I finally finished this chapter! This is probably the longest thing I have ever written, and I really hope you like it. I spent ages on Google trying to find any kind of traditions one might have at a wedding, and I even found some Vietnamese ones! I had been planning this chapter for ages, so I'm really glad I finally got it done. There isn't much to say, except read, enjoy, and please, review!

West Family Tradition Number 9: All traditions written in the West Family Wedding Book must be obeyed whilst getting married.

STAGE 1: GETTING READY.

The bed was like pure, cotton heaven surrounding Artemis's aching limbs. It was that time where everything in the bed was perfect; the temperature just right, her limbs in just the right places; it was one of the best sleeps she had ever had.

And then, of course, and alarm had to go off right beside her ear, jarring her awake.

Artemis grumbled audibly, glaring at the offender through her blonde eyelashes. She caught a glimpse of Zatanna's smirking face staring down at her. Artemis groaned and turned her head away, only to be blinded by light as the curtains in the plush hotel they were staying at (courtesy of Oliver) were thrown open, so that the light shone through them.

Artemis tried to snuggle under her sheets, but they were abruptly pulled off her. So she did the next best thing; she reached for the vase beside her and hurled it around the room.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, as Artemis was thinking) M'gnn used her telekinesis to stop the vase and place it gently on the nightstand beside Artemis.

"Jeez, 'Mis. No wonder Wally keeps complaining about how hard it is to wake you up," Raquel said with an amused tone her voice.

"Zee, it's like, 6 in the morning. Go awaaay," Artemis groaned, curling up into a little ball.

"Um, hello Artemis? We're not going to go anywhere! It's your wedding day!" M'gnn yelled excitedly.

Oh, yeah. That.

Artemis Crock was getting married.

She was actually going to get married.

In her head, Artemis started mentally freaking out. She sat up straight in her bed, breathing shakily.

"Today… I'm… really?" was all Artemis could say.

Zee rolled her eyes, "The one time Artemis Crock is speechless, and I don't even have my camera with me."

"I can go get mine!" M'gnn volunteered.

"Guys! Oh my God, I'm freaking getting married! Let me freak out in peace, okay?" Artemis snapped back at them, causing all of them to burst into laughter.

Raquel grabbed Artemis's hands, linking them with M'gnn and Zatannas'.

"She's gonna get married, she's gonna get married," Raquel chanted, moving around in a circle.

Artemis tried her best to smile back at them, trying to ignore the huge ball of worry settling in her stomach. For some weird reason, her head felt light and she felt like there were a huge squad of cheerleading butterflies in her stomach. Actually, no; butterflies were way to tame for that description. It felt more like there were a bunch of seagulls having a riot in her stomach.

It felt like… like she was scared. Which didn't make any sense, because, hello, today was the day she was meant to be marrying the guy of her dreams. Today is meant to be perfect. She's meant to be happy.

Why the hell is she so nervous then?

"If you three are done there," a quiet voice said from behind her.

Artemis turned around to see Jade, wearing the dark green dress Artemis had set out for her bridesmaids. She tried to stop the grin that was taking over her face, but she couldn't help it. No matter what they'd been through, seeing Jade here was probably the best thing that's happened so far.

"Everyone wants to see you downstairs. To help get ready and all that," Jade finished.

M'gnn, Zatanna and Raquel all raced ahead, chattering excitedly among themselves.

"You came," Artemis said to Jade.

"I wouldn't miss seeing my baby sister getting married. Especially if it means I can torment Roy for a bit too. Dad sends his regards," Jade said casually. She brushed past Artemis without a second glance, "I'll see you at the church. I have a feeling that the others might not want me here."

Artemis watched Jade disappear, feeling the smile stretch across her face. Her sister, always the drama queen. Sure, she was disappointed her dad wouldn't show up, but then again, Artemis didn't really expect him to come. Seriously, she had shudders thinking about what kind of conversation her dad and Ollie might have.

Artemis took a long, relaxing shower, not bothering to feel bad about keeping her family (and future family!) and friends wait. They were probably enjoying the spa and other facilities the hotel had to offer, because really, when you splurge this much for a fancy-ass hotel you might as well enjoy the whole experience. After the shower, Artemis changed into a simple, yellow dress and assessed herself in the mirror. There were bruises decorating her legs from last night's activities, but they wouldn't be visible under her wedding dress. The bruise on her shoulder and bags under her eyes were a bit more bothersome, but come on, there were a bunch of super-powered ladies downstairs. One of them had to have the power to take away bruises.

