Ramandu's daughter switched the candle into her left hand smoothing her forehead with her right. She took a deep breath as fog rolled in behind her and everything in front blurred her vision of Aslan's table.

King Caspian lifted his head toward the pillar before any of his comrades. Reepicheep was second and did not hesitate to touch his hilt and gave a small growl. Caspian placed his hand in front of the mouse and hushed him standing from the bench to look past the fog rolling in and concentrated on the figure he was seeing before him.

Lucy was next wiping her exhausted eyes and woke Edmund and Eustace. "What?!" Eustace shouted. The shout was enough to awaken Rynelf and Rhince from their sleep.

Ramandu's daughter stood for a while. She didn't know if the boys shout indicated her or not.

King Caspian creased his eyes concentrating still on the figure standing. Caspian stepped slowly away from the table. As he did he could see a bit clearly. It was a woman, though Caspian had never seen a woman like her before. Her face was of an unknown beauty, her hair hung so yellow and he thought that gold was the only color he could adore until now; he felt the same at Goldwater when fighting for the stash of gold only he didn't feel lustful. Her posture was graceful as a swans. This woman was the most beautiful he had ever seen before.

He noticed her eyes had fear in them, he felt that his eyes did the same. Caspian thought that he, the fog and this woman were the only ones that ever existed. Caspian weakened at his knees, something he did not feel once he glanced at Queen Susan long ago. It made him drop and he bowed his head for her.

Ramandu's daughter gasped softly. She was meeting her very first human. She did not know whether to be scared anxious with the way King Caspian had looked at her. He had the expression of a child first walking outdoors when it had been cooped up too long inside. When he dropped on his knees and bowed her heart raced even faster.

Ramandu's daughter fiddled pondering what to do as she made her way to the king. She touched his shoulder gently. Caspian sighed at her touch with a smile.

"My lord please do not bow at me, I am not of great importance as you. Please stand up." Ramandu's daughter whispered in Caspian's ear.

'That's not true," King Caspian whispered back.

Ramandu's daughter stared at him; her eyes were wide in eager shock.

King Caspian looked up at her and smiled again as he got up.

Everyone at the table watched them in awe except Edmund. At one moment he found himself jealous because she was very beautiful and another it felt awkward picturing this woman as his sister Susan. Yuck!

"Travelers I bid you all welcome." Ramandu's daughter said making her way back to the table as Caspian waited a few seconds to follow behind her. "There's plenty of food and drink her. Why don't you all have a try at it?"

"Mostly my Lady you must be joking." Reepicheep said scornfully.

Ramandu's daughter gulped feeling under appreciated. She only wanted to help like her father told her to do. Now she wished he was out there with her.

"Excuse him my lady," Caspian announced and Ramandu's daughter looked toward him. "I hope you do not take this in offense since you look so kind." At this Reepicheep hissed."But we thought that this food was poisoned."

"They never touched or tasted this food." Ramandu's daughter guided her hand indicating the three lords in a sleep. "It is safe I assure you." She told King Caspian sharply.

"Madame," Edmund spoke. "When I hear you talk I believe every word you say, but since you are very beautiful I might add it seems to me to be the work of a witch."

King Caspian shot past Ramandu's daughter placing his hand on his hilt. "That is rubbish Edmund. How dare you!"

Eustace stood in the kings' way, Caspian still looked infuriated at Edmund. "Sire what Edmund might try to be saying is who do we know that this lady here is a friend?"

Everyone looked to Ramandu's daughter who felt bad enough as it is.

She simply placed on a smile. "You cannot know. You can only believe me or not."

Lucy had her feelings that the woman was indeed being honest. "Tell us how these lords came into their years of sleeping?"

Ramandu's daughter nodded at the kind Queen. "I'll gladly tell you. These men came upon my father seven years ago when their ships timbers were ready to fall apart. He took them here since they had not eaten for a while. As they sat here they had their conversations of either fixing their ship and sail east to the very end or return to Narnia. An argument grew on this matter. One of the men grabbed the knife of stone placed in the middle of this table. Though it was not a right thing for him to have touched, so as soon he closed his fingers upon its' hilt deep sleep fell on all three. Until this enchantment is undone they will never wake up."

