Entry three: The Wedding

Within the next few months, which soon turned into years, I found myself having nightmares about when I was captured by Zool, but I couldn't let my friends know about it. I had now met a boy named Joey. He was tall, had brown hair and blue eyes, he was a Jedi also, but not to my knowledge was he royalty, and we turned out liking each other very much. Before I knew it, he proposed to me, and I said yes. I was now twenty-one years old, and was ready to start a new life...as much as possible.
So, today was my wedding day. I wondered if Rei would give me away. I had kind of asked Syria to hint at it for him. I wasn't about to become a blushing bride before I walked down the aisle.
I stood in my room, getting ready. I wore a beautiful, short sleeved, summery dress with a veil to go over my head, my hair flowing down my back with different colored string in it, a braid in the middle of all my hair. I looked at myself in the mirror and swallowed, closing my eyes a little, and letting the Force flow through me.
This is it, I thought.
I turned and walked out of my room of the palace, and headed outside to join my friends and family in the Falls.
When I walked down the hill, I saw all my friends and family there: Luke and Leia and her husband, Han Solo, and their children, Rei, Syria, Alex, Dan, Joey, who was wearing a tux and standing at the other end of the aisle next to Syria, who would perform the ceremony, and...Alison and Binx. I didn't know they were coming.
Smiling, I walked down the hill, careful not to trip over my dress, and ran over to Alison, who wore a light red dress, and Binx was sitting on his back legs next to her. I ran to Alison and hugged her, and the two of us laughed.
"What are you doing here? I didn't know you were coming," I asked, stepping back and looking up at her.
Laughing, she said, "Luke told us about it. You didn't think we'd miss your wedding, did you?"
"No..."I looked down at Binx and smiled. Careful not to get my dress dirty, I leaned down and put my hand out to pet him. I could hear him purring and I couldn't help but smile. "I'm glad you both came...I missed you."
Binx looked up at me, his green cat eyes sad, "We missed you, too, Danny..."
I knew he was thinking about his sister, Emily. The witches had brought her to their home when Binx was still human, and they had her drink the potion. Binx was only too late in saving her. He was then turned into a cat, and he thought he had failed his sister. It pained him still to think of her...And he still blamed himself.
Standing up, I turned to look at the rest of my friends. Rei was wearing a tuxedo, and Dan was wearing his usual Jedi uniform, as was Alex and Syria.
"You better get going. Don't want to keep your husband waiting," Alison said.
I smiled, and looked up at her. Now was when I wished Max was alive, but I didn't say anything.
I turned and walked toward the end of the aisle, the veil over my face. Rei walked toward me and offered me his arm. This let me know that he had agreed to give me away.
Smiling, I hooked my arm in his, holding hands with him, and started walking down the aisle.
Joey watched me, never taking his blue, sweet eyes off of me.
When we finally reached the end, I stood on my tip toes and kissed Rei on the cheek before turning to look at Joey. Joey took my hands in his, and Rei stepped back, watching.
Soon, we had said our vows and gave each other rings, and Joey lifted the veil up from over my head. He then took his finger and put it on my chin, drawing me close, and we kissed, long and passionately. Everyone clapped, and the two of us turned to look at everyone. Joey wrapped his arms around my waist, and suddenly I knew that I was happy.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a figure with a blue ora surrounding it, his arms folded over his chest. I turned my head a little more to see it wearing the CHAMPION sweatshirt Max had worn, and that he looked exactly like Max...
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A few hours later, before Joey and I were going to spend time together in the Palace as our honeymoon, I was sitting on top of the Falls, looking out at the sunset, thinking.
I had changed out of my wedding dress, and was wearing a blue one a lot like it. My hair was now in a braid with the strings still wrapped in it, pinned to my head.
In my hand I held the locket Max had given me. I thought about what it would have been like if he had been there. Wait...Was he there? Was that figure I had seen him? It wasn't...possible...It was one of my dreams to have him back, and...
I felt someone next to me, and then I felt four paws climbing into my lap. I looked down to see Binx there. I smiled at him, and put the locket back on. He didn't need to know I was thinking about Max...
"What are you thinking about?" Binx asked, laying his head on his front paws.
"Just...everything. Did Luke tell you about the Sith that captured me a few years ago?" I answered.
He nodded a little, in his own cat-like way. "Yes, he told us. I wish we could have been there to help you, Danny..."
I shook my head, "There was nothing you could have done...Rei helped me...he couldn't stop them from taking me, but he got me away from there...and get me away from what they put me through."
He looked up at me, "Max's death?"
I blinked, looking down at him. I could only guess how he knew, but he wasn't Force sensitive. "Yeah...They put a mask on my face...had me strapped down and I had to watch him die..." I answered.
Binx licked my hand, "I know, Danny...I'm sorry. You shouldn't have had to watch it." He then jumped out of my lap and started walking back up the hill.
I stood up and turned to look at him. "Hey, Binx..."
He spun around and looked at me.
"Thanks..." I said. He already knew what I was thanking him for. I was thanking him for giving me one of the heart-to-heart talks he and I had had before I had come to live with Luke and Leia, and even after when I would visit them. I had actually missed having those talks with him. Although I had talks like that with Rei, those talks and the talks I had with Binx were a lot different. . .

~ Danny