Authors Note - So I had a Chronicles of Narnia movie marathon and then I just started to read the books since I never got a chance to. Ever since I saw the first one it's kind of become a little obsession of mine, and I just wondered to myself, why not give a fanfiction story on it a shot. I feel like I have the imagination for it and could hopefully make a good story from it that people will like. Hopefully if it gets somewhere I can get a Beta Reader for the mistakes, and to clean it up a little. Still, this is my first story for Chronicles of Narnia and I just wanted to give it a try, hopefully people like it! This will take place in the first movie with my own little twist and turns as I make my way down to the third film.
Disclaimer: I will only be saying this once, but I do not own ANYTHING about The Chronicles of Narnia films or books made by C.S Lewis. The only thing I own is my OC and any others I may make up along the line but everything else belongs to C.S Lewis himself.
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~Epilogue~
"Jadis!" A woman shouted through the ice castle,holding up the skirt of her dress as she hurried up the steps leading to the throne room.
A black cloak, with a hood attached to the back of it, covered her and she wore a long sleeved white dress that had a gray design on the upper half. She had on a pair of black boots, one black leather glove, and black studded earrings decorated her ears.
"Jadis!" The woman walked through the doors and stormed down the hall towards the throne with an upset frown. Her long snow white hair fell to her waist and surrounded her like a curtain.
The White Witch looked up at the woman walking towards her and gave a sly smile.
"Judith darling, I didn't know you were coming for a visit. I would have dressed up more if I knew you were coming to see me, it has been so long." Judith stopped in her tracks when she heard the growling of wolves behind Jadis. "You know, it's not everyday my blood comes to see me, and with such a scowling look. I would never know we are blood if not for looks like that."
"I am not your blood." Her tone came out dark as her cold gray irises stayed fixed on the Witch. "You are half my blood, which is still something I wish had never happened. I curse the day you ever came here. If it was up to me you would never be here."
"But I am." Jadis said in a stern tone. "And you would be wise to show some respect when talking to your Queen."
Judith scoffed. "Queen? You are no Queen of mine, you and I both know Narnia doesn't belong to you."
"It doesn't belong to him or you either." Jadis snaps. "I wouldn't let love blind you from the truth, sister; it has already made your death more of a reality."
"I don't care about that." Judith took a step forward. "I care about these people. How long are you going to keep sealing your fate in Narnia? You can't rewrite a prophecy, doing this is only making it more true. Do you honestly think that by telling Narnians to turn in humans you will change anything?"
"I will change a lot!" Jadis stood up.
Judith gave her a sad look. "You will change nothing. Cursing Narnia with a never ending winter, what is that going to do? These storms are hard on them, they are just going to die out there. Putting fear into people, making it hard for them to live, and cursing Narnia isn't going to help you. That is why you could never be their Queen, your heart is too dark and the way you think of life is a revolting sight. You think everyone is supposed to bow down to you, and worship the ground that you walk on, and it isn't right, Jadis. Because I will be damned if I ever worship you and what you stand for!"
"So, you would go against the laws of Narnia then?" Jadis challenges. "That's a big thing to do, even for you. That would make you a traitor, Judith."
"Don't you lecture me about the rules, you Witch!" Judith snapped; the wolves were shocked by her tone. "I was one of those who were there when it was written; I know more about it then you yourself. You only know the rules for when you can bend them around in your favor." Jadis glared angrily and Judith frowned as she slowly shook her head. "Your ways, and the sight of you, honestly makes me sick."
"At least that is something I know we think about each other." Jadis quipped back as she stared at her with a disdainful glare. "You are nothing but a little traitor."
"And you're nothing but a coward." Judith replied. "How can you even live with yourself, knowing what you are doing now? Not only now, but what you did to her back then, and to the rest of your world?"
"You mean that other sister of ours?" Jadis raised an eyebrow. "Poor thing never stood a chance."
Judith sneered. "For someone that didn't stand a chance, she certainly had you on the bridge of death. I honestly can't believe you destroyed everything, even her, and for what, Jadis? A throne?"
"That woman deserved everything she got, and those people were just as disposable as she was." Jadis scoffs. "She should have walked away when she had the chance; she knew she was fighting a losing battle against me.
