A/N: I told you I would update fast didn't I?! So clocking in at 2,095 words this is the longest chapter/story I have ever written! Yay me! This chapter was so much fun to write and I never wanted it to stop! If you have ever written a multi-chapter story you know that some chapters are pain-in-the-butts to write, but some are just amazing and the flow through you like blood, well this was one of those chapters!
I really hope you like reading this chapter as much as I loved writing it!
I would like to thank the three wonderful people who reviewed chapter 6 so far! They are Possibilityoflament Theangeloflego and miseryoftheunderworld23 and I would also liked to say that they are some of the sweetest people I have 'met' on this site! Miseryoftheunderworld gave me the courage to post this story in the first place, and all three of them have supported me throughout this story so I just want to say THANK YOU! Now I will let you read the chapter...well after the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: No, I do not, in fact, own Narnia.
About a week and a half later we, as in the staff because they won't let me do anything, are doing the final touches for the ball, I'm so excited I cannot wait!
"Lucy?" Caspian drawls out my name.
"Yes?" I reply.
"You're really excited for the ball tomorrow night aren't you?"
"How can you tell?"
"Well considering the fact that you've barely been focused all week, I just kind of took a guess" he said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Really you 'just took a guess'? I don't believe you." I say, continuing to joke.
THE NEXT DAY
The next day we aren't even doing any work, just getting ready for the ball that's going to start at 8:30 tonight, about 4:30 we have a light snack, just enough to hold us until the ball, and then me and Caspian are sent to get ready.
This time I have to except help from the maids because my dress is so elaborate that I probably wouldn't be able to pick it up without messing it up.
I get to my dressing room and find Julia and a few other maids there, I smile and we get to work, we talk small talk while we are working. Julia and the others will be joining the ball too, just a little later then me and the others since they will have to get ready too, but they will be wearing dresses that are a lot less fancier than mine, so they can manage to get dressed themselves, I would offer to stay and help, but I know once my dress is on walking, breathing, and dancing will basically be the only things I can do.
My dress is a beautiful pink gown, one that could only come from Narnia. The bodice is a shade or two darker than the rest of the gown, and the entire gown has beads sewn into it in wonderful, swirling patterns. They help me into the dress and I'm surprised at the weight of it; I had forgotten how heavy the ball gowns could be. The skirt of the dress falls to the floor, and pools around my feet just a little, but they say that it will be perfect length when I put my shoes on.
My shoes are silver and elegant while still being simple, and they have a small heal which make the dress float on the ground.
I get a very small bit of makeup put on and then I'm sent off to be given final instructions of how the night is going to go.
I'm told I have to meet Trumpkin in one of the rooms right off the ball room, and as I'm walking in I can already hear the music and people talking joyfully.
I enter the room and Trumpkin is seated in one of the chairs, he smiles at me and motions for me to take a seat across from him "Your Majesty. In a few moments time King Caspian will announce you as 'Queen Lucy The Valiant' and you will walk in through those doors right outside, the music will begin, and you two will share the first dance."
"All by ourselves?" I ask nervously.
"Well others can dance too, but as King and Queen you must dance with each other first."
"Oh good; it's been a few years since I've done this, I think I still remember." I say worriedly.
"You will do fine Your Majesty" Trumpkin smiled reassuringly, and it made me feel a bit better "it's time to head out and wait for Caspian to announce you."
"Okay, I think I'm ready… I hope…" I say as I walk out of the room and re-fluff my dress from where I had been sitting, I stand in front of the double doors leading into the ball room, and within a moment I hear Caspian start to talk.
"…I am proud and honored to present Queen Lucy The Valiant, who Aslan has brought back to us from her world, and from the Golden age of Narnia" I hear the cheering and clapping, and see the doors slowly start to open and know that that must be my signal to go in so I slowly start my walk towards the door.
When I get in the clapping and cheering gets even louder, and I can't help but smile and remember the old days when it would have been me, Edmund, Susan, and Peter walking in together right now. I look slightly to the left and see Caspian dressed in the Narnian equivalent of a suit in a very gorgeous blue with hints of brown that match his eyes. He smiles at me and holds his hand out for me to take, and, of course, I do.
He leads me out to the dance floor as the music starts playing and we start doing an old Narnian dance and within a few seconds it all comes back to me and it's just like old times; I don't even have to think about what I'm doing.
"You look absolutely amazing Lucy" Caspian tells me after we've danced for a few minutes.
"Thank you. I love the way the brown in your shirt matches your eyes" I tell him.
"They did it that way on purpose. And might I also add you are a talented dancer."
"Thank you" I say, and I'm pretty sure I blush a little. The song ends soon after that and we step aside to talk and let someone else have the spotlight.
There are so many people that come up to me and introduce themselves that I can't even remember half their names, but I enjoy myself immensely, and end up having two or three conversations going at once.
"Are you enjoying yourself?" Caspian asks me about an hour later when we are, surprisingly, alone, but then again we are in the most secluded corner.
"Oh very much, Caspian! You don't know how much I missed it here" I say, and then Caspian offers me his arm as we are about to walk back into the crowd, and I loop my arm through his and we walk back into the crowd.
