Note: All the songs in this story are by Enya and do not belong to me.

The wedding was a remarkably complicated affair, partly because the brides had insisted they all be married together and partly because royal weddings were. It six months to be arranged, a ridiculously short time, and was held at the spring equinox of the next year. The other reason it was complicated was because each of the brides insisted on having the other two, plus Tris and Daja, as their Bridesmaids-and the each of the grooms insisted on having the others as their Best Men. Oh, and Alanna and Tris had nobody to give them away, since Aly refused to have her father do it, so Briar had to do it for all of them. It would go down in history as the strangest wedding ever.

Nevertheless, it was beautiful.

The reception, of course, was huge; the whole of the palace had been turned over to the festival, and of course the day was declared a national holiday. There were, Aly considered, certain benefits to getting married at the same ceremony as Tortall's crown prince.

It was the announcement afterwards, though, that really surprised everyone-everyone except Sandry, that is, because she simply knew her foster-family too well. Lark informed the whole of a delighted Tortall that all of them would be saying on in Tortall-'to make sure Sandry behaved herself' as she put it.

And-after a while-the sun set. And then it rose again, and the world hadn't changed. Not one bit.

And in another world, the sun still set, and rose again. And that world too, had not changed-except that a few lonely people had cried themselves to sleep.

All choices are difficult, but sometimes the hardest ones are the most important. In the end, all of them found what they were looking for.

Once, as my heart remembers,

All the stars were fallen embers.

Once, when night seemed forever,

I was with you.

Once, in the care of morning

In the air was all belonging.

Once, when that day was dawning

I was with you.

How far we are from morning

How far we are

And the stars shining through the darkness

Falling in the air

Once, as the night was leaving

Into us our dreams were weaving.

Once, all dreams were worth keeping,

I was with you

Once, when our hearts were singing

I was with you.