The RavenStark Quest: Awakening

CHAPTER10: THE WEDDING

(DRAKE'S NARRATION)

"Come on, let's walk you down the aisle before father get's all teary. Are you ready?" Astroph Mackenzie said to his sister Lyra.

"Yes, I am." Lyra said smiling pleasantly at her brother."Are you gonna miss me?"

"No, not at all." Astroph said hugging his sister. "Be happy, okay? You deserve it." He whispered and took her by the hand.

As they walked down the aisle, her father, Luize Mackenzie who was officiating the wedding couldn't be any more proud.

He eyed at his, beautiful daughter who was still a little girl playing hide and seeks with him and climbing on his back for a piggy back ride. Tear drops rolled down his cheeks he kindly took her hand and handed it over to her husband-to-be, Wynston Kramborg, who was also the younger brother of Nina Mackenzie wife of Astroph.

Luize leaned over to him and whispered "You better make my precious happy, son." and hugged both his daughter and Wynston.

The wedding began. With hydrangeas and tiger lily covering the walls of the castle of Scarlett; and men and women all dressed in their empress gowns and neatly pressed suits. Soft music setting in background setting the wedding mood,Praises were whispered all around the hall, blessings were given, after all it's the wedding of the king's daughter.

Astroph and his mother Laura seated in their seats with tears in their eyes. And why wouldn't it be, Lyra was the loved member of their family after all.

She was the younger sister to Astroph, the best friend to her sister-in-law Nina, a lovable aunt to her nephew and nieces Olisen, Ophelia and Klariatte and above all a proud daughter to her parents Luize and Laura.

"She looks as pretty as the flowers in May." Laura said clutching to her son's arm unable to control her tears.

"Yeah she does, mother." Astroph said holding his mother's hand taut.

Finally, the wedding began. Luize began.

"I pledge this to you from the bottom of my heart, for all the days of your lives. Please repeat after me: I give you this ring as a remainder of my love for you."

"I give you this ring as a remainder of my love for you." said Lyra and Wynston in unison.

"I, Lyra Mackenzie, take you Wynston Kramborg, to be my husband, my partner, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love you with every beat in my heart; till death do us apart." continued Luize and Lyra repeated the same.

"I, Wynston Kramborg, take you Lyra Mackenzie....." he said with a big pleasant smile in his face.

Luize continued and Wynston repeated.

"Finally, by the power vested in my and the city of Ezra, I pronounce you man and wife." Luize shouted cheerfully. Finally they were married.

And suddenly "Boom!" a light came from a distance that sounded like a lightning bolt. A dark smoke filled the room. Suffocating the lungs, where did it come from?

Before anyone could realize what was happening, Lyra saw her father looking paralyzed and numb.

"Father! What happened?" she said shaking him up. But he stood still.

"Lyra!" Wynston said pointing to Luize's chest and his eyes in shock.

He was bleeding. Luize Mackenzie was bleeding.

Lyra and Wynston grabbed him to hold him still.

"Astroph! Mother!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.