Okay sorry that this is slightly latter than promised, but I will promise you that I will still have time to write my fanfictions and I will let you know if there will be any delays in updates prior to it. Anyway on with the chapter.
When the whole group were sat down Susan looked between them all.
"Edmund, why didn't you tell us how you felt?"
"I didn't want to worry you."
"You worried us more by not telling us," Peter replied, "I've been worried sick about you and Susan hasn't fared much better than that especially last night."
"Sorry I should have told you about that." Edmund replied.
"And what ever made you think that Narnia didn't need a Just King?" The professor asked him, "Places always need Just Kings."
"I just didn't ever seem to be that important in Narnia."
Lucy was looking between the group slightly confused. She was aware of a few events, like that of last night, but not many of the other events that her older siblings and the Professor seemed to be referring to.
"Can I ask what you are talking about?" She asked, "I don't think I'm aware of whatever it is that you are."
Edmund looked at Susan and she looked to Peter. All of them did need to talk, but none of them were overly sure whether or not Lucy should hear the whole tale.
"Lu, it's not that we don't want to tell you," Peter told her, "But I'm just not overly sure as to whether you really want to hear it. It could be a violent story, I'm not quite sure."
Susan was the next to speak, starting almost immediately after Peter had finished speaking.
"Lucy it's up to you whether you listen or not. If you feel at any time that you don't want to listen to a part of it then you can just the leave the room and come back in a little later, alright?"
"Yeah." Lucy replied before looking to Edmund, who said nothing.
"Well I think that we should start with the root of the problem," Peter started, "Which for me is this whole Narnia not needing you thing. Sort that and then we can sort the rest."
"But Narnia needed us, all four of us." Lucy replied.
"Edmund you probably did the most work out of all of us," Susan said, "I mean I didn't even do that much."
"Yes you did," Edmund replied, "All of you did. All of you did so much more than I ever did and everyone respected you so much more than they ever did me."
"Nonsense," The Professor interrupted, "If that was true then you wouldn't have been King for fifthteen whole years now would you."
"I suppose not," Edmund replied before looking down and fiddling with his fingers, "But I still don't think that Narnia needed me that much."
"Well why ever not, Ed?" Peter asked.
"Well Lucy was always allowed to go anywhere that she wanted and play games and you even allowed her to go to war with you even when you wouldn't allow me."
"But that was only so that I could have full access to her cordial and-"
"I know that, but I could have helped you fight, Peter," Edmund replied, "I could of helped all of you, but I was always the one who had to sit back and do nothing. When you and Lucy were away then Susan was put in charge and when only you were away she was still in charge. You never let me go with you and sometimes made some very bad decisions that people then thought were my ideas and-"
"Ed," Peter interrupted, "I never meant for you to feel like that."
"Nor did I." Susan told him.
"I didn't even know." Lucy replied.
"Hey," Edmund pulled his younger sister close and gave her a small smile, "You weren't really to know and I'm glad that you didn't."
"Okay." She replied.
"Well can I just interrupt and say that we have so far only looked upon the bad points and reasons of why you didn't feel needed in Narnia," The Professor told them, "But surely there were some things that you did do during your time in Narnia, Edmund?"
"Not that I know of." The Just King replied.
"Oh Ed you put yourself down too much," Peter replied, "I can think of a numerous amount of things that you did there."
"So can I." Susan said.
"And me." Lucy inputted.
"Like?" Edmund asked.
"Well there was the Battle of Beruna," Peter started, "It was you and Aslan who defeated the White Witch and after that you were the one who made all of the decisions on what we were going to do to get Narnia back under our control. It was also you Edmund who made out quite of few of my battle plans in those first few years if you remember? I would never have gotten the Lone Islands back if it wasn't for you and your sense and skill when you wrote those plans."
"I suppose." Edmund replied.
"And when I was organising loads of parties or we had guests coming round you always helped me to make sure that I didn't get too stressed and I know that no one ever really thanked you for it, but I was grateful. I don't think I would have survived otherwise."
"I know I helped you, but I didn't get a reputation for anything like that."
"No you didn't, but what about when we met Rabadash of Calormene? Edmund it was you who saved both of our lives and then you saved us from all out war then. The Calormene were going for both us and our allies Archenland. You saved us all that day."
"I guess so."
"There's no guessing about it Edmund," Lucy finally spoke up, "You did so much more than just those things. Like the time when I got lost."
Susan and Peter instantly flung their heads round to face her, "When was that?" Susan asked and Peter had been about to ask the exact same question.
"Edmund covered it for me," Lucy replied, "I went out to play hide and seek with some of the animals just down from the castle and I got lost. You and Susan were both up at Ettinsmoor and you had left General Oreius in charge, but when I didn't return Edmund came out looking for me. He found me and brought me back to Cair Paravel, but he got soaked while doing so. I hidden under some of the trees and sheltered there for a while."
"So that's why Ed had a cold when we returned I always wondered whether that was just coincidental or not." Peter replied.
"And you would play games and explore places with me whenever I wanted and it was you and Mr Tumnus who found out about the White Stag for us to chase." Lucy added to her part of the list.
"Yeah, but is that a good thing?" Edmund asked.
"Well why wouldn't it be?" Lucy questioned.
"It brought us back home," Edmund replied, "Surely that was a bad thing, because none of us really wanted to go home."
"No we didn't, but Ed I don't think that we would have gone back if there hadn't been a reason." Susan replied.
"Yeah," Peter started, "I'm sure that Aslan knew what he was doing."
"I suppose."
Lucy placed a hand on Edmund's arm, "We'll go back one day." The youngest Pevensie looked around to the faces of her older siblings and the Professor. The air of tenseness in the room was killing her and the whole situation made the air feel heavy and imprinting and all that she wanted to do was clear that as best as she could before they moved on to talk about anything else.
"We will go back, I'm sure we will, don't you think so to?" No one replied and Lucy felt slightly put of and taken a back.
"Well," The Professor started sensing the tension between them all I think we should all head outside for some fresh air and a picnic before we hear the rest of this tale don't you?"
And so that was what they did.
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