Aribius was out in the forest full of dead trees sitting on a tree stump. It was not far from Artisia's lair for he was waiting on his lovely, dark fiancee Amaretto to meet him there. He had left a note for her to see letting her know where to meet him. He wanted to be a bit romantic with her first before the wedding that was soon to come.

But as he sat there, wearing his armor made of Lupinossai victims, his mind wandered. Wondering things about a nice, evil family he could have with her. The thought of making her a goddess. The amount of trouble they could cause together while having smiles on their faces. Aribius was truly in love with his crazy, evil woman. Everything about her made him happy from her beautiful appearance to her evil desires.

As soon as those thoughts came to an end he looked around the little clearing he was in, seeing if he could spot Amaretto nearby, though there wasn't anyone around just yet. He moved to kneel down on the ground and began carving symbols into the ground using his claws, the lines would give a blue glow as they were made. Once these arrangement of symbols were done using his magic a gate would construct itself using the ground, nearby stones, trees, and other inanimate objects that would be pulled into place as it took form.

He gave a little grin to himself as he had the gate finished. It was a gate he could use to go to other places, other realms if he wished, though at the current moment he left the gate inactive. But, as he would wait for Amaretto, he would think up a lovely place for them to go before their wedding if not ask her if there was a special place she ever wanted to visit herself. He walked to the side of the gate structure and leaned against it now as he thought more and waited for his beloved to arrive.

Aribius heard a chilling song in the forest, except to him it was like a lullaby. If there was anyone he could bet that it was, it would be his beloved Amaretto singing such a lovely tune. When he would turn aroudn towards the direction of the voice he saw the jaw dropping sight of her and would smile widely at her appearance. Moving off the side of the gate he moved up to her to hold her close and give her a deep, long kiss. "I swear every day you are more beautiful than the next. With that fiery red, long hair to the dresses that compliment you're perfect body."

He would also look down seeing she held a rum bottle with a small human knight inside. He grinned more and looked back up at her. "What do we have here? You didn't bring me a drink and a snack combined into one did you?" he would ask. His arms would stay around her gently in a warm embrace not wanting to let go of this beautiful, dark woman he loved.

He grinned back at her showing all those lovely sharp teeth of his when she let him smell the drink. "A new hobby? I certainly love this idea of yours. I would love a drink, my dear." With that Aribius would gently take the bottle for a sip of the drink. "That tastes wonderful!" he said as he gently handed her the bottle back before adding with his evil grin, "Amaretto, I would really like to see what else you can make this way. I wouldn't mind helping fetch some... ingredients for you if you like."


Then he would motion to the inactive gate that he had created. "Oh, I must not forget. Amaretto, where would you like to go this evening? I was hoping we could visit a nice place before our wedding. So, I must ask you, is there any place you ever wanted to go? Any place you ever wanted to see? Or do you want to be surprised? Because with this gate I can take you anywhere. All your dreams can come true walking through it once activated." One of his paws moved to hold one of hers. Aribius may be evil, even sick in the head in so many ways, but that did not mean he could not be romantic with someone he loved. Truly he was twisted in the head and a walking contradiction all at the same time.

"I would not mind showing you where we came from. Why don't we start from where it all began." He motioned his paw towards the inactive gate. In the frame of the gate multicolored energies began to form. Only a few moments would be lost when an image soon appeared in the frame of the gate. The image in the gate showed what appeared to be an old village. What would be seen was log houses, others with thatched roofing and people walking about the village of their daily lives. Most of them were Lupinossai, then other various races in the village. But just from the image it was day time, a beautiful looking day that seemed so ordinary.

Aribius walked up to the gate and had a paw offered towards Amaretto. "Would you like to come see where I was growing up? I'll show you my later years in life as well. And don't worry, this will only be memories we are visiting. We will be non-existent the whole time we are there."

"Are you seriously thinking about eating me?" he looked at her with a strange if not weirded out look. He looked back to the gate for a long moment thinking about his past. "Yes, it was a chaotic place, but not at first. Things used to be so well. Yaji'is only told you bits here and there, but not the whole story."

