Broken Barriers: Grey Hearts

by BioQuillFiction


Chapter 1: A Wedding To Remember

Zeke came to five hours later, immediately shifting back to human form. He looked better off than Eclipsa. Least he was able to stand. Eclipsa still can’t barely lean up. “I’ve never felt this sore… ever.” Zeke said, turning his head till his neck gave an audible pop. “Ahhh. Much better.”

“I see you are awake, you lucky prick.” Eclipsa said good naturedly.

“Lucky… yeah that’s the right word.” Zeke laughed, taking a seat in the rooms only chair. “So, what next? I mean, you’re my wielder now so… what next?”

“I was actually waiting for you to wake up to discuss that. You can ask Oath and Oblivion, I almost never do anything without them knowing…. Most of the time.”

“Okay…” Zeke said, Oathkeeper and Oblivion appearing around us.

“Oh, Speak of the devil's. Hey Oblivion, think I'm strong enough to free you yet?” Eclipsa chuckled, her Amazonian body being evidence of her strength.

”With Zeke as your Key, that Psychotic bitch doesn't stand a chance!”

“Good, because I'm going to have Zeke wield X while I use Oath. What is the fun in finishing it up fast… I want that bitch to suffer for all she has done, not be atomized.” Eclipsa said, her red eyes giving off a small glow for a moment before going back to normal. “Oh and Zeke, the reason we need to talk is… complicated. Apparently you can't be 15ft away from be before warping back over into my hand. And I don't want to separate you from your family anymore than I want to leave mine.”

“Wait, really?” Zeke asked, walking about fifteen feet away, then vanishing in a puff of light… and was on top of Eclipsa’s hand, then quickly jumped off. “Did you just squeeze my ass?”

“Maybe but that's not the point.” Eclipsa said like nothing happened. “The point is I don't want your family to suffer, and frankly I'd kill off Cript and bring a total end to creation before I leave mine alone again.”

“So… what, we move in families and all?”

“I was thinking something, and thanks to Oath, and a bit of rattling around pornhub and 4chan, came up with a few ideas.”

“Already I’m terrified.”

Eclipsa laughed “I'm kidding. About the pornhub and 4chan part at least. One option is to create a housing situation where both families live in the same building, with our room being the border between. We just pull up a temporary wall or something when we want some privacy from the other. Another option that works for both of us is…. Well it'd take some getting used to and me rewriting my own genetics a bit before I even follow through, but we could combine our families in a… expansive way.”

Meanwhile, With Cript.

Cript was spending time with his Lyra, his first love and wife. Then, felt a shiver. “What was that?” Lyra asked.

“My running Gag is about to be known by another…” He replied.

“...?”

Back with Eclipsa and Zeke.

“... If I could I’d bang my head against the wall it I cracked it open…” Zeke replied.

“Look, I'm not 100% on board either, but it's one of the few ways I see this working without some kind of heartache… besides I'm terrified if Scotch and Rune end up in the same room to plan… anything.”

“... And like that I can hear Alucard making plans…”

“Ali, buddy, trust me, you think I'm freaky, you don't know the definition. And that's just Rune alone. Take you. Multiply by a googlian, real number look it up, and that still isn't enough if those two planed anything.”

“And like that I’m missing the ability to bleed and self harm myself…”

“Well have any better ideas? I'm all ears.” Eclipsa says, folding her arms under her bust.

“...This is still… Oh god it’s Jacklen and Miles all over again…”

“Who?” Eclipsa asks, cocking her head.

“Okay...back in 1885, Jacklen and Miles Ventral were two of the best criminals before my mom and dad, married criminals I mean… But they weren't known FULLY for their crimes… They were cousins… Had six kids, surprisingly all survived. One’s my great grandfather. Meaning that is also yours…”

“And history is destined repeat…. Oh shit….” Eclipsa says with a groan. “At least I can now modify my own genetics on the fly but holy fuck. Insest runs in the family….”

“Yeah…”

“First my brother becomes my mother, and my sister also becomes my mother, then my dad becomes my mom. Then my wives become my husbands and now there is a chance my cousin…. Not finishing that until we confirm it is the only choice we have that works.” Eclipsa rants.

