Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia


The three monarchs looked at each other in confusion. One thought was running through their minds: what the hell happened on that date?!


After a few minutes of standing and looking at each other, Lucy grabbed hold of her brothers' hands and pulled them forwards.

"Hello." Lucy said cheerfully as they walked up to them. The two girls jumped slightly and turned around.

"Your Majesties." They bowed their heads slightly.

"What can we do for you?" Marlene asked.

"I remembered that I had been rather impolite and forgot to introduce myself. I'm Lucy and these are my brothers; Peter and Edmund." Lucy pointed at Peter and Edmund as she said their names. "What are your names?"

"I'm Julia."

"And I'm Marlene."

"If you don't mind me asking but where is your friend?" Edmund asked.

"Jess is inside. She didn't want to join us out here." Julia explained.

"Oh? Why not?"

"She doesn't enjoy being around people and outside at the moment. We've tried everything but nothing has worked."

"I see." Peter said. "Well we're heading down to the stables, would you like to join us?"

Julia and Marlene agreed and so the five of them made their way down to the stables.

"Hey Caspian!" Edmund called out when he saw Caspian in Destrier's stall.

The sound surprised both Caspian and Destrier. Destrier reared up and kicked his front leg out, narrowly missing Caspian's shoulder. Caspian managed to get a hand on Destrier's neck and the horse started to calm down at the touch.

"What did you do that for Ed? You know how easy it is to spook him." Caspian said as he held an apple out to Destrier.

"I'm sorry. I didn't that that would happen with you here."

"It's alright. Just remember that next time." Caspian said as he leant over the door to the stall. "So what are you all doing down here?" He asked with a smile.

"We came to warn you that Su's going to have a go at you when she next sees you and to introduce these lovely young ladies to some of the horses." Peter said.

"Susan's angry with me? Does not surprise me at all. And of course."

"Who is this?" Marlene asked as she looked past Caspian's shoulder at Destrier.

"That is Destrier. He's Caspian's." Lucy said. "He's very fussy about who goes near him and even more so about who gets to ride him."

"Yeah, he'll only let Caspian and Lucy ride him. He doesn't like Susan at all does he Cas?"

"No he doesn't like her at all." Caspian turned to Marlene and Julia. "Would you like to say hello to him?"

"Yes please."

"Alright." He opened the gate and let them through along with Lucy, Peter and Edmund.

"He's so tall." Julia said as she held her hand out.

"He is. He's beautiful though." Marlene said.

"Well he needs to be tall seeing as Caspian's a gangly idiot."

"Thanks Ed." Caspian frowned. "I really DON'T appreciate that."

"What's up Caspian? There's something bothering you but I can't tell what it is. Lucy said.

"I'll explain later." He said as he watched Destrier sniff at their hands. "I think he likes you two." Caspian pulled another apple out of his pocket and held it out to Julia. She looked at Caspian in confusion. "Give it to him."

Julia held the apple out and grinned when Destrier took it. She stroked his nose but Destrier decided that he didn't like that and bit her fingers.

"OW! He just bit me."

"I'm so sorry." Caspian said as Julia examined her fingers.

"Come with me and well get that looked at." Peter said as he put an arm around Julia's shoulders. She nodded and the two of them left, leaving Marlene, Lucy Edmund and Caspian behind.

"That was weird. Even if he doesn't like someone, Destrier never bites." Lucy said, keeping one hand on Destrier's neck.

"Peter's behaviour was weird also. I've never seen him act like that."

"We have Cas, back in the Golden Age, but only once."

"If you don't mind me saying, but maybe His Majesty has taken a liking to Julia." Marlene said.

Lucy and Edmund nodded but Caspian was confused by the wording.

"She means that Peter wants to get to know her and possibly court her." Edmund said when he saw Caspian's blank look.

"Oh, I understand now."


Peter led Julia inside and up to her rooms. They went in and saw Jess curled up, asleep next to the window. Julia grabbed Peter by the wrist and pulled him into the bathroom when she saw that he was about to go over to Jess and wake her up.

"It's best if we just leave her alone." She said once the bathroom door was shut. "Jess won't want to be woken up."

"Ok then. Now let's have a look at your hand." Peter gently took hold of her hand and looked at the bite marks. "They aren't very deep but they need to be cleaned and bandaged. I'll find some bandages." Peter said and he left the bathroom quietly.

As Julia was washing her hand she thought about the strangeness of the last few hours.

'Somehow Jess, Marlene and I have ended up in Narnia. We're living with the Kings and Queens and Peter seems to have taken a liking to me. He's handsome but I don't know what I should do. Jess would know but she won't talk to anyone at the moment.' Julia thought as she watched the blood mix with the water. 'Lucy seems really nice and so do Edmund and Caspian. I've not met Susan yet but…' Her train of thought broke off when Peter re-entered the bathroom with a few bandages in one hand.

"How's your hand?" He asked and pulled it carefully from the water.

"It's alright. It could be worse." Julia said, feeling slightly awkward. She reached for a bandage and went to try and wrap it around her bleeding fingers.

"Here, let me do that." Peter took that bandage from her hand and started to carefully wrap it around her hand.

"What's going on here?" A quiet, gently teasing voice said from the doorway.

"Nothing. He's just helping me with a bandage." Julia said quickly as a light blush stained her cheeks. Jess just raised an eyebrow.

"It's true." Peter said. "One of the horses bit her fingers."

Jess just nodded. She was staring at Peter with wide eyes. She suddenly turned and ran out.

"Jess. Jess!" Julia called after her retreating back. "Thank you for your help, Your Majesty."

"Please, call me Peter."

"Then please call me Julia." Peter nodded. "Excuse me. I'll be back in a few minutes." Julia ran after Jess, hoping that she would find her in the castle and not get lost.