Luna and Lucius

Lucius has gone to a lot of trouble preparing for the Wedding. It's almost like he wants to make Luna happy. Please read and review. I love to hear your comments.

"It's that what you're wearing?"

Severus Snape placed the last of the miniaturized luggage into his pocket and turned to face his wife. He glanced down at his black trousers and black t-shirt. "Yes. Why do you ask?"

"No reason. It just seems rather casual."

"Well how dressed up do I need to be to sit around with Lucius in his library, drinking whiskey and smoking cigars?"

"I don't know." She shrugged, walking towards the fireplace. "No need to get snarky. I was only asking."

Severus huffed loudly and joined his wife at the fireplace. "Shall I go first?" He asked, noting the nervous look in her eyes.

"Please." She said, her voice coming out in a breathy whisper.

Stepping into the fire he grabbed a handful of floo powder. "Malfoy Manor." And he vanished in a flash of green light.

Hermione took a deep calming breathe and stepped into the fire place.

Emerging slowly, she saw her husband, talking softly with Lucius Malfoy. Lucius' long white blonde hair hung loose about his shoulders and he was dressed casually in a pair of cream linen trousers and a white shirt, opened at the collar. He had folded up the sleeves, revealing muscled forearms. Hermione was startled by his appearance; she had only ever seen him dressed in ornate black robes.

"Mrs. Snape." He said, stepping forward to grasp her hand. "Welcome to my home."

"I've been to your home before Mr. Malfoy. In case you've forgotten" Hermione said tersely.

"Wife." Severus glanced at her, his tone and look warning.

"It's alright Severus." Lucius said, turning back to Hermione. "Unfortunately, like you, I find myself quite unable to purge that horrible time from my memories. I can only hope you find this visit infinitely more pleasant then your last." Stepping back he spread his out arms. "Come. Let me show you to your rooms. And then Mrs. Snape," He turned to Hermione and bowed slightly, "if you will allow me, I would like to show you the arrangements I have made for the wedding."

Severus slipped his hand into Hermione's as the followed Lucius back down the staircase. He had showed them to their room and then showed Hermione the large suite of rooms where Luna and Ginny would be staying.

"I have arranged for the ceremony to be held in the Grand Ballroom." Lucius was saying over his shoulder. "Currently it is set up for the Wedding, but I do have one table ready so you can see the place settings for the reception." He led them across the large foyer to a set of double doors. Smiling enigmatically at Hermione, he turned the handles and opened the doors.

Hermione gasped as she stepped into the room. The ballroom was huge and seemed to be made almost entirely of white marble. Rows of linen covered chairs sat facing an ornate archway. Silver vases filled with brightly colored Wildflowers were placed strategically around the room. Hermione approached one of the arrangements to admire the daisies, English bluebells, foxgloves, buttercups and several other flowers she couldn't identify.

"This is perfect." She said, lightly touching a delicate petal. "It's so Luna. It's almost as if you knew…." She trailed off.

"Your husband was most enlightening regarding Ms. Lovegood's personality." Lucius said softly. "And over here, you will find an example of the place settings.

Hermione turned to see a table. It was covered with a think linen table cloth and set with china bearing the Malfoy family crest. The centerpiece was a slender gold vase holding a single red Gerber Daisy. "It couldn't be anymore perfect." Hermione said, turning to offer Lucius a small smile.

He gave her a small bow.

Hermione's attention was distracted by a bouquet of wildflower's coming towards them, it seemed to be floating through the air.

"Ahhhhhh. Maisy. Thank you." Lucius bent down and took the bouquet from a tiny house elf. The elf blinked her blue eyes and smiled happily up at Hermione. She was dressed in a crisp white linen dress.

"And I took the liberty of creating Ms. Lovegood's Wedding bouquet." He said, handing it over for Hermione's inspection.

"It's perfect." Hermione signed, smelling the fragrant flowers in the bouquet. "Everything is perfect. Luna will love it."

"Good." Lucius said smiling. "Let's return to the foyer, Mrs. Potter and Ms. Lovegood should be arriving shortly."

When they returned to the foyer, Lucius led Hermione to the fireplace. "Now if you will excuse us Mrs. Snape. Your husband and I will be retiring to my library. Maisy will attend to your every need; food, drink, anything you might require."

"Wait." Hermione called after him as he turned to walk away. "Aren't you going to stay to greet Luna?"

Lucius turned slowly and faced Hermione. His face was unreadable. "It would be bad luck for me to see the bride prior to the Wedding." He turned on his heel and headed down a long corridor.

"Have fun." Severus said, kissing her lightly on the cheek before he turned and followed Lucius.