Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia or the title/song.
Alfred sat in the Lunar castle, Alice sat next to him, playing with the silver diamond and moonstone ring on her pale finger. She leaned on him and he hugged her closely, resting his head on hers. He never was the best at comforting, and today Alice was beyond nervous. It was September 23, her coronation would begin in 10 minutes. Well it was technically his, too.
He would be crowned Prince of Luna, while she was crowned Queen of both Luna and Solar. Alfred jokingly called it Sola now and it had caught on. He had accidentally named their new country. Alice teased him about it anytime someone said the name. She said it was as creative as the name of his cat.
A lot had happened in the months since his coronation. Their parents met, he got be out at night. Alice's parents were different than his own. They didn't want to go out of the way to change the relations between Solar and Luna, but the weren't opposed to them doing it. It was a known fact, now that their kingdoms had mostly combined, that Solar could've won a war with Luna. It probably wouldn't even been that hard. Now that they were merging, war wasn't a concern. Her parents had given them their blessing and were very nice, he didn't ask for much else. They seemed to want their daughter to be happy.
Peter had been interesting, too. Alfred could see why she called him a brat, but Peter seemed to like him. They had hung out a couple times, the King thought it was good to get know his brother-in-law anyway. He wasn't as bad as Alice mentioned before though.
The most incredible thing to him had been them getting married. It had been a very open one, held in the largest city square, right it the middle of Sola. Alfred had been scared to death the whole time, worried Alice'd decided to say no or leave him or something like that. Thankfully, he had just been panicking and the wedding went nicely. He would've liked something more private but this was a huge event for everyone. It united them and their kingdoms.
"Are you nervous?" He asked, she sighed softly.
"I'm going to be a horrible Queen." Alice muttered, still twisting her ring. He noticed she did that when she was worried or nervous or upset.
"You're going to be a great Queen. And if you're not then we can be bad rulers together." The King grinned and she moved to glare at him.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty." A Lunar said, it was odd getting to meet so many other Lunars too. They were pale and odd. They stood, she still looked nervous.
"Alice," She looked up at him and he kissed her softly, when they broke apart he smiled reassuringly," It's going to be fine, stop worrying. At least no one is crashing your coronation." He grinned at her and took her hand. She rolled her eyes but Alfred could tell she appreciated the humor.
They walked out to the balcony. Lunar coronations were usually only attended by the royal family and the nobles. This was technically combining their kingdoms, so they decided it should be public like the wedding was. It was midnight, both Lunars and Solarians were gathered below. He could pick the Solarians out easily, tanner skin and they were all more tired looking than their more nocturnal neighbors.
Alfred let go of her hand for her to step forward. He stood next to his sister and Alice's brother. When he had mentioned Peter looked like her, Alice had hit him.
Madeline was next to get married, a day after his coronation Gilbert proposed to her. They had decided to wait until all the royal events were over so they could have a quieter wedding. He didn't know what their plans were for after that, but he hoped they didn't leave like Maddie mentioned before. He'd miss having her around.
Alice was agreeing to her own promises, they were similar to the ones he had agreed to three months ago. He looked back to their people. Pale faces and glowing eyes were as common as the tan ones. Solarians and Lunars had actually been excited to finally be able to meet each other. Alfred suspected there had been some who already knew people from the opposing kingdom. There were no curfews for either, people stayed up all night and day. There was the signal for him to step forward and he did. Alice took his hand when he joined her.
"Your Majesty, do you promise to lead Luna along side our queen? Treat Luna with fairness and respect? Assess needs and help to solve its problems? Assist in leading it's people? Continue the royal family? And serve Luna to the best of your ability?"
Those were different than Alice's and his own for Solar, but he accepted them anyway, he planned on following them to the best of his ability. "I do." There were some whispered among the crowd, the noble looked at him oddly, the glowing eyes didn't help much. He heard Peter snort behind him but Alfred didn't dare turn.
He glanced to Alice, she wore an amused smile,"I accept my responsibilities as Prince of Luna." She whispered just loud enough for him. Should people tell him what he should say at something this important?!
"I accept my responsibilities as Prince of Luna." The King repeated louder.
The noble looked a little better,"Queen Alice and King Alfred of Sola!" He used his nickname. Hopefully he hadn't messed up that much.
The cheers were defending, Alice squeezed his hand and waved with the other. She seemed so calm with them, so different than the nervous woman he had comforted earlier. She'd be a great queen. Alfred waved, too, grinning at his people. Their people.
The coronation ended and the royal families and some nobles of both kingdoms went to the dining room for dinner, they all congratulated them. Eventually, when Alfred had chatted with enough people and had enough food, the simple party died down. Peter went to bed, nobles left. Maddie had disappeared with a drunk Gilbert earlier in the night. Their parents wished their final goodbyes and blessings. His father still gave them a sour look, but Alfred could care less at this point. All that really mattered anymore was her.
The maids began cleaning up as they finally got to return to their room. They were staying at the Lunar castle because of convenience. Alice and Alfred had decided to build a castle to the north, symboling their combination. Therefore their parents could still have their own castle and later Maddie and Gilbert and Peter and whoever he decided to marry. Or he could just have a castle to himself, Alice mentioned that he'd probably do that anyway.
As soon as they reached the room Alfred plopped on the bed face first. "What was that for?" Alice questioning, he could hear her judgment.
"I'm so tired, being King is super hard." He whined into the blankets.
"Okay then, are you just going to sleep now?" She asked, Alfred heard her shuffling around, he let out a grunt. The bed seemed pretty comfy.
A couple minutes later and Alfred was close to falling asleep, he didn't even change, still dressed up for the coronation. He at least kicked off his shoes and rested his crown and glasses on the nightstand. There was a weight on the other side of the bed, he begrudgingly opened his eyes, in the moonlight he saw his wife taking off her moonstone necklace she always wore. After they had been reunited he returned it, it fitted her better anyway. Alice set the her shape of her tiara on the other nightstand.
His wife, it was still weird to think of her like that. The King sat up and hugged her, resting his head on her shoulder. "Aren't you going to at least change?" She rested against him, probably just as tired as she was.
"Nope, too much effort, I'll clean the wrinkles myself." Alfred responded. He relaxed his hug on her, and saw her smile at him, but still rolling her eyes. They adjusted their positions under the thick navy blankets, facing each other, he still hugged her loosely.
"I can't believe we did this." She whispered in the dark. Alfred found her face and brushed some hair from her eyes.
"Got married, became King and Queen, or all of it?" He asked.
He saw the Queen smile,"All of it. I never would've thought we could do this. It seemed so impossible then, but here we are. Married and crowned together."
"That's a good thing right?" He teased.
"I love you, even if you a idiot."
"I love you, too."
Quickly after that, the King and Queen fell asleep, both kingdoms and them united.
So for the whole Prince of Luna thing, if a man marries into the family and the wife is the blood heir, she's queen. The man can't have a title higher than queen so they get to be prince. This is a real thing in monarchies, like Great Britain and others. I didn't know this until later so I came back and changed it because I thought it was cool. Alfred still can be called king of Sola though because he's king of Solar.
Only one more epilogue chapter!
