UPDATE! (3/28/13) I changed the wedding singer from Lady Gaga to Ellie Goulding. I realized that Ellie was a much better choice, considering that she sung at Prince William and Kate's wedding reception and is a more serious artist.
This chapter has a sex scene at the end(don't worry I will warn you when it's coming) and also, if you've noticed, the rating for this fanfiction has gone from T to M. Now then, on with the wedding!
"Oh god. I'm so nervous." Lily said.
She was in the fancy hotel room in Ireland provided to her and her bridesmaids for the wedding. The wedding was to take place in a couple of hours. She was now standing in front of three big side-by-side floor length mirrors with Nuala standing to the side, holding her wedding dress in her hands.
"Don't worry. I'm sure that the crazy people with guns will come after the ceremony." Jeanette told her.
Lily rolled her eyes at her friend's terrible attempt at cheering her up. Jeanette was wearing her bridesmaid's dress along with Crystal and Maggie. It was golden in color with a u-neck and thick shoulder straps. There was a thick red stripe around the middle of the waist, meant to match Nuala's royal ceremonial dress minus the royal seal. The skirt of the dresses was straight, went down to their knees, and allowed little room for much movement, but they were going to stand most of the time anyway. Their shoes were also gold and were strappy yet fancy high heels. They all had a bouquet of red roses to carry.
"I can't believe this is it. My one marriage of a lifetime and it's to an elf that hates my race. In a couple of hours I will be the Queen of Bethmoora." Lily paused in her thoughts. "I have butterflies."
"Just put the dress on!" Crystal said.
"Yeah. I want to see you in it." Maggie said.
"You saw me in it at the last fitting." Lily told her.
"Yeah, but this is the big day. It's different." Maggie said.
"Put the dress on!" Jeanette shouted at Lily.
Lily motioned Nuala over and they managed to work the dress over her head. Nuala fixed the dress here and there as Lily looked at herself in the mirror. Her dress had off-the-shoulder straps that combined into one strap across the top of her cleavage. The strap had a rainbowy material lightly put overtop of it so it shone the different colors of the rainbow when the light hit it a certain way. The rest of the top was white and hugged her body. It went from the strap to her waist. The skirt of the dress was loose, but not too poofy. It touched the floor and also had the rainbow material over it. The shoes she was wearing were white peep-toe heels. The top part of her hair was pulled back and held together with a diamond clip that also had her veil hanging down from it. Her veil almost reached the end of her dress. Her hair was slightly curled and almost reached her waist. Her bouquet had flowers of all different colors in it to match the rainbowy theme of her dress. She spun around for her friends to observe her. They squealed in joy and Lily had a big smile on her face.
"It is time for us to depart." Nuala told them. She had her ceremonial dress on(the gold and red dress she wore at the end of Hellboy 2) and her bouquet of red roses.
They all left the hotel, with Crystal following behind Lily to make sure that nothing happened to her dress, and went into the limousine with tinted windows to take them to the other edge of the forest where the wedding would be taking place. They chatted and gossiped their way to the forest and when it was time to get out, all of the girls helped make sure Lily got out okay. A swarm of paparazzi was waiting for them, but was kept at a safe distance thanks to the Golden Army(under Hellboy's command). A group of fairies and wood nymphs were waiting for the bridal party on the outside of the forest to help guide them to the ceremony and to keep Lily's dress intact.
They traveled deep into the forest, far away from any prying eyes. The fairies and nymphs led them to a magic-made structure to put Lily while the wedding gets set up. It was a bunch of branches and grass grown into a structure with three walls and a roof. Her entire family and friends were there waiting to see her. Lily immediately ran to her parents and gave them hugs. Her mother whispered proud words into her ear in Spanish and her dad just hugged her with a smile on his face. She briefly hugged both her step-mother and step-brother, never liking them both much. Her step-brother, Richard, tried to have the hug last longer, but she pried herself away.
"I'm so proud of you!" Her mother said, tears in her eyes.
"You have nothing to be proud of. I didn't do anything special." Lily told her.
