Sorry! Sorry! There is no excuse for no updating for a long time! But It is finally here.
As always, Author Notes are at the end.
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Arc 4: When the Wedding Bells Thaw
Chapter 10 -Weddings and Family Invitations
Mrs. Mertens was frozen in shock! Her son! Her eldest son! Finn was at the door. A thousand emotions and thoughts filled her whole self. She wanted to hug him and cry her heart out thanking the heavens that her son was back, but she controlled herself. The man in front of her was a different person than her sweet child from all those years ago.
"Excuse me, Ma'am if I came at a bad time" – The prince noticed the mix of emotions displayed in the eyes of the woman in front of him. He was confused. Why did she react in such manner? It's not like they had met before, isn't it?
"Mom who's at the door?" – Pen asked entering the room. His eyes widened when he saw who was at the door. "ICE PRINCE!?" – yelled in a mix of surprise an anger. What was the prince doing here? Did he plan to attack him at his own home?
"Ah! Pen, I was looking fo.." He was interrupted by a kick to the face from Pen – "Mom get out of here while I deal with the Ice Prince!" – Pen would never forgive himself if the prince hurt his mother because of him. "Wait Pen!"she pleaded but it fell in deaf ears. Pen went to attack the fallen Ice Prince.
"Hyiiaa!"- Pen tried to kick the Prince again but he expertly rolled out of the way into a standing position. "You cannot defeat ME, brat!" He was angry; nobody sucker punches the ruler of the Ice Kingdom without consequences. Those consequences were Ice Beams thrown at Pen who nimbly dodged to the side. "I will with this!" Pen jumped into the air and raised his arms to bring them down as a hammer motion. "Taste my fists!" Ice Prince stood his ground preparing to counterattack; he could see that attack coming from a mile away. "Psych!" Pen changed his position in mid air and attacked with a dive kick instead.
Ice Prince was surprised by this but he still retailed with a flying uppercut. Both combatants hit each other and fell on the ground but the Prince recovered first and got back up. "Now I can KILL YOU!" said the prince with a crazy face. He was preparing a magic blast of ice to turn Pen in an icicle for the rest of his life.
Yes! Finally I can kill this pest! No! "Wait! Wait, wait, wait!" He said to himself trying to tap his forehead but hit his crown instead. "I'm so forgetful!" said in a cheery tone, forgetting that he was about to kill a child a second ago. "I didn't come here to fight!" that announcement was met with relief from Mrs. Mertens who was still at the door shocked by these sudden turn of events.
"What's going on out here?" – asked Marshall who came to investigate all the ruckus alongside NEPTR. "Ah, NEPTR! You're the one I was looking for!" – He was really excited to see the little robot. "Bigger Brother!" NEPTR was surprised like everyone else by the presence of the Prince. "You're not taking NEPTR away!" – yelled Pen. He would never let the Prince take away a member of his family.
"I'm not here about that, you silly Billy!" – The prince kept his cheery tone despite the accusations. "I came here to tell you the good news!" …Uh? Good news? What the stuff was Ice Prince talking about? "I'm getting married!" – He announced at the top of his lungs.
"What?!" was the response of everyone else. The Ice Prince's getting married? – Pen was the first to recover from the shocking news -"Dude! Seriously?"- Disbelief was clear in his voice but the prince ignored it completely – "Yes! And she wants to marry me!"- The only response was more gasps of surprise. Everyone had a different response to that.
"Like there's no girl in Ooo with such bad tastes!" – was Pen thought.
"Dude, seriously? No way!" was Marshall's
"Bigger Brother is getting married! I cannot process!" – said NEPTR while a few sparks flew out of him.
Mrs. Mertens just kept quiet but inside of her were lots of thoughts.
His baby Finn marrying? How? When? Was she a good girl? How did they meet? Was his little boy coming back to his former self? Will she get grandkids?
"My beautiful betrothed is right over there!" – The whole family looked at the direction he was pointing and saw an incredible view. It was a spectacular carriage made completely out of ice; it reflected the sunlight in such manner it sparkled. Its design was like those of royalty and the carving was superb.
The carriage was been pulled by white snow horses, and on the driver seat was both Gunter and Jake. The door of the carriage opened and the future wife and queen of the Ice Kingdom stepped out. The family didn't know what to expect of the bride but her appearance blew everybody's mind.
