✧THE WEDDING✧
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croѕѕ мy нearт
нope тo dιe

 тo мy lover, ι'd never lιe

 нe ѕaιd "вe тrυe"
 ι ѕwear ι'll тry

 ιn тнe end, ιт'ѕ нιм and ι 

нe'ѕ oυт нιѕ нead,
 ι'м oυт мy мιnd

 we goт тнaт love, тнe crazy ĸιnd
 ι aм нιѕ and нe ιѕ мιne
 ιn тнe end, ιт'ѕ нιм and ι

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The morning came quicker than she expected...And to an ever bigger surprise, it wasn't at all like the mornings she had experienced to other couples getting married.

But then again...It was the day of her wedding.

For one she was allowed to sleep in, a rare surprise but a much-needed one, and when she awoke at approximately ten, her mother came in with a tray of food that would last up until the feast tonight.

The rest of the ladies soon followed in pursuit, keeping her company, laughing and giggling with the amount of tea in their system as they awaited the process a witch in Aurora's portion must take.

A bath, cleansing her body from any hairs and lavishing herself In oils and scented shampoo to secure her innocence.

With her silk robe on were they ready for transport to the Lestrange manner where it would be taken place. The home where Rabastan still lives with his own parents, not the one that houses Bella.

From a single glimpse at the decor, she felt the instant strain of the occasion. Hallowing the crazed women flock around her, touching her up and bending to her every whim.

Her hair had been tugged at in all directions. Her body doused in perfumes, a number of blessings sung around her.


All this halted as Rodolphus himself entered the room, although scolded by his mother, he simply chuckled and offered a gift. "Rabastan wanted Cassi to have this if it's possible to hand her anything at the moment." He spoke, and usually this banter that he had was Bella's excuse to slap him in any way she could, although they didn't love each other, they managed to coexist with one another...Or that is how Aurora saw it.

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Obviously Bellatrix's infatuation is solely to the Dark Lord, whether that was power-hungry or sexual nobody wanted to question. But it was nice to see that they were a bit of a friendly couple.

Granted, Aurora was probably the only person in the world to say that.

"Ah, there she is...Might I say my brother is in for a treat." She smirked at his playful taunt, but otherwise thanked him for the compliment and continued on with whatever she was handling prior.

He tried to hide his disappointment with the lack of his sister's humor. But it was strongly due to her mother's presence and everyone else's eyes amongst them. Perhaps when the time comes she'll become less timid and crack open her shell further...

But as of right now she was still a Black.

"Why is it that my brother is a nervous mess and you re completely calm?" He spoke, catching her for a moment when everyone was off. His job was to deliver her to a special location and allow her father to walk her down the aisle.

"I would've guessed impatience, could it be nerves? I think you would know your brother the same if not better than me....Then again, my mother slipped something into my tea." She whispered, knowing full well that the house echoed. 

"Hm, if he doesn't drop to the floor after this gorgeous getup then he is a bloody fool. Good luck sister." He spoke, kissing her cheek before offering her hand up to Orion.

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"Father..." She spoke, carefully pulling him out of his trans. 

"I remember...When you were just a babe and now—" He managed to look off into the distance as the music was playing in the background, waiting for the two to make their first move in approaching the altar.

"I will always be your little girl father, I'm still a child in more than a few ways." He swallowed thickly, looking down at his previous little light and offered his best smile. 

"Not for long, not when you have your own." She let her eyes closed and her hands place onto his chest.

"It's sort of too late to regret this decision, had mother pushed you?" He nodded, but Cassi leaned in to kiss her father's cheek.

"There won't be anything to worry about, I love him, father. I do. And if he were to try anything I will retaliate." She had copied Sirius' own voice of reason and it allowed a smile to reform on the father of the brides' face.

So he aided her in pulling the veil over her face and offered up his arm for her, leading her down to the steps and through the path of the patio. It was added to the manner for the occasion, considering the number of times she has been here...This was defiantly new.

However, she only had a moment of silence before the signal of music alerted the entire audience that Cassiopeia was making her first appearance.