“Already your family dynamic is MUCH worse than mine ever was.”

“Tell me about it…” Eclipsa groans. “So, any new ideas, or are we going to hiding from Scotch and Rune for eternity?”

“...”Zeke rubbed his eyes. “As much as I hate to say this… I’m also twenty other people… This should probably be a choice between my twenty others… and our others…”

“Well in sure Alucard is practically orgasming at the idea, so we can have him confirmed.” Eclipsa sighs. “But yeah. Let's get the others out of the way before we go to our lovers.”

“Well first let’s get our Lovers. AFter that, well… Jesus who else has to deal with this kind of bizarre anime harem BS?”

Elsewhere, Cript sneezed.

“I can think of someone….” Eclipsa before sighing. “So… my folks or yours first?”

“Yours. You’re my welder so… yeah… Give me a sec first. Wanna try something.” Zeke said, clenching his fist as the purest Darkness and Light covered it, spinning around each other rapidly as he punched his own face with it, the shockwave about destroying the room and caving in half the ceiling. “Didn’t work! Still alive! Ouch…” He spoke from the ground.

“You know, you could ask me to power up that attack next time.” Eclipsa says before snapping and repairing the hospital.

“Nah, if it’s not a proper self suicide that dishonors our Asian ancestors… and yes, we still have some that are living over there.”


Eclipsa sighed, slowly slithering up to the large, if modest orphanage turned house. “Here we are. Hopefully pregnant me is alright.”

“I imagine she is.” Zeke said walking next to Eclipsa. “I had X send a message to have my girls come here… God this is so… weird…”

“And you never truly get used to it, just adapt.” Eclipsa sighed before walking in. “I'm home!”

Eclipsa was tackled by both kids and husbands, Zeke side stepping right before that storm flew out the door. “Yikes.”

Eclipsa groaned. “Pain, lots of pain…” She said from within the cuddle pile of Nagas and Ponies.

“Okay… Hi.” Zeke waved.

Everyone went inside, Zeke’s family arriving after ten minutes or so. Then the talking began, each of the twenty people within Zeke got a speak, and deals and conditions were made… next month, their families merged… With Zeke now knowing slightly how to feels to be Cript, and Eclipsa now needing to be fit into a dress. “So soon Meliodas will need to aquire his love, and Alucard will see if His master and Seras are up for this,” Zeke’s Luna listed off, the man himself a shade of red no human should be able to make.

Elsewhere, with Cript.

“Welcome to my hell… Get used to it.”

Back with Eclipsa.

“Alright, I'm marrying my cousin…. Fun.” Eclipsa sighs as she wears a dress complimenting her scales to get used to dresses before the wedding.

“Raven needs to grab her Beast Boy,” Zeke’s Luna continued. “And The others just have a few bits of unfinished business on their homes to take care of before hand.”

“I wanna blame Cript but in all honesty I should have seen this coming.” Zeke said from his corner in the room he was huddled into. Seeing a man that muscular and tall curled up in a corner like a sad child was…. Depressing, for all parties involved.

“Zeke, come on. It could be worse…. Their could be a law that in order to bring peace you need to marry everyone…”

“I know you didn’t just take a jab ad Ben.” Zeke chuckled. “Also being connected to every heart means I know all of your memories and thoughts… Pretty sure it’s considered Masterbating Dashes.” Both Zeke’s Dash and Eclipsa’s Blitz blushed madly.

“Is selfsest insest or the ultimate form of narcissism?” Eclipsa wondered.

“In my experience, just a quick means to scratch and itch!” Rune said, making everyone present facepalm.

“Rune… You are so going to get along with Alucard.” Eclipsa groaned.

“This is every form of hell…” Zeke muttered.


“Bitches I’m home!” Alucard cried out into the halls of Hellsing. Kicking the doors down and on top of two guards. “Where’s my Netflix account at?”

“You are about to see the only people you give two shits about in your world, and you first bring up Netflix?” Eclipsa asks in her human form, walking over the doors, ignoring the groans of the guards.

