Stop That Wedding: An Adventure of Romantic Proportions!

A joint Fanfic with Mrs. Edward Elric 610

By MeganTheNerd

A/N: The only explanation for this is story is that I got Mrs. Elric hooked on Eternal Sonata and now we're writing this story. It has me, Mrs. Elric, and our friends, Hailey and Amanda. Extra brownie points to the first person to correctly guess who is who. Rocker smiley time!

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~Symphony's POV~

"To seal the peace treaty between Pianissimo and Baroque, you will marry Prince Crescendo,"

I want to scream. Maybe I will, but not until I get back to my room and lock the door. In the mean time, I need to see if I can find a loop hole out of this.

"Father, is that really necessary? If we've already made a treaty why should I have to get married?" Please say I'm right!

"Yes, that would be the case," YES!!! "But both you and Crescendo are almost of legal age to take over your respective kingdoms and, to be honest; I won't be here to rule the kingdom forever. I want you to find someone who can take care of you when I'm gone…" Dad... You know just what to say to give me a guilt trip.

"Dad, I understand that but I've only met Crescendo once and I want to pick my husband. I know you want to make sure I'll be alright but I can take of myself. And if worst comes to worst, I have Cadenza and the guards. Besides aren't arranged marriages a little old school?" There, I've made my point, dad should fold like he usually does.

"Symphony…" A stern voice? That doesn't sound like folding. "I'm afraid that there is nothing you or I can do. I have already agreed with the Council of Baroque on the terms of the marriage. As a princess, you'll just have to do this for your country."

Great. I can already feel the tears in my eyes.

"I love you dad, but I can't do this. I'm not getting married to someone I don't know." Perfect. Now I feel like a spoiled little diva princess. Running out the room after throwing a hissy fit. What I am I, twelve?

~No POV~

Of all the counties in the world, Forte, Baroque, and Pianissimo are in the top three for size, population, and wealth. During the war between Forte and Baroque, the island country of Pianissimo stayed natural. Refusing to fuel the war between the political giants. Ever since the war ended, with Baroque as the victor, the two remaining counties have had an awkward relationship. In an attempt to bring the two counties together, King Gusto of Pianissimo and the Council of Baroque made the arranged marriage between Prince Crescendo and Princess Symphony, even though both of the soon-to-be rulers disagreed heavily with it.

Later in Symphony's Room…

Cadenza had seen Symphony cry plenty of times. There was the time she fell into the pond in the royal garden and Alta saved her from drowning. Or the time she was almost abducted by terrorists a few weeks ago, Cello had saved her that time. But this time she was crying and her guards couldn't save her. It's a lot harder to punch a marriage in the face than it is a bad guy.

"It'll be alright, Symphony," Cello cooed as she patted the crying princess's back.

Alta offered her a small smile. "That's right. We'll come with you to Baroque and the first thing we'll do is go shopping."

"Yeah," Cadenza said in a comforting tone, "As long as we're together, we'll be fine."

"Easy for you to say," Symphony muttered," You guys aren't getting hitched."

Letting out a frustrated sigh, Cadenza tried to once more to cheer up her friend. "Come on, I've heard the prince is a great guy and you've met him, you've seen how good looking he is. He's a great catch," the grief stricken girl just remained silent, "Well what do you want us to do about it? It's not like we can just go to Baroque and request the marriage to be canceled."

"Or can we?" Cello asked as a little light bulb turned on in her head.

"No. Don't even think about it." Cadenza warned.

"Why not? It never hurts to ask." Alta asked in an innocent voice.

"The king would never allow it."

Cello got the sparkle in her eye that told her friends a plan was forming. "The king doesn't have to allow it."

Although she was the captain of the princess's personal guard, Cadenza had no control over her team. She guessed that it was them growing up together that had broken down the walls of control that she yearned for. But that was the past, now, her first lieutenant was implying that they should run away from the palace, and crazily enough, she was agreeing with her.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but, that might actually work," She had always been the one to follow the rules, one of them had to play the conscience, so the thought of sneaking out hadn't even crossed her mind.

"I knew you were a rebel underneath the whole goody-two shoes act," Alta said, smirking.

"I am so getting court marshaled for this…" the captain sighed again but this time out of anxiety and stress.

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A/N: WOOOOO! Any guesses as to who is whose doppelganger? No? Well it was kind of hard to tell in this chapter but you can still guess in other chapters. I also have a handy dandy glossary for those of you who don't all the musical words.

Alta = an octave higher

Baroque = a musical time period

Cadenza = improvisational

Cello = an instrument

Crescendo = get louder

Gusto = with feeling

Pianissimo = very quiet

Symphony = a large group of musicians

Song in my head: What Do You Do With A BA In English / It Sucks To Be Me by Avenue Q

When I was little, I thought I would be (What?) a big comedian on late night TV (ha ha! Oh…) But now I'm 32 and as you can see, I'm not. (Nope) Oh well. (Un uh)It sucks to be. (No!) It sucks to be me. (No!) It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning 33. It sucks to be.