Disclaimer: I do not own final fantasy XIII. Square Enix beat me to the punch.
Finally
It was time. Five Years after the destruction and rebuilding of Cocoon it was finally time for the wedding. It had been rough at first. Mostly because of how awkward it could be at times. Eventually though, their friends and family warmed up to the idea, even encouraging it. Her sister supported it and Fang and Vanille were giddy about the idea. But still they had waited, if only to let some of the initial strangeness pass. Now, there was no more waiting. There was no more doubt; there was only joy from their friends and butterflies in the bride's stomach. She had waited for this day, she had prepared for this day, but that didn't make it any less thrilling.
There were about 15 of them in the church today. Lightning, Serah, Fang, Vanille, Snow, Sazh, Dajh, Hope, Bartholomew, even Snow's buddies from NORA and of course the priest were all present. The anticipation was unbearable until the doors finally opened and the bride looked at the altar. Serah looked into Snow's eyes and they both smiled. There they were…..standing with their friends and watching their big sister walk down the aisle.
She wore an elegant white dress with a large white rose shaped on the back of her waist. Her hair was tied in a pony tail with a yellow flower, in contrast to the lush pink, and draped over her shoulder. And finally in her hands she held a single red flower. She was a sight to behold and in fact that's just what Hope did, he was unable to take his eyes off her as she approached. He thought to when they first met. Back to when he was 15 and had a crush on a 21 year old girl. But 5 years had changed a lot. He grew stronger and taller than Lightning and they had fallen in love from wanting to protect each other. Now he watched his lover and soon-to-be-wife and thought he was the luckiest man in the world.
Lightning was followed by Vanille who held her veil and when they reached the altar she skipped off to stand with Fang. Hope and Lightning exchanged their vows and then Sazh's son Dajh brought up the rings. Lightning placed Hope's on his finger and as Hope slid the ring on her finger she took a look at her friends. They were all there, smiling and giving her support. Serah gave her a nod and Snow's gave her a big thumbs up.
She laughed at this and smiled back, happy to have them all there, even Snow. She turned back to Hope and they shared a big smile, looking deep into each other's eyes. Now Lightning knew she had everything she ever wanted.
Finally the priest said, "You may kiss the bride." And kiss her he did.
Well there it is. It took me ages to get time to type this so I hope you liked it. Originally you were supposed to think that it was Serah's wedding until about the middle because I thought I would be tricky like that. But in the end I put a pairing tag because I figured somebody would flame me for tricking them into a pairing they didn't like. I can't win. That aside at least it was a longer story. I'm still working on my length issues. I was also going to put a link to the picture of my inspiration until I remembered what site I got it off….. I'll see what I can do. Till next time.