Friends No Matter What
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Chapter 9:
Around 6 months later…
Leah hadn't been feeling well for the past few weeks. She had been feeling quite nauseated, which almost never happened. She didn't feel sick, just strange. This morning, she had collapsed. Lune had carried her to their room and sent for a healer. Jilla came in and examined her. Then she called Lune in. "What is wrong with her, Jilla?" he asked.
The experienced woman's eyes sparkled. "Nothing is wrong with her, Sire."
"Then why has she been acting so strange?"
"It isn't strange for a woman in her condition."
"What condition? And please don't refer to me in the third person when I'm sitting right here." Leah said.
"You, your Majesty, have a common condition among young women."
"What?" Lune almost screamed.
"You are going to have a baby."
They froze. "A baby?"
"Yes, a baby!" Jilla laughed.
The queen screamed happily, while the king's eyes went wide with delight. "Finally! A baby!" Leah said.
"I love you!" Lune responded.
"I love you, too!" They kissed.
"She seems to be growing rather rapidly." Lana observed a few weeks later.
"I know. Isn't that strange, Jilla?" Lune said.
"Not if… Oh, my!"
"What?"
"It isn't strange if she's carrying twins."
Leah's breath caught in her throat. "Do you think?"
"I do."
Leah, Lune, and Lana exchanged blissful glances. "Twins! It's an answer to our prayers!" Leah said, estatic.
"I know, Leah! I know!" Lune squeezed her tight. Jilla and Lana looked at each other, and quickly exited, leaving the young couple alone.
As the months passed, Leah soon found herself unable to do anything. Jilla put her on bed rest until the babies were born. "Lune, I'm sorry to be so much trouble. I wish I could help you." She told him.
"Shh. You aren't trouble. You are helping me, by staying in bed. Do what you are told, alright?"
"Well, OK."
"I love you."
"I love you, too." They embraced each other, but after several minutes, Lune said, "As much as I wish I could stay here with you, I must go do other things."
"Go. I'll be fine." He kissed her one last time before leaving. Leah smiled. "I love his overprotectiveness, as much as it might bother me sometimes." Then she rolled over and went to sleep.
"Out, Sire." Jilla commanded him.
"But that's my wife in there having my babies!"
"Yes, and your sister and I can handle it. Out!" Jilla pushed him out since he refused to cooperate. He sat down in the hall outside their room and prayed. He prayed to Aslan like he had never done before.
"Will she be all right?" Lana asked Jilla.
"Yes. Come." The two women went back to Leah's bedside.
"Oh, Aslan." Lune said for the sixth time as he heard another of Leah's screams. Then he heard a baby's cry. He bolted to his feet, but when he tried to enter, he found the door locked. "Jilla." He whispered, laughing a bit. Then he was quiet for another few minutes to listen for another baby. He heard it. After a few seconds, the door was unlocked and Lana opened the door. "Come in. The babies and Leah are both fine."
"What are they?"
"Babies."
Lune sighed. "Boys, girls, or one each?"
"Both beautiful boys."
"Beautiful?"
"Handsome. Cute. Those work?"
"Perhaps they would if you would let me in, sister."
"Oh, right." She backed up, and he rushed in. Leah lay on the bed, holding a baby in each arm. "Aren't they wonderful?" She asked him.
He leaned over, looking at them. "Yes, they are. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. Would you like to hold one of them?" Without waiting for an answer, Leah handed him the older one.
"Will I hurt him?" Lune asked, being careful with the tiny body.
"Of course not. Just make sure to support his head."
"Now that we are on friendly terms with Narnia again, I think we should take them to a centaur prophet. He will bless them."
"That is fine with me."
They took the twins to the prophet Stormseer. The moment he saw the elder prince, Prince Cor, he said, "There will come a day when this boy will save Archenland from the deadliest danger it has ever faced." The parents looked at each other in pride. He looked at Corin, the younger, and said, "And in the future, this lad will meet no one unafraid to fight him."
Save Archenland from danger, will he? Not if he isn't there. Princess Laila would be proud. The man whose position had been removed from him because of embezzling thought as he slinked off to come up with a plan.
Author's Note: This story is drawing to a close. The next chapter, chapter 10, will be Cor's kidnapping and the chase, chapter 11 will be when Leah dies (I don't want to write this, but it's canon, so I have to.), and if that chapter is long enough, her funeral will be chapter 12, and if not they will be combined. Chapter 12 or 13 will be Cor's finding from Lana's perspective, and there will be an epilogue. But, I do have another idea to put in between 10 and 11 if you want me to. Tell me in a review if you do!
A/N 2: Just remembered something. Violets and Lilies asked me what happened to Golden Lily. I actually forgot her, but last night I got an idea that will be told in the epilogue, but it will probably surprise the 2 or 3 people reading this!