Chapter 37: Wedding Crashers
A couple of weeks went by and Herobrine and Red remained in the castle now that Herobrine was finally anointed King of Minecraftia and the Nether. Red was presently holding little Antares in her arms as she was thinking about her upcoming wedding. She had been planning it and making sure everything would go perfectly. It seemed like so many large events in her life were taking place so soon in her life. It was incredible if not overwhelming. Antares calmly stared up at his mother's face and reached out to her with his little hand. Red smiled warmly down at him as she held onto his hand by her finger. "Are you excited about the wedding, Antares? Your daddy and I will be absolutely official then. I'm certainly excited." Red chuckled and then kissed the top of Antares' head which made him giggle cutely in return.
"When is your wedding, anyways?" The voice of Blue suddenly spoke up from the entrance of the room that Red was in. Scarlett gazed over at Blue and smiled towards her.
"In just a week! Herobrine and I decided to have it here at the castle. You will be my bridesmaid won't you, Blue?" Red asked her big sister who was currently staring at her and the baby.
Blue leaned away from the door's frame and stepped over in front of Red to get a better look at Antares. With a gentle smile, she waved down at Antares before looking back up into her sister's hopeful brown eyes. "I would be honored to be your bridesmaid, lil' Red. I've already heard Herobrine ask Steve to be his best man. Can you believe that?"
"Wow… Its seems so weird. Not too long ago they were trying to murder each other and now they're doing pretty well, considering…" Red said with a look of disbelief written all over her face.
Blue chuckled and nodded calmly, "I'm just so glad we're all getting along. I hated it before, being against you." Blue said and looked down shamefully. Red continued to smile as she shook her head.
"What's in the past has past. Let's leave it there. I'm looking forward to the future and excited to finally be Herobrine's wife. I just… I just wish I had someone to walk me down the aisle, to give me away." Red replied and looked disheartened as she thought about not having a Father to walk her down. Blue frowned and shook her head.
"You don't need anyone, Red. You're a strong independent woman that is going to walk down that aisle with fearlessness. I know you will do just fine. With someone there or not to give you away. What matters is the man in front of you that you're going to spend the rest of your life with. Also, this little guy right here." Sapphire said with a smile working on her lips as she gestured down to Antares who was watching the two of them with his hand in his mouth. Red smiled more at this and nodded with confidence.
"You're right. What was I thinking?" Red and Blue both broke into a good laugh together and then went to both share some time playing with little Antares.
The wedding day had finally arrived. Red was standing in front of a large mirror inside Blue's bedroom that she shared with Steve. Gazing down upon herself, she carefully examined the white wedding gown she was dressed in. It was an elegant long flowing dress that trailed in the back and was sleeveless. She felt Blue come up behind her and begin to start arranging the long white veil on top of her head. "You're beautiful, Scarlett." Blue told her sister as she clipped the veil on and then stepped back to get a better glimpse of her. "Just don't cry… You'll ruin your makeup." Sapphire chided as she noticed Red was looking teary eyed as she stared back at her made-up reflection.
"I-I'm not." She tried convincing her sister but it was quite obvious she was ever so close to losing it. She couldn't believe today was the day she would be giving herself away to the man she loved more than life itself. She couldn't wait to see his face the moment she began walking down the aisle all on her own with no one by her side. She didn't need anyone to stand by her side and hold her hand though, she was strong and could do this alone. Sapphire believed in her, now it was time to just believe in herself.
Making a determined expression in the mirror, she turned to look back at Sapphire who was smiling back at her. "Herobrine is defiantly going to be in for a surprise. You look so elegant." Sapphire lowered her head while still smiling. "You must be anxious."
"You have no flippin' idea. Are you sure everything looks okay? Oh my gosh, I'm so worried I'm gonna do something stupid like trip over my feet or say my words wrong!" Red exclaimed dramatically and began pacing back and forth in the room. Sapphire shook her head with a light smirk of her pink lips.
"You'll do just fine. Stop worrying so much. Its almost time." Blue walked over and brought Red into a tight hug. Red took a deep breath and hugged her sister back. The two sisters stared at each other and smiled. Blue placed her hands onto Red's shoulders, "Just breathe and try to relax. I know it must be difficult right now. But just try your best."
"I will.. I'm just walking after all. How could I mess that up?" Red chuckled nervously and couldn't get the imagery out of her mind of tripping and somehow starting a fire and everyone gasping and screaming their heads off. Maybe, she was putting too much into this? Still the little horror picture in her mind kept lingering in the back of her head.
