A little boy around the age of 2 sat among the vibrant reddish pink lilies, on the only little bit of grass underneath the window from the house. Whilst playing with his toy truck he looked up and saw the hundreds of cars being parked or waiting to be parked on the ash felt surface twenty or so paces away. He made his car noises whilst the toy truck went skidding into the lily bush. "Uh-oh" He muttered before standing up and going head first into the dirt and mud, trying to retrieve his most prized possession. In the distance he heard his name being called so he quickly abandoned his truck, wiped his hands on his new clothes and brushed his sandy blonde locks out of his eyes, whilst waddling out into the open of the plush front lawn.
"Tristan what have you done?" Tristan's father said as he bent down in front of little Tristan and looked at his dirt covered face and body. "Today is an important day buddy; you were supposed to stay clean… I promised you're mum I wouldn't lose you either" His dad stood up and Tristan had to strain his neck to look at him. He noticed his dad gave him a disapproving look so he giggled joyfully before pouncing at his dad's legs and locking his arms around him from behind. Tristan noted that when he did this his dad always seemed to lighten up "A little dirt never hurt anyone…" Tristan's dad gave a wide grin before bending over super quickly and picking him up by the feet. Tristan squealed in delight as his dad walked him into the house upside down by his ankles "Ok come on lets get you ready… again"
"What, is that… my god is that Tristan?" Came the stern, surprised voice of Granny Granger. "Draco!" Granny Granger said as she hit Tristan's dad over the head and pushed them both towards the kitchen. "One simple request, you keep him under control! So naturally he ends up looking filthy and Get that finger out of you're nose boy! It's a disgusting habit!" Granny Granger snapped as she looked down at Tristan to notice him upside down with his finger buried deep inside his nose.
"Oh lighten up Granny Granger" Draco, Tristan's dad said as he put his son up the right way and carried him on his hip. "A little dirt never hurt anyone" Tristan and his dad walked around the kitchen as the had entered in the house by the side door and his dad placed him on the kitchen counter.
"YES IT DID!" Granny Granger bellowed as she began hyperventilating "He could have gotten it in his eyes! He could have gotten it in his paws, and my god, imagine if it screwed up his paws for life! He would have the worst acne of all his friends through teenage years" Although Tristan had absolutely know idea what his Granny was going on about his sat on the kitchen counter quite amused to see her worked up… once again by his father.
"Calm down Granny Granger, there is no Danger in dirt" His dad bent down in front of Tristan and smiled whilst poking him ticklishly in the stomach. "See Tristan, daddy is a poet" Tristan grinned at his dad and giggled lightly. Granny Granger on the other hand screamed in rage and stormed out of the kitchen "Just between you and me buddy" His dad said as he stood up at full height and pulled the face washer to him. "I preferred it when we were on non speaking terms with that woman" Tristan squealed happily as his dad quickly pulled him up and zoomed him around the kitchen twice in the rocket position above his dad's head before they both came to halt right in front of his dad's friend.
"Come here Tristan" Aunty Ginny said as she pulled Tristan from his dad's fun arms. "You need to get cleaned up and I doubt it that will happen with you're father whizzing you around the kitchen" Tristan frowned thoroughly as he was placed on the kitchen counter again. He crossed his arms over his chest and Aunty Ginny waved her wand causing his clothes to be clean. She pulled the face washer to her angrily and attacked his face.
"Oh you're just jealous" Tristan heard his dad say from behind aunty Ginny. "You're really upset that it wasn't you being zoomed around the kitchen in the rocket position" At the mention of Zoom and Rocket Tristan began struggling in his aunties grip to try and get to his dad.
"See Draco you're giving him false hope!" Snapped aunty Ginny before she placed Tristan on the ground and urge him towards the living room. "Come on come see Lily… Tristan move it" Aunty Ginny said as she noticed Tristan standing still with his arm crossed over his chest. He saw his dad behind Aunty Ginny give him thumbs up and Tristan bound towards his dad before clinging onto his legs. "Fine I give up! You get him to behave Draco; he only seems to listen to you. And you need to get you're vowels done Draco!" Aunty Ginny said before she also left the kitchen in a huff.
