This is the first crossover I've ever written...so bear with me here.
I'm skewing facts a wee-bit. For the sake of this particular crossover, it's AU after Prince Caspian and let's imagine that the entire Chronicles of Narnia story happened around 1997. Mmk? Then we'll all be happy!
Also, this is just a prologue. With any hope, the next chapter WILL be longer.
It hadn't taken Hermione Granger long to realize that staying solely in the wizarding world wasn't an option.
The government had been destroyed throughout the course of the war. Racism and hatred against "mudbloods" was still evident, but it was on the mend. Ron and Harry had been hired to work with Kingsley Shacklebolt to fix the mess left from Voldemorts' reign over Britain.
Hermione, dreading their reactions, approached Harry and Ron with the ultimate decision that she didn't know what career path she wanted to take and that she was going to attend a muggle university to further her education instead.
Naturally, they were torn between betrayal and resignation. Hermione was running away, but if she wasn't constantly learning, would she ever be truly happy?
The trio weren't on the best of terms when they split ways. Though they still considered each other friends, their camaraderie had definitely changed. The gaps of time between visits grew and grew even though letters back and forth stayed constant.
Hermione frequently wrote of her classes at Oxford while Harry and Ron reported on the state of things in the wizarding world. And this is how it went for four years until, seemingly out of the blue, the Weasley clan and Harry received a wedding invitation in the mail.
Peter could never stop talking to his siblings. Once you'd lived a separate lifetime, it was impossible to separate from the only people who had lived it with you. Making the decision to attend university had been simple. Actually leaving to venture off by himself had been infinitely more difficult.
That said, he kept in touch as best he could. He purchased a calling card and phoned home every other day. He sent emails regularly and kept his family abreast of all interesting tidbits as they occurred in his life. On the other side of the country, his family, especially his siblings, did their best to keep Peter in touch with their lives as well, via the use of emails and the occasional care package.
They knew, from the get-go, that he had become attracted to a girl in his Molecular Evolution class. Her name was Hermione Granger and he knew next to nothing about her. Fortunately for him, she had approached him to be study partners. It was all downhill from there.
For the next two years the only updates the Pevensies got were to the tune of "Hermione this" and "Hermione that...". Though they had never met her, Peter's infatuation seeped through the phone wires and cyberspace of the internet. Therefore, it didn't come as a huge shock to them at all when they received a phone call with an overjoyed Peter on the other end exclaiming that he was going to be married.
Email became popular around 1996. I checked! This fanfic will be rather light on the Narnia aspect, focusing more on the relationship of the two who are bound to keep secrets from each other. It'll be a slip of a fanfic...only this prologue, four chapters, and an epilogue.
Hope I keep you interested (or just reading...either or) until the end.
Thanks!
~Moldy