This chapter though, I am hoping for it to be somewhat of a twist. Nothing big. Just a littlemore info on things to come.
IGNORE ALL SPELLING MISTAKES. It's usualy late when these get written.
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Selena glared at her twin as he shuffled his feet impatiently in the dirt. Their horses, given to them by Van to speed them on their way, were tied up not too far away in a patch of trees.
"Will you stop it!" Selena finaly snapped, "You know I have to test our food for poison."
"For Van to have poisoned our food he would have had to have known in advance that we were going to be leaving. We didn't even know we were leaving." Dilandau sighed.
"But he was the one who suggested we leave." Selena pointed out for the millionth time.
Dilandau threw his arms in the air and circled back towards the horses. There was no talking to her anymore. She thought he was deffending the Draconian royals when in fact he was trying to be realistic. Honestly if they were poisoned on the trip back to Zaibach someone would figure it out and start a war- just like they had been wanting to do.
The Dragons had been gone the morning after they had left Fanelia but they still planned on reaching Zaibach. There they were suppose to meet the army that was slowly being built up and trained for the war they were planning.
A twig snapping caused Dilandau to turn in time to see Allen stepping forward out of the shadow of the trees.
Selena was by his side within a heartbeat, placing a pale hand on her older brother's shoulder, "I knew you would escape." she whispered as Allen's eyes glazed over, "We have more work to do, and with you leading the attack they will fall."
Allen nodded slowly, stupidly and Dilandau almost felt sorry for the idiot. Honestly, what man would willingly walk into the enemy's land and demand the return of his sister. It was an incredibly stupid thing for the knight to have done. He was lucky they didn't kill him but then again he might as well be dead. Now he was nothing more than a tool for Zaibach. A toy to go here and there running errands.
Altering his mind to keep the Seer from realizing Allen wasn't incontrol had been a stroke of brilliance that Dilandau himself had thought of.
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"That's weird." Rosie shook her head as she and Hitomi walked to the front Hall, "People have gone missing. It's like they just up and left at the same time the Dragons decided they were finished fighting."
"Van doesn't think it's anything big. Tar told him that people would leave-just not when or how." Hitomi shrugged and looked her pregnant friend over, "How are you feeling."
"Needed." Rosie beamed, "Some of the servants have left aswell, so Pennin has no choice but to let me help out." she seemed very happy with this fact.
Hitomi smiled and hooked her amr through Rosie's, "I told Tina and Merle that we would meet them in the garden. They wanted to check out the damage."
A shill laugh follwed but a growl was what met the the two as they entered the gardens.
"Stop laughing!" Merle growled playfully at Tina as the cat girl brushed leaves out of her pink hair.
"You realy should watch where you're going." Tina covered her mouth with both hands, "That branch could have taken your head off."
"And yet you stand there laughing at me." Merle pointed out.
"What are friends for?" Hitomi asked making both girls jump, "So what's missing and what's distroyed?"
"The south wall is completely gone and most of the rose bushes were pulled up roots and all." Tina counted these things out on her fingers.
"We tried putting one back in the ground but the dirt is frozen. The past nights have been very cold." Merle nodded at her own comment and pointed out the bush they had tried to righten.
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Van peeked out the glass doors, watching his wife and friends out side. He was happy to see her smiling and laughing with the other women. No doubt they would soon be talking about the wedding and all the horrid things the council had planned. It was good for her to spend time with other females.
Lately it was just him and her all the time. He didn't mind spending time with his wife but he wanted her to remember that she was more than just a Queen.
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After a while of walking around Hitomi noticed that Tina and Merle had started exchanging glances that had some meaning. Of course they were the only ones who knew what that meaning was and Hitomi was content to wait for them to say whatever it was they wanted to say.
Rosie started talking about how happy she was despite the week's events, "I've been feeling wonderfull and Pennin is just great even if he is a bit over protective."
"Of course he is." Hitomi laughed, "This is you're first child."
"Speaking of kids." Merle said with very little tact, "When are you and Lord Van going to have kids?"
Hitomi stopped walking and stood in shock, her mouth hanging open, "You two discussed this?"
"Of course. The whole Kingdom is waiting for you two to announce that you're having a baby." Merle shrugged as though it was nothing.
Obviously she and Tina both thought it was something or they wouldn't have been talking about it.
"I love you guys, I realy do but this is mine and Van's bussiness." Hitomi couldn't help but blush.
"Well, you guys could get pregnant, couldn't you?" Merle asked and Hitomi saw Rosie smile and look away.
"If you're asking if Van and I are sleeping together, the answer is yes." the heat just kept rising in Hitomi's neck and face despite the cold air outside, "A child will come. I've had visions of winged children...they look more like Van than like me."
"Good." Merle hugged Hitomi, "Because the people in Fanelia aren't the only one's getting impatient- I am too."
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It felt like no time had passed before Hitomi was being rudely awakened for her own wedding.
She had told Van what Merle had said about them having kids soon. He had laughed and kissed her. Of course, with him it was never just a peck on the lips. His kisses seemed to never end. Hitomi guessed thats why it was so much fun to kiss him. Of course his kisses always left her fuzzy and weak in the knees.
There had been a few pecks but only when others were around. He was nice enough to keep her completely in her right, thinking mind while out in public. The last thing she needed to do was drool or something around the council members.
