EP.60|The Rehearsal Dinner!

After excessive months of training, the VK's, and Ben, gotten much better at their magic. There were no attacks.

No chaos magi increases.

Everything was perfect.

For now, but we'll get into that later on.

"Mal," Ben whispered. "Mmm?" Mal groaned. "Guess what day it is?" Ben asked excitedly. "Friday?" Mal muttered.

"No! It's our rehearsal dinner! Meaning that our wedding is only 2 days away!" Ben cheered, picking up Mal, she smiled, knowing that this would be her husband in 48 hours was honestly the surest thing in her life.

"You're excited." Mal chuckled. "Of course I am! I'm marrying the most perfect girl in the fucking universe!" Ben cheered, spinning Mal around.

"Malena, the day we meet is the day we're gonna bet married! I can't wait!" Ben smiled as he pinned Mal to the bed. "Oh no, no, no." Mal sighed as she squirmed out of Ben arms.

"I think it a good idea if we don't kiss till the wedding day. My mom did it, so did my grandma." Mal suggested. "Excuse me?" Ben asked. "Yeah, it is cool, it shows our self-restraint." Mal smiled.

"But...this cute face...how can I not kiss you?" Ben groaned. Mal chuckled, she knew how much Animalistic hated the fact they couldn't kiss their mate for a whole 48 hours. "Are you hearing this?" Ben sighed.

"Yep, your wife sure knows how to annoy me," Zypher growled. "Hi, Zypher," Mal smirked.

"I'm taking control for a minute," Zypher said as Ben's eyes turned purple. "So you're saying that you and Ben won't kiss till the wedding?" Zypher asked.

"Yes, it's to show self-restraint," Mal repeated. "You do know it's Animalistic season right?" Zypher informed her. "N-no." Mal stuttered.

"And your know how Animalistic act with their mates." Zypher continued. "Y-Ye-Yeah." Mal sighed.

"I'm just saying. Ben's gonna see you as jewel he only wants to himself in the next 40 seconds, you just need to be ready." Zypher warned her as Ben's eyes turned back to their normal hazel color.

"B-Ben." Mal stuttered as Ben quickly hugged her. "Mine." He muttered, his nose buried in Mal purple hair, taking in her dull lavender scent. "Yes. I'm yours. The ring proves it." Mal smiled as she showed Ben the ring.

"Jasper. Good Morning." Evie greeted as Jasper smiled. "Morning my blueberry." Jasper smiled, his hands roaming down to her thigh. "Jasper, it's too early to be doing this." Evie gasped as Jasper kissed her.

"Shh, blueberry, you're gonna be working on the dress all day and I won't get even a small taste of my blueberry once you pick up that needle and thread," Jasper said as he pinned Evie's arms to the bed.

"Jasper...! Oh, gods!" Evie yelled out in pleasure. "Jasper! I have to start...oh!...on the dress." Evie said as Jasper muttered curse words in Arabic.

"Jasper," Evie said as Jasper hugged Evie from behind, his hands running up to her chest. "Jasper...!" Evie moaned. "You can work on the dress later," Jasper whispered. "Jasper...I..." Evie said.

"Look, I'll make you a deal. Once I finish the dress-" Evie then came closer to Jasper's ear. "I'll let you do anything you want to me tonight," Evie smirked as Jasper's eyes widened. "You serious?" Jasper questioned as Evie nodded.

"Deal," Jasper smirked as Evie got out of bed and put on her robe with the words POISON QUEEN written on the back of it. Evie looked at the white dress to see something was missing. She wanted to give it a little more pizazz. It's her best friend for the gods' sakes.

"Something isn't right," Evie muttered. "What's missing, what's missing." Evie paced back and forth until it hit her. "Mal's gonna love it." Evie smiled as she grabbed the box her grandmother left for her and started working.

~B~

Later that day, around 6 PM, it was time for the rehearsal dinner. "Is everything ready?" Mal asked. "Yes, don't worry," Ben assured her as Mal drank some of the alcohol.

"I know, I just want everything to run smoothly you know? I mean, there's gonna be multiple royal ambassadors here. I and they all probably think I'm gonna turn into Midnight and burn everything down again." Mal sighed.

