I own nothing... This if my first fan fiction that came into my head with such detail, I have tried my upmost best to describe in such detail so you can see what I do. To some readers it may seem slow paced, but I insist on it being a long story so hold onto your hats and enjoy the ride! Ps. Please review!
In my story you will find many lines or ideas taken from films and characters all over the place... Lilliandil (Ramandu's Daughter) does not exist...when Caspian Lucy and Ed reached his island it was Ramandu they encountered... to clear things up for Caspian it has been 3 years and 7 months since Peter and Susan told his they weren't returning and 4 months since he said goodbye to Ed Lucy and Eustace. For Peter and Susan it has been 2 years since they left and 4 months for Ed and Lucy.
Just to clear up ages that I think the characters look like:
Caspian – 21 (shortly turning 22)
Peter – 20 (About to turn 21)
Susan- 19 (shortly turning 20)
Edmund – 17 (Just turned 17 after VODT)
Lucy – 15 (Just turned 15 after VODT)
...
She was walking towards him with a bowl of warm water, a cloth and some fresh bandages in her hand. Thinking of how handsome he was even after battle, remembering how her heart pounded out of her chest when he saved her in the forest. A true Prince Charming.
"We need to get your wounds cleaned before they get infected" she said shyly, "Here sit down."
He obeyed and took of his armour and chain mail leaving him in his shirt. She saw there was a cut on his arm...not to deep... and ripped off the material of his sleeve, she then soaked the cloth and started to clean the cut on his arm blushing slightly at the feel of his muscle beneath her touch. Caspian was watching her every move like a hawk.
"This must have been so hard for you, these past few weeks, I think your father would be proud of you Caspian" she said gently looking up into his eyes.
He looked down and said, "Well if not I plan on doing everything to make it so. It's just becoming King... I knew it was coming but I was so preoccupied with the war I hadn't really thought that everything would happen so fast afterwards"
Now wrapping a bandage around his arm she could see he was still doubtful, even after Aslan's words. "Aslan would not have made his decision unlikely...you are so different to any of the Princes and Kings I met in the Golden Age, and it is because of that I know you will make a great King." She said. She then moved to clean the cut above his right eye.
"Thank you... Aslan is truly what legend says, I suppose I should not doubt him," He said. Susan suddenly stopped cleaning his cut and quickly looked from Caspian to Aslan, her eyes became full of sorrow and guilt as she turned her head back to Caspian and began cleaning his cut once again.
"Have I said something to offend you?" He asked hurriedly.
"I ...doubted... him, I lost... faith in him." She replied in a whisper, clearly ashamed of herself. She looked up into Caspian's confused eyes and decided to continue. "When we accidently left through the wardrobe and back into our world 1300 years passed here, but only a year passed there. In that year we all felt so lost, we didn't belong there anymore and yet we were stuck in our teenage bodies in a world with no magic and no one could ever know us for who we really were. Peter was so angry at everyone and everything, Edmund was distant, Lucy was...well Lucy, it hurt us all but she managed to keep faith."
"And you?" He asked quietly. She looked into his eyes and held his intense gaze.
"I was hurt and angry too, I began to follow my head instead of my heart, just like I used to before we first came to Narnia." She said. It was only now she realised how close their faces were as he reached up his hand and wiped a small trickle of blood off her cheekbone.
"That's a shame, for you have such a beautiful heart." He said so sincerely, she blushed and smiled at him. His beautiful deep accent sending shivers down her spine.
"Suuussan?" Peter called from across the way.
"Su? Susan wake up," She awoke to see her brothers royal blue eyes looking into hers, oh how she wished they were those chocolate brown eyes she longed to see again. "We are here! I can't wait to see them."
She yawned wearily. "Yes me too, I've miss them so much. I wonder what their big news is that they wrote to us about."
"Hmmm. Maybe they killed Eustace and buried his body." He said with a smirk.
Susan smirked back at him, his eyes then lost their humour and he looked more seriously at her. "You're still not sleeping well," He stated. She sighed and smoothed the top of her hair down which was placed neatly in a delicate plain bun.