"You're marrying the leader of the Unseen Realm. He chose you out of all of the other girls in the world in order to keep the peace. That's something to be proud of." Her mother told her, tears now streaming down her cheeks.
"If you wouldn't mind, would you please be seated? The wedding is about to start." Liz said. She had just arrived, pregnant(6 months) to help with the wedding.
Everyone but Lily, her bridesmaids, her father, and Liz left to go to their seats.
"Nuada and everyone out there are ready." Liz said.
"My little girl." Lily's father said proudly, hugging her again.
"Are you ready?" Nuala asked Lily with a smile on her face.
Lily's heart was pounding a mile a minute and she was smiling like an idiot. She couldn't believe it. She was getting married to THE Prince Nuada, soon to be King. Millions of thoughts raced in her head as she compared this day to her daydreams as a teen and slowly her smile faded. Her sudden change in expression caught the attention of everyone left in the structure. Tears built up in Lily's eyes as she slightly shook her head.
"No." She said softly. "I can't do this. I don't love him."
Everyone was quiet as this slowly sunk in.
"He hates me. I'm going to spend the rest of my life with someone that HATES me." A tear fell down her cheek. "I can't do this." She began to shake her head more fiercely, repeating those words over and over again.
"Do not despair." Nuala said, dabbing Lily's tears with a cloth. "You will have much fun. You will soon forget that you are married to my brother. This marriage is more of a symbolic gesture than actual love. Why do you think it was conducted so quickly?"
"Good point. But still, this is supposed to be the happiest day of my life." Lily told her.
"It is. You just have not realized it yet." Nuala finished drying her tears and put her cloth away. "We must wait a few minutes for your face to get less red."
Those minutes were spent in silence and slowly Lily's smile came back.
"I'm going to be the queen of a kingdom! A real kingdom!" She exclaimed.
Everyone smiled at her change in emotion.
"Come on. Nuada's been waiting long enough." Liz said, leading the party away.
Lily's father smiled at her as he took her arm to lead her down the aisle. They left the structure and walked towards the clearing where the ceremony would be held. It had been decorated with white chairs for the guests and flowers scattered around the outer edge. Nuada was up at the altar dressed in his royal ceremonial clothes with the priest that Lily had begged him to let her have. Liz went to her seat in the front and the music began.
Nuala and Richard walked down first. Then it was Crystal and Meldiron, Maggie and Abe, and Jeanette and Hellboy. When they were all standing in their places, Lily and her father stood at the beginning of the aisle and then began walking down. Lily couldn't keep her smile off of her face and looked around at her guests. There was all fae on the right side and then Lily's friends and family plus any important humans on the left side. She saw almost the entire British royal family, the Obamas, and all of the other important people she didn't recognize. She had been told that all of the world's leaders and royals had been invited. Almost everyone she looked at were smiling at her. She had even heard exclamations of aww when she had first shown herself. She looked at everyone except for Nuada and finally willed herself to look at him when they had almost reached him and the priest. He looked indifferent, neither happy nor sad.
Lily and her father finally reached Nuada, who then took Lily from her father. Nuada and Lily's father shared a brief glance where her father managed to say 'Take care of her or else' in his eyes. Nuada looked straight in his eyes, unfazed by his silent threat. Lily's father then sat down and Nuada took Lily to the priest.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today . . . " The priest began. Other than the fact that half of the guests were fae, the wedding was pretty normal. The only special thing, besides a fae and human wedding, was the kiss at the end of the wedding. Lily had begged Nuada to at least let her have that and that he never had to touch her again after that. It was before they kissed that Lily realized that she barely came up to Nuada's chin and she felt short. So they had kissed and, surprisingly, sparks had flown, at least to Nuada. It was like getting hit with an addicting drug for the first time. He wanted nothing more than to deepen the kiss and make it more passionate. He had no idea what had happened to make him feel that way from that kiss. He had forced himself to pull away and not make it obvious he had felt something.
