Thank you to Wildhorses1492 and TheChosenJedi142 for leaving such great reviews for the first chapter. I have decided to write the next one now so enjoy!
Lucy awoke to the sound of knocking at her door and sleepily sat up in her bed, "Come in," a servant entered looking rather excited,
"Queen Lucy, the child has woken up - you may go and see her now," Lucy stay up in bed and yawned for it was still dark outside her window and she'd had such an adventurous day yesterday finding the child - her legs could barely move,
"Oh yes, I'll go and see her right away,"
"Ok Your Highness," Lucy got up from her bed and dressed quickly in one of her warmest gowns, brushing her hair quickly with anxiety before tiptoeing slowly along the corridors so she didn't wake her siblings. She felt a little bad for not telling them about the child, for she knew how much Susan loved them - but this was her secret for now. When she reached the child's room she opened the door slowly to catch the first glimpse of her, she was almost as pale as she was when Lucy had found her but what she realised was how ghostlike her eyes were,
"Hello, what is your name?" Lucy asked as she walked in towards the bed, the girl looked a lot better than she had when Lucy had found her in the woods and she seemed much happier too now that she had been fed and dressed in a silky nightgown covered in flowers,
"I am Oralia," the girl answered feebly, "My mother told me to wait for her in the forest and I did - for a long time, but she never came back,"
"Who was your mother?" Lucy asked, intrigued,
"She told me not to say because I am a secret, but she never told me anyway. When will I see her again?"
"Oh, I don't know... but for now you can stay with us at Cair Paravel,"
"Who is us?"
"Well my name is Lucy and I am one of the queens of Narnia, along with my siblings Peter, Susan and Edmund,"
"I had a baby sister," said Oralia, "Her name was Elisia, but she died because of the cold before mother left me,"
"I'm sorry," Lucy replied, "It sounds like you have had a difficult life so far but we want to make things better for you and to find your mother. How old are you Oralia?"
"I am seven I think, but I can't remember when my birthday is,"
"That is a shame," Lucy smiled at Oralia, "How about you share my birthday then,"
"Okay Queen Lucy, can I get out of bed yet?" I am feeling really stiff after being under these covers for such a long time,"
"Oh, I suppose you can if you would like to," Lucy could feel the presence of the servants all around her who would not approve of the two girls going anyway, especially at this early hour. She turned towards them and said as clearly as she could, "Oralia and I will be taking a walk around the castle so that we can have some more time to speak together. Please fetch her a gown and warm cloak right away,"
"But Queen Lucy, should I alert your brother King Peter before you make this decision? He may want you to stay in one place after yesterdays events,"
"Oh no thank you, we will be fine," she grinned sweetly and left to find her winter shoes.
When she returned to Oralia's bedroom, the girl was dressed in one of the gowns Lucy wore when she was young,
"Are you ready then Oralia,"
"Yes Your Highness,"
"Well let's go then, and call me Lucy."
They walked through the corridors of the castle and into the courtyard where the snow had started to melt, Oralia was cold so Lucy gave her the cloak she was wearing to keep her warm, "So have you always lived in Narnia?" Lucy asked,
"Yes, I think so Lucy - but I do have faint memories of a time when it wasn't snowy,"
"Well that was probably before Jadis took over and made it a constant winter,"
"Yes maybe, can you tell me more about Jadis please Lucy? I just don't know too much about Narnia at all because I always had to hide from everyone,"
"Well," Lucy began, "Narnia is a very old world with a history going back thousands of years, but my siblings and I only arrived here two years ago when Jadis was at a strong point in her reign. We had to fight a war against her to win back Cair Paravel and the rest of Narnia for the creatures living here,"
"Wow! You fought a war? When you were still really young?"
"Yes, I was nine in fact," they continued to walk around the courtyard and Lucy couldn't believe how much she knew about this child before most Narnians would awake,
"Jadis sounds awful Queen Lucy, can she ever come back do you think?"
"She was awful - especially to my brother Edmund, but I don't want to worry you about that at all. I really hope that she will never come back, but there may be ways that she can - you don't have to worry about that though because you will be protected as Narnia's young,"
"Will you find my mother Queen Lucy, because I'd much rather stay here with you,"
"Really?" Lucy was quite taken back at this, "Why would you not want to go back to your mother? She loves you,"
"I don't know about that," muttered Oralia, "You see, she would always leave me in places for such a long time and I would get so cold and lonely then. I didn't tell you this before, but I was there when you first arrived in Narnia two years ago. You didn't see me of course, because my mother taught me to be unnoticed by people so that they would never know who I really was, you saw me though which was not supposed to happen. I am glad you did Your Highness,
"Please, like I told you before - call me Lucy,"
"Okay sorry, Lucy then. Thank you for everything you have done for me," they began to walk back and Lucy suddenly had a strange thought,
"Oralia, do you know who you really are?" Lucy immediately regretted asking her this because her face filled with tears
"No," she replied, "I don't,"
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