"You only won because of deplorable." Judith reminded her and got a look from her sister in return. "If I didn't love this place and care about the people in it, I would return the favor for Judas and send you packing straight to hell. No one else might know it, but I assure you, not all secrets have been kept."
"I'm well aware that you know of the deplorable word, but I know you won't use it." It was Jadis time to send a snarky smile. "Your heart is far too big for that, and that is the very reason you will never live up to me."
"Oh praise your name, Jadis, all I ever wanted was to live up to you." Judith rolled her eyes.
Jadis didn't like her sarcastic tone and frowned. "You know, if I would have known about your whereabouts and existence sooner, you and our sister would have both died together. It's such a shame you came afterwards, you missed all the fun."
Judith frowned. "The only fun was sealing you away and protecting the new home I had. The problems you two had, they had nothing to do with me. I stayed away from that place, and the both of you, because I knew the evil that would come with staying. But, for you to kill your own full blood family for a throne is cowardly. If you ask me Jadis, you're the only traitor around here. You know that you signed your fate, but yet you still think doing all of this will help you somehow."
"How dare you talk to your Queen in this way!" The little dwarf Ginarrbrik barked. "She is the Empress of-"
"Silence your little mouth." Judith shoved a hand in his direction.
Ginarrbrik's mouth quickly snapped shut, as if he was trying to speak, but nothing came out but whines and grunts. Judith lowered her hand and stared back ahead.
Jadis rolled her eyes at the dwarf and looked back at her sister. "It has already helped me." She twirls her weapon. "But did you honestly think sealing me away would work forever, little sister?"
Judith glared. "I did that for your own good and I would do it again-"
"Then do it." Jadis smirked and Judith looked down. "...What's wrong?" Jadis tilted her head. "Can't fight me, hmm? You can't kill your half sister?"
Judith's cold gray eyes showed anger. "Don't you dare tempt me."
"Oh I'm not; I know very well what you're capable of, you are a witch after all." Jadis says carelessly, Judith gives her a look. "My apologies. You consider yourself a sorceress instead, which I have no idea why."
"Because I am nothing like you is why." Judith stated. "I would never want to be named, or referred to, in any way the same as you."
"That's fine with me, but it still won't change your fate. Once I arrived, I warned that anyone who would dare bear a child with the blood of Aslan would die." There was hate in her eyes when Jadis said His name. "You thought I could be sealed away forever, but when I was released I made it my desire to make your life miserable. The day that child is born, you my little sister, you will die not a second later. And, who will bring you back? Better yet, where is your great cat now?" Judith closed her eyes with a sad expression and looked away.. "He is nowhere to be found and now you are left alone to fight for your life and the Narnians?" Jadis laughed to herself and shook her head. "Oh dear, how low you have fallen. You don't think I can see how weak you have already become since I cursed this place, and you? That was a little side effect with your curse my dear, I had forgot to tell you since it has been so long since I seen that beautiful face." Judith face scrunched up with a glare. "You see Judith, the closer you are to having that thing, the weaker you will become, and it will surprise me if you have anything left to even deliver it."
Judith placed a hand over her stomach. "I don't care what is gonna happen to me; she is going to live."
Jadis' green irises sparkled with interest. "She?" Judith held her stomach and glared, not liking the look. "So it is a girl?" Jadis smiled. "How wonderful to know. But, it's a shame you won't be able to even see her face. Although, she will see yours, lying lifeless and still. All because you wanted to go against my law."
Judith fought back her tears. "You don't have any laws!" she shouted, making Jadis take a step back in shock. "I know what comes with the curse, and I do not care! Things are supposed to happen and I don't look for anyone to save me from it. Aslan knows what he is doing and I trust that; he trusted me with something amazing. I will not let you or anyone take her life away from her or corrupt her."
"Well.." Jadis walked down the steps and slowly towards her. "That right there, is the reason I never liked you. You care too much; Narnia could have been yours, but instead you were bewitched by Aslan."
"I was shown what was right." Judith corrected her. "Something I came here to try and show to you. It was something I was trying to show you years ago, but you didn't listen then either." She shook her head in defeat. "Don't you get it Jadis?" Her pleading tone made her sister stop. "This winter may last a long time, but soon he is coming back, and so are the four meant to stop you. You will not win, and were never meant to win, because this isn't your world; it never was."