The other things that was special about that wedding was the crowning of the new King Nuada and Queen Lillian and the treaty Nuada had to sign with the United Nations about how Bethmoora would not attack human nations without just cause. Nuada's crown was golden and looked similar to the normal crown of kings. Lily's was also gold and looked more like a tiara than a crown. They both had red stones imbedded in them.
After that was the reception. It was held on the outer edge of the forest opposite the area that Lily and her bridesmaids had entered. This area was also guarded by the Golden Army and various fae. It was flat grassy land, like the clearing where the ceremony was held, with white tables and chairs scattered around. A big wooden dance floor was in the middle of the tables and a raised platform near the dance floor. Lily went and changed into her reception dress. It was golden and had a u-neck with thick straps with a somewhat loose-fitting skirt. It had the royal seal on a red sash across her mid-section like it did on Nuala and Nuada's royal clothes. She also had on golden slippers to match and her new crown on. Nuada led Lily to a table that was obviously meant for the bride and groom, it looked out to all of the activities happening and had the most security nearby. They sat down and soon the guests sat down in their assigned seats. There was a dull murmur of talking before fae servants came around to the tables with appetizers for the guests. Lily watched Liz scold Hellboy and Crystal, Jeanette, and Maggie laugh at a joke. Even Nuala and Abe were deep in conversation. She looked at Nuada from the corner of her eyes and noticed that he didn't even try to talk to her, unaware that his mind was busy trying to decipher that kiss. She continued to scan the crowd of happy guests until she happened to meet the eyes of Richard. He was staring at her, his expression unreadable. Her heartbeat quicken for a second before she quickly turned to try to strike up a conversation with Nuada.
"Is Bethmoora ready for us?" She asked the first question that came to mind.
His mind turned to his new wife and her question.
"Yes. It has been restored to its former glory, above ground." He answered. His eyes drifted to his sister and Abe. Lily noticed.
"You're in love with her." She stated quietly.
He turned to face her.
"Yes." He admitted.
"Promise me you'll try to get over her. Her heart belongs to another and yours should now also." Lily said. The servants came around with the next dish.
He didn't respond and ate from his new plate. She sighed and did the same. Nothing interesting happened until the food was done and the entertainment was brought out. Lily could hardly contain her smile as Ellie Goulding walked out onto the raised platform in front of the dance floor, clothed in a formal dress. She walked to the microphone stand and picked up the mic.
"Before I start, I just wanted to say congratulations to the new King and Queen!" Ellie Goulding said into the microphone, clapping her hands. The other guests followed her lead. "I wish you both a wonderful marriage."
The keys for Your Song started to play and Lily brought Nuada onto the dance floor for their first dance. They danced like they had practiced the weeks before the wedding: a slow dance. Nuada kept an expressionless face as they danced, but Lily simply could not stop smiling. Ellie Goulding was singing at HER wedding ceremony. Her heart was fluttering and she was so happy, even if Nuada continued to ignore her.
The song stopped and everyone clapped.
"Next is the father-daughter dance." Ellie said into her microphone.
Lily and Nuada separated as Lily's father joined her. I Know You Care began playing(which is actually about Ellie's father) and they started to dance. Other father-daughter couples soon joined them.
"He hasn't been talking to you much, has he?" Her father more told than asked.
"No, but relax, Daddy, it's fine. Even if he is like this the entire marriage, I'll always have Nuala for company." Lily reassured him.
"Alright." He didn't sound convinced, but he dropped the subject.
That song soon ended and then Ellie Goulding started playing her other songs, the tempo picking up. Lily broke away from her father and went to her friends' table. Her bridesmaids and friends from school and various places were sitting in a big table. They all hugged her as she came closer. The smile on Lily's face disappeared as she noticed Rocco amongst her friends. Before she could ask, her friend Michelle stepped forward to explain.
"I'm sorry. He wanted to come and I thought it'd be good to have the gang back together for this important event, so I brought him as my date." She explained.
"No. No! You can't be here! Nuada knows about us! If he sees you . . . " She trailed off, implying the worst.