"She's right Little man" Tristan's dad said as he bent down in front of him. "You do only seem to listen to me" Tristan's dad gave the biggest smile and picked up his son. "But seriously" He started as he looked at his son. "Granny Granger is right that is a really gross habit" Tristan's dad said as he tried to pry Tristan's finger away from his nose. They walked out the same door they had come in moments before and to the same flower bush were his abandoned truck lay.
"Hmm what flower do I give her?" His dad said as they bent over to look at the reddish pink lilies. Tristan held out his hand for a particularly beautiful one and Draco smiled before snapping it off its stem about halfway down. "Perfect" They walked back into the house and through the lounge room until they came until a hallway. Tristan's dad stopped at the very start and Tristan looked at him expectantly. Tristan wriggled his body as if say 'Come on, move' But still his dad didn't move.
"Ok buddy" Draco said as he placed Tristan on the ground and gave him the flower. "You see that special box on the ground over there" His dad said as he pointed to a little black box at the end of the hallway beeping. "That's a special man detector, so I can't go down there, but you can. Go and give this to mummy alright" Tristan nodded and his dad gave him the smallest push.
Tristan carefully walked down the hallway with the flower clutched to his chest. He stopped short of the open doorway to look back at his dad. His dad urged him on and Tristan walked the few steps and stopped right in the doorway. It was a very colourful room he was half in half out, there were girls wearing pretty pink dresses and putting make-up on and a very beautiful lady with her back to Tristan in the biggest white dress he's ever seen.
He looked around the room but stood in the same spot. The girls sighed towards him and pointed. "Oh he's adorable..."
"Look at his cute little suit-"
"And his shoes, awww-"
"And his tie oh so cute-"
Tristan began to get nervous with these girls looking at him so he backed out of the room quickly and hit the opposite wall. "Tristan give the flower!" he heard his dad whisper quiet loudly from the other end of the hall way. "The lady in white!" His dad added. Tristan nodded at his dad and walked into the room steadily. He walked past all the girls and this time found the lady in the beautiful white dress was his mum. Tristan ran to her and hugged her or as much as he could through the mass of white. The flower in the middle of them got squashed until Tristan moved away. He handed it to his mum who took it and smelt it.
"What's with the flower?" A girl asked that Tristan had never seen before. She had long strawberry hair and bright blue eyes, but she wasn't wearing a dress like the others.
"Ever since we moved in here three years ago I'd wake up with one of these flowers on my bedside table. And without a doubt it would have been freshly picked, so when I didn't wake up with one this morning since he was at Blaise and Ginny's I guess this is it" The girls sighed and looked at his mum jealously.
"Does mummy look pretty" Uncle Harry asked from behind mummy. Tristan just noticed him and he scuttled over to him and wrapped his arm around Uncle Harry's leg. "I'll take that as a yes" Uncle Harry said as he tightened the top mum was wearing.
"I can't believe today is the day" Said mum as she bent over and put her hands on her hips.
"What are you on about Hermione? You're already married" Aunty Ginny said as she fixed her hair in the mirror.
"I know but I'm still aloud to be nervous-"
"What are they doing in here!?!" Snapped Granny Granger as she had just walked in the room. She seized Uncle Harry –who just had enough time to pick up Tristan- and by the scruff of the collar she pushed them out of the room and into the hallway. Uncle Harry turned to Tristan and gave him a sad smile.
"Sorry Tristan it doesn't look like you'll be seeing mummy properly until the ceremony" Tristan who had know idea what a ceremony was screwed up his face and allowed Uncle Harry to walk them to the backyard. Outside was all white, Tristan noted. There were hundreds of chairs with a white walkway in the middle and up the front was a beautiful white rose arch with a priest I white already up there. To the side was a white piano and behind it was a white table cloth over a table with exotic food on it. People were sitting and talking and behind where the priest was, about 50 paces away was a very elegant grand white tent.
