the_debt_of_time

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Another knock at the door came, and Harry, Ron, and Draco entered. They were
strangely well-behaved, which she assumed was for her benefit only. No one dared to mess
with a witch on her wedding day.
"Wow," Harry said with a bright smile, his eyes sparkling with what she hoped
would not be tears. If Harry cried, she was sure to completely lose it. "Hermione, you're
beautiful."
Ron swallowed as he stared at her robes. "Will Daphne be wearing something like
that at our wedding?" he asked, looking hopeful.
"Not with your mother involved," Draco said. "I see seven layers of white lace and
chiffon in your future, Weasley. Daphne will look like a bloody cake when she reaches the
end of the aisle. Then again, you're a fan of cake."
Ron narrowed his eyes at his future brother-in-law.
"Careful," Mia teased. "Keep this up and people are going to start to think the two
of you actually like one another."
They both blanched at the thought.
Harry nervously ran a hand through his hair and adjusted his dress robes. "We have
some things for you," he said and reached into the pocket of his robes, pulling out a familiar
piece of jewellery and taking her wrist in his free hand. "This is for you."
"Harry, this is Ginny's bracelet. I gave this to her," she said as he clasped it.
He smiled at her. "Borrowed. Something borrowed."
Mia tried to blink away the forming tears.
Draco looked to each of the wizards in the room and shook his head in clear
disapproval as he pulled a silk handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Savages," he said under his breath as Mia thanked him with a smile and dabbed at her
eyes.
"I believe this goes in your shoe," Remus said with a smirk and handed over a shiny
Sickle. "But it seems you're not wearing any."
Mia accepted the coin gratefully, slipping it into a pocket instead. "I assume Sirius
has taken care of the blue once more?"
"He's a sucker for tradition," Remus said sarcastically.
"And naturally, I took care of the new." Draco brandished a small, black velvet box,
opening it to reveal a silver-chained necklace with a goblin-made pendant hanging at the

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