Ok so this will be slash and if its a bit OOC forgive me please!! i will promise to update every 1-2 weeks
A/N - This is set just before the end of LWW and it starts at the chase of the white stag.
"Come on ed!" Yelled Susan
"I'm coming" The man yelled back, the man stopped and dismounted his horse
"I'll walk back, I need some fresh air and Phillip's tired"
"Don't you want to catch the stag, Ed?" asked Lucy
"I think the chances are slim any way but don't let me stop you" Lucy laughed
"Okay we'll see you later ed"
"Bye"
Edmund watched as his siblings galloped off through the forest chasing the stag, which Edmund had no doubt was far far away by now.
"Thanks" Phillips nudged Edmund
"No problem"
"Do you want me to stay your highness?" Phillip knew the king better than anyone else even his siblings and he knew that Edmund loved taking long walks by himself.
"If you want to but you should probably get back you're tired"
"Al right will you be okay?
"I'll be fine"
"Al right bye"
"Bye"
Edmund sat down on the grass as he watched Phillip gallop away, he loved afternoons like these, the cool spring air lightly brushing up against your face, the sound of a stream gently trickling, the smell of fresh air and flowers. Edmund shuddered as he remembered his first look at Narnia a cold, snow covered place overrun with evil. Edmund cherished every moment he spent in Narnia knowing each was more special than the last. He had everything he wanted, except the thing he wanted most, something his siblings all had, someone special to share it with, but every girl he'd met at parties and events he saw only as friends, not one especially caught his eye.
Edmund was brought abruptly out of his thoughts, with a loud rustling noise from behind him. Edmund stood up and drew his sword and turned around, but when he did he was astonished at what he saw.
Standing before him was a magnificent white stag, so white Edmund reckoned it was glowing.
"Young one, you are jealous of your siblings because they have someone special to share Narnia with?" The stag spoke with a deep voice, which could rival aslan's
Edmund stood shocked and was so dumbfounded all he could do was nod.
"Fear not Young one, I have seen in the stars that you will be happier than all your siblings when you are married"
Edmund regained his composure enough to ask "why is that"
"Because you, young one will not have what your siblings have, you see your brother Peter, he was so intent on finding someone that he married the first girl who flirted with him your brother loves, but not his wife. Your sister Susan has a friend but that is all she agreed to marry him because he liked her as a person not as a queen. Your sister Lucy has a husband who does not have her heart. Why you ask are these not good marriages? Because young one they are love-less. You will have love because you were patient. I have to go now good luck Edmund"
Edmund watch as the stag materialized in front of him, he tried to process what just happened when he realized...
"What about my wish?" Edmund yelled
A deep voice surrounded him "I believe I just answered it" And Edmund realized that he had.
Dinner at Cair Paravel that night
The four siblings and close friends (i.e. husbands and wives, no one for ed) sat around the large dining room table dinner had finished long ago but it was Saturday and it was tradition that on the rare occasion they were all at Cair Paravel on a Saturday they would sit and catch up on things that have happened in each other's lives.
"So Ed, any one special on the cards yet?" asked Lucy playfully they all knew the answer but Edmund got so flustered about the subject, and they were brother and sister after all.
"Lucy!" Laughed Susan
"What we all know something's going to happen eventually and what if something has and he hasn't told us?" Lucy defended herself knowing what she said was only half true.
"I'm sure Ed would tell us, right Ed?" Peter asked
"Uh, right" Edmund knew that was probably true and he wanted to tell them about what happened today, but he just couldn't trust them anymore. Peter would tell Delilah who would tell her servants, Susan would tell Christian who would tell the trees, and Lucy well he guessed he could probably tell Lucy but she'd tell Peter, so he settled to just not tell them.
"Ed, ED!" Susan was madly waving her hand in front of his face.
"In the name of Aslan Ed, where have you been?" Edmund looked up to find everyone staring at him.
"I'm tired I'm, uh going to go to bed" He stood up and walked out of the room, behind him he heard mumblings of "what's up with him?" "Poor dear so alone" and "Aslan's beard your brothers weird"
Edmund dragged his feet all the way to his quarters he dismissed his night servant and went out onto his balcony, he had the side of the castle you couldn't see the beach from, his quarters looked out over the forest, he had chosen this room because he liked the land more than the sea, the sea was ferocious like a woman where as the forest was stable and strong like, like a man. Edmund hadn't told anyone why he chose this room not even Phillip, some secrets no-one needs to know. Edmund thought back to this afternoon in the forest the stag said he would have love when he was married, Edmund decided that the stag was lying, he could never be happy with a woman, therefore he could never be married, simple. Edmund went inside and flopped on his bed he began to cry
"It's Karma isn't it? For being a traitor? I'm sorry! I'm sorry" Edmund yelled to no-one he shook violently on his bed.
Peter stood at the door and shook his head "Edmund you were almost killed three times because of that, Karma has no claim"
Edmund started, and quickly rubbed away his tears, even though he knew it was no use.
"Well then why am I still being punished for it?"
"Ed, you're not look at all the girls who throw themselves at you"
"I don't want girls to throw themselves at me"
"Well what do you want?"
"I want... I want … love. What you have Peter"
"What I have? I have a wife that's it I don't even have a friend in her anymore."
"Peter, you love though, the white stag he said… he said you love someone"
"Did he say who?" peter sounded panicked and Edmund decided not to press it
"No"
"Good, listen ed we all have secrets, but eventually the will come out, I hope mine doesn't but ed listen we all know you're hiding something its only a matter of time before we find out what." Peter began to walk out the door "Oh and Ed?"
"Yeah?"
"Tell the white stag story next Saturday night, I'd love to hear it" Peter smiled and left, Edmund sighed and lay down on his bed, when peter walked past again his younger brother was fast asleep.
Thats it for the first chapter so please give my favourite little purple button some love!