Chapter 10
Wedding
The entire castle seemed alive as I strolled through it, like every stone was buzzing with life. People would come up to me with a new choice involving Caius and I's wedding and I would give my opinion and they'd leave to set things up. Quite honestly it gets boring after a while, but still, there was one element I was strangely looking forward to.
"Bella!" Jane knocked me out of my daydream. "It's time for your dress fitting!" Then, I was promptly swept into Caius' room where Heidi was waiting, a white garment bag over her left arm and a white box held in her right hand. Next thing I knew, I was being zipped into the white satin dress. I looked down and grinned. I'd chosen it and I was in love with it. It was strapless and low at the back so my wings were free, it was simple, no underskirts, no sparkles, no lace. Just pure, simple white fabric. The main thing about it that caught your eye was the three feet long train and the band of black fabric around my waist.
Of course it was obvious I couldn't very well have a normal fitting in a normal dress shop, wings weren't something people came across often, but Jane and Heidi seemed more than happy to take over that job.
I leaned down to allow Jane to remove the tiara and veil from the white box and place it onto my head. The white veil was long enough that it would glide along the floor by about four feet, and my tiara…well, it was custom made. Me, Jane and Heidi decided it would be best to match it to my engagement ring and the necklace Caius had given me. One onyx surrounded by curling, twisting silver, tiny diamonds glimmering under even the vaguest of light sources.
Jane had been adamant about the shoes though. It was the subject of hundreds of playful arguments but eventually we had gotten the ones she had favoured and I had secretly favoured. Black satin shoes, a white bow adorned with thousands of tiny crystals on each. Next, Jane slipped something onto my wrist. A silver bracelet with a single sapphire hanging delicately from it.
"You have something old, the necklace, something new, the dress, something blue, this bracelet." She told me.
"What about something borrowed?" Heidi piped up. Jane appeared to think for a moment before digging around in her little bag and pulling out a little bottle, only a tiny amount of perfume left.
"Use this right before the wedding. Now she has everything." Jane smiled as she handed me the bottle, the champagne coloured liquid splashing around in it's crystal container.