A/N: Tiger Lily: Hi everyone! I'm happy about the book, and yet sad about chapter ten! Hopefully you'll have your hankies ready, lol. And enjoy!

Rose: YIPPEE! Chapter 10! A happy greeting for a chapter with a sad title. Oh, the oxymoron. Enjoy!

Sad News

We all celebrated the Witch giving up on myself and Edmund that night. Peter and I never moved more than five feet from each other with the occasional kiss to my temple and to his cheek. The soldiers kept stopping what they were doing as they passed by us and the other Pevensies to give a bow. Things went on like this with creatures congratulating us on our freedom until Lucy and I began to yawn.

"Alright," Peter said, "off to bed with you." Lucy started to say that she wanted to stay up a bit more, but Susan interrupted her.

"We should all be getting to bed. Come on, Lu." I made sure that the girls were walking off towards our tent and Edmund towards the boys before I turned back to Peter. He wrapped me in a hug again for the tenth time that day, but I didn't mind.

"It's so good to have you back."

"It's good to be back," I replied leaning slightly out of his embrace so that I could look at him. I gave him a quick kiss on the lips before giving him a hug of my own. "I better get going," I murmured into his chest not really wanting to go. "If I don't get there soon, Lucy might insist on sending a search party out for me."

I heard Peter's laughter rumble through his chest before it came out of his mouth. "Well, we wouldn't want to worry Lucy." His kissed my forehead. "Good night, Danielle."

"Good night, Peter." I made it back to the tent without any mishaps and fell right asleep. In the morning I was woken up by a lot of commotion. I went to wake Lucy and Susan only to find that they weren't there. After dressing as quickly as I could, I ran out of the tent to find Peter. He and Edmund were dressed in full armor standing in the strategy tent. Peter was talking to the generals while looking at some maps. Edmund turned around as soon as I came in.

"Morning, Danielle."

"Good morning, Edmund. What's going on?"

"Aslan's dead," Edmund said simply.

"WHAT?!" Suddenly, my legs gave out from under me, but Peter must have heard me talking to Ed and saw me falter because he caught me before my knees could even hit the ground. "He can't be dead," I whispered.

"I'm sorry, Danielle. The girls say that he made a deal with the Witch and that she got to kill him instead of you or Edmund," Peter said as he guided me towards a chair. "Now, we are preparing for battle, but maybe you should rest here for a moment."

I shook my head and wormed my way out of Peter's arms toward the table with all of the maps. "No. I'm not going to be the helpless female. What's the plan?" Peter smiled at this and started to explain what they were thinking of doing.

Hours later, I was also dressed for the occasion and mounted on Ariella at Peter's right hand side at the site that would become a battlefield. Edmund was a ways behind us ready to lead a second part of the army into battle while the archers stood on the cliffs behind us. Everything was ready. All we could do was wait for the Witch's army to show up and wonder where Susan and Lucy could have gotten to.

A/N: Tiger Lily: Dani and the Pevensies are going through a lot of suffering. But all suffering has some kind of reward, right? Come back and find out in the next chapter!

Rose: Well, the inevitable happened. Aslan died. :'( But, there's more to the story. Tune in next time to hear what happens next! Until then, we lend you our ears, so let us hear you. REVIEW!