an... so I know its been slightly longer than normal since I updated but I got a little sidetracked and this chapter is slightly longer than others.. I really hope you like it... I think it might be my favorite so far... thanks everyone whos alerted/favorited me and/or this story and thank you princess emma of narnia and Kat Novata for reviewing it means a lot... Please review! I only got two last chapter and I just really want to know what everyone thinks... Let me know what you want to see also if there are certain characters you want to see interact more or anything like that PLEASE let me know! anyway here's the chapter I hope you enjoy it!
I didn't know how good you were for me
Now it's clear I'm seeing all that we could be
And I know that its my fault
but I'm gonna treat you better
Cuz if I had one wish you'd be with me forever
Maybe I could have loved you
Maybe I could have shown
That I still do care about you more than you could know
Don't say its to late to try
To make it right
Make it Right- Joe Jonas
The next morning there was a knock on Arianna's door and she groaned loudly at the intrusion but got up and into a robe quickly before going to the door.
"Yes, Peter?" she asked. The King just smiled at her.
"Would you accompany me to breakfast?" he asked. Arianna rolled her eyes but nodded.
"Yes, just let me get dressed." He nodded and she shut the door before going to her clothes and pulling out a pair of breeches and a shirt she had stolen from Devlyn years ago. She chuckled lightly. Susan was going to murder her. She quickly dressed adding a red vest and then tying her hair back before exiting the room to find Peter leaning against the wall waiting for her. He raised and eyebrow at her clothes.
"What?" she asked. He just smiled and shook his head. Peter grabbed her hand and laced it around his arm before the two headed down to breakfast.
"You know, my sister is going to have a fit, when she sees you wearing that." Peter told her chuckling.
"Yes, well I figure since they are going to be forcing me into a formal dress later and I will be attending this ball on the arm of the High King I can get away with wearing breeches for a few hours." Arianna replied scowling at the thought of the dress she'd be forced into later. Peter chuckled.
"I've never understood your aversion to the formal dresses. You don't have a problem with the normal dresses that you wear."
"Yes well you've seen the normal dresses that I wear, they are no where near as constricting as the formal dresses." she argued. Peter smiled.
"Well it does not matter what you wear, you will always be the most beautiful woman in the room." Peter told her with a cheesy smile. Arianna blushed and looked away.
"Compliments will not win me over, Peter." Arianna told him. He chuckled.
"But they do help, and it's how I feel." He said turning her to look back at him. "I mean it Arianna. You could put angels to shame with your beauty." he told her. Arianna's blushed deepened.
"You are right. They do help." she told him. He chuckled, then completely surprised Arianna by leaning down and kissing her cheek before holding open the door to the dining hall for her. As he pulled out her chair her blush was still present and Elyra raised an eyebrow. Her sister never blushed. When she saw the triumphant smile on Peter's face she assumed that the High King had something to do with it. She sent her sister a look that said they were going to have a nice little chat after breakfast before she turned to Edmund and continued on with the conversation.
"Arianna! What are you wearing?" Susan exclaimed. Devlyn looked closely at her outfit.
"Hey! Those are mine!" he exclaimed. The others looked to Arianna with questioning gazes.
"In my defense I took them from him years ago." she said holding up her hands. Elyra and Elijah snickered, Lucy giggled and Edmund chuckled. King Lune shook his head and continued with his breakfast while Susan and Peter continued to stare at Arianna and Devlyn.
"What?" They asked together.
"Why did you steal his shirt and pants?" Susan asked.
"If I remember correctly... She didn't want to wear a dress because and I quote, "dresses are to hard to kick ass in". Then she proceeded to attack me and we both ended up with some serious injuries and a serious talking to from Oreius." Devlyn said chuckling. Arianna giggled. Lucy then piped up from across the table.
"So why didn't you and Devlyn get married." Arianna tensed as did Devlyn. Peter glared slightly at Devlyn and Susan looked down at the table thoughtfully.
"Yeah, you never told me why either." Elijah piped up. Arianna quickly stood.
"Excuse me, Your Majesties. I just remembered I have something to do. When you are ready, just send for me Queen Susan." Then she was walking out of the room as fast as she could.
"I'm sorry. I did not realize that was such a touchy subject." Lucy mumbled.
"It's okay, Queen Lucy. There are just some things that happened between Arianna and I that are not something to be spoken lightly of and some things that I seriously regret." Devlyn explained.
"As you well should." Peter said angrily. Devlyn glared at him.
"Do not preach to me about Arianna. I very well know what I did and that she did not deserve it and it haunts me every time I look at her. You are not particularly innocent in keeping her heart un-hurt." Peter stood up angrily.
"What I did was not nearly half as bad as what you did." Devlyn stood also.
