I watched the guy who had hugged me so tightly just now pace around the room. He was grumbling something about his father and how he was so stupid for leaving me alone. I heard someone knock on the door and went to answer it when I saw that he wasn't going to.
"Your highness" I bowed my head at the sight of the ghost king. I didn't know why or how I knew that; I didn't even know why I did what I did just now but I was scared to look up again. The stranger must have heard me because he stopped ranting and turned to us.
"How could you do this do her?!" he shouted furiously. The ghost king made a gesture for me to go and I quietly walked over to my bed and sat down.
"I did what was needed to ensure this marriage goes without any problems" the king said.
"You killed her, turned her into a ghost again and took away her memories!" I heard the other one shout. I whimpered and cringed at their volume. The stranger turned back to me and his expression softened seeing how scared I was.
"She's not the one I fell in love with anymore, give her back her memories" he hissed quieter at the king.
"After the wedding" the king turned to me and I bowed my head again. He said that a maid would come in soon to finish preparing me for the wedding and finally left. The stranger, the prince I assumed, sighed in frustration and rubbed his face. He finally noticed I was actually crying slightly.
"Shh… you're okay… you're going to be okay…" he told me quietly holding me close as I cried into his shoulder.
"I'm so scared… why don't I remember anything?" I asked him after wetting his shirt thoroughly.
"Don't be scared okay? It's going to be aright, I will do whatever it takes to help you" he says cupping his hand on my cheek. The feeling was familiar as I placed my hand over his. He pulled me over to the vanity and sat me in front of the mirror.
"Maybe this might remind you of something" he says as he directs my attention to my left arm and I stared at it interestedly. Just below my shoulder was a tattoo. It was the outline of the head of some animal.
A yeti
I put a hand up to my head when I suddenly had thought of that. I looked back to the tattoo which I now knew was the outline of the head of a yeti. I carefully traced the tattoo when the prince put his hand over mine and smiled down at me when I looked up at him. I winced when I felt a pain in my skull and the prince knelt down and held my shoulder. I felt a few random memories resurface. It was blurry and the colors looked mixed together but a few words clearly rang out.
My name is Spirit. That was what I could clearly remember. I could remember I had died in a car crash and became a ghost but everything before and after that was still missing from my memory.
"Can you remember anything?" the prince asked me hopefully.
"My name is Spirit; I died in a car crash… That's all I remember" I told him. I felt sad when I saw him look deflated and apologized softly.
"Don't apologize, you've done nothing wrong" he said gently. I flashed a small smile at him but we were interrupted when the door opened and a maid walked in. She talked with the prince quietly but I could not hear them as I was paying more attention to the tattoo. I saw the prince walking back to me and telling me he had to leave but would see me again at the wedding.
"Can you tell me what your name is?" I asked before he left.
"It's Phoenix" he answers sadly before shutting the door close and the maid turned to me.
…
I stared at my reflection in the full body length mirror. My long hair was pulled in a complex bun, I had traced my streak of white hair with it but the maid told me not to touch it, and I was given black heels to go with my simple dress and I immediately hated them. I don't know why but I just did, it was the first thing I thought when the maid told me to put them on. She also tried to put makeup on me but I wiped it off the moment she put a bit of it on me and when she tried again I told her I didn't need makeup because Phoenix would think I look better without the makeup.
She actually agreed and smoothened out my dress a little before showing me how I looked. It felt unnatural to be dressed like this and I mostly concentrated on looking on my tattoo and not on anything else. I was only broken from my stupor when I was told it was time for the wedding. I didn't know how I felt being married to someone I didn't remember but I didn't want to go against the king.
Not yet at least, your brother's alive…
A voice whispered as I walked along the corridor to the wedding place. I looked around confused and stopped in the middle of the hallway. I saw no one else that could have said that and it sounded far away but like I had though there was no one else along further hallways either. All I could see were shadows of castle and I was confused and trying to search my memories again. I continued walking as I thought. The voice said I had a brother but did I? And if I did how could he be alive if I was a ghost; dead. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of music; I realized I had arrived to the wedding venue.
I stood in front of two large double doors and waited. Maids ran past me, handing me a bouquet of white roses, placing a veil on my head and giving me instructions on what to do once the doors opened. The maid from before who did my hair did one last look over before leaving and the doors opened. I nervously walked down the aisle, trying not to look at the millions of ghosts present. I tried not to listen to the gasps and few whispers as I was finally beside Phoenix.
He was wearing a green and black tux and had a forced smile. The ghost king did the procedure which I paid little to no attention to and fidgeted with the flowers a little instead. It went to the part where he asked me if I took Phoenix to be my husband and I didn't say anything. I stared down at the flowers fearfully; I could feel the king glaring at me slightly. He eyes glowed brighter for a second and my mind went fuzzy.