“Eh, if all goes well I’ll be screwing the both of them within the hour… week tops.” Alucard said, walking casually. “Ah, I see the first floor men's room have new urinals installed.” Passing by said room, Eclipsa saw each urinal has a taxidermied human head above them. “Glad to see Integra hasn’t changed her sense of style.”

“Huh.” Was the only thing Eclipsa had to comment before she reacted on instincts, catching a blonde, red eyes woman by the face and smashing her into a wall with a growl, Gray flowing off her body. “The fuck!”

“Oh, Seras.” Alucard said, turning around. “There you are.”

“Master?” The woman said, turning into some kind of mist, escaping from Eclipsa’s grasp and reforming before Alucard. “Master! Oh where have you been?! You went out for Smokes and porn two months ago!?”

“Long story short, I’m even harder to kill than before, and I’m in a huge ass big tittied harem. Care to join in?”

“So you're Seras… huh. No wonder you only called her Big tittied police girl until we all strapped you down and read your memories….” Eclipsa says, not bothering with tact.

Saras looked over at Eclipsa. “Uh, Master? Who’s she? Another new Vampire?”

“Nope, something way more powerful… and way more sexy~”

“Oie!” Sares said, giving Alucard a light whack on the head. “So, what’s this about a harem then?”

“First off where’s Integra, I got a gift for her and I’m gonna make sure she blows me for it!” Alucard then ran off making Curly noises from the three stooges.

“So… love cannons?” Eclipsa asks before the two start to follow the crazy Vamp.

“My main gun is a large anti-tank rifle. My other guns are fully automatic cannons. Yes.”

“You and I are going to get along just fine.” Eclipsa says with a smile, her red eyes flashing as she wraps a arm over the Vampire's shoulders and warps them over to Alucard before he gets too far ahead. 'Don't want him teleporting into my hand….again.’

Alucard’s gift to Integra was restoration. Somehow Alucard found the fountain of youth while out getting Smokes and porn before Kexez grabbed him. This gave Integra her body from her mid Twenties, and now let her age slowly. She accepted the harem, to everyone's, especially Alucard’s surprise. “Wait… are you fucking with me?”

“Alucard I’ve been a virgin since we met, that’s a literal lifetime ago, now I’m youthful again, I’m not even sure if I can still be your Master given what you are now. Frankly put, I’m going to make sure that when you finally get hitched, you finally follow through on all those promises you made to me, jokes or no.”

“Oh I promise that when I’m done with you, you’ll be immobile for years.” Alucard practically purred.

“Good. So, is Seras in on this.”

“Yes mam!” Seras said.

“Well then… God's…alright. Welcome to the family.” Eclipsa says with a genuine, if stressed smile

“Great! Wait! Am I restricted to these two only?”

“No Alucard… But besides myself, these two are the only two that you can randomly screw when in the mood.” Eclipsa said with a sigh, knowing all her hubbies and Rune would take him up on it.

“Are these the only two I’m allowed to bring?”

“....I want to say no…. But that would be too unfair to you…. Just don't bring too many please? I like my wooden, simple home and it's already going to have to change.”

“Hmm…”

“Who do you even have in mind?” Integra asked.

“Some regular hookers, and the queen.”

“The queen?”

“Heck yeah, we’ve fucked back when I was a chick, and I have a second bottle of youth water. Later!” Alucard said, teleporting… only to appear about fourteen feet from Eclipsa. “Oh right… fuck…”

“Yep… At least you didn't end up in my hand again.”

After gathering the Queen, and three of Alucards favorite hookers, Candi, Sahrah, and Melody, each looked more like models than hookers, we dropped everyone off at my place, then Alucard let Meliodas take over.

“Woah. Can’t wait to see how Elizabeth reacts to this.” He said.

“Or anyone else who ends up joining…. I'm not going to have just a large house after this, am I?” Eclipsa sighes

“I just have love for Elizabeth, but I am a perv so, hehe.” He laughed. “So, shall we go?”

“Sure. Just remember I used to be a guy before perving on me.” Eclipsa says before snapping and teleporting them to Meliodas's world.

