The Girl Who Became Queen

Ritual's Threats.

"IT'S TIME?!?" Nobody told me when we were going to go do the ritual. it was supposedly going to be a week from today. Charlotte acts worried and misguided, "We had a change of plans. My parrot Hermes came and gave me a scroll, it said that if we didn't have what they wanted they would get rid of all of us, but we know what they want, you and Chris, they'll blow us to smithereens, You have to do the ritual now, you both will override their army because of your royalty and they will bare their necks towards you and Chris, Please Liz, Please save us." I swallow hard and inhale and exhale and speak my opposition, "Ok, one exception though, if Chris and I are still stuck on this ship and I'm going into labor you owe me." "Certainly." "Deal?" I extend my arm to the middle of where Charlotte and I meet. "Deal." She shakes my hand firmly and we walk out up the stairs and into a room I've never seen, it was like Chapel, it had stained glass windows and a stand, there were two chairs, three presents on the stand, the whole room decorated with roses and sage. It looks as if I would get to have my wedding after all. Chris is nowhere to be found in the room. Charlotte walks behind me and taps my shoulder. She has a veil and a bouquet of roses and sage accented with babysbreath and blue lilies. it may have looked ugly, but it was beautiful in my heart. I put on the veil. and held the bouquet in hand. I thanked Charlotte for bringing me those things. She wasn't done. she took a vile of blood from her back pocket. she put it in the bouquet. she also gave me Chris's ring. and she gave me a small box it wasn't a normal color I would expect. it was gray, she said not to open it until something bad happens, if something does happen, I would need to use it. Charlotte acts worried and misguided in an attempt to be more than normal for me,"I'm sorry Liz. That was an early wedding gift for all of you. Happy travels." Charlotte hugs me and walks out the stained glass doors.

I have all the things she handed me on hand. I walk down the aisle. Chris was pacing behind me, Chris was in his wolf form, He walks to the end with me, his fur brushed beside me, it turned from beige to a lighter tan and turned back. Chris and I were at the end of the carpet, an official werewolf/priest was there. Chris's fur was so beautiful, glistening in the light, he changes back, the priest was holding clothes for Chris, he put them on, He's not even making a facial expression, just nothing, no smile, no nervousness. He probably has something to hide, nothing bad, Just it scares me, and all of a sudden, KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK, It was the babies. Chris is looking at me through my eyes. I find his hand and I grab it and put it on my stomach where they're kicking. He feels them. And he starts crying. He kneels down his face touching my stomach. Chris is really pleased. They stop and Chris rolls up and stands straight looking at me through his deep red eyes. I'm numb. I can't feel my feet. It's hard being pregnant and in a whole lot of stress.  Chris speaks "Second Trimester, 4 months." I can't believe that they are growing so quickly. I can get a hint. Chris and I are both, you know, and I must be expelling a lot of hormones also.

The Priest is standing there like he just wants to get out of here. he doesn't want to die. He goes, "Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Christopher cut your hand in the middle of your palm to the mount of your thumb and Liz you do the same." Jibberish, my worst enemy, I do as he says, it hurts. we put both our hands together, blood dripping down the sides, and in seconds, my heart felt like it stopped, my chest my trying to breathe, but it couldn't, it felt like it did before when Evie communicated to me.

        I came back to life, Chris was holding me, it was nice until I figured out what he was doing, he fed me the blood inside the vial, it tasted so good, I was in my bed, trying to wake up, Chris said it wasn't supposed to happen like that but it's typical, he says we're going to continue the Ritual in here. He gives me one of the boxes. I slowly open it. I take the lid off. Inside was was a new pendant. rose gold chain with a quartz crystal. I immediately fell in love with it. Chris is speaking, "I promised you a new necklace and I granted it without leaving the deal  unsettled, it means love, lust, and courage, it will not break when you put it on and change into your wolf form, it's indestructible, like our love." I speak to Chris while touching his arm. "This means very much to me, I will wear it everyday, it reminds me of our children also, and we love them very much." Chris smiles, "It was designed to withstand anything, even evil." He winks at me in the end. I reach for the second present but Chris stops me. He laughs, "The second and the third boxes are together." He hands me both at once and on command. I reach to open both at the same time. Chris is pleased. I lift up the lids. they are identical replicas to mine, the gem's colors are pink and the other one is blue. Chris is smiling, beaming with a beautiful glow, Chris speaks, "We're having a boy and a girl!, the ritual is complete."

and he leans in and gives me a kiss. There is yelling and shuffling across the mast of the boats deck. we lift our heads up, and hear unfirmilar voices shouting across the ship, "GIVE ME YOUR SHIP CHARLOTTE! I'M DONE CHASING YOU AND THE ROYALS!" I can hear and feel the pain inside Chris right now, he's angry and worried, in his head he's saying and repeating, "PIRATES.".