Hanging by a Moment
Rated: T
Pairing: King Caspian/Ramandu's daughter
Genre: Romance
Movieverse/Canon
Note: This story will flash back and forth to Caspian's and the daughter of Star's POV. I do not own these characters only CS Lewis does. I've written the perspective on how King Caspian fell in love with Ramandu's daughter so quickly. Ramandu's daughter's name in this story is Aurora. Story inspired by the song, "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse. Enjoy and please review!
Why do we fall?
This question could not be answered to both King Caspian and the Ramandu's daughter, whose name is Aurora.
The King Caspian sat near the helm of the Dawn Treader speaking with Reepicheep the mouse.
"This Voyage should be close to an end friend mouse, I don't know if I want it to end so soon."
"Why is that my lord?" Reepicheep asked turning away from the breeze.
Caspian held his head high towards the sun that was beginning to set in the east. "During this voyage I had time to think away from being king in Narnia. I do not wish to return because if I do I'll soon have to pick a queen."
Reepicheep shook his head displeased with Caspian and looked back ahead. "My liege you've had plenty of girlfriends to choose from before and I know one specific queen that has gotten in the way of your finding true happiness."
"Reepicheep if we are going to discuss this on Queen Susan I have gotten over her. We didn't even start anything before she had left Narnia for good. It has been three years now."
Reepicheep bowed his head. "Pardon me speaking of this, but perhaps you dwell too much on what could have been with the Queen Susan. No, she was never your companion but she helped change your life for the better. That was mostly her purpose with you."
"So what are you trying to say?" Caspian swept his hands over his face and brushed his fingertips in his hair.
Reepicheep leaned. "Dwell on meeting your true love, and not on someone you'll never see again."
King Caspian was trying to find right words to continue on the matter but realized that Reepicheep was in his right.
King Caspian was once attracted to the Queen Susan but he was so young and naïve then. It was only infatuation he realized three months after the departure and moved on. King Caspian looked to the sun again, his face held high and his mouth curved into a small grin.
King Caspian rested his eyes for every few moments he looked at the sun but his last time he looked he tried to find the face of Aslan in it. He prayed in the lions name to show him the way to finding his one true love. He didn't count Susan.
A few moments later Reepicheep cried of a land coming in sight on the left of the Dawn Treader.
"How much further do we have on reaching it you think?" King Caspian asked joining Drinian at the ships side. Drinian studied the lands range and distance first before replying to Caspian.
"We can drop ancher a few more yards up and a few of use could go in the boat up to the shore. It'll take by nightfall." Drinian suggested.
"I'll go. You'll stay with the ship Drinian." Caspian said gathering his belongings to go ashore.
"King Caspian who will you take along with you if not me?" Drinian followed. Caspian knew he wanted to come but it was because of the incident that happened at the Lone Islands a few months ago. Caspian reminded Drinian that his place was with the ship.
Rynelf heard their conversation and quickly stopped King Caspian with a loose grasp on his shoulder. "I would love to accompany you my liege."
King Caspian nodded, then Reepicheep joined, then Rhince and King Caspian added Queen Lucy, King Edmund, and Eustace Scrubb on the expedition.
"I love the look of this island getting closer to it. It is very beautiful." Lucy exclaimed in awe.
"It is." King Caspian agreed helping Queen Lucy aboard the boat. The island had tall lush green mountains, its' borders had waterfalls fall into the ocean gracefully. He wondered if it was occupied by brilliant craftsman villagers. The sun looked as if it was going to set over the gorgeous island once night would fall and the sunset gave the island the greatest highlights it can ever give an oceans horizon.
"It has to be the most absolute prettiest island I'd ever seen on this whole journey." Lucy went on as King Caspian took a seat by her and King Edmund Came next along with Reepicheep, then Eustace. That left Rynelf and Rhince to paddle the boat.
"la isle bonita," Eustace teased Lucy from behind. Lucy only smiled at her cousin.
"If we're not back by noon tomorrow, come to shore to look for us," King Caspian called to Drinian before the boat was to be lowered.
Drinian nodded. "Will do," and he called on lowering the boat.
