It's a Wedding!

[Samual Kaster]

It was finally the day. The day of his wedding.

Samual had always wanted a September wedding. He loved this time of year, although he was conscious of the fact that some of the younger members of his and Hazel's families could not attend because of the time - but there would be plenty of photographs. Oh so many photographs! His older sister, Tessa, had got her hands on a camera, and she was not releasing it for the world. While only the groom, Sammy had put just as much effort into the planning of this as Hazel had - actually, possible even more. For everything Hazel done, Sammy went over it with a fine-tooth comb to make sure it was all perfect. This was his their perfect, special day, and it was going to be a perfect and special day. There was nothing on the Earth that could ruin this day - Samual absolutely forbid such a thing to happen. He and Hazel were getting married, and it was going to be beautiful, and people were going to cry and he was prepared for that. Tears were welcomed!

The wedding was set at his home, in the back garden. It had been incredibly stressful for him to set up, since every time someone helped, they just didn't do it right. Whatever it was, it was not right and he had been having freak-outs for the past few months of preparation, and quite frankly he was surprised that Hazel had not called it off, of that one of his siblings had not killed him by now. It was all fine today, however, as the groom quickly went over every little thing - just making extra special sure that it was all good and fine and dandy. The Grandfather clock struck 3 in the afternoon and rung out from the lounge room. He could feel his hands shaking a little as he fixed the puffapods that were set to drop after they said their vows in order to create a row of flowers just everywhere. Really, it was an excuse to have them around. He wasn't allowed to have a bubotuber near the area as Hazel was worried about the smell or having it on her dress or face, so he went for his second favourite plant, the puffapod. The carpet between rows of delicate, comfortable chairs was of a red colour, with many light pink and white flowers entwining the fences of the yard. The cobble stone ground had been swept and cleaned to a shine, and the arch was covered in flowers, with some vines hanging down.

He gasped quickly when he found a shard of ceramic glass stuck between some stones. The previous night had been spent with him and Hazel cleaning up the mess his German relatives had been all too excited to make. It had been the Polterabend, and there had been no stopping it. While the custom had confused Hazel, and made Samual regret getting new plates, it was family time he enjoyed,even if it was not a custom he particularly liked. There were many German customs he did not like, nor even remember, but his German relatives remembered them very well. He pocketed the shard quickly and walked onto the slightly elevated stage area near the arch with a smile on his face. He grinned at his groomsmen, before returning his eyes to the back. There were quite a few people already seated, mostly his family and friends. Some were still coming in to take a seat and watch, but (obviously) there had been no sign of Hazel.
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[Hazel Kaster]

The time had come at last.

Once upon a time, Hazel would have never believed that this was actually happening. She never would have thought that she would soon be walking down the isle surrounded by her friends and family to become Mrs Hazel Kaster. She had tried so hard to get her life on a course she could enjoy for a long time after their initial break up, but apparently that had not been what the universe wanted, because Hazel could not be happier right now. The universe and everything involved wanted them together, who was she to tell it no? Though she was sad that some of her family would be unable to make it to the wedding, considering the time of the wedding, she wasn't going to complain about it too much as there were going to be a great many pictures. She had seen Sammy's sister Tess running around with a camera early today, so the fact that she had that told Hazel that every single aspect of this wedding was going to be covered. Good or bad, whether she wanted it or not. She didn't mind though, the Kaster's had always been so good to her, becoming part of the family was really just a formality at this point, certainly she would not need to be treated any differently then she was now, for she had always felt like part of the family anyway. Even though it had been a rocky start and this wedding had almost not happened, Hazel was confidant that the the new life they were about to start together would far outweigh the dread she was feeling about actually being a married woman. It wasn't dread of being married, but it was the entire ideal of her actually not being solely responsible for her life anymore. Sammy would now be playing a big role in her life, as she would be for him.

Three people were with Hazel in this moment, helping her change and do her hair. Her bridesmaids, Kiara, Amanra and Nadia. Little Lucy was also a junior bridesmaid, but she was out in the foyer, trying to figure out how to walk in heels. It had been pretty funny watching her initial attempts, but that wasn't so bad now. The time for Hazel to get married was creeping ever closer and even though Hazel was in the master bedroom, she was clearly able to see and hear the gathering crowd. She was kind of nervous now. She wasn't sure why, but there were many different emotions tugging on her soul, on her stomach, making her reel around from side to side with their burgeoning gravitas. She was going to do this though, she wanted to do this and she knew it was only the nerves of Sammy seeing her in her dress for the first time, and the addition of all those people that was making her nervous. Kiara was trying to calm her down, though the fact that Kiara was pregnant was freaking Hazel out because she wasn't sure the blonde would be able to fit into her dress. Kiara however was adamant that she would and that even if she didn't they had something called magic that was usually pretty useful in these situations. Even if that was true, Hazel was still going to panic, because Sammy had put a lot of work into all of this and she didn't want it all to be for nothing. After all she had put him through, he deserved better from one and all. Hopefully after today they would both be able to continue their lives as before, but this time with a partner on their arm.

