The Son of Aslan: Winter Equinox
Summary: Ten years ago Dylan Aslan was kidnapped from his mother when Aslan disappeared from Narnia. The Pevensies come to Narnia and it slowly starts to break the curse that was laid upon him by Jadis.
Pairings: Peter Pevensie/Dylan Aslan, brief Aslan/OFC Alana Truelove, onesided Jadis/Aslan
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: 1000-1015 NY, 1940 HY
Chapter One:
The Pevensies
London, England 1945
The train station was full of people. Hundreds of kids were being evaucated from the city and being taken to safe havens all over the country. The four Pevensie children were among them. Peter looked around. He recognized some of the faces from school while others he didn't. Susan was standing by him, looking grave about having to leave their home but she knew it was for the best in keeping her and her siblings safe. She feared for her mother.
"If dad were here, he wouldn't make us go." Edmund grumbled. Peter glared at his younger brother and turned to look at him.
"If dad were here and the war was over, we wouldn't have to go." Peter snapped.
Helen was kneeled in front of Lucy, tying her tag onto her jacket while the girl wept. "I don't want to go." Helen smiled at her youngest child softly.
"I know darling. It'll be over quickly and you'll be home soon." She reassured the nine year old. "You need to keep this on, alright." Lucy nodded and looked at the ground. Helen quickly hugged the youngest of the four and moved to place Edmund's tag on him. She looked up at the defiant boy as she was finishing up and muttered. "You will listen to your brother won't you, Edmund?"
"Sure." Edmund muttered, not really caring. He hated the fact that they had to leave. Absolutely dreaded it. Helen stood up once she was finished and went to kiss her son's head. A string pulled in her as Edmund pulled away. She still placed a kiss on his head before moving onto Peter.
Peter looked to his mother sadly. Helen wrapped the eldest child and Peter's eyes glazed over with tears. "Look after them, Peter."
"I will, mum." Peter whispered, evident in his voice that he was ready to start crying then and there but he knew he had to be strong for his younger siblings. His mother smiled to him as she pulled away and walked over to Susan.
"Susan." The two women embraced as Helen spoke. "Be a big girl, okay."
"Alright, mum." Susan stated, smiling sadly at her mother. As they were saying their final goodbyes, they were called to board the train and they went towards boarding. The blonde held on tightly to the tickets as they came up to the ticket reader. This was really happening.
"Tickets please." Peter made no move to give them to her. "Tickets please." She tired again.
"Peter!" Susan muttered, taking the tickets from her older brother and showing them to the woman who signalled them along. Peter held on tightly to Lucy's hand, catching sight of some nearby soldiers who were walking by. Lucy stopped and looked back at their mother. Peter leaned down and leaned his forehead against Lucy's.
"It'll be alright. Everything will be fine. It'll be fine." He told her reassuringly. Not only telling her this but himself as well. The four siblings boarded the train and the door closed behind them.
Helen pushed through the crowd, hoping to get one last look at her kids. She smiled as Susan poked her head and scanned the crowd looking for her. Susan smiled as well and started waving. "Bye bye dear." Helen whispered with tears in her eyes, waving as well. Peter, Lucy, and Edmund were quick to poke their heads out as well. She could barely see Edmund through the small window but it made her heart melt just seeing his efforts. She watched as the train jerked and her children were disappearing in the distance, still yelling their goodbyes.
Embry Jadis/Dylan Aslan
The Woods of Narnia, 1000 NY
For ten long years, Embry Jadis had been plaqued with dreams of a woman with long flowing blonde hair and ceurlean blue eyes as well as a great Lion standing side by side, both muttering the same name in his dream. Dylan... Every effort he made to ask Jadis, his mother, of it was in vain. She would explode into a fit of anger and than apologize immediately for becoming angry with him. Within the same dreams he would see a small child with golden blonde hair, a mixture of the color of the the Lion's mane and the maiden's flowing curls, and golden eyes, the same from the the Lion's eyes. The maiden and Lion would call the child Dylan and Dylan would call Embry himself Dylan. It was the same everytime.
Now, Embry was walking outside of the castle and into the nearby forest. Whenever these dreams came, he no longer talked to Jadis about them but instead took walks to the edge of Narnia. He roamed for hours at a time, trying to figure it out. He was Embry Winter Jadis, the crowned prince of Narnia. Next in line for the throne after his mother.