And if they couldn't, well, that was what make-up was for anyway.

Artemis towel-dried her hair and then made her way down to the hall. She ignored all the weird glances she was getting from being barefoot with wet hair in this fine establishment. It was her wedding day for crying out loud; she was allowed to look unkempt for now.

Artemis glanced at the clock before she reached the main hall – 7:00. There was still three and a half hours before she was needed at the church. Three and a half hours before her life completely changed.

She stood outside the spa doors where she could hear everyone getting ready. Artemis bit her lip and started twisting the engagement ring around her finger – a nervous habit she had developed.

She couldn't understand it. Being nervous or scared was not something a Crock should feel. Especially seeing as this was meant to be the happiest day in her life. She should be happy. She was happy. She was so, definitely happy.

Artemis took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. Right now, all she wanted to do was call Wally and just hear his voice again, something that would be sure to soothe her nerves. She wanted to hear him and his ridiculous jokes; she just wanted to see him and his gorgeous red hair.

But of course, she couldn't. Mary had this weird law that Artemis and Wally could not see or hear each other before the wedding. She had said something about the West Family Wedding book? Artemis didn't know, and frankly, she didn't care. By now, she was used to the weird things Wally and his family did.

Artemis opened the door and took a quick peek inside. Everyone seemed to be occupied getting their nails and hair done. Maybe she could slip by unnoticed, quietly get her dress on, and run away before anyone saw her?

"ARTEMIS! Finally, you're here!" Dinah called out loudly, nearly knocking out the lady manicuring her nails in the process.

Artemis winced inwardly. So much for plan: 'being unnoticed.'

"Hey, Dinah. Mary. Mom," she greeted weakly.

Her mom shouted something out in the background, and suddenly three stylists grabbed Artemis's hands and pulled her in front of a mirror. One seized her hand, tutting about the quality of them (she fought crime every night, as if Artemis was really going to care about the quality of her nails.) One stylist grabbed her hair, painfully twisting it to the side and playing around with it. The other stylist approached Artemis's face, wielding what looked like an instrument of torture.

"It's an eyelash curler Artemis, relax," Raquel called out from the other side of the room where she was putting on the finishing touches of her make-up.

Artemis tried to stick her tongue out at her, but the stylist had a very firm grip on her face.

Artemis groaned inwardly and sunk lower in the chair, trying to enjoy having three people prod and poke her face, arms and hair. She tried to block out all the other noises around her, trying to practise that trick her mom taught her for calming down. Artemis wasn't very good at it (not enough patience, her mother said) but right now she was willing to try anything.

A while later, Artemis felt on huge tug on her hair, and then the stylist stepped back, saying "it's all done now honey."

Artemis was about to open her eyes when she heard Zatanna shout.

"Wait! Don't open your eyes yet. Wear the dress first so you get the full experience," Zee said.

Artemis rolled her eyes, "I've already seen the dress, Zee. I tried it on, remember?" But nonetheless, Artemis kept her eyes closed.

She could hear the rustling of fabric behind her, so Artemis took off the thin yellow dress and with the assistance of M'gnn, she stepped into her wedding dress. She could feel the cold material brush against her body until it was finally tugged in place. Artemis sucker her stomach in as the dress was zipped up, constricting her ribcage.

She could feel Mary turn her around, and slowly, Artemis opened her eyes.

Artemis couldn't help but let out a tiny gasp at her reflection. The wedding dress was beautiful, one of the only things she actually had a say in in the wedding. It was a high collared white sleeveless dress, with a lace pattern on the back and around the collar. The front design was simple lace pattern that had short train going from it from the back. Her white ballets styled heels were barely visible from the front. The stylist had done an intricate braid around the top of her hair where the veil would be, but had otherwise left her hair alone. What astonished Artemis the most was her face. The make-up artist had done something amazing, making her cheek-bones more pronounced, eyes darker, lips redder and then made her face have this shining quality. It was almost like looking at a beautiful stranger.

"You look beautiful, con gai," her mother whispered, tears shining from her eyes.