Walking with Blue out of her room, the two Chandler sisters began heading to the throne room that had been set up to have an alter and priest there to wed Red and Hero together. Red and Blue stopped in front of the doors to the throne room. Red stared intently at the doors, feeling her breath become rapid, she tried taking deep breathes but it was not helping that much. Her eyes were wide and her heart pounded inside her chest. It was only mere minutes until the doors would open and she would be walking down the aisle. Sapphire patted Red on the back and smiled at her one last time before she made her way into the room herself. "Chin up, Red. You got this." Blue encouraged before opening the door and slipping through it really quick to get to her spot as bridesmaid.
Red watched Blue disappeared from her sight, her heart quickened and felt like it was twisting inside. Her stomach was full of butterflies as she waited for the doors. She counted every second she stood there, it felt like a life time. Red closed her eyes and breathed in and out again. 'I got this. I can do this..' She repeated in her mind over and over again. It wasn't until she heard the traditional wedding music start playing from the inside when she knew her time to shine was about to commence.
"She's about to walk in." A male German accented voice said to another blonde pigtailed female that was with him.
"Alright, is everyone in place then?" She replied quietly as she glanced down from the rafters where they were crouched on from above. The black haired man that was cloaked in black nodded and frowned deeply to himself.
"They'll never expect a thing."
The woman next to him that was also cloaked in black nodded to her companion. "Its unfortunate this must happen." The woman said and glanced down as she watched as the doors opened to reveal Little Red dressed in her long beautiful trailing white wedding dress. The man and woman glanced at each other and nodded knowingly to one another. The man's eyes flickered over to the other side of the wooden rafters above the throne room where his other masked men dressed in tight fitting black armor waited for his command. He extends his arm up and clenched fist to indicate to the men that the time was nearing. The men look over and reciprocated the same gesture back to their leader in return. The leader nods and gazes back down and watches with a look of disgust as he watches the rest of the wedding process go on with his female companion at his side.
When the doors opened, Red was taken back by the scene in front of her. It was like walking into a dream come true. The red carpeted aisle was opened to her to walk down. At the sides of the aisle, their were a mass of people sitting on each side in the pews. People she had never seen in her life were there to watch HER wedding. Gulping nervously, Red took her first step down the aisle. There at the front of the alter was Herobrine. He was dressed in the most attractive black tuxedo that had a red rose held in his breast pocket. His white glowing eyes had widen as he watched his soon to be bride enter the throne room. She was an absolutely breath-taking sight to be seen.
The music drowned out Red's racing thoughts, she never concentrated so much on walking in a straight line in her entire life. She felt like fainting on the spot. The crowds in the pews smiled adoringly at her. Behind her were little girls dressed in cute frilly red dresses. They held their weaved wicker baskets that carried a bunch of flower pedals that they kept tossing over their shoulder as Red walked in front of them. Red couldn't feel any more giddy then she did now. Her shimmering brown eyes were fixated on Herobrine's eyes in front of her. He was staring at her with the most loving eyes, that he only shared with Red. Sapphire stood off to the left dressed down in her own long red dress that was the color scheme of the wedding next to white. She was smiling widely while at the same time looking teary eyed as she watched her little sister walk all by herself. Steve also stood off on the other side as Herobrine's best man. He had a black tuxedo on that held a blue carnation with white at the tips of the flower, in respects for Scarlett's sister, Big Blue.
Red finally made it to the alter where she met up with Herobrine. Red and Herobrine took each others hands into their own and smiled warmly at each other. "You look absolutely breathtaking, dear Scarlett." Herobrine said to Red as they stood in front of the priest.
"Thank you, you look quite handsome yourself." Red complimented with a smirk tugging on her red-painted lips. Herobrine smirked back at her and then turned to look at the priest with Scarlett as he began to speak up.
"Dearly beloved, I gather here today in the face of family and friends, to join together this man and woman in matrimony. As Scarlett and Herobrine stand before us, willing and able to commit to each other for a lifetime. We realize that marriage symbolizes the love and harmony that transcends everything in the universe. May we be encourages, to find qualities that bring us all closer to one another, so that we may learn to truly love and respect each other, all the days of our lives This day you have chosen to become husband and wife. We are here not only to witness your commitment to each other, but also to wish you every happiness in your future life together." The priest started off with the beginning of the speech, before he turned to look at Herobrine. "Herobrine, do you take Scarlett for your lawful wedded wife, to live together in matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish her, from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only onto her, for as long as you both shall live?"
Herobrine squeezed Red's hands affectionally and with as much sincerity as he could muster up, Herobrine said, "I do."
