1Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the plot and Elizabeth.

Pairings: UxY, JxA, OxE

Author's Note: Thanks fo the reviews guys! Well, here's the next chapter!

They arrived at the Faire early, skipping out on breakfast and wandering around the back of the grounds before arriving at a trailer behind Elizabeth's family tent. Elizabeth was sitting on the picnic table out front, dressed in faded jeans with holes worn through at the knees and a dark purple shirt, a pink dragon wrapped around a golden moon printed on front. "Hey," she said brightly when she saw them.

"Hey," Odd said quickly. He helped her off the table and she grinned at him.

"Ready?" she asked, looking at the group. They nodded and she looked around. "Kellen!"

"Yea?" The boy from the tent the previous day came out of the trailer, stopping at the sight of them.

"You ready to take them shopping?" she asked, gesturing to the guys. He nodded and she smiled. "Great, we'll meet you guys back here half an hour before the faire starts," she told them. She grabbed Aelita and Yumi, pulling them along to the booths. "Well...I worked it out with Kellen last night and we decided to have you guys wear the same colors as yesterday," she explained, walking towards a booth positioned by the far wall.

"Really?" Yumi asked.

"Yes, it seems to fit both of you," Elizabeth replied. She entered a shop and looked around. "Ioana! Ioana, you have customers!" she called. "You'll love Ioana, she comes from Romania and her dresses are to die for!"

A few moments later a woman with greying black hair stepped through the back door. "Hullo Elizabet," she said, then looked at the other two girls. "An' who d'you haf wit you?"

"These are my friends, Yumi, and Aelita. Yumi's getting hand-fasted today and we need a dress for her to wear," Elizabeth explained.

"Ah! Such a beautiful girl. What colors are you lookin' fer?"

"Sapphire and raspberry. She wore them yesterday and looked good in them. Do you know if Lydia can do her hair?"

"Of course, of course. The lazy louse is jus' now wakin' up," she said. She looked at Aelita and Yumi, who were browsing the dresses and smiled. "I'm thinking a rose corset on an iv'ry background? Wit a full sapp'ire dress. Bell sleeves that hang from yer elbows, and raspberry underdress. We'll need jewelry to go wit it of course," she rambled.

Yumi laughed nervously. "Is all that really necessary?"

"Of course me dear, ye want ta look beautiful, don' ya?" Ioana asked. Yumi nodded and Ioana moved with a tinkling of bells, grabbing this and that off hangars and throwing them over the door of a changing booth. "Now ye go in an' try 'em on," she instructed before turning to Elizabeth and Aelita. "Ye two will need dresses as well fer the ceremony." That got her started on another tirade over the shop, looking for the right outfits. Aelita exchanged looks with Elizabeth who shrugged and looked nervous.

"Uh-oh, it seems that we have a problem! The cord is to short to wrap around their wrists," Robert said loudly to the crowd around the diamond formed by the archangels and the couple in the middle. Yumi stared at him, wondering if he was kidding, she could feel heat rising to her cheeks from embarrassment as the crowd murmured. She was dressed in a raspberry underdress with sleeves that reached to her fingers. A sapphire overdress with bell sleeves that reached to her elbows and a scooped neck. She wore a white corset with raspberry roses stitched into it and golden jewelry. Her hair was half down, the other half was plaited with red roses and blue gems, knotted into a bun at the top. Ulrich wore a suit of blue and raspberry himself, and though he didn't look that different...he, felt different. "However...like all problems that occur, if we look hard enough, and work hard enough, we'll find that they have a very simple solution."

Robert pulled a thread at the end of the rope and the braid came undone, leaving it one long string which he tied around their wrists. "All problems have a solution and by working together, you will solve them." He removed the string and picked up the sword at his feet, cutting it in two. "You are to be hand-fasted from this day until one year and a day. At that time you may wish to take up the oath of marriage, or renew your vows of hand-fasting. You will only be allowed to be hand-fasted three times, before you must either wed, or drift apart," he told them, handing each a piece of string. "Take each other's hand in yours and tie your string around their wrist." They did as told and he clasped their hands, smiling. "You are hand-fasted!" he exclaimed. There was a round of applause and Yumi blushed, taking the arm Ulrich offered her and they walked to the edge of trees where Jeremie, Aelita, Odd, and Elizabeth joined them.

"Congrats!" Odd exclaimed, hitting Ulrich on the back.

"Yeah, congratulations," Jeremie said.

"So, will you be married next year?" Aelita asked. Yumi and Ulrich blushed, looking around.

"I better call my parents," Yumi said. She walked into the gardens and the others followed.

"Why does she want to call her parents?" Odd asked.

"To tell them of the news?" Elizabeth suggested.

"Will they be happy?" Aelita asked.

"Wait and see," Jeremie told her. She nodded and they watched as Ulrich shifted uncomfortably.

"Hello? Hi Mom, it's me!" Yumi said after a moment. "Yeah, we're great, how are you and dad?" she asked. She laughed and Ulrich leaned against a tree, dreading what was coming. "What am I doing? Oh, well...I just got engaged to Ulrich," she replied, eyeing Ulrich. He groaned, hitting his head back against the tree as Odd burst out laughing. She held the phone away from her head, rolling her eyes at them. "What?" she demanded when she had finally put it against her ear again.

Author's Note: Well, it's storming here, so I want to get this up before the power goes out. Let me know what you think!