"Can I give you to Uncle George and Uncle Fred?" Tristan whom favourite's the Weasley family was the twins smiled happily and clapped his hands together when Uncle Harry led them down the white walkway to about two rows up where Fred and George sat. "Hey can I hand Tristan off to you two, he can't get in any trouble and" Uncle Harry said as he put his hands on either side of Tristan's head. "Can't see his daddy" Fred and George smiled and Fred leant forwards and took Tristan happily. Uncle Harry bustled away and Tristan looked at Fred expectantly before breaking out into a wide grin and putting his hands on Fred's face.
"Oi Fred give him a colour buster" George said with a big grin. Fred reached into his suit coat and extracted a purple, blue and green lolly. "Which one do you want kiddo?" Uncle George asked as he pointed to the lollies. "Purple, Blue or Green?" Tristan screwed up his face in confusion before putting the green lolly in his mouth. "Shouldn't take long" Uncle George said as he glanced at his watch. Tristan sucked the lolly happily and looked around at the people talking. He noticed Uncle Blaise and Uncle Ron talking along with Granny Molly and Grandpa Arthur telling off two troublesome sisters whom happen to have a taste for rule breaking- and that's when he felt it. His whole body shivered before he felt fine again.
"George" Uncle Fred said as he stared at Tristan in amazement.
"Fred" Uncle George said in the same amazed voice.
"IT WORKED!" Uncle Fred bellowed happily before he flung Tristan up in the air and caught him again. "It actually-"
"What the hell happened to my son!?!" Tristan's dad yelled from the front of the walkway. A few people turned too looked at his dad before turning to look at Tristan. They all gasped and poked other people around them to look. His dad stormed down the isle and pulled Tristan from Uncle Fred grasp.
"It perfectly normal" Uncle George started to explain.
"Completely normal, only take 5 or 6 days to wear off" Uncle Fred said with a grin. Tristan's dad's face turned a nice red colour before Fred and George burst out laughing. "Only joking-"
"Harry said he didn't want Tristan to see you-"
"So we thought the best way for Tristan not to see you-"
"Was to dye every hair on his body-"
"Green" Uncle Fred ended. At the mention of Green and Hair Tristan looked up expecting to see his hair green except he only saw the sky. "Five to six minutes tops" Uncle Fred said with a sly smile. He watched as his dads face turned normal again before the stalked off. He began mumbling under his breathe before he turned towards the children's section of the garden.
"OK Little man listen up" Tristan's dad started as he placed Tristan in front of the play equipment. "I'll get in big trouble from mummy and Granny Granger AND Aunty Ginny if you go wandering so can you stay here buddy?" Tristan smiled before hugging his dad around the neck and running off to go pay on the slide, the colour of his hair ever so slowly changing back to a sandy blonde. Tristan got to the top of the stairs before he slid down the slide, except for the fact it was magical and when you slid down, it took you on a 10 minute slide up and down all around basically.
Tristan whom was quite giddy after that ride stumbled off and over to the middle of the front lawn where his two sister's were playing dolls. "No that's mine!" Snapped Summer as she pulled a brown hair doll towards her. Summer and Scarlet where 3 and a half going on four and since girls mature faster than boys they can talk and have conversations quiet well. Scarlet has a natural Summery blonde colour hair with hazel eyes and Summer and a darker brown colour with green coloured eyes.
"No it's not! God I wish I had another sister" Said Scarlet in an exasperated sigh. Tristan sat down and watched as they fought between themselves before he picked up a blonde hair doll and played with it quietly. He made her go walk on the ground before he stood up and held the dolls hand in his own. "Tristan!" Scarlet said as she noticed her brother walking away from them with her favourite doll in his hand. She ran up to him and pulled the doll away before pushing him. "That's mine, don't touch my things" And she stormed away. Tristan sat looking at the ground before tears welled up in his eyes.
He burst out crying and Scarlet turned around reluctantly. "Sorry Tristan" she said as he walked back up to him and picked him up off the ground. She held him as he cried and Tristan heard her gulp nervously "Here Tristan you can play with my favourite dolly" Tristan wiped his running nose and Scarlet quickly ran away. He just managed to turn around in time to see Granny Molly bounding down the front lawn.
