The Unwanted Marriage P3
NOTES* I guess you could say this part takes a weird turn...
"So what time is this wedding to be held?" Olivia smiled and flashed her eyes at Van.
"Umm, well I think around 7 or 8 tonight, but I don't plan to be there."
"Why not!! Do you not like me!?!"
"Never mind." It took all the endurance the poor boy had to not yell, slap her, and tell Missy Olivia he didn't want to marry her.
"Something's wrong, that potion doesn't work on him. I just took it an hour ago, and it worked on all the other men. I gotta tell daddy that his love potion isn't working. Just one look should make him go crazy. I mean, it had to work before because all the advisers wouldn't let me even think I was going to marry him if they hadn't been totally in love with me. I swear, if daddy doesn't work this out soon he truly won't be at the wedding tonight, and then what will we do? We need all the stuff this town has to offer, and pretty soon it'll be too expensive to make this potion, but if I marry him soon, I'll be queen and no one would dare defy me!"
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"Okay, focus Hitomi, focus, almost at Palas, you can take a break there." Hitomi paused quickly then started off in a faster pace then before. "Man, I never knew walking for four hours would be that hard. I mean I guess it must be hard if I'm TALKING TO MYSELF!" Hitomi ran her fingers through her hair and kept repeating, "Half way through, I'm almost half way through, just think of Van, almost half way through."
"Ma'am, would you like a ride?" A handsome stranger stood up and offered her his hand.
"Uhh, sure, I guess." Hitomi looked into this strangers eyes and tried to decide if she should trust him
"Where to?"
"Well I'm heading to Fanelia, but Palas would be fine." The brunette blushed as she hopped aboard.
"Heading in to see the wedding?"
"What wedding?"
"Well, the young king's, of course!"
"I didn't know he was getting married!" Hitomi mumbled and her eyes started watering.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."
"Trust me, you didn't. I was just surprised."
"Do you know Van Fanel? I've had that problem before, your own friend not inviting you to their wedding!" he chuckled.
"I guess you could say that, and you're right, he didn't invite me, the nerve!" Hitomi laughed and promised herself she would ask Millerna when they got to Palas. It had to be just a rumor, and that's it. It just had to be.
"Kid?"
"Huh?" Hitomi woke from her daydream, only to see that they were in Palas. "Oh, yes, thank you a lot for the ride!" She jumped off the carriage, as he ran after her.
"HEY!! I DIDN'T GO 30 MILES OUT OF THE WAY TO LET YOU GO WITHOUT PAY!!"
"YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT BEFORE!" Hitomi maneuvered around all the people (or animal-people) until she showed up at the palace.
He mumbled, "Forget it. I can't go in there and demand for cash. Those fancy people don't get it. They don't understand why I would want a little extra money." He turned around, and, full of anger, walked back to his carriage.
"Excuse me, do you by chance know where Princess Millerna is?" The seventeen-year-old girl politely asked a guard.
"None of your business!"
"For your information, I happen to be a FRIEND of Millerna's!"
"Tell it to the judge!"
"If I have to, I will!!"
"Hitomi!?! Hitomi, is something wrong? Why are you here!?!" Millerna cascaded down the stairs.
"Millerna, I have a question to ask you."
"Yes?"
"Is Van getting married tonight?"
"Oh Hitomi! I'm so sorry! Yes, he is, didn't you know!?!"
"Well, no!! I mean I just got here.." she glanced at her watch, "Five hours ago!"
"Dear me! Only five hours, and you're told such horrible news!"
"But why?" Hitomi's shoulder's shook as she sobbed.
"Oh Hitomi.. He's seventeen. That's very late not to be married in a royal family. Usually they're wed by fifteen." Millerna comforted the brunnette.
"I wish I could see that wedding, just to give him a piece of my mind!" Hitomi's grief turned into resentment.
"You can come to the wedding with me and Allen, but I seriously suggest you don't 'Give him a piece of his mind' as you put it." I know it'll be painful, but it might be the last time you see him...ever!!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~Three Hours Later, In Fanelia, The Castle's~~~~~~~~~
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(After lots and LOTS of pushing and yelling, and even a threat from Alan -whoa- they shoved an unhappy Hitomi in the carriage)
"Well Hitomi, don't you like weddings?" Millerna looked back. Glare. She tried again. "You know, it could be worse.." she glanced at Hitomi. The angry brunette rolled her eyes. "I GIVE UP!! SOMEDAY YOU WILL THANK ME FOR THIS, BUT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!