He move forward and through the gate appearing on the other side. Aribius would have expected Amaretto to be following him given how excited she was. Just like the image had shown from their side the place did seem like a nice, peaceful village where everyone was going through their simple daily lives. Although, he stopped when he saw something. He saw himself walking with his first love, holding paws and they both were giggling and talking to each other. He gave a soft sigh. "That would be Alina, my first girlfriend that also died. Same one that is Deli'ina's mother."


Aribius kept walking further into the village and saw something else very familiar. it was his younger brother and Ciri when they were young as well. He motioned a paw in their direction. "That is Ciri there with Yaji'is. Seeing all this makes you think nothing ever would have gone wrong. That people would have grown up happy." That is when he turned back to Amaretto. "Yaj never told you about how we turned out like we are did he?"

He started to laugh when he heard her about eating him if he weren't an adult. "We're going to have a wonderful marriage I can already tell." He stopped walking when she sate on the stone wall and looked to her. That amused look had faded away. "Everyone has their beginnings whether it be a simple beginning or a sudden spark of life. But this village was not all innocent. It is why I am what I hate. When I was young, I never dreamed of what I am today." he looked off and saw his younger teenage self enjoying his time with Alina. "Not something you'll understand for a very long time." From the sound of his voice and words it may have sounded as if he longed for the past to be different. Even just the look from his eyes would say there was still part of him that still had some form of innocence.

"This was the day it all changed," he said after sighing as he willed dream within the portal to quicken time. It all sped up and soon changed to night time. The village was much more quiet. He motioned for Amaretto to follow along as he moved down the path of dirt towards a house. He pointed to a home ahead. "That was my home. The last normal night of my life." He moved up to the house. It was dark, the curtains were shut and it was quiet but he didn't enter inside just yet. He looked back to Amaretto again to speak to her, "Want to see my parents and understand where everything went wrong?"

"Are you comparing our lives to a play? There any stories about two strange evil lovers, too?" he chuckled softly and grinned at her. He held her paw when she took his and would lead her through the door. Since they were like ghosts in this dream world, the physical objects didn't effect them if they didn't want it to. He moved through the home, it was not great looking. Just plain, most furniture made out of wood and animal hide. Aribius walked with Amaretto through the home and down a small hallway and went to his parents bedroom.

Over to the side it seemed like there was curtains covering a window and moved towards them. He passed through the curtains only to come to a room very different from the home. It was dark and had a few small candles lit In that room was little Yaji'is and Aribius with their parents. The father being an Airii and mother being an Erthrii Lupinossai. A cauldron was there in the middle and had magical energies that perhaps were giving off a dark vibe. Their mother also had test-dummy dolls with her and had them in front of the kids and also had a few dead rats. "They liked to teach us magic. A lot of magic was forbidden in my village, but my parents always thought differently."


"Now, Yaji'is." the mother spoke softly and picked up one of the dead rats and held it out in front of him. "Let's try healing again. Don't strain, just let it come naturally. Focus your energies on the rate alone once you have your paw on it."

Little Yaji'is just stared at the rat. "What's the point in healing something dead?"

Their father reached over and put his paw on the dead rat. In moments he had the rat resurrected and it was squirming in the mother's paws. "There, it's not dead. Now you can't complain."

The mother held the rat firmly so it wouldn't get away. and gave their father a mean look. "Why did you do that? You know they don't like seeing their dinner up and alive before they eat them. What's wrong with you?" she scolded the father.

The children stared at the now moving rat. In a way they lost their appetite, but it wasn't from seeing their dinner alive with a soul now. It was the fact they forgot they were even hungry now from amazement that the rat was alive.

"It... it's alive? How? Can that work on people, too?" Young Aribius asked his parents. His eyes were wide open with amazement and reached a paw forward to pet the rat. This has little Aribius in complete awe.

"Dad? How did you do that? Is that part of healing magic?" his tail was starting to wag. Something deep in him excited him about being able to heal and now figuring out being able to bring people back to life. "Can I learn how to do it, too?"

