Author's Note:

Here's the fifteenth chapter. A little holiday bonus since I haven't updated in so long. Here is a recap of the last chapter, Last minute.

At the last minute, Kendra realizes that she is in love with Bracken and that Bracken loves her too thanks to Liz. Bracken's sisters don't like Irina and want their brother to be happy so they are going to help Kendra out. The wedding is on the opposite side of town and is about to start [fyi: I changed it from having started to about to start. Sorry, but this works better.]. We left with the girls running to the wedding.

Will the girls make it in time or will Bracken end up with Irina? Why did it take Kendra so long to realize that she loves Bracken? Why did she run away from him when he was going to tell her how she loved? What is Irina like? Does the Fairy Queen agree with the wedding? All of these questioned will be answered in this chapter.

This chapter is happy, suspenseful, and nerve wracking. You also see a knew side of Liz and I kind of think it's funny. Also, for those who like Kendra and Liz's conversations this is a good chapter for you.

Please tell me what you think of Liz, Kendra, Bracken, Irina, Raxtus, and the Fairy Queen so far. Also, have I added to little of a character or too much? I would love if you could give me a list of things you are wondering too, kind of like the list of questions I have above that are answered here. I put a lot into this story and I can't seem to remember all the things I am making you, the readers, wonder. Also do you like the way I'm doing this A/N because I was thinking about doing the rest like this. Please tell me about predictions you have too and what you want to see happen. Thanks for reading.

Hope you enjoy... –Evangeline

Wedding Crashers

My mind raced a thousand miles per hour as my heart beat turned to a race horse. Surprisingly, I could run quite well in these one inch heels.

We ran into the town center and the huge clock tower rang. We all stopped to look at the clock. Noon.

"We will never make it in time now," Lily said in a defeated tone. She was right too. It had taken us thirty minutes to get this far and we were only half way to the wedding. Right now the music is beginning and the grooms men are walking down since the bridesmaids were with me. The wedding was starting and when we got there it would be over.

"No," I said, tears in my eyes. I was going to lose him forever. All hope left me. "It's over."

"Don't give up now… we can make it," Liz said trying to remain hopeful.

"How? The wedding has started and it will take us thirty minutes to get there. Unless some miracle happens, we are done for," I told her as I sat on a bench. There was nothing that we could do. Bracken would be Irina's for the rest of his life. I could never tell him how I felt. He would never know that I knew he loved me. He would never know how much I regretted running away. How I was too weak and too scared to give him my heart, scared that he would be just like Gavin. Gavin was the only guy I gave a piece of my heart too and he broke it to pieces when he turned out to be Navorag. I was too scared to give Bracken a chance, afraid to get burned agin. My biggest mistake and I was never going to be able to fix it. I would never get a chance to tell him anything. I'm sorry… Bracken.

"Someone ask for a miracle?"

I lifted my face to see a smiling teenage boy with silver hair and eyes.

"RAXTUS!" Liz screamed as she threw her hands around him. "Just the person me needed!" She pulled back and both of them had huge grins glued on their faces.

"Well, I couldn't let a wedding happen without the bridesmaids. That's my job as best man, though I think Bracken originally wanted Seth. I wish he got Seth too. Being the best man is A LOT of work."

We all laughed.

"Now my ladies," he bowed to us which made us laugh again, "Time to get you to the wedding. You can't miss your part, now can you Kendra?" He looked at me and a huge smile spread across my face.

"Let's go," I said, "We have a wedding to crash." And off we went… again, but this time on a dragon. Irina, here I come.

Raxtus landed outside of the church and turned back into a teenager.

The church was beautiful and simple. It wasn't an actual church building that a human would think of. It was a garden with an arch of golden roses at the entrance and silver vines as the gate. In the center of the church was a huge cloud white gazebo. To get to the center you had to go through a labyrinth of hedges. Brilliant. Thankfully we had the person who designed it with us, Lily.

"Follow me," Lily said.

"Wait!" I shouted before we ran.