"Relax. I just wanted to see you again before you're hidden away from the whole world." Rocco said.
"That's sweet, but stupid." Lily stated simply.
"Aww stop being mean to him." Her friend Molly said.
Lily thought for a second. If she accepted Rocco's being here and even danced with him, then it would be somewhat revenge on Nuada for being in love with his sister yet marrying her. Well it made sense in her mind, so she did just that.
"Alright. Let's dance then." She offered her hand, which a bewildered Rocco took and they went to the dance floor. They danced to Ellie Goulding's last song, I Need Your Love, and applauded her as she left. Then they started to dance to the new slow song. More fae started to dance with the slow song.
"So how good of a kisser was he? Surely not better than me, right?" Rocco teased her during their slow dance.
"Please, I hardly noticed your kisses through that haze of sexual pleasure." She teased back.
They both laughed and the smiles stayed on their faces for just a moment too long. Rocco had just started to lean in slightly before someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me, may I dance with our new Queen?" An elf that Lily recognized as Meldiron asked Rocco. He looked similar to Nuada in looks minus the scars and blackness around his lips and eyes.
"Oh, of course." Rocco handed Lily over to him and walked away, looking over his shoulder one last time before rejoining his table.
Lily and Meldiron began to dance to the rest of that slow song and into the next.
"You look very beautiful today, my Queen." Meldiron said.
"Thank you. Though I doubt I am the most beautiful here." Lily said.
"My Queen, who could be more beautiful than you?"
"Well Kate Middleton for one." At his blank stare she continued. "Princess Kate? Of Wales? Married to Prince William?" Recognition crossed over his face.
"She is not more beautiful than you, my Queen. You surely are the most beautiful creature here. King Nuada is very lucky to have a wife like you." Meldiron said.
"Thank you. And you don't have to call me 'my Queen'. Lily is fine."
"But it is so informal . . . "
"But I do not mind it. Nuala already calls me Lily."
"Very well. As you wish . . . Lily." Meldiron said slightly unsure. "I also wish to inform you that I will be keeping you company and companionship whenever King Nuada is gone. He will have many matters to attend to concerning Bethmoora and I do not want you to get lonely."
"That is very kind of you, Meldiron. I will surely appreciate the company in a new land." Lily said.
"And you are the new queen?" A new, sweetly sick voice rang out from behind Lily. She turned to see another elf, female, with similar features to Nuala minus the scars. And another female, perhaps her twin, beside her. They were dressed very fancy.
"She is, Lady Arwen. And I expect you to treat her with respect, whether she is human or fae." Meldiron addressed the elf.
"Oh I would not dream of harming her in any way, but others will. And one day she might find herself on the wrong end of a sword or arrow." Arwen said.
Lily broke away from Meldiron, walking up to Arwen and accepting her unspoken challenge.
"I get it. You don't like me because you hate humans. Just like Nuada. You probably have a crush on him and are just angry that a human got him before you could and now you never will get him. So get over your little crush because fae aren't supposed to be greedy and want what other people have, that's humans." Lily said, completely unfazed by Arwen's remarks.
Arwen and her twin both clenched their jaws at this little speech.
"I do not have a crush on King Nuada." Arwen spat back, using Nuada's new title. "I'm just on the side that thinks you all should die, and I'm angry that I have to bow down to a filthy human and eventually one day have a half-breed as my king."
"Lady Arwen, that is no way to speak to Queen Lillian. I would suggest your leave now." Meldiron interfered.
Arwen and her twin glared at Lily one last time before disappearing into the crowd of guests.
"Well she's going to end up being a problem one day." Lily muttered.
Meldiron offered his hand to Lily and they began to dance again. Soon, the song ended and Lily excused herself to go sit down at her and Nuada's table. He was talking heatedly with Nuala, but ceased when she drew near.
"How dare you embarrass me by dancing with other males." Nuada scolded her once she was close enough.
"One of them was an old friend and another was an old friend of yours." She retorted.
"Was one this Rocco that almost made you pregnant with his child?" Nuada asked.