He grinned at the children' enthusiasm. "See? They aren't bothered. As to your questions, ask your mother. But just know this magic is also taboo like many others we have practiced. Don't go around and start trying to heal and revive everything, you two. We'll get in serious trouble."

She sighed softly and just smiled and let Aribius pet the rat. "Yes, you both will be able to learn this trick, but not tonight. To bring something back from the dead can be hard and can drain you. But we have done enough magic for tonight. We can't be using all our energy like this, especially when we're short on food. You two go get cleaned up and I'll ready up dinner. Need to have your rest for school tomorrow."

The two groaned not wanting to stop yet, but they couldn't really say no either and didn't have much choice. They slowly got up, but then Aribius tagged his brother, "Tag! You're it!" he ran out of the room laughing. "Cheater!" Yaji'is called out and ran after his brother.


"And no running!" she called out and sighing. She looked at the rat and closed her eyes. It wasn't something she liked to do, but it had to be done. She broke the rat's neck killing it again. "I hope those two grow up to have better lives than this junk of a life we live in. I hate feeding them off bread, rats and whatever we can find."

He leaned over and gave her a long hug. "Stop it, you say that almost every day. Besides, a good hunting season is coming up. I'll be going out with the hunters and can bring us all home some nice meals." he gave her a gentle kiss and stood up. "Come on. Let'sg o get dinner started and then we can have some alone time together once the kids are in bed."

The mother gathered the few rats and left the secluded room with her mate. The children had gotten themselves cleaned up and were in the living room chatting, playing and wrestling around with each other. it was almost as if the two never hated each other in the first place. While those two played the parents were in the kitchen getting food ready.

Aribius walked to the living room and would lead Amaretto there as well. "We practiced a lot of disapproved magic when we were children. My parents were considered the type that shouldn't belong in the world even though they never hurt anyone. It didn't even matter of the fact that they were teaching us to only use our magic for good purposes." He looked at him and his brother playing on the floor. "Cute, weren't we?"

"My parents didn't believe in dark or light. They believed in how it was used. That all magic had a purpose and just stupid people gave the uses magic the wrong name." He looked into Amaretto's eyes quietly then back at his former family. "I didn't know how to resurrect then. That was the first time I ever found out about it. I knew it much later in life, although my brother was the healer. He knew it far before I did. He could have brought our parents back if he wasn't so stupid and stubborn."

He sighed softly, "Suppose I see what you mean about money, but after a long time I found no use for it. I can live off the wild if I wanted to. Besides, to do such magic in our village was wrong to do. It all would have went well if someone didn't snitch on my parents."At that point he fell silent and watched his happy little family. Until there was banging on the front of the door of the home. Their father went to the door and opened it and looked confused seeing the armored guard there.


"Sir, by order of the Alphrans of the village you and your wife are hereby accused of using forbidden magic within our village and are to be imprisoned, questioned and your fate decided by the Alphrans himself. And you have lost the rights of your children and they will be given to the priests to hopefully correct any corruption you may have cast upon them." The guard had spoke even before Aribius' father could say anything.

The father had the look of fear then them. He wasn't sure how they found out about the magic and quickly went to close the door, but the guard had quickly unsheathed his sword and put it between the door and the frame keeping it from closing. The guard then pushed the door in using his own strength and pushing their short airii father out of the way by ease knocking him onto the floor. At that moment a few more guards helped and forced their way into the home.

By the time they were forcing themselves into the home, their mother had gotten the kids, who were now panicking at what was going on, and pulled them and urged them to their room and used magic locking the door to keep them safe for the moment. Then she spoke n calm words to keep their children from worrying."You two just stay in there and relax. Mommy and daddy will be okay. We just need to talk to these men."

The father started to struggle with the guards, but was losing the fight and shouted as he was being dragged out of the home., "Hailey, they want to take the kids! They're accusing us of dark magic and want to imprison us!"

A couple more guards came in and started grabbing Hailey's arms and forcing her out of the home, but she did not struggle as much and willingly went with them. But when she heard that they were going to take her children away her heart sunk and that they were going to be imprisoned, but she knew that wasn't what all was going to happen. They were going to be executed for what they've done.


