Chapter 19: Say "Cheese"?!
Once you were back in the foyer of the castle, Gothall came up behind you, straightening your dress, regathering the train up again in her arms. She waited for you to follow Bastian and your family from the secret door near the winding stairs.
You did so quickly, following him down another long hallway off of the foyer, through a tall set of very large ornate and gilded double doors. In the theme of apple trees with encircling snakes and eyes. Bastian holding them open for you and your family to enter.
The throne room of the palace was beautiful, intimidating as well as grander than you expected and you expected quite a bit. The walls were tall and made out of black/gold veined marble with ornate gilded golden baseboards and crown moldings.
The floors were made out of Calacatta gold veined marble in diamond shaped tiles. In the middle of the floor leading to the thrones was tile in a black/gold veined marble. Atop of that was a long white and gold carpet themed in apple tress, snakes and eyes that ran up from the entrance of the throne room ending at the thrones themselves.
In the far back above the thrones was a gilded glass dome along with four Gothic style tall windows on either side of the grand room, letting the red light of Hell's sky through. All the windows were surrounded by ornate gilded Calacatta black veined pillars.
Two tall ornate gilded golden thrones in the style of apples and snakes encircling the trees stood in the middle back of the spacious room on a three step platform, bordered by several tall Calacatta black vein marble pillars, both ornate and gilded. Ornate black wooden gilded seats lined the walls on either sides of the room.
Just as you were admiring the throne room, your father, Lucifer walked ahead of you and twirled around with his arms out. He was smiling broadly, turning towards you and looking directly into your eyes "This is our Throne room, my dear! Hmm... how about we take the family portrait in front of the thrones?" he paused as your mother came in front of your view and wrapped her arm around your fathers shoulders.
"Me and your mother talked, and we wanted you to have your Coronation on your birthday, celebrating both occasions tonight, Y/N! So with your coronation happening before the wedding, everything would be squared away!" Lucifer announced his voice booming with excitement and pride. While you mother gave you a gentle reassuring smile.
You nodded your head, being reminded of recent events. It was happening pretty fast... faster than you anticipated...but "Yes, but how would we go about telling everyone on such short notice?" you asked, forgetting about the family portrait, your mind more keen on the coronation and your birthday. Looking around the Throne room and then back at your parents.
Lucifer smile grew even wider "Well, Bastian and our staff last night informed the nine circles of hell and their Princes of recent events and that we would be having a party and Coronation tonight, on your birthday! All the Overlords, Princes and the high ranking nobles will be arriving tonight." Lucifer said with a flourish of his arms, clearly more exited than you.
You stood there rooted in place, shocked... 'Okay... just breath... it's okay...' you thought frantically. That was fast, you didn't even know that Bastian and the castle staff had the time to do all that last night... 'Well... shit...'
You wanted to change the subject entirely "Okay... let's take this portrait!" you said with a burst of forced enthusiasm and a clap of your hands having just remembered about the family portrait. You turned away from your mother and father with the same forced smile, looking at the others only to find Charlie and Alastor looking worriedly at you.
Charlie placed a calming hand on your shoulder along with Alastor 'It's okay. Don't panic, I know it's sudden, but your parents are just excited to have you back and want to make it official to everyone and with the threat that looms "above" us we have to be prepared for the worst.' Alastor thought in a calming, soothing voice to you, wrapping his arms around your shoulders in a hug.
You smiled against his chest, glad for the comfort he gave you 'Thank you, sometimes it's just overwhelming...' you thought back, giving Charlie a small smile as you pulled away. You turned to the rest of your family and followed them towards the gilded thrones. It took a quite a while, making the already big room feel that much grander in scale.
Once at the thrones, Bastian and Gothall positioned you all together. Your father next to your mother, both holding one another. Your sister next to you along with Alastor, standing with his arm wrapped around your shoulders and yours around his waist.
Their was a sudden flash seemingly out of nowhere. And with that a portrait appeared in front of you, with you and your family in a gilded frame, the quality amazing. Suddenly many copies were made subsequently in front of your eyes as the original was floated off the wall it rested on for so long to only then be replaced by the new one, resting there on the wall above the two gilded thrones.
