AN: This chapter was born from insomnia and several musicals. And I swear I will be writing something Non-Scaarbach after this chapter. Promise! Anywho! Scaarbach time!
It only took Otto and Lenora about two months to plan the majority of their wedding. Lenora designed her wedding dress as well as Barbara's bridesmaid dress and Mary's flower girl dress; Walt and Jim baked the cake; and Otto arraigned everything for the small dinner reception after the ceremony.
"Barbara?" Lenora looked up from her sewing machine, "Can I ask your advice on something?"
"Sure. What did you have in mind?" Barbara didn't look up from the pattern she was cuting.
"I want to do something...special for Otto. Something in German."
This time Barbara did look up, "You know you don't have to. He already adores you. You know that, right?"
"Yes...But...I want to do something to show him that I love him just as much."
"I want to say something like 'That's ridiculous!' or 'You don't have to do that.' but I did my vows in Italian for Walt and he made extra vows to include Jim so I have absolutely no room to judge you."
Silence fell over them for a moment as they thought.
"Hey...you both like musicals, right?"
"YYYeeesss..."
"How familiar are you with 'Mama Mia'?"
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"Maranda, realy," Otto snapped, "It is your sister's vvedding day. Can't you just let her have even vvone day!"
"You know just as well as she does that I'm doing all of this to protect them," Said the fairy that looked identical to his bride-to-be.
"So you keep saying," Otto crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, "I am familiar vviz your 'agreement'. I'm not asking you to give custody back. I am asking you to allow Lenora to have her son for ze vveekend! For Friday night at least!"
"And I am telling you, Scaarbach," Maranda hissed, "If Elijah catches one WORD of that, I will make sure you and Lenora never see him again."
"You vvouldn't dare," Otto snarled, hair beginning to stand up and eyes glowing red.
"You vvouldn't be able to do anything about it. You have no legal right to him."
"Niezer do you if Lenora fights you," Otto didn't back down, "Now, I vvill ask you vvone last time. VVill you let Lenora have her son zis vveekend?"
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Barbara adjusted Lenora's veil, "Jay, you are a sewing genius."
"Thanks, Barbara," Lenora bit her lip and added another flower tto each off thier Bouquets, "Are you sure this is a good idea? The reception thing?"
"Abso-"
"Tanta Jay!" Eli sprinted in and hugged Lenora around her knees.
"Eli!" Lenora pulled him into her lap, "Oh! What's with the backpack, Baby?"
"Mom said I'm staying wif you this weekend!"
Lenora gasped up at her twin sister.
"Don't get used to it. It's all your pig fiancé's doing that he's here at all."
Barbara glared at Maranda before turning her attention back to Lenora and Eli. Lenora was also glaring before she burried her face in Eli's hair. A snap of her fingers produced a small violet that she pinned to Eli's black jaket.
"There. Very handsome."
"Mama! It's time to go!" Mary and Toby burst into the room.
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As soon as Maranda, Nomura, and the humans left the reception, the remainder of the wedding party ran down into the canal. It was a perfect Changling Wedding. A simple, calm human ceremony with a wild, crazy troll reception. The Stricklers were al dressed in a deap Saphire that managed to compliment both Walt's Eyes and Barbara's hair. Toby and Mary were wearing the same burnt orange as Otto's vest. And if anybody noticed that Eli's vest matched Lenora's flowers rather than Maranda's dress, they didn't say anything.
The citizens of Trollmarket were already partying when they arived. Walt laughed, swept Barbara and Jim into his arms, and flew out over the city. Lenora grinned and picked up Eli and Toby.
"Do you know what we get to do down here, Eli?"
Eli stared as she and Toby transformed. Otto chuckled and picked up Mary. Eli laughed and transformed. Lenora turned and kissed her husband's cheek.
"Thank you, Bussibär," she whispered.
With that, she flew out over Heartstone Trollmarket.