Aribius would move to the kids' room and easily moved through the door like a ghost. He stood behind his younger self and little Yaji'is, the two were standing at the window looking outside and seeing their parents struggling with the guards. They both looked scared and were calling out to their parents from behind the window as they did not know what was going on. Aribius just stayed quiet and looked out the window watching, or re-watching, what happened all over again.


The two were held up by guards together and were standing before the crowd. The lead guard was standing in front of them and going on about what would happen if they didn't stay calm. "I love you, Vinnus." Hailey said to him with a little smile even though tears were rolling down her cheeks. He just looked up at her and into her eyes, "Love you too, Hailey"

In that moment the guard went to hit Hailey across the face for being interrupted, but she caught his paw in her muzzle and bit down hard into it and jerking into an angle breaking his fingers. He screamed out in pain, but that wasn't the last of what she would do. She snapped her fingers and would create a repelling force of magic, sending the guards holding her flying away from her and would do the same for her mate to have him released. Vinnus would raise a paw towards a few that were charging them and would make the ground become like quick sand and was swallowing them into the ground rapidly. Hailey looked to her right and saw a mage getting ready to cast a spell on them and would flick a paw towards that mage freezing his body in ice, then sent sonic wave of energy towards the frozen mage and shattered him to pieces. The observers in the village all panicked, screamed and started to fleet the scene not wanting to get hurt.

But their luck and battle for life was very short. There was many guards there, far more than they could fight off. Another mage quickly sent fireballs at Vinnus, hitting him and setting him on fire. He screamed in pain and was trying to cast more magic, but a guard came up from behind and lunged a sword through his back and the word coming out of his chest. The screams distracted Hailey and she looked over seeing her mate on fire and in pain. She went to douse the fire with magic, but before she could a few arrows had suddenly struck her through the chest. Both of them collapsed onto the ground lifeless.

Little Aribius and Yaji'is were screaming and crying witnessing the death of their parents. But being the bigger brother Aribius was, he would take Yaj away from the window and hugged him tightly as they both cried. He didn't want to see the image of his parents dead anymore and he didn't want Yaj to keep looking either.


Aribius looked at their younger selves and sighed. "My parents knew they were going to be executed, so I guess they wanted to fight for what they believed in rather than die humiliated." The dream would fade to darkness, though he and Amaretto would still be there and be able to see each other, but spoke softly, "After their death they took us to some orphanage ran by some priests and they watched over me and my brother thinking we were going to turn into little demons and wanted to make sure we were purified and still good. That lasted a year. Yaji'is took their deaths harder than I did and I suppose it overwhelmed him."

Suddenly they would appear in a building and where little Aribius was staring out a window from the orphanage building. There was screams outside and buildings on fire, many were destroyed. There was monsters chasing people down and killing them, shades, soul knights and more were running around and slaughtering others. But the only showed that for a minute or two and the petrified young Aribius staring at it all.

When it all went away again and left them in blackness he shook his head a little. "All that was the result of Yaj. I woke up one night from all the screaming and Yaj was nowhere to be found. He came for me and lead me out safely. I went to go save my girlfriend first, but she was killed before I could get to her. So, I left with Yaj, Ciri and some people Ciri knew. I later found out Yaj snuck off that same night and dealt with some demons to come kill the bad people in the village at the cost of his soul, apparently the demons wanted to kill everyone at the village. Not the people he waned dead specifically. I was angry at him that he didn't tell me. Was angry that Ciri lived, but Alina didn't. That was the day I went my own way alone."

He made the dream world show just him now wandering through the land. "Days after that it was all peaceful at first. Lots of lovely forests, lakes, what have yous." He would point toward a nearby mountain and perched on top of it was a massive black dragon. Little Aribius would have been staring at it, too. "That dragon there was one that had helped cause a lot of hell where we lived. I own that black dragon's soul now, actually. He's annoying and troublesome as he was when he was alive."

