'Stepping Out, With M'lady'
Stepping Out, With M'lady
I could not see Kries yet,
and I felt a tear fall down my cheek. I had wanted this more than anything, and had been so afraid I would never get it. My dreamy thoughts were interrupted by the sound of music, but it wasn’t the traditional wedding bells, but instead Itna, and the other Ancient One’s were playing a song with their flutes and drums. It was so beautiful, it was like the wind, the water, the earth, everything, wanted this. It felt like the trees were bending towards Kries and me.
As I walked up the aisle,
I realized that there were actually small trees along the aisle that weren’t originally there, and I realized they actually were bending over forming archways. It was then that I understood what Morgan had been talking about. It was decorated so outrageously perfect. Itna and the Ancient One’s had used their old magic to create such a uniquely, beautiful scene.
Aside from the trees, and the rose petals,
there were candles enclosed in glass, hanging from each tree. Everyone was seated in chairs, set up in rows outside of the trees. The altar, which was set up right in front of my old oak tree, was an old cherry wood double-wide lattice. The lattice was unique however.
Instead of the traditional flowers,
or vines that would wrap through and over it, it was made to look like a giant dream-catcher. In the center of the lattice, was a giant heart-shaped intricately carved piece of wood. There were smaller pieces of rose quartz randomly spread out over the lattice tied on with a clear elastic string. The string was mapped out in circles to form the net in which our dreams were to be caught.
Pelican feathers were tied to the sides
of the lattice, and were hanging down, with beads on them. What made the dream-catcher lattice all the more special is that everyone, who were close to us, had tied a note to the lattice, saying what their dream for our future was.
As I reached within ten feet of Kries,
everything else disappeared. I stood in shock, suddenly feeling short of breath, and then it happened. I had a vision. It was the same one I had before, of the two kids playing in the sand. A tan boy, and a white girl. Coming out of it, I was relieved to see everything the same as I'd left it.
I don’t know how long it took
for me to have a vision, but it couldn’t have been more than three seconds, as even the beat of the music was barely above what I remembered. So, I continued down the aisle, even happier than before. As we passed Itna, I glanced over at him, and heard him think to me.
'Did you have a vision?'
'You noticed?'
' Yes I noticed, we all did. What was it?'
'I’ll tell you later, it had nothing to do with demons.'
I looked over, and he nodded
me on, smiling and continuing his music. When I finally arrived at the altar, and Alex and Papa gave me to Kries, I was so entranced by Kries that it was hard to hear anything the minister was saying.
“Do you Clara Jostany…”
This part caught me, waking me from my trance-like state.
“…Take Kriesto Hatfield to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, till death you two part?”
“I do.”
I blushed as I felt him squeeze my hands.
“And do you Kries Hatfield take Clara Jostany to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, till death you two part?”
“I most definitely do,” he spoke smoothly, smiling at me.
“Then I now pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”
He lifted the veil over my head,
and as he leaned in to kiss me, I closed my eyes and thanked the Divine Spirit, for blessing me so. I could hear the burst of applause, as he lifted me up under my arms, above him. As he lowered me back down, he whispered to me.
“I love you Mrs. Hatfield.”
He wrapped his arms around me,
placing one hand on my waist and the other on my stomach. Speaking of stomachs, I thought to myself. I hadn’t told Kries I was pregnant, yet. I looked up at him, I hoped he was as excited as I was, it wasn’t planned obviously, but it was still something we both had eventually wanted. As I was thinking about all of this, looking at him, he looked down at me, and smiled. He leaned down and kissed my head.
“You, me and the baby, for now, and forever.”
'Wait, how does he know?'
Emery must have told him.
'Wait where is Emery?'
I looked around, and saw him morosely standing by a tree, almost as if he were on alert. He half smiled at me.
'Hmm...what is with him?'
I shrugged Emery off my mind,
knowing it was finally time to enjoy my wedding, and my pregnancy. I greeted our guests at the reception we had after the ceremony; we were holding it in the gala room, where we had had Genie’s engagement gala. I threw the bouquet, and it happened to land in Chloe’s granddaughter, Naomi’s arms, she, coincidentally, was standing next to Lawrence. I winked at Lawrence, who smiled and shook his head.
We read each note from everyone
individually, aloud, while everyone drank champagne. I of course, drank sparkling apple cider, which Genie had cleverly provided. Kries and I cut the cake together. It was so beautiful; it was a French vanilla, five-tiered cake that had hardened chocolate covering it. Golden-red roses were painted on it, and on the bottom layer, a real yellow rose was perched.
Our first dance together as man and wife,
felt so much like a fairy-tale. I knew they were playing the song I had requested, but I couldn’t hear anything I was so focused on Kries. I was excited for my married life to begin with him.
As we climbed into the honeymoon carriage hours later,
we waved goodbye to all of our friends and family. I hugged my father and mother, and promised everyone I would share about the scenery when we got back. As we rode down the road away from the house, I was so excited to be spending alone time with Kries. For the first time we would be spending three weeks alone and on our honeymoon nonetheless.
We were headed to one of the most
beautiful places in the world, so I had heard many times by Chloe, the Hatfield girls, and my mother; we were headed to Ireland. We were on our way to the harbor, to go aboard a ship. We would be gone for a month. A lot of that time would be spent traveling, but I didn’t care, so long as I was spending it with Kries.