By Saturday afternoon Peter had packed his bags leaving only necessities for the weekend out. He spent the rest of the afternoon reading the pack Mr Johnson had given him. Peter laughed at some of the ridiculous notes the teacher had made. He sat on his bed leaving the pack next to him as the thought about how he was going to play this role but not reveal his secret.

'Obviously this teacher has no idea what he's talking about, but I can tell he's tried he just has no idea of what a King actually does. I mean what King sits and lets his advisor's do all the work. I mean I've seen some pretty stupid and ignorant King's in my time, but all of them were involved in the decision process. It just so happened they didn't let anyone talk sense into them.' Peter cocked his head trying to remember why that statement sounded so familiar.

'Ahh that reminds me of Prince Rabadash, now I know he wasn't a King well not at that point, but his decision to take Narnia and Archenland head on was colossally stupid. Well he may have had Archenland briefly, but he would have never taken Narnia. I would not let my people suffer again, not after what Jadis had done to Narnia, my people don't deserve that. Jadis, or the White Bitch as Ed likes to call her, (and that's not often as he generally refuses to talk about 'Her' not that I blame him though, who would...) was cruel like Rabadash they even had similar flaws. They doubted people had the strength or will to fight back against them. That was their downfall in the end, all's well that ends I suppose...'

Peter sighed, rubbing a hand over his face. A something moving caught his eye, and he turned just to see the pack falling off the edge of the bed where he had left it. As it fell Peter wondered how to approach this project without revealing too much.

I mean it's not like I'm supposed to understand how to rule a country or to deal with court issues. Well that's if I was normal I suppose... But to be honest what is normal anyway? If I asked any of my siblings now they would say it was life in Narnia but before they would have said life in England was the normal way. It would appear time changes us all... but to the matter in hand, I guess I'll just have to say I read a book about it over the holidays or something... Seriously I should be able to think of something better than that, maybe Ed would know, I think his class is the one Mr Johnson mentioned earlier. He was not called the 'Silver tongue' for nothing, I seriously wonder what we would have done if he was still a brat at times...

Peter sat for a moment as memories of Ed being an idiot washed over him. The warning bell for dinner rang he jumped at the sound, checking the time on the alarm clock beside his bed.

By the Lion, how did the time pass that quickly I swear I finished packing at 2 pm it's almost 7 pm now. Ahh I was going to find Ed so we could ring the girls, I guess it'll have to wait until tomorrow now.

Peter stood up quickly and washed up, knowing if he didn't leave soon all he would have for dinner was the burnt mess the cook called 'The Leftovers'. Nobody knew what was in that particular dish, because they saw no recognisable leftovers... All they knew was it was to be avoided at all cost if it could be helped. There were a few different edible options for dinner but they went quickly when there were that many hungry growing teenage boys in one place. Many soon learned to get to dinner quickly before people could go for seconds and avoid the potentially lethal 'Leftovers'.

As he walked to dinner he saw the familiar pale face of his brother. A smile crossed his face, when he saw Ed's obviously he had good news, that look was too familiar for it to be anything else. Ed saw him waved and nodded to the dinner hall mouthing "Talk after we get food" Peter nodded in return, before he lost sight of his brother in the wave of hungry chattering students bottlenecking at the Dining room doors.

It would seem Peter was lucky today as he managed to grab some edible food, he smiled as he saw the untouched tray of 'Leftover', then walked away quickly swearing the 'food' had moved slightly on the plate. He spied his brother sitting on one of the smaller side tables waiting for him with two glasses and a plate of food in front of him.

Many of the other students had found it odd that Peter willingly sat with his little brother. It was just not done, younger siblings were embarrassing and generally annoying most of the time. So they were to be avoided unless you're parents were present, and then you would get on like a house on fire. Before Narnia, Peter would have agreed with them, but after going through so much with his siblings Peter was almost like a father to them and almost felt physical pain if he didn't see them that often.

"Hey Peter, I got you a drink already" Ed said as Peter reached the table and sat down his brother. "Where were you earlier? I thought we were going to phone the girls, seeing as we can only call them at stupid times because their teachers are way too strict." Ed frowned as he said this staring at Peter intently as if he had been doing something he shouldn't have been.

"Thanks for the drink and I'm sorry Ed, but you know how I have this stupid project thing coming up?" Peter paused waiting for his brother to nod in the affirmative. "Well I finished packing earlier and started reading the pack our teacher had given us about a role we have to play doing the project to waste some time before coming to meet you. However I got distracted and I literally don't know how I spent that long thinking about things" Peter looked apologetically at his brother before picking a little at his dinner before it got cold.

"Ahh I thought as much, but speaking about that project of yours I have some news." Ed ate a mouthful before continuing. "I presume your teacher may have mentioned that some other classes were joining yours for this." Peter nodded and motioned for Ed to continue, he wanted to know where was going with this. "Well it would appear my class will be joining yours for the project but we don't have roles we just have to shadow someone we know well. Please say you have a good role Peter... And before you say it I'm not going to guess..."

Peter was not expecting those words to come from his brother, but after he processed them and saw Ed's slightly scared looking face as he waited, a fork poised halfway to his mouth, he laughed out loud.

'Ahh I was going to tease the poor boy a bit, but with a face like that I'd feel bad, then again he deserves it for not telling me earlier that he was coming' Peter thought as he laughed. Ed's face transformed into a frown as Peter laughed making him laugh harder.

"Peter please, don't be mean seriously we're Kings I'm not going to pull weeds in gardens for six months..."Ed said giving his brother a glare.

"Seriously you think I'd be a gardener I'm offended but you've mentioned my role already, just think Ed" Peter smiled mischievously before looking intently at his plate and trying not to laugh at his brother face.

"Peter I didn't say any other role only that we were Kings..." Peter looked up as Ed paused and could almost hear his brother thinking. "Hang on does that mean what I think it means?" Ed looked up and saw Peter's toothy grin. Peter saw the smile on Ed's face grow as well as he sat there in silence, his brother did not ask any other questions, but the smile did not leave either of their faces for the rest of the evening.

As they ate Peter thought ruefully 'Maybe this project won't be as boring as I thought not that Ed's coming if either of us slips us we can help each other out, plus the fact that Ed is ridiculously good at avoiding awkward questions'.