"You look so pretty in that dress," said Petunia as she smiled up at me from the stool she sat on. Almost every townswoman in Dirt was inside Roon's living room, helping me get ready for my wedding. I smiled back at Petunia and looked down at the white dress I wore. It was the same dress Beans wore for her wedding, but it had to be altered to my fit, and the sleeves had to be taken off because of my wings. Butterflies fluttered around in my stomach. I was very nervous. It felt as if it were yesterday when Beans was getting nervous to get married to Rango.

Now it was my turn to be nervous...

Roon stopped fixing the bottom of my dress and took a couple steps back to look at me. She smiled and clasped her light brown hands together. "Oh...you are so beautiful..." she said. I felt my wings starting to sweat as I looked away. The other townswomen began to crowd around me after they were done on their part of the dress and started chatting away excitedly.

Priscilla placed the crown of cactus flowers on my head and let the light veil fall behind my head. My ears twitched from the itchy fabric touching them. I lightly scratched them then stopped when Beans came into the room to check up on me.

"Hello, Miss Banshee...my... you look amazing in that dress," she said, smiling at me. I nodded my head as a silent thanks. Petunia smiled and jumped down from the stool she was sitting on and came running up to me and Beans.

"She looks very pretty! I bet Kinski is gonna be so amazed!" she laughed at the thought of Kinski's surprised face. Beans and I laughed as well. It has been three days since he asked me to marry him. Since then, everyone was so excited into bringing it all together; and now, the day has come. I haven't seen Kinski since this morning. He was pulled away from me by the guys to get his custom suit made by Mr. Black.

"So, Miss Bride Girl, how ya doin'?" asked Beans with a smirk on her face. I smiled and touched my stomach. "My stomach hurts," I said. Beans' smirk grew on her face as she touched my shoulders and led me to the huge oval mirror on the other side of the room. I stared at myself in the reflection and saw a twenty six year old bat, with demon eyes, in a white dress.

"You shouldn't be nervous...you told me that when I was getting married," she told me. I smiled and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She picked up the bouquet of red cactus flowers on the wooden chair next to the mirror and handed them to me, completing the bride look.

"This should be the happiest day of yer life," she told me. I stared at myself in the mirror. I couldn't believe this was actually happening. I felt tears come down my eyes. I wish my parents could be here to see me right now...

...

The music began to play, telling me it was time for me to walk down the aisle. "I-I can't do this," I said as I stopped dead in my tracks. Priscilla and Petunia looked up at me. They wore their light dresses and each held a basket of flowers in their arm. They gently pushed me to the door to outside.

"Yes you can. Yer just nervous about all the people," Priscilla said. I gulped as I thought of everyone watching me. Suddenly, I felt myself pushed forward and out the door. My heart stopped when I saw everyone outside. Every townsperson, market trader, and family member of the Prairie Dog Clan were there, all dressed up in their best clothes. They all turned their heads and stared at me.

I felt Priscilla push me forward and I moved forward, down the road to the area that was set up and decorated with flowers and white lace. I also noticed a couple flags around the wedding area with my symbol on it. My family's symbol. I smiled. Then I spotted Brim and Luminite. They were wearing nice clothes. Luminite wore a white tux while Brim wore a grey dress that went down to her feet. Their white wings were folded up against their back as they stood on my far left. I still couldn't get used to them wearing something other than their normal wear. They smiled and waved to me.

Next to them was Stump and Chorizo, both wearing nice black suits. They smiled and nodded their heads to me. I blushed and turned my head over to the other side of me. I spotted Kaliah, Balthazar, Soltus, and the two small bats. They flapped their wings and beamed at me. Mr. Black stood amongst them in his normal wear, smiling at me.

Beyond them, outside of the decorated square of the wedding, I saw something move near a huge boulder. I squinted, then my eyes widened in surprise. Peeking out from the boulder, was Bill. He stared at me. I felt my body tense up. What was he doing there? He continued to stand there, not moving. He didn't seem to want to disturb what he saw. I looked away from his gaze. When I looked up, he was gone. Where did he go...?

"Keep walking, Banshee," said Petunia as she looked up at me. I snapped out of my thoughts and looked away from where Bill was and continued walking. I don't think he plans on doing anything to us anymore, I thought as I kept walking down the aisle decorated in white flowers.

I started feeling very insecure from all the eyes staring at me. I averted my eyes from everyone and stared down at the flowers in my wings. As I walked down the aisle, I could hear everyone whispering about me. "Aw, look at her," I heard someone say. "She looks gorgeous," another voice said. My face began to heat up in embarrassment. Suddenly, I heard Petunia whisper something to Priscilla.

"Kinski is wearing a suit!"

I looked up and stopped dead in my tracks and gasped in amazement. Standing fifteen feet in front of me at the altar, was Kinski. He looked very handsome. His blonde hair was combed back, revealing his beautiful, hazel eyes. He wore shiny black shoes and a black suit. The thing that shocked me the most, was that he was staring straight at me, smiling; standing straight and tall.