“Hmm… Welp, anyway, let’s get going.

Eclipsa nods and let's the short man lead the way.

The two appeared from a DTL in front of a large green roofed tavern in the shape of a witches hat. “Here we are, the Boar Hat Tavern.”

“Huh. Neat… it's a actual boar's hate, isn't it?” Eclipsa says, noting the very slight disturbance in the dirt around the tavern.

“Yup. Our Mascot, a talking pig named Hawk, his mom is the boar the tavern sits on. Whenever we need to move, we move.”

“Cool. Well, let's head on it to pick up who will probably be the most normal person being added.” Eclipsa says, walking over to the door, still in human form.

Once inside I was introduced to the other Seven Deadly Sins. Diane the Giant, The Serpent Sin of Envy, who thanks to a potion was normal human sized. Ban, Fox sin of greed and immortal thanks to the fountain of youth on this world. King, fairy king and grizzly sin of sloth. Huh, no wings? Gowther, Goat sin of lust and a living doll created by magic and a deadly array of mental abilities. Merlain, Boar sin of gluttony and DAMN she’s sexy. Also I think she drooled when I mentioned magic foreign to this world… And Lastly was Escanor, the Lion sin of pride and was… well built.

Then there was Elizabeth, an apasol of the gods, meaning she had god-like powers, and can even revive the dead to an extent. “So that’s what happened?” Elizabeth asked.

“So you’re saying there’s a whole array of other worlds to learn from?” Merlain asked.

“Let me put it this way…. Everything is Gray.” I said as I let this world get a small taste of Gray, covering it entirely so the only color was the red of my eyes, and they could all feel the power it possessed before making it all vanish. “And that's just Gray, the super booster. It's actually more powerful when added to other energies.”

“Oh. Well I’d go to this other world just to learn what I can.”

“Where lady Merlan goes I go.” Escanor said.

“I’d go just to see the new sights.” Ban said.

“I’d go, but only if Diane goes.” King said.

“I think it would be fun.” Diane said.

“I’d like in on this Harem.” Ban did a spit take while everyone else just about have their jaws hit the floor at Gowther's response.

“Of course…. Why do you want in? I could understand if Merilan wanted in, if only to learn from some very, very adept mages as well as myself, but why you?” Eclipsa said, pinching her brow.

“Because I am a doll. I have no heart, and often wished to learn the human emotion known as Love.” Gowther said. “While my powers all focus mainly on my opponents mentality, I myself understand little to nothing about human emotions or the human heart.”

“If a heart is something you’ll need I think Zeke can figure something out.” Meliodas said.

“Oh yeah, Zeke, that person that is a part of Meliodas we mentioned, yeah he is, now anyway, the literal embodiment of everyone's Heart, good or bad, doesn't matter.” Eclipsa said.

“Oh? So, are you saying that it is possible for me to obtain a heart, and experience emotion truly?”

“It is entirely possible… but something tells me you already have one… it just needs to be unlocked.” Eclipsa says, summoning her personal X-blade and having a beam of Gray shoot out the tip and into Gowther's chest. “Even nobodies, beings who have had their heart removed from them, eventually grow them. Made sense that you would as well.” She says before twisting the key, and the sound of something unlocking was heard by all.

When she removed her X-blade Gowther was still for a bit, then his… her? Eclipsa was not sure, but their eyes livened up. “Holy crap, my chest feels heavy…” That alone dropped jaws.

“Welcome to the life of having a unlocked heart.” Eclipsa said with a smile

“I had no idea having a heart would feel this heavy. Interesting.” Gowther began thinking.


Days passed and the group, group referring to all the people Zeke can switch out with, dealt with a few details here and there. Clementine got Aj enrolled in my school, or rather, the school I work at, Miles, aka Spiderman, just told his parents and, needless to say, that was… an event, but they understood. He wasn’t exactly the same kid they knew anymore. Their son truly anymore. Raven picked up her Beast Boy, and explained the situation. Everyone was rather surprised but in the end it all worked out, she would still try and Hero when able anyway. Leon, as in Leon S FUCKING Kennedy just picked up some things from his home and sent an Email to his colleagues about him no longer being able to work, but will take on any threats he comes across.