Artemis nodded silently, scared that she might burst into tears if she tried to talk. She looked at Zatanna, M'gnn and Raquel, all looking gorgeous as they were the emerald green bridesmaid outfits. Raquel and Zatanna were trying to save their make-up, but M'gnn was all out bawling happy tears.

Dinah and Mary looked equally as happy, each of them hugging Artemis and Paula.

Dinah looked at her watch and then yelled out a squeak of surprise.

"It's 10. The wedding starts in half an hour! We should go to the church and get set up! Come on, let's go see that limousine Oliver has so graciously let us use," Dinah said, ushering them all out to the car.

Meanwhile, in Vegas…

For a guy who couldn't get drunk, Wally sure had a massive headache. It felt like there was a little gremlin hammering away inside his head, trying to split open. And it so did not help that there was this stupid, incessant ringing going on through the house. Who the hell sets an alarm this early in the morning?

Wally rolled onto his back, trying to find a comfy position and get back to sleep. Ugh, he felt like shit. Seriously, next time he was not going to drink 4 kegs of beer, just because he could.

The ringing grew louder, and finally, Wally heard someone answer the damn thing.

"Heelloo?" Dick's tired voice rang out through the room.

"Dick, is that you? Are you here yet?" Zatanna's voice came out from the speaker.

"Here? Where here?" Dick asked.

"What do you mean where here? Hello, Dick! Wally's wedding is today, remember!?"

Ah, shit.

Wally jerked up right immediately, ignoring the sense of nausea he got from that action. Shit, shit, shit. He was getting married. Today.

"Heh, of course we remember! We're almost there," Dick lied sheepishly.

"Well, you better be. The wedding starts in half an hour! Zee out."

Wally stared at Dick, who had dark circles under his eyes and whose clothes were fully rumpled and ripped. Dick looked as bad as Wally felt. He ran a finger through his red hair, rubbing his other hand across the face in an effort to wake himself up a little more.

"Can we make it to the wedding on time?" Wally asked.

"As long as we leave now and hope to God nothing bad happens, yeah, sure," Dick said.

"Okay, cool. Help me find the others and we're outta here," Wally said, taking in the horrible mess that their room was in.

The fancy hotel they had been staying in was trashed. Remnants of their activities last night were scattered all over the room, like lots of champagne glasses, cards (because when you're with the son of Bruce Wayne, the casino comes to you) and what looked like the remains of the strippers feathered outfit. They had obviously fallen asleep in the living room, and Wally was very happy to say he remembered most of what happened the night before.

He was, however, extremely disconcerted to realise that he had no idea where Conner, Kaldur or Roy were. One minute they were trying to strip the strippers (actually, Roy was the only one harassing the strippers. Conner was confused as to what the stripper was doing, while Kaldur was trying to be a gentleman and looked away as the stripper stripped.)

Dick nodded at him, and Wally went off to the kitchen, hoping that a sandwich would clear his head. As he munched down on his snack, he headed to the bedroom so he could change into his tux and get out of here.

He opened the door and almost yelled in surprise. Conner was sleeping peacefully in the freaking closet. Had the guy learned nothing about the comforts of a bed yet?

"Dude, wake up!" Wally yelled at him, punching his shoulder (which actually really hurt, because you know, kryptonian skin and all that.)

Conner jerked awake wincing at the harsh light of the bedroom.

"Can you turn the lights down? Some people are trying to sleep."

"Dude, my WEDDING is on in like, HALF AN HOUR. Get your butt out of that closet and change into your tux. Dick, have you found everyone yet?"

Conner winced as Wally yelled loudly.

"Yeah, he was in the bathtub. Haven't seen Roy anywhere, though," Dick yelled back.

Wally grumbled audibly. He threw a tux at Conner, super-changed into his own and then threw two at Dick and Kaldur. "You guys change and try and call Roy. I'll do a quick scout of the area and see if Roy's there."

Without even waiting for their replies, Wally raced off, scouring all the floors of the hotel in less than 30 seconds. He reappeared at their room, happy to see everyone was trying to put their tuxes on. Kaldur was looking thoroughly worn out, and he looked like he was about to fall asleep on the spot. Dick looked much better; he had somehow gotten rid of the dark circles and was once again his perky, peppy self. Conner looked the same as always wearing his trademark scowl.

"No Roy?" Conner asked.

"Not a trace. And we seriously don't have enough time to look for him! I'm going to be late for my own wedding!" Wally cried.

