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Elizabeth's POV
I had just finished putting on my purple dress when I heard a knock at my bedroom door. I walked to the door and opened it to find Edmund standing outside. "You look lavishing, Lizzie." He told me. I blushed and replied, "You look very dashing." He was dressed in an emerald green shirt with black pants. His sword was strapped to his hilt on his pants. "You never know what could happen." He told me as he saw me looking at his sword. "Of course, since She is back." We both shivered at the thought of Her. I grabbed a hold of Edmund's hand and looked him in the eyes, "This is about us and she won't ruin our time together. Let's go." He smiled and we walked out of the castle.
Once we were outside of Cair Paravel, Edmund put a blindfold over my eyes and guided me to our destination. "Ed, where are we going?" He chuckled, "You'll see, we'll be there in a few minutes." We walked a little bit further and then Edmund took off my blindfold to allow me to see one of the most beautiful sceneries in Narnia; a glistening lake with pink lilac trees circling it and a small gazebo next to the water. "Oh, Ed, it's beautiful. How did you know that this was my favorite spot?"
"I've heard you and Lucy talking about it whenever you would come to our home in Finchley." He told me. "Edmund, that was before you all knew that I lived in Narnia." "Yes, but when we first began living here I saw the lake and remembered what you said. I figured it would be the perfect place for our first date." I blushed, "Thank you, Edmund."
We sat down and I asked Edmund, "Where is the picnic basket? I'm hungry." He laughed, stood up, and walked over to the side of the gazebo and brought the basket to where I was sitting. He opened it up and brought out mini sandwiches, assorted fruit of strawberries, apples, and oranges, and treacle tarts. I laughed when I saw the treacle tarts, "Hmm, I wonder who those are for." He looked at me with a grin on his face, "Hey, you get your fruit so I get my tarts." I laughed and took one of the powdery sweets, "Now it's mine."
He looked at me in mock betrayal, "Oh no you didn't." I had powder all around my mouth as I replied, "Oh yes I did." He grinned at me, "Well let me help you get that powder off of your face." He walked over to the water, cupped his hands and let the water cover up his hands. I stood up and began to back away, "Edmund, don't even think about what you are going to do." He made a confused face, "Why, whatever do you mean?" He walked towards me as I backed up and he tossed the water at me. The water hit me dead in the face and Edmund fell to the floor laughing.
"EDMUND PEVENSIE!" He looked up at me, "That's what you get for taking my sweets." "Oh should I be sorry about that, well I'm not." I said as I stepped into the lake and threw water at Edmund, soaking the sandwiches along with him. He stood up, hair matted to his face, and came to the edge of the gazebo, "Watch it, princess, or there may be more water hitting you in the face." I smiled at him mischievously, "Oh really?" I walked towards him and pushed him into the water. He came up to the surface, laughing as he gasped for air, and looked me in the eyes, "Have I told you that I love you?" I laughed.
"Yes, you have. I love you too, Ed." He smiled at me. He walked over and grabbed me around my waist. He picked me up, "Ed, put me down. Come on." I squealed in delight as he spun me around. He set me down in the water, but continued to hold my waist. I smiled at the peacefulness of it all. I looked at Edmund and spoke the words I was thinking before I could stop myself. "Ed, how are we going to stop Her? What if something happens to one of you? I couldn't bear it." A tear rolls down my eye as the thought of losing him or any of the Pevensies crossed my mind. He wiped my tears away and looked me in the eyes, "Liz, with Aslan on our side we can never lose. Nothing will happen to us and we will make sure nothing happens to you either."
He rubbed my back, but stopped when he felt the outline of one of my scars. I felt his hand clench into a fist, "Ed..", I spoke calmly to him. His fist unclenched and he looked at me as I spoke, "She will get what she deserves for everything that she has done to the people of Narnia, to me, and to you. Aslan will protect us." He kissed my hand and then my cheek and we walked back to the gazebo. We grabbed the picnic basket and began our stroll back towards the palace. I held his hand as we walked and I rubbed my thumb over his palm. We laughed and talked all the way home. I knew that Edmund was the one for me. It just felt right. I knew that he would protect me from anyone, be it myself or someone else.
We walked through a small forest near the palace and enjoyed the peace and quiet. 'How can such beauty exist when someone as evil as Jadis lives?' I thought and scolded myself as I knew that this beauty was of Aslan's doing. 'He will come through in the end. He always does.' I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard a twig snap on the forest floor. I looked at Edmund in fright and he grabbed his sword. I unsheathed my silver dagger and listened as heavy steps made their way towards us. 'Wait-heavy steps.' I sheathed my dagger when I saw a brown horse making its way towards us with a familiar little girl riding him. It was Philip and Lucy. Edmund put his sword away and gave Lucy a glare. "What are you doing here, Lucy? You gave us a fright." Lucy looked at my wide eyes and lowered her head. "Sorry guys, I was really excited. We have a very important visitor and He would like to see all of us.
We rode back to Cair Paravel on Philip and arrived at the palace gates. The guards opened the gates and we entered the courtyard. I saw Peter and Susan enter the courtyard through another set of doors, but my eyes weren't on them, but on a majestic, golden lion standing in the middle of the yard. Aslan.
A/N: I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. For any of my Tombstone movie fans, I made a reference to it. If you think you found it, just send a review and I'll give a shoutout to the ones that found it. I don't think it was my best chapter, because I tried to be romantic haha but it just turned into playful teasing. Please review. Love y'all.