"But it will be." Jadis says lowly. "You see, I have already won." Judith's expression became confused. "As long as there is no Empress, there will be no four and no prophecy. I knew Aslan would make sure it was a girl to deprive me of my title as Empress of the Lone Islands, but if the one that bears his blood is dead, then what will be left? Nothing."
Judith's eyes widened. "No, that's not true; she has nothing to do with this."
"Don't lie to me, Judith, I know just as much as you do-if not more." Jadis chuckled slowly. "She has a lot more to do with this world, and that is something you cannot stop. I will write my own prophecy, and it starts with the death of you and that child."
Judith eyes watered looking at her. "When are you just going to stop?"
"Aww little one." Jadis gives a fake sympathetic look until it dropped into a serious stare. "I will not stop until all of Narnia is mine. This winter is never going to end but do you know what I'm wondering now." Her finger tapped her spear; Maugrim and the other wolves snapped and growled as they started coming from the shadows. Judith's eyes went back and forth between them as she slowly started to back away. "I'm wondering if I should wait for the curse to kill you or if I should do it myself and that way I send a message to Aslan early. His first blood dead, that should be dreadful news for him, don't you think?"
The wolves snap and growl at her, making Judith jump. Jadis moved quickly to hit her with the spear, but Judith grabbed hold of it. For a moment they struggled until Jadis overpowered her and sent her sprawling to the floor. She came to a sliding stop with a wince as she held her stomach to make sure no real harm was done.
"Just as I thought." Jadis smiled. "So weak. You were never meant to carry any blood that belongs to him. I warned you of the price that was to come in doing so!"
She brought the spear down, but Judith rolled out of the way and back onto her feet. A sparkle shone from her hand as a long, silver-decorated knight's sword made its way into her hand. Jadis lunged with her own weapon, but it was blocked by Judith's sword as each tried to overpower the other. Judith broke away, ducking under her sister's weapon and grabbing hold of it; this time her hand glowed white and blue in color.
Jadis' eyes widened, a light went off which blinded her and made the Witch stumble back.
When the light faded Judith was gone.
Blue and white crystal residue were left falling from the spell.
"One of her ignorant tricks..." Jadis snapped her attention around. "She will not get away from me, not now that I know how weak she is. Maugrim!" The wolf looked up. "Find my sister, and bring back nothing but her bloody clothes; I mean that."
Maugrim growled with a snarl. "I'm going to enjoy this hunt." He let out a loud howl.
All the wolves raced out of the throne room.
Ginarrbrik was struggling as he walked up behind Jadis, still trying to get his mouth open. Jadis caught this and with an eye roll she undid the spell making him fall back with a yell.
She looked back ahead and tucked her weapon against her side. "There is not a place in Narnia she can hide; she, and that child, will be dead before sunrise, and then Aslan's little Empress will be gone. That lion will not deny me my rights or power."
With Judith
The wolves continued to race through the snow as they had finally picked up her scent, and Judith trudged through the blanket of snow as fast as she could. The sound of the wolves getting closer was starting to make fear creep in as she picked up the pace.
The distraction she had used on Jadis was the best she could currently muster. Even though she wanted to fight her, to give it her all and somehow beat her, it was just too risky. It wasn't just her life on the line anymore, and she had to think about that now. Jadis may have been a lot of things, but she wasn't wrong when she said that Judith was getting weaker. Judith had wanted the vanishing spell to take her farther than it did, but it only took her to the woods on the hill closest to her sister's castle.
A howling made Judith stop and look back. Judith breathed heavily with a frightened expression as as she looked around.
Once she spotted another clear way she quickly made a run for it and went deeper in the woods. The sun had already set and the darkness that surrounded her was making it harder for her to see.
Judith ran out from the trees into a open area, lit by a tall black lamp post that stood in the center. Her footsteps slowed as she got closer to it with a confused expression; she reached a hand out and lets her fingers brush down the post and quickly felt a small warmth coming from it.
She placed her hand on her stomach with a sad look. "I'm so sorry Aslan. Maybe you should have chosen someone else."
The barks and howls of the wolves made her snap her head to the side, wide eyed. Judith quickly turned around and ran further back into the woods; she didn't know where she was going anymore, but she had to keep running-she had to find a way out of this.
Maugrim and his pack were not too far behind her as they started picking up the pace.