I blushed and started to walk again.

He continued to stare at me when I stopped next to him and faced the altar where the preacher stood. He was one of the market traders that married Beans and Rango. Kinski leaned down to my ear. "You look beautiful," he whispered. I blushed and couldn't help but smile. "You look handsome," I told him. He laughed a small, nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his neck.

"I...I never zought I vould git married...I never zought I vould be vone of ze lucky vones..." He admitted. I scooted closer to him and took his hand. He looked down, then back up at me. I smiled. He smiled back. Then we both turned to the preacher and listened to him give the vows.

"Do you, Kinski, take Banshee to be your wife?" Preacher asked. Kinski turned to me and stared into my eyes. Gradually, he nodded his head. "Jes...I do," he said. Then Preacher turned to me. "And do you, Banshee...take Kinski to be yer husband?" he asked me. I stared up at Kinski.

I still couldn't believe it...I couldn't believe this was actually happening. Since the day we first met...when I was in their gang...he didn't shoot me...and when Bill became ruler of the town, Kinski sided with me...then when Blor became ruler...he stayed with me through it all...We have been through the worst times imaginable...but we were able to survive through it all...together.

"I do," I said.

Preacher smiled. "Then I pronounce you husband and wife," Preacher turned to Kinski. "You may kiss the bride," he told him. Kinski grinned, then turned back to me. He leaned down, cupped my face in his hands and kissed me. I closed my eyes and kissed him back. Everyone cheered and clapped happily.

After we kissed, Kinski smiled down at me and took my hand. We both walked down from the alter and to the swarming crowd of people congratulating us. I could see Roon, Brim, and a couple other townswomen smiling at me with tears in their eyes. Stump stood next to Brim and was rubbing his right eye. Chorizo came up and punched him in the shoulder. Stump averted his eyes away from Chorizo. He too was emotional, but didn't want anyone to notice.

After the crowd settled down, we all made our way to the huge table with food. The bats flew overhead and grabbed whatever they could from the table and took off in a heartbeat. Roon and some other females in charge of the food had to shoo away the bats to keep them from taking any more food. Kinski and I stood near the huge wedding cake. Roon gave Kinski the knife to cut the first slice.

Kinski handed me the plate and I sat down with it in my wings. Kinski sat down after that and we both ate the cake with small forks. Kinski kept himself from attacking the slice of cake with his bare hands. I was actually surprised with him and smiled. "How are you enjoying the cake?" I asked him. He looked over at me and grinned, revealing frosting and pieces of cake on his messed up teeth.

Just then, Brim, Luminite and Stump came by and sat down next to us. "Buenos Dias, senor y senora Kinski," said Chorizo with a grin on his face. Brim smiled, "I'm really happy for you two. I'm also happy I didnt miss out on the wedding," she said. Luminite mumbled something, then nodded his head in agreement. Stump looked up at us with his red eyes. "Indeed," he said in his British accent and looked away. "Thank you," I said. Kinski nodded and continued eating the slice of cake.

"So, what are you two plannin' on now?" asked Chorizo. Kinski and I exchanged glances then looked back at the shrew. I spoke first. "Well, right now, I'm taking care of Stub and Petunia in their house," I said, then looked over at Kinski. Kinski stopped eating and looked over to me, then looked down. I looked down as well.

It was still very hard to have seen Stub and Petunia's parents die in front of us. I still had nightmares from it...and the war itself. Sometimes I would occasionally hear the painful cries of innocent people being killed. My eyes were beginning to hurt from the forming tears.

I began to tremble, but then felt Kinski's arms wrap around me and the small tremble stopped. "I plan on stayin' ere vith my family," said Kinski to Chorizo. Chorizo looked up at Kinski, then nodded. "Seems like a good way to spend the rest of yer life," he said. I stared at the Spanish-speaking shrew.

"What do you plan on doing?" I asked him. Chorizo leaned back in his chair and stretched. "I plan on leavin' tomorrow morning. I actually have thought of this one for a while since I was brought back to life...Gracias by the way," he muttered the last part as he stopped strething and slouched over his hands and looked down at the ground.

"Vhat are ya gonna do?" Kinski asked him. Chorizo looked up and straightened up a bit. "I dont want to be an outlaw anymore...since you have givin' me a second chance and showed how much you guys care...I...I was thinkin'...of learnin'... to play the guitar...I've always wanted to play, but my parents wouldnt let me..." Chorizo's voice faltered when he mentioned his parents. I saw a flash of red in his eyes before it changed back to his dull mustard yellow eyes and he looked back up at us. "Que?" he asked, seeing that we were staring at him which made him feel uneasy.

Finally, Luminite spoke up. "Learning to play the guitar is a great talent to learn," he said. Chorizo looked over to Luminite and nodded. "I think so too," he said, and his mouth curled up into a small smile. I looked over at Stump and Brim. "What about you two?" I asked them. Stump looked up at me, then over to Brim. Brim looked away from me and looked down at her small hands in her lap. Her white ears were starting to go down.

