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(I walked out again telling everybody to take their places. Dal walked to the top of the stairs, he was gonna give Amber away, Bray walked to the fountain where Tai-San and Ryan, his best man, were already standing and everybody else just took a seat. The wedding mars started and first Salene walked down the stairs, Ryan looked at her with an astonished look in his eyes. Then Dal took his place on top of the stairs. After a little while Amber still wasn't there, just as he was turning to go see why she didn't show, she came out of her room and took her place next to Dal, with Patsy and Cloe holding her veil. Nobody said anything, Bray just looked at her, looking like he saw . . . well Amber. She smiled at him and he smiled back, a bit sheepish. Then she, Dal, Patsy and Cloe started to walk down the stairs, being looked at by everyone, but Amber didn't seem to notice, she just walked to Bray, never loosing his gaze. And positively glowing, not seeming sick at all, just perfectly happy. When she reached him, she let go of Dal and linked arms with Bray, while he muttered something to her, they never broke their eyecontact. Then Tai-San started talking and married them. They looked happier than ever and didn't even notice when Ryan dropped the ring. After the wedding, we had a big dinner, even though it was kind of early, with the stuff Danni and Pride had gotten earlier that day. Everybody loved my fruitsalade and it was gone in no time, I had taken some of it before anyone else, knowing from experience it wouldn't take long before the bowl was empty. Amber and Bray hardly ate anything, they just looked at each other and those special smiles they had during the wedding never faded from their faces. I found myself for a moment thinking about sitting like that with Sasha, but quickly banished that thought from my head. I wouldn't think about him. I wouldn't miss him. I wouldn't cry over a boy, not anymore. No matter how much that boy meant to me. Not even when he was the one that had made me stop missing my parents, or atleast not as much. I couldn't think about him. Then Tai-San stood up and everybody stopped talking and looked at her. Even Amber and Bray tore their eyes away from one another and looked at her. Curious what kind of toast she would make, hoping it wouldn't be to much 'mumbo jumbo' as Alice had once put it so elegantly. But she didn't make a toast. Instead she started about her illness.)
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,,Dear friends, no, dear family, as you all know I was sick yesterday. But I now know it wasn't an illness, it was a message. It told me that I shouldn't keep the formula to the antidote all to myself, I should shair it with someone, so if I get sick again or even die, the antidote won't be lost."-Tai-San (everyone started talking, wondering who she had picked).
,,So who is it Tai-San?"-Ryan.
,,I've chosen Pride."-Tai-San.
,,What!"-Lex (angrily getting up).
,,He knows the most about plants and when he goes back to his own tribe, they'll have someone who knows the formula too."-Tai-San (remaining calm, as only she could, under the angry glare of Lex).
,,But who knows if he can be trusted?"-Lex.
,,He and his tribe took care of Amber. And I can sense he can be trusted."- Tai-San (everyone looked at each other, thinking: here she goes agian).
,,But-"-Lex.
,,Hold on, I never even said I'd want to learn the formula, I'm going back to the Gaians today."-Pride (standing up, but also remaining calm).
,,You can't leave, not when there are so many lives at stake, I know you can't."-Tai-San (turning her intense gaze on Pride).
,,Alright, I'll stay, but I'll go back as soon as I'm finished. But first I'll show our newly wedded couple here where their treehouse is. I'll be back tomorrow."-Pride.
(And so it was decided, after the big party and dance tonight, he would take Amber and Bray to the treehouse to spend their honeymoon there and he'd stay that night at the Gaians, before going back the next day to learn the formula to the antidote.)
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(I walked out again telling everybody to take their places. Dal walked to the top of the stairs, he was gonna give Amber away, Bray walked to the fountain where Tai-San and Ryan, his best man, were already standing and everybody else just took a seat. The wedding mars started and first Salene walked down the stairs, Ryan looked at her with an astonished look in his eyes. Then Dal took his place on top of the stairs. After a little while Amber still wasn't there, just as he was turning to go see why she didn't show, she came out of her room and took her place next to Dal, with Patsy and Cloe holding her veil. Nobody said anything, Bray just looked at her, looking like he saw . . . well Amber. She smiled at him and he smiled back, a bit sheepish. Then she, Dal, Patsy and Cloe started to walk down the stairs, being looked at by everyone, but Amber didn't seem to notice, she just walked to Bray, never loosing his gaze. And positively glowing, not seeming sick at all, just perfectly happy. When she reached him, she let go of Dal and linked arms with Bray, while he muttered something to her, they never broke their eyecontact. Then Tai-San started talking and married them. They looked happier than ever and didn't even notice when Ryan dropped the ring. After the wedding, we had a big dinner, even though it was kind of early, with the stuff Danni and Pride had gotten earlier that day. Everybody loved my fruitsalade and it was gone in no time, I had taken some of it before anyone else, knowing from experience it wouldn't take long before the bowl was empty. Amber and Bray hardly ate anything, they just looked at each other and those special smiles they had during the wedding never faded from their faces. I found myself for a moment thinking about sitting like that with Sasha, but quickly banished that thought from my head. I wouldn't think about him. I wouldn't miss him. I wouldn't cry over a boy, not anymore. No matter how much that boy meant to me. Not even when he was the one that had made me stop missing my parents, or atleast not as much. I couldn't think about him. Then Tai-San stood up and everybody stopped talking and looked at her. Even Amber and Bray tore their eyes away from one another and looked at her. Curious what kind of toast she would make, hoping it wouldn't be to much 'mumbo jumbo' as Alice had once put it so elegantly. But she didn't make a toast. Instead she started about her illness.)
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,,Dear friends, no, dear family, as you all know I was sick yesterday. But I now know it wasn't an illness, it was a message. It told me that I shouldn't keep the formula to the antidote all to myself, I should shair it with someone, so if I get sick again or even die, the antidote won't be lost."-Tai-San (everyone started talking, wondering who she had picked).
,,So who is it Tai-San?"-Ryan.
,,I've chosen Pride."-Tai-San.
,,What!"-Lex (angrily getting up).
,,He knows the most about plants and when he goes back to his own tribe, they'll have someone who knows the formula too."-Tai-San (remaining calm, as only she could, under the angry glare of Lex).
,,But who knows if he can be trusted?"-Lex.
,,He and his tribe took care of Amber. And I can sense he can be trusted."- Tai-San (everyone looked at each other, thinking: here she goes agian).
,,But-"-Lex.
,,Hold on, I never even said I'd want to learn the formula, I'm going back to the Gaians today."-Pride (standing up, but also remaining calm).
,,You can't leave, not when there are so many lives at stake, I know you can't."-Tai-San (turning her intense gaze on Pride).
,,Alright, I'll stay, but I'll go back as soon as I'm finished. But first I'll show our newly wedded couple here where their treehouse is. I'll be back tomorrow."-Pride.
(And so it was decided, after the big party and dance tonight, he would take Amber and Bray to the treehouse to spend their honeymoon there and he'd stay that night at the Gaians, before going back the next day to learn the formula to the antidote.)
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