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Chapter 6: A royal wedding

-So Miiah is marrying Scar… No matter, I will take her on the wedding day. Bratty might put up a fight though but as Gelebron wants Miiah I want Bratty. I will put Bratty under a sleeping spell and with her out of the way, taking Miiah will be a piece of cake. This invisibility cloak will help me take Bratty unnoticed out of the castle and then I can come back for Miiah. I will wait till evening when they are all drunk at the wedding party and when they are with their guard down. Will be much easier to take Miiah then. I don’t think they will be coming with their weapons at the king' s wedding party especially as nobody suspects anything.

As Demonizer was thinking about all these a large distorted grin appeared on

the corner of his lips. Demonizer, as his name clearly suggests, was evil in the purest form. He was a fire mage who liked to put his enemies through the flames of hell until all that remained was ashes. He killed whoever Gelebron ordered him to and was thrilled to kill them slowly, making them suffer first. He was proud to be Gelebron' s choice whenever he had some important mission that needed his magic skill and his cold blood.

Meanwhile there was a lot of agitation at the king' s castle as everybody was

getting ready for the royal wedding. All the servants were working without a moment’s rest so everything would be perfect and ready till noon when the wedding was to take place. The king’ s chef, Syngates, and his best cook after himself, of course, Adi, were working on the royal cake which had to be 7 layers high. This was a real challenge as they had never made a cake that big and they

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didn’t want to lose their jobs or their heads… It was for the king’s wedding, the most important day in the king’s life and everything had to be perfect.-Enough with the sugar Adi! If you put any more sugar nobody will be able to eat it without developing a severe case of diabetes! Syngates almost yelled at Adi. Although they were just cooks, their jobs were very important and today they were under huge pressure because of the wedding. They didn’t want to ruin the party with a less than perfect cake and foods.-Calm yourself Synny my friend, cakes are supposed to be sweet. Don’t be so bitter about everything. And don’t put too much salt in the stew or they will be drinking more ale and not I am not in the mood to go for more supplies tomorrow after the party when I would rather sleep.- You old goat! Not in the mood to go for supplies? And since when do you give me advice on the way I cook? Now Syngates was annoyed. He wouldn’t allow Adi or anyone else criticize the way he cooks. Any other objection concerning any other subject he would take like a man. But not when it came to cooking. He came from a long line of cooks, his father had been a cook, his grandfather had been a cook, his great grandfather had been… Oh no, nobody messes with the way he cooks.

-I am sorry, didn’t mean to offend you but you called me a goat? What' s wrong with you? Adi said and slammed the door behind him. On his way out he bumped into a man with a hood whose face he couldn’t distinguish in the dim light of the torches.

- Sorry, began Adi but hardly had he uttered the word when he felt a skinny hand with long bony fingers choking him till his face turned pale and he felt he couldn’t breathe anymore.

-Show me the way to the future bride' s maid’ s room. The mage, Bratty, which one is her room? Demonizer was so close to put his hands on the beautiful mage that he could almost feel her next to him.

- I don’t know, I am just a cook. Said Adi crying his eyes out. How should I know? Please have mercy!

- I bet you know and you will tell me if you want to see another sunrise. If you think you have lived enough, I will find someone else but you won’t be around for any of these to matter anymore. So what do you choose?- Sorry, come, I will lead you. But do you promise you will let me live if I show you?

-I don’t make promises because I never keep them!! And Demonizer laughed with his evil laughter.

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- Then if you kill me anyway, find her yourself! And Adi waited for the dark figure to kill him but instead he heard him say:

- Ok, I want to finish this fast, lead me to her and you shall live. I will simply put a forgetfulness spell on you and it will be as nothing happened. You won’t remember anything so you won’t be drawing any attention upon me, so I can let you live after I get Bratty. Now move!

Bratty was arranging her hair in her room, trying to look her best at her

friend’s wedding. And maybe she wanted to look good for Mean although she wasn’t sure how she felt about him. She wasn’t sure if she liked him or hated him. Anyway, looking good wouldn’t hurt, right?

