Chapter 6: Ivan and Sheba's Marriage

Ivan and Sheba were slated to marry on the 25th of May. This was final, and they wouldn't let anyone mess it up again! They were going to have a huge feast, and the Wise One was going to be the priest! So Ivan and his sister Hama went off to Lalivero for the wedding, and lots of people came, including the whole population of Kalay and Lalivero, plus the Golden Sun crew, minus Felix. He was moping around at home and wailing about Sheba being his girl, and that Sheba was an ungrateful idiot who chose a midget over the most handsome guy on Weyard, i.e. Felix! Or so everybody thought.

So everybody was at Lalivero, and there was a huge feast prepared by Ivan and Sheba and Hama and Faran. Apparently, according to Laliveran tradition, the bride, the groom and their families had to prepare the feast. So they were cooking, and after they were done they would change, then run off to the Sanctum where the Wise One would wed them, and then rush back to the wedding hall to find the food all placed out and ready to eat!

They finished cooking, they went to the Wise One, now they're married, yada yada yada...

Felix decided to ruin their marriage and get Sheba to divorce Ivan.

The wedding feast commenced, and everybody was congratulating Ivan for getting such a lovely bride. Sheba understood what was meant and turned red. When they got to their table, they kissed and started eating. Fast. Garet was staring at them; they ate faster than he did!!

Felix stood outside the dining hall, and, knowing full well that Ivan prepared the fish for the feast, had sprinkled some powder onto them. Now all he had to do was wait for the people to eat it...

Inside the dining hall, all was merry. Everyone was eating lots of fish and meat and other such stuff, Ivan and Sheba kissed repeatedly, and Garet still stared when they resumed eating. Some people said that the fish tasted a bit like cinnamon, for some reason. The newly-wed couple shrugged and kissed and ate some more.

Felix saw that everybody was eating the fish, but no one was getting sick! This stuff was supposed to work in five minutes! What was going on? Then he took a look at the bottle of poison powder he brought. And the words that stared back at him said:

CINNAMON POWDER

He was shocked. The wedding wasn't going to be ruined anymore...or was it?

Hammet thought someone had sneaked into the dining hall, but quickly forgot about it, preferring to chat with Sheba about her reasons for marrying his servant Ivan. He found out that the rod of Hesperia was used to gain the Hover Jade, and that Hama was Ivan's sister. After this discovery, he started talking to Hama a lot about Ivan. Meanwhile, Ivan and Sheba were smooching again when stew started raining into Sheba's hair, potatoes and all!

Felix hid under Isaac's table, and Mia was drunk, so she kept kicking him. Piers, who was also drunk, yelled out "Ivan did it!" Isaac, who was completely sober, yelled out "Felix did it!".

Sheba threw a pot down under Isaac's table, getting Jenna's boots all wet, and Felix was one with the stew. For now. She then resumed her eating, and she was talking sweetly to Ivan, who was red in the face because Hammet had been pouring just a tad too much wine for him.

Felix punched Isaac in the shins, then started another food fight.

Sheba, Ivan, Hammet, Hama and Layana stared at the food being thrown below. "It's just like the Food Fight Extraordinaire! Remember, Ivan dear?" Sheba said sweetly. All Ivan could say was "Abba...abba...".

Jenna, completely angry because she was a popular target, started going crazy with food. She threw an entire stuffed camel hump at some poor soul who happened to accidentally hit Jenna with a fork. As for Felix, he huddled under the table, still being kicked by Mia. Garet was trying to restrain Jenna to no avail, and Piers slept, using a conveniently-placed bowl of crab soup as a pillow.

"Oh dear, it looks like our wedding has been ruined." Sheba stated with an air of disappointment. She cheered up a little when she remembered that Ivan promised her a nice honeymoon in Contigo, where she could squander all of her money on dice games! But as for this predicament, well, she didn't know what to do. All she could say was "This is definitely the biggest food fight ever."