II was a girl alright and a cute one. She was dressed in a beautiful white strapless dress and around her waist was a big purple bow which combined perfectly with her light blue skin and short pink hair. But her most prominent characteristic was gold ring on top of her head which had a blue gem as her crown. It was Engagement Ring Princess. (1)
"Hello Cool guy!" ERP (or Rini as Ice Prince liked to called her) waved to her future husband, she then blew a kiss at Ice Prince's direction which the Prince "caught" with his left hand put it in his lips. The princess just giggled and stepped back inside the carriage. The prince just smiled while the rest let their jaw hung opened in surprise.
"I'm a lucky guy! I didn't even have to kidnap her!" – He prince turned to face the Mertens who had barely regained their composure. "She fell in love with me the moment I slipped on the engagement ring in her delicate hand" – He took out a photo and showed them the ring in the picture. It was beautiful with and unique design that looked like ice but the most eye catching thing was the enormous diamond adorning the ring, it was almost as big as a walnut.
"That is… very nice" said Mrs. Mertens worried for her eldest son. That seemed like a very superficial way to fall in love, not the kind of girl a mother would approve of. Also she was feeling a little self conscious of her own naked hand. She once had a ring but it was taken as payment by the Destiny Gang. She cried for days. It wasn't very expensive or big, but it was hers, a precious memory of her wedding. One of the happiest moments in her life.
"So, I came here to tell the good news and to invite my little brother to the wedding" The prince explained finally the reason of his visit. "Also to inform this little brat over here so he wouldn't crash the wedding and ruin my special day!"- Pen blushed at that. It was something he would do if he thought the bride was marrying against her will. Speaking of 'against wills'. "Ice Prince, if you are getting married, what about capturing princesses?"- The prince just shrugged his shoulders and pointed to himself with both thumps "Oh well, no more capturing princess for this Prince."
Now that was really good news, if Ice Prince stopped capturing princesses then Pen could erase his name from his bad guys list. "What do you say, NEPTR? Will you come to my wedding?"- The little robot wasn't sure about this "I don't know Bigger Brother"- NEPTR then turned to Mrs. Mertens "Can I go to the wedding, Mother?" – Now everybody's eyes were on her. "Umm" She was flustered for being on the spotlight of such big decision.
"I think… you can go…Only if the whole family can go too." That was her final decision. It was the wedding of her eldest son Finn and she couldn't miss it. Needless to say Pen was surprised "What? You want to go?" Why would his mother wanted to go to the Ice Prince wedding?
The Prince pondered for a minute."Mmm… Why not?" he answered. It would be nice to have more guests that weren't penguins. Also a small part of him, deep inside his subconscious, wanted the blond woman to assist. He didn't know why but she felt familiar, like they have met before, but trying to remember from where or when caused him a headache like hitting his head against a invisible wall.
"The ceremony will start after sundown, when the first stars of the night start appearing!" announced the Prince in a very poetic way. But he had to ruin it when he kept talking. "So around 6:30 to 7 pm in this time of the year." – MRs. Mertens nodded in confirmation. She had so many things to prepare. She needed a dress for the occasion, also get formal clothes for her husband, son and Marshall Lee. She didn't know how to dress NEPTR but she would figure something out later. She also needed to get a gift, transportation, accessories, maybe a new hairstyle….
While Mrs. Mertens was lost in all the things she needed before tomorrow's wedding, Marshall decided to ask the Ice Prince a very important question. "Dude, now that you're getting married, what are your plans for today?" The ice prince just looked at him confused. "Plans? What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about a bachelor party! A party to say good bye to your last day of liberty, you know!" – Even if it was the Ice Prince, no man should marry before a bachelor party, that was the rule or something. "Hey that's a good idea! Thanks…umm….who are you again?" – he asked honestly curious. Marshall just face palmed in irritation. "I'm Marshall Lee. Marshall Lee Abadeer."- said trying to make him remember "You know…The Demon Prince. From the Nightosphere." The Prince just shook his head. He didn't remember him at all. "Dude! We met less than a month ago when you tried to steal away Lamprey Princess(2) in a clay bucket." Marshall was getting desperate, how could he have forgotten already.