"You're late for everything," Dick pointed out un-helpfully.

Kaldur straightened his suit and then patted Wally's arm, "Relax, my friend. We will get there on time. And we'll find Roy too. Let us go."

Kaldur made a move towards the door, but Conner quickly stopped him, "You forgot your pants," he deadpanned.

Kaldur blushed and hastily moved away. Dick snapped his cell phone shut, "Just called the jet. They're waiting on the roof. Do we find Roy or go to the wedding?"

Wally groaned, "How about we find Roy after the wedding? In the meantime, we can get Arsenal to replace him."

Dick gave him a sour look, "I hope that was a joke, Wall-man. Otherwise, that would've been the most ridiculous plan ever. Have you forgotten that Arsenal is missing an arm?!"

Wally threw his arms up but Kaldur intervened, "Stop wasting time and get to the helicopter," he ordered.

Muttering darkly, Wally followed the boys to the helicopter, where they were surprised (and kind of relieved) to see Roy, wearing a rumpled tux, sleeping in the roof with all the strippers next to him.

"Looks like Roy had a private after party. So not fair!" Dick pouted.

"Complain about how Roy stole the strippers later, okay? We need to get to my wedding!" Wally yelled.

Dick rolled his eyes and hopped into the helicopter. Kaldur followed him, and then Conner grabbed Roy and dragged him in. Wally glanced at his watch and hopped into the helicopter; 10:10. Yep, he could make it. Everything was going to be completely fine. He could totally make this.

But of course, because it was him, of course it wasn't going to be that easy.

STAGE TWO – GETTING THERE

The limousine ride to the church was highly uneventful, but extremely fun anyway. They all had a ball singing karaoke and drinking (non-alcoholic) wine. When they finally reached the place it was 10:25, and Artemis could see there were tons of guests that had already arrived. Iris, Dinah and Mary jumped out of the car as soon as possible, running up to their men. Zatanna, Raquel and M'gnn went ahead to organize the final touches, leaving Artemis with just her mom.

Her mom led Artemis away from the crowd and into a small room in the cathedral, where Artemis could get ready in private. Her mom was bustling around in the wheelchair, happy tears running down her face already. Artemis, on the other hand, was having serious trouble breathing. She felt dizzy, sick and light-headed. There was this huge part of her that was asking what the hell she was doing.

She was Artemis Crock, she didn't deserve this fairy-tale wedding. She was the bad guy trying to fit in with the heroes. She was the daughter of two assassins. Artemis Crock sure as hell didn't deserve her Wonderland.

Even though these thoughts were tumbling in her brain, Artemis tried to ignore them and focus on her mom.

"- rains today. It would be so good!" Paula said.

"Rains? Mom, that's a bad thing!"

"Not at all! If it rains, it means good luck and prosperity for the married couple. It's a Vietnamese wedding tradition. Which reminds me, I need to find something to break," Paula added in an after-though.

"Break?"

"If you break something, it means good luck. And also a little advice, step on Wally's foot while you're walking. It means he'll listen to your every whim."

"He does that anyway," Artemis said cheekily.

Paula laughed lightly, and then reached up to envelop her daughter in a hug.

"I'm so proud of you," Paula whispered, "I'm so happy that you're going to be happy. This was all I ever wanted for you, and I want you to know that I am so very, very proud. I wish you all the luck in the world, and I know that you will be happy."

"Thank you," Artemis whispered back, returning the hug.

Suddenly, the door burst open and Zatanna stormed in, "They're here!" she exclaimed, "Wally and the grooms are finally here. We're starting in a couple of minutes."

Paula nodded and wheeled away, "I'll go get Mary so she can put the veil on."

Zatanna smiled at Artemis, "You look gorgeous, but I think something's missing," she said thoughtfully.

"Oh, really?"

"Yep. And I know just the thing to fix it! Ekam reh elkrpas!"

Artemis looked in the mirror and laughed out loud, Zatanna had literally made her dress sparkle. Not the gaudy kind of over the top sparkles, but just a light sheen over her wedding dress so that it shone when it caught the light.

"Thanks, Zee!" Artemis said.

Zatanna blew her a kiss, "No probs. I have to go now, see you in a bit!" she said and ran off.

As soon as Zatanna raced down the hall, Artemis let the smile that was plastered on her face slip. She started hyperventilating again.