Edmund crossed his arms still not believing her.

"I shall drink to the lady." Reepicheep valiantly stood on the table with a flask in hand and drank from it. He looked around his rodent body noticing that nothing was wrong within a minute of him.

Eustace smiled looking at the food. "I've never had turkey for breakfast before." He tore off a piece of meat and ate it. "This is delicious."

Everyone decided to join in. Edmund told Ramandu's daughter that he was sorry to doubt her. She only smiled at him. "Do not worry this table will not run out quickly."

"Well then how does the food keep?" Eustace asked curiously.

"It is renewed every day." Ramandu's daughter replied. "You will see this very soon my friends." She brought up a fresh green apple to her mouth and noticed the King Caspian was coming up to her.

"My lady," Caspian said and everyone was quiet. "Perhaps you can help me with something. Are you a princess?"

Ramandu's daughter gently shook her head with an anxious smile. "I do not know. My father is a prince of the stars. This place is a kingdom for the stars."

King Caspian smiled. "That's good enough." Ramandu's daughter smiled back.

Caspian continued. "In a world of which my friends come from they have a story of a prince or king somewhere arriving at a castle where everyone lay in a deep enchanted sleep."

Here everyone grew silent.

Caspian's smile grew. "In that story they could not be wakened until he had kissed the princess."

Ramandu's daughter looked away from the kings dark eyes and shook her head. "I'm sorry. That story is told differently here." At this Ramandu's daughter turned away and walked slowly. "Here he cannot kiss the princess until after the enchantment is dissolved and he promises all his love for her."

King Caspian heaved. "Then in the name of Aslan speak of what I must do to dissolve it?"

He was obsessed Ramandu's daughter thought. "My father will teach you." She said with a displeased tone in her voice. She very much liked him but she had doubts too.

Just then a figure came out to great them. He was old with a very long beard and wore the same color blue as Ramandu's daughter. He had a long staff and pointed it up to the sky as his daughter joined him. They sang for the morning. Caspian and his group had never seen the sun come up so fast before.

Gorgeous pink birds flew from the east and gathered around the table eating everything including the last bit of turkey Eustace held in his hand. One of the birds flew towards the elder man with a cherry stem in its' mouth and handed it off to him. After the sun had risen and the day started, the birds flew off where they had came from.

"Welcome all!" The man placed his staff in front of him; King Caspian joined Ramandu's daughter's side again. "My name is Ramandu. I see you've already met my daughter."

"Sir," King Caspian began. "How do I break this enchantment that these three lords came to be?"

Ramandu explained to Caspian what his mission was just like he told his daughter; to journey to the edge of the world and leave one partner behind. He explained to everyone that he is a star and that his daughter is of star and human blood.

King Caspian left Ramandu's daughter's side for a moment when Drinian and his other crew from the ship came to find him and the other companions. It gave Ramandu's daughter time to think on how she felt about him and how she knew he felt about her. While King Caspian was talking to his crew he kept glancing over his shoulder to glance at her. She would do the same to him as well.

"Are they to leave today father?" Ramandu's daughter asked as Ramandu came to sit down at the table by her side.

"I doubt it so my daughter. They need to rest first before journeying to the edge of the world. You will show the King Caspian to his cabin." Ramandu said.

"But what of you? Don't you need help with the others?"

"I'll do fine my daughter." Ramandu smiled. 'You handle Caspian and make sure that he is settled."

"Father I don't understand why you want me to talk and spend time with this king." She shuddered. In a way she feared him and another was quite different.

"It's what the stars tell me."

"So what the stars can control my future?" Ramandu's daughter asked sarcastically.

"Daughter you must know."

"I get it." Ramandu's daughter stood up. "I've got it perfectly. I'll make sure the King Caspian is comfortable."

She only wanted to get away from her father and waited when Caspian was finished talking to his crew.