The dress, which was made by Hazel's mother, was simplistic, but the design was elegant and it had really resonated with Hazel when she had seen it in a magazine, though Hazel's dress differed from the original slightly with the addition of lace. Hazel had always dreamed of having lace on her wedding dress and so when her mother was making it, Hazel had requested the lace as a last minute addition. Though she had grumbled, Jacinta really would do anything for her daughter, so she finished it without too much complaint, as Hazel knew she would. If Sammy was going to have everything perfect for the day, the best she could do was have herself all perfect for the day. She did not want one hair out of place at all. Her make up was being done courtesy of Amanra and Nadia who seemed to be bickering over which colour would look best on her, though Hazel was pretty sure that Amanra would win. For a while Hazel had thought that many of the people now here, wouldn't get here, but she was glad that they had. She smiled into the mirror as everyone in the room was having their own meltdown or doing their own thing. No one was paying any attention to her, but she didn't mind at all. This was giving her a chance to think and calm herself down, at least until her father walked in. Michael was a giant of a man, much taller then Hazel, however he was truly a teddy bear. He ignored the goings on around him and crossed the room to his eldest daughter. Hazel smiled and held her gloved hands out to him. She was happy to see him. She'd not seen him in a very long time. "It's good to see you, Daddy."

Eventually Hazel was dressed, her bridesmaids were dressed, her hair was done, her make up finished and her veil ready. She was finally ready to get married, which was a good thing because she was going to be late to her own wedding and whilst the bride was supposed to be late, there was a difference between good late and bad late, she had passed the good late, so the bad late was best. Smiling at her bridesmaids, all dressed in a lovely blue, Hazel stepped off of her pedestal and into her shoes that made her appear about two and a half inches taller then she was, which was good considering Sammy was about six foot tall, maybe more. She'd never actually checked. Jacinta immediately pulled her daughter into her arms. She never foresaw this for her daughter, it was so early in her life, she would have liked to see her life a little before settling down and even though she remembered how Hazel had been after the break up, a part of her still wished she was not doing this, not that she would ever tell. Hazel kissed her mother on both cheeks, a greeting she had fallen in love with whilst in France. She had never met so many of Sam's family before and now so many of them were in one place, it was a strange feeling. She clasped hands with Nadia, Kiara, Amanra and Lucy in turn before then slowly turning to her father who stuck his arm out to her. Hazel smiled slightly at her father and grabbed his arm. She was so happy that her father had excepted her engagement to Sam. Of all the people she could have been worried about, her father was the only one who was a very real problem. Had he not accepted it, it would not have been happening.

The manor looked incredible.

Sammy had out done himself. This realisation hit Hazel square in the face as she walked along the corridors to the double doors to the gardens. She had not yet seen that part of the backyard yet, but she had been assured by everyone, including Rafaelle who had been around at some point, that it looked absolutely stunning and she had definitely done well to entrust the decorations to Samual. Of course they were all wrong completely as it was not she who had allowed Samual here, more that it had been he the one to allow her here. She steadied her breathing as she came up to the doors, realising that there was only they between her and the rest of her life. Once they had seemed to terrifying. That was no longer so. For now those massive double doors seemed like they would fall with one touch of her finger. Hazel squeezed her fathers arm. She was ready now, she was calm and she was happy. The doors flung open with a bright light and rose petals blew out behind her as she stepped down onto the path. The music had started by this point and Hazel looked at the sea of faces, many of which she had only seen once or twice, some she had never known. Between Samual's family and his apparent need to have invited almost the who of New Zealand, Hazel is surprised she know as many of them as she did. Still, she was glad that they were here to celebrate this special day with them, because Hazel was about to become a Kaster and that was something she had almost thought would never happen.
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[Kiara Tine]

Five months pregnant and Kiara was still small enough to fit into her bridesmaid dress.

Personally, Kiara thought the thing looked dang awful, but it wasn't her wedding so who was she to judge anyway? Regardless of what she thought of Samual, Hazel had somehow managed to grow on her and it had come as a shocking surprise when out of the blue, Hazel had asked her to be her bridesmaid. Kiara had a sneaking suspicion that she was only standing in for someone else, though she didn't know who. Regardless of it all, Kiara had ended up saying yes and for the most part, she was actually enjoying herself. She had been lucky enough so far not to be rattled with morning sickness, though she was almost certain it would come later, though being inexperienced with that sort of thing, she actually didn't have much of a clue, she was kind of running off of pregnancy books and random information she could glean out of Akira. Kiara didn't so much mind though, Justin was supportive, his parents were supportive, the rest of the family was supportive, so she couldn't have cared less about anyone else. Though her own parents didn't know and likely never would.

