Chapter 10

The next year that summer, after Elsa's twelfth birthday, it was the wedding day of Princess Pyra, and soon-to-be Prince Consort Arran, as technically, Pyra was actually a princess, and could take back the Kageran Throne if she wanted to. She was currently getting ready for her big entrance at the church in two hour's time, and was already stressing out, nervous about the wedding like a typical bride. She already had her minimal make up done and her hair all done, and she was just waiting for Queen Ida to finish dressing herself and the girls so she could help her with her dress, as she would need help pulling it over her sleeveless, strapless shift.

Pyra took a deep breath and blew it out her lips like a horse, hearing a voice behind her say jokingly "Hey, why the 'long face'?"

The twenty one year old jumped slightly at Ida's sudden joke and spun around, replying sarcastically "Ha ha, very funny. Well, are we going to get myself dressed?"

Ida smirked and rolled her eyes, unpacking the dress and accessories from the large white box on the bed. Ida then guided Pyra behind the changing screen and pulled the dress over Pyra's arms and head, lacing up the corset from behind, before straightening out any creases in the dress and handing her the strapped heels that went with the dress, and white silk wedding gloves that went past the elbows and wrapped around the base of Pyra's middle finger. Ida then turned the young knight around and gasped in delight at her beauty, exclaimed proudly and joyfully "You look absolutely ethereal!"

Pyra's dress was form fitting and ruffled at the bottom of the skirt, but it wasn't really poofy, and it covered her feet, so when she walked and turned around, she looked like she was gliding, floating over the ground. Her hair was down, with the sides and part of the back of the head braided, before getting the braided parts platted together and held at the top with a white ribbon bow, and the bottom held in place with another white ribbon. Pyra's lips were a glossy, natural looking pinkish-red, and had a small amount of makeup on her eyelashes, making her amber coloured eyes stand out. The look was completed with a gold, circular Kageran crown with a ruby in the centre of the flame designs on top of her head, which belonged to her many great grandmother, and a light veil was attacked to it on the back.

Pyra blushed slightly and gave an excited and nervous smile as she accepted her white ribbon and white and yellow rose bouquet from The Queen, the older monarch cupping Pyra's face daintily, saying "Now, don't be nervous. You're marrying the man of your dreams and heart, and the only thing you should focus on, apart from the priest, is Arran. Now, it's time to go, and the girls are all ready for the aisle as well."

Pyra smiled warmly at her words and said creamily and gratefully "Thank you so much, Ida. Well, as you said, let's go to the church."

Ida smiled and walked Pyra outside, the two young princesses waiting for them, dressed in light blue strapless dresses with white rose and blue hydrangea petals in their baskets and blue hydrangea in their braided hair. They gaped at Pyra and Elsa stated in awe "You look so beautiful. I'm kind of jealous."

Anna nodded and hummed in agreement, her eyes never leaving the bride, and Pyra smiled gently at them, saying "Thank you, girls. It means so much to me. Now, let's get started, shall we?"

They exited the castle and hopped into a white carriage pulled by the cleaned and groomed Navar and Elena, and at The Queen's command, the young private in the front of the carriage shook the reins and the horses trotted out of the gates and into the town, riding through the crowded main streets as the carriage was ridden to the church. After the carriage stopped at the church, the young private jumped out of the front of the carriage and helped the royal family out first, before helping the bride down onto the ground. They all entered the front doors and waited by the second door that lead to the aisle, Elsa and Anna taking their positions in front of the bride, and Arthur, who was waiting for the royal women to arrive, linked arms with Pyra as Ida went around through a different doors to her seat.

At Ida's instruction to the priest and the organist, the priest nodded to the organist, who started to play The Wedding March, and everyone turned around to see the bride enter the church, with Arran looking really nervous about the whole wedding.

However, that soon melted into a beaming smile as he saw the girls, The King and Pyra walk down the aisle, Arran completely taken away by his wife-to-be's heavenly appearance.

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Pyra started walking in time behind the girls, who were enthusiastically throwing their flowers petals on the ground around them as they bounded happily down the aisle. Pyra saw Arran, wearing a black suit with a yellow cummerbund, rose and cravat with his hair tied back as usual and with his silver earrings in, standing at the altar, smiled radiantly at her as he saw her for the first time as a bride. She beamed back at him from underneath her veil and soon stopped by his side, the priest smiling happily at them.

The priest then said to the audience "Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to witness to holy bond and union between this man, and this woman, in holy matrimony. Now, if anyone objects to this marriage, let them speak now or forever hold their peace."

No one spoke and the priest continued gladly "Very well. Now, who shall give this woman away to this man?"

Arthur replied strongly "I do," before letting Pyra go and walking to his

seat, smiling warmly up at them and waited for the big moment.

The priest then told them both "Now, please kneel and link hands, so I may bind them and bestow blessings upon this wedding and union."

Arran and Pyra linked Arran's left hand and Pyra's right hand together and entwined their fingers, facing the priest as he wrapped a crimson cloth around their bound hands.