"Nobody thinks that." Carlos patted her back. "How do you know? From what I know, these ambassadors are no joke." Mal hung her head in despair.

"There isn't anything to worry about, the ambassadors are gonna love you." CJ smiled. "Just like we do," Evie added, hugging Mal. "You sure?"

"Positive." Freddie agreed. "I mean, who wouldn't love you. Your the best friend and person could as for." Hunter ruffled Mal's hair.

"Yeah, even if those snooty ambassadors don't like you. You are gonna be the queen, you can show 'em all what a VK can do." Jasper winked, making Mal smile.

"Your really think so?" Mal questioned. "Of course." Operetta smiled, as she grabbed a bottle of Ruby Rose Liquor. "I think we should toast." Zeref said as he grabbed 10 glasses.

"To the soon to be king and queen of the Hero Isle," CJ announced as the ten held the glasses high. "Cheers." The ten clinked glasses and began drinking.

"Oh! We need more chairs!" Mal abruptly commented. "Here, I got it," Ben said as Mal shook her head.

"No, the ambassadors are gonna be here any minute, you go greet them, CJ, Operetta, Jasper, and Zeref, come with me," Mal said as those 4 and Mal walked to the supply closet in the banquet hall.

~B~

Hours passed and none of the 5 VK's that went to get the chairs returned. Ben looks around, scanning the banquet hall before getting up and walking to the bar. "Hey, C.A?" Ben says with a fake front of calmness.

"Yeah, Ben? She asks with her usual smile.

"Have you seen Mal? Or any of the other VK's that went for the chairs for that matter?" He asks desperately as he messes with his hands.

"Um..no, last time I saw CJ, Mal, Operetta, Jasper, and Zeref was when they went for chairs." Just as C.A finished listing the people who went for chairs, Perdita busted in through the banquet hall doors looking more than just a little roughed up.

"Oh my god! Perdita?!" Dude rushed forward as Perdita fell to her knees, panting heavily. "Not...important...get VK's and Ben...watch" Perdita mumbled as she thrust a projection orb forward.

By now a crowd has gathered around as Bruce and Alistair rush forward to pick her up and bring her to the infirmary.

All was silent until Giles and Courtly walked towards the projection orb. Obviously livid that the VK's they treated as their children were hurt.

Giles grabs the lacrima from C.A and places it on a table so it can project onto the wall. A pixelated image comes from the orb and a man is shown.

He had a smug smile on his face as he pushes his greasy black hair out of his impossibly blue eyes, but that's all they could see, everything else was covered by a dark hood.

"Dear wretched VK's, and Ben," he says with a deep voice that could rival Hunter and Ben's combined. All eyes quickly fall on Hunter, Freddie, Ben, Carlos, and Evie.

"I have a...game for you all. I have taken all of your chosen loved ones" as he explains, he pans the lacrima over to a face a wall.

Everybody gasped as they saw Zeref, CJ, Mal, Operetta, and Jasper strapped to a wall, IV's stuck into their arms and masks on their pale faces. The VKs and Ben stood up quickly, their eyes wide as they moved closer to the projection.

"See now, your loved one have traces of your magi in them. The problem is that it's not enough for me to take and keep them alive" he says with a careless shrug.

"So what I propose is that you come over here and get them before they run out of magi, but they'll only be released once you give me your magi in exchange." He turned to Operetta and tapped the machine she's connected to.

"I'd say you have...a day and a half before they're all out," he says as he turned back to the orb.

"I've written the address in Maquni (A language taught in both the Hero and Villain isles when children are a young age) at the end of the video and expect you 5 to come alone unless you want me to turn it on high and kill them immediately."

"They've been begging for you, VK's, and Ben, come to get them before I decide to have a little fun with them," he says before turning off the orb.

Now all eyes are on the angry VK's, and Ben, their respective magic swirling around them as they try to control the anger inside.

Ben looks over at Giles, his eyes turning electric blue with specks of purple green and yellow in them as he does.

"Go for them..bring my children home " Courtly and Giles mumbled, obviously trying to control themselves.

That was all it took before the VK's, and Ben rushed out of the banquet hall in search of what idiot took VKs loved ones, especially a VK's from the Villain and Hero Isles.