With everyone rising up from their seats to show their smiles and support, and itching to get the first glimpse...It caused a stronger hold to come from her father as though she would get intimidated from all the eyes taking a glance to her.

Though at the moment she pretended that Sirius would be in the field of faces. 

Yet seeing Regulus was enough for the moment, and the result of her glossy eyes were strategically hidden behind the veil.

When her eyes finally locked onto Rabastan, a small one had fallen through the crack. One look caused him to break down and gaze directly to his feet, only for him peek up once again.

Oh Merlin was he an adorable mess in slick black dress robes, having one hand hooked around his back while the other held the inner layers at his chest, awaiting her hand to be bestowed to him by her father.

And before either of the young adults knew it, Cassi's soft hand was merely kissed by her father before being offered out to Rabastan who graciously interlocked her hand and lead her further up the steps...They bowed their head to the high priest as they were doing an old version of a hand fastening, although it was not considered sunrise or sunset...Their version didn't call for those specific time of the day.

They finally were set in place, and the audience of their families and guests were motioned to sit back down. The priest offered out both his hands to begin the ceremony.

"We are gathered here today to unite two souls as one...Do you Rabastan Alastair Lestrange and Cassiopeia Aurora Black join us here in your own free will to acknowledge the eternal bond shared by both of you?" The young bride held her eye roll and distracted herself with a smile.

Sirius would've made the effort to laugh the loudest had he heard the idea of 'own free will' as it wasn't apart of their free will in any regard.

But it was a simultaneous 'I do' between the both of them that left a rather gagging reaction on Bella's behalf as she did not like the intensity of their relationship at all. And with the monolog of religious nonsense did the priestess finally reach the end.

"You may face each other...Join hands...Here before witnesses, Rabastan and Cassiopeia have sworn their love with one another. With this cord, I bind them to their words...Repeat after me..." Rabstan saw that Aurora took a long inhale, but her eyes were their normal shade of beautiful grey...One of which he knew could flash into a glare without any sort of warning.

"Heart to thee, body to thee...Always and forever, bless it be." The crowd behind them whispered out in the following chant: "Bless it be." And the priest smiled at the young man as he initiated the final verse.

"You may now kiss the bride." He issued, and Cassi bowed her head for him to get a better angle to the vail as he pulled it up above her head and behind, his hands instantly cupped her face and the two shared a rather intense first kiss as husband and wife.

It earned him a small hum to vibrate their lips, a little less than a moan but never the less sensual.

Reminding him all too easily of tonight.

As the clapping finally toned into either of their minds, Rabastan had taken hold of her hand once again and lead her down the aisle. They were being shown by an endless array of flowers to bless them further on a long and healthy marriage.

Finally managing to reach the house once more, did Aurora finally take note on how weak she felt in the knees, something had taken ahold of her heart, her soul and her mind...

She felt...Reborn.

Powerful as though she won't have to listen to her parents in any regard. This was freedom

She will be the mistress of her own manner, her husband a powerful death eater. Merlin this was defiantly a boost of confidence entirely. However as the guest s were being led to the grand hall, to begin to wine and dine and be properly entertained...

All in preparation of wishing the new couple a final bit of luck.

Without prying eyes, was Rabastan allowed to kiss his bride the way he wanted to. Slightly dipping her and having all the weight of her into his arms as he became her supporter.

Quite literally.

"...And how are you feeling Mrs.Lestrange?" She rolled her eyes.

"I'm surprised you managed all of five minutes without shouting that to the world." His naughty smirk only issued her fear for tonight, and so she stilled herself as he once again cupped both of her cheeks to secure a proper kiss.

"I'll have you screaming a few other things tonight love, just you wait." Her cheeks reddened as it truthfully hit her physical core, but scared her mentally.

"Raba I—" Her managed to catch her uncomfortable nature, but it was too late to discuss her concerns as Walburga had caught them instead.

"Circi sake you two! You have plenty of time to make me grandchildren later...Off, off!" She shouted, and for the first time in Aurora's life had she not been scolded at how close Rabastan had been to her.

But this man beside her, holding her in a scandalous manner, is her husband.

