To my wonderful readers! It's good to be back! I've missed you and Lex and the Pevensies. So after my break from the Daughter of Eve trilogy, I'm back with the last book! Tear! But don't fear guys, I have another Narnia fanfic which brings me to my next point. Over this summer, my updates won't be as regular as before because I have three (not including this one) other fanfics to write so it might be a bit slow! But never the less here is the first chapter and I hope you guys enjoy! God knows you've waited long enough!

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A Year Later

It had been a year since we'd been in Narnia. One long, uneventful year that was full of nothingness. It was all the same as it was before, school, home, homework, the occasional party, holidays and then schools again. Nothing had changed except us.

My parents however, often relieved the five of us whenever the Pevensies stayed at our London home, and allowed us to recount our adventures to them. My father listened animatedly whilst my mother smiled fondly at her own memories tucked away inside herself. Unfortunately, we'd yet to see a glimpse of our old lives, our friends and our children, which saddened everyone and was often the elephant in the room whenever the topic of Narnia was discussed.

Peter had changed significantly. He was tried of being treated like a child when inside he felt like the Magnificent King. Susan often indulged in the stories but other times refused, counting it as nonsense. Edmund changed for the better, he tried his best to be better for his parents and his siblings. Lucy remained the same, only her longing for Narnia was growing as much as she was.

Narnia seemed so far away now, considering we were returning to school. I dragged my suitcase along the path earning grumbles from suited men and proper ladies. I bet they wouldn't be growling, considering I am a princess. But I couldn't afford to think like that. I was only a princess in Narnia now.

A cars horn broke me from my thoughts and I looked to my left. I saw Lucy apologising profusely to the car whilst standing in the middle of the road. This girl was going to get herself killed, I swear!

"Lucy!" I said running towards the side of the road. "Get out off the way!". She apologised again and came scampering up to me.

"Where's Susan?" she said puffed.

"Getting a magazine, why?" I asked, her facial expression one of horror. "Lu, what's wrong?".

"Peter," she said hoping that would explain her worry.

"Not again," I huffed. She sighed in response and then started towards Susan. I followed hot on her heels.

We reached Susan who was hurriedly getting frustrated with some poor young boy trying to show her his fancy towards the girl.

"Susan!" Lucy yelled. The boy turned around confused and Susan sighed.

"You'd better come quick," I told her. She sighed again, picked up her bags and all three of us ran towards the Underground.

When we got to the Underground the path was blocked with girls and boys alike egging on the fighting that was happening on the landing in front of us. It was basically three against one. Peter was getting hit from every direction only managing to get a couple of puches here and there. We pushed through until we were in front of the crowd and I caught Peter's eye. He gave me a look as if to say sorry and I winced as he was hit again immediately clutching my rings around my neck.

"Edmund!" Lucy yelled at her youngest brother. He barrelled through the crowd and jump on his brother's opponents. Luckily the fight didn't continue too much longer due to the soldier's coming up to break the fight. They pulled the boys up off the ground gruffly.

"Act your age," one said sternly. Peter stood up, tried to straighten his uniform up all why shooting the boys a death look.

The Pevensie girls and I all walked away upset at Peter's actions once again and sat down silently on a bench. Edmund walked over to and place our luggage down and Peter was not far behind. Once we were all seated an awkward silence fell upon us.

"You're welcome," Edmund blurted out sarcastically. I rolled my eyes. Here we go again.

"I had it sorted," Peter shot back.

"What was it this time?" Susan said with a certain tiredness in her voice.

"He bumped me," Peter replied dryly. I scoffed in disbelief.

"So you hit him!?" I asked.

"No. After he bumped me, he tried to make a me apologise and then when he started saying things about Lex, that's when I hit him."

"Really, is it that hard to just walk away?" Susan asked.

"I shouldn't have to! Don't you ever get tired of being treated like a kid?" Peter asked frustrated.

"Uh, we are kids," said Edmund smirking.

"Well I wasn't always and neither were all of you. We were parents and uncles and aunties. We were royals," paused Peter. "It's been a year how long does he expect us to wait?"