"Shall vve catch up, Princessin?" Otto asked puting her up on his shoulders.
Mary giggled as he transformed, dropped to all fours, and ran down the crystal staircase.
At the party, Otto introduced his new wife to Vendal and Barbara introduced her to Bagdwella. Toby, Mary, and Jim introduced Eli to their Trollmarket family and they played with Blinky, Arrrgh, Draal, and Kanjigar. There were a few traditions from the surface world that Otto and Lenora insisted on bring down with them, however. Thier first dance, dancing with each of their children, and smashing cake in eachothere's faces for starters.
Not even Jim promising mischief could lure Toby off the dance floor. Mary was ecstatic to show off her dress to anyone and tell them her new Mama made it for her. However, it was Eli who started to tire out first. Then, the other three were not far behind.
"Lenora," Barbara grabbed here arm with a grin, "Blinky and Arrrgh are taking the kids to the library. It's time."
Lenora grinned and scurried off with her new sister-in-law. They fiddled with the old music system the trolls were using and got their song playing. Otto felt his heart freeze when the song changed suddenly. Walt snorted and lauughed as they identified the song..
"Oh! That's right!" Walt grinned down at his little brother, "If her and I were in Rome at the same time, that means that Lenora is older then you."
"Ja...She's...fouler hundred years older..."
"Now that's an age gap!" Walt snorted.
"Shut up! You're six hundred years older zen B-"
"Du bist so heiß, machst mich an-"
Walt stoped laughing. Otto's jaw dropped like a stone. They both turned around.
Barbara skipped up and into her husband's arms.
"Did you have anything to do with this, Love?"
"Only a little," Barbara giggled and kissed him.
There was a strange gleam in Lenora's eye as she sang. The German words rolling offf her tongue with surprising accuracy. She marched forward, pushed her new husband down in his chair, and straddled his lap.(1)
Barbara attempted to hide her giggles in Walt's vest. Walt tried to hide his laughter in her hair. Otto sat, eyes wide and jaw hanging open. Lenora closed his mouth with the tips of her fingers.
Before the song was over, however, Lenora accidentally leaned to far forward aand sent the chair topppling back. There was a flash of blue and a clack of stone on stone as Otto shifted forms.
"Oof! PHAHAHAH!" Otto finaly cracked.
He pulled Lenora down and kissed her between laughs. Lenora lay her head against his chest as she dissolved into laughter.
"Oops..."(2)
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Otto and Lenora finally made it home around two in the morning. Otto carried Toby and Eli while Lenora carried Mary.
"I'll put Mary to bed then come help with the boys," Lenora whispered, shifting the sleeping toddler against her shoulder.
"Don't vvorrie about it," Otto whispered, one cheek against the crown of Eli's head, "I can manage the boys. I'll meet you in the bedroom."
Lenora kissed his cheek and they went their seperate ways. Blinky haad already changed all tthe kids into their PJs so all they really had to do was tuck them into bed. Otto had no qualms about tucking both his sons into one bed.
"Onkel O?" Eli sleepily grabbed his shirt.
"Ja, Eli?" Otto stroked his hair gently.
"Can I *yawn* call you 'Papa', too?"
Otto's hear skipped a beat.. joy and terror mingled in his stomach. He didn't know weather to laugh or cry.
"VVe-VVe'll talk about it in ze morning," he kissed Eli's forehead and pulled up the covers, "Gute Nacht, Mein Geist. Papa Leib dich."
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So...this wasn't suposed to be so long...
1) If you think this is spicy, you should see what happens at weddings in my family...garter in teeth. That's all I'll say because I gotta keep my PG rating here.
2) Ya see, this kind of thing right here is why it took them 12 years to conceive BabyScaarbach. They'll be like 'let's try for a baby!' And then end up having a pillow fight or something and just never get around to the 'baby making' part...AKA Lil is incapable of writing more then fluff for more then two seconds...