"I do" I said monotonously. What was I saying 'I do' to? I blinked and tried to remember where I was. The king's eyes brightened again and I remembered a few things. I was at my wedding, I was about to be married to his son Phoenix and that was it. Phoenix looked at me worriedly and glared slightly at his father who was smirking slightly. He asked Phoenix if he took me to be his wife and he reluctantly and hesitantly said 'I do' also.
"Should anyone have any reason why they should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace" the ghost king said.
"I object!" three voices said at once. The king narrowed his eyes as three ghosts ran up the aisle towards me. The first one was a female, she had a punk rocker outfit, blue flaming hair and green eyes and next to her was a robot with a flaming green mohawk. Standing slightly in front of them was an adult man, he looked a little like Dracula and was glaring straight at the king while managing to still look concerned about me.
"Spirit, why are you going through with this? After what he did to your dimension's people and you told me yourself you weren't ready for marriage any time soon" the punk rocker girl asked me. I stared back at her blankly. Her eyes flashed red in anger but calmed down slightly when the robot put his arm around her and whispered something.
"Spirit, I'm sure you have a good reason for all of this, right?" the Dracula look alike asked carefully. I looked confusedly between the Dracula look alike and the two others. I was starting to get scared of all of the sudden attention and looked pleadingly at Phoenix.
"I don't like all this attention Phoenix, they're scaring me. Who are they?" I asked my fiancée. Phoenix pulled me into a small side hug while the three people stared at me in shock. The king decided to take matters into his own hands and shouted at them.
"Enough, you are scaring my future daughter in law. Guards take them away!" he declared. I watched on as skeletons pulled them away. I felt guilty for some reason as I did nothing while they struggled. The Dracula look alike didn't struggle though. He was sending me a look of worry and guilt I think.
"Phoenix! How can you do this to her! Is this what she would have wanted!" the punk rocker shouted at Phoenix. She cried out in slight pain when a skeleton gripped her tighter and I almost ran out to her.
"Please stop, you're hurting them" I pleaded with the king. I winced when I felt pain in my skull.
"They have disrupted everything" he says simply.
"Let them stay father" says Phoenix while holding me as I held my head. I was having a headache again and a sudden feeling of déjà vu.
"Ember, Vlad, Skulker? What's happening?" I asked feeling some memories resurface.
"Where's my brother? What are you doing to them?" I asked Pariah once I remembered almost everything. Pariah narrowed his eyes and Vlad finally decided to do something and destroyed the skeletons dragging him, Ember and Skulker away.
"Vlad where's my brother and what are you doing here?" I asked once he was in front of me.
"Not enough time princess, time to go" he said grabbing my hand and pulling me away. I noticed Pariah's eyes glowing brighter out of the corner of my eyes and my knees buckled.
"Enough! Stop this father! I will not marry her after what you're trying to do!" Phoenix shouted at the ghost king. I was blinking in and out of reality; I couldn't tell what was happening and my mind felt fuzzy.
"I am the king! And no one has given me any legitimate objection to this marriage" he declared.
"I object" a voice said from the doors. I turned my head to see Solomon standing there swaying slightly. His shirt was torn a little and his hair was a mess and I could vaguely make out a few bruises and blood stains as he ran to my side.
"As her biological brother, I do not approve of this marriage and she is only fourteen, below the legal human age for marriage despite her being a ghost now" he explained while Vlad carried me bridal style.
"We need to get out of here now" Vlad said and he and my brother turned to Phoenix. Phoenix glanced from his father to me before fully turning to Vlad.
"Run" he shot a red ecto blast at his father and punched any skeletons that went to attack him. I moaned slightly when I felt uncomfortable being carried like I was.
"Who are you?" I tiredly asked the one carrying me. I could tell he was trying not to act affected but passed me over to a yeti. He looked really badly injured, he was covered in blood and scratches but he was still carrying me bridal style and running along the corridors with the one carrying me before, the human and three other humans. I looked around confusedly as I didn't recognize anything.
"Pariah did something to her. She's a ghost again but her memories are getting messed up" shouted the human from before.
"Phoenix told me Pariah killed her and turned her into a ghost again, he's controlling her memories so that she would willingly and unknowingly go through with the wedding without knowing what was going on until after the ceremony" the ghost from before who looked like Dracula explained. They were running and carrying me everywhere while shouting about exits and my powers?
"Bring me back, the king will get angry if you don't" I pleaded with the furry creature carrying me. I was gripping onto his fur and staring at him pleadingly. He stared back in sadness and compassion.
"You are not in a stable mindset now" he told me hugging my body slightly. I felt memories of fighting techniques and training sessions come back, along with the king. I nodded silently understanding what he wanted me to do and struggling in the grip of the furry creature. He lets go of me in surprise and I roll on the floor before standing up. I took off my heels, took away the wedding veil and tore off the bottom of my dress until it was until my knees.
"What is she doing?" asked a female human. I stared at my clenched fist as I felt a familiar energy surround it and blasted them with a shadow beam.