Mary Alex: A Royal Wedding

Forced Marriage

I was wearing a wedding gown. I was getting ready for my forced marriage with Stranger Black. He was a brute with brown hair, pale, gray eyes, and a stupid face that seemed very punch able. My stepmother forced every citizen to be hypnotized into believing I had never left and that we were to have the wedding years ago. It was to be in one hour. I had a hard time contemplating that Michael Varex was going to have a happy life that did not include me. But whenever I would think about that, I would remind myself that at least he would be alive. 

There was a knock. "Come in!" 

My stttuuupppiiiddd and annnoooyyyiiinnnggg stepmother came into my room. "Oh my! Stranger will be so happy I picked you for a bride!"

I was angered. If my true mother were here, she would have said whoever I was to marry was a very lucky man and that I looked beautiful. That man would have been Michael, not some brute I never met before. But I did not respond. "Mary! Time to go!" I did not obey.  She clenched her fist, controlling the shadow flux, and I rose up. We walked out to the castle hall. The music started, and I begrudgingly walked through the hall. It was a brutal journey for me. I stopped at the steps and turned to face Stranger. 

"May the ceremony begin..."  The officiator said a couple more things I did not care to pay attention to. On one hand, I was trying to get a hold of my body, because Marian controlled it. On the other hand, I was trying to formulate an escape plan. 

"May we have the rings!" The officiator suddenly announced. Katie came forward and presented the rings. "Stranger Black, do you take Mary Alex to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, be faithful only to her, for as long as you both shall live?" 

"I do."

"Mary Alex, do you take Stranger Black to be your wedded husband, to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and forsake all others, be faithful only to her, for as you both shall live. "

It was my turn to say the two most devastating words of my life, but I just couldn't do it. I loved Michael, and if I had to stay in a dungeon sell, I would not cheat on him, for he would never do such things to me. 

"I..... I' 

"Get started darling!" My stepmother commanded. 

"I..... do not!" I ran towards the castle doors, as fast as I could go. Black chased after me. I then saw a crazy sight. Michael, Sophie, Linh, Wylie, Keefe, Tam, Marella, Stina, Dex, Biana, and Fitz, also Michael's family burst through the doors. I ran towards them. I took off my shoes, my veil, and the powers that stopped me from doing anything, the shadow flux. I ran straight into Michael's loving arms, holding on for dear life. Tam stood back. He raised his hands and called all the shadow flux in the room to him. Black tendrils seeped from the walls and people. It collected into a giant ball in front of the group. Tam sent it up into the sky, taking all of Marian's power with it. 

The people cheered, then fell asleep. The shadow flux had made them tired and weak. They would have to rest for a while.  I looked to Michael. "Thank you" Then I fell asleep.