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I nearly spilled all over myself three times, but it really wasn't my fault. The huge great hall was being decorated by the employees, or workers, of the castle. Banners were being put up with the gold and red emblems large and obvious, streamers crossed the ceiling, and every inch of the castle seemed to shine clean. Everything, all the busy workers around us, distracted my attention from dinner. Several times Lucy had to tap my shoulder to gain my attention as someone asked me a question.

"What are you going to do now?" Susan inquired sipping from the gold goblet. At first, I had been shocked to see so much gold and valuable dishes on the table, but slowly it was beginning to sink in that the Pevensies were no longer ordinary- they were royalty, for real.

The others fell silent and I knew they were all staring at me. I only looked at Susan though, seeing that she asked the question, "I don't know. I'm going home but I have no idea when or how. Perhaps Aslan will tell me tomorrow when he returns for your coronation."

From my right Edmund shifted in his seat but said nothing. Lucy, to my left, though grabbed my arm causing me to drank the fork in surprise, "You can't go! You can't just leave us!"

Sighing I explained, "I'm not going to be a ruler Lu, I've done my job and am proud that I helped Narnia. I... I miss my family, my world, my life! Your role in Narnia is just beginning, mine has just ended."

Taking her arm back Lucy crossed her arms, "Just wait until tomorrow. You'll see that you're wrong."

I raised an eyebrow, "What are you hiding?"

"Nothing." Peter answered for her. "Let's talk about something else. Has anyone told you Makayla that the nobles and royals of Archenland are arriving tomorrow?"

"Archenland?" I repeated slowly. That name was new to me, what was Archenland?

"It's the country next to Narnia," he clarified. "Since we'll be ruling it's best that we befriend our neighbors."

I started to laugh, causing everyone to give me funny looks. "Do you hear yourself? Already sounding like a king with diplomatic responsibilities, this is why you all must stay and I go. What time do these neighbors arrive?"

Sometime around midday," said Susan with a grin. "How lovely it will be to meet humans in his world!"

She made a good point, then again she was Susan after all. Were the humans the same sort of humans of our worlds? Did they even speak English? Did they have purple or blue skin? Did they have the same concepts of manners as us? Were they still in the time of no technology and castles? I took a drink of juice from the goblet and set it down. "What are we supposed to wear? I mean, is there a specific fashion we must wear if they are coming?"

"Mrs. Beaver said she's having dresses made for us," explained Susan. "I just hope that we won't look odd when the others arrive."

"We're from another world Su," Edmund scoffed. "Of course we're going to be odd to them." We all laughed and enjoyed the meal.

I spent the rest of the evening wandering around Cair Paravel, learning my way around and discovering several useful shortcuts. There were stables, already filled with horses that did not speak and a few who did, a huge kitchen filled with fauns and an assortment of animals who took up the jobs of the royal cooks, and all sorts of Narnians bustling around getting the castle ready. Already the rooms were filled with furniture and decorations, making it seem that the castle had never been empty to begin with. The Pevensies really were going to live here- and have attendants under them.

And me? Well I would be back home sitting in front of my television, making my own microwave food, enjoying the companionship of Dopey... A dog who didn't speak. Suddenly, my life didn't appeal much, not like a life here in Narnia.

No, I'm going home. I can't stay here.

Having an almost complete memorization of the castle, I walked back to my room. It was already well into the night, maybe around mid-night, I knew the others would already be in bed. Passing their bedrooms, I couldn't believe that they would be Kings and Queens tomorrow. Who knew, maybe I wouldn't even see them after tomorrow, it all depended on what Aslan said. Quietly opening my door, yet it still creaked rather loudly being old, I entered my room. The curtains were tied to the sides of the wide windows, allowing the moonlight to shine inside. Beside the large bed were several lit candles, allowing me to see as I dressed into my pajamas. Here, I wore a long night gown, something I did not enjoy every much... The warm, long pajama pants and matching tops from my world were much more comfortable. It felt odd to sleep in a thin dress at night. Mrs. Beaver had spoken to me about the proper dressing in Narnia I was expected to follow when I asked if she could make pajamas with pants and a top. Just as I pulled the blankets back, a quiet knock came from the door. Frowning, I walked over and asked, "Who is it?"

Except there was no answer, and another knocked sounded. It wasn't coming from the front door, confused I followed the sound and entered the useless room, yes I decided to call it that, and realized it came from the connecting door. Opening it, a sleepy Peter came into view. "You're still up?"

