1.0:A final moment of peace... (open to all)

[The Other]

"What do you take me for Yeligar, some kind of monster?" The Other paused in thought for a moment. "Poor choice of words, but even this one has rules he chooses to follow. What kind of God amoung men would I be if I didn't hold myself back from just destroying you all? So boring...so very very boring."

The Other stationed himself in a seat next to Yeligar. Or rather, he took two seats as he found just the one to creak under his weight the last time he'd tried to sit down. "So tell me Yeligar, exactly how long do these 'marriages' last? Certainly once the queen is no longer fit to spawn she is discarded for a young lady to resume such duties, correct?"

[alexanderthegreat]

Pssh, kids weren't cute when Alexander was wrong about something! Stupid Zeke and his stupid...

"I didn't know you liked kids that much," Alexander furrowed his brows and while giving a pouting look actually sounded a bit surprised. He wasn't worried about 'smoothing over' anything with Roxa and the kids (as Alexander seemed to have a fair amount of experience in this kind of situation--it wasn't like it hadn't happened before, anyway), he just...really didn't want anything to do with them. Especially babies. Babies screamed at things.

But seeing Zeke ecstatic as he was made Alexander sigh and get to his feet anyway, even forcing a bit of an amused smile out of him. If it made Zeke happy it was enough to make Alexander happy usually.

"Perhaps after the ceremony when the queen is with him, we can see them all together," he said with a bit of a shrug.

[genericvillain]

Nia was also worried that when they ran into Kazan and Enizo that they'd end up being found out. Somehow she didn't think it would look good for her if she were found with the bride (who no longer wore her dress as she did a few seconds ago) pulling her along through the grounds...kinda looked suspicious.

The fact that they didn't ask or mention anything only meant the best news for them, and as such Nia wasted no time guiding her friend along towards the gates.

"C-can you really not tell me? Nothing at all about this?" Nia wasn't sure how to word 'are you having these severe of doubts about the wedding?' without upsetting Alessia more. Something wasn't right about any of this.

[Alessia]

Alessia stopped dead in her tracks and looked down at her hand, which had been holding onto something sense they left. Alessia closed her eyes before reaching out and placing the object into Nia's hand.

It the was ring that was given to her. This time it wouldn't cause Nia to have any mind twisting nightmares that had affected Alessia when she picked it up, but if she recognized it, it would do about the same. Alessia could remember seeing that ring on him the day they were all sealed away, it was the closest they had ever been to him and she could recall seeing the unusual sapphire-gold ring.

"It's him, Nia." She said in a harsh whisper. The ring wouldn't explain everything, but it would help at least.

[Enizo]

As everyone became seated it seemed the ceremony was finally about to begin. The musicians started to play a traditional Roccian wedding music as two young girls walked along that walkway, dropping multicolored flower pedals in their path.

Everyone turned their heads for the moment when the bride was supposed to walk in. It was a minute... and than two and by the fourth the young girls ran out of pedals to throw and still there was nobody coming through the door. The awkward coughs were evident in the crowd, at least until they could hear foot steps coming from the hall where the bride was supposed to be entering in from.

People's hope's raised as the footsteps came closer, they were even breathing a sigh of relief thinking it was Alessia about to enter. Unfortunately, the people who entered were hardly who everyone was expecting.

Enzio and the rest of the Allorum Guardians pushed the doors opened and marched into the wedding ceremony. The Allorum Guardians quickly spread throughout the crowd, positioning themselves at every exit... the theory was that if Duo had any spies in the crowd that they could halt their escape.

Enzio stepped up to Roxa before falling on his knees, "Your Highness, I apologize for the interruption but there is something that we must discuss right away."

[Andy Jammer]

Andy's eyes were torn away from the strange person in bandages when the music began, as the people all came out - the flower girls and such filled the aisle with flowers Andy never smelled before.

"They smell nice, unusual, but nice," Andy heard Leah remark, he nodded in agreement as the flower girls passed by...

...then the silence happened, Alessia who was supposed to be walking down the aisle now...was not. Andy began to feel very uncomfortable...even Leah was shifting oddly.

"What's going on...?" Andy wondered aloud, when they began to hear footsteps he was about to breathe a sigh of relief...when a bunch of men walked through the door. As these men passed by Andy immediately recognized one of them.

"That's Enzio," he said, standing up after Enzio spoke. "Enzio, what are you doing here, who are these people?"

[Yeligar Maelstrom]

"Yes, some people do." Yeligar said as he rubbed his neck, "But Roxa is different. He isn't marrying for heirs. He has found something else in her that he will not want to give her up." He looked to see the bride, but saw a group of soldiers walking up, it told him that something is wrong.

[Eli Ventus]

Eli as well had sat down in the upper area of the church, managing to make sure Juno kept her 'oohs' and 'awws' quiet and not draw attention. When the bride did not show Eli began to feel a flitting feeling of dread.

"Something's wrong..." Eli said, slowly standing and moving over to Roxa. "Roxa she should have been out by now-"

As he said that the doors had burst open and the Allorum Guardians came in, Eli recognized one of the guys as Enzio. Andy's statement confirmed it.

"Where's Alessia?"

[King Roxa Hiaten]

Roxa's face was stern. He had wanted to go and look for Alessia when she hadn't appeared, but he had been advised about the risk of losing face. So he waited patiently for the return of the Royal Wolf Guard he had sent to his future wife... And then the Allorum Guardians burst in...

