Eva was sitting at the train station bored. She, Elaine, and the other Pevensies were all heading to boarding school for the upcoming year. They were expected to still get a good education in the midst of the current war that continued around them, presenting continuous danger every day. Peter and Elaine were in their own little world yet again, and the others were off somewhere else.

Eva had become friends with the group when she had moved in near the Professor's house only a few weeks after they had moved in themselves. She was Edmund's age, and the two of them had since become very good friends. While Eva was still considered a child, she was quite mature for her age. The other Pevensies and Elaine adored her, quickly 'adopting' her into their group.

No one had yet told her of Narnia.

Peter and Elaine walked hand in hand along the platform in the station, waiting for their train to arrive as they soaked in their remaining moments together. While they still considered themselves to be husband and wife, to the rest of the world, they were just boyfriend and girlfriend. All of the Pevensies knew that it wouldn't be easy to explain to others how two 16-year-olds got married especially when there was no solid written evidence. All they had were their Narnian wedding rings which were enough for them, but not for anyone in this world.

It was strange to have the mind of someone in their 30's but be stuck in a teenage body. While everyone was still trying to adjust to the huge change after a whole year, Elaine knew that it was hardest on Peter. It didn't help that once they started boarding school, they were going to be separated more often than not since they went to two different schools. It was fortunate that the two schools were right across from each other. If they had to be separated for the whole school year, they didn't know what they would do.

Two boys passed the couple, and one of them purposefully bumped into Peter rather roughly.

"Watch where you're going, freak!" the boy said. "Apologize. Now."

"Excuse me?" Peter said angrily.

"Peter, just forget it," Elaine said, lightly tugging on his hand.

"Is this your girlfriend?" the boy asked with a smug smile on his face. "She's out of your league, mate. Way, way out of your league." The boy looked at Elaine and smirked. "Why don't you come with us, sweetheart? We'll show you a good time."

Peter let go of Elaine's hand and punched the boy in the face.

"Peter, stop!" Elaine cried. This was the umpteenth fight he had gotten into, and they hardly ever ended well.

As a fight broke out between the three boys, a crowd gathered around them chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

What Elaine wouldn't have given to have her old staff back in her hands. That was one of the things she missed most. She saw Lucy and Susan join the crowds, watching with fear and annoyance respectively. Eva joined the two of them not long after with curious eyes. That was something Elaine noticed about her. She seemed curious about everything.

When one of the boys roughly pressed Peter's head against the wall, Edmund broke through the crowd and tackled him in an effort to help his brother.

"Edmund!" Lucy cried out.

The boy held Peter's head over the track while the other kicked him in the gut. Edmund knocked down the second boy and they all continued to fight.

Elaine turned her head at the sound of whistles and saw two soldiers coming over to the fighting boys. They roughly yanked the four of them off each other.

"Act your age!" the soldier barked at them. If only he knew…

Eva, Susan, and Lucy joined Peter, Elaine, and Edmund, and they all went to a bench that looked at the track where their train would be coming soon.

Elaine held Peter's hand while Lucy sat next to him and Susan sat next to her. Eva stood next to the bench as Edmund came over.

"You're welcome," Edmund said to Peter.

"I had it sorted," Peter insisted.

"No, you didn't," Elaine told him.

"What was it this time?" Susan asked as Peter stood up from the bench. Eva took his empty seat next to Elaine and Lucy.

"He bumped me," Peter told the others.

"So you hit him?" Lucy asked in disbelief.

"No. After he bumped me, they tried to make me apologize, and then they started hitting on Elaine. That's when I hit him."

While no one approved of Peter's decision, all of them minus Eva knew that it couldn't be easy to watch someone else flirt with his wife.

Susan rolled her eyes. "Really? Is it that hard just to walk away?"

"I shouldn't have to. I mean, don't you ever get tired of being treated like a kid?"

"We are kids," Edmund said.

"Well, I wasn't always."

"Peter…" Elaine said quickly. They still hadn't told Eva of Narnia, and she was going to be really confused if he continued.

"It's been a year," he went on, ignoring her. "How long does he expect us to wait?"

"I think it's time to accept that we live here," Susan said, clearly forgetting about Eva as well. "It's no use pretending any different." Just as Eva was about to ask for clarification, Susan's eyes widened as she looked over and saw a boy walking towards them. "Oh, no." She quickly turned back to the others. "Pretend you're talking to me."

"We are talking to you," Edmund said. Eva smiled. She had always liked his quick witty remarks.

"Ow!" Lucy exclaimed as she bolted off the bench.

"Quiet, Lu!" Susan whispered, hoping she hadn't drawn the attention of the boy.

"Something pinched me!"

"Ow! Elaine!" Eva shouted.

"I didn't do anything!" Elaine said.

"Look, would all of you just—" Susan started, but then they all quickly stood up when everyone felt something on their backs. "What is that?"

"It feels like magic!" Lucy smiled.

"Everyone hold hands."

"I'm not holding your hand!" Edmund said to Elaine.

"Oh, get over it!" she yelled to him as she grabbed his hand.

