The wedding is something I made up with some help from my friends; it is in no way a traditional Athosian wedding, okie dokie?
Chapter 19
The sun had set and everyone who was there for the wedding had taken their seats in one of two large groups of seats, which were lit by torches coming out of the ground around the outsides of the two sets of seats. Most of the seats had been brought over from Atlantis. The minister was standing under an arch laced with white flowers of different varieties, and in front of him was a small table with a fire in a metal dish. Facing each other, on either side of the table were two single rows of seats.
John and Teyla came down the aisle and sat on the left row of seats. They were followed by Aiden, Alex and Lizzie who sat on the right side. On either side there was one seat spare, for Maigan and Lucy.
"Where's Maigan?" John whispered to Teyla.
"I do not know. She said she would be here on time and I do not believe she would deliberately miss an occasion like this."
"Well, she'd better get here soon then, here comes Lucy."
Everyone turned to see Lucy walking down the aisle, dropping white and red flower petals as she went along. When she reached the front of the two sets of seats she stopped and went over to join Aiden, Alex and Lizzie on the right side.
The minister motioned for everyone to stand and they did so as Ava and James walked down the aisle together, holding hands. The minister came round and table and stood in front of it, picking up the white ribbon.
Ava and James knelt down in front of him and raised their joined hands, which the minister bound together with the ribbon. Everyone sat down as the two of the stood up and the minister went back round to stand under the arch.
"Is there anyone who for any reason objects to his union," the minister spoke out clearly, "may they speak now."
A silence settled over everyone present, which no one broke. The minister smiled and picked up a small handful of power from the table in front of him and threw it into the fire, causing it to rise up suddenly in a flash of red flame.
"Why did he do that?" Carson whispered to Almie.
"It means that no one can now speak out against the two who wish to marry," Almie whispered back.
"Do you both promise to stay together, through whatever may come into your lives, until you are parted by death?" the minister asked the two.
"Yes," they replied together, looking directly at each other.
"Do you both promise love each other and any children that may come into your lives unconditionally?"
"Yes," they replied again.
The minister dropped a handful of power into the fire again.
"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife," the minister removed the ribbon, placing it back on the table.
James stepped slightly closer to Ava and gently kissed her as the crowd began to clap and cheer. They broke apart a few moments later and the two families came forward to stand with the newly wed couple. Ava turned to look at her family and her smile disappeared when she didn't see Maigan standing there with their parents. She turned to look at John and he shrugged slightly.
"We shall now look to the skies," the minister stated and everyone looked up.
"What are we looking for?" Rodney asked quietly.
"A shooting star," Andrew replied from his place standing on his chair between his parents.
"Why?"
"It is a sign of a long and happy marriage," Almie replied from Rodney's other side.
"Oh," he pointed up to a shooting star that appeared to be blue, "how's that?"
Gasps ran through the crowd as they all looked at the blue star. Ava lent against James as they all watched until the star disappeared. The other three children soon all came over.
"See, Maigan had a good reason to miss it," Keayna told Ava quietly, "she wants you to be happy."
Ava smiled at her before looking off to where John and Teyla had been sitting. Maigan was now sitting on what was the empty seat. She stood up as Ava came over. After a moment they hugged each other.
"Thank you," Ava whispered.
"Come on, I think your husband would like you back now," Maigan smiled as they broke apart and went back over the join everyone else.
"Do you have to leave so soon?" John asked Maigan.
"Yes," she smiled.
"But you're missing the rest of the party."
All the children and their parents were gathered in the gate room, saying goodbye before the children left for their own time.
"We have to go," Ava spoke up, "besides, you'll see us again when we're born."
"Yeah, still trying to ignore the weirdness that this situation is so please don't mention that."
Maigan and Ava both stepped forward and hugged him at the same time, before tuning and hugging Teyla.
"Remember, he does have a name," Maigan smiled before they stepped back again.
"It's going to be strange not having you around for a while," Rodney told Andrew, "I'm kind of used to your presence now."
"So am I," Elizabeth smiled at the boy.
"I know, but you'll see me again," Andrew told them as they both knelt down and hugged him.
"Remember, don't shout at daddy too much," Lucy told Lizzie, who had crouched down to the young girls height.
"I won't, I promise," Lizzie smiled at her.
Alex and Lucy stepped forward and hugged her at the same time, causing her to fall backwards.
"I'll see you later," James hugged Aiden briefly before picking up his younger siblings.
"Yeah," Aiden replied, "that's just gonna be weird."
"Bye daddy," Alex waved at Aiden.
He stepped forward and hugged the two of them briefly.
"Remember, be nice to mummy," Lucy ordered.
"Yes ma'am," Aide replied with a salute.
"Look after yourselves," Keayna told her parents as she hugged them separately.
"We will," Amlie answered, "and you two should as well."
"We promise," Helen smiled as she hugged them as well.
"All I can say is I hope we have many more arguments," Carson smiled at Keayna.
"They are fun, aren't they?"
The eight children all stepped away from their parents as the gate activated. They all turned and started towards the gate. Alex and Lucy ran through first, followed closely by Keayna, Helen and Andrew. James took hold of Ava's hand before the two of them went through. Maigan paused and turned around before jumping through the gate backwards.
After a few moments the gate deactivated and the eight of them stood there looking at it for a few moments before slowly turning and going back on with their current lives.
So, there we have it. The Solar Flare Saga has come to an end, unless you people really want a sequel. If you do, say so! Also, if you have a basic plot idea(s) I could use for a sequel, let me know and they may make an appearance.
The faerie enchantress.
Thought you'd like to know, the sequel is now up!