Then she silently got up and left. Stump watched Brim walk away. He had a nervous look on his face as he got up. "Brim? Brim, are you ok?" he asked as he got up and followed after her. Luminite, Kinski, Chorizo and I exchanged glances. "I'll go see what's wrong, see you guys later," said Luminite as he got up and followed. Chorizo just sighed. "That's one of the reasons why I'm single. Women are so loco...no offense, Banshee," he said as he got up. I narrowed my eyes a bit, but decided to ignore the shrew.

Chorizo stared down at Kinski's cake. "That cake looks really tasty. I'm gonna go and git a slice. Would you guys like another?" He offered. Kinski held up his hand and nodded in a silent gesture that he would. Chorizo nodded and left us alone. It wasn't long before Stub and Petunia came by and hugged us both. Kinski picked up Petunia in his arms and let her sit on his lap. He was very surprised to see how big Petunia was now.

"You are growing up very fast! You are big girl now, Petunia, jes?" he asked her, grinning. Petunia laughed when he began tickling her. Stub playfully came to the rescue, but Kinski grabbed him and held him in a headlock. "Hey! No fair!" laughed Stub as he tried to get out of Kinski's grasp. He kicked him in the side, but Kinski laughed it off and finally let him go. He got up and began chasing the kids around the place. I smiled and watched the three play. I didnt notice Kaliah's kids coming up from behind me.

I jolted and yelped in surprise when they playfully attacked me and wrapped their wings around my neck. "We got you! We got you!" said the young female. The young male laughed. "You should have seen the look on yer face!" he said and started to climb to the top of my head. I smiled and tried getting them off. Suddenly, I heard Kaliah's voice.

"Anera! Kin! Stop climbing on top of Banshee!" Kaliah said firmly. I felt my heart stop as I turned to look, just as Kaliah and Soltus were coming up to where I was. Immediately, Kaliah and Soltus' kids flapped their wings and flew off of me and to their parents. I stared at Kaliah, speechless. Did she just call my name to one of her kids?

Kaliah smiled. "I talked to Soltus, and we both agreed on naming our kids," she said. Soltus nodded. "She told me about your old name, and how she really like how it sounded, so we both agreed on naming our young daughter, Anera," he explained.

I blinked in surprise, and finally found my voice. "I never thought you would name your child with my name," I said. Kaliah smiled. "I love the name, and I was always told: Never let a name go to waste. I hope you dont mind..." She added. I shook my head and smiled.

"No, I dont mind at all...actually, I think it really suits her," I said as I looked down at Anera, who was playfully chewing on her brother's right ear. I smiled down at the two little kids. I was surprised with Kaliah that she would actually name one of her own kids after me. I actually felt honored.

Then, the young male bat, named Kin, attacked his sister, then they both began flying around their parents' heads. "Where did you two come up with Kin? Is it an old ancestor's name?" I asked them. Kaliah and Soltus exchanged grinning glances before turning back to me.

"It's actually short for Kinski," said Kaliah.

My mouth dropped open. Soltus smirked at my shock. "In our group, when a warrior has done something courageous or great in battle, we usually honor their strength and heroic deeds by naming our children after them, so their name is remembered for generations. I was honored to fight alongside your mate and letting him take command of our group, so I proudly chose to name my own son after him," Soltus explained.

Just then, Stub, Petunia and Kinski were seen coming back. Petunia and Stub were sitting on both of Kinski's shoulders. Kinski smiled and waved at Kaliah and her family. He stopped in front of us and stooped down low so Stub and Petunia could jump off. They laughed and ran off to the food table to get a slice of cake. After they were gone, Kinski straightened back up and grinned.

"Bunny!" screamed Anera and Kin in usion and attacked Kinski. Kinski's grin widened as the bat kids wrapped their wings around him and began tugging at his droopy ears. Just then, Chorizo came back with two slices of cake and gave one to Kinski. "Here ya go, amigo," Then he looked up and noticed the two bat kids on Kinski's head. He gave a puzzling look before turning his head and noticing Kaliah. I could see Soltus stare down at Chorizo and his wings tense up a bit.

Chorizo recognized Kaliah and smirked. "Hey, I remember you. Yer Kaliah, right?" he asked. Kaliah turned her head to me. She looked nervous. I placed my wing on her shoulder. "He's on our side, as well as Stump," I told her. Kaliah finally relaxed and turned her head back to Chorizo, who was staring up at Soltus. His hands were shaking as they held the white plate with the slice of cake.

"Oh, Chorizo, this is Kaliah's family," I said, then began pointing to the bats. "This is Soltus, Anera, and Kin," I said. Kinski stopped playing with the bats on his head and looked down at me. "Zey named zeir kids?" he asked in surprise. I turned to him and smiled. "They named their kids after us," I said. Kinski jerked his head back a bit in surprise. His eyes were wide. Kaliah and Soltus smiled at Kinski's reaction. I nodded. "They named their daughter, Anera, and their son, Kinski, after you," I said. Kinski stared at me, then up to the two bat parents.