No-one seemed to understand that she was completely freaking out. She loved Wally, she was sure of that, but that wasn't the problem. Artemis was scared; she was terrified that secretly, deep down inside, she felt that she wasn't good enough for Wally.

She was a villain, she was nothing. He deserved someone proper, someone wholly good. What could Artemis give him? She was nothing but an imposter; she didn't deserve someone like him, especially when she knew in the bottom of her heart that he could do better.

Artemis took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. No, she wouldn't torment Wally, she wouldn't tie him down to her. Artemis spotted a window, just big enough to crawl through. She opened the thing fully and looked down. It wasn't a very high jump, she was sure she could manage it in her wedding dress. Artemis thought about leaving him a note, leaving him something to remember her by, but then again, if she leaves him standing at the altar, maybe he wouldn't want to remember her.

Artemis hitched her dress up and started to put one foot through the window. She felt horrible at the thought of what Wally would feel when he realised she was gone, but it would be better in the long run. He would finally be with someone he really deserved, not someone like Artemis.

"I would take of the shoes first if you were trying to make that kind of jump."

Artemis quickly turned around, startled. Oliver was standing in the room, looking very smart in his designer suit, twirling the veil in his hands. Feeling guilty, Artemis pulled herself back in from the window and faced him sheepishly.

"I'm guessing you're having second thoughts about the wedding?" Oliver asked.

"What gave it away?" Artemis answered dryly.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Artemis was silent for a minute, making a point not to look her old mentor in the eye.

"You know, it's okay to feel nervous. I'm sure Wally wouldn't mind waiting until you're ready. Or if, you know, you don't love him anymore, telling him now would probably be for the best," Oliver said awkwardly, sitting down on the plush red sofa in the room.

Artemis sighed heavily, "No, that's… that's not it. I love Wally, I know I do, it's just that…" she trailed off.

"You think you're rushing things?"

"I think I'm not good enough for him."

Oliver stood up immediately at that, but Artemis held her arms to placate him, "Just hear me out, Ollie. I started the whole hero thing because I wanted to atone for my parent's sins, but what if it wasn't enough? What if I'm still a bad person? Every time I look in the mirror, I'm reminded of exactly how bad I am. I'm Sportsmaster's daughter. I've been trained to kill from the day I was born, I have killed before. How can I deserve someone so good, someone as whole as Wally? I'm not afraid of being brought into his life, I'm afraid of bringing him into mine." Artemis finished heavily.

Oliver looked at her for a minute, regarding her carefully. He walked closer to her and gripped both her shoulders tightly,

"Artemis Lian Crock, you listen to me and you listen carefully. From the day I met you, fighting crime in Gotham, there was one thing about you that completely struck me as odd. Unlike all the others, you have a reason to fight crime. You want to do good and that is exactly what you have done. You sided with the good guys, you've been with us for a long time, and honestly, that is all that matters. Maybe you are Sportsmasters daughters. But you're also Paula's child. You're my sort-of niece. You're a member of the Justice League. And most importantly, you are a hero. You are a goddamn hero. So don't you dare say that you're not worth it, that you don't deserve this, because honestly, I've never met anyone who deserves this more.

So go, go out on that altar tonight, go marry the man that you love and that you deserve. You're Artemis Crock, you are strong, and you are a hero. And today, you are going to become something more, you're going to share your life with someone else, but I need you to know, that this is exactly everything you deserve."

Artemis was stunned into silence for a moment, tears blurring her vision. She honestly didn't know what to say. Everything Oliver just said, it made things easier. It made that tight feeling in her chest go away, it made everything look a little brighter.

"I thought Canary was the one with the whole counseling shit," Artemis said.

"She's been teaching me. So, are you going to get married or what?" Oliver asked, holding the veil up.

"I'm going to get married!" Artemis yelled.

She hugged Oliver tightly, hoping that the hug would say everything she couldn't say out loud. Hoping that the hug would tell him thank you, and show him how much his speech meant to her. He hugged her back, so Artemis guessed that he must have gotten the drift.

They pulled away and Oliver lifted the veil up.

"Before I put the veil, I think something's missing. You have the something old, your mothers hair pin," he said, tapping the intricate pin that held her hair in place, "the dress is something new, and I'm guessing that the shimmery stuff on the dress is thanks to Zatanna's magic, so we could say that that is the something borrowed, but you still need the something blue."

