Chapter 14: The Wedding

The sunset was fast approaching and it was almost time for Kai and Nadakhan's wedding. Cole sighed sadly as he sat alone at his dining room table as he ate a bowl of cereal. He missed waking up to see either Nya's, Kai's, or Jay's smiling faces. All of a sudden the alarms in the forest around Cole's home went off and the alpha bear hybrid went to see what the problem was. When he opened the front door he was shocked when he saw Jay standing on the doorstep.

"What are you doing here?" Cole growled, in truth, he had missed the beta cat hybrid and the two humans very much but he was still hurting at what he had heard the royal siblings and Jay said at the campsite last night.

"I came here to tell you something," Jay replied, his tone matching Cole's aggressive one. Cole rolled his eyes and tried to walk away, but the smaller male was hot on his tail. "You insult me, you never listen to me and you don't appreciate anything I do!" The ginger male snapped as he followed Cole around the house.

"Yeah? Well if I treated you so bad why did you come back?!" He shouted and slammed his bedroom door shut.

"There you go again!" Jay growled in frustration. "Refusing to let people say something or help you, just like you did with Kai when all he did was like you, maybe even love you!"

"LOVE ME?!" Cole roared. "He said I was a beast!"

"He wasn't talking about you hothead he was talking about... someone else!" He shouted, trying not to let Kai's secret out. That was something the prince and the bear hybrid needed to talk about. Cole slowly opened his bedroom door to see if Jay was lying, but the serious look on the younger hybrid's face said he was telling the truth.

"Well, why didn't he tell me that yesterday!?"

"Um let's see, you had already gone off on your own to fetch King Nadakhan, when you did get back you wouldn't let Kai explain and when they were all leaving you just stood there and did nothing." Jay listed with an irritated frown. Cole's eyes widened when he remembered what had happened that morning.

"Jay, I'm sorry alright." He said, but the ginger didn't look convinced. "My temper just got out of control." He said, his voice full of regret and sorrow. Jay waited for a moment before he smiled his usually goofy smile and gave his best friend a forgiving hug.

"That's all I wanted to hear, and I'm sure Kai will be happy to hear that as well." He grinned and realization suddenly hit Cole like a dozen buses.

"The wedding! We'll never get there in time!" He exclaimed in panic.

"Don't worry dude, where there's a will there's away and I have a way." Jay smiled and whistled loudly. A loud flapping of wings was heard from above and Cole looked up. He was very surprised to see a friendly Flame waiting for them, the thick chain still attached to the chandelier on his neck, allowing the two hybrids to climb onto his back.

"Jay you've outdone yourself!" Cole laughed happily as they quickly climbed onto the dragon's back and flew off towards King Nadakhan's kingdom. They had a royal wedding to crash...

Kai sighed sadly as he stood at the altar with his future husband. Nya was standing off to the side since she was his bridesmaid. Kai and Nadakhan stood together in the biggest church in all of King Nadakhan's kingdom and everyone in the kingdom was forced to come to the church as guests. When they ran out of room in the church the remaining guest had to wait outside for the newly married couple to arrive.

"Dearly Beloved, we are all gathered together here today to join together this couple in holy matrimony, which is commended to be honorable among all men and women." The vicar began. As the vicar spoke Nadakhan looked at Kai with a smile. He couldn't see most of Kai's face due to the veil over it but he could tell Kai wasn't smiling happily as he should be. So the king leaned over to him a whispered something into the prince's ear that sent a shiver through his very core.

"Smile my love, your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life." He whispered. Those words only added to Kai's sadness, but he still put on a fake smile to try and please his future husband. Before the vicar could say anything else, however, a thunderous roar echoed through the church. All the guests were beginning to panic as King Nadakhan's anger was rising.

"What was that?" He hissed at his best-man and captain of the guard, Flintlocke.

"I don't know my lord." He replied nervously.

"Well, find out." The king snarled. Flintlocke bowed and quickly ran to see what the problem was. "Continue, now!" Nadakhan ordered and the vicar obeyed, fearing the consequences.

"Therefore, is not by any, to be entered into in-advisedly or lightly but reverently, discreetly, advisedly and solemnly; into this holy estate these two persons present now come to be joined." As he spoke, Kai and Nya would both occasionally glanced at the giant church doors, wondering what was going on out there.

"If any person can show why these two may not be joined together let them speak now or forever hold their peace."...

When Cole and Jay arrived at the church where the ceremony was supposed to be happening all the guests who had to wait outside the church and two or three soldiers ran for their lives when they saw the giant red, flaming dragon landing in front of the church.

"Go on buddy, you earned it." Jay smiled when they got off Flame's back. Flame roared happily and ran off to look for something to eat and something to play with. Cole ran towards the church doors only to be blocked by Flintlocke's men.

"I have to get in there!" Cole snarled as he and Jay began to beat up the guards.

"Don't worry buddy we'll get you in there." The cat hybrid reassured but they were greatly outnumbered. Even though Jay had never been to a wedding he knew that vicars were quick at finishing vows.

"You will not be entering that church!" Flintlocke snarled as he and Cole battled.

"Just watch me!" He shouted and flipped the captain of the guards over his head and into a wagon of melons.

"Go Cole Go!" Jay cried and the alpha bear hybrid saw a small opening in the crowd of angry soldiers. He quickly ran towards the door and kicked it down...

When no one said anything about not wanting Prince Kai and King Nadakhan to marry the two royals slowly turned to face each other and held each other's hand as the vicar asked them the biggest question of their lives.

"Do you, King Nadakhan, take Prince Kai to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death you do part?"

"I do." The king smiled happily.

"And do you, Prince Kai, take King Nadakhan to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death you do part?" He asked and Kai froze for a split second. The brunette looked at his and Nadakhan's joined hands. He glanced at his sister for support, but her attention was focused on the church door and the commotion going on outside.

"I-"

Suddenly the church door was knocked clean off its hinges and someone ran into the church, Kai's bright amber eyes widened when he saw it was Cole...