"Dear Lord," the priest started to bless, "I now place my blessings upon this man and this woman, and I pray that they live happily together, through the hard times, and the good times, through the richer, and the poorer, until death does them apart. May they be blessed with happiness, health and with many children, and forever be united until death does them apart."

The priest then told the couple after he removed the cloth "You may now rise, and Captain Arran, repeat after me."

They both stood tall and Captain Arran repeated after the priest "I, Captain Arran Jarl Bronstad, shall forever protect, love and nurture my wife-to-be, Pyra Jeane Kageria, and I shall be there for her in the hard times, the good times, the wealthy times, and the poorer times, and shall do so until death does us apart."

The priest nodded and said to the best man, who was Arran's best friend, Sergeant Blake (who was dating Private Chava, who was Pyra's maid of honour) "May the best man present the rings?"

Blake strode forward slowly, and presented two plain gold rings on a purple velvet cushion to the priest, and the priest told Arran "You may now slide Princess and Lady Pyra's wedding band on her finger."

Arran gently took Pyra's ring off of the cushion and slid it on her left ring finger, just above her engagement ring, and on the ring said 'To the ashes of time, our love shall never die.'

The priest then got Pyra to repeat his own words and said "I, Princess and Lady Pyra Jeane Kageria, shall forever protect, love and nurture my husband-to-be, Captain Arran Jarl Bronstad, and I shall be there for him in the hard times, the good times, the wealthy times, and the poorer times, and shall do so until death does us apart."

The priest then said "You may now slide Captain Arran's wedding band on his finger."

Pyra took Arran's ring off the cushion and slid it on above Arran's engagement ring, the wedding band having the words carved on it 'We will be together forever, you and I.'

The priest then beamed and asked Princess and Lady Pyra "Do you, Pyra Jeane Kageria, take Arran Jarl Bronstad to become your lawfully wedded husband?"

Pyra beamed and replied lovingly "I do!"

The priest smiled and asked Captain Arran "Do you, Arran Jarl Bronstad, take Pyra Jeane Kageria to become your lawfully wedded wife?"

Arran's eyes never left Pyra's and he replied gently "I do."

The priest beamed his brightest smile and declared "Then, by the power vested in me, I now declare you two, husband and wife! You may now kiss the bride!"

They didn't hesitate and jumped into each other's arms, Arran and Pyra kissing each other passionately before the whole full church, the audience giving them a standing ovation, and soon, the newly married couple broke apart, and Arran caught Pyra in his arms bridal style as she jumped up into his arms happily. He spun her around a few times before gently placing her on the ground and walked off down the aisle, getting showered in white rose and blue hydrangea petals as the did so from the audience.

The newly-weds soon reach the outside of the church, where the whole town congratulated them as the church bells rang, the two of them hopping into the carriage and taking off to the reception in the castle, where all of the nobles and specially invited guests came to celebrate the aftermath of the wedding. Pyra and Arran were laughing merrily as they waved to the crowds as they rode off towards the castle, their love making them both glow in the midday sun.

And this counted as one of the biggest and best days Arran and Pyra would ever remember.

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The reception lasted until the early night, with food, drinks and music filling up the ballroom as the guests entered one-by-one to congratulate the newly-weds. Elsa and Anna kept eating the chocolates off of the dinner plates, and had a sugar crash just as the party finished. Also, at the end of the night, The King and Queen both said short speeches to the married couple, before letting their best man and maid of honour embarrass them by telling old jokes and funny stories involving the embarrassed newly-weds. Just after that, Chava caught the bouquet that was thrown after the speeches, and Blake caught the garter that Arran took from underneath Pyra's skirt when Ida and her daughters weren't looking, and at the end of the night, Pyra and Arran were driven up to The Kageran-Arendelle Manor for their honeymoon night, which now belonged to them after the royal majesties gave them the manor as a wedding present, as it would've been given to Pyra anyway due to her royal Kageran heritage.

The manor was warm and lit up from the manor's fireplaces and candle holders, and its new staff moved out for the week to give the honeymoon couple some place and privacy. Arran and Pyra loved the place immensely, and soon, Arran started feeling kinky and started to pepper Pyra's neck with soft, butterfly kisses that started to drive her wild, and start to recuperate after managing to turn around and fight for dominance with her lips on his, but Arran wasn't budging, and neither was she.

The couple stumbled into their honeymoon suite and locked the door while into the heat of their passion, and soon backed into the bed and made out long and hungrily for nearly twenty minutes before stripping down to their bare skin, stopping to stare at their partner's perfect bodies for a moment before Arran asked Pyra breathlessly "Are you sure?"

Pyra nodded and moaned out to him "More than anything," before whispering in Kageri "Take me away to Wonderland."

That line broke something within Arran and he went wild, with Pyra joining him passionately, and needless to say, an inferno burned brightly that night, within themselves all night

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The figure blushed at the ending and thought 'I could've added details, but that would've probably been too much for the readers ...'