Prologue
Lucy's Point of View
The sun was setting, casting beautiful shadows across the Narnian Ocean and the golden sand. The water sparkled, a few splashes coming up from the water. The mermaids.
I stood on one of the balconies of Cair Paravel, behind me music came with the sound of laughter. Narnians were dancing away, each forgetting their sorrows from The Winter that had officially ended, forgetting their pain from the region of The White Witch.
I took a small peek behind me, feeling a smile lift my lips when I saw Peter drop the girl he was dancing with. Just behind Peter I could see Susan let out a loud laugh at Peter too, and Edmund start teasing Peter for it already.
I turned back to the beautiful beach. In the distance I could see an animal like figure move slowly from the Palace towards dark forest.
"Aslan…" I whispered, noticing that the figure had been the Great Lion. My smile slowly disappeared, being replaced with a small frown. Why was he leaving?
"Don't worry," a kind voice told me. I turned around at the voice of Mr. Tumnus. I smiled at the site of my friend, the one who first welcomed me to Narnia. "We'll see him again."
"When?" I asked. A frown appeared on my face again. Mr. Tumnus slowly walked up to me.
"In time," he said. "One day he'll be here and the next he won't," Mr. Tumnus said slowly. "But you mustn't persist. After all, he's not a tame lion," he said with a smile. I looked away from him and back to Aslan.
"But he is good," I insisted. Sometime during our talk, tears started to run down my face.
"Here," Mr. Tumnus said. He reached into his scarf pocket and pulled out my handkerchief I gave to him what felt like years ago. "You need it more than I do." he repeated the words I said to him when I gave the handkerchief.
I took the handkerchief, and we both smiled at each other. I took the cloth in one hand, bringing it down to my side. Mr. Tumnus took my hand in his and smiled reassuring at me.
At that time we both chose to look out at where Aslan had been moments ago, but yet he wasn't there anymore. With our discovery, Mr. Tumnus huffed lightly and I felt my face screw up into sadness, tears threatening to spill over. I looked up at my friend quickly before turning to watch my first Narnian sunset from my new home.
I knew at that point, that this was where I was always meant to be.