-May you forget everything that happened today so you can live and see another day! Demonizer said and released Adi from his grip.-Am I getting soft? Nah, just better this way, not to leave any mess behind, grab Bratty and come back for Miiah. If I had killed him someone might have found him before I can get away with both ladies. Better keep things simple. He then slowly pushed the door to Bratty' s room, hoping it wouldn’t creek. It didn’t. Then he saw her brushing her hair, so beautiful, so perfect. She was taken by surprise and didn’t realize there was someone in her room. Demonizer took advantage of her carelessness and put her under a spell so she fell in a deep slumber. He took her outside the city walls and put her in his carriage in a hidden spot in the forest, knowing he would return with Miiah before Bratty would wake up.

Back at the castle Scar and Miiah were excited and could hardly wait to

become husband and wife, to spend the rest of their lives together.-Ulo, I want you to behave yourself on this special day, said Scar. I know it is a wedding and people drink on such occasions but you sometimes drink too much and when that happens you usually make a fool of yourself. You can make a fool of yourself on any other day but not today. Do you think you can drink with measure today?

- Oh and I was planning on getting wasted today. Especially because it is a wedding. Want me to be sober on your wedding Scar? Where' s the fun in that?- Hmm, instead of drinking till you get under the table maybe you could rather look for a wife, find a nice girl and settle down yourself.- Nah, women tend to want to keep men under leash, next thing you know she would probably want me to quit drinking as if this is ever going to happen. I’d rather drink than get married, the bottle can never cheat on you.-No, but it won' t keep you warm at night either!

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-You know what Scar? Asked Ulo a bit irritated by the king' s speech about getting married and drinking. Tell me in a year how married life is and if it is all right, then I will consider finding someone too. Till then I will drink whenever I feel like it oh and twice as much on weekends.

- Ok Ulo, suit yourself. Have fun. I am going to talk with Mongo and Harry.- Ha-ha, no offence my king but I can’t imagine that dwarf dancing at a wedding even if it is yours. He is too stiff. He will probably end up next to me at my table and will keep me company for a drink. But I will enjoy watching Mongo sweep the ladies from the dance floor. He is a natural dancer and a charmer with the ladies.

But Scar was out the door before Ulo could finish his sentence. He went to Mongo, Harry and Mean and reminded them that they should be ready in an hour for the wedding. Then he went to see Miiah one more time before sealing their fates in marriage.

- Are you nervous my darling? He asked afraid that she was having second thoughts about the marriage.

- Not about marrying you, Miiah answered, reading his mind. It is just that I can’t find Bratty. No idea where she is. She was supposed to help me with the dress and the hair but she is nowhere to be found. As if she vanished. I am worried.

It is unlikely that she wouldn’t be by my side on the most important day of

my life. I refuse to believe that. So it means that something must have happened to her. We have to find her Scar.

- Don’ t worry, my love, I will send Mongo, my assassin, to track her down. Maybe she got jealous because you are getting married and she is still single. So maybe she just went out for some fresh air and she will be back before we say our vows.

- Send Mongo to find her, please, I have a bad feeling about all these.- Going to talk to him right now, see you in an hour at the altar, don' t be late!

- Thank you for sending Mongo and I won’t miss my own wedding, no worries. Go now!

Scar left in a hurry to talk to Mongo. After letting Mongo know about Bratty, he went to talk to Mean.

- Bratty is missing? I will help Mongo, maybe he could use a fire mage' s help to watch his back. Mean felt dizzy when he thought that something bad might have happened to Bratty. He would find her no matter what. He

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would go to the end of the world if he had to. Gosh, he loved her! All these mixed feelings about her, love her, hate her, now it was all clear as daylight. He really cared for her, he was in love. Now at the thought that she could be in peril he was determined to find her and he was finally sure about what he felt for her! It was love what he was feeling!- Ok, Mongo agreed to take Mean with him although he usually worked alone. You can come Mean, but you will have to keep up with me, be fast and quiet. Do you think you can do that?

- Of course, let' s go!

- I don’t remember you being so eager to leave your dusty old books of spells before. Ok, we are leaving now, Mongo said calmly. One hour later Scar and Miiah were married to everybody' s delight. They all feasted and danced and had fun. The tables were filled to the rim with delicacies and drinks for every taste. Some were happier with the drinking part than others. But everybody was happy for the king and the new queen, everybody except Demonizer who had to make up a plan to kidnap Miiah before she and Scar left the party to retire to their private chamber. It was now or never Demonizer thought.