Red was trying everything in her power not to break down crying in happiness as he said those two beautiful words. When the priest looked at her, she veered her light brown eyes to gaze at him as he spoke. "And now do you Scarlett take Herobrine, for your lawful wedded husband, to live together in matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him, from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him, for as long as you shall live?"
Red stared adoringly into Herobrine's calm but overjoyed glowing white eyes that she came to love with all her heart. She gulped and never tore her eyes away from Herobrine's as she said with complete wholeheartedness, "I do."
Herobrine's smile widen, he never looked so pleased in his entire life. Red just wanted more than anything to just kiss him now. Her fingers twitched with anticipation to run her hand through his short brunette hair that hung ever so slightly in front of his face. Within seconds these two would finally seal the deal with a kiss that both were going to give their all into. The priest smiled at the two obviously in love bride and groom, as he continued on with the rest of the wedding speech. "With all of you witnessing these promises do all in your power to uphold these two persons in their marriage? Your response will be we will."
The crowd respectfully responded to the priest by saying their, "I will" before it was time to finally get down to the wedding vows. The priest turned to look back at Herobrine who looked back at him, ready more than ever to recite his vows to his soon to be wife in front of him. The priest told Herobrine what to say before letting him say if for himself to Scarlett. Red couldn't stop smiling as Herobrine smiled sweetly back at her and began to recite back what the priest had said. "I Herobrine take thee Scarlett to be my wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor, and cherish, 'till death do us part."
Red was about to cut the wedding vows short and just kiss him already! But she decided it wouldn't be a smart move so she refrained… for now. The priest turned to her and also told her what to recite. Red nodded and with a deep breathe, she recited the words with her heart clearly open for all to see, "I Scarlett take thee Herobrine to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, honor, and cherish, 'till death do us part."
Steve grinned and knew it was his turn as best man to take the diamond rings that he had on a red velvet pillow and hand it over to the priest. Blue dapped at her icy blue eyes with a tissue she kept at her side as she watched Steve stroll over from the side and hand over the sparkling diamond rings over. Steve send Herobrine and Red a thumbs up and a goofy grin, "Good luck!" He whispered in a hush voice and backed off to to where he was standing before. The priest prayed over the rings, before handing the diamond ring over to Herobrine. That very same diamonds in the ring, Herobrine had found the all by himself when he went to go mining for Red. He wanted the ring to be as special as possible and it certainly was.
Stepping up closer to Red, he began placing the ring gently onto her finger. Red watched and couldn't help it anymore. The tears were slipping down her face and down off of her chin. The audience awe'd at the heartwarming sight, while some of them even were breaking into tears of their own from how emotional and beautiful it was to see two lovers make such a lifetime commitment with one another. The priest told Herobrine what to say next and Hero nodded and recited the next part. "With this ring - I thee wed. Wear it as a symbol, of our love and commitment." Scarlett looked down and smiled brightly as she was given the other ring for Herobrine.
"With this ring - I thee wed. Wear it as a symbol, of our love and commitment." Red said as she placed the other diamond ring onto Herobrine's ring finger. Herobrine wasn't crying but he certainly looked close to it. He truly was having the best days of his life in the last couple of weeks. Having his precious son Prince Antares, becoming the King of Minecraftia, and then having Red become his wife on top of it. His life had been blessed by someone. He didn't know who but he thanked whoever did. He's always dreamed of these things in the past, but never thought they'd actually happen, except maybe for being king. He found that having a family was much more rewarding though, he loved his family and would never let anyone lay a hand of them. They were his life now.
"Now that Scarlett and Herobrine have given themselves to each other by solemn vows, and the joining of hands, and giving and receiving of rings, I pronounce these two as husband and wife. Those whom had joined together, let no one put asunder. May I present you to the newly wed King and Queen of Minecraftia. You may kiss the bride."
The crowd started cheering in a loud uproar of applause, while at the same time the traditional wedding music started back up from the large choir. Herobrine smirked at his new wife and leaned in and wrapped his strong arms tightly around her. Red smiled back and opened her mouth to let Herobrine have instant access to her mouth. The two lovers embraced as Red put her arms around Herobrine's head as they deepened the kiss passionately. The remained kissing and Blue finally broken down into tears, even Steve was sobbing happily from the side. He never felt so emotional over something like this but he just couldn't help it! It was too beautiful! Steve sniffled and felt embarrassed when Blue looked over at him and giggled at his tearful face. Steve blushed and rubbed at his eyes while Blue continued to laugh. Red and Hero kept kissing, not wanting to let it go until they absolutely had too.