Honestly though, Hazel looked really pretty, beautiful even. Kiara may not have particularly liked the girl, but the blonde was an artist, she could appreciate beauty when she saw it, as she liked to think anyone here today would be able to see. A lot of work had gone into the dress and Kiara had to admit she was glad that it was someone like Hazel wearing it, someone who could do it justice. As Hazel finished up, Kiara clasped hands with the girl and gave her a reassuring smile as she stepped into her own shoes. She had to wear taller shoes then she normally would on account of having a much longer dress then she was used too. Falling into step behind Nadia, the head maid and Amanra, the second, Kiara pulled Lucy behind her and fixed her hair quickly as they made their way along the corridor. Kiara thought about her own wedding, or rather how she would want her wedding to be. To be honest she wasn't sure she would actually want a wedding, maybe just a little ceremony or something, if that, either way, she had no intentions of it happening any time soon.
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[Nadia Kaster]

Hazel looked, beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous.

There was absolutely no doubt about the validity of that claim. Nadia had been a little touch and go with Hazel after what had happened during her graduation, but she had quickly forgiven the girl after hearing her side. Putting the finishing touches on Hazel's hair, Nadia quickly got out of the way when the father of the bride showed up and she instead went into the corner to get herself ready. Nadia really liked the dress she was to wear and she greatly appreciated being the maid of honour. She was sure that Hazel was disappointed that her younger sister could not be here, but, unfortunately, Willow was at school. It couldn't be helped. However, Nadia had seen Tess running round with a camera earlier, taking snaps of everyone, both in and out of their clothing, Nadia was going to have to make sure she got to those pictures before anyone else did. Shaking her head at it all, Nadia made sure she was out of eyeshot as she got herself into her dress, allowing some help from Lucy, whom she then helped into her dress in turn. At the moment, Lucy was being home schooled, Nadia wasn't sure of the reason, but next year she would be transferring to Scotland as a fourth year.

Soon they were all ready and Nadia smiled and clasped her hands with Hazel as they passed her around. Nadia stepped into line and waited for the others to fall in behind her before lifting the end of Hazel's veil. Then they walked in a line down the corridor towards the gardens. Nadia had stepped out earlier to see how the decorations and such were going and she definitely hadn't been disappointed. Despite all of the plate breaking that had gone on earlier, the place now looked spotless, as if there had never been any such breaking of plates. A tradition that Nadia still did not understand. Despite having been in this family for a very long time, there were still aspects of their German branch of traditions that she most definitely did not understand. Though she had not yet seen anything that was too bad, except maybe the plate breaking. She still didn't get that one. The double doors opened up and Nadia maneuvered Hazel's veil up and over the ground as they walked towards Samual. He looked handsome too and very, very happy.
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[Professor Cyndi Kingsley]

Gorgeous. That was the first thought that crossed Cyndi’s mind as she made her way to her seat in the backyard of the Kaster. The home wasn’t too far from her own home, but the neighborhoods were vastly different in design. Tucking her clutch under her arm, the professor brushed her dress down as she made her way carefully down the cobblestoned walk. Usually, she would tuck her arm into her husband’s arm, using him as a crutch as she made her way on her unnecessarily high heels. Today, however, her better half had remained at home and Cyndi was flying solo. Hopeful that he might join her at the reception if he finished up with his meetings early enough, Cyndi had apparated the short distance to this affair. From the moment that she’d received the invitation to attend, Cyndi Kingsley had known that she would. The woman had never once denied that she had favorite students in the castle, and Samual had always been one of them with his positive energy. Cyndi had been sad to see him graduate and leave Gryffindor House. She knew the bride as well, though nowhere near as well as she knew the groom, so when she was asked which side of the family she would be sitting with, there was no hesitation as she pointed to the groom’s side of the garden.

Placing her clutch in her lap, the woman had nothing to do but wait for the reception to begin. She made some small talk with the people around her, explaining time and again that she was Samuel’s former Head of House. Her former student was already up front, waiting in his designated area for the ceremony to begin. He looked much like he usually did, happy, and Cyndi was glad to see that. Being an Auror was no easy task, and she was pleased to see that despite his occupation, Samuel hadn’t let his job take away the best part of him. Former students dotted the seats and time quickly flew by with the professor getting updates on what some of her former students were now doing. When the doors finally opened to the main house, Cyndi rose with the others to get her first glimpse of the bride. Cyndi smiled as the woman began walking down the aisle, bridesmaids in tow. They were all dressed beautifully, and Cyndi couldn’t help but to spend a few seconds reminiscing over her own wedding day. She twisted her wedding band, wishing that her husband was beside her.

