Hey everyone this is my first EVER fanfiction so I'm pretty excited - I hope what I've written isn't too confusing, but all constructive criticism (not crazy hate comments) and supportive reviews would be much appreciated!

To give you a taster, here's the Prologue - setting the scene and hopefully getting you all interested!

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Narnia franchise, or anything by C.S. Lewis. :(

PROLOGUE: This Wasn't Over

Jadis didn't know what to think. How could Aslan have returned once more? She had held the tufts of his hair, felt his blood ooze between her fingers, but how – how? – could he be here now? Everything, almost everything had gone to plan. Granted, the human traitor could have made it easier for her, but victory had been so, so close within her grasp. She channelled her fury out with every sword stroke she dealt to the little king who stumbled like a child before her, and pinned him down with one blade while she held the tip of the other to his throat. Here, now, Aslan's prophecy would end. She would stop it before his very eyes.

But she didn't even have time to think.

The great lion, the cat who hours before, she had had shaved and humiliated, was pinning her down to the ground.

This, then, was the end. She looked into his eyes as for a moment he drew back, and she saw in him what she herself could never muster: compassion. This plan, her plan to defeat him and his golden Narnia had failed this time, but she knew things Aslan did not. This wasn't over.

He growled as he ended her once and for all.

Her last coherent thought was of Trisana.

Peter winced as he removed his armour. Lucy had offered him a drop of her cordial, but it was so precious, so valuable, that he didn't hesitate in turning her down. Besides, what kind of king does not suffer for his people?

There was a knock at the door.

"Pete?" Edmund's head poked round the door. "You alright?"

Peter smiled. Over the past few days he had thrice come so close to losing his brother, and that was three times two many.

He nodded in reply. "You?"

Edmund came in and sat down on the soft bed next to his brother.

"I can't say enough how sorry I was for all I've done. The guilt I've felt since, I just-"

Peter cut him off with a hug. "You almost died today to save all of Narnia from her." He patted his brother on the shoulder. "You have nothing to be sorry for."

Edmund only hung his head in reply. "I had to atone, Peter. I had to atone for what I did – I hurt so many people."

Both brothers sat in silence for a moment, until Peter said, "Edmund, I'm glad you're here."

His brother smiled weakly and stood up. "It's the coronation tomorrow. All of Narnia will be there."

He made to leave, but before he was out of the door Peter spoke up, voice full of emotion.

"Together, we'll put all her wrongs to rights, Ed. Every last trace of her we will erase from these lands."

By Aslan, Peter swore to himself, I will destroy every last memory of her, little brother. I swear.

17 Years Ago

Jadis beheld the four tiny sleeping children with her eyebrows raised.

"You're sure, Otmin, that they are human? No trace of giant in them? Maugrim, what do you think?" she demanded.

The wolf sniffed at the babies again.

"They stink of nothing but human, Your Majesty. This has been well done." he replied.

The Queen smiled in satisfaction. Aslan would be blind to this, he would never see so deep into the depths of her soul to know how well this had been planned. She stared at the sleeping children once more and began to walk away.

All this time the hags in the corner of the room had been whispering fervently amongst themselves, anxiously reacting to her every word, waiting for her approval of their work to bring the children here, to her dominion.

As if off the tongue of a snake, the word 'mistake' whispered its way into her ear. The Queen stopped in her tracks.

"Mistake?" she hissed, her voice carrying the length of the room.

The hags froze, and Jadis could smell their fear.

"Well?" she asked, and she could feel her rage bubbling to the surface as they cowered under her stare.

Finally, one of them shuffled forward.

"Greatest apologies, Your Majesty, but there was a, a, um-"

"Mistake?" the White Witch prompted, eyes narrowing.

The hag nodded, and shuffled forward to the babies. One by one, she undid the swaddling clothes that wrapped each child so they were all as naked as the day they were born.

Jadis felt nothing but uncontrollable anger. It had all been so perfect until then! She roared in fury and raised her wand towards the useless, useless hags cowering in the corner. Her chest was heaving and she took some deep breaths. She was the Queen of Narnia, and she could overcome any setbacks. Work had to be done. These children had to succeed. After another long breath, she turned to Maugrim

"Move the nursery to another room, will you Captain? I'd hate for the humans to see such hideous statues."

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