part in Fred and Draco's ceremony. Harry had thought Lucius was going to faint when Lord Tony announced Fred and Draco after their ceremony since the pair had not told Draco's dad that his son's married name was going to be Draco Weasley-Prewett-Malfoy. Lee Jordan had joked it was easier to tell the twins apart after their bonding on their Purple and Orange robes for their joke shops Fred had the initials F.G.W.P.M. while George thanks to taking Blaise's name had his marked with G.F.Z.P.W.*
Each twin now ran one of the two main stores they had set up. Fred ran the one in Diagon Alley where he would meet his husband for lunch as Draco worked under Ollivander to learn wand creation and lore. George meanwhile was in Hogmead where Blaise would return after his day under Professor McGonagall as he apprenticed at Hogwarts to earn a Masters in Transfiguration.
And now today was Harry and Theo's turn for their Bonding. Having surprised all their friends and family who were invited to attend and take part in the ceremony by having it be a themed bonding. The theme being Star Wars. Theo had come up with the idea of letting the guest decide on their outfit but planning the wedding party's clothing from what Harry had told him about who he saw as each character from the books, with one exception. Besides planning their wedding Harry and Theo had discussed what they wanted to do afterward, both having sort of been just living on their own living off the money from their vaults as they planned the wedding rather than work anyplace. Due to their shared love of history and learning the pair had used some of Theo's family connections to get a job with the ICW to travel to all the magical schools both the main twelve but also several small ones to look into them. Theo's job was to make sure all the schools followed the standardized rules set up by the ICW, while Harry was going to take notes of the schools' history and differences to write a book on them.
As the music started to signal the start of the ceremony Harry brought himself back to the present as Draco did some last-second adjustments to his robes before leading the way out of the room. Harry stood back and watched the wedding party make its way up to the front where Theo was waiting for him in a dark cloak with its hood up. First to walk down the aisle was Romulus dressed in an outfit that resembled C-3PO pushing a stroller containing Harry's pseudo-Nephew, Constantine Frank Krum-Lupin-Black. The stroller had been enchanted to look like R2-D2. Constantine had been given the role of Harry and Theo's Ribbon holder or ring bearer in a Muggle ceremony. Next came Luna, dressed as Mon Mothma, who was by herself as she danced down the aisle spreading flower petals and fairy wing scales as a sign of blessing for the event. Harry's first groomsmen lead Theo's first up the aisle neither of them looking that happy about being paired up or maybe their outfits. Ernie had never really been a fan of Pansy but had been willing to walk up the aisle with her for Harry's sake. Ernie, since Constantine's stroller was modeled after R2, was dressed in an outfit similar to Hagrid's horrible hairy suit that had been modeled after Chewbacca, while Pansy was a character from the books was dressed as Mara Jade though with her normal hair color.
Next came George and Blaise dressed as Lobot and Lando Calrissian respectively, followed by Fred and Draco as Han and Leia. When it was his turn Harry walked up the aisle his eyes upon Theo who was still wearing his dark cloak with the hood up. Theo only lowered the hood as Harry came to stand beside him as he removed the cloak entirely to reveal Thrawn's white Grand Admiral uniform. As he took his place beside him Harry pulled a single string on his robes, making Draco let out an audible groan, as his robes fell away and Harry was left standing dressed as Doctor Watson just like he had when he had first kissed Theo. Lord Tony had even gotten into the fun as he had dressed in a pure black robe where he kept the hood up and a small light spell illuminating his face making him look like Emperor Palpatine.
Their ceremony was not that long for neither Harry nor Theo liked being the center of attention knowing for their Bonding they would have to be. When Lord Tony had asked if there was anyone who had an issue with their bonding Fred had jokingly replied that the only issue was that Harry and Theo were dressed as people from two different stories. As Theo had predicted one of their friends would bring that up, since they had kept Harry's outfit a secret from everyone, and had given Tony the response to Fred. "Yes, they are from two stories or universes if you will but isn't that what we are all different stories or lives that find parts that complete us with those around us. Harry and Theo are but two stories whose chapters are now joining together to finish their tale. The couple had thought of no better way to showcase that than the outfits they had chosen to wear for the ceremony," Tony said to some applause as Fred sent a look at Theo who gave him a small wink.
As the ceremony ended Harry and Theo turned away from Tony and towards their friends and family as they were introduced as Theo and Harry Nott-Slytherin. Harry and Theo waited a moment as their wedding party moved into position along the aisle pulling out their wands that like Harry's had been were in special holders. Casting Lumos caused the holders to look like lightsabers which were held aloft creating an archway that the newly married couple walked through as they left the building.