Hitomi sat silently, letting the maids brush her hair and dress her as her mind was on her husband.
How weird was it to be married to the same man twice without a divorce or any personal problems to speak of?
The council had insisted that Hitomi let herslef be waited apon for once like real royalty. She had given in after only a few minutes of arguing because she knew her mother would be there to keep her sane.
The maids, for their part, worked carefully with Hitomi's golden hair and the Queen felt bad for them as she realized that two of them if not all three had been asigned to Lady Kaitlyn during her stay. She wanted desperately to apologize for what she could only imagine had to Hell for them but held her tongue. If she was them she'd be trying to forget that period in time when such a vile creature had stayed in the palace.
The floor length viel was just being placed over her head when her mother came in wearing Fanelian garb.
"How do I look?" she asked, striking a pose, "Are you sure this is what the mother of the bride is suppose to be wearing. I can hardly breathe."
"Try wearing this thing. Not only can I not breathe but the dress that will potentialy kill me due to lack of oxygen is completely hidden by a viel that I am to wear untill sundown. I can't see at all. It's like looking through extremely thick fog."
"I'm sure Van won't let you walk into anything too important or anyone for that matter." Uchida laughed and then weazed as her breath caught, "Damn dress."
The so called 'damn dress' was beautiful in Hitomi's opinion. True, the waist looked a bit tight but her mother looked incredible in the floor length dress done in Fanelian colors.
"Is it time to start?" Hitomi asked, "I think I'm as ready as I could ever be for my second wedding."
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Van grumbled under his breath. He should have expected this from Albert. Of course the council member hadn't told them everything about their wedding- taking it apon himself to make the ceremony almost three hours long. Van wouldn't have known either if he hadn't used the back doors into the entrance hall. He had heard some of the guards talking about it and how the council had asked them to keep everyone in their seats untill all was finished.
It must have taken Albert weeks to find a wedding ceremony that lasted that long. It must have been in one the older texts. One of the few books that had survived the fires. That ment it was one of Van's father's books.
As soon as he got his hands on Albert the old councilor would get an ear full. Maybe even be kicked out of the council. Van had never been this angry with Albert. Never! And that man had done enough to test the patients of the saints.
Albert was nowhere to be found, though. Smart man.
Van was just about to run back upstairs to check on his father's books when Pennin grabbed his arm.
"Where are you going? You can't miss your own wedding."
That banished Van's anger and thoughts of murder. His mind turned instead to seeing Hitomi. Only a few hours had passed since Tar had woke him in his own bed with Hitomi sleeping silently next to him, and yet he missed her. The council had actualy had the nerve to tell Van that he should ask Hitomi to sleep in the Queen's Rooms the night before their wedding. He didn't even reply to them when they said that, he just turned and walked out of the room.
Maybe it was time to to get new Councilors?
Van was seriously begining to think so.
The drums sounded and Van looked up. He hadn't even realized that Pennin had led him out to the gardens where the wedding was being held. It was big enough to seat the entire kingdom but of course only visiting royals and diplomats were allowed inside the walls. Everyone else was stading ten or twenty feet from the wall.
Van took his cue from the drums and started up the ailse, his sword at his side, the collar of his royal 'armor' rubbing painfully against his neck. It wasn't his actual armor. He had flat refused that and instead comprimised with wearing his formal ceremony armor. It was lighter and less bulky.
The drums changed as Van reached the altar and he turned to see Hitomi. She looked like a phantom and he smiled knowing how much she was hating Albert at that moment. Once she reached his side Van squeezed her hand before they knelt before the Holy Man.
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Hitomi had to hold back a wild laugh as the Holy man began shouting in another language. She hadn't been warned about such a thing and by the look of pure shock on his face neither had Van.
Hitomi squeezed Van's fingers tightly as she bagan to laughed quietly.
"Just ignore him." Van said from the corner of his mouth, "WE don't have to pay attention. I mean, what's the point?"
This only made Hitomi laugh harder.
"Breathe, my love." Van said, laughing despite his attempt to stay collected and calm.
Hitomi had to lean againts Van's shoulder to stay upright.
Everyone thought the Queen was overcome with tears.
Dryden leaned over to point out to his wife that Hitomi was holding her side, or at least looked to be because it was hard to tell with that viel.
"Maybe her dress is laced too tight?" Millerna suggested with a shrug. She was too caught up in the romance of the whole thing to actualy believe that anyone could or would laugh their way through this beautiful wedding.
Van managed to calm down and looked up at the Holy Man, "I suggest you skip to the last four pages of that speech or whatever Albert has you reading." he said quietly, "The council may have planned this but as your King I'm telling you to shorten this thing up. We're already married anyways."
The Holy Man must have been very use to situations like that because he gave Van a very small nod and descreetly skipped quite a few pages.
When at last Van and Hitomi stood before everyone, crowned as King and Queen and as husband and wife Van smiled and waved at the villiagers he could see just beyond the wall.
A cheer went up as the royal couple moved back down the ailse, hand in hand. Hitomi still had the occasional giggle but managed to hide it pretty easily under all that lace.
"I love you." Van said, pulling her close to whisper in her ear.
"I love you too, and if I could I would kiss you right now." Hitomi laughed happily.
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A/N: Hope you all like this. Especially Lady Arian. This one's for you, my friend. :)