Gwen's eyes widened as she was just stunned to hear that. "I... I don't...", speechless. "Look, you don't need to say anything right now if you don't want to.", Onyx chuckled.
"I just... I guess it's two-fold in the fact that I never really thought he would get married again... or that it would be to Skyler...", Gwen admitted. "Even after they mentioned they were being a couple?", Jean raised an eyebrow.
Gwen chuckled softly, "True, and with the time between universes, it has been almost four weeks over there, while it's been almost a week here...I shouldn't be too upset as Skyler literally lived with Dad the past couple of months and some in the apartment while growing up and all before leaving...I'm just...shocked, I suppose...".
"Even when you know that when they come home, I have to merge back with Skyler, and have all our memories together as one?", Onyx asked gently.
Jean then blinked in realization, "That's why you said first wedding!", and Onyx nodded, "Yes. Once Jafar is dead and all, by using Genie, George and Skyler comes home, and after we reunite, as Skyler Onyx Stacy, 'we' can then become human, and have a second wedding, with all of you to witness.".
Jasmine then exhales, "That means...you wouldn't be...part of me anymore...", and Onyx smiled bittersweetly, "That's right, but having Skyler's feelings really strongly inside myself, I am learning so fast to be human with her help, and I want to be with her, to be one again, and to be human, to live with George...", glancing over at Gwen, realizing that she would be Gwen's mother in a way.
"I guess there wouldn't be as much need with you to continue to be a part of me... you'd be even safer in a way being human and with George...", Jasmine rubbed her arm. "You've already done so much for me... I can't even begin to thank you for all that you've done to heal me and help Agrabah... without you, this whole conversation wouldn't even be happening.".
"We all have to thank you about that.", Peter said. "We're all in your debt for the amount of help you've given us.".
Onyx smiled warmly, "You're very welcome.", making a strong mental note to tell Skyler that one of the wishes should be to ensure that the pregnancy of Jasmine is a secret until the moment of birth, that the children is ensured to grow healthy, strong, and alive without Onyx checking on them every day.
After all, Jasmine deserves to have a late birthday present in a way that she will be so happily surprised and overjoyed, and from the looks of it, the children are taking after Jasmine's tiger girl form in a way that they look a tad different from human fetuses.
She knew that Jasmine would have to eat way more than usual in the incoming months, and she would have to somehow convince her to eat a lot more, maybe telling her that she has a lot to get up to full maturity...
Gwen asked warmly, "Are they getting close yet to the end of the ceremony?", and Onyx smiled, "Yes.", and the family smiled before Peter chuckled, "Hey, let's go make a load of gingerbread cookies, and plenty of them leftover for their homecoming.". The others nod in agreement, and happily went to bake.
Meanwhile, George is in awe and love, adoringly looking at Skyler who is outfitted with a crown of beautiful flowers, a modest Arabian dress, while he's outfitted with a modest formal shirt with a nice quality vest, with poufy pants.
"You look beautiful, Skyler...", George whispered as she smiled when she walked up to him. "Thank you... I guess the other women did a good job fixing me up...", Skyler gave a light chuckle.
George smiled, "They certainly did...Rags, modest, or very formal, you always end up as an exotic beauty...", and Skyler smiled bashfully, "You fix up really good too...Not as spiffy as your uniform, but you look so handsome...I can't believe the people did all of this...".
"Well, I had help.", George chuckled, glancing at Cassim who smiled at them, and asked quietly, "You two ready?". They nodded, and Cassim then cleared his throat, "Citizens of Agrabah, we are all here to witness two remarkable people as they proceed to tie their bond together as one. Who dares object to this union of those people?".
Gratefully, no objection came as half the city had expected that Jafar would barge in after catching a person or something with his dark magic, but apparently, the rebellion has truly hidden themselves rather well.
"We all now stand before the matrimony of George Stacy and Skyler Onyx. George Stacy, do you offer your life to be part of this woman's life, as long as you live?", Cassim asked. George replied firmly, "I do.".
Cassim then asked Skyler, "Skyler Onyx, do you offer your life to be part of this man's life, as long as you live?", and Skyler beamed, replying happily, "I do.".
He then continued, "George Stacy, do you swear to be there for this woman through highs and lows, as long as you live?", and George spoke, "I do.", and Cassim repeated the same for Skyler, with her responding, "I do.".
"Do you give all your heart, mind, and soul to be one with this woman, George Stacy?", Cassim kept going, and George nodded, "I do.", and after Cassim asked the same to Skyler, she happily said, "I do.".
Cassim then smiled, asking, "Do you forever and ever take this woman to be your wife, in this world, by Allah, as long as you live, George Stacy?", and George smiled happily, "I do.".