"...A-After me?" he asked. Kin climbed around Kinski's shoulder then smiled at him. "I got named after you!" he said excitedly, happy to be named after a brave warrior who was in battle. Kinski stared at Kin, then back up at Kaliah and Soltus. Kinski's mouth gradually formed upward into a flattered smile. "I never zought anyone… vould name anyzing after me...even zere kids..." his voice went quiet. I came up and hugged him. "You are different then who you once were a long time ago, Kinski," I told him. Kinski's eyes gradually looked down at me. He smiled without showing his teeth.

"Zanks to you," he said.

Just then, music began to play, and everyone excitedly got up, grabbed a partner and began dancing. Kinski handed Kin and Anera his slice of cake, then wrapped one arm around my waist, and took my wing in the other. "Le's dance. I owe you vone from ze last vedding," he said as he led me to the middle of the dance floor.

Kaliah and Soltus rested their head against each-others and watched the two dance. Below them, Kin and Anera ate the slice of cake Kinski gave to them, happily. Chorizo looked up once, but went back to eating his cake. The dancefloor was bigger when Rango and Beans had their wedding because of Balthazar, the bats, and the Prairie Dogs. Balthazar asked Maybelle to dance with him. Ezekiel danced with one of the townswomen, and Jedidiah danced with one of his female cousins. A couple of the bats attended to the dance as well.

Stump, Luminite and Brim came back from where they went, and noticed everyone dancing. Stump looked up at Brim nervously before holding his hand up to her. "Um...M-miss Brim...would you...would you care to dance?" he asked her. Brim looked down at Stump. Her face blushed and her face finally broke a small smile. "Yes, I would love to dance with you," she said as she took Stump's hand. Of course, the first part was a bit awkward, since Stump was two and a half feet shorter then Brim, but they soon got the hang of it and began to dance.

Most of the townswomen and market traders who didn't have a partner crowded around Luminite and begged for him to dance with one of them. Luminite placed his hands in front of his chest and took a step back from the female crowd, smiling nervously. "Ladies, please...I would love to...but I don't know how-" he stopped in midsentence when Petunia came up and wrapped her arms around his leg. Luminite jolted at the sight of the little girl.

Petunia looked up at him and laughed. "Dance with me!" she said. Luminite looked up at the townswomen, who were clasping their hands together and gazing at the adorable scene before them. "Awww, that is so sweet," some said. Luminite pulled Petunia off his leg and placed her down. Petunia grabbed his arm and pulled him to the dance floor. Luminite sighed and finally gave in to Petunia and danced with her.

Burton finally broke through his shyness and asked Roon to dance with him, Roon smiled and walked with him to the dance floor and began to dance. "I'm so glad you asked me to dance, Burton," said Roon. Burton twirled her and stared down at the light brown fox. "Y-you do?" he asked. Roon nodded. "I love dancing, I always wanted someone to ask me to dance, but no one ever has," she said. Burton smiled.

Rango and Beans danced near us. They smiled at us. "I have never seen you two dance together before," said Beans. Kinski and I blushed a bit and smiled back. Rango grinned. "It's nice to see you two finally together. I was wonderin' when Kinski would ask you, Banshee," the zombie sheriff said. Kinski tried hiding behind his bangs, but he couldn't, so he just smiled and nodded. Just then, Rango's decaying arm snapped off in Bean's hand. "Whoops, sorry, dear," said Rango in embarassment. Beans smiled, "It's ok, honey, it happens," she said as she clicked his arm back on. With that, they both said goodbye to us and left.

Kinski and I danced among the other dancers. Waffles was seen dancing with a female horned toad in a red dress. He waved to us, then disappeared into the crowd of dancers. Then, Ricochet and Priscilla came by. Priscilla wore a simple black dress that came down to her shins while Ricochet wore a nice black suit and his black curly hair was straightened and combed back. He waved to us with his good arm and they both came over to us.

"Hey Kinski and Banshee," the grey rabbit said. Kinski grinned at Ricochet. "Nice vooden hand," he said and pointed down at Ricochet's other arm. Instead of his usual corkscrew at the end of his arm, he had a wooden hand that rested on Priscilla's waist. Ricochet looked down at his wooden hand and smiled. "Yeah, I got it so I wouldn't hurt Priscilla with it on accident...again," he said. Priscilla looked up at his sad face. "Dont get angry at yerself, it wasn't yer fault," she said. Ricochet didn't say anything.

Then he looked back up at Kinski and me. "Mr. Black is teaching me how to wood carve, and he helped me make this," he said as he lifted the hand up. The wood was smooth and the fingers had separated sections with wire attached so he could move them to hold something. "I only use it when I'm off work," he said smiling. Priscilla lifted her own hand up and interlaced her fingers into Ricochet's wooden hand. Ricochet turned to her and smiled lovingly at her, just as she went up on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.

