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Elizabeth's POV

I woke up in a strange room. It was all white. 'Where am I?' I almost sat up when I heard a soft snore next to me. I turned my head and saw Edmund lying next to me. He looked so peaceful, so young, not like someone who was just kidnapped by the most evil witch in Narnia. 'I wonder what I look like when I sleep?' I giggled at the thought in my head and Edmund opened his eyes. "Good morning, Ed. Sorry that I woke you." He smiled, "It's okay, Liz, are you alright?"

I smiled at his question, "Yes I'm fine, Ed. I was just thinking to myself about what I looked like when I was sleeping and it made me giggle." He laughed at me and then looked me in the eyes. "Last night I wanted to make sure you were sleeping alright so I stayed up longer than you. When you went to sleep, you looked calm, peaceful, and beautiful." I blushed when he called me beautiful. "But sadly, you had a nightmare last night and that peaceful look turned into one of pain and fear. You called out my name and told Jadis to not take me. I grabbed ahold of your hand and told you that you would be alright and you calmed down. I kept holding your hand to let you know that you were going to be alright."

I smiled at him as I looked down at our hands entwined perfectly together and knew right there that Edmund was going to be with me until the end. "Thank you, Edmund. Thank you for saving me, for protecting me, and for being here for me." I sat up and he followed my movement. I wrapped my arms around him in a tight embrace and laid my head on his shoulder.

He hugged me back and laid his head on my head. It was quiet, peaceful, until... "ELIZABETH AND EDMUND SITTING IN A TREE, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE." We both looked up to see Lucy singing that song and laughing at us. "LUCY!" We both yelled at her and she ran down the hall, laughing. "Ed, I'm ready to leave this room. I'm also ready to get that little sister of your's." "Liz, I was thinking exactly the same thing."

He helped me out of the bed and went to find a new dress for me to change into. I looked at the purple, satin dress that was barely staying on me and saw all the lashing marks and the dark stains surrounding them. Images tried to push their way into my thoughts, but I stopped them. 'No, Ed and I are having a good time and you will not ruin it this time. I will not let this control me.' The images retreated to their dark hole and I placed a smile on my face when Edmund walked in the doorway. "Here you go Liz, fiery red, your favorite one." I smiled and kissed him on the cheek as I took the dress and went behind a curtain. I put the dress on and walked back to him.

"You look lovely, Loyal Queen." "Thank you, Just King." I took his outstretched hand and we walked together to the Great Hall, where the rest of the Pevensies were sitting and eating breakfast. Peter was the first one to see us and he smiled at our entwined hands.

"Good morning Edmund and Elizabeth. How did you sleep?" He asked us. Susan and Lucy looked back at us and both jumped out of their chairs and came racing towards me. Susan came first and hugged me gently, pulled back, and smiled. "We're glad you're home, safe and sound." Lucy was next and I could tell she was refraining from hugging. "It's okay, Lu. Just be gently around my waist." I told her. She beamed up at me and hugged me. "It's great to have you back, Liz." "It's great to be back home." I sat down in the rustic, wooden chair next to Peter and Edmund sat beside me. "Peter, how are conditions faring in my precious Narnia?" "Besides Jadis, Narnia is at peace. No wars, no expeditions, no pressing issues to take care of."

I smiled and thanked the chef when he brought out breakfast. The menu for today was: eggs and toast. "I made my High Queen's favorite meal for her return home." He told me. I thanked him and he walked out. I scooped the eggs onto my plate and added three slices of toast on my plate. "Narnia isn't going to run out of toast, Liz."

I smiled at Lucy as I remembered her saying that to Edmund when he came back from Jadis's castle. "Sorry, haven't had Narnia toast in a while and I am pretty hungry." "It's alright." I stuck my tongue out at her and she did the same to me. Then I reached under my seat and grabbed the bowl of cream I asked the chef to put there. I smiled mischievously at Edmund and he distracted Lucy. "Lu, have you found any new books to read?" She immediately turned her head and began talking excitedly about the many books she found.

While she was distracted, I threw a handful of cream at her face. She looked at me with her mouth open in shock. Ed bursted with laughter as Peter and Susan smiled and giggled. "What was that for?!" Lucy asked me. "That was for your little song this morning." Edmund and I smiled at her.

"Oh, you mean this song? ELIZABETH AND EDMUND SITTING IN A TREE, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE, THEN COMES BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE!" Edmund and I both grabbed a scoop of cream and aimed at Lucy. She ducked as soon as Edmund threw his scoop and it hit Susan in the face. "I..am..so...sorry..Su." He said through bursts of laughter.

I chased after Lucy and I had her in her my sights. I threw the cream at her, but she moved out of the way and it hit Peter in the face. "Pete, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to hit yo-." My words stopped as cream snowballed me in the face. Peter had thrown cream at my face. I looked at Edmund and saw his face with cream on it and Susan smiling with cream in her hand. 'I had started a food fight. Awesome!'

I grabbed the bowl of cream and went towards Edmund. "How about you and me against the rest of them?" I asked him. He looked at me, "Forever." I smiled and we scooped an amount of cream and prepared ourselves for the war awaiting for us. Susan, Peter, and Lucy had gone and gotten their own bowl of cream and stood across from us. I risked it and hurled the cream toward Lucy. It hit her dress and she threw some cream back at me. Edmund was throwing cream at Peter and Susan and they threw some at him. He had cream all in his dark, curly hair. I laughed as I looked at all of us, covered in cream and laughing.

'This is what should've happened yesterday, instead of what actually happened. Aslan, give me the strength to destroy Jadis once and for all.' My thoughts were interrupted by a glob of cream hitting me in my stomach. I put a smile on my face and looked at Peter, who was staring at the ground in guilt. "Hey, nice hit. Got my dress all dirty. The laundry lady will not be happy with you." He looked up and smiled at me. 'That hurt, but I am not going to let Peter know that. It was an accident and he would never intentionally hurt me.'

We all looked at each other and then at ourselves. "The laundry lady will definitely not be happy with us. I mean, we are covered in cream." I said. We all looked at each other again and began laughing. We laughed until we couldn't breathe. My ribs were aching from all of the laughter.

Once we gained control back over our breathing, we went to apologize to the chef for the mess and to the cleaning ladies in the kitchen. They told us that it was just fine and that they were happy that we were having fun. We bid them farewell and we each went our separate ways to change outfits. Edmund walked me to my bedroom since his was right across the hall. Lucy walked into her room, which was next to Edmund's. Peter and Susan's were farther down the hallway.

"That was fun." I told him as we approached my door. "Most interesting breakfast I've ever had." He replied to me. "Annabelle and I had many interesting breakfasts. You remember Annabelle?" He nodded. "Well, she became my legal guardian after Father died a few years ago. Car crash." He hugged me. "I'm sorry about your father, Elizabeth. Maybe we can talk about those interesting breakfasts with Annabelle later?"

I blushed, "Edmund, are you asking me out?" "Umm, well yes, if you would like to do something? We..uh..could have a picnic if you would like that?" His face was crimson red, but it was adorable. "Of course, I'll go on a picnic with you. I don't want to be alone any longer than I need to be." He leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. "You never have to be alone again." "I'll see you in a little bit then. I'm going to wash up and maybe get a small nap in. I'm still tired. Love you." I kissed him on the cheek and went inside my room.

Edmund's POV

She said she loves me. I smiled as she walked into her room and closed the door. I pressed my hand against the wood and said, "Love you too, Elizabeth." I walked to my bedroom and got ready for the picnic.