A/N: Thank you to my reviewers and followers, you guys are great :) I was hoping to update sooner but I got distracted, sorry. And Malinda Thomas, I'm happy to say that I am, and I would like to incorporate that in this story, but I don't know where it's going for sure, so I can't say.

I put that Lucy is smiling often, because she is. She is definitely the sunniest of the four, and unless she's sad or hurt, she'll be smiling. Even when she's awed she'll be smiling, so keep that in mind.

Anyway, on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia or the characters.

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Chapter 2: The North Tower

Lucy woke slowly as sunlight filtered into her new bedroom. It must be almost noon at least, Lucy thought. Yesterday she had not stayed in the bedroom because the castle workers had not finished outfitting it. Everything had been covered in dust. Some animals had tried to keep it nice during the 100 year winter, but sadly it was almost too difficult. Jadis had not wanted anything from Cair Paravel, (it reminded her of the good Kings and Queens and Aslan), but she did not want others to have anything either. Her icy wrath fell upon anyone found within a mile of the Cair.

While more things had survived then anyone had thought possible, many things still needed cleaning, repair, or removal. Her curtains had been drawn back though she didn't see anyone in the room. Her four poster bed had lovely yellows and greens, as did her whole room. The yellows weren't obnoxious or too bright, but they were definitely cheery. Some bordered on gold, which reminded Lucy of Aslan's mane. Others were more like sunlight. There were soft green curtains on the window, and a dark green curtain leading to her dressing room. A plush rug that her handmaids had found in a storage cupboard somewhere covered her floor by her bed.

Lucy got up and put on her dressing gown before she padded around the room. There was a fireplace on the wall her bed faced, it was big and would do wonders for the too. In the winter. On the East wall was the windows which actually lead to a large balcony. Her balcony faced the Eastern Sea. She stood against the railing for a little bit, letting the breeze gently caress her face.

After a few minutes there was a knock on her door. "Come in." Lucy called and a beech nymph appeared in her doorway holding a tray with food.

"Would you like your breakfast highness?"

"Yes, thank you."

"There a sitting room with a table through here miss." The nymph led her through a door by her bed. Lucy was surprised she had not noticed it yet. Through the door was a room with a fireplace. There were also two large cushioned chairs along with a love seat and a small circular table with 4 plain chairs around it. There was a door on the far wall and another in the direction of the corridor. There were two windows on either side of the fireplace.

Lucy was distracted from her examining when she saw Susan sitting at the table with her own breakfast. "Susan." Lucy grinned as she sat down.

"Hello Lu." Susan saw Lucy's questioning look, "Oh, we share a sitting room, my bedchambers are through that door." She nodded to the door opposite Lucy's.

"Oh good, I was afraid I would be alone. What about the boys?"

"I'm not sure, Umm . . ." Susan looked at the nymph that had stayed after serving Lucy's food, her eye's asking the question.

"The kings have the same types of rooms you have, your Majesty, but they are on the floor above." The nymph replied.

"Thank you, and you can just call me Susan. I didn't catch your name." Susan smiled, but Lucy felt silly, she had been so distracted she hadn't even gotten the name of her new maidservant. Lucy silently scolded herself then returned her attention to the nymph.

"I'm Sylva." She curtsied lightly. "Pleasure to meet you."

"And you." Susan replied. Lucy nodded, Susan was so much better with people, she hoped it became easier with time. She would have to learn after all. She was a queen now.

After breakfast was done, Susan's handmaid came back. She was a young willow who seemed shy but kind. "Would your majesty's like to eat breakfast together from now on?" Sylva asked.

"Oh yes."

"That would be splendid." Lucy and Susan said at the same time. Everyone smiled. Sylva and the willow nodded at each other before they led their respective queens out.

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Lucy discovered that her washroom was beyond her dressing room, it had a large bathtub, washbasin, and shelves with things like towels and soaps. Lucy was thrilled that there was running water, and that it was warm. Apparently they heated water each morning and night just for that purpose. If you wanted warm water for washing, it had to be then.

After Lucy was washed, dressed, and ready for the day (though it must be after 1), she ventured out in the hall. Sylva had told her that she was free until supper.

Lucy started down the corridor opposite from the way she had been led the night before. There was a alcove with a painting not 20 feet from her bedroom. Lucy quickly tucked her shoes inside. She looked around furtively, then dashed down the hall. There was so much to see at the Cair. floors, rooms, corridors, the towers, the battlements, gardens, paintings, tapestries, statues, and if she was lucky there would even be secret passages.

For almost an hour she wandered around. Lucy smiled brightly at anyone she passed. She had moved down two floors as that's where the guest rooms were. When she came out of yet another room, she suddenly found herself on sitting on the floor. She blinked confused as she zeroed in on a young doe.

"I'm so sorry, I, I didn't see you, I'm sorry, I . . ."

"It's ok." Lucy stood up and brushed herself off. "I'm alright, no harm done." She smiled reassuringly. "I'm Lucy. What's your name?"

The doe's eyes widened at hearing her name and replied quietly. "I'm Annabelle. I was actually umm, looking for you. Sylva wanted to make sure you weren't lost, or see if you needed anything. I'm one of your handmaids."