"Yes. But he came to say goodbye. For good." Lily told him.
He said nothing, but instead glared at her. Lily turned away from him and towards the crowd of guests. She once again spotted her step-brother Richard looking at her with a serious look on his face. Their eyes met and he began to walk over to her table. Lily panicked, but tried not to let it show. She carefully walked over to Nuada, who had finished talking to Nuala and was now turning to sit in his chair.
"Kiss me." She said to him, still trying to let no emotion show on her face.
"Excuse me?" He sneered.
"Please. Just kiss me. Make it look real and passionate and I'll explain later." She saw Richard coming closer from the corner of her eye. "Please. Quickly."
Nuada tried to understand her purpose with this, but instead found himself giving into his previous desires at the ceremony and kissed her. He cupped her face with his hands and she grabbed onto his clothes to pull him closer. The same sparks that were at their first kiss was also at this one, but fiercer now that it was deeper. He found himself pulling her close to his body, not wanting to stop. It was like a drug: addicting and amazing. He didn't know why, but her lips just sent him over the edge. He was vaguely aware of catcalls and whistles from the guests. A throat being cleared broke him free of her spell and he released her. They stared into each other's eyes, both wondering about the connection they had just shared. Nuada and Lily turned to see Richard standing there.
"Enjoying my sister, I see." Richard said playfully, a tight grin on his face.
"STEP-sister." Lily corrected.
"Yes I am; she is my wife now." Nuada said to him.
"Just don't hurt her. I do have to be the protective brother still." He smiled tightly before walking away.
"What was that about?" Liz ran up to them and asked.
"My step-brother. He's in love with me. It's creepy. I wanted to show him that he should get over it and I have a man." Lily explained simply.
"Oh." With that Liz left, her thirst for gossip quenched.
Nuada and Lily stared at each other for a few moments, their minds still on that mind-blowing kiss.
Soon the guests started to leave. It was beginning to get dark out. Prince William and Princess Kate invited Lily and Nuada over for tea sometime in the future. Obama reminded Lily about the nation she was born in. Other leaders and royals also invited her places and then left the reception for home. Then it was time for Nuada, Lily, Nuala, and Abe to head over to the Bethmoora palace, where they would all be living. Nuada wasn't happy with Abe staying at the castle with Nuala, but Nuala managed to get him to agree to it.
The palace was not that far away. All of the fae guests traveled with the royals because their houses lay around the palace. They traveled on horse; they didn't want their fancy clothes to get ruined by walking. Lily rode with Nuada and Abe with Nuala. Meldiron was also there, keeping up with the new king and queen. It wasn't long before they reached Bethmoora. There were houses or huts in a big area with the royal palace towering over it all. The palace was huge and made of stone. It looked as if it had many floors and that each floor itself was very large. The fae that lived in the houses or huts walked out of them once the party approached. Some of them had happy faces and others had looks of hatred on their faces, directed at Lily. Despite their disapproving faces, Lily kept a smile on her face and even waved. The fae clapped at the arrival of their new King and Queen.
Once they got close enough to the palace, the fae guests from the wedding went into their own homes. Meldiron said goodbye to Nuada and Lily and went into his home. Finally only Nuada, Lily, Nuala, and Abe were left riding on two horses into the palace. Guards bowed their heads as they passed and the royals soon dismounted their horses. Servants led the horses into the stables and Lily and Abe looked around them at the royal palace. It was elegantly designed with high ceiling and wide hallways with different designs carved into the walls. There were paintings here and there, as well as statues. Hand-woven carpets stretched the lengths of the hallways.
Once inside, Nuala and Abe said goodbye to Nuada and Lily as Nuala went to show Abe his room before retiring to her own. Nuada then led Lily to their shared room. They passed so many hallways and went up so many stairs and turned so many times Lily was sure she would never find her way back. Finally they stood in front of two elegantly carved wooden doors. There was gold in the designs.
"Wow." Lily said at the beauty of it.