"I'm just tired from working shifts at the hospital." She lied.
Peter, seeing right through her lie, snorted. "Well perhaps you shouldn't volunteer so much of your time there then."
To his remark she gave him a look, "You know it's best to keep busy, Peter, it keeps your mind of things." She said with sad eyes. He looked back into hers and then a smile crossed his face.
"We'll come on then, the sooner we get off this train, the sooner we can celebrate. Mum and Dad are in the lounge carriage they said they would meet us on the platform." He said in a cheery voice, more for Susan's sake than his own. She smiled and stood up letting him lead the way off the train.
They found their parents already embracing Edmund and Lucy. Lucy turned around to see Peter and Susan stood there smiling and she shrieked with delight and ran into Peter's tight embrace. Edmund and Susan smiled at each other and walked to embrace. They stood there silently, Susan's head resting on his shoulders. She couldn't help but notice how he had grown. No words were necessary, Susan and Edmund could always communicate on a deeper level, and both were the middle Pevensie's, the dark horses of the four. Each other's confidant. They pulled back and huge grins washed across their faces.
"How've you been sis?" He asked.
"I'm fine, although if I have to go to another tea party and may drown myself in the pot of tea," She said with a big smirk as he laughed.
Lucy finished hugging Peter and turned to Susan. She couldn't help but notice how beautiful Susan had once again become. It had been 6 months since they had last seen each other and still something about Susan's look was different to how she was in the Golden Age. Her hair was completely pulled back when it used to be let loose, she was paler than usual, no warm colour in her cheeks when the Narnian air would bring a beautiful flush to her cheeks and her eyes lacked their old sparkle which used to bring Kings to their knees before her. Yet lacking in her old qualities, she was still beautiful. Lucy now having learnt not to be jealous of her sister, whilst on the voyage in Narnia, now admired her beauty. She ran up to her and embraced her. Susan laughed and told her how much she had missed her and how much she had grown in those 6 months apart. The warmth of Susan flooded through Lucy and she held her tighter. Although they all loved their parents very much they had lived a life without them and in that life Peter and Susan were the parental figures so the motherly type warmth that flowed from Susan and into Lucy, felt like home.
Meanwhile Peter and Edmund embraced in a brotherly hug and pat on the back "I've miss you Pete" Edmund surprisingly said. Peter was taken aback by this as Edmund tends to keep the lovie dovie and sentimental stuff to himself.
"I've miss you too Ed" He replied with a big brotherly smile. Ed smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, you aren't really that bad compared to Eustace snoring like a pig all night." He said with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Peter chuckled and slapped him on the back.
"Well come on you four let's get our train back home. Lucy, Edmund, you're going to love America! It's so big and there's so much to see and of course your Aunt Mildred is having a huge garden party tomorrow. But you to must be so tired after your long trip..." Helen continued to fuss over them both walking them over to their next platform and Frank looked to Peter and Susan who were grinning like Cheshire cats at their brother and sister and rolled his eyes.
"You know you my sister will have many suitors lined up for you, Susan." He said. To this she rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. Ever since she got to America her Aunt Mildred had been lecturing her mother on how to bring Susan up into society and then lecturing her on how it's a woman's duty to be seen and not heard and then practically pinning her down to plaster her in makeup that she didn't need. Suitors would then be thrown at her from here, there and everywhere and the entire time all Susan could do was compare them to the one person who had ever claimed her heart. Caspian. Even still just thinking his name, made her heart skip a beat. "I don't mind you turning each of them down dear... just so you know." He said with a smile. She looked up and smiled back at him. Peter inherited his golden locks and Edmund his eyes, whereas Peter and Lucy inherited their mothers royal blue eyes, Susan inherited her grandmothers silvery blue eyes.
On the train they all caught up over lunch and the four of them went to their compartment to speak in private. Edmund and Lucy sat opposite Susan and Peter as they waited patiently to hear the big news.