He had held out a hand when Gensayce and Riliath reached for weapons, recognising Enzio straight away, but his eyes narrowed slightly, especially considering he wasn't the only one who entered... The Guard also burst in and jogged straight up to Roxa whilst the King turned to address the Allorum Guardians. The guard dropped onto one knee and spoke in a hushed voice.

"Your Highness, Lady Alessia... She is... She is nowhere to be found!"

Silence...

Suspicion...

Roxa acted on his first instinct. He turned to Enzio, his face lined with stress which looked ready to snap into anger at the drop of a hat.. Or a word... His gaze burned on the young Knight-Hero as he spoke through gritted teeth, in a hushed voice thinly laced with venom.

"Enzio... You'd better not tell me you're the reason she isn't here..."

He motioned for his other guards to search the grounds.

[genericvillain]

Nia felt a small, warm object pushed into her hand. At first she was confused as she glanced down at a pretty sapphire ring. She almost would have guessed it was Alessia's engagement ring until she caught the eerily familiar, intricate details on it. She was silent the very, very long minute it took for her to go from confused to mortified.

' It's him' were the confirming words from Alessia, and also the most horrifying of all. Nia stared down at the ring in her hand as her thoughts instantly travelled back all those years ago to the day the owner of this ring essentially destroyed their lives...and didn't stop there. Nia still remembered all the screaming she did before being sealed away.

She turned her head back slowly to Alessia, mouth agape and grave look in her eyes. She didn't fully understand it, but she wouldn't put it past her or judge if this was definitely connected to running away from the wedding.

"H-h-h-how? Is he...?" Nia managed to ask calmly, afraid to throw in 'here' at the end of it.

[Enizo]

"Wha...?" Enzio questioned as he looked from side to side, "I assure you, I wish that was why I was here. It's urgent and it can't wait... even for Alessia." He didn't like to say those words, but he had no choice. He was here on a mission, not as a friend.

The Allorum Guardians behind him became tense as the situation grew uneasy. Enzio quickly moved to defuse as much tension as possible, "Your Highness, the Allorum Guardians have declared Martial Law. I must speak to all world leaders present in these halls right away, as well as any Hero or Kishu."

[Alessia]

"He's close by," she said quickly as she started to pull Nia along, this time she was leading. "I can't explain why, but as long as I remain by Roxa I'm a danger to my family. As soon as I get out of the city, I think it's best that you leave me as well, Nia..."

Thunder clashed overhead as rain showered the city. Alessia was sure that this rain was caused by him, it seemed twisted and off... as if the sky was crying and screaming in fear.

[The Other]

The Other stroked his chin in puzzlement. Yeligar's cryptic statement had led him to wonder what exactly was in the young girl that was so worth joining himself with. Did she hold a power inside her to secure his rule, or was it some foolish, mortal...thing that drew him to the girl besides heirs or power?

Before he could inquire further the doors had burst open with the sound of armour and weapons in great numbers. At last! Something exciting! The Other thought as he noticed the unease and surprise of those around him. With his full attention on the debacle before his eyes he drank in every word exchanged by the king and the one called "Enizo".

When at last the boy warrior declared martial law and the request of all royals The Other let out an uproarious laugh. "First you barge in, unwelcome I might add to this ceremony, then declare yourselves a military authority, and now you demand an audience with the lords of these lands? Oh little boy, I don't know whether you applaud you for your sense of jest or kill you for your audacity. Who are you to demand or declare anything of me?" The Other rose from his seat, towering over Enizo and his entourage with a patronizing look in his eyes.

[Zeke Omoihake]

Zeke gave a little fist pump as Alexander caved in before walking with him to the main hall to await the wedding ceremony. Yet time had a way of turning eagerness to tense worry as all but the queen-to-be stood awaiting her presence. At last what he had mistook for a procession leading Alessia to the hall arrived, claiming themselves to be the Allorum Guardians. Whoever they were Zeke had never heard of them, yet they carried themselves with all the importance of those that should be known.

"Alexander, who are these guys? They must be pretty hot stuff to just barge into a royal wedding like this." Zeke half-wondered aloud.

Yet bad news just kept coming, and the surprise of a missing bride turned to a lead weight in his throat as Enizo announced martial law before demanding all leaders to step forward. Almost instinctively Zeke rose and placed himself between Alexander and Enizo. Though he had no weapon he reached for the air that used to be occupied by his sheath until he remembered leaving his weapons at the front gate. Cursing to himself a little he could only keep a watchful eye all around him, watching to see how the Guardians would all act and most importantly of all, how Alexander would respond.

[A.B.A.]

"Alessia? Gone?" Velestia Normire's cheeped. A.B.A.'s thoughts raced as the new information flooded the room as well as her mind. As much as she had suspected that the woman Roxa had fallen for was indeed one of the Saints, she hadn't had a chance to see her to make sure. With the advent of her disappearance her whole body seemed to tingle with the compulsion to draw out her magic and hunt down the woman. Of course, being surrounded by strange soldiers gave her pause to reconsider such an action. There would come a better time, and right now the last thing she needed was to draw attention to herself.

Well well well, the Allorum Guardians decide to show themselves after all these years, and they do so by kicking down the door and declaring themselves total authority. Almost makes me glad I'm not King so I don't have to deal with them. Almost. Seigmand mused over the current happenings, and in doing so his limited knowledge of the Allorum Guardians became fresh in A.B.A.'s mind.

Indeed, they were people not to be trifled with, especially in such volume. She could only sit for now, bidding her time as she watched Roxa and Enizo in the hopes of learning more.