 

[Jazmine Della-Robbia]

Jazmine Della-Robbia was ecstatic when she received the invitation to Samual's wedding. After she started working for her father, the graduate had become extremely busy. She was always working, even when she was at home attempting to rest. Normally, her father protested her going anywhere but work, but she was not afraid to face the veela's fury. Concord was able to keep the rest of his children on a tight leash, but Jazmine was not going to be chained down. She had spent over two hours on her appearance. This was her first wedding, and she was going to look fabulous. Jazmine finally started getting used to her little charm, and she was proud of herself. Her siblings had taught her much on the blessings of having veela blood running through her veins. She was dragging Kennedy and Klaus along, because they were the people she tolerated the most. This witch needed to keep her emotions under control. They had apparated to the wedding, and only one thing went through the girl's mind,

Wonderland. Of course, she kept her mouth from falling open at the beauty of all of everything. The couple had done a delightful job on the decorations. She held her clutch tightly as she looked back at the times when she loved someone. Jazmine quickly dismissed the thought of the boy from her past, and she put on a smile. Marie had been a wonderful mother to her, and she taught her more about appearances than her own mother did. But, a mother was a mother. She did not see too many familiar faces, but the only important ones were the faces of the groom and bride. This was their special day. She chatted with a few people. It was hard for her to stay poised and full of elegance when she was always looking around for her brothers'. When they were out of her site, she worried. Kennedy and Klaus were not getting along, and she did not want the two to ruin this day. She wished she could have spent more time with the groom. They were friends, but Jazmine had been distant during their time at school together. She had been dealing with the fact that her mother had lied to her about her father, causing her to have many troubles her remaining years at Hogwarts. She took a seat next to her brothers, and she happened to sit next to Professor Kingsley. Finally, a beautiful face that she recognized. Sadly, she looked a bit absent from the wedding. "Isn't it beautiful?" she whispered quietly as she placed a hand on top of the professor's. This was the genuine part of her. The woman deserved to be comfortable at her former students wedding.

Jazmine withheld a squeal of excitement as the doors swung open. She stood up, wanting the see the bride. Oh, she was so beautiful. There were no words to describe the beauty of the bride. The former Hufflepuff let a few tears stream down her face. She did not bother wipe them away. They were not tears of joy. She could not hold in her jealousy for the woman getting married. She pursed her lips as she tried to not think of her envy. Jazmine gently wiped the tears away from her face. She felt Kennedy place a hand on her shoulder. She took a deep breath before she fixed her posture and looked on in silent anger.

 

[Athena Zhefarovich]

Athena Zhefarovich didn’t know what she was more surprised about – that she had received an invitation to this wedding or that she was actually about to step foot inside. Hesitating outside of the house, the blonde watched as people drifted towards the back of the house, presumably to the backyard where her invitation told her the wedding was to be held, the wedding of two people she hadn’t really spoken to much while she’d been in school and not at all now that she was out. Deciding that she was definitely more surprised at the fact that she was here, Athena began slowly making her way to the backyard, her eyes rolling at the cobblestones that were there. It was obvious that whoever lived here didn’t walk around in heels because everyone knew how difficult it was to do when you were four or five inches higher than you normally stood. And for Athena, that put her at a good six foot and some inches. Recognizing many more faces than she would have liked to as her silver eyes took in the space, Athena had to admit that there was some beauty in the decorations. The person in charge had good taste.

Sliding into a seat in the very back row, Athena continued to look around, making brief eye contact with the groom. A smirk crossed her face. She was sure that she was one of the last people he’d expected to actually accept his invitation. As he’d spoken to her at the mall that day, droning on and on and on about this wedding, the former Slytherin had nearly blasted him with her wand. It wasn’t until he’d dropped the news that Kiara was set to be one of the bridesmaids that Athena even considered going. Even then, she wasn’t sure. But, here she was. Rising slowly out of her seat as was custom when the bride made an appearance, Athena flipped her hair over her shoulder and looked over the bride’s shoulder to get a glimpse of her former best friend. Their last meeting hadn’t gone particularly well and the last news that she’d heard about her friend had been…Athena didn’t know what to think of the news, though she’d never known Justin to lie to her. It had been an odd one-way conversation that had been interrupted by her dear old dad. Bringing herself back to the present, Athena turned to watch as the bride and groom came together so that the ceremony could begin. This would be the first non-family ceremony that she had ever attended.

 

[Carter Kaster]

The last thing Carter Kaster had been expecting to be doing today, or rather, for an entire week was attending a wedding. He had been in and out of the manor all week, back and forth from work to his home and then to the manor as the festivities took off in a very german way. He was a little surprised that this side of the family was still taking with the traditions, though admittedly it was mostly his own brothers and cousins that were making the messes. His mother and father were also here today, no doubt meddling in everything. He didn't know why they were here to be honest, none of them had attended any of the other weddings, though he was pretty sure that Samual's was the first in a long time as Lisa was not married now and he didn't know that any of the others were either. Considering Carter had moved here in order to escape his family he was not doing a particularly good job of it, he could really only hope that the old and rather barbaric tradition of kidnapping the bride was not on the agenda. He respected the young bride too much to see her treated like that. It was a rather old way of assuming control of the bride, at least that was how Carter saw it, the whole damsel in distress aspect. His mother had gone through it and she'd hated it. Helene had forgone it, but she'd also not gotten married in Germany. Her wedding had been a wonderful ceremony in Spain, they'd had matadors and everything. He didn't know if Carla had been kidnapped as he'd not attended that wedding, having still been in school, but it was certainly very likely, Kiefer was a traditionalist. If it was up to Carter, the tradition would be abolished, however sadly, it was not up to him.

