Disclaimer: I do not own anyone from Narnia, but I do own this fanfic.

Ok, so sorry again for not posting every day and such anymore. Like I said before, I've got a job now which is eating up most of my time and the divorce thing is getting in the way of my writing a bit. But don't worry, I will continue to post as fast as I can!

And also, I would like to inform you all of a new and really good Narnia fanfic that I have been reading. It's called 'The Narnian Guardian' and it's by Sky-Pirate325. So you all should check that out! It's off to a really good start and I'm sure you'll like it!

And lastly, I felt that maybe some of you were confused with the last part of my recent chapter. It's the part where Miraz tells Jade about how Caspian is promised to Lord Ramada's daughter and how he banished the 7 great Lords of Narnia. In case some of you didn't know, this bit of information is actually true and is from the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treador, which is the next installment to the book series after Prince Caspian. So if any of you are a bit confused, I suggest reading the books…they're a lot better than the movies. And the sequel I will write eventually to this fanfic will be based around The Dawn Treador, so you can take that little bit of information I added to this series and remember it for when the sequel comes out- it will be important!

Haha ok…I've said enough. On with the story…

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Chapter 21: Like A Dream of a Dream

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Your POV

You were proud to say that you had never broken a single bone in your body. No doubt, you didn't always deserve to get away unharmed with some of the stunts you pulled in the past, but nevertheless you had still never broken a single bone in your body.

That is, until now…

After boldly telling Lord Miraz how you refused to give him any top secret information about Narnia, he had bolted into a rage. He had viciously pulled you up off your seat by your upper arm, shaking you violently. He then proceeded to throw you through the air, and you landed a few feet away from you chair. And with your legs and arms being tied, there was no way for you to guide your fall and you landed hard on your right arm. An unsoundly crack followed shortly after your fall, telling you that your arm was not in any good condition.

You didn't know if you broke it, fractured it, or even sprained it. You had never experienced any of those feelings, so you didn'y know what it was like to injure your arm as such. But what you did know was that you had never felt this much stinging pain in one area before, and you were sure that it was more than just sore. All you knew was that the pain was most unpleasant, and you were sure that you would not be able to find a doctor for miles in this place.

However, amidst all the pain and tears as you sat in your lonely cell, you couldn't recall a time where you had been so pleased with yourself. You felt more proud than ever thinking about how you just told off Lord Miraz, the man you feared over all the rest here at Cair Paravel.

You had never stood up to your step brothers like that before, they were always able to push you around and make you do whatever they wanted. But now…what you did about ten minutes ago made your heart swell in pride. You felt like you could climb any mountain, no matter how snowy and high…like you could swim any ocean, no matter how deep and cold…like you could do anything if you set your mind to it. You didn't know what brought about this new mindset…but then again, Narnia was full of surprises. No doubt it had brought out the best person in you.

"I have decided where my loyalties lie…and they reside with neither your needs nor Caspian's feelings towards me…but with Narnia."

Newfound confidence gave birth into your being, giving you the only reason to smile in this godforsaken place.

But no matter how many good feelings raced inside you, you still felt a twinge of guilt and pain when your thoughts rested on Caspian.

Caspian…the first person in this new world to show you kindness and friendship…the man you trusted above all others…the one who you could now not imagine living without.

You hated the thought of depending on others, you had always thought yourself to be headstrong and independent…never wanting to rely on someone else to live. But now…now after spending so much time with Caspian… telling him things about yourself that you had only begun to understand yourself…experiencing this new world with him… waking up only to see him watching over you as you slept… having him save your life more than once…always having someone to lean up against for support and friendship…nearing death at his side…and surviving it without him…you really couldn't imagine life without him at this point.

Whether it be in friendship or more…you would just feel so empty and lonesome.

But its not like you could just drop your whole life up until this point to go and run off with Caspian and leave everything forgotten in your real world. You still had so many things to do and so many responsibilities.

First of all…there was Alex. No way in hell where you going to abandon her. She counted on you all her life, and you had always been like a mother figure to her. You loved her more than every stick and stone in both your world and Narnia, and you would give your life up in an instant for her.