He sped things up and even showed the land catching on fire, armies of good and evil battling along the lands. Chaotic destruction happening everywhere. He would show to the days that even when Aribius was older and was fighting both demons and angels and taking all their souls and would stop on a moment where Aribius was staring up at the mountain again seeing the massive black dragon still sitting there. "That dragon I believe was part of the corruption in our realm. Very ancient, very powerful. Even after I killed him, I still don't have all his powers and secrets. He knew I was going to kill him. Why he came to our world I don't know and he has yet to answer why either."

Things would fade to black once more and Aribius just stood there now. "That is my life in a nutshell. Suppose you'll understand the man you're marrying better now. That is if this whole thing hasn't ruined it yet." he looked over at her. "So, what do you think? Still want to marry me this evening now knowing who I am and why I am this way?" he asked sincerely wanting to know.

Aribius noticed she didn't really answer his question, but instead started to show him the Den and listened to her as she spoke. He held her hand as they walked. The place certainly did look different and when they entered the shop he observed and listened further. The photos seemed cute, though his attention went to Ammy that was doing a ritual that Amaretto pointed out. He also remembered how Amaretto told him of how she was created by Ammy to be her demon side, but he was interested in what it was fully about. "My brother wanted to do this same thing before, but too bad it is not up to him do go splitting his soul." he gave a soft little chuckle and grinned at Amaretto. But he would go quiet so not to speak over the ritual and would listen and watch silently now.

"I do find it pathetic that she used you like a scapegoat," he spoke with a very disgusted tone and watched the setting change in front of his eyes. He wondered what else she was going to show him. "Perhaps I should ask again if you want to marry me this evening, because if you do not only will you and Mabella be protect, Ammy will as well. Or should amends still be made between you two?" he asked with a slight tilt of his head to her. he went to take one of her paws gently to hold.

He wrapped an arm around Amaretto's waist and held her close as he watched and listened to her. In a lot of ways he felt sorry for Amaretto and he looked into her eyes again once she was done and told him the reason she didn't answer. "Do you think I am nothing but accomplishments? I've died once if not twice. My first death was even embarrassing. I walked into that ancient dragon's' cave and he stomped on me in a heart beat." he grinned at Amaretto.

Aribius went to give Amaretto a gentle long kiss. "Sometimes you must lose to learn how to win. You have lost many times, but you have learned so much from losing. In a sense, your reward was knowledge and with that knowledge you can do so much now. " He would run a paw through her long red hair and would also caress her ears. "I will still marry you."

But then he grinned widely at her. "One thing I find odd about this, though. The Ebony Knight offered his hand to you to help you up and says he'll give you the world. Don't you find it odd that it is exactly what I'm doing?" he chuckled softly. Aribius could not help but notice how strange that was. "

"No, I will not be doing what he did to you. You have my word." He watched more as she changed the images. Seeing her working with the Ebony Knight made him want to sigh. He had seen the knight's work many times in the past, all the people he fooled. It bothered him that Amaretto was in that same situation, but he knew it all went back o her being thrown into the world without much.

But when he saw the ebony knight start going down with her. He could not help but start to chuckle. Not at her death, but at the failure of the Ebony Knight. "He was stupid to underestimate you." he grinned and looked into her eyes. "That is exactly what I see when I look into your eyes. An intelligent, dark woman who knows how to make even a so-called god like him become a weak child with a dying curse."

Then he went to take both of her hands as he moved to stand in front of her, still looking into her eyes. "Imagine being able to take him down more easily. No locking you up in cells, no feeding you false words and no making you a puppet. You will always be an equal to me and together no one would ever take us down so simply. Not even that magic Ammy killed you with." He grinned widely at her. "Not even the Ebony Knight could touch us. He would have an extremely difficult time to even break our protection link... my guardian Ferunoth is not one to so easily get by."

Aribius went to change the scene for a moment and he showed himself and Yaj together taking down very powerful gods and demi-gods whether they were good or evil. Of course, he was using his brother as a puppet in the fight to help him. "Yaji'is and I are able to even stand on toes with the most powerful forces in the universe. Alone or together. Yaj himself can take any hit you throw at him and it might only make him stronger... that's if his arrogance and stupidity doesn't get in the way." He would grin at Amaretto more. "Imagine being capable of standing up against anyone. Yaj isn't even a god and he is that powerful. I'm not even a god yet and I'm that powerful. I see these same characteristics in you. You could be more than you or your sister could ever believe."

