The ceremony looked beautiful. Together the flowers and ribbons created a pretty composition. Everything was shining in the afternoon sun. The guests were seated on decorated chairs and were waiting for the bride. Omar who was perfomring the ceremony, stressfully watched everything from his place. He had presided over other weddings before but this one was very special. Everybody seemed to be rather nervous, but no one could be more nervous than Sinbad.
The young captain stood stiffly. He was anxiously trying to remember everything that was needed in his marriage vows. His best men, Doubar and Adien, stood next to him. His mentor and the person who raised him was sitting on the first row with the beautiful, little Marina on his knees and Caipra at his left.
The groom's best friends, Firouz and Rongar and many more guests there, but the presence of these people made Sinbad feel a bit better.
The adventurer tried to calm his friend down.
He said discreetly, "Sinbad, relax!"
Stressed, the sailor drawled out nervously, "I'm relaxed!"
Adien rolled his eyes at him, "Of course! At least try to smile!"
Suddenly, all the guests stood up and turned as best women were walking in.
Now, Sinbad was not nervous, he was frightened.
This meant that the bride was going to walk in, too soon.
Dim-Dim watched Marina's strange behavior which made him worried. The girl seemed to feel something dangerous…
Meanwhile Maeve, Dermott and their new ally finally escaped the cave. When they reached the beach, the man helped the sorceress out of the sea. Maeve, exhausted, collapsed on the sand. When she finally took a deep breath, she realized that they were not alone. A woman in a dark blue coat with a hood was standing next to them. She turned to Sam and asked, "What took you so long?"
"It's not so short way."
Maeve looked confused at them both. She was surprised when she saw Sam's dry clothes.
She stood up and stepped back a little, "Who are you two?"
The couple had expected this kind of reaction.
The woman smiled warmly at the redheaded and said, "We are a friends. We just want to help you. You can call me Mala."
Maeve, who felt like everything was threatening to overwhelm her, let her fear go. She did not know why but she felt like she could trust them.
Dermott did not want to lose more time.
He told his sister by his mind, "I'm going to find Bryn and watch her."
"Be carful! She cannot see you!"
The hawk flew away and the sorceress turned at couples.
"I don't know who are you, and I don't understand any of this but I have no choice. If you really wanna help me, we must hurry. My baby is in trouble!"
Mala smiled at the scared woman, "You're baby is safe. I would rather woory more about mine! He is going to marry the wrong woman."
At these words, Maeve began to wonder. She gazed at the strange people and everything seemed to fit. Her confused mind was coming to a fitting conclusion. She knew who's behavior Sam reminded her of.
She turned at them asking, "You are… but how?"
Both of them smiled at her and Sam said, "I'm Sakim and that's Maea. We are Sinbad's parents. How are we here? Because there is no more powerful a force than love."
"Death doesn't know what love is, no matter what kind of love it is."
The Celtic woman was even more confused than ever.
She tried to make sense of it all, "So you are my…parents in love..?"
Mala nodded,"Yes…"
"We are going to be Rumina's parents in love if we don't hurry!"
At that moment, Maeve's conscience of the situation came back. She was ready for anything. She lifted up her long dress and ran across the beach.
Sakim and Mala followed her.
If they wanted to stop the wedding in time, they had to hurry!
As the best women took their positions and the proud Rumina walked towards him, Sinbad, who was sure that it was his fiancé, stood without moving.
All the guests watched the bride with delight; but not Dim-Dim and Caipra.
Marina's behavior was making them worried more and more with every growing second. The girl had started crying when she saw the woman who looked like her mother. She felt something was wrong and Caipra could feel it, too. She looked at the bride and saw something odd; it made her confused too. Hadn't she said... Master Dim-Dim did not know how to hold Marina; she was shuddering too much.
"Shouldn't she be happy to see her mom?"
Caipra, who gazed at the walking bride, answered her husband with firm conviction, "That isn't Maeve!"
The old sorceress felt Bryn's presense too. It was much to near and much felt very evil. This wasn't good. DimDim was just seconds behind her in understanding the problem. They were ready for to fight and intervene, but they were worried. They didn't know how this would absolve itself.
Bryn, who felt Caipra's and DimDim's growing power, quickly figured out that things were going to end badly for Rumina. She decided to evacuate herself and leave her sister to her fate.
As Rumina reached his side. Sinbad, who had been pushed by Adien's elbow, got the messege: it was time to move towards Omar together.
He offered his bride his hand…
Caipra, who was ready to stop the ceremony, for this wasn't Maeve, stood up.
As she moved towards the couple, and as Rumina's hand was only a hair's width away from Sinbad's, Maeve ran into the ceremonial grounds and yelled, "No!"
