Disclaimer:Don't own it. Just playin around with a story that popped into my big head.

Warning:This is a fan fictoin. Key word being fiction. No one's said anything yet, and thank you for it, but if everythings not just like it was in the book, it's probably not meant to be.

To Make Me Happy

Ch.4:The Wedding

They had spent almost the entire morning getting Miranda ready for her wedding. After Seylin dropped her off, they had given her a bath. It took 30 minutes and two changes of water to get her completely clean after being left in a filthy cell for ten days. They were all pretty mad at Catspaw for the treatment he had given young Miranda. Kate was furious when she saw bruises on the younger girls arm.

"What happened?" she demanded. Miranda just shrugged and hung her head. "I don't know." "Yes," Emily replied. "You do. Now Miranda, please tell us what happened." A tear trickled down her cheek as she spoke. "Catspaw got angry with me and grabbed my arms. The other was cut open from his paw, but Seylin healed that. I guess I was occupied with my other arm and didn't notice these."

Kate stood with her mouth open. "My son did this to you?" Miranda nodded her head. A tear trickled down her cheek. "I never wanted this." Kate gently took Miranda and led her to the couch and they sat down. She pulled the crying girl close and stroked her hair.

"Miranda, I'm sorry your having to go through all this. I really am. Your being forced to marry someone against your will. I know this is not what my husband had planned for you. He had something greater. You were to be a king's wife Miranda. My son's wife. I can't stop what he's doing, but believe me, I would if I could. You don't deserve to be treated like this. You deserve more. But I promise you that Dentwood is a fine man."

Emily nodded eagerly from her perch on the other side of the room. "My son is a great man. He'll take care of you. I promise." Miranda sniffled and straigtened up from Kate's shoulder. "Thank you both so much. I-I really don't know how I would make it through all this without your help."

Kate smiled and squeezed her shoulder affectionatly. "It's no problem. Now let's finish getting you ready."

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After all the preparing and beautification cast upon Miranda, she was being led towards the vast throne room. The wedding ceramony was held there since it was a wedding arranged by the king himself. She wasn't nervous. She wasn't even scared. Just sort of...well, numb. She didn't want this marriage, didn'nt want to be here. She was cast aside by a man she had come to care for. A man that she thought cared back. But she was wrong. She didn't think he cared that much if he was willing to toss her aside on their wedding day.

But what could she do now? Somewhere, in the back of her mind, she wanted to run away. Run back to her family, tell them she wasn't dead after all and she loved them and was sorry for leaving. But she knew that couldn't happen. Catspaw had a spell on her. She wasn't his wife, but he wouldn't let her out.

She was stuck here for as long as she was alive in this unhappy place. And nothing she did or said could change that. So she was silent all the way to the wedding she was being forced into having. Upon entering the throne room, she hardly noticed the throngs of goblins seated around the room. Everything seemed blurry and pointless. She paid no attention as she was lead to led to the front of the large room. She didn't feel the hand of her soon to be husband on her own cold hand.

And she didn't feel the hurt and pain of looking up to find the Goblin King staring at her, ready to begin the ceramony. Only numbness. She didn't know what to expect during the wedding, nor did she care. Marak Sixfinger had explained every aspect of the King's wedding. He wanted her to be prepared when she married his son.

But she wasn't marrying the king now. She was marrying a gaurd. Dentwood, son of Seylin and Emily.She paid little attention to the words being said. When asked to repeat something, she repeated it automaticaly, not even quite sure of what she was saying. She was passed a large goblet, which she drank from, barely tasting the bitter wine, before it was removed from her hands. She hardly noticed as a ribbon was tied around her and Dentwood's hands, joining them together.

Her lips didn't even register the light kiss Dentwood placed on her lips to finish the ceramony. But the one thing that did register, the one thing that she actually seemed to notice, was the lone tear trailing down her cheek, and the desparing look in Catspaw's eyes as her new husband led her from the room.

END CHAPTER

Sorry for the long wait. Well I hope you liked this chapter. It took awhile to write. I wanted it to be good. About the wedding ceramony, the book speaks of the king's weddings, but not an ordinary one. So I didn't really go into detail, just kinda made some stuff up. Well was it mildly convincing? Well thanks for the reviews and hope you like this chapter!

And sorry it's so short.