:The Double-Wedding of 2294

It's two years later and both Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain's wedding day.

Lady Karissa, Lady Suzanne and Lady Katherine are with Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain and Lady Katherine with their attendants, Lady Caroline Matilda, Lady Richenda Edwin,a Lady Davina Edwina.

Lady Karissa, Lady Suzanne and Lady Katherine are in the bride room with Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain.

Lady Elizabeth is dressed like The Princess Royal of The Howard family. Lord Charles Andrew JR insisted that Lady Elizabeth be dressed according to her rank as well as Lady Samhain. They are wearing the sash of The House of Howard across the wedding dresses and wearing their coronets to hold up their wedding veils.

Lady Karissa is wearing her tiara as it is Lady Katherine and Lady Suzanne as the Duchesses and Countess of their territories.

Lady Elizabeth tells her mother " I can hardly wait until our honeymoon mom."

"Oh! Honeymoons are great if the man is a good lover, Lady Bess, if they are not, the honeymoon is a bummer." Lady Karissa tells her.

"Your dad and I never had a honeymoon. He promised me one after you were born." Lady Karissa states.

"All I can say about your father is he is a good breeder but as a lover he is a bummer." Lady Karissa confesses.

"We have one more child to go and we are finished having our family." Lady Karissa tells her, "In time I will divorce him, Lady Elizabeth and remarry Lord Richard William Carey."

"I have been married to your father for nearly 19 years now and I have had his children and of course Lord Richard William Carey's children too, and I have no regrets. I have the satisfaction knowing that The Howard Dynasty is secure with Lady Samhain, Lord Anthony, Lord Albert and you and our last child and that the Carey dynasty is secure with Lady Caroline Matilda and Lord Benjamin Lawrence." Lady Karissa explains.

"I know you will do the right thing when you ascend to the Dukedom of Norfolk Territory." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth.

" Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth

"My darling Peace-maker. You will become Duchess of Clarence Territory on your own with Lord David William Beck II by your side. You two can't go wrong." Lady Karissa tells Lady Samhain.

"In time Lady Caroline Matilda will succeed her father, but I hope not to soon." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth.

"Lady Caroline Matilda is only 12 year old." Lady Elizabeth tells Lady Elizabeth.

"I expect Lord Anthony will be the next to get married." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth as he is 14 years old and becoming very good looking."

"Lord Anthony won't be able to marry until he is at least 17 years old and the young woman is the same age." Lady Karissa explains.

Lady Karissa helps Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain put on their cornets that will hold their wedding veils in place.

"Today you will become married ladies. I wish you both well and remember you have a home at Beltane Manor and don't become a stranger." Lady Karissa tells them.

"Don't worry mom. I promise to come to Beltane and pester you." Lady Elizabeth tells her mom, "When I have your first granddaughter, I am going to name her after you."

"I am very touched and honored." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth.

"I am afraid you will die and I want a part of you." Lady Elizabeth confesses.

"One day we are going to die, Lady Bess. There is no way of getting around it." Lady Karissa replies.

"We are born, we age, we live, and we die." Lady Karissa tells her.

"I am sure your father and I will be alive for a long time. Look at your paternal grandfather and he is the oldest child out of 4 children and he has outlived all of them." Lady Karissa tells her.

"Grandpa has to stay alive for me, so Lord Richard Edward III and I can present him with his first great-grandchild." Lady Elizabeth tells Lady Karissa.

"Lady Elizabeth. Lord Charles Andrew JR is 84 years old and he will see a few good years and see his daughter grow. She is Lady Samhain's age but she isn't ready to marry as she hasn't found anyone." Lady Karissa states.

"Lord Charles Andrew is just holding on to see his granddaughters marry and to make sure that Lord Patrick William Howard is secure." Lady Karissa states

"I will miss him when he passes away, but he knows he is mortal and he has fought the good fight and won the race." Lady Karissa tells her.

"Your grandfather had six children and it seems only your father and his daughters have done anything right, and Lady Pauline is expecting her first child anytime." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth.

"Lord Charles Andrew JR will be alive to see Lord Patrick William and Lady Pauline's child be born and he will be content." Lady Karissa states.

"Lady Patricia is ailing in Lennox Territory and she is 85 years old now." Lady Karissa tells her daughter.

"Lady Josephine Isabella Stuart, the wife of Lord Alexander Charles Stuart, your first cousin once removed, wrote to your father and I told your father and I that your paternal grandmother isn't doing very well." Lady Karissa tells her.

"Lady Patricia spends her time sitting in her garden at Lennox Territory and she reads and she embroiders." Lady Karissa tells Lady Elizabeth.