Herobrine savored every inch of her mouth, she tasted as sweet as honey, if not way better. Backing off just a little, Herobrine shocked Red when he leaned her downwards and kissed her again with so much blistering passion. This time this kiss was hot and teeming with just as much love as the first. Red giggled into the kiss and when Herobrine pulled her back up, he grinned widely at her. She grinned back and then took his hand into her own. Red and Herobrine started walking down the aisle together as husband and wife as rice was being thrown from the pews and the flower girls were skipping around and giggling as they tossed more flowers into the air. Herobrine and Red laughed with each other as they went down the aisle to go to the ballroom in the castle where the reception was going to be at.
Herobrine and Red were close to the door's exit when suddenly something terrible happened.
From above them there was loud battle cries as men in tight-fitting black armor started swinging down from ropes from up in the rafters. Red's delighted face broke away to look off disbelieving stupor as they swung down onto the ground and began running towards her with enchanted diamond swords in their hands. Herobrine's eyes widen and soon flashed and began blazing in a wild fury as he saw them coming forwards towards them with their magically imbued swords raised threatening towards them. The people in the entire throne room gasped in horror and began fleeing away, while at the same time the music died down as the men chased after Red and Hero. Herobrine pushed Red behind him as he summoned out his own enchanted diamond sword and stood protectively in front of Little Red. Red was too stricken in horror to comprehend what was going on as Herobrine came clashing sword to sword with the first man that was dressed much like a black cladded ninja assassin.
Another attacker tried to murder Herobrine from the side as he held the other sword away. Herobrine quickly parried the blow and then slashed at the first man that tried to attack Red and himself. "What the hell is going on!?" Herobrine growled viciously as he watched more of these men swing off from the rafters and down to the ground. Steve unsheathes his diamond sword and began to help his older brother fight off the sudden ambush from above. "I'll kill you all for this intrusion!" Herobrine roared and slashed the first man down to his bloody demise. Red had her hands held onto her mouth as she stared in terror. What was going on!?
Blue narrowed her eyes and started racing past the attackers to get to her little sister. "RED!" Blue screamed as she tried her best to run as fast as she could in the black heels she was wearing.
"Hero! What's going on!?" Steve yelled over to Herobrine as he expertly was fighting with one of the black cladded men dressed like ninjas. Herobrine's sword suddenly caught on fire as he used the enchanted magic to his aid. Now slashing his way through the enemies with a flaming sword, he stayed close to Red to make sure she stayed safe. Blue screamed when suddenly one of the attackers slashed at her, she barely made it as she threw herself backwards. She just barely made it unscathed. Red cried out to her big sister and began running towards her, while summoning out her own black opal sword, The Starless Gale, into her hands. She wasn't going to let any ninja asshole touch her big sister, without her doing something about it! Herobrine was going to answer Steve but was distracted when he saw Red run past him to go save Sapphire.
"Red!" Herobrine yelled out while at the same time fighting three men at the same time. They seemed more persistent to kill him than anyone else in the room. Red lashed her sword in front of her and made a giant wave of black magic surge like a tidal wave forwards at the two men that were inclosing around Blue. The black magic hit the men and soon began to make them panic as the dark forbidden magic tainted their insides and soon commenced to make them convulse on the ground and foam from the mouth. Red kneeled down to Blue and extended her hand to help her up to her feet.
"Are you okay, Blue!?" Red asked her sister with fearful eyes. Blue nodded and coughed slightly as she took Red's hand and was pulled up with her help.
"I'm fine. What's going on?"
"I don't know. These men came from fucking nowhere." Red replied to her sister seriously, before looking back up to see more ninja dressed men coming after the two of them. Blue didn't have her sword on her so she backed away behind Red as Red pointed her sword at them and growled, "Get the fuck away from my family! What kind of assholes are you to crash a wedding!?" The men said nothing in reply as they suddenly clashed swords with Red. Herobrine saw this from the corner of his eyes but he was having difficult of his own since most of the men in the throne room were attacking him. They had expert training, he could tell by how well they were keeping up with him. Steve finally made his way over to Herobrine's side and the two twin brother's were back to back with their swords up and ready to attack.
"What's going on?" Steve repeated to Herobrine as he was breathing heavily from fighting. Herobrine shook his head and scoffed.
"I don't know but I'm going to slay every single of them where they stand for trying to ruin this day." Herobrine replied darkly to his younger brother before both brothers jumped forwards and began fighting together as they fought off the mysterious assassins.
Abruptly, two other ropes were cast down from on top of the wooden rafters as a man and woman came sliding down the ropes. The sight of them made Steve' blue eyes widen as he recognized immediately who the two were.
"Direk… Lassie!?" Steve uttered in disbelief.
