"Go away," Edmund said to the White Witch made of green mist. The sea serpent struck down at him then. From the top of the mast in the crow's nest, Edmund's sword shone a bright and brilliant blue that was magical. Spinning, he thrust the sword up into the roof of the sea serpent's mouth. The sea serpent gave another horrendous cry before it turned into mist and evaporated into the dark air. Spray that was both the "blood" of the creature and the sea water splashed upon a shaking Edmund, who was staring at the sword in awe. Catching his breath, he managed a smile of relief.

The water of the Easter Sea had returned from being a murky gray back to the crystalline blue it had been before. The dark and ominous clouds were separating and were turning white again, letting the brilliant sun break through again. The shafts of warm light that were as comforting as a candle in a dark room shone upon the Dawntreader as its crew celebrated.

Lucy turned her face up to look at the sun; joyful and relieved. Though she was drenched to the bone, she ignored the discomfort of the clothes that clung to her skin and the water in her boots. Instead, she turned around, looking for Caspian. When she spotted him, she realized that he was looking for her too and so she gave a small laugh before she ran at him. He caught her in his arms and lifted her legs so that she was cradled against him.

"We did it!" Caspian heard her shout triumphantly. The crew of the Dawntreader, including Drinian, echoed her cry. Lucy opened her mouth to cheer again but was silenced by Caspian's soft kiss that turned passionate. It made her weak at the knees and made her head feel like it was spinning at 100 miles an hour. She clung to him then and kissed him back.

A person clearing their throat made Caspian and Lucy pull apart. Both royals turned and spotted a smug looking King Edmund who was finishing climbing down the mast's rope ladder. Jumping down, he strode over to them and put the sword back into its scabbard, the metal of the weapon still glowing blue only more faint.

"Enjoying the victory already?" he joked, winking at the pair of them. Caspian lowered Lucy's legs so that she could stand, laughing when her boots made the sloshing sound from the water inside them. Lucy however did not remove her hands from around Caspian's neck.

"Yes," she answered snidely to her brother, sticking out her tongue. Edmund chuckled then and made kiss-faces; lips puckered, at the two of them.

A thought came to Lucy then and she staggered from it's power. Edmund's carefree smirk faltered then and he rushed to his sister's side.

"What is it?" he asked her, taking hold of her so that she would not fall. Lucy blinked thrice quite rapidly before she turned to face Caspian and Edmund, her face full of panic.

"We have to find Eustace!" she exclaimed, sounding shaken. When both Edmund and Caspian gave her the "Why?" looks, she huffed at them.

Men, she thought. You have to spell out everything for them.

"He fought a sea serpent by himself and was wounded by the sword that Lord what's-his-face threw at him!" She was too worried to think about whether it was Lord Rhoop or Restimoor or any of the others. She just wanted to find her cousin. Edmund and Caspian heard the urgency in her voice and began to call out for Drinian when another voice interrupted them.

"Mummy!" shouted Gail. To Lucy's shock, Gail jumped overboard and began to swim the moment she hit the water. Looking up onto the horizon of the water, Lucy could make out the form of a fleet of rowboats drifting towards the Dawntreader. She suspected that they were the boats that the mist had taken for sacrifices.

When Rhince heard his daughter's cry, he too looked at the horizon. Spotting his wife in the leading boat, he gave a shout that was pained yet joyous.

"Helen!" he called as he jumped overboard. Within a few minutes, he had reached his wife and had given her a passionate kiss. Gail hugged her mother tightly and smiled at the sign of affection between her parents. As the three royals were watching this, Caspian chanced a look over at Lucy. She had a small, satisfied smile on her face and her cheeks had a faint pink colouring. He felt his heartstrings pull for her and so he reached out and wrapped her once more into his arms.

Lucy gave a sigh and snuggled into Caspian's chest. Glancing down, she slyly looked down at her own stomach, wondering if she would ever bare children. But she averted her eyes back up, looking happily at the reunited family.

"Lucy!" called someone then from the other side of the ship. "Lucy! Lucy, over here!" Lucy rushed to the other side with Caspian and Edmund close behind her. When she realized who the figure was that was swimming in the water, she gave a shriek of happiness.

"Eustace!" she cried gleefully. Caspian and Edmund chuckled and waved at the smallest member of their little family.

"I'm a boy again! Lucy, I'm a boy!" exclaimed her cousin happily, his words slightly cut off with him going underwater for a moment.

"Let's get a rope!" ordered Caspian to Drinian. "-to pull Master Eustace aboard!" he added.

-Eustace's POV-

Master Eustace! He called me Master Eustace! They really do love me and they really did miss me!

-Back to normal POV-

Something grey-brown and furry shot past Edmund's face then and somersaulted into the water. When the creature resurfaced, fur slick and shining, Lucy saw that it was Reep.

"EUSTACE!" crowed the Noble Mouse, laughing. "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" Eustace laughed as well, splashing Reepicheep. All onlookers smiled, some chuckled but all were immensely happy that this loyal dragon and charming boy was alright.