"Your father and I may have to take a trip to Lennox Territory to attend her funeral and burial and I know that Lord Patrick and Lady Pauline will want to go with us, I will have to count on Lady Samhain and you to take care of your sister and brothers." Lady Karissa tells her.

"I will take Lord Benjamin Lawrence with us as Lord Richard William Carey will want to come with us too." Lady Karissa tells her.

Finally, Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain are dressed in the wedding dresses, veils and Lady Karissa hands them their wedding bouquets and she kisses them "I love you." Lady Karissa tells her daughters.

Lady Patricia who is 8 months pregnant knocks on the door and she tells them "It is almost time to start to walk to the chapel."

Lord Richard William Carey and Lord Andrew Charles are waiting outside the door waiting to walk Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain to the chapel." Lady Pauline tells Lady Karissa.

Lady Karissa is escorted to the chapel by her son, Lord Anthony and all the girls line up one by one and they line up at the door and finally Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain.

Lord Andrew Charles looks at his two eldest daughters and he says " Today I lost two daughters."

"No dad. Today you will have two sons." Lady Elizabeth tells her father.

"I know Lady Elizabeth, both are already my cousins through their fathers." Lord Andrew Charles tells his daughters, "I just want to see my daughters happy and my poor old dad."

Lord Richard William Carey walks in " You remind me of your mom on her wedding day, Lady Samhain." Lord Richard William tells her.

"I have been doubly blessed when I was able to walk your mom up the aisle to marry your dad and now I have the same blessing to walk her daughter up the aisle." Lord Richard William states.

"I tell you Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain, I love your mother over all other women and one day we will marry." Lord Richard William tells them.

"She blessed me with Lady Caroline Matilda and Lord Benjamin Lawrence and I don't know how to repay her." Lord Richard William states.

"I think mom wanted to make sure that The Howard's and Carey's live on." Lady Elizabeth tells her second cousin as they share the same great-great-grandfather, Lord Frederick William Howard.

"Mom won't let you place her on a pedestal." Lady Elizabeth states.

Lord Andrew Charles offers his arm to Lady Elizabeth and Lord Richard William Carey offers his arm to Lady Samhain and they start to walk towards the chapel at Beltane.

Lady Karissa, Lord Charles Andrew JR, along with Lord Richard Edward II and Lady Suzanne are seated in the front pew on the right side of the chapel.

In the second pew is Lord Thomas William Howard, Lord Frederick William Howard III with Lady Mary Henrietta Grey his wife, and Duchess with their son, Lord Frederick William who is only 1 year old, Lord Patrick William and Lady Pauline and Lord Charles Andrew III and Lady Victoria.

"On the left side sits Lord David William Beck SR, Lady Katherine with Lord Edward David Christopher Beck, Lord Timothy Christopher and his wife, Lady Katherine Grey, and their daughter Lady Georgians Henrietta Grey who is only 1 year old as well.

The music starts playing and one by one the bridesmaids start walking up the aisle and take their place at the altar, the flower girl and ring bearer walk side by side and finally the music changed to the bridal processional by Strauss and Lord Richard William Carey escorts Lady Samhain up the aisle and they take their place at the altar and the music changes once again Lord Andrew Charles walks up Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane up the aisle.

Lord Charles Andrew JR watches as Lord Andrew Charles walks up to his heiress to marry his brother's grandson and they arrive at the altar and Lord Andrew Charles stands between Lady Samhain and Lady Elizabeth.

The High Priestess asks "Who gives these two young women holy matrimony?"

"Their mother and I do." Lord Andrew Charles states and he walks over to Lady Samhain and he places her hand into Lord David William hand and then he walks over and places Lady Elizabeth's hand into Lord Richard Edward's III hand.

Lord Andrew Charles walks to the pew and sits by Lady Karissa's side and Lord Richard William.

The Priest starts the ceremony " Today we come here to see these four young people joined in holy matrimony. If anyone sees any reasons why these couples can't be joined, state it now or forever hold your peace."

The High Priestess and Priest wait for five minutes and then they proceed with the wedding vows.

Lady Samhain and Lord David William Beck are married by The Priest and Lady Elizabeth and Lord Richard Edward III are married by the High Priestess.

Lady Samhain retains her maiden name of Howard even after she is married to Lord David William Beck. It is her way of not giving to the Patriarch.

Lady Elizabeth doesn't have to change her maiden as Lord Richard Edward Howard III shares the same surname and same great-grandfather, Lord Charles Andrew Howard SR.

Finally together the High Priestess and Priest say together " We pronounce you husband and wife."

Lord David and Lady Samhain and Lord Richard Edward and Lady Elizabeth kiss each other and they stand in front of the altar and Lord Charles Andrew JR stands and he calls "Bravo." and as he stands he starts to applaud and he says " I have taken care of what my terrible father did as well as my grandfather."

