I don't own APH I only own any Ocs that appear.
Madison took a deep breath, trying to calm down as her handmaiden; Lily (Liechtenstein) brushed her hair for her wedding.
"Nervous about getting married and becoming a princess?" the shorter blond guessed.
"Getting married yes, becoming a princess no…Why am I becoming just a princess if Gilbert is a king?" the bride-to-be asked.
"Oh, that's simple, you have to bare him a child before you can be queen," replied Lily.
"Wait, what? I'm only seventeen! I knew this was a bad idea…"
"Well if you don't have any children after five years his majesty will divorce you, though he might keep you as a mistress," Lily pointed out styling the short hair before her.
"You're not helping," the bride-to-be scolded.
Lily bowed, "Sorry milady."
Maddie's wedding gown was ice blue, wrapping around her shoulders with fabric roses, the skirt reaching her ankles, a band of light blue cloth separating the top and bottom, open toe sandals with decorative flowers were on her feet. Over her hands were ice blue elbow length gloves, a short white veil on her head, and a jeweled necklace around her dainty neck. She walked down the isle, wishing her sister was there, but she smiled at Gilbert taking his hand when she reached him. Their wings touched as the ceremonial cord was tied then they kissed.
"What's wrong Maddie?" Gilbert asked his slightly gloomy looking bride at their reception.
Maddie sighed, "Lily told me about the whole baby rule…"
"Oh, that rule. Not my idea, that rule's older then I am. Older then my mother I think, but…we can wait until your twenty or so to try for a baby, there are no rules against me remarrying you," he told her taking her hand, "I love you and no one else."
"I love you too…I guess I can stand being a teenaged mother since I'm married," she said with a smile, "I just wish my sister was here."
"But she is, she's here in your heart," he assured his wife, kissing her hand.
"Oi! Are you two gonna dance or not?" called a blond green-eyed girl that was Gilbert's friend; Francis's plus one as well as his girlfriend.
Maddie glanced at the other teen in her gothic Lolita dress, holding onto Gilbert's arm. She was still shy around people, skittish more so now due to her training as a slave.
"Shall we my pretty Snowbird?" asked the Snow Fairy king.
Maddie nodded, "I might step on your feet accidentally just to warn you."
Gilbert laughed as he pulled her onto the dance floor, spinning her gently making her giggle. He loved her laugh, her smile, her eyes, her cute pouting lips, everything about her he loved, and he knew she loved him in return.
"I'm better at this then I thought," said a slightly surprised Maddie.
Gilbert smiled, "Well you have great balance and an awesome dance partner."
"My great balance is due to being on roller blades a lot, for street hockey," Maddie told her husband smiling.
"Well, for our honeymoon were going to a cabin in the mountains with a lake that we can skate on together."
"But I don't have any ice skates…Even if I did they would be back in the human world, too small for me and have been passed on to someone else," Maddie pointed out.
"If I have to I'll buy you a pair," he told her.
Maddie giggled, "You're gonna spoil me!"
It turned out that Maddie's new brother-in-law; Ludwig, had gotten her a pair of white ice skates. Despite being a werewolf and not a Snow Fairy like his half-brother he still understood his elder sibling very well. Gilbert had told her that their father was an Incubus who dared to sleep with both the widowed Snow Fairy Queen and the unmarried Werewolf Queen which resulted in the birth of the two. When the royal mothers-to-be found out about the other they agreed to raise the children they had together. Other gifts were mostly clothing, jewelry, a jewelry box, hair brushes, combs and a few books. After the wedding reception Gilbert helped Maddie into a carriage.
"You said you had a sister, what's she like?" Gilbert asked as they rode.
Maddie smiled, "Well, her name's Amelia, ever since we were little she'd try to look out for me. I was one of the smaller orphans so was picked on a lot but she'd always protect me. We were left at the orphanage on the same day and we looked a lot a like so they had to do a DNA test and it proved that we were sisters. We were rarely in the same foster home but we were never far apart. Our kinder foster families would let us celebrate our birthday together," she told him and sighed, "I really miss her."
"I'm sure she misses you too," he responded kissing her.
For the rest of her wedding night she forgot her troubles and cares.
ONE MONTH LATER…
Maddie was nervous, she had missed her period, yes female fairies have periods, she had also been queasy and dizzy as of late. But she wanted to be sure before she told her husband. She got dressed in a white blouse, light blue skirt, socks and a pair of boots then headed to the market to get a pregnancy test. Many of the locals knew her by sight already and really liked her, especially the children. Even before her wedding she had played with local children and helped out with them. She would bring Christmas presents to the orphans and taught all the kids how to ice skate since not all the parents liked the idea of hockey. However she was a woman on a mission today, she walked into the pharmacy and looked around for the pregnancy tests.
"Like, looking for something your highness?" came the voice of the female centaur who ran the pharmacy with her husband.
Maddie was startled and turned, "Oh! Filomena (FemPoland), you scared me. Do you have any pregnancy tests, also you don't have to call me your highness or your majesty or anything like that ok? We're friends."
"Sure, and I can, like, get you a test," said Filomena her white horse tail swaying behind her.
Her whole lower half was that of a pure white mare, currently swollen with a foal, she trotted over the a shelf and grabbed a box, handing it to the snow fairy princess, careful not to knock anything down with her pink shirt covered breasts. Filomena and her husband, Toris, were a very nice couple that Gilbert had introduced her to at the Winter Festival where they watched Gilbert create the first snow of winter. Toris, had a brown stallion's lower body, slightly past ear length brown hair and green eyes like his wife.
"Like, best one we have," the female centaur said before belching and putting a hand on her chest, "Sorry, that's normal for me these days."
"I bet Toris is excited about the baby," Maddie smiling at her friend.
"Totally! He already has everything set up and it's all gender neutral," cooed Filomena, obviously very grateful for her husband's loving gesture.
"Where is he?" asked Maddie looking around for the only male centaur she personally knew.
Said centaur trotted in carrying boxes of products from the back room, "Oh, Maddie, what are you doing here?"
"Maddie might be having a baby!" Filomena cheered, clomping her hooves excitedly.
"That's great! Does Gilbert know?" asked Toris grinning.
Maddie shook her head, "Not yet, I don't wanna give him false hope."
"You can have the test free of charge," said Toris when he saw her pulling out her wallet.
Maddie nodded, thanked then and headed home. Luckily for here Gilbert was in a meeting so she was able to take her test with out him knowing.
"Maddie I'm home," Gilbert called a few hours later.
"Welcome home Gil…" his wife told him with a small smile.
"What's with that smile? That's you happy but nervous smile. So what's up?"
Maddie took a deep breath, "I'm pregnant."
Gilbert lifted her up and spun her around, "That's wonderful!"
He smiled until she puked on him, "Sorry…but you shouldn't of spun me like that."
TBC