As tempted and upset as you may be afterwards, you knew if the future gave you a choice between Caspian and Alex…you would choose Alex in a heartbeat. No one was more important than her to you.

You could see her now…her long black hair and deep blue eyes…how you missed your little clone copy sister of yours. You even remembered how she used to like it when you called her…

"Wait…what did I used to call her for short?" you thought to yourself, the nickname you used for her on a daily basis slipping from your mind. "Als…Aly…Oh! Right…Al" you remembered before you started to panic. How could that bit of information slip your mind...

"Oh well...no big deal..." you thought.

Second of all, there was a whole new road of life waiting for you in England. Your father had left you half of his legacy and life's earnings in his death, and they would definitely be put to good use. Your college education had already been fully paid for, and you would make your father proud and be the most successful and intelligent daughter you could be. You would not let his last name be in vain…you would wear the title proudly and hopefully he could be equally as proud of you wherever he was.

You could see him now…his stiff posture whenever he was mad at you, the sprawled out way in which he slept when he would sleep in late on weekends. It all seemed familiar, however, you couldn't seem to picture his face in your mind. You tried recalling his facial features, but to no use. His face seemed blurry…but you blamed that much on the fact that he had died six years ago. But still…what kind of a daughter forgot what her father looked like?!

And lastly, even though you despised your mother and step family with every fiber in your body, you knew you could not completely abandon them either. Sure…you could "get away", hence the whole college in England idea. But you could not bring yourself to completely cut off all ties with them. No matter how much you hated them…they were still family, and you might end up needing them one day.

Again, no matter how hard the decision may be, you could not put Caspian over your family.

Your mother, Tyler, Ryan, Ben, and Mike…you could see them all now…or could you?

"Wait…" you thought for a moment. "Can I…?"

You froze.

No matter how hard you tried, you couldn't picture any of them in your mind. You knew their names...but you couldn't see them.

"Impossible!" you fiercely whispered. But no matter how hard you strained your memory, you could not recall what your family looked like (save for your real father and Alex).

You panicked, eyes darting back and forth and mind twisting in concentration.

"No…" you said quietly. How could this be possible? Were you really losing your memories of your life back in America?

You almost forgot what your sister's nickname was, and even the image of your father's face was blurry. It was obviously no coincidence…

"How can this be?!" you said, this time more loudly. You had only been in Narnia for a few weeks. How could you possibly be losing your memory already? Was it something about Narnia that was making you forget? If so, then you definitely wanted to get home as soon as possible. You could not bare the fact that you may eventually forget about your father and sister.

Your thoughts then dragged into the Pevensies. You thought about how they had abandoned their home in England, and how they could have possibly done such a thing. Didn't they have family as well? Didn't they think about their responsibilities back in England as well? Why did they stay here? What made them want to live in Narnia instead?

"…was it because they eventually forgot everything about their home?" you thought.

You then recalled the first conversation you had with the two girl siblings. It was quite odd…your memory from back home seemed to be getting more blurred by the second, yet your memories from your stay here in Narnia were crisper than ever. You could recall every moment and conversation word for word, image for image. Strange...

"You see…Narnian time works differently." You listened intently as they began to explain.

"We weren't originally from here. We lived in this place called England ever since we were young. But then, a huge war started, and we were forced to live in the countryside of England. The house we lived in was huge, and we found this wardrobe in one of the rooms that led to here. It truly was incredible." She said with a smile.

"We loved it so much here, and we didn't want to go back. We lived here for years and years as Kings and Queens. But then…" Lucy's voice became sadder as she continued, "I guess we accidentally stumbled back through the wardrobe one day…and went back to England. We tried to get back…but we couldn't. We were stuck as kids again."

"Wait…why did you turn back into kids?" you asked.

"Well, like I said before, time works differently here in Narnia. For example, ever since we left here, we had only been living in England for about a year until we were called back again by the horn. And while only a year had passed for us…here at Narnia, 1300 years have gone by." Lucy explained.

"Wow…" you said in complete shock. That was quite a story. Your brain was having a hard time processing all the information.

"Yeah…it's complicated." Susan said. "It was hard to deal with…losing our home here. Especially for Peter. Technically, we're over 1300 years old, not to mention we should be adults. He never really got used to it." She said sadly, but suddenly cheered up a bit. "But, it's good to be back! Sure beats being in England."