Skyler was nearly bubbling with excitement as Cassim asked, "Do you forever and ever take this man to be your husband, in this world, by Allah, as long as you live, Skyler Onyx?", and she smiled so brightly, "I do.".
"Then witnessed by the city of Agrabah, vested by me, I now pronounce you as man and wife. You may kiss the bride.", Cassim announced happily.
George leaned forward to kiss Skyler on the lips, his arms wrapped around her as all felt right at the moment. There were no worries about what may happen tomorrow or further in the future, for right now, it was just him and her, and that was all that mattered.
Skyler closed her eyes as she took in the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing him back just as lovingly and deeply as he is, lasting for a half minute before they pulled away, with George whispering, "I love you, Skyler Stacy...", and Skyler smiled, whispering back, "I love you, George Stacy.", before they looked back at the mass of people who cheered and clapped warmly yet carefully, throwing feathers and confetti as the couple smiled widely, nearly sprinting down the aisle.
They happily laughed as they heard people asking for Cassim to marry them next, and they made it to their snug apartment, with George chuckling, "I think I have to owe Cassim a big favor after this...".
Skyler giggled, "Probably.", before slightly gasping in surprise as George lifted her up, smiling, "Husbands carry their wives into the house...Tradition...", carrying her as they walked into the apartment, widening their eyes as they saw the apartment get done up, with a small pile of modest gifts like baubles, food, and a couple of gold things.
"Wow, I stand corrected...Still can't believe the people did this...", Skyler chuckled, and George smiled as he gently lowered her down, "We're newlyweds, after all, my exotic beauty...", kissing her on the cheek.
Skyler giggled, "I like the sound of that, my captain...", before humming, "Shall we see what the people got for us?". George nodded, and the newlywed couple went to check out the gifts with curious smiles.
They admired the gifts, and then were given food by door, without people interrupting them, and they went to enjoy dinner. George smiled, "No matter what gets the people down in the dumps or up in the clouds, their meals are great...".
"Indeed. Especially with the unique kabobs I really like...", Skyler smiled, admiring the view of George before sighing deeply, and George asked in concern, "You okay, Sky?".
Sky smiled at him, "I'm alright...It's just that...this is our first wedding, and well, I wish I'd make you happy tonight...", both overjoyed at the fact that she's married to the love of her life, yet upset that she's still an alien, not having the inner female system...Best as she could, she only could shapeshift her body into having breasts, long legs, having attractive allure, and feelings of sensation when George touches her like purring and such.
"It's alright... I know how much you want to... but...", George took a deep breath. "I'd rather save that when we've truly won... make it all the more memorable, you know? To enjoy the full experiences of being human, you understand?".
Skyler smiled at him, "I'd really love that, George...Still, when we win and get home, do we have to wait until our second wedding with Gwen and the others as witnesses?".
George replied, "Well, there's no laws about adults making love before weddings, through it's a rule in many religions to keep intact, but we're not in religion much, are we?".
"No, but I won't force you if we must wait...After all, we're married in the eyes of Agrabah and Allah in this world, but we're not married in the eyes of New York City and God in our world...", Skyler replied, as they don't have rings and all as Arabic and Muslims in the ancient world doesn't have ring exchanges here.
"If you want us to wait at least until you're back with Onyx, and we can get married in front of Gwen and the others, that'll be more than fine with me.", George said as he gently brushed her cheek.
Skyler sighed happily as she looked at him, "I can do that, my beloved husband...", and George smiled warmly at her, "Doesn't mean that we can hold each other, my beloved wife...", kissing her on the lips.
Skyler giggled, and shifted slightly to make her body slimmer, causing her dress to fall off, and George smiled, caressing her shoulders and back as he sat down on the bed, and removed his shirt and vest.
Skyler smiled at him as she sat on his lap while she kissed him passionately for a long minute before George sighed contentedly, holding her in his arms as he laid back, shuffling to the pillows, and he chuckled softly, "You will always be my exotic beauty...Skyler Onyx Stacy. I can't wait to see you turn to a purely perfect human with Genie's powers...I always wondered what you would look like...".
Skyler smiled bashfully, "Two things I want to keep physically is my ink black color for my hair, and my stormy dark blue eyes...otherwise, I have no idea...".
"I can hazard a few guesses...", George chuckled. "I probably would think you might borrow a few attributes from Gwen and the girls.".
Skyler smiled softly, "That would be nice, but to be honest, I want to be your Skyler, and if that means a different skin tone, accent, height and weight, along...the more intimate parts...", shyly looking at him, and George blinked in surprise before smiling, "As long as you are my Skyler in personality and those beautiful eyes and hair, I will accept you no matter what...After all, you're my wife forever and ever, and I love you with my heart, mind, and soul...".
