A few soldiers ran towards us, but Peter and I ran forward and took care of them quickly

We looked back at Caspian. He had ridden back to the How on horseback where hundreds of Narnians waited inside to fight.

"One, two, three…four, five, six…seven, eight, nine… Get ready!" Peter shouted.

Edmund came up beside me and Peter.

The ground collapsed and most of the Telmarine horses fell into the pit that the Narnains had made from smashing pillars underground.

Edmund drew his sword. We three exchanged glances. Then we charged, Peter leading the way.

We fought. Edmund never seemed to fight father from me than a few yards at a time. Constantly I was assaulted by men hiding behind bearded masks that made them look slightly scarier than they really were.

Faintly in the distance I could hear Peter shout, "For Aslan!"

More Narnains came to our aid in the form of trees.

I could have laughed. The trees were back! Great dryads and hamidryads and sylvans came and attacked the enemy. Some roots picked up Telmarines and threw them around like rag dolls. After a few more Telmarines fell I realized that with the tree's return that could mean only one thing. The return of Aslan.

The Telmarines began to retreat back towards the river and their new bridge. In that time I realized that Edmund was gone, in that instant a hand grabbed me and pulled me onto the back of Glenstorm.

"Not leaving you alone again," he joked as we rode on after the enemy.

As we got closer and closer I heard a roar.

I looked at Edmund.

He smiled, "Aslan."

I smiled in return.

Glenstorm stopped and we dismounted him when we arrived at the river.

On the other side of the bridge was Aslan with Lucy.

The river was rushing and changing. It formed a great man with a crown. The water god. He rose from the water and looked down at all the Telmarines. Telmarines were jumping off the bridge left and right. The water god singled out Sopespian and a lifted the entire bridge out of the ocean and swallowed Sopespian whole. The water god then returned into the flow of the river.

The rest of the soldiers tried to escape, but they were trapped between a furious water god, a lion, and the entire Narnain army.

The water then returned to normal.

Each Telmarine surrendering to us completely. The soldiers and lords ended up dropping them in piles by the shore.

Peter, Susan, Caspian, Edmund, and I walked across the river to where Aslan and Lucy stood.

We bowed.

"Rise, kings and queens and hero of Narnia."

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and I rose.

"All of you."

Caspian rose slowly, "I do not think I am ready."

"It's for that very reason I know that you are."

We then heard music.

Several mice walked up, carrying little Reepicheep on a stretcher. He was very badly wounded.

Almost instantly Lucy walked over and gave the mouse a drop from her cordial.

The moment she did so Reepicheep jumped up.

"Oh, thank you, Your Majesty…" He turned and saw Aslan, "Oh, hail Aslan! It is a great honor to be-." The mouse had tried to bow, but stumbled realizing something was amiss he turned his head. His tail had been cut off. "I am completely out of countenance. I must crave your indulgence for appearing in this unseemly fashion." He looked up to Lucy, "Perhaps a drop more?"

"I don't think it does that," Lucy said.

"You can have a go."

Aslan spoke in a great voice, "It becomes you well, Small One."

Reepicheep tried to convince Aslan that he needed a tail, "All the same, great king, I regret that I must withdraw. For a tail is the honor and glory of a mouse."

Aslan retorted gently, "Perhaps you think too much of your honor, friend."

"Well, it's not just the honor. It's also great for balance… and climbing… and grabbing things."

Aslan smiled as the other mice drew their swords and held them to their tails.

Another mouse by the name of Preepiceek said, "May it please your high Majesty, we will not bear the shame of wearing an honor denied to our chief."

Aslan gave a loud booming laugh, "Not for your honor, but for the love of your people…"

Reepicheep's tail grew back.

"Oh, look! Thank you, thank you, my liege! I will treasure it always! From this day forward, it will serve as a great reminder of my huge humility."

We all laughed.

"Now," Aslan said, "where is this dear little friend you've told me so much about?"

Trumpkin looked over at us nervously. He slowly walked over and bowed before the great lion.

Aslan roared and Trumpkin shuddered in fear.

"Do you see him now?" Lucy joked.

We all laughed.

Edmund then gave me quite a surprise. He grabbed me around the waist and dipped me into a kiss. Faintly I could hear a few 'aww's from Lucy and Susan, and Peter and Caspian chuckling. But mostly I focused on Edmund.

I had nothing to worry about. Even after one year apart we were still so much in love, and I doubted that would ever change.