"You think I don't realize that? Every time I look on her face I remember the look that should never have graced it, and that I should never have raised a hand to it." Susan looked confusedly at Devlyn, as did everyone else, except for Peter.
"What do you mean you should not have raised a hand to it?" the Gentle Queen asked. Devlyn's eyes widened.
"I should not have said that. Excuse me." Then Devlyn was also making a hasty exit. Everyone looked to Peter who just shook his head and then walked out also. Susan turned to King Lune.
"I apologize greatly for Peter, Devlyn, and Arianna's behavior. I can assure you that they will be reprimanded." King Lune shook his head.
"There is no need, Queen Susan. I know much of how Arianna does not like to speak of painful things." Peter took off in search of Arianna and found her out by the stables. He walked up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw it was Peter.
"Devlyn let it slip." Peter mumbled. Arianna nodded.
"I just don't want them to think badly of him." Arianna mumbled. Peter looked at her confused.
"Devlyn beats himself up enough for all the wrong things he has done. He does not need others reprimanding him for it." Arianna explained. Peter smiled at her.
"You told me that we could be nothing more then friends unless I could come up with a reason better than your own." Peter stated.
"Yes." Arianna said cautiously.
"Well here it is.. I love you, Arianna. I also know that you love me too and I think that is reason enough for us to be together. You once said that I was who you saw yourself with for life and I feel the same way. I also want you to know that no matter what argument you come up with you will not win this time." Peter told her. Arianna stared at him for a few moments.
"What about this one? I can not have children. As a King you need an heir to the thrown." Arianna rebutted. Peter watched the girl in front of him.
"I don't care. I know you love children so we can adopt and Edmund or one of my sisters can have an heir to the thrown."
"I'm broken, I've seen shit that no person should see and I've had my heart crushed." Arianna stated.
"I will fix you. Arianna I'm serious. I am not leaving this spot until you agree to be with me." Peter stated. Arianna looked up into his blue eyes for a few moments and as she did she felt her resolve start to crumble with each moment she stared at him. Peter seeing this as his chance leaned down and placed his lips softly, at first, against hers. As their lips met Arianna's resolve disappeared completely and she threw her arms around Peter's neck pulling him closer. After a few moments they pulled apart and Peter leaned his forehead against hers.
"I love you." he mumbled. Arianna smiled.
"I love you too." she said before leaning up and placing another kiss on his lips.
"You two will never guess where I just pulled Arianna away from!" Lucy exclaimed Arianna trailing behind her into Susan's room. Elyra and Susan looked up with a questioning look.
"She was with Peter!" Lucy said excitedly.
"Yes, they're friends again." Susan said like it was nothing.
"No she was with Peter, then they kissed goodbye!" Lucy squealed. Susan smiled excitedly, while Elyra looked skeptical.
"Are you sure about this sister?" Elyra asked. Arianna nodded.
"As sure as ever." Arianna replied.
"Congratulations." Susan told her.
"Thank you. I want to apologize for the way I acted earlier." Arianna told them.
"It's fine Arianna." Lucy told her.
"I would tell you all what happened, but I don't want you to think bad of Devlyn. Especially you, Su, he has some serious feelings for you and I just don't want that ruined because of mistakes and accidents that happened in our past. I can tell you though, that no matter what happened with Devlyn and myself, he would never do anything like that to you." Arianna told her. Susan stood and pulled her to sit down so that they could get started on her hair.
"He let it slip at breakfast after he and Peter got into an argument." Susan said softly.
"Oh, Susan please do not hold it against him, it was honestly an accident that I over reacted to." Arianna said.
"Well we will have time to talk about it tonight seeing as he is my escort tonight." Susan said blushing. Arianna smiled widely.
"Has he asked to court you or anything of the like yet?" Lucy asked her sister eagerly.
"We've discussed it a few times, but we wanted to wait until Peter and Arianna have been together for a while so that Arianna will be able to talk him down if he gets upset." Susan said blushing.
"Oh Su, don't wait for things between Peter and I. Even if Peter and I weren't together, which could very well have happened, I would still be in full support of yourself and Devlyn, I would have talked to your brother." Arianna said.
"I know, but if he's happy then he's less likely to say "no" when Devlyn asks to court me." The girls all laughed agreeing and continued to get ready for the party.
"So is Edmund escorting you tonight, 'Lyra?" Lucy asked curiously.
"Yes, but not in that way, Ed and I are just friends." Elyra said. Arianna smiled at her sister.
"For now." The older girl said. Elyra just rolled her eyes and went into the bathroom to change into her dress.
"Elijah, Corin, and I are all going in together." Lucy told them. Susan smiled at the young Queen, as did Arianna.
"It's wonderful that you all became friends so quickly. I thank Aslan that my original family and my newly added family were able to become so close." Arianna said smiling.