Simon paid his wife's grave a visit, simply telling all that happened to the gravestone before heading off, head held high with a large smile on his face. Guts just went to his world and killed some demons then was okay with everything.  Eren picked up his friends, they already being part of Daybreak had Keyblades and he figured the change would be good for them, they have a lot of bad memories from their birth world. Trixie just picked up her waggon, the old thing falling apart but it was her only possession. Starlight Glimmer didn’t want to do much, just visit her dad and, that was it. The Master of Masters… just took a look at where Daybreak once was. Giving a heavy sigh. Xehanort looked over the Land of Departure, wondering where did his ideals and morality get so clouded. Mors visited his son, who was now living at his own place in Death City. Tokoyami, we explained everything to the school and his family, and he would visit, but for now, he wanted a match. Him versus his whole class. He was a good fighter, and his Dark Shadow was even more powerful that before, the Sunlight or light in general no longer weakening it. He was also able to summon Dark Guardian. Something useful and even more overpowered as it could also use the others in their X-blade forms. In total Tokoyami, himself, Dark Shadow and Dark Guardian, could wield a total of Six of their twenty X-blade stuck allies at once. That would make for some interesting combos.

Needless to say, it was almost one sided, until this Madoria kid came up with a really clever plan, that almost worked, but just not enough. “Nice job all of you.” I said, slithering up. “You almost got him there.”

“I figured dodging his weapons was the way to go.” He mumbled through his own daze.

“Somehow I figured you’d be the closest to a win Madoria.” Tokoyami said.

The rest of the time was spent with laughs and after that, we left… Now it’s just waiting til the wedding is ready. Eclipsa and Zeke felt awkward enough about the ordeal, but it was to be expected in all honesty.


One Week Later

“Not used to being the one in a dress…. Oh God's what if something goes wrong like last marriage… what if another threat appears and oh god I am panicking when I am about to marry my fucking cousin!” Eclipsa ranted as some of her bridesmaids helped her into her dress.

“Think about how I feel.” Zeke called out from the other room, the walls thin enough to here even normal conversations of Ponyvilles Town Hall.

“Yeah well… sigh, we both are to blame for this. Thankfully genetics can fuck off but still… Could be worse. I only need to change the house to a small mansion. We could have had more kids and wives and husbands and be forced to have a castle.”

“Don’t jinx it.”

“.... I hope I didn't…” Eclipsa says before her dress is finished. “So, run it by me again how we are going to pull this off without you teleporting back to me?”

“Since you and I are the herd matriarchs, meaning that according to both my Equestria’s and your Equestria’s herd marriage customs, all we have to do is kiss that that’s it..”

“Any more rules and laws we need to know?”

“Not really, rule just states that so long as all parties during the kiss are herd matriarch, the act is legal. They designed this law on both our Equestrias it seems when herds would actually marry into one another to start up small kingdoms and such.”

“Oh. At least it won't be complicated then.” Eclipsa sighed

“Yeah, they made it really simple. So long as each member of the kiss is a herd matriarch, the marriage will be legal… Still can’t believe we’re doing this…”

“It could always be worse…. But I agree, this is not how I imagined my sequel to turn out it's first chapter.”

“At this point I am used to unexpected popup marriages… this is a curve ball though…”

“I know right? Well, I'm ready when you are. Ready to face the music?” Eclipsa asked as her dress was finished.

“I have no idea. I mean, we’ve never even gone on a date… god that alone sounds so cringy…”

“Hey, we will figure this shit out. We are doing this for our families, remember that. We will grow used to it along the way.” Eclipsa said, trying to reassure Zeke.

“Probably… this is just so weird. I mean, it shouldn’t be that weird. I mean, we didn’t even grow up together in the family so we don’t have too much history…”

“Not to mention when Cript adopted me I biologically was no longer a Ventral. So the only weird thing about this is we saw each other as family already.”

