The entire room buzzed with voices as the Four approached Aslan. Lucy hugged him as tightly as she could, while the other three smiled in relief. "Oh, Aslan, where have you been? I wish you had been here when things were so awful for Susan." Lucy stepped back to her siblings, ashamed at remembering her own behavior.

Aslan said solemnly, "It was only when each of you became who you were supposed to be that things could be resolved as they were meant to."

Edmund's eyes widened. "Of course! This whole thing started when Peter stopped being magnificent to go behind Susan's back, when Susan stopped being gentle because she was so mad..."

"When I was too afraid of Susan to be very valiant." Lucy added.

"And when you stopped being just to yourself, Edmund," Susan said quietly. "It was only when we became the kings and queens that we're supposed to be that we got out of this mess."

Peter sighed. "But we're not out of it yet. We've still got a room full of Calormene nobles and no idea what to do with any of them."

"It's pretty easy, I think," Edmund said. "We let them go." When the other three gave him odd looks, he continued. "If they really don't want war, then sending Arajeev back with them to face their own laws is the most just thing to do. After all, it was their lives in danger once he made his move. Right, Aslan?"

They were surprised to see that the great lion was no longer there. But they still knew they had their solution. One look shared between all of them was all it took, and Peter and Edmund went to talk to Ilsombreh, and Susan and Lucy calmed the rest of the guests. Susan made sure to talk to Gregory, and Lucy couldn't help but giggle when he suddenly kissed her sister gently. Even if it was an arranged marriage, it could still be a perfectly happy one.


It would take many more years, and many more such incidents, but the Four became all that they were meant to, and led Narnia into its Golden Age.


Well, that's it. I'm not sure I'm happy with it, but I finally finished it. Please tell me what you liked and didn't like!