With all this being said, they entered the room that was completely layered in hanging flowers, they were a sort of tie-dye mutation throughout the room. And a little gal managed to offer up one of the many flowers to the bride and Cassi bent down to the girl.

"Thank you sweetheart." She spoke, kissing her forehead as the little girl giggled at the affection.

Rabasta watched as she twirled it between her fingers and laughed. 

"I won't even complain that they experimented with a perfectly good flower, I promise." He chuckled, kissing her cheek and begin spinning her into his hold.

"I won't stop you darling, but you can certainly tell me as we are having our first dance." Her eyes flared in recognition, she has been to a dozen weddings and yet her own blurred everything in the consistent timeline they were meant to follow.

"It's alright, my brother reminded me of the order...Come." He spun her back into place as they started to dance to a dramatically long song, it was lovely as Aurora could appreciate the chords and the player's expressive admiration to the wedding.

"So before your mother interrupted us, what were you going to say?" He offered, showing concern as to what was bothering her just a few moments ago. 

"Later...There's eyes just waiting for me to mess up my footing." She spoke, but allowed a rather wide and convincing smile to greet him. So he hummed. 

"And this dress? You didn't disappoint...My wife." Her head planted to his chest, causing an elated and proud feeling to spread through his body as his wife found comfort in his arms.

"Good, it was worth the fight with my mother then." His chuckled rumbled his entire figure in agreement, but he was truly itching to know what was bothering her.

"Is it your feet? We can sit down in a moment if they're sore." Her head shook as she looked up, it was almost like she was in a daze of pleasure. But it was the high their ceremony had brought them, intertwining their soul.

"No love, no...Later, I promise. But we could indulge in some champagne." After a few more teases going back and forth, Rabastan said they needed a little break between themselves, especially after dancing with multiple family members. Boasts about future plans, babies, designs, friends, and families.

But sitting down at the head table was quite the advantage, seeing everyone out in front of them. Seeing the actual body number was breathtaking, yet Sirius was never going to be one of the invited few ever again.

And that's when it hit Rabastan.

"It's Sirius then, isn't it?" Her head darted into his direction, but then cowered in shame at being caught. 

"Rory, it's alright...I'll never fault you for missing him." She nodded but only half the problem was with Sirius. It sort of came to an odd relevance of how much Sirius looked like their father, everything to the height to their hair. Even if he wasn't open to the Black family fortune to it's entirely, he still dressed similar to their father as well.

Even if she wasn't prepared for him to know that.

"It's wrong isn't it...?" Rabastan began twisting her ring as a very nervous action. 

"Rory, he's your brother, he protected you from more than I could've ever dreamed and you—You are twins, as much as half this room denies it. I truly hope I never have to see him in the crossfire Rory...For your sake." She leaned into his hold a bit further, and as the dancing came to an end...And it was time for dinner, the two were granted separation between their families.

But were blessed with more than a few people who came to give their congratulations before leaving as their children were getting antsy.

"Byebye." The young girl spoke, waving along as she did so. And Aurora recalled her from the beginning, she had been the one to offer a flower.

"Raba, whose child is that?" The man narrowed his eyes and he sighed. 

"A bastard child, nobody has claimed her yet...But she is a Selwynn by marriage. Even if Mrs.Selywn's husband has been dead."

Aurora watched as the mother and daughter exited, and she pouted at the thought. Bastard children, pureblood or not, were sort of disgrace. 

"I will only grant my seed to you darling, not to worry." She playfully gawked at the joke and looked away.

"I'll pretend you didn't bloody stay that Rabastan." And he felt rather proud of himself in that regard. Leaving her speechless without a witty comeback. But now her unsteady biting of her lip wasn't to share her arousal, it was out of being uncomfortable.

"Rory I didn't mean to sound so rash...Or inappropriate...Just attempting to lighten your mood." She nodded, but her eyes took a quick glance over to the clock. They were meant to leave in under the hour, and what was she going to do then?

"It's not that Raba, I'm sort of nervous..." With Rabastan's back straightened did he turn attentive to her expression. 