“Yeah… Nothing genetically taboo there… This is just...weird…”

“....At least neither of us are ugly. You at least are actually quite the looker.” Eclipsa confessed as she made her way to the door.

“Heh… yeah, cause that’s a concern…” Zeke groaned. “This must be how childhood friends who are put into arranged marriages with each other must feel on their wedding day huh?”

“Only worse I bet. But enough stalling. If this is the price I pay for my family to be happy, so be it.” She says, opening the door.

“Guess we can agree there.” Zeke said, exiting the next door room and into the hallway. Eclipsa did the same. Zeke wore a white and black Tux, A, ironically, Heartless symbol Bowtie and a blue flower attached to the Tuxedo pocket. Eclipsa was in her naga form,dress floating just above the part of her that slithered on the floor. Her dress grey but with designs like stars within it, shimmering in even faint light as her vale held designs of rose flower outlines. “Rarity?” Zeke asked.

“....no…. She died in childbirth. One of my daughters made it with Fancy Pants supplying the material.” Eclipsa said with a little depression and resignation in her voice.

“Oh… Well, my Rarity is a wife, so… sorry if that gets awkward…”

“Not, it'll be fine. I know how the Multiverse works. Just don't be surprised if I choke up the first time I hear her voice.” Eclipsa said with a smile.

“That’s fair. So, what about her baby?”

“Fancy's kid. Rare was being a surrogate mother, up holding her title of generosity till the end.” Eclipsa said, her small smile never leaving her face.

“Oh… Did they already pick the kid up?”

“They were there in the hospital that day. But enough on death. Rares wouldn't want to ruin a day like this with depressing talk. Let's just… find a way to enjoy this.” Eclipsa said, her voice having a tone that Zeke has never heard from Eclipsa. That of caring yet pleading.

“Hmm… Hey.” Zeke said, placing a hand on Eclipsa’s shoulder. “I know in your life, you've lost a lot. But you gained more. I’m sure neither of us expected to have families. I mean, heck, I was expecting to literally die before all of this. Yet, here I am. ANd here you are. We both have people we fell in love with, and children we’d happily, proudly die for. Things get better.”

“Heh, yeah. And now we are eons old admins who probably are one of the few threats to whatever the next big bad is. You know… maybe us being together won't be too bad. We both love our families. We both are massively fuck-off powerful alone, let alone together, and we'll keep each other in check. And the emotions can be forged in time… and if Rune has her way, in bed.” Eclipsa says the last part with a giggle, her voice sounding actually beautiful dispute the crass language.

“Heh, assuming Rune doesn't rape us both first.” Zeke half-joked.

“Well here we are.” Eclipsa said, standing in front of a set of doors, beyond being the families and the altar, purely for traditional reasons.

“Yup… So, this is kind of...strange to ask…”

“Hm? What is it, Cold feet?” Eclipsa jokes, nudging the human X-blade.

“No, sorta? Uh… Well, I just… god this is awkward…”

“Come on, we can't leave them waiting all day.” Eclipsa said with a chuckle.

“Screw it.” Zeke said, grabbing Eclipsa’s head, and planting a kiss right on her lips. The action surprised her. For a bit she didn’t know what to do, then, slowly, leaned into it, the two soon acting as if it was not their first. Zeke, as soon as he started it, ended it, taking a step back, face blushed.

Eclipsa fished for a moment. “I… wow… wasn't that supposed to wait till the altar?” She said, her fingers brushing her lips.

“It’s another...Ventral family thing. Lot of times weddings are rushed. It’s tradition that if something happens before the kiss can happen, to kiss before hand so it counts at least to us. Most Ventral weddings are crashed by FBI, CIA, Interpol, you name it…”

“Or Core for me…. Still salty about that by the way.” Eclipsa said, directed at the ex-villain in question. “So… Shall we...my love?” She said, throwing caution to the wind

“We’ve come this far… Just, do yourself a favor. If Rune wants to show you her Fetish book… run. Don’t care how perverted you are… just run.”

“Hey could be worse. I could have a Rune of my own. I just have three stallions who were horny enough to try anial on each other… and forget the lube.” Eclipsa chuckles before opening the door, the music starting as all heads turned towards the pair.

