CHAPTER NINE

A month passes by. The Whole palace is getting ready for a wedding ceremony. Wolf and Virginia have been in the 4th kingdom for about a week now. Wolf wanted to manage the menu.

"Guests shouldn't leave with empty stomachs."

"But Wolf, why all that stuff? We can serve only desert. It's a wedding after all. We don't need such a huge menu."

"No way. My son's wedding ceremony will be the most wonderful, dazzling wedding in all the nine kingdoms."

"OK. I won't argue on that. I'll go upstairs and call Andy by the mirror."

"Alright my succulent lamb chop." Wolf said and gave her a kiss.

Virginia went to her room and took her little mirror and called for Andy. The mirror cracked for a moment, and showed Andy in their living room.

"Andy! Can you hear me?"

"Yeah mom." Andy replied without moving his eyes off the TV. He didn't want to miss anything of the show he was watching by looking for a mirror around.

"When are you going to be here?"

"Tonight. I'll call Edna after an hour, and we'll be there at nine o'clock."

"OK sweetie. Don't forget anything that you might need. And tell Edna that her dress is ready."

"OK mom. See you."

"Bye honey." Andy's image faded. "He wasn't even listening." She said to herself. "I just hope they'd be here in time."

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Edna and Emma were packing their bags and Peter was watching TV.

"You know, I never thought that I'd watch TV anymore." He said in a loud voice so the girls would hear him from the room.

"Well, no body can tell what would happen to us. Who would've ever thought that there was another dimension at all?" Emma said as she came to the living room and sat next to him.

"And I thought there was only one place to live in, and that was the kingdoms. I totally forgot about this world."

"Well, you're back now. And that's all that matters." Emma said and hugged him.

The phone rang and Edna rushed to pick it up first.

"Hello?" she said.

"Honey it's me."

"Andy, hi sweetie, how are you?"

"I'm fine. Are you all ready to go tonight?"

"Yeah! I can't wait to see you."

"OK dear, we'll meet at 8:30 in my place."

"OK, we'll be there on time. Take care."

"I love you."

"Love you too." Edna hangs up the phone.

"Was it Andy?" Peter asked.

"Yeah. He said that we must be at his apartment at 8:30."

"OK, I'll check if all of my stuff are in place." Emma said and went to her room.

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Andy packed his bag and was ready. It was almost 8:30, and they were supposed to show up any moment now. After a few minutes the door knocked. He opened the door, and there they were. Edna, Emma and Peter. With their bags on their shoulders.

"Are you guys going somewhere?" Andy joked.

"Not really. We just wanted to put these stuff here, and go back home." Peter replied. They laughed at each other.

"OK, I guess we can go now. The portal must be opened now. I know that mom would open it before the mentioned time, as she says: 'just in case he comes a little bit earlier.'" Andy said with a smile.

They went to the Central Park. They found the portal and as Andy said, Virginia did open the mirror earlier than the mentioned time 'just in case'.

Andy helped the girls step through first, then he threw the bags after them, and next went Peter. Andy looked around to check if there were any witnesses around, and after he noticed no one around, he stepped through the portal.

As soon as he landed on the other side, he was filled with his mother's kisses.

"Mom, stop it!"

"I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too mom."

Edna looked at them and smiled happily.

"Where's dad?" Peter asked.

"You mean Nathan? He went for a hunt with Wolf. They'll be back in one hour." Virginia said. "Now, you all go to your rooms, and get ready for dinner."

The four went to their rooms. Andy couldn't stand another moment without Edna, so he went to her room.

"Come in." Edna said as she heard the door knocking.

"Missed me?" Andy asked as he entered.

"Andy! You can't imagine how much I missed you." They kissed each other passionately.

"Tomorrow is the grand day." He said.

"I can't wait for it." She said with a soft smile. But soon, it faded.

"What's wrong?" Andy asked.

Edna's eyes started to fill with tears. "I wish my parents were here with me."

Andy took her in his arms. She rested her head on his chest. "I miss my mom. I need her beside me at this time."

"She is with you honey. She has always been next to you to protect you and to advice you when needed." Andy said as he ran his fingers through her hair that was growing longer.

"Do you really think so?"

"I'm sure of it."

She hugged him tightly. "I don't know how would I live without you."

"Neither do I." Andy replied with a smile. Edna smiled back and they kissed. "I guess it's better that we go down for dinner." He added.

"Hungry again?"

"Can't help it." They went downstairs and to the dining room. Virginia, Emma and Peter were there. Tony and Wendell joined them after a while. They started to eat, and didn't wait for Wolf and Nathan to come back.

"They'll have their dinner outside." Tony said.

"Dad!"

"What? I didn't say anything wrong, now did I?" he looked at the others, then turned to Virginia. "See? No one says that I said anything wrong. Now back to your plate."

"You never change." Virginia murmured and continued her meal.