"No longer will this family be divided again." Lord Charles Andrew JR states, "It should never have happened in the first place."

Lord David William Beck SR walks up to Lady Karissa and Lord Andrew Charles and tells them " I got the best of your children."

Lady Karissa starts to laugh "I am glad you think so. She is still a Howard and she still has claws and fangs. She just doesn't show them."

Lady Elizabeth smiles with Lord Richard Edward III by her side and she smiles and she bares her fangs and claws and she tells Lord Richard Edward III " The next woman that looks at you will regret it I am telling you now. I will rip her eyes out of her face." Lady Elizabeth tells him.

"Gosh, Bess. We just got married." Lord Richard Edward III tells her.

'I don't care. You are mine, I won't share you." Lady Elizabeth tells Lord Richard Edward III.

"I only have eyes for you Bess." Lord Richard Edward III tells her.

"I only have eyes for you Richard Edward." Lady Elizabeth tells him.

"I know you can't help being so damn good looking but I will rip their eyes out of their faces." Lady Elizabeth tells him.

Lord Richard Edward bends over and kisses Lady Elizabeth and he tells her " Please be quiet Bess."

"Where are we going to take our honeymoon?" Lady Bess asks.

"I have reserved the Honeymoon suite at the Resort in town." Lord Richard Edward III explains.

"We will stay there for two weeks before we return to Wessex." Lord Richard Edward III tells her.

"It is very exotic and romantic. " Lord Richard Edward III tells her.

Lady Elizabeth smiles and she says "What in the world are we waiting for?"

"What, you don't want to attend the wedding reception?" Lord Richard Edward III asks.

"Do we have too?" Lady Elizabeth asks.

"We have to greet the family." Lord Richard Edward III explains.

"I say we go to the resort, mom and dad will understand." Lady Elizabeth tells Lord Richard Edward III.

Lady Elizabeth walks over to father, mother, mother and father in law and grandfather, " Please excuse Lord Richard Edward III and I. We are headed off to our honeymoon." Lady Elizabeth explains.

Lady Karissa looks at her daughter, " Have a good honeymoon." Lady Karissa tells her and Lord Richard Edward III and Lady Elizabeth exit the chapel and climb into the Howard carriage and they head off for their honeymoon.

Lord David William and Lady Samhain remain with the family and they are truly happy and Lord Charles Andrew JR gathers his son, nephew and great-nephew and great-great-nephew together " We have brought this family together by the marriage of my two granddaughters." Lord Charles Andrew JR tells them.

"Dad. I wanted you to be happy as well as my daughters." Lord Andrew Charles states.

"Lady Elizabeth expects to stick around long enough to see the birth of your first great-grandchild and after that if Odin is ready to call you to Valhalla so be it." Lord Andrew Charles tells his father.

"Listen, Lord Charles Andrew III, Lord Patrick William and Lord Andrew Charles. You must promise me that you will take care of your little sister, Lady Frederica and my beloved Lady Sarah if anything ever happens to me." Lord Charles Andrew JR tells them.

"I have made provisions for them. Lady Sarah is to keep suites at Norfolk Estate and she is to receive 50000 credits a year out of the trust fund left by my father and Lady Frederica has been named my successor to York Territory. She is to have York Manor and she is guaranteed 100000 credits a year out of the trust fund." Lord Charles Andrew JR tells his sons and "I want to be laid to rest in the Howard Mausoleum next to my father, mother, sister and two brothers."

"We will see to your final wishes dad." They tell their father together.

Finally Lord David William and Lady Samhain ask to be excused and they set off for their honeymoon that will take place at Whitehall Manor.

Lady Katherine decorated the honeymoon suite just for them and they will have all the privacy they need as Lord David and she reside out at Chartley Manor.

Lord Andrew Charles looks at Lady Karissa "Who is next?"

"I expect our son, Lord Anthony." Lady Karissa states, "but not for sometime."

Lady Karissa walks over where Lady Caroline Matilda is and she calls out " We are headed back to the manor."

"Lord Anthony bring your sister with you when you return, I am taking Lord Albert and Lord Benjamin with us." Lady Karissa tells them.

"Don't worry mom. Lady Caroline Matilda is safe with me." Lord Anthony tells her and with that Lord Andrew Charles, Lady Karissa, Lord Richard William Carey, Lord Charles Andrew JR with Lady Sarah and Lady Frederica and the rest head back to Beltane Manor.

It is on Lady Elizabeth and Lord Richard Edward's honeymoon that Lady Elizabeth conceives their first child that will be born in late March of 2295 and not a month later, Lady Karissa conceives Lord Andrew Charles and her final child that is due in May of 2295.