About three years later

It was a highly unusual wedding in a number of ways, not least of which because it was held at night. Someone (one suspects the groundskeeper at Hogwarts) had caught a multitude of fairies, and coaxed them to remain with sugar water laced with brandy; little flickering lights in the trees made the whole thing look rather more magical than usual. Thin braids of unicorn hair glowed along the paths. Even the garden gnomes looked rather well turned out, and were dressed in miniature versions of the bride's wedding gown, thanks to the bride's mischievous twin brothers.

In all, the crooked little house called the Burrow looked even more magical than usual.

The bride was radiant. This is highly common at weddings, to be sure, but not every bride has an equally radiant purple pygmy puff clinging to her shoulder throughout the ceremony. The groom, who choked up when he saw them, also had a pygmy puff on his shoulder.

As did the best man and matron of honor.

As did the flower girl and ring-bearer.

In fact, most of the family and friends of the bride and groom (it was a small ceremony, officiated by the bride's father, who beamed throughout) had a pygmy puff with them. They were all different colors of purple and blue. "Their descendants will be as numerous as the stars," one of the twins said in awe. "Not Harry and Ginny," Fred said hastily. "I meant the puffs."

The ceremony was filled with laughter, and the bride laughed most of all, much to the delight of the groom. The reception was even merrier. Nearly everyone toasted the happy couple, who stole kisses every chance they got. When they finally left, the mother of the bride groaned to see that instead of taking a magic carpet like most young couples, the bride and groom each hopped onto a gleaming broom, and kicked off into the night. Everyone else cheered.

"Harry!" the bride shouted to the groom. They flew close enough together that they could hear each other if they shouted. "Harry! Remember when I looked into the Mirror of Erised?"

"YEAH!" he yelled.

She gestured at the ground disappearing behind them. "IT WAS EXACTLY THAT. ALL OF US, AT THE BURROW."

The groom smiled at his bride. Both of their eyes were a little teary, and not just because they had wind in their eyes. He caught her hand as though it were a Snitch, pulled her toward him, and kissed her gently on the lips. "Just like that?" he said.

"Just like that," she sighed. They hugged each other, not caring they were two hundred feet up in the air. It wasn't every day they each got the most sacred wishes of their hearts granted.

"Ready?" she said.

"Ready," he said.

And they flew on to the rest of their lives.

Author's Note:

BIG NEWS!

I've been yearning to write an original story for, like, decades. That isn't even an exaggeration. I don't even know how many stories I've started and then abandoned because writing original fiction employs different mechanics than writing fanfic (at least for me). I give a shit about Harry and Ginny. It's harder for me to abandon them, but with original characters that just came out of my own head? I don't think I was ever able to care enough. Except, I finally made it over whatever sort of block was keeping me back from writing and finishing a novella (not a novel, it's only about 31,000 words). I honestly owe it to the Ginny Lovers discord. Several months ago, we decided that we'd compile an anthology of our original works as a sort of group project. I didn't want to let the others down by abandoning my story, so I kept at it.

If you'd like to read it, it's available here from all the major ebook retailers:

bookbub . com (slash) books (slash) into-the-mystic-by-k-d-west-and-thewordsinmyhead

If you want it in paperback:

amazon . com (slash) Into-Mystic-Stories-Magic-Romance (slash) dp (slash) 1938808568

This is not the only anthology we're going to do. If you too yearn to write and want to get involved, please feel free to join The Ginny Lovers discord. We've got a fairy tale anthology coming up. Our mission statement is basically "the more the merrier".

Here is the link for that:

discord . gg (slash) jyBs25D