Judith stopped in a panic as she looked around for a place to hide. Maugrim and his pack's noses were too good to keep running with them so close behind her.
"Please, there has to be somewhere." She breathed out. A moment later, Judith spotted a small area covered by more snowy trees. She looked back when the sound of barking continued getting closer.
Not having any other choice, she ran inside the dark space and backed up to avoid being seen.
One of the wolves came sniffing past, Judith covered her mouth ,with tears in her eyes as her hand went to her stomach. When more barking sounded, she used that noise advantage to back up more into the trees, until something fluffy fell against her neck.
Judith jumped, wide eyed, and whipped around. "What on earth..." She continued walking, as she looked around the small dark area, completely lost now. "What is all of this?"
Her hand touched one of the fur coat sleeves that were brushing against her. Giving a push forward she fell through the door and landed on her back with a thud.
"Ugh." Judith held her back in pain as she lifted herself up. Her painful expression dropped into a confused, wide eyed look, as her eyes scanned the room around her. She looked back at where she had emerged from with fearful eyes. "Wh-Where am I?"
The door knob to the room turned, Judith looked back with a quiet gasp. It opened, as an older gentleman walked inside with a coat. He stopped in shock as he looked up and saw her. For a moment he stared at her in absolute shock and dropped the coat in his hand; his eyes went to the open wardrobe before coming back to her.
"It can't be you! Q-Queen Judith?" The man stammered. Judith's brows knotted together as she turned around and got to her feet slowly. Her head tilted slightly as she slowly walked towards the man. "How on earth did you get here? Did you come through the wardrobe?"
"Is that what that is?" Judith looked back it with an interested stare before turning back to the man. "Not to be rude sir, but how do you know my name?"
"You don't remember me?" He asks, Judith raised an eyebrow making him chuckle. "Of course not. I was younger back then of course."
Judith eyes went into slits. "You're a son of Adam?"
He smiled. "My name is Digory Kirke."
Judith walked over to him with wide eyes. "Little boy Digory?"
"I do go by Professor now." Digory corrects.
Her hand reached out and touched his face, tears streaming down her cheeks as she showed a warm smile.
"It is you, a lot older but it is you." Judith hugged him as tightly as she could.
Professor Digory smiles and gives her a hug back "You hair is still as white as snow. You were the only magical woman I met that could be so happy with such cold gray eyes."
"You were never the first to tell me something like that." Judith sighs, still smiling. "It is really good to see you again."
"Good?" The Professor chuckled. "After everything I caused? I never got to really apologize to you for any of that."
"You were just a kid." Judith pulled back. "You didn't know any better and you were in a land that you weren't all too familiar with. I didn't picture that all of that would happen and it's true it was hard to cope with but to see you grown up, and alive shows a lot."
Professor Digory gave her a shy smile. "How did you get here?"
Judith turned around and pointed to the wardrobe. "Through there."
This made him walk past her in awe as he looked over the wardrobe. "Incredible, I wonder..." He goes into thought. "Could it be from the tree that I used?"
"Can anything still come through?" Judith holds her arms, backing up a little. Professor Digory got closer and reached inside, Judith held her breath as anxiety was started to build from him getting closer. "Please." Her voice made him stop. "Please be careful."
The Professor reached inside to hopefully feel the rush of air but it was nothing. His hand touched the back wall to the wardrobe and gave a knock on the wood.
"Well, however you got through this. You can't go back." Professor Digory says. "It's nothing but wood back here."
Judith sighed in relief as she dropped to the floor on her knees. "Thank goodness. The last thing I would want is trouble to follow." Her hand went to her chest as her fast heartbeat had started to calm down. "But if I'm here with you that would mean..."
"It would mean you're in my world." Professor Digory closed the door. Judith's eyes grew sad as she held herself and started to cry. The Professor didn't really know what to do so he walked over to her and knelt in front of her while placing a hand on her shoulder. Then he saw her dress sleeves were ripped and he could see the scratches and bruises underneath. "What exactly happened to you in that place?"
"I was running from Jadis." Judith rubbed her sore arm. "She has cursed Narnia with a never ending winter and I tried to do something but just ended up getting tossed around."
Professor Digory was taken back by hearing that. "But your magic-"
"Is getting weak." Judith says lowly. "The more she grows, the weaker I get."
"She? You mean Jadis?" He asks.