"In that case, I'll stop HERE." The carriage bumped to a fast halt.
"This, Miss Hitomi, is your stop!" the guard, in fact the same she had quarreled with earlier, opened the door for here departure looking quiet relived.
"Thank you", she smiled meanly at the flustered guard.
"Uhh, my pleasure..." Hitomi stepped off the low step and looked around for Merle.
"I can't believe I'm actually LOOKING for that brat. I mean, two years ago I detested her!"
"H-h-Hitomi??" Merle nervously glanced at her. "I wasn't expecting you at Van's wedding!!"
"Well, neither was I. Thanks to Millerna and Allen, here I AM!" She pounded her foot on the ground. "Where is the Broom?" Hitomi tried to ask calmly, but had to clench her jaw to stop from yelling.
"Uh, in the castle, Olivia's chambers." She smirked, rubbing it in Hitomi's face that she knew something the older of the two did not.
"You know, you haven't changed ONE BIT!" Hitomi shook a fist in front of her face, and started toward the castle. "Why would he be in the Bride's room? I mean, I don't want to intrude on something.."
"Uh miss, I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed to go in there." A sentry spoke kindly, but firmly.
"I'm sorry sir. If these were normal measures, I'd wouldn't go any further. But, they aren't, and I am." Hitomi used her developed track skills to shift around the guard. Jogging toward Van's chamber.(she figured that Miss Bride Olivia would have her chambers close to Van's.
"Perfect!" she grinned suddenly, knowing this had to be that little brat's room. She paced herself, and opened the door. Amazed that it wasn't locked, she walked in quietly, and, made a semicircle from the doorway to were Van was standing. Without speaking she stood in face to face with him, whipped out her fist, and stood in an awkward fighting position. "This isn't me! What am I doing! I don't even know how to fight, more importantly I haven't in my lifetime, and he's got a sword!! You STUPID PERSON!!" With those thoughts she sighed deeply and put both fists at her side, defeated. "Hitomi?" Van's gentle voice cleansed her emotional wounds, an without realizing why, a bitter tear made it's way down her cheek.
So? Did you like it? Huh? Did you think it was terrible? Huh? Well e-mail me!! (msanime@hotmail.com), or review! I REALLY appreciate what you think! Truly! I do!!
NOTES* I guess you could say this part takes a weird turn...
"So what time is this wedding to be held?" Olivia smiled and flashed her eyes at Van.
"Umm, well I think around 7 or 8 tonight, but I don't plan to be there."
"Why not!! Do you not like me!?!"
"Never mind." It took all the endurance the poor boy had to not yell, slap her, and tell Missy Olivia he didn't want to marry her.
"Something's wrong, that potion doesn't work on him. I just took it an hour ago, and it worked on all the other men. I gotta tell daddy that his love potion isn't working. Just one look should make him go crazy. I mean, it had to work before because all the advisers wouldn't let me even think I was going to marry him if they hadn't been totally in love with me. I swear, if daddy doesn't work this out soon he truly won't be at the wedding tonight, and then what will we do? We need all the stuff this town has to offer, and pretty soon it'll be too expensive to make this potion, but if I marry him soon, I'll be queen and no one would dare defy me!"
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"Okay, focus Hitomi, focus, almost at Palas, you can take a break there." Hitomi paused quickly then started off in a faster pace then before. "Man, I never knew walking for four hours would be that hard. I mean I guess it must be hard if I'm TALKING TO MYSELF!" Hitomi ran her fingers through her hair and kept repeating, "Half way through, I'm almost half way through, just think of Van, almost half way through."
"Ma'am, would you like a ride?" A handsome stranger stood up and offered her his hand.
"Uhh, sure, I guess." Hitomi looked into this strangers eyes and tried to decide if she should trust him
"Where to?"
"Well I'm heading to Fanelia, but Palas would be fine." The brunette blushed as she hopped aboard.
"Heading in to see the wedding?"
"What wedding?"
"Well, the young king's, of course!"
"I didn't know he was getting married!" Hitomi mumbled and her eyes started watering.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."
"Trust me, you didn't. I was just surprised."
"Do you know Van Fanel? I've had that problem before, your own friend not inviting you to their wedding!" he chuckled.
"I guess you could say that, and you're right, he didn't invite me, the nerve!" Hitomi laughed and promised herself she would ask Millerna when they got to Palas. It had to be just a rumor, and that's it. It just had to be.
"Kid?"
