When the prince and princesses heard of Loki's sudden reformation, it was no surprise that they were skeptical about the situation. It was Harleen who eased their worry when she said:
"You gave me a second chance, brother. Why should you not do the same for him?"
Needless to say, it took an earthquake for Loki to gain their trust. After he saved Columbus from a natural disaster, Prince Auer saw that he had truly reformed.
Of course, it was difficult for Loki to go from plotting against Ohio to doing good deeds, but for the sake of pleasing his beloved, he controlled himself. Most of the time. He still played a few pranks on humans every now and then, but hey, he was the God of Mischief, after all.
Life in Ohio could not have been better, especially for Madisyn and Loki. Now that the tension was lost between them, their dates were less stressful. When he was not spending his time with her, the Frost Giant was helping people with their problems. For instance, he settled a disagreement between Diana and Nichole Price. It turned out that the prior was giving the latter a hard time because she was jealous of her and Chris. He also used his magic to protect Ohio from disasters, making Madisyn the proudest woman in the world.
It was a year following their confession when he proposed again.
He had surprised her while on a picnic, making a ring box appear and popping the question, as he had done a year ago, only this time, she was more than willing to say yes. He gave her the very same ring, but the inscription had changed.
"To my one and only Madisyn" she read, "the love of my life, the apple of my eye, my other half. Without you, my life is empty. I still think that one day I'm going to wake up and meeting you was all a dream, but if it is, I'll take it. You are the best thing that's ever happened to me and I hope you can say the same about me."
She then realized she had been turning the ring over and over, the message continuing. She looked up at the Frost Giant.
"I'm not going to ask how you managed to fit all that in."
He chuckled. "Believe me. That's the short version!"
It took a month to plan the wedding. It was even bigger than when Anna and Mirrak Mora had gotten married. Hundreds of humans came from Newark and nearly everybody in Columbus attended. Even though few were fond of the groom. Of course, many were skeptical of the match, but if marchers, princesses and earth humans could get along, why could a marcher not marry a Frost Giant?
On the big day, the bridesmaids hastened to get Madisyn ready. Tatum, obviously, had made dresses for all of them, including the flower girls: Regina Mills, Snow White and Lydia. Vahl was performing the ceremony.
"Oh, you look absolutely gorgeous, darling!" Tatum exclaimed once she had made the final adjustments to Madisyn's gown.
She directed her toward the mirror and Madisyn thought she was looking at another person. Her dress was simple, but elegant, with a vine design for trimming. Her veil hung from a wreath of pink roses, which sat perfectly atop her curled hair.
"Tatum," she marveled. "It's beautiful!"
"You're beautiful, Madisyn!" Tatum hailed. "I only made you better!"
Nichole Price laughed. "I never thought you'd be the first of us to get married, Madisyn."
The princess sighed. "Yes. I thought it would be me, as I did catch Anna's bouquet, but...oh, you really do look the part, sweetie!"
"Maybe you'll be next, Nichole," Alyssa chuckled, teasingly poking the tan marcher in the side. "Chris might pop the question any day now!"
"Ooh!" Cwryen chimed. "Then we can have another wedding! How does next week sound?"
