It was springtime on Ant Island. Flowers bloomed everywhere, even on that large tree. The plants were a beautiful green and the grain and berries have been blooming.
Then a few ants began to pick flower petals and trekked over to the tree. It was tradition to bring flower petals to the tree when someone is getting married.
There was even lettering with the sheddings of the grain that said
CONGRATULATIONS FLIK AND QUEEN ATTA!
A few of the children ran around it tossing around the flower petals until a certain ant stepped in
"Not yet kids the bride and groom are not ready yet…That means you Dot" the former queen chuckled.
"Sorry, Mom...I'm just so excited for Flik and Atta…" Dot turned to her mother.
"Oh I'm just as excited as you...and a certain someone for his bride" the former queen glanced at the blue ant who was anxiously and excitedly paced the altar, waiting for his bride.
"Oh, this is-this is gonna be the best day of my life...I hope the circus bugs can make it…" Flik smiled antenna to antenna.
Then he saw that familiar blue, yellow and red box floating down towards the tree
"Hey hey, I hope we're not too late for the wedding…" P.T flea hopped out.
"Nope your right on time…" Flik said, heading towards the box
"Congratulations Flik my boy…" Manny came out with some flowers along with Slim, Francis, and Heimlich
"Oh thank you guys so much...Ugh this is the happiest day of my life you know…"
"Oh, we're so happy for you Flik…" Heimlich added, eating at a candy corn
"Oh, Atta is gonna be happy to see you guys…"
Meanwhile, Atta was preparing in her room with the assistance of Dr. Flora. She had a white flower on her head while Flora attended at the veil that Flik made not too long ago. Then there was a knock.
"Uh-uh-uh Flik, it's not time to see the bride yet…" Dr. Flora remarked waving a finger at the entrance of the room
"Is Queen Atta here?" A familiar voice called
"Oh it's Gypsy and Rosie…Let them in Flora…" Atta said, standing from her soil stool.
The moth and spider made their way in with gifts in their hands and Atta embraced the both of them.
"Oh, congratulations honey we're so proud of you…" Rosie said
"Thank you guys so much for this. Flik and I are going to be really happy…"
"Wait if you marry Flik, will that make him king of Ant Island…" Gypsy asked
"Sadly no but he understands, he said as long as he's with me, He won't care if he's an inventor or a king…"
"Aww, Flik will be an amazing husband…" Rosie sighed happily.
Then the conch shells blow outside like horns.
"Aah, it's time...How do I look, girls?" Atta asked frantically
"Oh you look amazing, Gypsy, and I will escort you…" then a small ant came in
"It's time my queen…" he said
Everyone outside heard the music start and began to stand as they watched Atta being escorted by Gypsy, Rosie, and Thorny.
Flik was in awe seeing his bride. She looked gorgeous and stood out from the crowd with the amazing white flower on her head. He finally was marrying the love of his life and he was as happy as can be. When Atta arrived at the altar, He told her that she was beautiful and she smiled, blushing, and thanked him.
"Dearly beloved we gathered here today to celebrate the love of these two lovely ants and the spring of their hearts filled with love. Queen Atta do you take Flik to be your lawful wedded mate" Cornelius spoke as a minister
"I do…" Atta replied
"Flik, do you take Queen Atta to be your lawfully wedded mate…"
"Absolutely...I mean I do…" Flik sheepishly chuckled while he smiled at his soon-to-be wife.
"Well then by the power invested in me, I pronounce the two of you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride" Cornelious concluded
As soon as the two ants kissed, the kingdom was full of jubilee and rejoice as the celebration of the queen's marriage was bonded. There were even a few tears in the audience. Flik and Atta held each other in an embrace, happy as can be to be together forever
"I love you, Atta…" Flik sighed happily
"I love you too Flik…" Atta replied.
Then the celebration kicked off with some music, even playing a bit of limbo. When the food arrived, Atta fed Flik a bit of the berries served for the wedding as everyone was gathered around.
When day turned into night, the two ants went into the anthill with Flik carrying Atta to the threshold of the anthill.
One year later
One night everything was peaceful in the Anthill until a cry pierced the air. The crying took place in Atta and Flik's room and Atta was holding a pupa-turned-baby ant trying to calm it down
"Shh shh shh shh...It's okay Flik Jr., Mommy's here...Honey is it almost ready yet…" a frantic Atta asked.
"Almost ready honey…" Flik spoke with his back turned with his hands working.
"Oh...I hope this works…" Atta continued to try and calm her son down. Then Dot stormed into the room, clearly bothered by the noise.
"What's all the-" Dot was about to ask.
"Dot...I...Flik Jr... " Atta talked to her mewling son. "Look who it is...It's your Auntie Dot...Dot can you please hold him for a minute…" Atta passed her son over to Dot, who was more than grossed out to hold him. Atta hovered over her husband to see how his latest invention was going and Flik placed his hand in hers
"Honey It's okay...Jr. is gonna love it...You'll see…" Flik then tweaked it a bit and then he grinned at the finished product. "It's ready…"
"Okay Dot...Bring Jr. over here…" Atta instructed her sister. Dot trotted over with her nephew over to Flik and Atta
"TADA!" then the parents presented their son with a mobile for him. Jr. was no longer crying and clapped his hands, meaning he loved it.
"Aww...come here, my baby boy…" Atta reached her arms for her son back and Dot watched Flik and Atta coo and play with their son while Atta and Flik in turn watch their son play with the mobile, spinning it around, cooing happily at it.
After they put their son back to bed, the exhausted couple lie down back in their bed and dozed off.
The next day Atta was checking around, seeing if everything was in place. Her mother told her not to worry too much about it, but sometimes being a queen is to make sure that everything was set in stone.
When she got near the inventing room, she heard gurgling and Flik cooing. She peeked in, watching Flik showing their son his invention. Dot was with him, keeping watch of the baby most of the time.
"You see Jr., sometimes inventions may not work but with a little faith and hard work...They will work and have an effect..." all Jr. could do was coo, as he couldn't talk yet.
"Well, what do we have here?" Atta placed her hands on her hips.
"Well I was just showing Jr. my latest invention...and showing him the grain harvester-" then Atta let out a shriek when Jr was about to touch the blade of his grain harvester, She quickly grabbed him
"It's very nice of you, but maybe we should baby proof it first…" Atta sputtered
"Babyproof?" Flik and Dot exchange glances at each other.
"Come on Jr. Let's go play somewhere else…" Atta took Jr. away as the former queen, Flik and Dot stood in bewilderment.
"Babyproofing inventions now are we…" The elderly ant spoke.
"Well as of recently, Jr. is at that act where all he wants to do is grab...She's making me babyproof most of my inventions…"
"I guess someone is getting overprotective…" Dot mumbled.
"You're telling me…" Flik whispered back.
Later on, Atta found Flik with Jr back in the invention room
"Flik, I thought I told you to-"
"Honey look at what Jr. made…" Flik pointed at the wooden star that the baby made. Atta was pleasantly surprised at this.
"Well somebody's gonna become an inventor." Atta chuckled.
"Of course…" then Flik turned his attention to his infant son. "Who's gonna be Daddy's little inventor eh...goo goo ga ga…"
Atta watched Flik proudly lift up his son and played with him. She couldn't stay mad at her husband and her son. She smiled, seeing that her son may follow in his father's footsteps and help out his father
She just hoped that he wouldn't grow out of this phase and he could still be a kid.