"Huh?" Hitomi woke from her daydream, only to see that they were in Palas. "Oh, yes, thank you a lot for the ride!" She jumped off the carriage, as he ran after her.
"HEY!! I DIDN'T GO 30 MILES OUT OF THE WAY TO LET YOU GO WITHOUT PAY!!"
"YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT BEFORE!" Hitomi maneuvered around all the people (or animal-people) until she showed up at the palace.
He mumbled, "Forget it. I can't go in there and demand for cash. Those fancy people don't get it. They don't understand why I would want a little extra money." He turned around, and, full of anger, walked back to his carriage.
"Excuse me, do you by chance know where Princess Millerna is?" The seventeen-year-old girl politely asked a guard.
"None of your business!"
"For your information, I happen to be a FRIEND of Millerna's!"
"Tell it to the judge!"
"If I have to, I will!!"
"Hitomi!?! Hitomi, is something wrong? Why are you here!?!" Millerna cascaded down the stairs.
"Millerna, I have a question to ask you."
"Yes?"
"Is Van getting married tonight?"
"Oh Hitomi! I'm so sorry! Yes, he is, didn't you know!?!"
"Well, no!! I mean I just got here.." she glanced at her watch, "Five hours ago!"
"Dear me! Only five hours, and you're told such horrible news!"
"But why?" Hitomi's shoulder's shook as she sobbed.
"Oh Hitomi.. He's seventeen. That's very late not to be married in a royal family. Usually they're wed by fifteen." Millerna comforted the brunnette.
"I wish I could see that wedding, just to give him a piece of my mind!" Hitomi's grief turned into resentment.
"You can come to the wedding with me and Allen, but I seriously suggest you don't 'Give him a piece of his mind' as you put it." I know it'll be painful, but it might be the last time you see him...ever!!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~Three Hours Later, In Fanelia, The Castle's~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Grounds~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(After lots and LOTS of pushing and yelling, and even a threat from Alan -whoa- they shoved an unhappy Hitomi in the carriage)
"Well Hitomi, don't you like weddings?" Millerna looked back. Glare. She tried again. "You know, it could be worse.." she glanced at Hitomi. The angry brunette rolled her eyes. "I GIVE UP!! SOMEDAY YOU WILL THANK ME FOR THIS, BUT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!
"In that case, I'll stop HERE." The carriage bumped to a fast halt.
"This, Miss Hitomi, is your stop!" the guard, in fact the same she had quarreled with earlier, opened the door for here departure looking quiet relived.
"Thank you", she smiled meanly at the flustered guard.
"Uhh, my pleasure..." Hitomi stepped off the low step and looked around for Merle.
"I can't believe I'm actually LOOKING for that brat. I mean, two years ago I detested her!"
"H-h-Hitomi??" Merle nervously glanced at her. "I wasn't expecting you at Van's wedding!!"
"Well, neither was I. Thanks to Millerna and Allen, here I AM!" She pounded her foot on the ground. "Where is the Broom?" Hitomi tried to ask calmly, but had to clench her jaw to stop from yelling.
"Uh, in the castle, Olivia's chambers." She smirked, rubbing it in Hitomi's face that she knew something the older of the two did not.
"You know, you haven't changed ONE BIT!" Hitomi shook a fist in front of her face, and started toward the castle. "Why would he be in the Bride's room? I mean, I don't want to intrude on something.."
"Uh miss, I'm pretty sure you aren't allowed to go in there." A sentry spoke kindly, but firmly.
"I'm sorry sir. If these were normal measures, I'd wouldn't go any further. But, they aren't, and I am." Hitomi used her developed track skills to shift around the guard. Jogging toward Van's chamber.(she figured that Miss Bride Olivia would have her chambers close to Van's.
"Perfect!" she grinned suddenly, knowing this had to be that little brat's room. She paced herself, and opened the door. Amazed that it wasn't locked, she walked in quietly, and, made a semicircle from the doorway to were Van was standing. Without speaking she stood in face to face with him, whipped out her fist, and stood in an awkward fighting position. "This isn't me! What am I doing! I don't even know how to fight, more importantly I haven't in my lifetime, and he's got a sword!! You STUPID PERSON!!" With those thoughts she sighed deeply and put both fists at her side, defeated. "Hitomi?" Van's gentle voice cleansed her emotional wounds, an without realizing why, a bitter tear made it's way down her cheek.
So? Did you like it? Huh? Did you think it was terrible? Huh? Well e-mail me!! (msanime@hotmail.com), or review! I REALLY appreciate what you think! Truly! I do!!