"Girls I told you not to cause trouble!" Snapped Granny Molly. Tristan saw Scarlet and Summer laugh at the state of Granny Molly's half done hair before She picked Tristan up. "Come on dear, Mummy wants you. And girls" Granny molly said as she turned towards them. "It's time to go and get you're flowers" The girls gasped and zoomed past Tristan and his grandma in an excited whisper and giggles. "Now do you remember what you have to do?" Asked Granny.
Tristan shook his head and looked around. All cars were parked in the distance, and the soft sound of music was starting. "You have to walk very carefully down the isle and don't drop the rings on a special pillow" Tristan nodded in a not really paying attention way and allowed his favourite Granny to walk him into the house and out the back. She handed him a pillow before remembering her hair. She quickly waved her wand and it flew up perfectly. "Girls stop fighting! Ginny stand up straighter, Lavender fix the top of the flowers you're holding and Antoinette, pull you're dress up girl. For Christ sakes this isn't a modelling parade it's a wedding" Tristan watched as Antoinette stuck her tongue out at Granny Molly before winking down at Tristan. "Tristan… TRISTAN!- oh there you are dear" She said as she noticed a very scared looking Tristan behind her. "Now you cannot lose these rings ok, very, very important job" Tristan nodded and watched as two of the prettiest things he's ever seen were placed in a silver and gold cushion. One was plain sparkling gold and the other a the biggest diamond surrounded by more little diamonds, it sparkled to beautifully it hurt Tristan's eyes looking at it for to long.
Tristan looked around and noticed his dad. He went to go up to his dad and stand by his side by Granny molly held him firmly in placing. "Girls when I say go you start walking gently down the isle throwing petals gracefully not at people but into the air ok" Granny Molly said towards Scarlet and Summer, whom glared evilly at her. Tristan noticed the twins were also dressed in pink, they wore three quarter dress with puffing cute sleeves and cute white closed toe shoes. "Ok on the count of three. One… two… three"
Tristan watched as Summer and Scarlet put they're happy faces on before walking down the walkway. Next Antoinette started walking (And Tristan scolded her, he really didn't like her), then Lavender then Aunty Ginny. Granny Molly gave Tristan the smallest of push and he began walked down the isle nervously. He looked up and saw his dad stand at the other end so he looked around at all the faces looking at him, before he bolted to his dad. Everyone gave a light chuckle before his dad bent down and extracted Tristan from his grip. Tristan looked around waiting for something to happen, and then he saw it.
The beautiful lady, his Mum standing at the other end of the walkway wearing a big white dress. She wore a white corset to and a big white skirt, her hair was pulled up into beautiful curls and had shinny, glittery flowers in it scattered her and there. Tristan gasped along with half the guest and he followed his mum's gaze to see her staring lovingly into his dad's eyes and his dad returning the eye gesture. Tristan smiled and so did everyone else. The music started up a moment later and his mum began, very slowly walking down the isle with her arm circled with Grandpa Granger.
She reached were Tristan and his dad were standing in no time and the music died down. Everyone sat down and Tristan took it upon himself to sit down in the middle of the walkway at the bottom of his mum's enormous dress. A few people chuckle but Tristan ignored them and watched as the Priest began talking. After a long, long time for Tristan he got bored and began playing with the rings. He looked up and saw Granny Molly giving him a deadly stare so he quickly put them back down on the cushion.
"Now I believe you are going to do your own vowels?" The priest said. Both Tristan's Parents nodded and Granny Molly Whispered just so Tristan could here.
"Get the rings! The rings!" Tristan nodded and stood up. He pushed the pillow above his head and his parents smiled while taking the rings off the pillow.
"I take thee, Draco Malfoy to be my husband. I will cherish our time together, and will miss you when we are apart. I will care for you and most of all I will love you, because you… you are my air, I need you to live" Tristan held onto his mother's dress as she let silent tears roll down her cheeks. He noticed her as she slipped the plain gold ring onto his father's finger.