Then he changed the scene again. It was somewhere far different. A calm beach with a large moon overhead in the sky giving lighting up the night looking peaceful with its elegant illumination. "But seeing what you're capable of is not the only reason I love you. I love you for everything you are. You may be powerful, but you're also smart, very beautiful, tricky and mysterious. We have a lot in common even. I would enjoy spending my eternity with you. Unlike that knight, I will be there for you always. No matter what need it is. Even if you just need your feet rubbed." he chuckled and grinned at her.

He would wrap his arms tightly around Amaretto and went to give her a long, gentle kiss. "After some centuries, not a whole lot bothers me. Even I made lots of mistakes in the past, but I learned from them." Aribius would then move to stand in front of her and gently went to take both of her paws. "I'm sure Artisia is waiting for us back in the cathedral. I still wish to marry you this evening, Amaretto. Do you wish to marry me? I'll never belittle you. You'll always be my equal and I will share everything I have, including my protection and power if you do." His eyes would be looking deeply into hers hoping that she would still say yes even though she already said she wanted to spend eternity with him. But he wanted to hear the official yes.

"And I will be more than happy to marry you, my dear Amaretto." Aribius went to give her a very deep and long kiss. With the wave of a paw he deactivated the portal for now and had them reappear outside the portal in the dark, dead forest again. The threshold of the inactive portal still stood of course even if inactive.

Aribius looked into the direction of where the cathedral was. "Shall we go inform Artisia that our decision is final that we wish to be together? I'm sure she has better things to do than to be waiting on marrying an engaged couple." he gave a soft chuckle. Aribius knew how busy Artisia always was with her studies and experiments, which he did seem to have a full respect for on her part.

He squeezed her paw as the held them together now and he lead her towards the cathedral. He leaned over to nuzzle one of her ears and lean his head on hers for a moment in a sign of affection. "Just so you know, we don't have to spill any blood to have our marriage ritual work. Wouldn't have to ruin that pretty dress of yours either. All that will be needed is just some simple words and a kiss." Aribius would give her a big smile as he led them now into the cathedral and towards the alter. "Found all that blood spilling and sacrificing was excessive. Sometimes all it takes is a simple agreement."

Amaretto stepped inside the shattered cathedral and was hesitant a moment. Caught off guard by the slight changes in decor. The hesitation was brief though.

Remember, this is what you wanted. What you both want. You will have him. He will have you. You will have power, protection and . . . love.

She gave Aribius' paw a nervous squeeze. Amaretto the Daimon Lupe, dark twin of Ammy Spiritor, affraid of a wedding? As they walked down the aisle she gave a small whisper.

"I... don't know what to do or say."

Amaretto listened to Aribius and gave a small nod. Though she had her sisters memories of love and being in relations with her husband, to witness and be part of a wedding thrilled her. She looked quickly around at the full chapel of dark and sinister creatures. She smiled at the witnesses of her union with Aribius. She waited with a small, chilling grin on her muzzle, sharp pointed demon teeth on display.

Aribius would take both of Amaretto's paws into his own gently as he would turn to her and stare into her lovely eyes. His thumbs would gently rub the back of her hands as he held them. Then he began to speak,

"Amaretto, my new love, if you take my hand in marriage this day I will fulfill my promises of protecting you, loving you and making all your dreams come true. I will aid you in every way possible to make you happy."

He would free one up her left paw by taking back is own and with a bit of magic he created a platinum ring, with an emerald embedded on the top. He held it in his fingers. But before he would put it on her finger he wanted to be sure she would accept his offer. Amaretto and Artisia may even feel powreful magic radiating from the ring.

"If you accept this ring I can make it all come true. Nothing will separate us from this bond that will tie us both together. From being many realms away to even death. We will still be tied together. Will you take my proposal, Amaretto?" he asked with a gentle smile. His tone had remained gentle and soft as spoke to her. His eyes with their glowing green irises had never left Amaretto's as if he were truly lost in hers.