Judith shook her head and took her hand away to show the small but visible bump on her stomach. "This she." Professor Digory eyes widened. "My sister didn't approve or like the fact of Aslan having blood other than his own in Narnia. Her fear is now there will be a new Empress and because she has my blood and my power, it also scares her. So in grave fear of this very thing. She made a curse for Narnia and a curse for whoever births a child with the blood of Aslan." Judith painfully remembers the words. "Whoever dares to share the blood of Aslan will meet a death, that will come when the child takes it's first open breath. For even if he shall come, no death in this curse can be undone." The Professor felt chills from her re saying the curse. "I tried everything to undo it but once I found out it was happening now. My magic and myself started to get weaker by the minute, my last resort was to talk to her and see if she would just reconsider. Or just talk some knowledge into her but it didn't work. I had so much pent up anger, I may have just made it worse." Tears slowly streamed down her cheeks as pain came to her chest. "Because of me he will never meet her and she will never see me. The first special gift I bring in this world and I won't be able to hold or touch her." The Professor felt a guilty pain in his stomach as he watched her cry. "I really am weak...because there isn't anything I can do to stop this."
"Well if you're not safe there and you can't get back, then stay here." Professor Digory suggested quietly.
Judith looked at him, confused. "What?"
"You stay in this world and you will be safe. Obviously there is a reason it trapped you here." He looked back to the wardrobe. "You will be well looked after here. The wardrobe will stay closed forever, there is no kids here so there won't be anything to fear about somebody getting in. Nothing will come in and nothing will go out."
Judith looked down. "It still won't matter. Once she is born, I die." The Professor look changed as he didn't want to hear that last part. "I won't be around to teach her anything and I can't take her back to Narnia to be born, who would look after her there? Aslan is gone and I don't know if just anyone there can really raise her. The last thing I need is my sister getting her hands on her. If anything that is my worse fear."
"I tell you what." The Professor got her attention. "You will stay here and so will she. I may have to find someone to look after her, because I surely haven't raised any kids. But I will keep her here with me, even after your death, and I promise you that she will be well looked after. She will be raised like a normal child in this world, that way you will never have to fear her going in the wardrobe."
Judith was shocked at his gesture. "You-You would do that? Taking on a sorceress child is something I would ask of no one. It is a very big thing."
"I'm aware but I will figure it out." The Professor assured her. "Doing this is the least I could do for you and Aslan. After all, he helped save my own mother. Now I believe it is time to return the favor, especially since what Narnia is going through is because of me." He hands her a handkerchief. "I know how she is going to feel without a mother. I almost felt that way at one point of time when I thought I would loose my own." Judith wiped her tears away. "It's time I repay a long overdue debt that is owed."
Judith stares at the older man with a small smile. "Thank you, Digory." He shows her a finger making her chuckle lowly. "My apologies. Professor, that is how you say it am I right?"
He nods with a smile of his own. "My home will now be yours as well." Judith leans up and hugs him with a feeling of relief and worry finally lifted off her shoulders. "I'm so sorry this has happened to you." Professor Digory expression grew sad as he remembered Judith's kindness when he first met her. He would have lost a lot if not for her and Aslan. "I promise she will be well looked after when you're gone Judith."
"I believe you..." Judith says as her voice cracked. Her gray irises flickered up to the wardrobe in curiosity. "Aslan. Was all of this your doing? If so...why?"
Months later,
Judith had made a sheet for Professor Digory to put over the wardrobe. It was a sheet made with the magic she had left, and only a son of a Adam or daughter of Eve could ever remove it. Which even meant that her child could never get in the Wardrobe, and at Judith's wish her daughter would never know about it, or who she really was.
They say that sometimes a parent keeping a secret from a child is the only way to keep them safe. But not all secrets are made to last forever...
This was just a look into the past and how Judith got to the human world which will later explain other things. But there is a lot more about Judith, and Jadis that we have yet to see. I know it says that she had another sister but in this story she has one full blood sister and a half sister so she actually has three. I'm really just trying to put some twist and turns on it and see where it goes since I haven't really seen a story that gives more back story about the White Witch. But this is my first story in this category so try not to get on me to much when it comes to criticism lol. Anyway, do leave a review and let me know what you think so far and I will hopefully see people in the first official chapter.
Chapter One- The Beginning Of An Adventure