Just then, Brim and Stump came over to us. Brim saw Priscilla kiss Ricochet and tilted her head to the side and smiled at the adorable sight. Those two are so cute, she thought to herself. Priscilla and Ricochet noticed Brim and Stump and said hi to them. They started up a nice conversation together till the end of the first song was done. Kinski and I stopped dancing. Kinski wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head.

When the next song came up, it was upbeat and everyone changed their dance moves and started to laugh and swing to the rhythm. Kinski looked over at the band who was playing before turning to me. "Urm...do you vant to dance again?" he asked. I smiled and batted my eyelashes at him. Kinski couldn't help but smile and rolled his eyes. "Ok, fine," he said. I kissed his cheek and we both began to dance again. Kinski had a little trouble keeping up with the music, but he finally got the hang of it and was enjoying himself.

Ricochet took Priscilla's hands and they began dancing. They both laughed. Brim smiled and watched them dance, then looked down at Stump. Stump looked up at her, then took her hand and they both began to dance. After the song was over, Stump was very exhausted and had to go sit down. He had never danced like that before...also he was out of shape. Brim helped him to a chair. Stump sat down, heaving and coughing. Brim sat down next to him and beamed. "That was fun, I enjoy dancing," she said. Stump held his chest with one hand. "I think... I'm going... to die... again," he said between heavy breaths.

Then another song came on. Luminite was done with dancing with Petunia, so Petunia came over to us and tugged at the ends of Kinski's black coattails. "Can I dance with you?" she asked staring up at Kinski with her huge brown eyes. Kinski looked at me, then at the little girl. I smiled. "Of course you can, he's all yours," I said and lightly pushed Kinski forward. Kinski gave me a look, but had a smile on his face. I stuck my tongue out playfully. Kinski turned back to Petunia.

He bent down low and took her little hands. Petunia giggled and they both began to dance. Petunia had her feet on top of Kinski's huge feet and they both danced together. I watched them dance. I was so glad Kinski was now more open and allowed himself to have fun and to dance. Just then, I felt something tug at my wing. I looked down and found Stub looking up at me. He wore a dark grey suit and had his hair half combed back and the other side uncombed. He smiled up at me.

"May I have this dance?" he asked. I couldn't help but smile at the twelve year old boy. "Of course, young man," I said. Stub grinned and took my wing, then we both danced together. I looked up from Stub's head and looked at everyone else. Everyone was having so much fun at the wedding. I smiled. I was happy to see everyone else happy. After all the things they went through again, they needed another wedding to keep them occupied and to escape the horrible memories of Blor and the wars.

The dance ended, just as Roon came up to me and Stub. "Are you ready to throw the bouquet?" she asked me. I blinked, "What?" I asked. Roon lifted the bouquet of flowers in her arms, the same one I was holding when I was standing at the altar. Roon handed me the bouquet and led me to the front of the dancefloor. Everyone looked up and started clapping and cheering. A couple bats flew overhead and screeched excitedly. I smiled as I nervoulsy turned around, my back facing the forming, female crowd, and tossed the bouquet over my head.

The single townswomen and the female prairie dogs fought viciously over the bouquet as it flew over their stretched out arms. A couple flying bats attacked it, making the bouquet go farther over the heads of the females. Gradually, the bouquet came down and landed right into Brim's arms. Brim's eyes widened and stared down at the bouquet of wilted flowers. Stump's eyes widened excitedly as he came up to her.

"Good catch, Brim," he said, smiling as he touched her arm. Brim looked down at Stump. Her eyes were filled with worry and sadness. She looked away from Stump as she silently walked over to where Priscilla and Ricochet were and handed Priscilla the bouquet of flowers. She brushed her white bangs away from her blue eyes and smiled a small smile at the shocked faces on Priscilla and Ricochet.

"I think you deserve the bouquet...I wish you two to have a long, and happy life together," she told Priscilla and Ricochet in a soft voice. With that, she turned away and walked past everyone. Stump watched her, his heart broken. "B-Brim? Brim, wait," he called to her and ran after her. Kinski and I exchanged glances as we walked past the crowd of murmuring people after Stump and Brim.

We found them both sitting at the steps of one of the houses. Stump had his hand on Brim's back and was talking to her. We both stopped and watched from a good distance. Kinski and I exchanged glances. "Do you zink ve should go over zere and ask vhat's vrong?" asked Kinski to me. I stared up at him, then over to Stump and Brim. Finally, I shook my head. "No, let's give them their space," I said. Kinski nodded. "Ok," he said. With that, we both left.

Stump looked at Brim and lightly rubbed her back. Her wings were down and rested behind her, getting all dirty, but Brim didn't seem to care. Brim took a deep breath and exhaled. She glanced over at Stump. "I...I really do love you...Stump...its just that..." her voice faltered. She tried again. "I...I don't know if we really can be together...I...I don't want to lose you...just like how I lost Neo..." she said. Stump stared at her.

