Whoa! Long time no update huh? Thanks for the mostly good reviews--but let me remind a few people that this is my story. I do what I want to with it, and I don't appreciate a few people telling me how to run it. I don't like to block people but if I have to to stop flames, I will.
Chapter 10: The wedding.
The figure clad in milky white moved slowly down the aisle. Flowers covered everything not moving; As a result, even a few guards were covered with flowers and were now busy sniffing themselves.
Will smiled at the bride, then back at Irma. "So she wasn't evil after all." She murmured.
Irma fussed with her flowers and nodded vigorously. "Yes. And we actually got to be in the wedding ceremony! Normally that's saved for nobles, isn't it?" She whispered back.
Cornelia turned her head and mouthed the words "Shut up!" as Elyon reached the alter. But the bride and bridegroom noticed, neither showed it as they solemnly began their vows.
"I thee wed and pledge my troth." Elyon began in a slightly tremulous voice.
Hay Lin smiled back at her friends. "This is a happy ending." She said happily. "I love happy endings, don't you?"
Cedric shot a glance at the girls. "If the Guardians will permit me to say so..." He said pointedly. All the girls blushed and fidgetted. Cedric smiled back at Elyon. "I thee wed and pledge my troth." He said softly.
Cornelia smiled and sort of zoned out as Cedric continued with his vows. Was it really so long ago that Elyon and I were best friends? And now look at us--she's getting married and I have 2 kids and a husband. I haven't seen her in so long! Really I'll have to get Daniel to let me travel back and visit more often-- A slipper hitting her upside the head distracted her, and she glared back at the now barefooted Elyon.
"Corny! The final wedding march is starting!" She said sharply (thankfully in an undertone). Then the young bride and her new husband marched proudly down the aisle.
Will snickered behind her hand as she lifted her baby Ciara from her lace trimmed cradle (set near Will for that very rean)and walked down the aisle.
Caleb met her at the end and hugged her, careful not to squish Ciara. "You never guessed, did you, that when I left it was just a type of vacation?" He murmured,
Will smiled back and surrendered her infant to a nurse. "No, I didn't. Oh, by the way, you're going to be on the couch for quite some time." She said brightly.
Caleb chuckled. "When am I not?" He joked. As Will hit him across the stomach with her boquet, he laughed and then drew her close. "You know, don't you Will, that I won't ever leave you or Ciara?" He asked softly.
Will smiled back. "I know." She murmured. "But what I don't understand is...why was the wedding so urgent?"
Caleb gave Will a wink. "Let's just say that he and Elyon didn't want to have an heir all ready to born too quickly to be seemly." He replied softly.
Will covered her mouth and giggled as they fairly sashayed into the dining hall and turned to look at the other Guardians. "I wonder where Phobos was kept, though?" She murmured.
Caleb stopped. "I don't know." He frowned. He was going to say more, but the doors being thrown open stopped everyone in the room.
"Hello, Everyone!" Phobos said loudly.
One glance at Elyon and Cedric's faces told Will that neither expected Phobos to be free.
As she started to run forward, she realized that the nurse holding Ciara was too near Phobos to be safe.
Phobos lifted Ciara from the nurse's arms and smiled at Will. "Is she yours? So lovely. Sit down, Guardian, or the baby suffers!" He shouted. Will sank to the ground as he finished softly, "I have a proposal for you."