The Garden did look very pleasant. If Carter and Kiera didn't have to be so careful he would have gladly brought her along, but a wedding this big with more then one reporter present was a very bad idea. He really liked her, it frightened him how much and it also scared him that his mother had been asking questions, though he was happily able to deflect her to talk of Helene's baby daughter. Carter had been delighted to hear the news and would be making his way to see her in Spain very soon. As the named Guardian of the child, he had to be there for her naming ceremony. Carla was also due to have another child in the next few months, sometime in January he had been told, which was nice as she had always wanted another child but they had so much trouble conceiving for a second time. Hopefully this next child would be happy, healthy and not as, weird, as young Alfie. Regardless of whatever he might be thinking, Carter knew that Samual was happy and Hazel had seemed rather happy as well. He'd only met the bride a couple of weeks ago, but she seemed nice enough. She was certainly a wonderful counter for his strange cousin if anything. Moving to his side of the Garden, Carter took a seat beside his mother and bestfriend. Dalton was practically a Kaster, it just wasn't official, not legally. His parents had always treated him like family though, so what was the difference really, Dalton was a Kaster in all but name. Soon the music started and Carter looked around and stood up when the doors flew open, revealing the Bride herself. She indeed looked beautiful. The only trouble was, Carter hadn't seen that little trouble maker around lately. He hoped the kid wasn't getting into anything.
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[Ursula Kaster]

It had been many years indeed, since Urusla had last been to a wedding.

Kiefer's marriage was almost twenty years ago, Helene's was nearly fifteen years ago, Carter and Ingrid was not yet married and Phillip, Ursula had no idea about Phillip. Her baby boy didn't speak to her much anymore. She could only assume it was because they'd had a falling out a year ago. She knew he was here at the wedding, but apparently he was sitting on the brides side of the garden. Ursula shook her head as she straightened out her dress and took a seat next to her husband. Wilfred was here because he was representing the Head of the family, who had flatly refused to come. Ursula did not understand the apparent animosity that the Head felt for this branch of their family, but what was she to know really, they did not speak to her. All the men in this family were the same though, they were all as stubborn as mules. All the Kaster's were really, but she felt that the men were worse. Young Hazel had her work cut out for her. On first meeting, Ursula had seen immediately what Samual had seen in her. She was exquisite to look at. She held herself well and she had a certain sophisticated aura around her, though it was also obvious to the woman that Hazel did not know how to handle her air in such a way as for it to actually mean anything. She had obviously not been raised in the environment appropriate to teach a young woman such skills. Of course she also knew that Hazel was a half blood, but that mattered very little to her, this entire branch of the Kaster's were half bloods. She didn't even have any problems with muggleborns, that was only the Kaster's.

Soon the wedding was set to begin and Ursula grew more excited. She loved a good party. She was really happy about having been able to attend. Looking around, she noted various cousins and other relations of the Kaster's were also here. She was a little surprised that there were so many of them here as it was not something she expected, never the less though she was happy. Spotting Carter, Ursula immediately waved her son over to sit by her and placed her hand on his knee once he had joined her. Carter had been looking especially happy lately and she really wanted to know why, however every time she tried to ask, Carter brushed her off with talk of a new Grandchild. She wasn't silly, she knew what he was doing, she just hoped that at some point he would tell her why. The ceremony began and Ursula stood along with everyone else. The appearance of Hazel only served to brighten the garden all the more. She truly couldn't wait for the reception, the cake would be gorgeous she was sure, she had popped down to the kitchens a couple of times to see it. Also to ensure that they had enough plates and such after the members of the Kaster family had set about breaking a whole bunch of them. A silly tradition, but one she had dealt with at her own wedding. Something else she also had to deal with was getting kidnapped after the initial ceremony. It wasn't anything serious of course, just a silly tradition of some sort of male dominance, but luckily, Wilfred had been rather, vigilant, and Ursula had been found within an hour. Hazel stepped out into the Gardens and Ursula wiped a tear from her eye. She wasn't sure there had ever been a more beautiful bride, certainly none in the past fifteen years. She turned to her husband, "She will make a wonderful addition to our family."
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[Stefan Archer]