"Oliver, please. It's not like anyone will take any notice," Artemis rolled her eyes.

Oliver ignored this, and instead held out the green flower tucked in his suit. He gently pushed it into Artemis's hair, "I know it's not blue, but hey, it's the closest thing I could find."

"Great."

"Now take a good look at yourself, Artemis. Mary was very particular about that once I put the veil on you I can't look at you, and you shouldn't look at yourself in the reflection."

"Was this one of her family traditions?"

"I think so," Oliver said, tucking the veil in place. He kissed Artemis on the cheek and then offered his hand, "are you ready for me to walk you down the aisle?"

Artemis grinned at him behind the veil and took his arm, squeezing gently.

Back in the helicopter…

"Dick, there is five minutes until my wedding! There is no way in hell that we could possibly get to the church in time, even if we are in a helicopter!" Wally yelled at Dick.

"I know that! I asked the pilot to land us on the rooftop there so we could zeta to the church," Dick hissed back.

Roy placed his hands on his temples, "Can we please get out of this metal death contraption? I feel like I'm gonna hurl."

"Not on me, you don't," Conner said firmly.

The helicopter shuddered and jerked, and after one hell of a rocky landing, they had landed on the rooftop of a building in Gotham.

"Are you sure this is a suitable place to land, Mr Grayson?" the pilot asked as the five of them got out of it.

"I'm sure Henry, thanks for the ride!" Dick said cheerfully, waving the pilot off.

The pilot looked uncertain, but soon took off again.

Dick faced the group, "Okay, there's a zeta beam just a couple of blocks from here. We can get to it, zeta to the church and be there in less than two minutes."

"Sounds like a plan, agreed?" Kaldur asked.

Roy rolled his eyes, "This isn't a mission, Kal. We just have to get to Wall-Man's stupid wedding on time. And on a completely different note, does anyone have any sunnies? This sun is blinding!" Roy used his arm to shield his eyes from the sun.

"Let's just move already!" Conner snapped.

Wally nodded quickly, so the group started moving towards the ground. They moved at an agonizingly slow place (Roy was still trying to cope with the world's biggest hangover) until finally, they reached the zeta beam.

And of course, just at the moment when Wally was going to step through the beam, an alarm went off, signalling that there was crime in Gotham.

Wally looked at the others, who all had their game faces on, "Guys!" he wailed, "my wedding starts in one minute!"

They all ignored him, getting into the mindset of a rescue mission.

"That was definitely the fire alarm. There must be a huge fire going off somewhere," Dick said.

"Everyone knows the drill. Get changed and meet at the disaster point ASAP," Kaldur ordered.

"Guys!" Wally yelled out again, but everyone had already disappeared.

Wally cursed loudly (so loudly, in fact, that a young child walking by looked scandalized) and quickly stripped himself down to the Flash uniform, and then raced to the smoking building. He quickly created a mini tornado, causing the flame to be sucked out. The he raced inside and rescued the three citizens still stuck inside the building.

He came outside to see Nightwing, Aqualad, Superboy and Red Arrow waiting for him.

"Bats is going to be pretty angry when he sees that Flash came to rescue Gotham," Nightwing told him.

"Well it was either that or let the people burn. Can we go now?"

"This is a bank, Wally. The fire was no random accident. We must go inside and find the culprits," Aqualad said.

Wally rolled his eyes and followed the entire gang inside, avoiding the eager reporters as he did it. Inside, he saw that the two fire-obsessed super-villains, Firefly and Firebug were standing surrounded by their cronies and with the heroes circling around them.

"Give it up, Firefly!" Red Arrow called out.

The Fires didn't say anything, just yelled at their cronies to attack. Nightwing yelled something unintelligible, but from the gist of it he was ordering Aqualad and Superboy to take down the Fires, while he, Flash and Red Arrow would get the others.

A huge surge of annoyance built up in Wally, and he just super-sped around the place, dodging Red Arrow's arrows and punching, kicking or tripping any person that he could find. In no time at all, he had built a steady pile of villains around him.

"Damn, Flash. At least try and save a couple for us," Red Arrow said indignantly.

"I'm missing out on my wedding for this crap. I think I'm allowed to take full dibs," Flash called back.

