A surprise!

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 14795

The ceremony begins.

Natthias, former king of Ethiopia, smiled as the groom and two brides step forward towards the front where they would be wed in short order. Having been one of the few able to come when invited hastily in a flurry of wedding invitations sent out by the D'Honaires (many couldn't get away from business...and several are going down to Afrika to Ethiopia for Probe's son's birthday).

He himself had come because while he may be not high in the Aqualarian hierarchy (by choice), he did play an important part in a few behind the scenes issues. One in particular was promoting religious tolerance and understanding (and stopping those who'd unbalance this). In recent times he'd stopped cold the efforts of one particularly virulent preacher (one Father Rivera....a surviving clergy member of the old Allarian section of the old Church) back in Walants (with the Ethiopian Church inheriting the role of the now defunct Rome things had been interesting...but the remnants of the system of the old Church lead by Rome fell in line, the story of which was an adventure in and of itself but not important right how). He'd come personally to witness (and speak with) the three lovebirds to give credibility to the marriage if any rabble rousers tried to denounce it later. See, he had a "feeling" about the marriage, and after finding out how the three had fallen in love, he'd seen that it was legitimate (i.e. not a product of lust), and thus good in the Eyes of the Lord. He had much pull in the Church (being a Paladin...and a rather famous one as that beings the former head of Ethiopia) and nothing bad should come of the marriage.

A small commotion in the back drew his attention and Natthias eyebrow's rise a bit in surprise.

Eh, I thought that Anina 2 had gone up north somewhere to see about something, the Paladin thought to himself, And who are others with her?

He then chided himself for a memory lapse! It had been Anina who'd gone up north, not Anina 2. Whatever the case, the problem up north appeared to have already been taken care of, since she'd been able to give away the bride(s).

It was a rather odd grouping of beings. There was a bare breasted centaur lass. A nymph was over there as well as another hamadryad (associating so long with Anina had allowed the old paladin the ability to see the subtle clues in the face and body). There was also a platinum blonde woman with a young boy at her side (something was odd about the woman that wasn't....hostile, but made Natthias feel odd). Then there were two young Amazonian woman warrior (in battledress, albeit a bit antiquated). Then there was another group, also a bit odd.

This group stood out because they were oddly dressed....out of step with the times....

Wait, I've seen that style of dress from the other worlds....those two other Earths who'd got dragged to our universe! Natthias thinks to himself, surpised.

Not many from those other worlds chose to visit Terra Prime (being that the inhabitants were still in a bit of shell shock from all they'd been through). However, Natthias had seen films and videos of these other alien....far away places, and recognized the style of dress. One looked to be dressed in a similar manner as that of a cowboy from the old American wild west (complete with six shooters on hips), if a teenager. By his side was a young blonde woman in a blue dress who was clinging to him in love. Then, dressed in an odd mix of frontiersman leather and 20th century jeans and shirt was a man in his early twenties. The other was a young woman who'd looked like one of his own country patrons for her dark skin, also dressed in a dress of blue (who kept looking down at her legs as if expecting them to not be there for some reason). The last was a young boy of no more than eleven.

Natthias was wondering what their story was when the official who was going to perform the ceremony stepped out....and drew a few whispers of surprise.

  1. Queen Astra, having heard of recent events, had come to town!

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