The memory made you shudder. Lucy and Susan had talked about England like it wasn't their real home…like Narnia took England's place after they came here.

You worried for your own sake, for you could feel yourself slowly falling in love with Narnia as well.

…could that be what was making you forget?

And if so…then it wouldn't be long until all your memories from your life in America were totally erased, with only memories and dreams of Narnia to replace them.

"How awful…" you said to yourself.

You loved Narnia, it was where your loyalties lie at this time. But you didn't want to forget anymore…

Your racing thoughts eventually put you to sleep and you dreamed of the night you and Caspian escaped from Cair Paravel.

You wished you had dreamt of something else, more like memories from your home in hopes that you would remember something important you forgot. But alas…your dreams were forever plagued to remind you of things you already knew.

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You woke to the sound of footsteps coming down to your cell again. You sat up curiously. Even though you had no sense of time, it still couldn't have been too long since you and Miraz had your "civilized" conversation.

In stepped the two guards from earlier, only this time they were accompanied by Miraz and his General Glozelle. The looks on the faces of the two guards were unreadable as stone, but Miraz and his General looked rather smug to you.

Your eyes narrowed at their expressions, unsure of what to expect.

They halted on the other side of the cell while the one guard unlocked the gate.

"And here I thought our lovely chat was over." You said sarcastically, unsure of where this newfound courage and boldness was erupting from. But then again, if you could stand up to someone once, why not be able to do so again?

"You would be wise to hold your tongue to the King." The General ordered, not pleased that you were insulting his King.

You clenched your jaw, figuring it really would be unwise to spur up more trouble than necessary. However, that did not mean that you were scared or anxious with the arrival of Miraz. You would still not hesitate to make yourself heard and talk, but rather in a more polite manner.

You let out a resentful gasp as on of the guards lifted you up off your feet and out of the cell by your upper arm…your right upper arm. The pain became momentarily unbearable, and you gave the guard a knowing glare which only made him squeeze it tighter.

Your gasp of pain only brought a smile to Miraz's face, and he intentionally brought his injured hand up to his beard and stroked it…almost like he was reminding you of something.

"An eye for an eye, Miss Jade." He said discreetly so that he would give nothing away about how he struck you or threw you. The two guards and the General seemed to ignore his comment, as if they really didn't care less if he hit you or not.

Miraz then turned to his General. "She will ride with you." He said, and the one guard handed you over to General Glozelle. He turned to the two guards. "Round the troops. We shall leave immediately." He said to them. And with that, they were off.

General Glozelle began to do the same and turned to leave the room, pushing you along with him. However, you fought him every inch of the way.

"Stop it! Where are you taking me!? Where are we going?!" you demanded like a child, thrashing about. You had the impression that you were being led off to your death or something.

"No need to worry, my dear." Miraz said with an evil smile. "You will be reunited with your dear Caspian soon enough.

His comment caused your body to freeze, making it easier for General Glozelle to lead you off to the stable where you would mount your horse.

"Caspian…" you said in a whisper to yourself.

You were going to be reunited with him? But that was simply impossible…Miraz wouldn't just hand you back over or anything. Why on earth would you being going back to…

"Oh no…" you thought desperately.

Your head shot up to Miraz, the evil smile still lingering on his features.

"Caspian and I aren't going to be reunited…you're going to attack him, aren't you?" you screeched at Miraz. He let of a chuckle, but did not respond to you. "Aren't you?!" you yelled much more loudly this time, which caused him to turn to you.

His cold eyes bore into yours, reawakening the fear that you had tried so hard to suppress.

"Narnia is about to be annihilated…" he said in a deep, threatening voice. "You and Caspian will be reunited…in death."

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Caspian's POV (Dream)

"Quit it, Jade." Caspian said with a chuckle as the raven hair beauty continued to poke his side. She giggled.

"I can't help it." She said with a smile. "I'm so happy!"

She poked Caspian again, who in turn pushed her away playfully.

"Well then find someone else to poke with joy." He said in mock anger. Her giggles died down, but the smile did not leave her face.