Everyone looked at me as if I was crazy, but I simple took of my heels and dropped them on the ground. I was not going to be slowed down by a pair of stupid shoes.

The girls snickered as they saw what I was doing and Bracken just smiled. Liz, however, shook her head with a disappointed face, I swear I heard her murmur, "… no taste…"

"Let's go," I was determined to stop this party. Lily took off and we all ran after her with me in the lead.

We turned a thousand corners until finally I heard the High Priest, Itoro, voice.

As we rounded the last corner I saw everyone. It was a beautiful ceremony and there was a lot of people, I almost felt sorry for crashing it. Then I saw the bride. Irina had a tan and anyone could tell it was fake. She had glossy black hair and wore a strapless white dress that went to the middle of her thigh. She wore five inch high heels and I have no clue how she could stand. Her hair was down and in curls and she wore a golden crown with a thin lace veil which allowed me to see her face. What made me truly not sorry for crashing this wedding was not her attire but the smile that she had on her face as Itoro said, "If anyone has any reason why these two should not be wedded, speak now or forever hold your peace." The smile was like her saying that she won and she was going to get her way. I don't think so.

I took a deep breath stepped a few feet forward, and stated in a clear yet timid voice, "I object."

Everyone turned to face me and I froze. Irina's face dropped into shock and then she looked very angry, I was not at all sorry about that. Bracken had a small smile on his face which gave me some needed confidence. The Fairy Queen added to that confidence with the smile she gave me and so did Itoro, who was a close friend of mine.

"Why do you object?" Itoro asked me and I couldn't find my voice. I mean there was angry, surprised, and happy faces looking at me. A few of those faces looked as if they were going to kill me, including the bride, and I was still scared that Bracken would turn out like Gavin. Not a good combination at all.

"You can't seriously take her claim serious. She is a human," Irina told Itoro, "Bracken's sisters probably put her up to the task since they don't like me. A human could never love a unicorn."

Her words rang through my head. 'A human could never love a unicorn.' You wanna bet.

"I object to this wedding because," Everyone turned to me but I didn't care. Irina had set my words in motion and there was nothing that could stop them. "the groom does not love the bride. No one should have to marry someone they don't love. Marriage is a symbol of eternal love and happiness, and should only take place between too people who love each other more than the rest of the world. It should not take place to unite families. If you use marriage as a tool to gain power or money, then you mock its true meaning and say that it means nothing to you. This is a mockery of marriage and it should not take place." I took a deep a calming breath, waiting for their reply.

Apparently that is not what they wanted to her, because Irina smiled a sly smile and Bracken's smile faded. The happy faces turned to sad ones and the mad faces turned to happy ones.

Itoro then asked me with questioning and said look, "Is that the only reason."

Before I could answer, Liz said, "Wait! Let me talk to her."

A yelp left my mouth as she nearly dragged me to the edge of the wedding.

I'm pretty sure everyone heard her whisper shout to me, "What are you doing!"

"Objecting?" My statement came out as a question.

"Noooo! You are acting as if this is a debate."

"No I'm not."

"Yes, you are. TELL THEM!"

"Tell them what?" I played dumb. I knew what she wanted to me to do, what I HAD to do. But I was still scared. She knew I knew though, and she wasn't going to back down.

"Ohhh, don't you play dumb with me missy. You may be able to fool others with this act because you make yourself to be all naïve, innocent, and clueless, but you can't fool me. I know you better than that. So you go over there and you tell them why you are really objecting! I know you're scared but you have no reason to be. We have been over this before."

"I don't know , Liz. What if we were wrong?"

"Who cares! You know how you feel and that is all that matters. Do you want to lose you chance forever?" Then even quieter she said, "Do you want HER to win?"

"No," I said bluntly. I turned around walked to the middle of the isle, took a deep breath, and said, "I meant what I said but that is not why I objected." I took another deep breath, looked straight into Bracken's eyes and told him in a mere whisper, "I love you."

Next Chapter:

Running Love