He looked around the room to see Superboy take out Firebug, and Aqualad get the up on Firefly. Flash raced over and hog-tied them for good measure. He then circled back to the others, "Now can we go?"

"Meet at the zeta in two," Aqualad said quietly.

Wally raced off, changing into his tux as he got there. After a stupidly slow two minutes, the others all appeared, wearing their tuxes.

Wally smiled slightly and stepped into the zeta beam.

Recognized, Flash, B03.

He stepped out of the beam and landed right in front of the church, with Dick, Conner, Kaldur and Roy at his back. Zatanna came storming down, "the wedding was meant to start 5 minutes ago! Why the hell are you guys so late?" she yelled angrily.

"We had to stop-"

"I don't care. Just get in the church and stand ready, okay? We'll start the wedding now!" Zatanna snapped, dragging Wally along into the church.

He smiled at his mother who glared back and tapped her watch a couple of times, and at Uncle Barry, who just rolled his eyes. Wally stood at the front of the altar, and looked down on the crowd, trying to control his nerves as the music started.

Zatanna and Dick came down the aisle first, followed by M'gnn and Conner, Kaldur and Raquel, and a very uncomfortable looking Roy and Jade at the end. The girls looked lovely in their bridesmaids outfits, but Wally only had eyes for one person.

Oliver came into view first, escorting a lovely blonde in a veil and gorgeous, shimmering white dress. Wally heard a collective sigh from the audience, but he could only think of one thing at that moment. He was smiling so wide that he was pretty sure he was in danger of damaging his facial muscles, but he didn't care. Because coming down that aisle was the most beautiful person he had ever seen.

That was his blushing bride, his future wife. That was his Artemis.

STAGE THREE: GETTING MARRIED.

Artemis could hear the music; she could see the crowds craning to get a good look at her. She felt nervous and jittery, and she was extremely grateful Oliver was there leading her down the aisle, because Artemis seriously thought she was in danger of collapsing. The stupid veil was obscuring much of her vision, but soon enough, she could see the fuzzy outline of her favourite red-head in front of her.

Oliver gave her arm a gentle squeeze and kiss on the cheek, before he returned to sit down with Dinah.

Artemis felt Wally grab her arm, and she let him hold her up, stepping hard down on his toe as she did it.

"Ow!" Wally whispered, "What was that for?"

"You were five minutes late to our wedding!" Artemis whispered back.

Wally opened his mouth to say something else, but Doctor Fate cleared his throat. Wally lifted the veil off Artemis instead. Artemis could practically see his face light up when he saw hers, and she felt a smile stretch across her face. She squeezed his hand gently.

Doctor Fate rambled on for a bit, talking about how it was their fate to end up together but it was their destiny to make it work. He kept going, until finally, he said, "Do you, Wallace Rudolph West, take this woman here to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do," Wally said in a throaty whisper.

"And do you, Artemis Lian Crock, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?'

"I do," Artemis said, tears running down her face.

"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife. May the Fates by ever in your favour. You may kiss the bride," Doctor Fate said, waving his hand so that something mystical and shimmery glittered in the air around them.

Wally grabbed Artemis around the waist, pulling her closer to him.

"I have been waiting to do this for a very long time," he said.

"So have I," Artemis replied, grinning.

Wally leaned down and kissed her carefully, a warm kind of kiss that left Artemis breathless and buzzing afterwards. They pulled apart and she could hear the raucous cheering of the crowd in front of them. She could hear someone break something and she grinned, knowing it was almost definitely her mother.

Artemis and Wally walked hand in hand out of the church, having another sweet kiss when they got outside. Artemis turned around to throw the bouquet. There was a lot of pushing and shoving when it came to the women, with a lot using their superpowers to try and catch it. In the end, it was Zatanna (who simply said 'Evig teuquob o tem) who finally got it.

Wally then scooped Artemis in his arms so she was completely cradled in his arms.

"So, what do you say about finally seeing the world, Mrs Wally West?" he asked quietly.

Artemis laughed, loving the way her name sounded, "I thought you would never ask."

And so, with a crowd of heroes yelling behind them, Wally grabbed his new wife, Artemis and literally sped off into the distance.

Yeah, so, I hope you like it! And no, this is definitely not the last chapter! I'll try to update as soon as I can, but otherwise, I really hoped you liked it! Any kind of feedback would be much appreciated!:)