Embry walked through the woods and too a clearing where he came too a lamp post. He would come here all the time and sit in the cold snow and be there for countless hours at a time. There was something about this location that drew him to it each time. It was unexplainable.
His white cloak drug along the ground behind him as he walked. Snow coming up from the ground and attaching to his black pants. His silver-blue eyes glancing around and taking in the surroundings around him with his platinum blonde hair falling into his eyes. It was all familiar to him, as he has been here before. The only thing he was tired of seeing was the snow. There has only ever been snow in the course of his fifteen years of life.
He looked up at the flame. He wanted answers and he was going to get them.
The Pevensies
The Train, 1945
None of them knew exactly how long they had been on the train. When they first boarded, Edmund was acting coldly towards his siblings. Now he was curled up in the seat, watching the outside world go by.
The train had stopped by a station and Peter looked up from his book. The siblings watched as a child came up to the person housing them. The woman was being cruel and harsh. Peter looked to Susan. Both hoping that who ever they were placed with wouldn't be like that.
Not long later, the train stopped again and the four got off the train. The train stop was completely abandoned. The sound of a hunking horn caught their attention and each of them picked up their belongings and ran off of the platform. Disappointment washed over the siblings as the car didn't stop and continued over the railroad tracks.
"The professor knew we were coming." Susan stated, looking around. Edmund picked up his tag and read it.
"Maybe we have been incorrectly labeled." Edmund replied, looking up to Susan and Peter. Neither of the elder two could reply before the sound of horse hooves were heard and a woman calling out to the horse.
Susan and Peter shared looks as a horse drawn cariage pulled up with an older woman sitting on the bench. She hulted the horse directly by the children and looked down at them with a displeased look.
Peter looked to his younger siblings before turning to speak to the woman. "Mrs. MaCready?"
"I'm afraid so." She stated, her voice cold but not necessiarly harsh. She looked between them and than to their luggage. "Is this it than? Haven't you brought anything else?" She asked, almost confuzzled.
"No ma'am, it's just us." It was Peter who spoke again.
"Well c'mon." MaCready said, motioning for them to get in. They went to the cariage and Peter helped Lucy get in as well as Susan. When the younger three were safely inside and their belongings as well, Peter got in and MaCready called out for the horse to move.
The White Witch, Jadis
The White Witch's Castle, 1000 NY
"Your majesty, the prince has wondered off again." Maurgrim stated, walking into the large room. Jadis sighed and turned away from the leader of the Secret Police.
"Figures as much. My little Embry always wonders off on his own. Gone for hours, off knows where." The White Witch muttered, walking around the room. The wolf walked over to her and stood next to her.
"Want to send the team out to find him?" Maurgrim questioned.
"No!" Jadis snapped. She sighed, taking a deep breath. "He'll come back. He always comes back."
The Pevensies
Professor Kirke's Home, 1945 HY
The home was maginifcent. Peter was the first out of the cariage and he helped get his family off. Him and Edmund unloaded all of their luggage and passed off their sisters' stuff to them.
Mrs. MaCready lead them into the home and Peter basically ignored her as she went over the house rules. He jumped as she yelled out to Susan, who had barely touched a statue that was at the top of the first flight of stairs. Edmund and Peter smiled and hid their laughs at the look on Susan's face. She continued on but there was one rule that caught his attention from her tone of voice.
"And there will be no disturbin' of the professor." She said gravely. They moved along, looking among the glorious home when Lucy stopped looked at the door of the study. She gasped as she saw a shadow stop directly in front of the door and she rounded the corner to follow after the others.
Later that Night
Peter sat at the window, looking outside at the large yard as Susan walked around the room and turned off the radio that was talking about the on going war. Peter looked over to the fifteen year old girl and she motioned over to Lucy. Lucy was sitting on the bed, underneath the covers picking at the blanket covering her. Peter got up from his spot at the window and walked over and sat on the edge of the bed; while Susan stood behind him with her hand on the bed frame.
"The sheets are scratchy." Lucy mumbled sadly. Susan sighed and Peter looked down at the blanket.
"Wars don't last forever, Lucy. We'll be home soon." Susan said with a smile. Lucy shrugged and looked down at the blankets.
"If home is even still there." Edmund stated as he strolled into the room, already dressed for bed. Susan scoffed and looked at her younger brother.