Zeke chuckled. “If I remember… number sixty two, lubeless anal in her book… Like I said, run.”

Eclipsa just smirked and chuckled before slithering forward alongside Zeke. To her left, her family and close friends, Even Josh and Aurora made it, though Josh looked like he/she couldn't stop chuckling at the sight as they took pictures.

Zeke just flipped off his uncle/aunt. “So… shall we get started?”

“Let's. Besides, don't want josh to have even more pictures to show the rest of the family.” Eclipsa said with a smile as they started down the aisle

The music began playing, the audience had their eyes on the two. Wives of Zeke, Husbands of Eclipsa, children of both. Before them stood Eclipsa’s Blue Blood, levitating a book before him. “Eclipsa. Sir.” Blueblood said.

“Hey Bluey. Thanks for making time for this last minute.” Eclipsa whispered to him.

“You’re welcome. Now then, pardon but I’ve never actually done this before.” Blueblood said, flipping through some pages. “Ah.” He said, finding his page, and clearing his throat. “Dearly Beloveds, we are gathered here today not just to wear a mare… and a stallion…” There was a bit of a chuckle from everyone. “But also the unification of two herds. Is Each person present their herds matriarch or selected by said matriarch?”

“I am.” Eclipsa said, Blitz, Star and Scotch all nodding with smiles.

“As am I.” Zeke said.

“Good. This marriage shall unite not just the marrying parties, but also their herds. Wives shall be married to one another as if joining the herds individually, children shall from here on be known as siblings, brothers and sisters, and so on and so forth.” He flipped the page. “Do the matriarchs have any personal vows they’d like to share?”

Eclipsa took a breath “Zeke, Ever since the day we met, we have fought alongside one another. That day, and the years proceeding, we grew as friends, companions, and even saw each other as family before we even knew my parentage. You picked me up whenever I fell, and I was always there to kick your head in when you got out of line.” She said, chuckling and pausing to breathe. “Even if being together was never something we planned to have happened… it is something I do not see us regretting. Not now. Not eons from now. I am ready to spend my days with you, if you are ready to spend yours with me.”

Taking a bit of breath and colting thoughts, Zeke spoke. “Eclipsa. When I met you, you were a cocky thing that, despite not having them anymore still has the balls to do what others would rather not.” Everyone laughed. “After our dual, you snapped me out of my life long mentality. In that, I realized… we compliment each other. You’re one kind of crazy and I’m another. Yet, at the same time we share so much in common it’s almost scary. After today we’ll share not just the rest of our lives… but our families, children, and, someday, learn to share love between one and another. Be that day sooner than what should be healthy, given the trends, or years from now.”

Eclipsa smiled a genuine, happy smile before looking back at Blue, and back at Zeke, Crimson orbs meeting Crimson. “Now, are there any who deny this joining of herds? Speak now, or forever hold your peace.” No one, no interruptions, nothing. “Then by the power vested in me, I pronounce these two husband and wife, and their herds conjoined. All Matriarchs may now kiss, and solidify this herd’s unity and marriage.”

“Heh… I keep expecting something to go wrong right around now…” Eclipsa said with a nerve filled chuckle.

“Same…” Zeke said, the two leaning in for a kiss.

The two were just an inch from their kiss, eyes closed. Time seemed to slow. Finally, they kissed. Something felt… off though. Zeke knew Eclipsa has some coat fluff on her, but it wasn’t this… thick, and Eclipsa knew Zeke did not have a beard.

The two opened their eyes, only to see themselves in a three-way kiss with the Dire wolf himself Ben. The three all jumped back. “The fuck?!” Zeke yelped.

“..........it was too good to be true. Lance, why can't I have a normal wedding for once…..” Eclipsa groaned, her face buried in her hands

“Excuse me, but what the fuck?” Ben asked while looking around...seeing that he was in a church and Eclipse and Zeke were dressed for a wedding. “Oh...uh…” Ben wasn’t sure how to respond. “Ta-da~?” He said nervously, before he just got a silly grin on his face and face palmed. “God damn it…” He chuckled.