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"Sol? Where are you?" Edmund called stepping out into the courtyard moments later barely noticing the frantically pacing Caspian.

"Susan?" Caspian stopped and glared at Edmund. "You're not Susan."

"Well done for noticing." Edmund replied sarcastically.

"Have you seen her?" Caspian pressed.

"Isn't she back at the party? Have you seen Sol?"

"Still greeting guests. Susan told me to meet her out here. I have something to tell her."

"What?"

Caspian blushed. "I'm going to ask her to marry me."

"Congrats mate. Sol asked me to meet her out here too. I wonder why."

"Both your girls are still in the hall. Where you should be." Peter said from behind Edmund.

"Getting some air?" Edmund asked.

Peter perched on one of the low walls circling the courtyard and nodded. "So, what's up?"

"Here's Caspian going to pop the biggest question in the world and I desperately want to do the same with my Solaris. That's what's up." Edmund kicked a loose pebble in frustration.

"I see. Just do it already."

"I thought you were going to tell her how I felt."

Peter laughed. "That's not the kind of thing I can do for you. That conversation has to happen between the two of you. Besides I've done my part. Now it's your turn. You can't fail. She won't turn you down."

Caspian resumed his pacing.

"What did you say to her this morning?" Edmund asked, fidgeting furiously.

Peter was trying not to laugh at his brother again. "I'll let her tell you that. Just remember, if you truly love her and you really want to do this, you have a bigger choice to make. Charn and Solaris, or Narnia and your family."

"You really know how to deliver ultimatums don't you?" Edmund snapped.

"Just think about it." Peter nodded past Edmund and he turned to see Solaris coming out too. Caspian stopped pacing but started again when he saw it wasn't Susan.

"Hello boys. Why aren't you inside having fun?" she asked coyly. As soon as Edmund saw her his eyes got a dreamy look in them and he marched up to her and started kissing her. At first she was too stunned to do anything about it. Surprised she pushed him away. "Ed, what are you doing?" she panted holding him at arms length.

He tried to kiss her again. She pushed him away again. "Peter, help me." she pleaded.

Peter pulled his brother away slightly and Edmund continued to fight to get to Solaris. "Isn't this what you want?"

"Yeah, but it's not like him at all. It's like he's possessed. He's too shy to- JADIS!" she yelled suddenly. "Hold him for a minute. I'm going to get Jadis." She turned on her heel and stormed back inside. Edmund fought harder to follow.

"Cas, help!" Peter called. Caspian stopped his frenzied pacing and grabbed onto him too to help Peter.

Moments later Solaris came out again dragging her sister with her. "You did this didn't you?" Solaris demanded letting Jadis go and pointing at Edmund.

Jadis looked at the two older boys struggling with Edmund. "Seems fine to me."

"Don't give me that. I know your handiwork when I see it. You gave him something didn't you?"

"No." Jadis's innocent act was faltering under her sister's glare.

"You did this to him, I know you did!" Solaris suddenly roared.

"What's going on out here?" Susan asked stepping outside with Lucy beside her. As soon as he saw her Caspian let go of Edmund and rushed to kiss Susan in the same possessed way Edmund had with Solaris. "Caspian too? Sister you said you wouldn't."

Solaris grabbed Caspian and pulled him off Susan. She held him back as he reached out to grab Susan, who retreated several paces pulling Lucy with her.

"Okay, freaked out now. Someone want to tell me what's going on?" Susan asked hugging Lucy to her and looking at Caspian's glazed eyes. Lucy watched Peter struggling with Edmund by himself.

"What's happened to them?" she said, sounding very scared.

"Jadis, take the spell off them." Solaris demanded.

"It wasn't a spell." Jadis protested. "It was a potion." She said quickly as Solaris's glare became fiercer. "I did it for you." Jadis insisted. "You said it was going too slowly, so I gave you a hand. I gave your relationship the kick up the backside it needed."

Solaris somehow pointed at Edmund who was still fighting Peter to get to her as Caspian continued to struggle. "This isn't what I wanted. Things were going perfectly well before you decided to interfere. Now you've ruined everything, including our coronation party. I can't believe you. I thought you'd changed."

"I have changed. And what I did I did out of my love for you. You've been complaining for days how slowly it's going. I was just helping you out. It wasn't an obsession potion, it was a confidence potion."

Solaris sighed. "Jadis those potions are only different by a few ingredients. Heck if the knotgrass is picked in the wrong month and added to the potion it changes it completely. You made an obsession potion." Caspian struggled and she tightened her hold on him.

"So what are we going to do about them?" Peter said really struggling to keep a hold on Edmund.

"Wait 'til it wears off?" Jadis said hopefully.

"Jadis!" Susan, Peter Lucy and Solaris shouted.

"I'm sorry." She said meekly.

Edmund suddenly broke free and rushed at Solaris and hugged her from the back. She was so shocked she let go of Caspian who then launched himself at Susan. She screamed and tried to run from him. He was too fast for her though and so he caught her.

"Help me!" Susan cried as Caspian pinned her down on the hard stone floor and started planting kisses on her neck and face. "It's too much. Caspian, you're scaring me. Stop it! Please." She pleaded.

"Alright Cas, time to stop harassing my sister." Peter said grabbing Caspian by the waist and physically wrenching him off Susan.

"Thanks Pete." Susan said as Lucy came to kneel beside her.

"Edmund! Stop that!" Solaris shouted as Edmund tried to remove her dress. She held him at arms length. "Jadis, how could you? Fix this, now."

"Wait right here." Jadis said as an idea came to her. She hurried back inside.

"Sol, sometimes I really hate your sister." Peter said.

"Sometimes Peter, so do I."

"Even when she's good she's evil." Susan said.

"She's having a hard time adjusting to the change. Why am I justifying her?" Solaris asked.

The doors opened again and Jadis came out with Aslan by her side and carrying her wand.

"Let go of them." Aslan ordered quietly. Peter reluctantly did so and Solaris let go of Edmund at the same moment. As soon as they had Aslan roared his magnificent roar. Caspian and Edmund seemed to wake up.

"What happened?" Edmund asked, looking about him as though unsure of how he got there.

"Ask Jadis." Peter snapped.

"Everything back to normal?" Solaris asked.

"Yeah, but I don't remember not being normal." Edmund said looking very confused.

"Why do I have the feeling that I'm very ashamed of myself?" Caspian asked trying to hug Susan and looking shocked that she withdrew and wouldn't touch him.

"Because you should be." Lucy scolded cuddling Susan.

Edmund and Caspian seemed to realise that they were in the same boat. "Do you not remember anything either?" Edmund asked. Caspian shook his head.

"I think we should return to your party before people start wondering where you all are." Aslan said calmly.

"I'll deal with you tomorrow." Solaris threatened her sister. "Come, the party will be over soon, and we must be there.

The kings and queens nodded and all but Jadis went inside. She stood there watching them go and withdrew the silver box of Turkish delight from her cloak.

"Never fails." She muttered. "That was a low, mean, sneaky, underhanded trick!" Jadis smiled. "And I'm quite proud of myself."