Hey Guys! Wow, I can't believe that we are here, this is really and truly the last chapter of By Any Other Name. This crazy journey I undertook eight months ago has come to mean so very much to me!
This was the very first story I have ever finished! I put so much of my time and energy into this and am so thrilled with the response that it has gotten!
So, today we get to finally wrap up the story of our Robin! It's so cool to see her journey come to an end! She has been through so much since the beginning, and it is so cool to give her the happy ending she deserves today!
This is the wedding! I had so much fun writing and planning this out! It's worthy of our wonderful heroine! (Also, a special cameo of Will Scarlett, the Knave of Hearts as Flynn's best man!)
Her and Flynn are going to live happily ever after, and that partly due to all my wonderful readers who have stuck with me! So please tune in to this very last chapter! Also, let me know what you think! I would love to hear from all y'all one last time!
Well… Here we go!
We Both Say I Do.
"What did ye do?" Merida said, her eyes wide, she was looking down at me. I had some leaves in my hair, my feet dirty, and the widest grin on my face accompanied by my new emerald necklace.
"I went outside to breathe, and Flynn was just talking to me." Despite her angry and disbelieving expression I could not stop smiling. "We were just talking I promise, he didn't even see my dress!"
"How did ye get outside? Scurry out thee window?" She took my feet, my guilty grin and then looked at the window. "Ye did it, didn't you. Ah will strangle you!" She ran a hand through her straight hair. "At least ye daint mess up your gown."
"I'm ready to get married!" I said, and she just smiled and shook her head. Laughed and then hugged her.
"Well, then let's geyt to it!" Merida said, with a laugh, wrapping her arm around me. She grabbed my flowers and my shoes and then both of us still laughing we went down the stairs.
I stopped right before the edge, holding onto my flowers as I tugged my shoes on. Belle came around the corner.
"Robin!" She hugged me one more time. "Merida go get in your spot, I'll get her to the door." My mom looked beautiful, her yellow dress was perfect.
Merida ruffled my curls then took off. "I can't wait to see everything!" I said, bouncing on the balls of my feet. Any nerves I'd had were gone, replaced by some fizzy excitement that I could not keep down.
"I'm just here to show you everything, then I need to go." My Mom said, fixing stray curls and making sure I was still all fixed up. "Once you see the downstairs your father will come find you, alright?"
I nodded, unable to stop grinning. I closed my eyes as she led me around the corner, my hand gripped tight on my bouquet. The smell of the wildflowers was comforting and only furthered my growing excitement.
"Ok Robin," I heard Belle say, squeezing my hand. "What do you think?"
I opened my eyes and gasped. The entire room was covered in flowers. Bright ones just like the ones I had in my hand covered the room.
The huge wedding cake in the corner, covered in a soft yellow frosting, had several sugar sunflowers that Granny had made just for me.
White linen and groups of small candles covered all the remaining surfaces. Regina had enchanted them so they would always stay lit.
It felt like spring had invaded the house, and it could not have been any more perfect! I stood there in shock, taking it all in. My Mom kissed the side of my head and then she went and stood by the door.
I could hear the soft strands of music coming from outside. Merida winked at me over the head of Flynn's best man Will as she helped him fix his tie. Roland was jumping all around, holding on tight to the small wooden box that held the rings.
Emma was holding onto her little brother, her face soft as she smiled at him and spun him around, both of them giggling.
I was struck by the love that was filling up the room. I had never thought growing up that I would be a part of so many people's lives. That so many would come together to be a part of the most special day of my life.
"Hello Dearie," My Dad wrapped him arm around me, just as the music grew louder and my Mom walked out into the yard. "Are you ready?"
I grinned, watching as Roland turned and waved at me before Emma shooed him out the door. He was a little shy as all the people turned and looked at him. Then his Dad waved at him from the end of the aisle and his face brightened and he all but sprinted down the row.
Everyone including me laughed as Emma and Neal walked out behind Roland. Then my Dad took me by the arm and walked me over to the door. Merida winked at me as she linked arm's with Will.
"Hae fun out there Lassie," She said, before spinning around and the two of them strolling into the garden.
It was just two of us left, my Dad and I. Looking up at him I saw him smiling down at me. "I'm getting married." I said, grinning and laughing, and it just made him smile more.
"You are the most beautiful bride in the whole world." He said. The music swelled and we saw everyone stand. "Let's get you to your husband." He said, and he led me outside.
I was hit with a huge wave of butterflies in my stomach as I walked outside, the Sun bright and the air sweet with wildflowers.
I wanted to take everything in, but my eyes went straight to one person at the end of the aisle. Flynn was in his suit, and he looked shocked.
I smiled at him, and I was suddenly moving too slow. I wanted to be with him. With a flutter of my heart I saw that he was wiping tears from his eyes. I wanted to run to him, kiss his tears away, I wanted to be next to him for the rest of my life.
While I was fixated of Flynn, but I still noticed the beauty of how things were set up. People in bright colors were seated in white chairs with twinkling strands of lights. It was the small, nature filled wedding of my dreams. It was perfect.
