Fire burnished golden ties

Title: Fire burnished golden ties

Summary: Dean and Pavarti finalise their marriage with the final rites of a Hindu marriage due to Pavarti's family being Hindu. Due to the closeness of Pavarti and Padma as well as their mutual pregnancies and the family's superstition against having twins married separately they are going share the house Dean inherited from his deceased wizard father Caradoc Dearborn.

A/N: Star-crossed Lovers or not series [Snake and Eagle, I did not sleep with that wizard! and Rise of the Cannonites compatible. I could have skipped this but I found Hindu marriage quite interesting and I had to write it. The title comes from the Hindu belief that married couples are tied together as partners by invisible golden ties.

Now in the third outtake [a term I'm using for the flashback chapters] is finally Dean and Pavarti's wedding... My Seamus muse is pouting about Neville being Dean's Best Man but Dean will still make him his daughter's godfather and Seamus was the first to sign the bonding contract so that should settle things between them.

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Outtake 3

July 26, 1996

The moment Dean heard that a proper Hindu wedding had to take place outside, he had promptly offered Deerfield, the Dearborn Family’s main residence but that was shot down by Karmal Patil, Pavarti’s father.

So Augusta offered the Chase, the Longbottom family seat in Tinworth, Cornwall, which was accepted instead.

Dean agreed to arrive with Su, her parents, Cho Davies, Pavarti’s younger brother Kaiten, Mark who was Dana’s best friend/date, Dean’s stepfather, Lady Augusta and Neville on horses from an adjoining property.

Officially, Kaiten wasn’t part of the groom’s party, in reality he was functioning more as a witness that they were properly observing traditions. Kaiten had taken upon himself to make sure that Dean didn’t make a fool of himself…

Neville went out and rented Abraxans for the ceremony much to David’s embarrassment because he didn’t know how to ride anymore then Dean did.

So they’d had to have a few lessons to ensure that neither Dean nor David embarrassed themselves before Pavarti and Padma’s entire family…

Since Padma was the elder sister, she would be married first.

They were to be married on the same day but due to the intricacies of Hindu Weddings they couldn’t take place at the same time exactly.

Padma and Pavarti’s parents Karmal greeted them formally and Parma as was ritually required…

Parma was wearing a traditional Hindu outfit; she had a velvet top with gold trimmed sleeves while her ‘skirt’ was really a sort of long red and gold silk that was intricately wrapped around her.

Karmal was wearing a similar outfit to the entire male part of the groom’s party with the noted exception of Su’s father; Su’s mother was wearing Chinese robes instead.

Once they had arrived, Kaiten took his place with his parents.

Dana and Dani like Padma and Parina would be part of Pavarti’s bridal party…

A bit like Muggle bridesmaids and flower girls…

Dani was only four years old; having been born when he was twelve while Dana was eleven and was joining him at Hogwarts this year. They were excited about having all of those pretty clothes that were required by hindu tradition…

Su had agreed as he had to wearing traditional Hindu wedding attire only because Su was the ‘groom’ she had decided to forgo the red and was wearing white and gold instead

Dean was wearing the traditional kafni, a knee-length long shirt and pijamo, which were leggings or trousers in white because it was less vibrant and the colours he’d chosen before had given Pavarti a headache because he like wild, clashing patterns and colours…

Kamal and Parma greeted Su’s parents as well as Dean’s step father and Lady Augusta both of whom were standing in loco parentis of Dean’s birth parents Diane and Caradoc. While Kaiten formally greeted Mark Prewett, whom Dean suspected, would one day be their brother by marriage because Dean was suspicious that Mark and Dana were slowly falling in love…

Part of the traditional greeting included envelopes of money, however Kaiten had assured Dean that the gifts would be receipts of exchange that could be deposited into their respective vaults.

The two ‘grooms’ parties and the bridal party exchanged traditional garlands, while both Dean and Su bowed to Parma, ritualistic touching her feet and offering her coconuts.

Su didn’t have a best man, rather she had her cousin Cho Chang, well Davies now and Neville was standing up as his best man.

The lawn of the Chase had a large ritual tent erected.

Due to Padma being married first, it was Su Li and Cho who were escorted to the mandap.

Both Chinese witches were careful to toe off their slippers before stepping onto the mandap.

Su Li’s parents were seated nearby with Dean and his family sitting beside them.

Dean choked on his last breath when Pavarti entered through a curtained arch with her sisters Padma and Parina.

Pavarti was wearing cherry blossom pink while Parina was wearing an embroidered red top and a Vermillion sari.

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The Patil sisters slipped through the curtained arch to change for Pavarti’s wedding to Dean while the ritual space was re-consecrated.

Neville, Kaiten and Mark were conspiring in a corner while Dean nervously eyed the mandap.  