"I'm sorry. I'm just…so happy!" she said again as she jumped up and down.

"Yes…I know." Caspian said. "I can tell." He said as he watched her jump up and down with joy, the happiness spurring a similar feeling within him.

Could this moment get any more perfect?

"I'm just glad that everything's finally over." She said, a smile grazing her lips. She turned to Caspian. "Aren't you?"

Caspian smiled, reaching out to her tiny form. His arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her as close to him as possible. "Of course I am, Jade."

She became warm at his touch, and rested her head gently on his chest. She sighed in content as he played with her hair, running his fingers through the messy black locks.

Caspian had never felt so happy before in his entire life.

"Jade…" he whispered into her hair. She was so silent in his arms, almost as if the beating of his heart was putting her to sleep.

"Jade…you're my only hope." He said softly.

Jade looked up at him a bit confused. "Pardon?" she asked cutely.

"I said, you're my only hope." He repeated. "This is all so new to me…being King of Narnia…ruler over all this land. I must admit, I'm quite lost and overwhelmed at the moment…I'm unsure of how to take in all these responsibilities." He stared into her eyes lovingly. "You're the only hope I have that everything will be alright eventually. Even if I don't, you believe in me. I don't think I can do this all on my own…but I know that you think I can. And for that reason, I have hope and faith in myself. Thank you…"

Jade giggled. "But I didn't do anything!" she said innocently.

Caspian couldn't help but join in on her tinkling giggling. "But you have!" he argued. "Even if you don't know it, you have. You just don't know…" he said trailing off, his eyes now fixated on the unknown.

Jade's giggling died down, and her expression became more serious as Caspian seemed to be daydreaming and lost in his thoughts.

"Don't know what?" she asked, but Caspian did not respond. He seemed to still be in deep thought.

Jade reached out to his shoulder and shook him lightly, causing his eyes to catch hers once more.

"Caspian…don't know what?" she asked again, her green eyes glimmering with curiosity and worry.

Caspian stared down at her small form lovingly, his eyelids half closed as he looked down at Jade as if she was the only thing that mattered anymore. His lips quivered, anxious of how she would react if he told her how deeply he felt for her…

"You just don't know…how important you are to me…" he said quietly.

Jade's eyes widened a bit in shock, and she stood speechless. Caspian took this time to reach out to her, cupping the back of her head with his hand and stroking her hair once more. He realized that playing with Jade's hair was one of his favorite pastimes.

However, a few seconds after Caspian reached out to her, she gave an alarming twitch. She jumped from fright, realizing what Caspian was doing and backed away from his touch even though it felt so good.

Caspian looked confused. "Jade?" he asked worriedly, now becoming a bit alarmed himself.

"Caspian…" she said quietly, almost reluctantly, "you know I can't-"

"CASPIAN!"

Dream Over

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Caspian's POV

"CASPIAN!"

Caspian awoke at once, the sound of Peter's voice causing him to sit up quickly and automatically.

"CASPIAN!" Peter called out again.

"I'm awake! What is it?!" Caspian said a bit rudely as he glared at Peter for once again waking him up from the same dream about Jade that he had the morning after the night raid on the Castle.

Peter glared back at him. They hadn't really been getting along ever since their fight. Peter's ego was still a bit bruised (as well as his body) from the beating he took, and the vicious words Peter threw back at Caspian still haunted the Prince's thoughts on a daily basis.

"Come quick…there's something you need to see." Peter said monotonously. He waited until Caspian got up from his sleeping spot on the ground and led the young Prince to the source of all the commotion.

He led Caspian to a high ledge in the front of the How that overlooked the whole land of Narnia. Cair Paravel could be seen in full view…but that was not where everyone's gaze was situated at the moment.

No…what Caspian saw was far worse…

The whole Telmarine army was spewed across the land, flags raised high above signaling that they were declaring war…

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Alright, sorry! Don't hate me for posting so late! I'm trying my best to get these out as quickly as possible.

And I PROMISE that I will not abandon the series and just leave it unfinished. Don't worry! I will most definitely not leave you all stranded with no ending!

But yeah, on the bright side, things are going much better for me than they have before so I will try to post more frequently. But in the meantime…

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