Stefan Archer had never been to a wedding, until he and Kate had begun organising theirs, he hadn't even known what a wedding really meant or what happened during one. In his mind it had always been so much more complicated, but as it turned out it really wasn't. He had found that while his mind had told him it would be incredibly complex and it would take so much planning, he'd come to a realisation, that he didn't need something that was fancy or complex. He didn't even think he needed the day to go completely to the plan. He loved Kate, and he just wanted something simple for the two of them. Something that would suit them. Something with just close family and friends. A private a special day. Because despite how much he was enjoying working at the school, and branching out into making new friends, he was just realising that no matter what he was unlikely to invite them to his wedding. He wasn't quite ready to share an essentially private day. However, while Stefan had been planning his wedding with Kate, it appeared like they weren't the only ones to have been planning or preparing to get married. Samual and Hazel, two friends of Kate's more than his were the ones getting married on that day. He had been surprised when an invitation had been extended to him. Stefan had met Samual on a few occasions, but he didn't know if he knew him enough to be invited to the man's wedding. However, as Stefan had learned in his research about weddings, people had weddings of various sizes. Those with more money invited more people generally. Some wanted everyone to share with them on their special day and others didn't want many. The wedding, he'd learned depended on the couple who were having it. Which was possibly why, at least for himself, extravagance was not really on the agenda. Stefan had however been looking forward to going to the wedding, not just because Kate always looked beautiful in dresses, but also because he could see how weddings were really done. Well, get a better idea at least. A better idea of what most expected from a wedding, since Stefan was sure he was one of few who at twenty one did not actually know what weddings were suppose to be like. Stefan had been very careful in picking the right suit for the occasion. He didn't have many, but he also didn't have that many fancy clothes that were suitable for such an occasion, so he used Kate's better knowledge to help him. In the end he was wearing, what he knew his aunt called the blend in suit. A normal navy blue suit, white tie and tie. All in all fancy enough for this friend's wedding. Once he was ready, Stefan called to Kate, to see if she was ready to go. It made no sense if they turned up separately. When they were finally ready to go, Stefan put his arm around his fiancee and apparated to the location of the wedding.

Arriving at the place itself with a snap, Stefan couldn't help but feel like the place was incredible. It was the home of one of them, or a family home, but he couldn't believe it, it was huge. It was also incredibly well decorated, elegant and inspiring. He almost felt like the entire place, made his home, the home he'd spent the better part of three years redoing, look like a shed compared to this place. Before he'd redone it, his home would've felt like a cupboard box on the street compared with this. With Kate, Stefan followed most people out to where the wedding was being held, in the person's garden. Stefan had thought that for him and Kate a wedding in the backyard was the best option. It was inexpensive and having it at the house had some symmetry to it in his mind. Finally closing the chapter where he'd been alone, and where hatred had controlled most things for a lot of it. To opening a new chapter, of love, family, friendship and happiness. Things the home hadn't seen a great deal of since Stefan had been born into it. He was working hard to remove his old ghosts from their places on the walls. Keeping them on him, and only letting them surface when something went extremely wrong. That being said, even the garden he tried hard to up keep was nothing compared to this. Stefan was not use to grand things. He was more used to simple things. Before this place, the most grand place he'd been to was Hogwarts. Every thing that he'd seen so far with his life could not compare to this place. As he walked further into the garden towards the seats, and the bright blue eyes glanced between the garden and the house, he stopped, and just stood in awe of it. He had never seem anything like that in his life. Stefan knew that Kate's family home was possibly as big as this, but he'd never been there. The family clearly had money, he could only imagine growing up with that amount of security in many different fields of life. He was honestly thinking as he could barely take his eyes off the house, that he truly had been dealt a bad start of life. Between his father, and the lack of money, it had been doomed to start bad. Stefan felt himself be dragged a little by Kate, who then managed to find them their seats. Stefan finally as he took a seat actually glanced around at the other people, and then the groom who stood at the front. He found himself smiling at the man who stood at the front. It had been a little while since Stefan had actually seen Samual, he looked much older now, though, everyone really did. There were not people in this crowd that he recognised, bar the guy running for Minister for Magic, and the Professor who taught at Hogwarts. That was really all. Everyone else he didn't know. Not that most would really expect Stefan to. He barely spoke with most people. The amount of people here was even a little overwhelming.