After that I'm almost never more than three feet away from Caspian, and I kind of like it, it gives me that feeling like I'm really truly supposed to be here, and right now I really need that because I was beginning to wonder if I made the right choice.
"May I have this dance?" Asks Phillip, a man about Caspian's age whom I've just met that has kind of bronze hair, that reminds me of Peter's, and who is about Caspian's height, weight, and build.
"Um…just a minute. Caspian…. Hey Caspian!" I call out his name because even though our arms are still linked together he is so caught up in the conversation he is having he doesn't her me the first time.
"Sorry, yes?"
"I'm gunna go dance, and I need my arm back" I joke, and we all laugh as Caspian lets go of my arm.
"You two are pretty close then huh?" he asks me as we walk to the dance floor.
"Yeah, but he's the closest thing I have to family here in Narnia, and I don't know many people yet, so I basically hang around him all the time except at night."
"You two seem very close, forgive me if I'm too intrusive Your Majesty-"
"Call me Lucy."
"Forgive me if I'm too intrusive Lucy, but I was wondering whether there was anything more between you and the King?"
"You mean like a relationship? No, not at all."
"Oh, he just gave me this look that said 'touch her and die' and you two have barely been separated all night so I was just curious."
"Sounds like Caspian. I have a feeling he's just trying to protect me now that I don't have Peter and Edmund here, and I also have the feeling that he thinks of me like family, I mean I don't know for sure because he's never told me, but I just have that feeling. And beside he can relate to me in a way that not many people, at least not many that I've met so far, can; he knows what it's like to miss your family" I replied and with that we finished the dance, then Phillip walkes around with me until we found Caspian again.
"Thank you for the dance Lucy" said Phillip before kissing my hand and walking away.
"Was he a good dancer?" Caspian asked.
"Oh definitely, I quite enjoyed his company too, he's very nice."
"Yes, well… would you like to go dance with me again? And then you can tell me which one of us is the better dancer" Caspian half joked.
"But Caspian! I wouldn't even be able to begin to compare you and Phillip!"
"And why not?"
"Because you are King! You went through training just to learn how to dance properly!" We laugh as we are walking off to dance some more.
The rest of the night I enjoy the eating the snacks, drinking the drinks, some a few more than necessary, and dancing with multiple men, including Phillip again, and Caspian multiple more times.
By midnight I'm starting to get pretty tired, and I've had a little too much wine because I'm having to watch my words and actions really closely.
"Okay, I think it is time we end this party, don't you?" Caspian asks me.
"No, not really" I giggle and Caspian just sighs.
"I take that back. We are ending the party right now."
"Awwww, but I'm having so much fun!"
"Too bad, you are starting to get drunk, and I'm not letting you drink anything else tonight unless it is water, and I am exhausted, so the party will end now." Said Caspian as he started to lead me over to the double doors I come in through. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Queen Lucy and I are now excusing ourselves as we must work tomorrow. We have had a wonderful time, and we thank you dearly for coming and hope you have also had a good time." Caspian says, suddenly very formal, before we turn around and walk out. "Would you like me to go get Julia so she can help you get undressed?" he asks after we get outside into the hallway.
"Or you could just walk me back to my bedroom and undo the lace on the back of my dress and then I could get undressed myself" I tell him.
"I think I'll go get Julia" Caspian says, and if I were one hundred percent sober I would be able to tell he was very embarrassed by what I just said, but with me being slightly drunk it went right over my head, and besides if I had been sober I never would've said that.
"Come on Caspian! Let Julia do whatever she wants, all you have to do is unlace my dress! And besides; it's not like my dress is going to fall off as you unlace it" I try to convince him.
"Lucy! You would not be saying this if you weren't drunk!" Caspian says, clearly exasperated.
"How do you know?" I reply before I can stop myself.
"Lucy!"
"Please Caspian, I just don't feel like having Julia fuss over me right now!"
"Fine." He gives in, and even in my partially drunk state-of-mind I can tell that he is embarrassed, but we walk back to my room anyway.
We get back to my room and Caspian asks "Are you sure you don't want me to go get Julia?" and I can tell he is trying so hard to get out of it… and I relent.
"Go get Julia if you want, I don't care, I just want to go to bed." I say tiredly.
"Thank you so much Lucy! But I am going to tell you something."
"What?"
"You look absolutely stunning tonight; beautiful" Caspian tells me then turns around and walks out to get Julia before I can even start to form a reply.
End A/N: So... DID YA LIKE IT?! What did you think of Philip? Should I bring him back in future chapters, or leave him out of the story for the remainder of it? Also what did you think of the ball? And what did you think of Lucy's behavior at the end?
So I based the length of Lucy's dress off the length of my concert dress, but I do not own one that is as pretty as I imagine it.
I don't think I will have another chapter posted tomorrow, but I probably will have another chapter posted in about 2 day so I hope that this chapter will keep you until then.
Please review and tell me what you think! And also please review and tell me if you noticed any mistakes so hopefully I can fix them, thanks!