When Pavarti reappeared, Dean had already taken his barefoot place on his side of the mandap…

This time Pavarti entered first veiled, with a redressed pair of sisters…

Parina seemed fond of Vermillion so she was wearing yet another sari of that colour but hadn’t changed her top…  

Pavarti was wearing an ivory velvet top, with a matching ivory sari decorated with red and gold roses. Over her face was a traditional red veil covered in gold embroidery…

Padma was wearing a crème sari embroidered in bronze, her wedding necklace hanging proudly around her neck…

Likewise Parma too had changed to another red and gold mother of the bride sari.

Pavarti approached, still veiled to place Dean’s garland on his neck.

Only when Dean bowed to place his neck within her reach, he was hoisted up abruptly.

Neville’s laughter was behind his head, while Mark and Kaiten had either side of Dean.

Parma snapped, “Kaiten you put your sister’s groom down this instant!”

Dean was grateful that Kaiten had cast a spell to understand Hindu on his entire family.

Kaiten laughed as he helped Mark and Neville set Dean down, so his sister could properly garland Dean.

Dean returned the favour…

The Priest who was supposedly part of Pavarti and Padma’s family spoke in Hindu.

“We have come together to wed Pavarti, daughter of Karmal and Parma, to Dinadan, son of Caradoc and Diane who have preceded him to the Afterlife. Today they build together the foundation of their marriage upon the earth, in the presence of the sacred fire and the radiant sun, among their family and friends.”

Pavarti and Dean were seated facing one another under the mandap. With guidance from the priest Dean prayed to Pavarti’s Gods and he was intensely grateful that Kaiten had helped him practice the Hindu invocation to Lord Ganesha, Saraswati and a prayer for harmony.

With the guidance from the priest, Pavarti's parents wash hers and Dean's hands and feet, applying kumkum and gave them flowers. Parma tended to Pavarti, while Karmal preformed this act for Dean.

Then Priest applies kumkum on both sets of parents; in Dean’s case it was Lady Augusta and David.

Once the kumkum was applied, Karmal and Kaiten moved Dean and Pavarti’s seats so that they were now side-by-side rather then facing one another by levitating them and turning them so they were both facing the sacred fire before placing Pavarti’s hand in Deans.

Pavarti cupped her hands and placed them in Dean’s larger ones, just as her sister had previously, so Kaiten could pour basmati rice into her hands.

Then they leaned over just as Padma and Su Li had done, to pour the rice into the sacred fire.

Dean immediately helped Pavarti to her feet so they could circle the fire.

As they circled the sacred fire, the priest spoke in Hindu, “Om Svaha! With the first turn, we pray for happiness in the union of the couple. Om Svaha! With the second turn, we pray for the long life of the couple. Om Svaha! With the third turn, we pray for the healthy life of the couple. Om Svaha! With the fourth turn, we pray for the happiness and health of the couple.”

 

Then the priest said, “It is now time to confirm this marriage with the final seven steps.”

 

 Pavarti and Dean paused beside the sacred fire.

 

“I ask you, Pavarti and Dinadan, to concentrate upon these seven vows as you take the seven steps. May the couple be blessed with an abundance of food. May the couple be strong and complement one another. May the couple be blessed with prosperity. May the couple be eternally happy. May the couple be blessed with obedient children.”

Thanks to Kaiten, Dean knew that the line was supposed to be: ‘May the couple be blessed with children.’ However due to Dean and Pavarti as well as Su Li and Padma were already expecting through no fault of their own were already expecting…

 

The Priest continued without pause, “May the couple live in perfect harmony. May Pavarti and Dinadan always be the best of friends.

 

Pavarti and Dean then fed each other sweets four times before Parma offered Dean a wrapped gift.

 

The Priest then spoke once more, “Who offers the mangalsutra necklace as proof of this marriage?”

Since Dean had no mother to ascend the mandap to place the mangalsutra necklace around Pavarti’s neck, that duty had been begged for by Dana who skipped forward from behind Padma and Parina to do so.

Pavarti was taller then Dana so she bowed so that her head was low enough for Dana to place the necklace around her neck.

Then the priest bowed and stepped aside, while Lady Augusta stepped forward wand out.

“In the absence of senior members of the House of Dearborn and on my daughter-in-law’s Alys’ behalf, I will stand as their magical bonder.

Padma and Neville stood behind Dean and Pavarti respectively.

A chalice lay in Padma’s clasped hands while Neville held the Dearborn’s ceremonial sword.

Lady Augusta said smugly, “Dinadan Kay Dearborn, if it is truly thy desire to become one with this with this woman according to the traditions of your people, then present unto her a symbol of thy pledge, and a token of thy love.”

Like Neville had eleven days before, Dean accepted both sword and ring only to kneel presenting it to Pavarti.