As Stefan's attention was turned to the front, he discarded the thoughts of the people, or anything that was centered around him. He looked at Samual, who stood waiting at the front, with a sheer look of happiness on his face, and Stefan's own smile grew. It was incredible to him, the joy someone got from such a simple thing. Declaration of love, and being joined together by law. The librarian smiled, the entire place just seemed perfect. Everything just seemed to be in the correct place. Everything fitted. Everything was perfect. He looked back at Kate, and reached out to take her hand. He couldn't wait to have his day with her. To feel that utter joy, to feel his love for her burst open, and be known to all their friends and family. He couldn't wait to start his life with her, even more so than they were already. He was slightly afraid of the prospect of children, his upbringing cast a shadow over his belief in him ever being a good parent. But, he loved Kate, and she made him stronger. As he had been about to lean in to tell Kate that he loved her, Stefan noticed all eyes glance to the doors which had just opened. He looked round too, nothing that it appeared like everyone had arrived, and it was time for things to begin. Stefan smiled brightly, and let his gaze go to the bridesmaids that entered first. That was the norm, they entered first, one at a time, before the bride was brought in by her father. Or the closest thing to a father that the person could get. In some weddings, he'd read that the groom was brought down by the mother, but it very rarely happened. As this thought, crossed his mind, the bride entered. And she looked beautiful. Stefan, despite his vision, had realised that a dress that was entirely white was incredibly easy for him to see, no matter the time of day or light. He couldn't help but think that all the effort this couple had gone into was completely paying off. Every part of this was beautiful. It was stunning. She was stunning, and like the groom, she looked just so incredibly happy. Stefan squeezed Kate's hand lightly, soon this would be them. And he couldn't wait for that moment when he got to see his beautiful bride walking down the aisle.
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[Sara Moon]

Sara had been slightly shocked by the invite to Samual Kaster's wedding. She knew he'd started working in the aurors department with her, but hadn't seen him much. In her memories, he was a bright, vibrant boy. One of her sister's best friends. She hadn't expected to be here. Of course, she'd heard of his impending nuptials, and it had made her smile. He'd always seemed so loving, and loveable. No doubt, he was going to make his future wife-Hazel, very happy. She'd taken care with her outfit that morning, feeling a full length dress wouldn't be appropriate as she wasn't part of the wedding party. She was happy with herself as she left her apartment, her only jewellery a small blue pendant that picked up the blue in her dress. She hadn't been to a wedding in years, not since her childhood, and she was looking forward to it. She felt a little awkward in honesty, as though she shouldn't be present, but knew she should go. Samual Kaster was a genuinely good person, and it would be a privilege to witness such a happy occasion in his life.

Upon apparating to the location of the wedding, Sara was immediately alert. When she'd first learned to apparate, she'd always been dizzy upon arrival, but auror training had knocked that out of her. However, she was dazzled upon arrival, by the beauty of the venue. She turned in a full circle, smiling as she observed the garden, not even noticing the other guests for a moment, spellbound. Momentarily, she snapped out of it, and moved to take her seat. This place was the perfect setting for a wedding. She began to recognise faces among the guests; Carter Kaster, the candidate for minister, who she'd seen once before. There were a few former students from Hogwarts too, and she smiled at those she recognised, waving to Professor Kingsley, who she would always think of as "Professor" no matter how whether or not she was a student. She spotted Stefan and her sister quickly, and headed toward them, glad there were people she knew here. She was delighted with their engagement. It hadn't exactly been a surprise; they were obviously meant for each other. She leaned in toward them, taking her seat. "Hi guys." he greeted, smiling. No doubt Kate would be taking note of the wedding, picking up ideas for her own. It was nice to see her sister happy. Stefan too, he deserved happiness. "Taking notes?" she joked, crossing her legs, and winking at her twin. It would be a beautiful ceremony, of that she had no doubt. She was curious of course, she'd never been to a wizarding ceremony before, and was wondering about what exactly it entailed.

 

[Claire Aurelious]

Claire had never been to a wedding, especially not to one for a friend she was so close to. She knew that they had been friends, even with the distance separating them, so it was no surprise to Claire that she was invited. However, the invite caused her more stress than she thought it would, considering she had to buy a new dress. All of her old dresses now hung loose on her body, as she was much thinner than she used to be. he had to go shopping, and knowing she couldn't wear white, she picked the fathest thing from it, black.

Once she was dressed, her hair brushed and parted, Claire felt she could leave te house. Her light make up suited her personality, and she separated to the wedding, glad to get there in one piece. Claire took her seat, though she wanted to hug Sammy, and waited for Hazel to come down the isle. Claire was sure she would look lovely. And Claire was right. As the music began to play, and everyone stood, there she was. Her dress hugged her beautifully, and her smile was radiant. She was definitely the most beautiful woman in the room.
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[Ingrid Ramsey]

Ingrid Kaster had not been to a wedding in ages! Frankly, she liked parties and not because she had the chance to go all wild and carefree and happy, but it was because she liked to socialize a lot. And this wedding was one of the perfect chances to do it, considering that she hadn't known the bride nor the groom, which was her own cousin, until a week ago. But she had to admit that she had gotten the chance o meet both of them. Samual was great and welcoming and the effort he had put into his special day was very evident and appreciated. And Hazel. An absolute beauty. It was no wonder that Samual had taken the chance to be with her, she was an amazing woman. It could easily be seen even for Ingrid who had not known the couple for very long, especially the bride's beauty that was shining every time the former Hufflepuff would catch a glimpse of her. Shaking her thoughts out of her head, she had taken to searching for Carter within the crowd.

