Dudley sat up a bit straighter in his seat as the tufty-haired wizard began the ceremony. Keen to see how this wedding would differ from those he was accustomed to, and for that matter, his own, Dudley listened carefully to the officiant's sing-song voice. Dudley was equal parts disappointed and relieved when he realized that the wedding ceremony was proceeding almost identically to all of the other weddings he had ever attended. And it was for the best, Dudley thought. After all, he wasn't sure how many more surprises he could handle, and he knew that many more would be in store at the reception later that evening.

Dudley didn't have to wait for the end of the ceremony for more shocking developments, however. There was an hour of normalcy, during which the officiant talked about the couple, recited a poem about love's everlasting gifts, and asked if there were any opposers to the union. Then, however, during the ring exchange, a most surprising thing happened. Little Teddy Lupin toddled back up to the archway, still carrying the small golden box. The officiant accepted the box with a smile and turned it so that the lid's hinge was nearest to him and the top would open towards the crowd. When he opened it, golden wisps of smoke flew out.

Soon, the smoke organized itself into the same luminescent figures that had erupted from the invitation that Dudley had received so many months ago, only this time, they were gold and life-size. The horse and stag cantered in separate directions around the inside of the tent. After both had completed one loop, the figures met at the same spot at the back of the tent from which Ginny and the rest of the wedding party had started their journeys down the aisle. From there the two animals walked together towards the couple, the guests nearest to them gasping and cooing and trying to pet the animals as they walked by.

The stag walked to Harry, who patted its antlers; the horse, to Ginny, who stroked her companion's mane. The two animals leaned in towards each other, as if they were humans about to kiss. Then, they pointed their heads down to the couple's four entwined hands. Suddenly, the animals disappeared, and Harry and Ginny raised their left hands, beaming. The room erupted into cheers and applause as the guests realized that a simple gold band had formed around the fourth finger of each of the lifted hands.

Dudley had been surprised by this occurrence, but then again, he suffered shock every time he witnessed magic being performed. This display, however, seemed to take all of the other guests off guard as well. Dudley could only conclude that it was a never-before seen, freshly invented bit of magic. What individual had so much power and creativity, he wondered, that he or she could astound every learned witch and wizard in the room, which was probably over at least a hundred and fifty people?

Harry and Ginny exchanged their first married kiss. After the officiant said a few final words to conclude the wedding, the couple ran back down the aisle gleefully. Both of their faces shared the look of a child on Christmas morning; Dudley, of course, had never seen such a look on Harry's face on the Christmases that they had spent together as boys. Guests on both sides of the aisle stood up, still cheering, and waved at the happy couple. The wedding party followed, their steps much more refined but their smiles no less bright. Finally, the guests started to file out of the tent. Next to Dudley, Dedalus sighed with delight.

"Now, wasn't that ceremony most extremely special, Mr. Dursley?" He said, placing his top hat back onto his head. "Most special indeed, the grandest wedding I've ever seen, in fact. I was a guest of the Minister of Magic all the way back in 1975, and I never thought I would see one more impressive. Now, he married a half-veela, so of course the décor was impeccable, but of course it didn't have the personal side that this one truly exemplified…"

Dedalus continued to tell stories of the wonderful weddings he had attended in his long lifetime as he and Dudley walked outside. They were the last guests to leave the tent and join the large crowd standing in the spacious yard. Once they had passed through the entryway, Dudley heard a loud shout on all sides of "Rionify!" The walls of the tent disappeared, along with the bushes that had lined its perimeter and aisle. A gold dance floor spread out over the grass on which their chairs had rested, and tables began to dot the tent's interior. A stage sprang up on one end, and band members appeared out of thin air, lugging heavy-looking instruments into the tent. It was time for the reception.