"Sorry, doesn't ring any bells" replied in a surprisingly honest manner while Marshall just groaned in annoyance. "But it's nice to meet a fellow prince like myself!" The prince extended his hand and Marshall just give him a handshake still annoyed. "You said the same thing last time!" The blue man just ignored the outburst. "And I'll feel honored if you assist to the wedding! It is not a royal wedding without at least a member of royalty as guest!" The demonic prince just shook his head and went back to the previous topic. "Whatever, are you gonna have a bachelor party or not?"
"Now that I think about it… yes, it could be fun!" – Marshall just pumped his fist in silent victory. Finally it was time for some crazy partying! But his short victory was shattered by intervention "I think it's a great idea. You should take Pen with you!" after that she was received by two very confused "WHAT!" What was she thinking was the shared thought of Marshall and Pen.
Mrs. Mertens just smiled. She knew she couldn't prohibit both Finn and Marshall from having a bachelor party and she knew what kind of things men did at those types of parties and what could happen. Her poor Finn could get tempted by women with bad reputation. Finn didn't have experiences with those kind of women, they could seduced him and in a confused stated call off the wedding and she could never have her boy being with a proper lady and a good woman. But if she sent Pen along, Marshall would never party with those women while Pen was there.
"But Mom! I don't want to go!" – Pen complained almost in a whine. He didn't like the idea of spending time with his enemy more than needed. "Now, now! F…Ice Prince is getting married and he promised to stop kidnapping princess. That means that he will no longer be your enemy!"- Pen just nodded in confusion, why that had to do with partying with the ice prince was his doubt. "So now that you are no longer enemies this is the perfect opportunity for both of you get to know each other better and form a mutual understanding and maybe even friendship" -
This was also the opportunity for both of them to spend some quality time together as brothers; and maybe someday everyone could become a family once more.
"Yes but.." – "No buts mister! This is the opportunity to show that even enemies could become friends. Like you and Marshall!" – Now Pen couldn't possibly change his mother's decision, once she had something in mind, nothing could ever change it. "Yes mom." He was defeated once again by the only person he could never beat, his mother.
"But Mrs. M if Pen comes along, we can't…." – Marshall tried to reason with her but he was interrupted. "You can't what? "Her tone made it clear she knew what Marshall was talking about and daring him to say it out loud. "No nothing Mrs. M" He knew he couldn't argue against her. She has the power of taking away his delicious meals. He couldn't return to eating raw meat from creatures he happened to kill. "So it's settled then!" Mrs. Mertens said in a cheerful tone, ignoring the defeated looks of Pen and Marshall. "Mother, Can I go to the party too." Asked Nepter while tugging her apron. "Of course, NEPTR, in fact Bartram should go too."-
Marshall was appalled, Pen he could deal with and Bartram is a cool guy, but the two of them plus NEPTR were totally girl repellant, and he couldn't take them to the best places for a bachelor party.
"That's sounds good to me!" added Ice Prince who didn't mind having those three along. "I have to go back to my castle for a bit so meet me there in an hour!" – The prince walked to the ice carriage where the bride was. "See you guys later!" after he was inside Gunter took the reins and rode away to the Ice Kingdom.
The Mertens family just stood there watching the carriage until it disappeared in the horizon. They stood in silence until Mr. Mertens came back with Bartram by his side. "Hello, everyone. What happened? Why are you all doing outside?" He asked curiously. His wife was the only one who answered. "Dear, you have no idea!"
Author Notes
(1) I was tempted to use Old Lady Princess for comedy purposes but I decided for ERP since she seems like the type to fall in love with the first guy who gave her a big dimond ring.
(2) Lamprey Princess isn't an OC she is from the Adventure Time comics, which you should totally buy and read, they're awesome.
Sorry for taking so long updating but I just have a very busy week. Paying some debts, going to a party and wake up twelve hours later with the mother of all headaches, going out of town with my family and finally eating some sea food and I ended up sick all day.
I'm really sorry, I'll try to update next chapter within the week.
Also did you guys watch the latest episode? I loved it. Maybe I should add it to this fic, MAYBE. But if i do it I need to add Lemongrab somehow.