Then, Stump placed his hand on top of Brim's hand. "You wont. Just like I said...I will always be there for you," Stump said. Brim smiled a small smile, then it disappeared and she looked down at her hands. "H-How will we ever see each other again?" she asked. Stump opened his mouth, then closed it. Brim was from a different world. A world only Immortals who are born immortal can go to... Immortals can never be with mortals from different worlds. It was against the rules, and it was impossible.

Stump squeezed Brim's hand and rested his head against hers. "We'll figure out a way...I promise," he said. Brim closed her eyes and squeezed Stump's hand back. They sat there together, hoping they could figure out a way to stay together.

Luminite watched them from where he sat in the area where the wedding was. His gold colored eyes stared at the two. He could tell something was going on, and knew what it was. Tomorrow was when they both decided to leave Earth and to return to their home. He saw it in Brim's eyes when she whispered Stump's name and looked away from him. She had fallen in love with another mortal, but she was scared that she might never see him again, or might lose him. Luminite sighed and got up from where he sat. He looked up towards the skies and thought...

...

The day began to get cold and the sky became a beautiful deep red with dabs of yellow and mixtures of purples and oranges. Everyone helped pick up chairs and tables to take back to the houses. Roon finally gave in and let the bats and prairie dogs take the food from the tables. Balthazar smiled and nodded his head in thanks and then turned his head to me. "I'm happy for me and my family to have come to be at yer weddin', I hope you two have the best," he said. With that, he wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug, then shook hands with Kinski and left with his family.

Kinski and I hugged Kaliah and her family, and said goodbye. "Bye, Bunny!" said Anera. Kin gave her a look. "Kinski," he said. Kinski didnt seem to understand what the two were saying, but just hugged them and said goodbye to them. After the goodbyes, Balthazar climbed up onto Kaliah, and took off. Soltus, Anera, and Kin flew after them, as well as the other prairie dogs on their bats. The townspeople waved goodbye and began cleaning up the rest of the wedding. With that, everyone started to head back inside.

"Congratulations, you two," a couple townspeople would say. Kinski grinned and nodded his head in silent thanks. The sunset's colors began to grow darker and darker. Kinski and I were the last to start heading back to town. I picked up a chair and began to head to town, but Kinski took the chair from me. He grinned. I smirked and attempted to grab the chair from him. Kinski moved away and snickered.

"Kinski, come on," I said as I tried getting the chair again. Kinski ignored me and continued to keep the chair from me. When I reached my wing out again, he grabbed my wing with his free hand. My eyes widened in surprise. Kinski stopped moving. He placed the chair down, then grabbed both of my wings. I stopped struggling to look up at him. Kinski smiled in the darkness, then he leaned down, closed his eyes, and kissed me on the lips. I closed my eyes and kissed him back.

Kinski moved his hands up to the sides of my face and his fingers snaked into my hair. We both pulled away and stared up at each other. Kinski grinned in the darkness. "I love you," he said. I smiled. "I love you too," I said. The sunset disappeared and the stars came out. Kinski turned his head upward to them and smiled. "Le's stay 'ere fer a vhile, jes?" he asked me. I looked over to the town. The town was lit up with lights, but were beginning to disappear. "Um...I'm not..." my voice faltered when I saw Kinski staring at me with his huge eyes. I couldn't help but laugh. Kinski smirked. "Zey vont care...an' anyvays...ve are married...ve can do vhatever ve vant," he added. I smiled and kissed his cheek, "Ok," I said.

With that, we both sat down on the ground. I laid on my back and stared up at the stars. Kinski slowly laid himself down on his side and rested his head on his hands. We were quiet for a while. I stared up at the stars. In the corner of my eye, I could see that Kinski was straining his neck upward for a second before lowering it back down. I stopped looking up at the stars. I couldn't enjoy them if I knew he couldnt. I remember the times when he would accidently hurt himself because of his deformity. He would always tell me all the things that he wished he could do...but he couldnt...because-

"Banshee?" Kinski asked, interrupting my thoughts. I turned my head to him. "Yes?" I asked.

"Do you vremember...vhen I told ya how I vished I could lay on my back...an' stare up at ze stars?" he asked me. I looked over at him and nodded. "Yes..." I said, now feeling horrible for him to be in an uncomfortale position. Kinski didnt seem bothered by it at all as he laid on his side, gazing at me. Gradually, a smile formed on his face.

"...I no longer care about zat...ze only zing I vish to gaze at...is you," he said. I blinked and felt the tips of my wings burn. He actually accepted having to lay on his side. He smiled at my face. "You are more beautiful zen ze stars above me..." he said. I blushed. With that, I scooted closer to him. Kinski wrapped his arms around me and held me. I moved my head upward and kissed him on the lips. Kinski kissed me back and we rested our heads against each- others...under the stars.