Ramandu's daughter lay flat on her back, her head looking up toward the pink sky, her yellow hair was spread out above her head on the soft clean grass, her dress was of silk made and was a sea blue like her eyes. Some of the blue stars were beginning to shine through the clouds and moisture. A star had lit brighter then the rest of them.
Ramandu's daughter smiled, her teeth were whiter then pearls. "Hello Tarva," she spoke as if Tarva was standing right next to her. "I bet you can dance better up there then I can down here."
The star blinked her light as if it was replying to her.
"It would be better to talk to you if I knew what the blinking meant." She smiled again and rolled over onto her left side. Ramandu's daughter heaved out a gentle sigh twirling her fingers around a flower.
She thought about taking her place with the stars. She had before but was brought down because her father Ramandu told his daughter that it probably wouldn't be too good of an idea considering she was half star and human. Ramandu's daughter couldn't help but dwell on something that could never happen, yet she dreamed about it so and prayed to the Great Lion Aslan himself for a chance to be with the stars again.
Ramandu's daughter was closing her eyes. She wanted to dream. "Aurora."
She heard her father's voice behind her. Aurora is her name. She opened her eyes gently and slowly by each vertebrate sat up like a graceful swan. She smiled. "Hello father."
Ramandu came up to his daughter with both of his palms held out for her to reach. Again as Ramandu helped his daughter up, she got up each vertebrate at a time.
"Walk with me my daughter." Ramandu placed a blue flower behind his daughters' right ear.
Ramandu's daughter kissed her fathers cheek and took his arm into hers walking down the hill with him.
"Something fascinating has come up my dear." Ramandu started.
Ramandu's daughter smiled. "Is it perhaps you are soon to claim your youth again and rise up to the stars again and taking me with you?"
Ramandu stopped walking and stared at his daughter and patted her hand.
"Child, why do you want to stay up there rather then down here?"
Ramandu's daughter felt a shiver and she bit her lip thinking nervously. "Staying here makes me think of mother. She died when I was very young you know. Being up there makes me stop thinking of it. I still think of her and I really miss her."
Ramandu took his arm and touched his daughters' back carrying on with their walk. Ramandu's daughter looked like she could break into tears until her father spoke again.
"I miss your mother too sweetheart, but you mustn't dwell on what has already been done. You cannot choose your own path; you must go the path chosen for you."
"I know, mother always told me to follow my heart. I've decided already father."
"My daughter," Ramandu interrupted. "I'm getting too old to regain my youth. I'm now retired. If you one day rejoin with the stars I won't be up there with you."
Ramandu's daughter curled her mouth. "I understand, but it is something I am willing to do in your place as well. What's the point in staying when I can't even have my own life a-" She was about to continue when she looked between the trees and saw a ship in the distance and a rowboat was headed towards the island.
"Father, who are these men?"
"Don't fret over them. It is the King Caspian of Narnia and other companions he brought with him." Ramandu said with a smile.
"What does a Narnian King want with us?" Ramandu's daughter asked a little defensively.
"It's not us he's after. He's on a voyage to find seven missing lords that were once his father's loyal friends before Miraz banished them. He promised Aslan he'll make this trip."
"Oh," Ramandu's daughter lowered her tone sweetly. "That's very considerate of King Caspian."
Ramandu smiled. "Indeed he is very."
"So I assume he'll find the three sleeping lords at Alsan's table and perhaps they'll wake up and be on their way back to Narnia." Ramandu's daughter said walking down the trail with her father out of the boats sight.
"No my daughter, I'm afraid it will not be that easy." Ramandu began. "He cannot wake them. He'll have to travel to the very edge of the world to Aslan's Country and leave a member behind for them to wake."
"Well," Ramandu's daughter smiled. "You should go and warn them while you can, I'll go and-"
Ramandu had cut his daughter off. "No, no my daughter, they will find the table. The stars have told me this and you will greet them and tell them of what you know of the lords and little of what I told you to the King."
"Why me? You seem to know everything of what the stars tell you."
"Make them sure that they can stay here as long as they need for rest and food as well." Ramandu carried on.
Ramandu's daughter grew nervous. She'd never been around anyone human except her mother. But if the stars are telling the truth then it is her will to follow it.