After what seemed like 20 minutes, we reached the front. I was gripping my Dad's hand tight. I smiled up at Robin Hood. He grinned at me and winked, before turning to my Dad.
"Who gives this gives this woman to be married to this man today?" He asked, smiling warmly down at me.
"Her Mother and I do," My Dad said, his voice rough. He had teared up again, I turned to him and threw my arms around him again. We shared one last hug before he let me go, wiping his tears away as he went to join my beaming Mom.
I smiled warmly at both of them before I was able to finally turn and face Flynn, his hand was out stretched to me and I took it.
He pulled me up to his side, both of us clinging onto each other as I passed my bouquet to Merida, who to my shock was trying to hold back tears.
I was having a hard time listening to Robin Hood as he started talking about love and devotion. I just kept looking at Flynn's face. He had scrubbed the tears from his eyes, but they were still bright as he looked down at me. The vows I had written flew out of my head, as my heart swelled with love for the man who stood before me.
"Now Flynn has vows prepared," Robin Hood spoke, startling me to attention. Flynn looked up at Robin Hood then nodded.
I grinned, my plan at not crying flew out the window before he could even speak. He both laughed and he wiped my tears away.
"I love you," He started out. I was trying to stay quiet, to let him have his time. "I love you more than I ever thought it was possible. I always thought that being married meant I would have to stop being who I was, stop seeing the world and having adventures. But with you, I feel like my life has finally started. I have someone who loves me as much as I love them. Robin, you are the strongest and bravest girl I have ever met, and I am proud that you will be by my side throughout all the adventures we will share together."
He stopped and smiled at me, then continued. "I will never have to worry about anything every again, because even if we can't fix it. We will be there together. I vow to love you with all of my heart, and to care for you as long as we both live. I vow to be a good father..." He choked up, and I reached forward and clenched both of his hands in mine.
"I once told you," He said, once his voice was steady again. "That I believed in the capacity for goodness that you possessed. That only becomes clearer to me every day, because you make me want to be a better man. Lastly my lady, I vow to be the man you deserve, because you deserve nothing less. I love you."
I wanted to kiss him right then, the both of us were wiping the tears that were freely streaming down my face. I could not stop smiling, wanting nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with the beautiful man in front of me.
"Robin, are you ready?" Robin Hood said softly, "Do you need another minute," He smiled at me, with my delighted tear-stained face.
I nodded at him, took a deep breath, and was able to calm down. I spoke from my heart, poured out my love for him. Not something memorized, something with heart.
"Flynn, the first time I saw you, you literally fell out of the sky to save me. I didn't know who that dark-hooded stranger was, but I knew that he protected me. Then, from the moment I learned your name and shook your hand in that forest, I belonged completely and wholly to you."
Flynn was shaking slightly, but when I stopped he just smiled as me, whispering something unintelligible under his breath. He gripped my hands in his own, and nodded at me to continue. I smiled.
"You made me feel so special, and beautiful, because you were kind and thoughtful. You made me feel so important, like a treasure. This was all within twenty minutes of meeting you. Even through all my faults, you stayed by me." I looked down at the ground and took a deep breath. I was so serious in the moment, nothing clouding the truth I wanted to share with him.
"You never stopped making me feel like I was something to be desired. There will never be anyone else for me, because I was lucky, and I fell for my True Love. Who over and over again saved me from myself. I vow to be by your side, to be a part of the best team this world will ever see. I vow to love you and any kids we may have with every fiber of my beating heart, because I will love you more than life itself."
"Today, Flynn Eugene Ryder, I give you my heart, full and wholly yours, knowing that you will take care of it, and take care of me, until the very end of our days. I love you so much."
We heard all the people sigh behind us, but were to focused on each other. I didn't hear the next part, and was overjoyed when Flynn slid a simple silver band onto my shaking hand, and I in turn slid a similar ring onto his hand.
Our eyes were locked on each other. Both saying "I do," with so much conviction and enthusiasm I could hear people chuckle from the audience.
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife." My heart pounded joyfully as I smiled at my new husband. "You may now kiss the bride."
In a second Flynn had pulled me into his arms and was kissing me. I enthusiastically responded, wrapping my arms around him as his hand tangled in my hair. We didn't care about the cheering, I could have kissed him forever.
We finally pulled away, faces still only inches apart. He kissed me once more, before spinning me around to my delighted laughter.
We then made our way back down the aisle, people waving and cheering us on. I waved at my family, sure there was no was to express all the joy I felt inside.
Every few seconds Flynn would pull me close for another kiss. Once we got to the back, he pulled me close, holding me tight and whispering in my ear, making me shiver.
"The best team this world will ever see?" He asked, his face bright.
I looked up at him.
"The very best."
Well, there you go guys! I had so much fun writing this super sweet ending! I hope you enjoyed it! While I am sad that Robin and Flynn's story is over I feel this was the perfect spot to leave them. Happy, and on the brink of a wonderful life together!
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I am so grateful to all those who have stuck with me, if from the beginning or any point on! Fantastic readers are the reason I wrote this, and I wish I had enough time or space to thank all of you by name!
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It's with a heavy heart that I say goodbye for the last time, but its a happy heart I had the best time with this story! I love y'all!
Angel C.