Nuada opened the doors by their golden handles to reveal their bedroom. There was a canopy bed with red silk curtains directly in front of them against the opposite wall. It was red and black and had silk sheets. The posts and frame of the bed were dark wood. On the wall to the left was a fireplace with a fire already burning in it and bookshelves filled with books on either side of it. Also there was a wardrobe and a screen next to it for changing. Where the far and left wall were suppose to meet were two glass doors that led to a balcony that overlooked the palace gardens. On the right wall was a wooden desk made with the same type of wood as the bed close to where they were standing and farther away from them was another wooden door with a golden doorknob that led to their bathroom. On the floor was another rug that was soft and had beautiful designs on it.
"Wow." Lily said again when she saw the room. She slowly walked inside.
"Yes. It is the best possible for the King and Queen of Bethmoora." Nuada told her, also examining the room.
Once Lily was in the middle of the room, Nuada closed the wooden doors to the room. She turned to look at him, waiting.
"So are we going to have a traditional wedding night or were those two kisses enough for you?" Lily asked him.
Nuada grimaced at her advance. Part of him still loathed the fact that he had a human for a wife and queen, but part of him also longed to rekindle that spark that was found during their kisses.
**Warning! A lemon(sex scene) is approaching! If you do not want, skip the remainder of this chapter!**
At his expression and silence, Lily responded, "Well then what if I seduce you?"
With that, she unzipped her reception dress and let it fall to the floor. She then kicked off her golden slippers and took off her new crown, leaving her only in her bra and underwear. Nuada's eyes widen slightly and Lily smirked. She then walked backwards to the bed and when she got close enough, she laid down on it.
"I remember when you would train me at the BPRD and how you would usually take your shirt off. I would masturbate to that chest." Lily said seductively, her hands roaming her body. She had so much built up sexual frustration, she NEEDED to have sex with Nuada.
Nuada bit his lip at this statement and tried to control himself, reminding himself that she was a filthy human. Yet he still found his legs carrying him closer to the bed. He stopped standing on the side of the bed, staring at Lily. She pulled herself farther up the bed until her head rested on the pillows.
"How about since you don't know how to take off human clothes and I don't know how to take off fae clothes, we just strip ourselves?" She said, biting her finger teasingly.
Nuada's one hand was gripping onto one of the bed posts and his hips were pressed against the side of the bed to try to stop his arousal. At his silence, Lily continued to tease.
"How about I start?" Her hands reached behind her back and unclasped her bra.
She took off her bra and threw it on the floor. She crawled to Nuada and kneeled on the bed in front of him. He tried hard not to look at her exposed breasts. They were bigger than he expected. Lily took off his crown and put it on a nightstand next to the bed.
"Your turn." She whispered into his ear seductively, her body pressed up against him.
Something in Nuada finally was set loose and he gripped her hips and kissed her passionately. He practically threw her onto the bed with him on top of her. There was a blur of movement as they both tried to get Nuada's clothes off and the remainder of Lily's off. Finally they were both naked and Nuada tried to thrust inside, but Lily stopped him. She examined him and smiled inwardly. He was perfect. His chest was muscular and his cock was huge. After properly examining just what was about to make love to her, she let him go and he quickly thrusted inside of her. They quickly found a rhythm and stuck to it.
It was the best either of them had in a while. Rocco was not as equipped as Nuada and hardly anyone wanted to have sex with an exiled prince, so Nuada's last sexual experience was a blur to him. Nuada found that sex with Lily had more of a spark in it than their kiss did and he found it also addicting. After about a minute in, the pleasure unexpectedly doubled for Nuada. This puzzled him, but the pleasure drove that puzzlement into the back of his mind. Nuada came first, but Lily wouldn't let him exit her without her own orgasm. He reluctantly continued to thrust into her, a small part of his mind not wanting the human to have her orgasm. However, when she did finally orgasm, he found her reaction to also be intoxicating. She would arch her back and gasp/moan and rake her nails down his back. He wanted her to do it again and soon they were having sex the entire night.
Aaaaand DONE! Took me 17 days to finish this chapter! I hoped you loved it!