Lucy looked at her in surprise, "I have more than one?" Lucy had assumed the people who had helped her the day before were simply temporarily helping.

"Yes Miss, you're our Queen. You and Queen Susan both have multiple handmaids. Only Sylva was present this morning to help you because the rest of us have been busy elsewhere in the castle."

"Oh, I see. Do you know of anywhere interesting in the castle?" Lucy asked eagerly.

"Well, the towers have not been disturbed yet, you could try there." Annabelle suggested. "There's a staircase in the north corner of the castle, not far from here."

Lucy almost jumped up and down excitedly, "Thank you, I will." She said with a smile and dashed off, looking for a new staircase. She already knew of two, and so far they hadn't led to towers.

She turned a corner, then another, then for the second time that morning she was suddenly sitting down. "Oh I'm sorry Lu." Edmund said as he stumbled back as well. Peter practically skidded to a stop before coming back towards them, he had been several feet down the hall. Apparently he and Edmund were having a race.

"It's ok. Where were you racing to?" Lucy asked as Edmund hauled her to her feet.

"We wanted to find the nearest staircase." He gestured to the staircase behind them at the end of the corridor. "We started over there."

"Sounds fun, do you want to help me? I'm looking for the North Tower."

Edmund glanced at Peter, when Peter nodded his assent with a smile, Edmund replied for both of them. "Sure, that staircase did keep going up."

They all grinned before Lucy exclaimed "Race you!", and they all started running toward the staircase, ascending in search of the tower.

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Lucy was the most eager, but with longer legs and more stamina, Peter beat the youngest Pevensies' into the tower. He scaled the ladder and was near the top when Edmund started climbing, Lucy right behind him. Peter forced the trap door open which was stuck from misuse. Once he got it open and climbed out, the others were right behind him. He helped lift Edmund and Lucy out before straitening and looking around. He slowly turned in the middle of the tower, his breath caught in his throat as he gazed out through the four relatively open sides of the tower.

The sides were more window than sides, they started a little lower than waist height. The top of each glassless window was at the start of the roof, and the sides were only a half a foot from the edges of the tower. Only thick enough to hold the tower up. But that was not what caught their attention. It was the north tower, but it was also the highest tower. You could see the Eastern Sea, glistening in all its glory. The merpeople were jumping out of the waves and dancing in the air and in the water. The Great River curved through the trees, bright and clear. The trees were thick and green and beautiful, wildlife was everywhere. What you couldn't see you could hear. Seagulls flew around the Cair and over the Ocean. The Cair was spread out behind them, towers, and parapets, and courtyards.

"Oh."Lucy said, eyes shining. They said nothing else, there was nothing else they could say. They each went to a window, leading each other to different view and pointing out one thing or another. They said very little and spoke quietly, awed by the tower. They didn't know how long they were there, but the sun was rapidly descending. "We should have a name for this, not just the North Tower." Lucy said as she gazed at the merpeople.

"Yes, something wonderful." Peter said. "The, umm, amazing tower?"

Edmund shook his head, "No, maybe. . ." He thought for a minute, "Magnificent Tower."

Lucy clapped her hands together, "Yes, 'The Magnificent Northern Tower', named after Peter."

Peter looked skeptical, "Are you sure? It's not much different from 'The North Tower', and I don't need it named after me."

"Oh, do say yes Peter! It's such a better name, and you were the first in the tower. Please." Lucy looked at him with big pleading eyes, and even Edmund looked at him like it was a marvelous idea.

Peter sighed, "Fine, we'd better tell Susan as well." He looked at the sun, "Oh, I think we missed tea, and it's probably time for supper. Come on, we'll bring Susan later." They both nodded and they went back through the trapdoor.

"Where do you think supper will be, Peter?" Lucy asked as they made their way toward the ground floor. "Not in the Great Hall, surely. It's so big for just us."

Peter opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted by a faun coming up the stairs. "There you are. I was about to check in the tower, it's time for supper." He turned around and led them to a room near the Great Hall. It was a large room with a long rectangular table, though at least it was smaller and simpler than the Great Hall.

Susan looked up when they entered. "There you are, I was wondering about you, though Sylva said you went in search of the North Tower."

"We found it Susan! It was wonderful. You have to come see it after supper." Lucy replied. They all sat down as the food was brought out.

"It's called 'The Magnificent North Tower' now, Su." Edmund told her between bites.

Susan smiled, "It must be amazing."

"It is."

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They managed to finish dinner quickly enough to see the sunset from the tower. It was amazing. Streaks of orange, yellow, red and even pink lit the sky. The vibrant colors stayed in the sky even after the sun sank beneath the trees. The stars slowly started appearing in the east and engulfed the last of the sunlight.

"The tower was rightly named." Susan said. The other nodded as they leaned out the windows. The magnificent tower was somewhere they would never forget.

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All done! So I'll be working on the story more, but I'll be traveling until the first of August, so probably no updates until then unless I get a computer. Also, this chapter is mostly filler, but I love imagining the Cair, and hopefully I'll get an actual plot planned out soon.