Iluvnintendo

Chapter 15

The sky was a pale orange color, and Link waited patiently at the altar. His bride was on her way, or so Wario had informed him. The nervous groom glanced behind himself at Avalon's odd friends. Wario wore a purple tux with a yellow shirt to match… well, not really but he liked it. Mallow wore a black and white tux like he was supposed to. Bow was nude, but that was okay because she was a ghost. She held a small bouquet of white roses in her small green hands.

A few more minutes passed. Cherry came running up the aisle in her lavender dress and crown of ivory roses. She seemed a bit panicked. "Avalon is gone!"

Link approached Cherry. "What do you mean she's gone?"

"Like I said… she's gone!" She signaled for him to come closer. "I don't want anyone else to hear, but it looks like she's been kidnapped!"

Link grumbled, and pushed his way past Cherry, making his way toward the hotel. "Send everyone home! Doesn't look like it will happen today!" He started to run, fearing the worst.

If he had only known! It had happened again. Leo had come to the Chancellor, and asked for Avalon's hand in marriage. Upon hearing that the princess had been dethroned, and was now no more than a peasant, he went on the hunt. He got word where she was, and had hired some winged Yoshis to fetch her. She hadn't fought; the chlorophyll had stopped her from doing so.

She lay limply across the red velvet chaise in Bowser's palace. She was finally coming out from under the drug's power. She knew where she wa,s but since Bowser was nowhere in site, neither in his human or King Koopa form, she felt fine for the moment.

"You're awake, I am quite happy to see that." Leo appeared from out of nowhere it seemed. He wore black slacks, shining balck boots, a matching silk shirt and a black cape with a hood. "How was your flight? I hope my Yoshis were kind to you."

Avalon sat up. "No they were not! I was getting ready for my wedding, and one of them attacked me, and somehow put me to sleep! You are a very cruel person!" She exclaimed.

"You're quite dense if you're just now noticing that." He paced around her as she sat there, frozen with fear. "You were trying to get married to another man, when you belong to me. You're making me lose my temper!" He announced, as he grabbed her arm. She sqeaked, and tried to wriggle away from his grasp.

"Let me go!" She screamed.

"You need to calm down! I'm not going to hurt you unless you make me angry." He squeezed her arm roughly. "You know I don't want to hurt you, but I just can't help it sometimes. I just find you so lovely in that gown."

Avalon finally freed herself, and fixed her crown of ivory roses. Her dress was strapless, the top had ivory silk roses around it, an empire waist. The dress flowed gently, all of the material was a fine woven white silk. Her slippers were made of matching material.

"And just to think, I saved you from marrying someone below you. He isn't even of noble blood; I, my darling, am a King."

Avalon frowned. "You are nothing but a greedy monster." She replied. "You don't want me to be happy, because you will never be happy yourself. Someday you will find true love, and be happy. Someday you will look back on your actions and feel just horrible!"

He smiled his typical evil smile, showing proudly his four little fangs. "Someday, my darling, but not today, unfortunately for you…"

She slapped his cheek as he came close, and he growled.

"I'm not afraid of you anymore! You… beast!"

He laughed and rubbed his cheek. "You still can't stop me. I like it when you fight back." He grabbed her tightly, and threw her onto the chaise, looming over her. "Fight me!" He yelled, as he started to unbutton his pants.

"Why should I fight? I won't win." She replied. "And if you enjoy it when I fight, why should I?" She remarked, as he started to kiss her neck gently.

The two wooden doors in the room flung open, and a fat little koopa ran in. "Your highness, the grand chancellor from the mushroom kingdom is here."

Leo pulled himself off of Avalon and refastened his pants. "Soon, you will be mine. The chancellor is signing the kingdom over to me. You are property of the kingdom, and soon you will be my property too."

Avalon sat up, and ran to the window, looking out at everything. She had escaped his palace many times before. She could do it again easily.