If you are present here today at the (Muggle) Dorchester Hotel you are here for a very special occasion: the wedding of F. Wesley Logan Ferguson and Isobel Maria Montague. The date is the eighteenth of December 2077. As the season is winter, the hotel grounds are lined with pretty snow, so hopefully you have dressed appropriately. Luckily, the wedding is happening inside the hotel, meaning the guests won’t get too cold.

Upon entering the hotel, the guests are directed into a large room where the ceremony will be taking place. It is clear that wedding has been planned down to every last detail. Lilac flowers are tastefully tied to the chairs directly next to the aisle, whilst golden rose petals have been scattered along the aisle. Soft music is playing, seeming to come out of know where beneath the quiet chatter of the guests.

As many of the guests are friends with both the bride and groom, there is no need to worry about picking the right side to sit on; just take a seat and enjoy the ceremony. The first two rows are reserved for the bridal party and the parents of both the bride and groom. Apart from these rows you are free to sit anywhere. It’s not long before Wesley arrives and settles in the front of the room with his best man Evander Bole and the rest of his groomsmen. This can only mean one thing: the ceremony is about to begin.

The soft music now changes into the bridal march, signalling the arrival of the bride.