“Pavarti, you are the most gracious and lovely woman that Dinadan has ever seen, for he understands the essence of thy true self. The beauty, which radiates around thee, can only be rivalled by the beauty, which radiates from within thee. The pledge of his sword is as the pledge of his soul. It is his prowess, his fire, his passion, his strength & courage, His ability to protect, defend and care for thee. With the strength of his blade and the endurance of its steel to represent what is in his heart, take from him now, as his beloved, the ring that rests upon it, and choose him to be your own.”

Pavarti stood there in her own culture’s wedding attire fresh from her dream wedding and blushed, as she took the ring from the sword; “I accept the pledge of thy blade and the eternal promise of this wedding band.”

Like Luna had before her, Pavarti took the sword from Dean and placed the blade from left shoulder to right shoulder to the top of his head. The motion, as in bestowing knighthood upon him while saying, “For the boy thou were, for the man thee art, and for the Husband thou shall be to me, I do choose you to be mine own.” she returned sword to Dean who passed it back to Neville, “If thou wilt now place this ring upon mine finger, I shall from this day forth, ‘till beyond the end of time, take thee to be mine own.” Pavarti opened her hand presenting Dean with the ring, which he then placed upon her finger.

"With this ring I thee wed. I take you as my friend, my lover, my wife from this day forth and into the fullness of time where we will meet and remember and love again." Dean said looking at the beauty before him; he truly believed that she was the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts with her twin a close second.

“Pavarti, if it is truly your desire to become one with this man then present unto him a symbol if thy pledge and a token of thy love.”

 

Pavarti bowed before Dean and presented the chalice with ring inside that Padma handed her.

“Dean in the eyes of this woman thou art the only man in the world. Yours is the voice of sound reason and unwavering support. You are the spark to the bonfire of her passions and yours are the arms in which she would have lay down to rest. The pledge of her chalice is the pledge of all that is within her, her felicity and devotion. The place in her heart here two souls can be sheltered and nourished, that they may grow together, over closer, and flourish as the leaves on the trees and the fruits of the vine. As the depth and bounty of her chalice foretell the richness of your future together, take from her now the band that lies there within, and do choose her as thy own.” Augusta said smugly.

 

Dean took the ring from chalice, while Pavarti was still holding the chalice.

 

Dean grinned, “I accept the pledge of your chalice and the eternal promise of this wedding band.” 

Neville offered an open bottle of wine to Dean who then poured wine into the chalice before he took it from Pavarti, “For the girl thou were, for the woman thou art and for the wife that thee shall be to me, I toast and drink to thee! And do choose you to be mine own.”

 

Dean raised the chalice before he drank and then returned the chalice to Pavarti, “If thou will now place this ring upon my finger, I shall from this day forth, ‘till beyond the end of time, take you to be mine own.”

Dean then opened his hand presenting his young wife with the ring that Neville had helped him pick out, which she then placed upon his finger

Pavarti said shyly, "With this ring I thee wed. I take you as my friend, my lover, and my bonded from this day forth and into the fullness of time where we will meet and remember and love again.”

After the rings had been exchanged Neville as Lord Longbottom and Dean’s cousin held up the Dearborn ceremonial sword before placing it at their feet; Dean then picked up his pregnant wife and carried her over the sword.

Neville smugly spoke up, “This is to represent the severing of the past and the stepping into the future together as one.”

That sentiment seemed to be approved by Pavarti’s relations.

This time it was Luna who skipped barefoot and dressed in yellow and blue up onto the mandap.

“It’s my turn to bless them.” She waved her hand and seven cords draped around their clasped hands before she sprinkled rose petals over their hands.

“Love one another, but make not a bond of love; let it be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill one another’s cup, but drink not from the same cup. Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be alone. Even as the strings of a lute are alone, though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of life can contain your hearts. Stand together, yet not too near together, for the pillars of a villa must stand apart, the oak and the Cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.” Luna’s voice was glad and joyful reminding those present of the flight of a butterfly on a warm spring morning.

Then Dean followed Western tradition and pulled Pavarti into his arms after the cords vanished to kiss her.

After that Karmal said that it was time for the exchange of more gifts…

When it was time for Dean’s gift to Pavarti, he held up an envelope holding a certificate to Charlene’s Baby Emporium.

“With your father’s permission, my gift will be to pay for your nursery and if you wish we can leave immediately…”

Pavarti kissed him enthusiastically accepting both the gift and the idea of a break from tradition so that she could select her nursery.

“Can Padma and Su join us?”

Karmal nodded, “Then you will retreat into seclusion with your chosen guests until it is time for your official arrival to Dean’s family estate as his bride.”

Pavarti kissed Dean once more before dragging her mother and sisters off to change their clothes to go baby shopping.

 

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What do you think? Outstanding? Exceeds expectations? Acceptable? Poor? Dreadful? Troll?

Anon-   Thanks, i hope you like this just as much!