Amaretto listened to every word from Aribius as if each one would grant her untold dreams and wishes. She looked down to his paws on hers after the words were spoken and the silence that was given birth to as he waited for her answer. Tri-colored eyes were upon platinum and emerald ring he held. A simple, beautiful ring promising power beyond her belief.

Oh how does one find words to tell him, yes! Yes! With all my heart I do with stumbling lips I have?

She had to try. She couldn't leave the silence to grow heavy. Couldn't allow uncertainty and doubt to be born in Aribius mind. Amaretto closed her beautiful, nightmarish eyes and gather her wits.

"Aribius, my dark lover, a friend in darkness and light, confidant and mentor... I will accept your hand in this union of deepest shadows if you will show me the same kindness you offer. I will promise to never leave your side for another of more power. I promise to love you till existence and eternity end. I promise to bear you heirs if you so wish and to raise them up in all of your darkness and glory. My heart will be yours. My soul a bitter and fine poison for you to sip and enjoy. I will be the shield to your powers and I promise show you all that I know. I promise to destroy everything in your name should death ever part us and will raise the worlds until I hold your hand, and kiss your muzzle feeling your living breath."

She opened her eyes and looked into those piercing green eyes Aribius and she never flinched, never looked away. Her own tri-color eyes a swirling set of whirlpools to snag any foolish enough to gaze long. She took her hands from him, held one palm up and stabbed the pad of her palm with a talon fingernail of the other hand. The blood that welled up, a deep crimson with hints of purple began to swirl, solidify and formed a wedding ring. Lifting it to her muzzle she blew her breath upon it, vileness and the taint of evil in that air hit the ring. Studs of obsidian formed on the outside of the ring. The ring could be felt to radiate power like Aribius' but is was a tamer power, not as powerful and feeling a bit new and hesitant like a child's first step.

"I do accept you Aribius Nylta'al. Will you accept me, Amaretto Daemon?"

Amaretto was feeling a similar thought that Aribius was having.

I'm still very new to many things in this world though a few years have past. Many a vile things I've done, tried and wish to attempt but was so hesitant being alone and untrained. Yet, now I have a companion for the darkness who will help me with my dreams and allow me to rest as well when the darkness is dark enough.

She slid the crimson ring studded with obsidian upon his left ring finger and looked deep into those green eyes of his. She had heard or perhaps remembered a little wise saying; The eyes are the windows to the soul. She never flinched as she stared into them, a smile slithered onto her muzzle at what her eyes saw in his soul.

Hearing the words of Artisia having the ceremony come to a close he would grin widely at Amaretto. All his finely sharp teeth showing in glee. Aribius would move his hands to her nicely curved waist and held her there before gently pulling her body close to his. He did not pull her close tightly as he neither wanted to have her poked by the small, barely visible spikes in his armor under the fake for nor did he want her dress to get ripped. It was not something he had thought through entirely.

Nonetheless, he would lean forward to give his beloved a long, passionate kiss. His eyes with their glowing green-irises would stare back into her tri-colored eyes feeling lost in them. Anytime he looked into them they always reminded him that he would truly do anything to keep his new wife safe and happy. Even though he may somewhat be considered a form of evil he did have his loyalties and they were now bound to her on this darkly, blessed day.

After the long kiss he gently pulled away a few inches. "I love you, Amaretto, with every part of my soul." Then he turned to Artisia and smiled at her and bowed his head to her. "Thank you, Artisia, for officially bonding us together. I suppose it is time for my new wife and I to have a lovely wedding day together."

To not harm Amaretto in any way he used some magic to change his clothing to a black suit. Why he did not do it in the first place was questionable, but nonetheless it was what he was going to wear now. At that moment he would give Amaretto a wicked grin and would go to lift her with his arms. One arm under her legs the other under her back to now carry her.

He would give her another kiss and if she let him carry her, he would take them down the aisle of the cathedral and soon out of the old building. Aribius would carry his new wife along through the forest for a little peaceful walk and chatter about all the things they were going to have fun doing together, although soon after that he would teleport them to their own little home for the night to spend a special time together as husband and wife.