"Isn't it time that you were in bed?" She stated, trying to change the subject.
"Yes, mum!" The brunette boy exclaimed, giving her a look of digust.
"Ed!" Peter snapped, glaring at the younger boy. Edmund sighed in defeated and kept quiet. The blonde turned his attention back to Lucy. "You've seen this place. The yard is huge. We can do whatever we want here." He explained, looking around at his other siblings.
"Alright, off to bed. All of you." Susan said. Peter rolled his eyes at her and got up, kissing his youngest sibling on the head before leaving the room.
"Goodnight, Lucy." He whispered before retiring to his own room for the night. He walked into the room that he was to share with Edmund and quickly changed into his night clothes. He crawled into bed and got into a comfortable position before looking out the window. Hopefully, they wouldn't be here long. Slowly, his eyes slipped shut and he fell asleep.
Peter was confused. He was in Professor Kirke's home just a moment ago in pajamas and in bed, but now he was standing in an unfamiliar snowy forest still in his day clothes. He frowned as he realized that he was wearing a heavy fur coat and touched it. It was strange. He started to walk through until he came to see a frozen lake. But he wasn't alone.
Standing on the top of the hill was a boy, maybe a year younger than himself or even the same age as him standing still just looking out at the lake.
"Hey!" The boy didn't move. Peter walked forward and the boy still didn't acknowledge his presence. "Can you hear me?"
"You have finally come." The sound of the boy's angelic voice caused him to jump back. The boy turned his head and looked at him. Eyes of silver and blue. A gaze that could freeze anyone with just one look. His hair was a platinum blonde almost white as snow.
"Who are you?" Peter asked. The boy didn't reply but instead just smiled at him, eyes flashing gold and hair turning golden blonde before turning back as quickly as it came. Before the Son of Adam could speak another word, the mysterious boy disappeared in a whirlwind of snow and Peter was alone on the hill.
Embry Jadis/Dylan Aslan
The White Witch's Castle, 1000 NY
The castle doors slammed loudly behind him as he walked back into the ice home. He swept passed Maurgrim, who was stationed at the front to keep guard, and went straight towards the staircase.
"Embry?" He sighed. He didn't want to be caught by Jadis coming back. He turned to see his mother standing at the throne.
"Mother." Embry muttered coldly. Jadis waved him over and the platinum blonde walked down the stairs and towards where the White Witch was standing. "Need something?"
Over the course of Dylan's capture, Jadis had grown custom to dealing with 'Embry's' attitude towards her after his walks. She feared that Dylan would resurface and he would no longer be Embry anymore. Her sweet little Embry but Dylan the one that she had taken from his real mother a decade ago. "Not necessarily, Em. Where'd you go?"
"Out." The platinum blonde mumbled.
"You had the dream again." Jadis stated, sighing when Embry glared at her.
"So... it's not like I can talk to you about it anyway." Embry threw back and Jadis flared with anger. His head flew to the side as Jadis backhanded him. Her eyes widened and she went to talk when she was cut off. "Don't. I'm going to my room. Night, your majesty." He spat out before wurling around and running up the steps two at a time.
He got to his room and slammed the door shut behind him. He unclipped his cloak and it fell to the floor. He stripped down and grabbed a change of clothes and got into bed. He closed his eyes and allowed sleep to consume him.
Embry once again found himself in the presence of the maiden and the Lion. This time the small child was standing directly between the two. "Dylan, it's time. They are coming soon." It was the Lion who had spoken but he wasn't speaking to the child but Embry.
"For the last time, my name is not Dylan. My name is Embry Jadis!" Embry shouted.
"That is where you're wrong." Embry was caught off guard it was a completely new voice. His body spun around in reflex and he was frozen by the beauty of the newcomer. Blonde hair and blue-green eyes, like the color of an ocean. "You are not who she says you are." Embry turned to look to the Lion and the maiden, only to find that they were gone.
"Who are you?" questioned the platinum blonde as he turned to look at the Son of Adam. He smiled and reached out, his fingers grazing the side of Embry's cheek. Embry's eyes flashed gold and his hair turned from platinum blonde to golden blonde but when the boy's hand left so did the change. "What is your name?" He asked once more, impatient from not recieving an answer.
The boy kept smiling before the wind picked up and he was surrounded in leaves and disappeared before Embry's eyes.