"Yes, and now we're all one big happy family!" Lucy said excitedly.
"It is quite nice. To be honest I didn't like Arianna and Devlyn together... I think the way things are now feel more right to me... It was always just a tad weird to me..." Elyra put in.
"Why is it that you never told me this?" Arianna asked her sister curiously.
"Because you were happy, what kind of sister would I have been if I had ruined that... But now you are happier then I have ever seen you... Even when mother and father were alive." Elyra explained. Arianna nodded in understanding. She then quickly took in the dress her sister was wearing. It was a red elfin style with intricate designs woven into the middle layer/section. It was long sleeved and laced up the torso on the front and back.
"You look beautiful sister." Arianna told her, then went to get changed herself. After changing, she went back into the room only to be greeted with the biggest of smiles form her three companions.
"You look beautiful, Arianna! I love your dress!" Lucy squealed. Arianna smiled thankfully at her friend. Her dress was elfin style dress in blue with a black second outing, and it laced up the front. The showing blue had swirling designs of black interwoven into it.
"Thank you Lu. You both look beautiful also!" After a few moments there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Susan called excitedly. Peter, Devlyn, Elijah, and Edmund entered at the call. Peter stopped abruptly catching sight of Arianna, who smiled at him and curtseyed. She then crossed the rest of the way to him, he smiled and pulled her close.
"You look beautiful, love." he told her softly. She smiled widely up at him.
"You look quite handsome yourself, my liege." she replied. Peter rolled his eyes playfully at her and place d a kiss on her forehead. "They are so cute!" Lucy squealed softly to Susan who just smiled at her sister and walked to her escort. Devlyn smiled at her and picked up her hand kissing it.
"You look lovely, my Queen." Devlyn said bowing slightly. Susan blushed and curtseyed. On the other side of the room Elyra, Edmund, Elijah, and Lucy stood next to each other watching the older couples.
"Edmund if I ever start acting like that over a girl, hit me upside the head really hard." Elijah instructed. Edmund nodded.
"All I ask is that you would do the same in return." Edmund replied. Elyra and Lucy looked to each other and shook their heads.
"Boys." they said at the same time.
Peter took hold of Arianna's hand and wrapped it around his arm before leading her down to the ballroom, the others following after them. They stopped at the door as the door man announced each couple.
"Announcing High King Peter the Magnificent of Narnia escorting Protector Lady Arianna of Cair Paravel." Peter led Arianna out onto the dance floor. "Queen Susan the Gentle of Narnia escorted by Lord Devlyn of Cair Paravel." Peter bowed and Arianna curtseyed, then held their right hands up just barely touching and walked in a clock-wise circle. Devlyn led Susan out onto the dance floor and they mimicked Peter and Arianna. "King Edmund the Just of Narnia escorting Lady Elyra of Cair Paravel." Edmund reluctantly led Elyra out onto the dance floor and the couple followed in the steps of their elder siblings. Peter and Arianna switched hands. Arianna's heart started beating wildly as her violet eyes met his blue ones. Peter couldn't take his eyes off of her, to him she was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. "Queen Lucy the Valiant of Narnia escorted by Sir Elijah of Cair Paravel." Lucy dragged Elijah out onto the dance floor her excitement bubbling over. Susan blushed at the intense gaze Devlyn had locked on her, her heart thumping erratically in her chest as they placed both hands between each other and spun in another circle hands still not touching. All Peter wanted to do was touch her, it didn't matter where, but he more or less just wanted to pull her close and kiss her. Neither pair, Susan and Devlyn or Peter and Arianna, noticed that there was a fair number of eyes on each couple. The chemistry between each was undeniable and most people in the room noticed this. King Lune smiled at his wife as they watched the young couples. They finally came together in the dance and Arianna couldn't have been any happier. She was in his arms and that was all she wanted.
Later in the evening Peter and Arianna were standing out on a balcony talking quietly when they were interrupted by Liam.
"Excuse me, but I was wondering if I might steal Arianna for a quick dance." Liam asked Peter. The High King hesitantly agreed and Arianna let Liam lead her out onto the dance floor. As she placed her hand in his a peculiar thing happened. Steam started to rise from there intertwined hands. Arianna looked shocked from their hands to his face where she finally caught sight of his eye color. Green, but not just any green a vibrant green that she knew could only belong to one type of creature.
"You're an elf." She said shocked, Elyra, Elijah and Devlyn's heads all shot up when they heard her loud and clear from across the ballroom. Somewhere far away a lion smiled also a happy twinkle in his eye as he started running, everything was falling into place.
an.. finally they got together... oh Liam's an elf.. bet ya weren't expecting that... hahaha neither was I really, I got the random idea a few days ago... any way please review!