The black haired and Messenger man whose hair swooped over his one eye, glared hatefully as he stood next to the blonde pigtailed woman who used to be a maid for Notch. The man named Direk glared Steve and began to take out a golden enchanted sword that's aura was casting out a frigid cold air. "Hello, Prince Steve. Or should I say traitor?" Direk spat hatefully. Lassie also glared with her dark azure colored eyes, you could tell she was frowning even from under the black mask that covered her mouth.
"You're a traitor, Steve! How could you?" Lassie hollered with a furious look in her eyes.
"Traitor?" Steve said in confusion. Herobrine cut down the last of the men attacking him with his blazing fiery sword. Red was on the side still dealing with her own guys that she took out without much of a problem with her black magic that was extremely powerful. It was forbidden magic for a reason, after all. The red and blue colored sisters looked over at the new presences. Blue also gasped when she also realized just who Lassie and Direk were.
"Yes, a traitor! You sided with the white-devil of the Overworld! We won't let him be King of Minecraftia! Notch is the rightful King!" Lassie yelled back in her rather high-pitch sounding voice at Steve's ignorance on what was going on.
"Notch backed down! You don't have a choice!" Blue shouted back in defense. Lassie scoffed and shook her head with a smirk forming on her lips behind her black mask. It was like she knew something that they didn't. Direk took a step forward and pointed over at Red with his golden icy sword.
"I want her dead for murdering my brother Wolfgang and his girlfriend Ruth! She is a monster from the Otherworld! Things wouldn't be the way they were if her and Blue had never came into the picture to begin with! Herobrine would still be sniveling back in his little Nether fortress all alone!" Direk said fiercely and then pointed his sword over at Herobrine, "How dare you think you can just murder villages as you please and innocence and then just make your ways into our kingdom thinking you can be our King! You are a devil! A murderer! You will die beside your evil wife!"
"Back down now. You don't have a choice." Lassie inquired with a mocking smirk.
"Never. I am the King here and I will have you slaughtered for such a revolt!" Herobrine shouted and began storming towards Direk. Lassie and Direk glanced at each other with a knowing smirk before Lassie suddenly snapped her fingers loudly.
"I wouldn't come any closer, white-eyed devil." Lassie said snidely as suddenly one of their ninja assassins came down from a rope with something in his arms.
Red's eyes widen in complete horror at the sight. Her heart dropped and seemed to drown inside her body. The black assassin stepped forwards the second he landed on the ground and passed something over to Lassie. The golden blonde pony-tailed woman smirked and turned to show everyone what was in her arms.
"NO!" Herobrine shouted in dread as he saw Antares was in her arms.
"Hush, little baby don't say a word~ Daddy's gonna give up his throne for good~" Lassie sang in a demented version of the lullaby melody, "Hush little baby". Direk smirked alongside Lassie as the two had little Prince Antares held hostage in Lassie's arms. Antares was crying and had his little hands outdrawn to his mother as he wailed in sobs.
Steve and Blue glanced at each other in shock and then both turned to deeply glare the two rebels in front of them. "You kidnapped a fucking baby for this?! Whose the real monster, huh!?" Blue shouted venomously in disbelief and then glanced at Red with concern. Red absolutely looked sick to her stomach. Her face was pale of color and she looked helpless as she watched her baby boy in the arms of the enemy.
Herobrine charged forwards in a desperate battle cry, while his eyes were blazing white trailing wisps. He came rushing towards Direk and Lassie, that was until Lassie frowned and took out a sharp knife from her side hip and placed it to Antares' neck. "Not any closer or the cute little baby gets it." Lassie said heartlessly as she kept the blade firmly down on the crying infant's neck, not enough to draw blood, but any closer and it would.
"Oh God, please no! Not my baby!" Red cried and fell to her knees in fear for her precious child. Herobrine skidded to a halt and was breathing heavily and looking as vicious as an angry bloodthirsty lion.
"Don't you fucking dare." Herobrine growled deeply.
"Then you better start listening to our demands." Direk said simply in his German accent as he glanced from Antares and Lassie and then over to Herobrine, Red, Steve, and Blue. Lassie nods and mockingly coos down at the wailing infant who wanted his mommy and daddy back.
"Open your ears then. This is how it goes down." Lassie said with a nasty smirk as she looked up from Antares.
Herobrine slumped his shoulders and glared heavily down at the ground, "What do you want…?"
Red continued to sob on her knees as Blue tried her best to comfort her, even though she knew it was for naught. Red had perfect reason to be upset, even more than upset. Blue and Steve looked over at each other and frowned worriedly. Herobrine stared defeated at the floor as Lassie kept her knife to Antares' neck.
"This is what we want…"