Happily Ever After

When Aerrow discovered that Piperella was his one true love from the ball, he immediately proposed to her, and she eagerly accepted. Their unity was known throughout all the lands. Everyone in the Atmos was invited to the ceremony . . . well, almost everyone.

The Dark Ace, Ravess, and Cyclonis found they were not on the invitation list when they tried to get into the wedding, and were quickly thrown out of it by the ushers, who were the same ones who had worked at the Sky Knights' Ball.

The Merbian Godfather's early wedding gift to the bride was the dress and crystal necklace she had worn on the night of the ball. When he had gone back to the rental shop and told them who they were for, the guys working there let him have them for free. Piperella was extremely grateful for that and showed it by planting a kiss on his cheek, which did not have the results she was aiming for when he screamed and headed for the nearest bottle of disinfectant. But since Piperella didn't trust the merb's choice of footwear after the whole 'steel-toed boot thing', she decided to accompany him on his quest for suitable shoes for her on the event.

Junko, Finn, and Radarr were all Aerrow's groomsmen for the occasion. Finn was the best man, and Radarr doubled as the ring bearer. And yet again, Piperella's Merbian Godfather lended a hand when he whipped up three bridesmaids for her with a trio of ruby red crystals. Of course, Finn being Finn, hit on all of the crystal girls the day he saw them, and, Finn still being Finn, was promptly rejected one after another.

Since her real father nor her stepfather were in attendance for the wedding, Piperella convinced her Merbian Godfather to escort her down the aisle for the ceremony. She eventually told Aerrow all about the merb, and the Sky Knight was very thankful towards him. Out of gratitude, Aerrow tracked down the Merbain Godfather's boss and worked out a promotion and a raise for him after informing her of the happiness the Merbian Godfather helped to make.

On the day of the wedding, Piperella looked as marvelous as she had at the Sky Knight's Ball, wearing everything she had then, excluding the steel-toed boots. She had substituted dark blue high heels for the heavy footwear, which her Merbian Godfather heartily disapproved of, saying it could only end in her inevitable doom. But of course, the merb's words went unheeded.

By that time, Aerrow had steeled himself slightly against her beauty so that he wouldn't fall into any more stupors, but it still took much self-control not to gape as she strode down the aisle on the arm of her Merbian Godfather. Said merb had even dressed up for the occasion, clad in a dark green tux and matching bow tie.

At the outdoor wedding, everyone hooted and wolf-whistled at Aerrow and Piperella's big kiss. Since said kiss was so passionate and full of finally satisfied desire, when the groom detached himself from his bride, he passed out. How embarrassing. But thankfully, Piperella swiftly caught the redhead in an embrace before he could hit the ground and nobody noticed. Well, no one except for Finn, that is, who was sure to remind him about it for the rest of his life.

Junko was crying his eyes out during the entire ceremony, since it was just so darned romantic. He was so glad for the happy couple that he pulled them both into a bone-crushing hug at the reception, tearing up all the while. But the wallop immediately sobered when he saw the huge buffet table there, courtesy of the newly promoted Merbian Godfather.

This story truly had a happily ever after for everyone.

Piperella escaped from her horrible stepfamily and was reunited with her one true love, so she was happy.

Aerrow finally found his dream girl and spent the rest of his life with her, so he was happy.

Junko was hooked up with reservations for the greatest restaurants in the Atmos, thanks to his friendships with Aerrow and Piperella, so he was happy.

The Merbian Godfather was given enough of a raise to buy TinhatCo, the best anti-mindworm helmet supplier around, so he was happy.

But out of all of the people in this story, Finn and Radarr must have been the happiest of them all.

For during the wedding reception, Aerrow and Piperella finally gave them credit for their introduction, in writing.

So you see, they all lived happily ever after.

Well, except for the Dark Ace, Ravess, and Cyclonis, who were forced to toil in their own house and do all of the nasty chores that Piperella had done for them.

The End

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone one of my loyal reviewers, you guys are awesome! I'm happy to deem this story a success! Once again, thank you very much for taking the time to read 'Piperella'! Sorry if this last chapter isn't part of the traditional Cinderella story very much, just needed some meat on the bones.