"Of what?" In his mind there was nothing could be making her worried, so he questioned again, and again but the girl continued to remain silent.

"To...C-consumate." She looked way right then and there, grabbing her champagne glass and taking hefty sip after spilling out her guts.

He called out her name in just under a whisper, even attempting to lay a hand onto her thigh, though it didn't aid the conversation. 

"Rory, why didn't you tell me?... Merlin, we could've talked about it before tonight." Her eyes returned to him, but the stilled silence was hard to pass over.

But it surely did explain why she never spoke about it.

"I guess I didn't make it easy darling, when we get to—to where we are going we'll talk. I promise." She let a breathless smile escape her, and for the final moments did the daily prophet take pictures for the paper...As they were sure to make front page and showcase a happy couple.

And another combination of a Black turning to a Lestrange.

The cake served and eaten, and with the lifted fear of expressing her concerns she started to feel better. Though it could've been the booze in her system, and a bit of liquid luck in her system since dinner.

A gift from Narcissa.

"Off, off you two! I don't want to see or hear from you for the next week!" Aurora's jaw dropped at her mother, but Rabastan held her close. 

"Will do mother." He teased, but it had Walburga once again grow teary as she wished both of her children a lovely time.

And yet, as the two of them left hand in hand out of the Lestrange manner Aurora realized two things.

"You sly Slytherin, you knew where our Honeymoon was going to be." His laughter met the cool summer air, and although his gaze lingered as the small outlining of where the alter was...He still managed to give an explanation of how Cissy assumed he knew.

"Yes, Cissy thought I was informed, however she did pack your clothes so...Shall we?" He offered a small box in offering and she titled her head in confusion.

"I plan on showering you enough jewelry to make up for the time you've had to wear that ghastly thing around your neck." She giggled, but seeing the very engraved locket was very fitting. Merlin was it beautiful, and her love for it was shown as her nose cited up the way he adored.

"Now that darling, is a portkey." Her eyes popped up, now using a portkey told her that the location was a ways away...Going to his hand and interlocking it tightly, all to secure their transport together.

As the scenery drastically changed and even warmer air greeted them rather quickly, Aurora just peeked at the large standing house before them both. 

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"Welcome to our summer chateau, Madam Lestrange." Her eyes tugged away from the beautiful manner, before taking into account that they were standing off in the roundabout simply made for carriages.

"Chateau? We're in France?" He hummed once again, wrapping his hands around her and locking at her waist...But focusing throughout on the kiss.

"We can explore the ground tomorrow when it's light...I do recall we have something to talk about." Her head nodded but she still felt nervous, even if they were to discuss it....But he left no room for her to shutter or cower away from him or his grasp.

"Je t'aime pour toujours." [I love you forever] His husk breath was quite close to her ear, so much so that the heat transferred into making her cheeks utterly red.

Although her French wasn't even at a conversational leve, she managed to recognize a few pieces 't'amie' as love for example.

"You can teach me a little more French then." His mischevious glint in his eye ranged as he tipped his forehead further to hers. The giggling erupted as he began to lead her to the front door...Where they were greeted by the given house elves.

"Master and mistress Lestrange...Daisy help?" Aurora always thought their way of speaking was adorable, and it was obvious that these elves were defiantly younger than Kreacher.

"Bottle of wine on ice in our room." They rushed to fulfill the order while he led his wife into the main room. "This is our parents doing, though I thought it was too much, I do know that you'd want a place to escape. Away from the public eye as you say." She perked her lips out, plumping them entirety as she didn't like being called out.

"What were you nervous about tonight for darling?" Her eyes had taken a moment to wonder, causing her eyes to drift off and around their summer home. While Rabastan's gaze had lingered all the more on the choice of her dress. 

And since they had entered the ballroom, the train of her dress was now attached to her right wrist to make it easier for her to walk and dance in.

"I....I am just nervous about the whole thing of it, I don't know what you want me to say Raba..." Her nails found the rims of her lace sleeves, causing him to drastically sigh.

"Well my vulgar mouth could've been toned down had you told me, I don't want you to be silent about discomforting things. Especially when it's meant to be pleasurable." The former Black had begun to blink rapidly and he knew right away that tears were meant to continue.