The old portrait flew off into a side room behind the thrones, you wouldn't have know it was there otherwise, prompting you to follow the flying painting. You were surprised at what you found. A simple storage room filled with old things covered by white dusty cloths. You walked over to a more neglected and dusty side of the room in the far back. Where the old portrait landed, being instantly covered by a new white cloth.
You saw a long stack of what you assumed was more paintings covered in a big dusty white cloth next to the one that was just covered. You moved the old white cloth to reveal some very old paintings. Standing there shocked, staring back at you was a very old portrait of yourself with Alabastien and your family, amazed at how similar you looked to your past self.
Your current face was identical to your past self's and now you even had the same silvery blond curly hair, eyes, red colored cheeks and all to white skin. Though you still retained some of your previous features from your previous form, which confused you. But thinking over it, you didn't mind.
Bastian poked his head through the doorway "Y/N, come we need to go and have breakfast and then head out. We have a lot to do today!" Bastian chided, looking around in disgust at the state of the old room. Muttering that he should have someone come and clean this place up.
You smiled and nodded "I be right there!" you said taking a long glance back at the portrait you had found in the dusty old storage room, before leaving with Bastian who waited for you patiently at the doorway.
Leaving the room, you noticed Alastor looking through the doorway at the painting you had uncovered. His face had a weird expression. Maybe he was just being nostalgic about something?
Gothall came over and dusted you off, fretting with your dress all the while before picking up the train as you both followed Bastian out of the throne room and down the stairs to the dinning room.
You quickly took your seat at the table from last night, starting to feel famished all of the sudden. Soon afterwards the servants of the castle came into the room and deposited a breakfast fit for a king onto the table in front of you and your family.
A servant waited by you as you told them what you wanted from the wide selection on the table before you. Bastian poured you favorite drink soon after. You ate quietly, watching and listening to your family plan the day ahead.
You sighed, stressed at what laid before you today. It's just... a lot to deal with. Though you should be grateful for what you had and more amazed at what was happening. When you were alive, things like this happening were just a fantasy. So you decided to try to cheer up.
"We need to get over to the wedding planner, at Entwined. So is everyone ready?" Alastor interrupted, dabbing his mouth with a napkin. Everyone turned towards Alastor and you, all nodding in agreement.
"I along with Bastian will be staying here. We are going to be very busy, getting everything ready for today. Though I would like that you take some of the royal guards with you, I know your more than capable of fighting, but with the recent chaos..." Lucifer said in a serious demanding voice, sitting straight in his seat and looking directly at Alastor and then you.
Alastor nodded, his usual smile faltering at the reminder of recent events. Bastian coughed loudly, successfully getting everyone's attention "I have already thought of such things and have called for a group of royal guards to follow your group wherever you need to go today." Bastian said in a deep voice, giving you a foreboding feeling in your gut...
"Well that's wonderful, thank you Bastian! Okay, ready to go my dear?" Alastor asked, leaning over and kissing you on the head, watching you smile and nod, he continued "Lilith, Charlie and Vaggie? We need to leave quickly or will miss our appointment." Alastor finished.
You got up and followed everyone out of the room and into the foyer. Only to realize your state of dress. It would be uncomfortable to wander all around hell in this corseted dress. You needed a pair of pants and a nice shirt, along with a comfortable pair of shoes. So you tried something...
You snapped your fingers, power flowing from your hand and wrapping around your body. You imagined your dress, shoes and jewelry being placed back into your closet and in their place a floral lacy (Y/C) dress shirt with long belled sleeves, a pair of (Y/C) jeans and a nice pair of comfortable (Y/C) combat boots.
You looked down at your arm to check if it had worked, happy to see a lace belled sleeve peeking back at you. You wanted to squeal, it had worked! You smiled broadly as the room fell silent.
Everyone in the room with you had either a disturbed, surprised and or shocked expression on their faces at what you had just accomplished. Not that you blamed them. You were knew to this whole thing... and they probable didn't think you would figure this out so quickly...