"I think it's time to accept the fact that we live here. It's no use pretending any different," said Susan practically. I nodded in agreement as Peter sat down beside me. I curled my hand around his arm and pulled him close. He smiled softly at me, a glimpse of the old him returning to the surface.

"You don't have to keep protecting me Peter, especially from boys who think they're better than me because of the colour of my skin," I told him.

He sighed, "You're my wife Lex, I can't stand to hear them talk about you like that."

"I'm not you're wife here Peter," I said tapping the tip of his nose and then relaxing back into the seat. Half way down, Susan's hand hit my arm.

"Oh no, pretend like you're talking to me," she said hurriedly.

"We are talking to you," Edmund said once again a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Ow!" Lucy exclaimed as she shot up from her seat.

"Be quiet Lucy," Susan said embarrassedly.

"Something pinched me!" she said pointing the the chair.

"Hey, stop pulling," Peter said standing up, directing his glare at Edmund.

"I'm not touching you!" Edmund retorted.

"What is that?" said Susan standing up. Just then, the train came but it was still moving at full speed and not slowing down.

"Something's not right, it's going to fast," I said to them.

"It feels like magic," Lucy said excitedly.

"Quick everyone hold hands," said Peter.

"I'm not holding your hands!" grimaced Edmund as he looked at Peter. In spite Peter grabbed his hands and begins to look around us. The train was still racing past, ripping bricks and tiles from the Undergrounds very walls. As the train races past, glimpses of a shining sea flash through the trains windows until, all of a sudden, our luggage, the platform and the train vanish into thin air leaving us in a cave on a beach.

We walked out of the cave, our eyes squinting at the bright light. I turned to Susan and then Lucy, bright smiles breaking out on our faces. And then as if we'd have the same thought, the three of us took off running removing our blazers and stockings as we went. The boys soon followed and then we were having an all out water fight in the glistening Narnia sea.

We were home, at last. A year's wait had finally turned into reality and here we were.

"We're home!" I yelled.

"King once more," Peter said cockily. Susan and I rolled our eyes and ganged up on him until he was soaking wet. Lucy started laughing so hard she herself fell into the water and was drenched. We turned then to Edmund who was looking up at the cliffs surrounding the beach dreamily.

"Where do you suppose we are?" he asked.

"Well, where do you think?" Peter asked smirking.

"Well, I don't remember any ruins in Narnia," he replied. At that, well all followed is gaze and saw large chunks of white rock sticking up through greenery.

"Well let's go then," said Peter.

"Where too?" I asked surprised at his eagerness.

"Explore," he grinned back. We walked around the side of the cliff until we found a safe path up. The path we found was stone and appeared to be used as steps a long time ago although they didn't look familiar. It must've been a part of Narnia we didn't come to often.

As we walked up higher and higher we all became lazy.

"I'm hungry," said Lucy.

"I have sandwiches in our bag," said Edmund.

"And where are they?" asked Susan.

Edmund sighed grumpily, "At the station."

It was if Narnia had heard Lucy's pleas and sent us through an apple orchard.

"Have one of these," said Peter as he tossed her a juicy, green apple. She took it happily and munched away. I ran up alongside of Peter and took his hand in mine and leaned against him.

"It's good to have you back," I told him, missing the boy he once was. The happier boy.

"It's good to be back," he told me and placed a kiss on the side of my head. We ventured further up and once we reached the ruins, we went out separate ways to explore. I walked over to what was once a balcony and looked out over Narnias waters.

"I nearly forgot how beautiful this place was," I said almost to myself until Peter came and stood beside me, leant down against the railing, looking at me.

"It's too beautiful to forget," he said reaching up and tucking a stray piece of hair behind my air.

"Still quite the romantic I see. I wonder where that side of you went back in England," I joked. He shrugged his shoulders and smirked, quite pleased with himself. Lucy came and stood beside the two of us and joined in with looking at the view.

"I wonder who lived here?" she wondered aloud as she turned around to face Susan and Edmund who were slowly coming to join us too. Susan paused for a second and bent down to the ground reaching out for something. The rest of us inched towards her curious of her find. She held up a gold chess piece and sighed.

"I think we did."

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