We stayed there till it got too cold for us and we both got up and headed back to our home...

...

The next day...

"Wake up, mommy! Wake up daddy!" screamed Stub and Petunia as they ran into our bedroom and jumped on us. Kinski and I jolted awake and stared down at the two young rodents. Petunia and Stub laughed as they jumped on top of our legs that were under the covers. Kinski moaned and rubbed his eyes tiredly. I yawned, just as Petunia stopped jumping and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Morning, mommy!" she said. I blinked again and felt my heart stop. "Wh-Wha?" I asked and rubbed my eye. Kinski blinked his tired eyes and stared at Stub, who also stopped jumping and hugged Kinski. "Mornin' dad!" said Stub. Kinski opened his eyes a little wider, then exchanged glances with me. I was as surprised as him. With that, Stub and Petunia sat down on the bed in front of us and grinned.

"We was hopin' if we could call you that now," said Petunia. Stub nodded. "Yeah! Yer now our step parents…right?" he asked. Kinski and I stared at them, then to each other. Since we got married, and since I chose to become Stub and Petunia's guardian...in ways, we have become their adopted parents...It felt weird to think that.

"Uh...yeah..." I said, looking back to the two Rodent kids. Stub and Petunia laughed happily and hugged us again. With that, they jumped off our bed and ran out of the room, screaming and laughing. Kinski rubbed the side of his disheveled head. His hair stuck out everywhere. He turned his head to me and laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"...I dont zink I'll ever git used to zat..." he told me, referring to when Stub and Petunia called him 'daddy'. I couldn't help but smile and nod in agreement. It was weird being called 'mommy' and 'daddy.' I did not feel like a parent at all. I looked at Kinski. Kinski smirked at me as if he could read my mind.

With that, he kissed my cheek. "Good mornin,' dear...how'd ya sleep?" he asked me. I smiled and shrugged. "Ok," I said. He beamed. "Good," he said. With that, he got out of bed and stretched his arms. He wore a pair of dark blue striped pajamas that he got as a wedding present from the townspeople. He still wasn't used to wearing pajamas, but wore them anyway. He stopped stretching and turned to me. "Le's go downstairs," he said. With that, he grabbed my wings and pulled me up out of bed. I wore a light grey sleeveless nightgown.

I tried pulling away, but Kinski wouldn't let me as he pulled me downstairs. "Kinski, wait! we cant o outside in our night wear," I said, but Kinski ignored me as he pulled me down the stairs to the kitchen where Stub and Petunia were. We stopped when we realized Stub and Petunia werent the only ones in the room.

Chorizo, Stump, Luminite and Brim sat or stood in the kitchen, talking. I noticed that they were all back into their normal wear. Brim and Luminite wore their tinted silver armor while Stump and Chorizo wore their normal gunslinger wear. They stopped when they saw us. Chorizo couldn't help but snicker at us in our night wear. "Nice, pajamas, K.," he said to Kinski. Kinski gave Chorizo a look, but didn't say anything.

"Are you guys alvready leavin'?" Kinski asked, somewhat changing the subject. Brim, Luminite and Stump nodded. "Yeah, sorry. Our mind is made up...but we came by to say, adios," said Chorizo. I stared at them, my ears went down in sadness. "I wish you guys could stay," I said. Luminite and Brim exchanged glances. "We'll try and stop by," said Brim. Luminite nodded and smiled a small smile. "I asked our council if Brim and I could take only the Earth missions and they said it was ok," he answered. I blinked in confusion, then looked over at Stump and Brim who were smiling and holding hands.

"We figured out a way for us to see each other," said Brim happily. Kinski and I smiled. "That's fantastic!" I said happily. Stump beamed and nodded. "Yeah, and I'm going to go wherever their next mission is," he said. I beamed at the two. "So you'll be able to see more of our planet and travel to unknown lands," I said. Brim and Stump nodded excitedly. I looked up at Luminite, who was smiling down at them as well. Chorizo patted Stump on the back. "Glad to hear it all worked out, amigo," he said. Stump nodded his head in thanks to the shrew and kissed Brim on the cheek.

...

Kinski and I stood at the entrance and exit of the town in our pajamas amonst the townspeople. Stub and Petunia stood next to us as we watched Brim, Luminite, Stump and Chorizo get ready to leave the town. Stump and Chorizo were given a wagon filled with food, water and other supplies for their trip from the Dirtonians.

They told us that they planned on traveling to a town for Chorizo to stay at, then Stump is going to head out while Brim and Luminite went to go back to their place for their next mission, and meet back with Stump and plan on something after that. The townspeople were actually sad to see the two gunslingers and two Immortals go. They actually grew fond of them in their town and wished for them to come by and visit soon.

