Epilogue

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Four months had passed. It was now the begining of October. The land was turning shades of orange, red, brown and gold. The castle and village of Eblan were still being reconstructed, and the work would continue through the winter, but there was time for one celebration.

Rydia had looked forward to this day ever since they'd returned to the Blue Planet. Now, four long moths later, she starred at herslef in a tall mirror, wondering how she'd gone to a simple little girl in a cut off little town to a queen. When she was seven, she'd never dreamed of wearing something so lovely as her wedding dress. White as a cloud; light as a feather; as beautiful and one of a kind as the diamond on her engagement ring. She hoped that whoever made the dress had been paid well.

"You seem nervous," Rosa said behind her. Rydia had been glad that her friends from Baron had come today. The mage-queen had made the past week run so much easier for her. Rydia sighed. "Not nervous, excited," She corrected, shaking her arms sharply. She felt like running around in circles just so that she could vent her jumpiness. But instead she shook her arms and stompped her feet.

"You know, when you get there, you'll be to nervous to even do anything," Rosa predicted. Rydia knew that Rosa was probably right. She felt excited now, but it would quickly turn to fear. "That didn't happen with you though," Rydia pointed out. "No, it didn't," Rosa admited. "But I nearly fainted." Rydia couldn't quite imagine that. After knowing the mage for so long it was hard to thing of Rosa fainting from nervousness.

"But don't worry. I'm sure you'll do fine," Rosa asurred the bride. Rydia smiled; she felt a little calmer. Someone knocked on the door and Rosa went to answer it. As Rydia pushed a strand of emerald hair out of her face, she heard the door open and then a familiar voice say, "It's almost time. Bring Rydia downstairs." "Alright, Kain. I'll see you in a minute," Rosa said, shutting the door. She quickly took the bouqet of lilies from their vase on the bedstand and handed them to Rydia. She took her hand and led her downstairs. "Let's go," Rosa said quickly.

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Rosa was right. When it was time to walk down the isle, Rydia could barely move. Her eyes wandered about the room, feeling silly and embarassed. But when she saw Edge, standind at the other end of the church, waiting for her with a smile on his face, she found that she could move again. Once again she felt like running, but she forced herslef to walk. She wanted the day to be done right now. She wanted to be Edge's wife now.

She's so beautiful, Edge thought. He'd always thought that Rydia was breathtakingly lovely; but today she looked angelic. Clad all in white, carrying lilies in both hands. He never thought that white would look so becoming on her.

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The vows seemed to drag by for Rydia. Once or twice she felt like screaming, "Can we speed this up?" Of course she didn't say anything other than what she was intended to say, but it annoyed her.

"Rydia, you're crying," Egde whispered to her. She hadn't noticed until then. Why was she crying? Was it her overwhelming joy? Or because she wished the ceremony would go faster? She wished that she knew. But she didn't, so she wiped the tears away and went on with things.

"Child, I asked you a question," The elder said to Rydia (no, it was the Eblan elder). "You did?" She said, confused. She didn't hear him say anything. The elder sighed and repeated, "Do you take this man to be your lawfully wdded husband?" Rydia blushed. "I do," She said sheepishly. The elder asked Edge the same question. "Yeah, I think that's already been established," Was his answer. Of course, this induced room-wide laughter. Even the elder laughed; it was a good answer, and it was clearly a yes.

"Very well, then," The elder said. "I pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride," He finally said. Rydia felt all the tension melt from her body. At last, the vows were over! Only one more thing left to do...

"I love you," She whipsered as he kissed her. She felt suddenly felt different. It wasn't because she was now someone's wife, or because she was now a queen. She just happy. She was now joined forever with someone who she loved forever.

It made her happy.

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That wasn't such a fab ending. I'll make fixes if you'll send me ideas. But yeah; I'm not so hot with fluffiness. It's fun to write, but ideas come slow to me, I'm sure that you can think of something better. Oh well... I have another love story to conclude, which also involves a wedding, so I guess I should start thinking. Thanks to y'all who read. I've had ever so much fun!

Frieda Right.