It had taken her a couple of moments for her to find her brother and in that span of time, she had taken the time to admire the wonderful garden. It was wonderful really, though she was quite mindful of her surroundings considering that broken plates were scattered last night and it wasn't so bad to be careful and see if there were any shards left. It was better to be safe than sorry after all since there were kids in the place and they might end up slipping and falling down in the wrong place. Ingrid didn't want that to happen. Not on a special day for the family like this wedding. As soon as the ceremony was about to start, she had found her brother sitting right beside their mother and this sight actually made her sigh in relief for a bit as she wasn't particularly fond of the thought of sitting next to the woman. Sure she was her mom and all, but they never really got along to the point that Ingrid could stand sitting next to her for the whole ceremony. And so, she had taken it upon herself to sit herself beside her older brother. She remained silent in her seat before the music begun and she stood with the others for the ceremony to start and when the doors opened, Ingrid had only one thought about the bride as she smiled. Beautiful.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate couldn't remember the last time she had been to a wedding. She definitely hadn't attended one since entering Hogwarts. She did remember going to a wedding when she was younger. She hadn't been very impressed. She had found the ceremony boring but she had enjoyed the food and dancing. But over all she thought it had been a pretty mediocre experience. However now she was planning her own wedding the feeling was quite different. She was excited. Sure it wasn't going to be a grand affair, neither of them wanted that but still it was fun planning their own simple wedding. She had an idea in mind for most things. It was fun choosing everything with Stefan, it was just nice to plan this whole thing together with out any stress. She remember watching tv and seeing some brides-to-be going completely over the top and just stressing over everything but Kate wanted to enjoy this. It's not as if she wanted to do it again. This was her one time to do this and she was going to make it count. Selfishly what Kate was looking forward to most was the dress. She did consider herself overly into fashion and dresses etc but she did want the right dress. It wasn't going to be poofy or sparkling or anything, just something that would suit her. Kate was fairly sure the day would be easy-going. It would be out in the back garden. They would decorate it appropriately with fairy lights, candles and flowers. She always thought garden weddings were beautiful. Some of the pictures she had seen were just breath-taking. Altogether Kate was very excited. She was just so happy lately. Everything in her life right now was perfect. Most things just made her smile, today especially.Kate was so happy for Sammy and Hazel. She had almost squealed with delighted when she had first heard. She just loved those two together and was very happy for them. Weddings were just such happy occasions. The meaning behind them was what Kate loved the most. The fact that you loved someone so much that you would make a vow to never leave them and to love them. It was sweet and Kate couldn't agree more. Kate would tell the world how much she loved Stefan if she could. No words could describe what she felt for that man. There was really no one else in the world she loved more.

Kate had decided to go floral for the occasion. It was September wedding but it was also spring and Kate loved spring. It was one of her favorite times of the year. September back home was also lovely. It was usually one of the best time of the year weather wise. But in New Zealand nature was just getting started. "Ready"She called answering Stefan's call before quickly putting a few bits and pieces into her bag before walking to Stefan.Kate grinned when she saw him. There was just something about a man in a suit. "You look very handsome"She said smiling before kissing him lightly on the lips. He did and she smiled as the apparated to the place of the wedding. When they arrived, Kate's face lit up. The place looked amazing. With out the decorations it would have looked fabulous. Kate just stood there for a minute taking it all in. Sammy had done a wonderful job with the decorations. One part of her mind was marveling at the beauty of the place while the other was taking notes. No harm getting a few pointers from this wedding. It was already spectacular. Kate absent-mindedly twirled the ring on her finger. It was habit she had got into lately. It just reminded her every so often of what was to come in her life and no matter her mood, it made her smile. The two walked and found seats. Kate waved at Sammy. He was positively beaming. Kate's heart swelled. It was weird, she had never pictured Sammy getting married, she still saw the young boy who came over a gave her a hug after the magazine. He was so much more grown-up . He was clearly a man now and Kate was both proud and happy for him. She looked around at the other faces, there was a few she recognized, not many but some faces from school and a candidate for the new minister. "It's beautiful isn't it"She said to Stefan as they sat down. The place really was fantastic. It was a wonderful venue. Soon Kate heard a familiar voice "Hey Sara"She said smiling. She was glad her sister was happy with her auror job. She seemed to be enjoying it. Kate laughed "Of course"She said grinning. But she quietened down when they music began. She turned to see the Hazel beginning her walk down. She loved stunning, absolutely beautiful. Kate snuck a look at Sammy and her heart melted at the look of utter love and joy on her face. She then suddenly realized soon she herself would be walking down the aisle. It was a weird but happy thought and Kate squeezed Stefan's hand back. She couldn't wait to see him there at the top, waiting for her.