"I love you too, George.", Skyler smiled as she kissed his lips. There was then a brief silence as both were pretty much thinking the same thing. "Do you think... do you think it'll all be over tomorrow?".
"Cassim and the others have come up with a really good plan. If all goes well, we'll get into the palace with little trouble... then it's the matter of finding the lamp and getting Jafar.", George said.
Skyler looked at him, "You think he changed the hiding place of the lamp when we noticed that it was caged up on that snake throne?".
George sighed, "That's what I could have done...", and Skyler nodded, "Neither way, I would track it down if he's not holding it close to him.".
"That means we'd have to be quick if he's holding it close.", George replied, and Skyler took a deep breath, "Good thing that I am a shapeshifter. Still, I want you to be careful...".
"I know. He'll clearly see me coming from a distance, but you, on the other hand... could easily sneak up on him if you're disguised a manner of things. Even a black blob moving along the corners of a room, sneaking up from behind on him, would work.", George said.
Skyler nodded, "I know...we went over this so much over the past three weeks...I'm determined to finish him, but losing you, it terrifies me more than fire, my natural enemy...", tucking her face against George's bare, warm chest.
"I'm terrified too if that makes you feel any better; I'm worried about losing you as well or leaving you behind. We just need to hold faith that we can win... Jafar will be distracted enough and in a panic which will give us the chance to end this. We got close to him already before... we can do it again and we have the entire kingdom behind us.", George told her.
Skyler looked up at him, "You truly believe?", and George leaned down to kiss her on the lips, "Yes. We can do this, Sky.", with a confident smile.
Skyler smiled softly before cuddling closer, "I believe you, my captain...now can we just forget about it tonight?". George smiled, holding her warmly, caressing her back, "Of course.", grabbing the blanket to cover them, and they cuddled, soon falling asleep.
Dawn came fairly early for them, the light shining in through the cracks of their hideout, signaling that today was finally the day, that the tyranny of Jafar would end once and for all. Some couldn't sleep much, excitement, worry or anxiousness kept them from getting as much rest, but for George and Skyler, they strangely had slept pretty well.
George woke up to see Skyler peacefully sleeping on his shoulder and chest, and he smiled softly, remembering the wonderful ceremony yesterday, and he's a husband once again, yet he feels like a husband for the first time, that well of dark sadness about his ex-wife was strangely gone, but he wasn't upset about it for he's able to think clearly once again with his exotic beautiful wife in his arms...he's determined to bring justice to Agrabah, to come home to his daughter, to see his wife become human forever, to marry her in a small ceremony with Gwen and the others attending, to show her all the wonders of the world without worrying about hiding her away, to give her the most attention and love on their big night, to see her glowing with motherhood one day, and so much more...
He knew one of Skyler's wishes is to make him younger...If he could make the world to think that he adopted Gwen when he was 21 or something, he could be in his middle 30s...
Not that it would truly make that much of a difference; he didn't exactly look like he was aging rapidly or anything, he was able to still appear maybe his late 30s at the youngest. But that was all pushed to the back of his mind, he needed to focus on the task at hand as everything would need to go right for today for victory to be achieved.
George kissed Skyler's head tenderly, "Love, wake up...it's the big day, and we can't miss breakfast.", and Skyler moaned softly, "You feel too comfortable to leave...".
"I'm sorry that's the case... I'd love for us to sleep in, but we've got work to do... when we win and get back, I'll be sure to let us have a few days of sleeping in.", George chuckled.
Skyler blinked sleepily, looking at George, "That's right, you told your precinct that you have a month of vacation...Can we have a honeymoon after the second wedding?".
George smiled, "We can ride Carpet when we get back home...I like the sound of spending our honeymoon on an oasis somewhere...".
"Maybe you can show me how to swim?", Skyler smiled softly, and George chuckled, "Of course...I taught Gwen, and I'd love to teach you...Perhaps after you get some practice in, for our big night, we can do some moonlight dipping...".
Skyler shivered in delight at the suggestive thought, "You sure are a rebel...", and George whispered, "Only for you, love...", kissing her on the lips deeply for a long minute before he smiled, "Let's go grab some grub and start the plan. We will win, Skyler, and we will get home.".
"I know...", Skyler nodded, one way or another, she would make sure of that. The two of them got up and got ready as they met with Cassim who was also eating with some others. "Good to see you two awake, we were about to send someone.", he said.
George smiled softly, "We were taking our time as much as we could in waking up...", and Cassim nodded solemnly, understanding what he meant...If he had his wife and son, he would have spent every waking moment possible.
Skyler nodded with a thankful smile at one of the women who gave them bowls of their meal, and Cassim exhaled, "Most of the people are prepared up top, and my archers and swordsmen are waiting for their signal by Carpet.".