You put your hand to the back of your head and gave a half hearted laugh "I just wanted to see if I could do what Alastor does. And I guess I can!" you said nervously, now fiddling with your newly acquired shirt.
Alastor laughed, breaking the tension in the room "My dear, I'm proud of you for figuring that out on your own! Well done!" he said patting you on the shoulder. You blushed at his praise and muttered a small thank you...
꧁•─────•°•Entwined•°•─────•꧂
You had ridden to the Hazbin Hotel in a limousine with Alastor, Lilith, Charlie and Vaggie along with two black cars flagging your limousine filled with royal guards in each one. Making a pit stop to get Niffy along the way to Entwined. She was wide eyed at the idea of being the flower girl for the wedding.
She was jumping up and down, running around at impossible speeds before getting into the limousine. You had smiled at her childish antics, seeing her ooh and aah at the inside of the of the car, before you and your group arrived at Entwined.
You made your way out of the limousine, stepping out onto the sidewalk and taking a look around you, glad the mob from yesterday was nowhere to be seen. Only seeing royal guards shuffle near your family's limousine. You turned behind you seeing Alastor emerge from the limousine, deciding to ask him 'How'd did you find Niffty?'
He looked down at you and chuckled 'I adopted her a while ago, she was orphaned by her naturally born in hell cyclops demon parents, I had found her in a dumpster. I couldn't leave her there, despite what I have done in the past... I'm not that type of monster.' he thought to you, wrapping his arm around your waist.
You smiled at the thought, so she was basically going to be your baby to? To cute... 'She seems so well put together for someone so young. What age is she anyway?' you asked, as he opened the door for you and the rest of your family to go into Entwined.
He smiled proudly down at you 'She's only 10 years old and she very mature for her age, though she is a complete goofball and writes fan fictions well beyond her age group... which I am not to pleased with, but what can you do... because I've tried everything...' he answered, face palming himself towards the end in eternal frustration at his adopted daughter.
You thought deeply about Niffty being your adopted daughter so soon. You didn't know her very well, but if Alastor could love her as a daughter. She would be someone you would eventually become really attached to and love yourself.
So with this in mind, you didn't just want her as an adopted daughter... no she should become your own flesh and blood, both yours and Alastor's. Just like your parents had done to you, you at least thought that it should and would work that way... hopefully!
You knew you'd have to have a talk with the both of them later tonight about it. Because you wanted Niffty to want this as well, not wanting to force it onto her. You also wouldn't let Niffty stay at the hotel again, if you had a say in it. She should be with you and Alastor. Safe with the both of you at the palace.
Alastor squeezed your waist gently 'I would love to see what she would think about that, now that we could really do it for real!' he thought lovingly to you. You leaned your head on his shoulders, smiling.
You, Alastor and your new family sat down in Alex's office, along with the royal guards standing at the entrance, crowding the now seemingly small room. She smiled awkwardly at you and your family after hearing what had recently happened.
Alex was one of the first to learn about your new situation and now she just looked extremely nervous. Good thing your father didn't come with you... or she might just faint. And she looked like she was just about to do just that, regardless.
"Well what other changes are there?" Alex asked, trying to keep her composer, looking toward you and your mother. Lilith went on a tirade about the changes to your wedding and what needed to be ordered and quickly. Being that your wedding was tomorrow. You tried to put in your two cents in here and there... not wanting your wedding completely her way. You mostly won out... it was still your design mostly, but on a grander scale. A more Royal scale...
And the guest list... just wow... so many more people... and you knew almost none of them! You hoped that Silver Trinity, your wedding caterer would be able to work with all of the changes. The cake and all the food she would have to make would have to be more than doubled, probable quadrupled...
You laughed nervously at the thought, but put on a smile for everyone anyway. Making sure that Alex informed Silver of those changes. It seemed like everything that you and Alastor did already needed to be altered or outright changed... wedding's were a pain...
It took a while, but finally all the kinks were worked out and you could finally go to Hellfire Design and get refitted for your wedding dresses. Hopefully it wouldn't be to difficult of alterations and then getting dresses for your mother, Charlie, Vaggie and Niffty... hopefully that didn't take to long either, you didn't have much time...