"Ok I guess it's my turn…" Tristan watched as his father looked around before looking back to Hermione "Ok… so I take thee Hermione… I take Hermione… ok to be honest with you and everyone else here, I don't have any vowels" Hermione's smile faltered before she grinned even wider. "I had so much pressure to get them done that I just couldn't. I had Granny Molly and Granny Granger constantly on my back, along with Aunty Ginny and Harry and Ron. It was too much so my only vowel to you Hermione is that I love you. It's plain, simple and I will always love you because I am the only person with the power to love you and you are the only person that can love me" Tristan had no idea what was going on but when his dad slipped the ring on his mum's finger and She leapt forwards to plant a big kiss on his dad's face Tristan new something between them was special.
When they didn't pull away Tristan's Jaw dropped and he covered his mouth with his hand and began giggling. His mum and dad finally pulled away and looked down at Tristan before his dad swooped him up into his arms and they began walking down the walkway. Everyone stood up and were clapping, teachers, family members, friends, everything and everyone were so happy for the couple. Tristan's dad led them all around the garden before they went into the tent. It was enormous. There was a wooden dance floor right in the centre with white elegant tables surrounding it and it the back of the dance floor was a long elegant table with two lovebird seats at the top.
Tristan who was still in Draco's arms sat down on his lap in one of the two lovebird seats and his mother sat down in the other. Tristan began to get tired after a while, there was eating, talking, more eating, more announcements then as his dad had called it 'The Official Wedding Party' had to get photo's done, so after hundreds of photo's outside with the sun setting behind them and a very gentle breeze blowing they got all photo's done. Once everyone was back inside the music began playing very loudly and Tristan was half jumped awake.
He danced with his Dad, Mum, Aunty Ginny, Uncle Harry and Ron, Uncle Fred and George who slipped a purple colour buster into Granny Granger's drink (Whom almost had a panic attack), and last but not least his non related (But future wife) Lily, Aunty and Uncle Blaise's daughter –named after the memory of Lily Potter.
Tristan stood with his arms on Lily's hips, just how Uncle George put them and Lily stood there with her arms on Tristan's shoulders, just how Uncle Fred left them. They both stood there not moving until Uncle Fred came over and took the two kids outside to play on the children's equipment. The kids personally thought he was doing it for them but Fred was talking to a strawberry blonde haired girl, Fiona one of Hermione's friends who was outside for a smoke.
Tristan played dolls with Lily just where the twins had left them before his dad and mum came looking for them along with Aunty Ginny. Aunty Ginny said good-bye to His mum and dad as it was now pitch black outside and his Dad dived down to pick him up and his parents took him inside, but not before he got a glance and Fred kissing that strawberry haired girl up against the wall and Draco had yelled at them. "On the kid's equipment?"
His mum and Dad led him and his sisters who were inside watching TV to there separate bedrooms and the light flicked off the girls light before Tristan's dad got him changed and put him into bed. His dad gave him a kiss on the forehead and smoothed the blankets out.
"Did you have a good day buddy?" Tristan looked up at his dad and his dad smiled before kissing him once more on the forehead. "It's a good thing I can kiss you now little man, Before you get to older and you're old man becomes embarrassing, but that's the way the cookie crumbles" He said. His dad began tickling him and Tristan thrashed around in the bed squealing in delight.
"Draco he needs to go to bed, it's almost quarter to eleven" Tristan's mum said as she appeared at the door. His dad fixed the bed up properly before giving him one last kiss, and his mum gave him one last kiss to. "Goodnight Tristan Lewis, you were a very good boy for mummy and daddy today" Tristan's mum muttered before they both turned out the light and left Tristan to dream.
Tristan looked out his window and smiled. He loves his life.
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Hi, I thought I would write and epilogue and I always had the wedding as an epilogue but when the name Tristan Lewis came to me I began typing and it turned into this, if you don't like it that's fine but I just thought you know what the hell one more chapter and in there son's point of view.
-alex