"Darling...Love, it's alright...We'll have a glass of wine and we'll make sure you're entirely ready before continuing...I'm sure there's something that you'll enjoy in the realm of sex." No matter her attempts, her swallow would not go down.

"I don't doubt that Raba, it's the first time I'm worried about." Rabastan could've kicked himself in the instant, of course she was worried about it hurting.

Merlin did he think himself thick.

"Then...We'll go nice and slow...Besides I can ravish you in other ways." Though it was tempting, she did need to tell him the other aspect.

"V-virgin rites...Have you heard of it?" Rabastan thought for a moment and shook his head, his father nor mother had mentioned this bit. And he thought he had obtained everything.

"It...It's said who has control of p-penetration will gain a boost of power." His eyes widened, this wasn't meant for him to hear, he could tell by the covertness of her eyes. As though she was telling him an all endeared secret.

"What sort of boost?" Finally....Finally, had her swallow gone down, but it only prompted another to take its place stuck in her throat.

"If you—If you are in control of taking my maidenhood your spells will be stronger...Especially when they are in defense of our family." Out of all the things...Not only was this night going to bless him with being with his wife. 

But also give him the advantage in spell casting?

But then the curiosity overtook him as he followed through with the question if she were to take her own maidenhood. "Then the opposite will happen, I'll get offensive spells for our family...Almost like a mother dragon, o-or that's what the book had said anyway." Her shyness was anything but timid, goddess did he want to kiss her, but this is what's bothering her.

They needed to talk through it. He didn't want her in fear the entire time over this.

"How is this possible?" 

"Blood magic." Once again it turned into the twist of her being in pain. But before long had she started rambling apologies of how she hadn't learned this until a few days ago, or how she didn't want to disappoint him or be bad performance wise.

And he had to stop her right there.

Hook his hands around her wrist had he distracted her long enough to get an adoring kiss into the mix of her babbling.

"Rory...You take it." It clicked rather instantly, but she shook her head in denial. 

"B-but don't you want—" His hands now taking their rightful place on her waist and cheek did he shake his head.

"I want you...But that is your right, that should be your gain." Her eyes grew glossy once more as she leaned in again, locking lips in the oddest of places in the center of their den.

"We can divide it...Halfway into it, one partner gives up control to the other." Her method of sharing this blessed boost of power was clear. She would have the first motion and then she would pass it to him. When Aurora's smile finally sparked, he took that as a good sign that there was nothing else in worrying, and offering out his hand did she take it all without hesitation.

Leading up the circular staircase, lofted to show the three levels did she smile at the decor, it was beautiful to say the least.

Especially if this is going to be their summer home.

The double doors opened on their own as it welcomed the houses' master and mistress. And to her surprise was it littered with candles, smelling rather divine and hitting her with a flavorful aphrodisiac to set the mood even further.

The bed, however, was significantly large...which screamed to whoever styled the room highlight what would entail here tonight.

"I will ask that you take your hair out of that braid though." She smiled, her gaze looking off to the connected bathroom. 

"You read my mind..." The girl took her wand from her belt as it was a bit of a disguise. However as a reasonable target for whomever, it was on instinct to have it on her being every moment of the day.

"A moment?" She asked, and he chuckled. "Take two." She was grateful for this time to breath as she looked at the large vanity table. Removing all the pins and bands that held the hair's binding shape.

After tackling that she began spraying herself with the offered perfume, one of which she recognized to be her own, and she was thankful for the waves that her hair came out with after being clipped in for the entire day.

She knew Rabastan adored running his hands through her long locks, so here she was. Unpinned hair, shoeless and standing in the mirror with the determined look in her eyes.

"As above, so below. As within, so without. As the universe, so the soul. Bless it be mother Diana and Ciri." She breathed in once again before returning back out into the bedroom...

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Date Posted: 07-23-19

Time: 1:41

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FINALLY THEY'RE MARRIED AHHHHH, MY LITTLE BABIES ARE FINALLY TOGETHER 🥰💕