Disclaimer: I am fully alive, (I think!) and am under thirty, and am female. Therefore, there is no way that I could possibly be CS Lewis! That said, the only parts of this that I own are Lyra of Calormen and Tomys of Archenland. All else is just part of the wonderful world of Narnia!
AN: A note - this is just me testing the waters on Narnia, really. Tell me what you think! Please, please, review!
To Be Forgotten
A thin girl with dark hair, she is a living contradiction - Narnian and Calormene, ageless alone and aging with love. Lyra remembers clearly, the day she was cursed not to age unless she is within a certain distance of someone who loves her.
Laughing and loving after the end of the long winter, tall blond Archenlander on one side, strong beautiful Narnian on the other. Joking about oblivious suitors, the simple treasured moments of love building with each passing day -
And suddenly, alone. Search parties sent out, alarms rung - they are gone.
A state funeral, for the vanished Kings and Queens, but all too quickly, their vulnerable state realized, they are attacked.
Wonderful Tomys from Archenland, dead, and beloved Susan gone before, and Narnia falls to Telmar.
No longer does she age, and Lyra mourns, her heart searing in her chest as she remains frozen at twenty-four.
She blends in easily, now, for the Telmarines are as dark as the Calormene people, and she hides, village to village to village, for the Telmarines are forever searching for Narnian dissidents.
She hears of the Lion, and she hears that the High King and the Just King and the Valiant Queen and Susan (oh, Susan!) have returned - but she is too late, the battle over and won, the Kings and Queens vanished and gone.
And years pass, and she hears rumor - "Did you hear? King Edmund and Queen Lucy were spotted on the Lone Islands!" - But King Caspian returns, not with the Golden Rulers, but a frail, silvery bride.
And years pass and pass, Lyra forever a fixture at the side of the rulers of Narnia, until the end of time...
In the World Beyond, after Father Time extinguished the sun, rejoicing and reunion fills the air with sobs and laughter -
Yet, in a hidden corner of Cair Paravel, a thin girl with dark hair sits quietly, tears streaming down her face.
For though Lucy has Aslan and Narnia, and Edmund and Peter are strong for each other, and Caspian has his Star-Lady and Lord Digory and Lady Polly from the beginning of time have each other...
Lyra watches Tomys with his family, and smiles sadly - for she is forgotten, her lover lost.
And Susan continued to search for love, forgetting that she left it behind.