"Rango came up and shook hands with all four of them. "It's been an honor to meet you all and help save our town," he said. The four smiled and nodded their heads. "Same here, sheriff," said Luminite. Kinski and I came to the front of the crowd and said our goodbyes to the four. Brim hugged me tightly. "Thank you for everything, Banshee," she told me. I hugged her back. "No...Thank you. If you werent here to save Kinski...I dont think he would be standing here with me today," I said. Brim smiled as she turned to look over at Kinski.

Brim came up to Kinski as he stuck his left hand out for her to shake. "Goodb-" he stopped in midsentence when Brim came foreward unexpectedly and wrapped her arms around him. Kinski's eyes widened in shock and he froze as Brim hugged him. "Goodbye, Kinski, I hope you and Banshee have a wonderful life together," she said smiling happily. Kinski couldnt answer since Brim was very strong and was nearly crushing the life out of him. Brim finally loosened her arms around the hunchback jackrabbit. Kinski gasped for air and held his chest. After catching his breath, he rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at his feet.

"Heh...ja...hope you an' Stump too..." he said in a low voice. Brim looked over at Stump who was tossing a bag of apples up to Chorizo who sat on top of the wagon. Brim smiled at Stump before lookig back to Kinski. "I will," she said excitedly. Kinski waved his had as she walked away, then Luminite came up to him. Luminite smirked and stuck his hand out for Kinski to shake. "Goodbye, Kinski, hope to see you and Banshee around again," he said. Kinski smirked and cautiously shook hands with Luminite; scared that the wolf might crush his hand. Thankfully, he didnt. "Yeah..." Kinski said. Then Luminite stopped shaking hands with Kinski and hugged me.

"I'm glad to have met all of you. You have really taught me a lot about mortals," he said to me. I smiled. Luminite smiled back. Finally, the wagon was packed. Stump and Chorizo moved away from the wagon so they could say their last goodbyes to us. Kinski shook hands with the two short men. "See ya around, Kinski," said Chorizo. Kinski nodded. Then he shook Stump's hand. "I'm glad to have met ya, K. You and Banshee," he said and looked over to me. After that, Stump and Chorio came up and hugged me.

"Take care of Kinski fer us," said Chorizo in a whisper so no one else could hear them. Stump nodded in agreement, "Yeah, take care of him...and live a long and happy life together...you two deserve each other," he added in a low voice. I smiled. With that, the two gunslingers stopped hugging me and started moving over to the wagon.

Brim and Stump were just starting to talk to each other when they noticed Priscilla and Ricochet come up to them. Priscilla and Ricochet both handed them the bouquet of wilting flowers that Brim gave to them when she caught them at the wedding. "We would like you two to get married before us," said Priscilla to the two. Brim and Stump's eyes widened at the two kids. Ricochet beamed. "It's our future wedding present to you," he said. Brim and Stump both accepted the bouquet.

Gradually, Stump and Brim smiled and hugged the kids. "Thank you," said Brim. Priscilla and Ricochet nodded happily. With that, they both took a step back as Stump and Brim climbed up into the wagon. Chorizo whipped the reins and the boar that stood in front of the wagon lurched forward. We all waved goodbye to them as they left. Luminite waved goodye before opening up his white wings and taking off up into the skies, following after the wagon. We all cheered and shouted excitedly as we waved goodbye to our friends. Kinski placed his right arom around my waist as he waved goodbye with his left hand. Stub and Petunia stood in front of us, waving goodbye.

The townspeople watched the wagon till it disappeared over the uneven desert landscape. The morning sun warmed our faces and the townspeople finally dispersed, ready to start off the new day. Kinski, Stub, Petunia and I still stood at the entrance of Dirt. We stopped waving and stared out into the open desert. Tears ran down my face. I already missed them. Kinski leaned down and wiped my tears away.

"Dont vorry...zey vill come an' visit us soon..." he promised me. I looked up at him. He smiled, then leaned down and kissed me. I kissed him back. "Ew!" said Stub and Petunia, then laughed. Kinski and I stopped kissing and smiled down at them. Kinski's smile was filled with mischief as he let go of me and started to chase the two kids. Stub and Petunia screamed and laughed as they ran away from the hunchback jackrabbit. I smiled. Then, I looked out toward the open desert. I stared out one last time, before turning back and following after my husband and kids...


Done! *falls backwards out of chair!* Oh my gosh! I am finally done with this Trilogy! yay! Wow! I never thought I would finally finish! :D but I am also sad to actually be saying goodbye to Banshee, Brim, Luminite, and all my other characters :( I'm going to miss them...Well, hope you enjoyed this story and Trilogy, and thank you all for reading my stories and all your support and I hope you all have a nice day :) Thank you again!

-Bat13SJx

Original Character: (O.C.): Banshee

My Other Original Characters: Brim, Blor, Luminite, Ricochet, Petunia, Stub, Mr. and Mrs. Rodent: (Sally and Rick), Kaliah, Soltus, Anera, Kin, Crash, Gerald, Roon, Burton, Jasper, Eartha, Cykis, Teff (soldier), and the nameless soldiers and demons