Edmund snatched Eva's hand as well and they were all linked together. The whole station started to shake and the posters were ripped away as a train passed them.

"What's going on?" Eva yelled.

No one answered her as the train whipped by them, revealing on the other side what looked like a beach.

Elaine smiled broadly, finally realizing what was happening.

The train ended, and they looked in the direction it had gone. Ahead of them was crystal blue water on a beautiful beach that they recognized immediately.

They were back in Narnia.

For someone who had never been transported to the land before, Eva was handling the whole thing extremely well.

"What is going on?" she asked again. She couldn't understand why everyone was handling this so well.

Susan and Lucy looked at each other and giggled before running across the warm sand. Peter took Elaine's hand and ran with her while Edmund did the same with Eva.

"Come on!" he laughed.

They all tossed off their stuffy jackets, shoes, and socks before running into the cool water.

Everyone squealed with delight as they splashed each other over and over again. Lucy and Eva fell over and quickly got soaked.

While Eva was beyond confused, the fact was that she was at a beach instead of waiting for a train to take her to boarding school. She was fairly certain she preferred the former any day. Explanations could wait. Besides, they seemed to be rather calm about the whole situation, and she trusted them more than anything. If they were calm, she felt that she could be too.

Peter looked over at Edmund who was staring at something above them with a confused look on his face. "What is it?" he asked.

"Where do you suppose we are?"

"Well, where do you think?"

"Well, I don't remember any ruins in Narnia."

Everyone looked up and saw what he was talking about. A great big hill covered with very old rocks and ruins overlooked the beach where they were.

"What's Narnia?" Eva asked.

Everyone looked at one another. It was time for Eva to learn of their past.

"You're in Narnia," Lucy smiled. "It's a magical land that's absolutely wonderful! We came here, well, a year ago, and we all were the saviors of the land. We were part of a prophecy and everything!"

"All of you?"

"Well, I wasn't," Elaine said. "But I managed to make things work anyway."

"We're all trained in expert swordsmanship among other things," Lucy continued. "Susan can use a bow and arrow, and Elaine can wield a staff better than anyone. We're the Kings and Queens of this land."

Eva's eyes widened. "You mean the whole time I've known you, I've been friends with royalty?"

Everyone smiled at her amazement and were quite surprised she was accepting everything so easily.

"King Peter the Magnificent," Peter told her with a small bow.

"Queen Elaine the Faithful."

"Queen Susan the Gentle."

"King Edmund the Just."

"Queen Lucy the Valiant."

Eva stood there speechless for a second. "So you are all Kings and Queens in a magical land I've never heard of. Is there anything else I should know?"

Elaine looked at Peter and smiled. She put her arm around his waist as his arm went around her shoulders. "I'm not just Peter's girlfriend. I'm his wife."

"You're what?"

"You have to understand, Eva, that when we came here before, we stayed until we all were well into adulthood."

"So how is it you're all young now?"

"When we came to this land, we arrived as teenagers. And no time passes in our world while we're here. So when we returned after many years of living here—"

"You returned as teenagers," Eva finished.

"Exactly. We knew that we couldn't walk around London claiming to be husband and wife while we were only 15 years old at the time. So we had to tell everyone we were just boyfriend and girlfriend. And believe me, that was hard."

"All this time…why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Well, we weren't so sure you would believe us," Edmund laughed. "I mean, can you imagine us trying to explain to you that we were all actually adults because we traveled to a magical land inside a wardrobe?"

"You were transported here through a wardrobe? I suppose not."

"Exactly. But now that you're here, we can finally tell you everything."

"Let's get up there and see what that place is," Peter said referring to the ruins.

Everyone left the beach and made the trek to the ruins, trying to figure out exactly where they were. There was something very, very familiar about the place.

"Wonder who lived here," Lucy said as they all looked around the nearly barren area.

Susan leaned down and picked something up. "I think we did."

"Hey, that's mine," Edmund said as he got closer. He took the small carving from her and looked at it. "From my chess set."

"Which chess set?" Peter asked.

"Well, I didn't exactly have a solid gold chess set in Finchley, did I?"

"You had a solid gold chess set?" Eva asked astounded.

"We had everything."

Lucy's eyes widened as if something registered in her mind. "Can't be," she whispered.

Everyone followed her up some stone steps. She began placing Peter, Elaine, Susan, and Edmund in certain positions.

"Don't you see? Imagine walls. And columns, there." She pointed ahead of them at the broken stones. "And a glass roof."

Suddenly, it clicked.

"It's Cair Paravel," Peter said.

"What's that?" Eva asked.

"Where we ruled," Elaine answered. "All of us together. Where we became Kings and Queens. Although my time came a little bit later. Once I married Peter."

"This is a bit much to take in."

Edmund chuckled. "Now you see why we didn't tell you earlier."

The six of them continued exploring, trying to find an answer for why their old home was in ruins. It was shocking to see that the place they had once lived no longer existed.

"Catapults," Edmund said as he bent down, examining some damaged rock.

"What?" Peter asked.

"This didn't just happen. Cair Paravel was attacked."

"Who would do such a thing?" Elaine muttered sadly.