He nodded and lowered his hand, having no need to knock anymore, "Are you alright?"

My head tipped slightly, "What do you mean? I'm just going to bed-"

"Oh." Peter said. "Sorry, I-I thought you had left."

"Left?" I asked. "Well I just went walking around the castle, but I didn't go anywhere. Where could I go?"

Embarrassed he rubbed his neck, "I thought you had left Narnia, you disappeared after dinner and the others hadn't seen you since, we thought that you already went back to your world."

I crossed my arms, "I don't think I would without saying good-bye. Plus, how could I miss the coronation?"

Peter grinned, "That's what I thought. You should have seen Lucy and Edmund's faces when they thought you were gone."

Laughing I said, "What about Susan?"

"Just froze from shock really." He sniggered.

"Now that is interesting." I said trying to picture their reactions. Feeling a yawn coming, I let it out and rubbed my eyes, "As much fun as this Peter, I think I'm going to go to bed. Big day tomorrow." Leaning forward without thinking, I kissed his cheek and said, "Night." Before closing the door and trudging over to the bed, quickly falling asleep.

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Someone was pulling my hair playfully, and as I woke up with my eyes clothes I guessed it to be, "Lucy!"

I heard her giggle and the tugging stop, "Wake up!"

Still refusing to open my eyes I rolled away from her voice and covered my head with the blankets. "No thank you."

Without warning she jumped onto me making me gasp as my legs hurt from the weight. "Get up or else I'll have Stilden jump on you!"

A large, full grown white tiger jump on me? No thank you to that. "Alright, I am up." I opened my eyes and only saw the white of my blankets and slowly pushed the blankets down from my face. Thankfully she seemed to agree and got off me, but remained on my bed. Sitting up against the headboard, I saw that Stilden sat besides the bed. "What time is it?"

"Three hours before midday." He answered licking his paw.

"Susan is already getting ready, she told me to make sure you started as well." Lucy pointed towards my wardrobe. "Your dress is already in there."

Stretching my arms I nodded, "Alright. Are you going to get ready as well?"

Lucy rolled her eyes, "I don't take three hours to get ready."

Kicking the blankets off me completely, I grinned. "Wait a few years Lucy and you'll see why it takes so long. Now scoot! You too Stilden, I need to get ready."

They both complied and left, while I stood up and went over to the wardrobe curious to see what I was to wear. Opening the wooden doors, I smiled widely to see a beautiful dress. The material was a red, and not just any red, a fiery red. Pulling it out and holding it up against my body, I twirled around in circles laughing at my silliness. How perfect, red for my fire. Looking back into the wardrobe, I saw that a gold cape hung as well... Narnian colors. I wondered if the others would be complimenting the country's emblem as well. Sitting at the floor of the wardrobe were a pair of golden flats, matching the cape perfectly. Laying the cape and dress on my bed and placing the flats on the floor below, I let lose my hair from the bun I slept with. Sitting at the dark wood vanity, I brushed my hair, beginning the painfully long process of getting ready without modern technology to help me.

The whole process didn't take more than an hour, but then again I hadn't realized that there would be no make-up to worry about. With the dress, cape, and shoes on I left my room and over to Susan's door. I knocked and waited. After a few moments she opened the door, her hair half up and half down strangely. "Kay? You're already finished?!"

I looked down at myself unsurely, "Umm. Yes?"

She frowned, "How did you get your hair to curl at the end like that?"

"I put my hair into a bun last night," I answered calmly. "Would you like some help?"

Susan stepped aside and let me inside. Sitting down at her own vanity I realized that she wasn't alone, Lucy sat on her bed already dressed as well. Both Lucy and Susan wore blue tones, I assumed that Peter and Ed would be wearing blues as well. Ah, I felt a bit out of place but decided not to say anything. Taking a seat next to Lucy, we both watched Susan lift some more hair up. "No thank you, but perhaps you can keep Lucy company. She keeps complaining how bored she is."

Lucy elbowed me and whispered, "I am! Susan takes forever to get ready."

To that, Susan rolled her eyes but was too busy with her hair to reply. Not wanting to just sit there, I offered, "Do you want to wait for the guests downstairs Lucy? I haven't sat down in the gardens yet, maybe you can show me all the flowers."

"Alright," agreed Lucy. Together we said our good-byes- and a quick 'good luck' from me to Susan- before walking away from the royal chambers. Lucy spoke excitedly about the coronation while I listened and nodded occasionally, I didn't want to mention that I might be leaving after the ceremony. Climbing down the stairs we attempted to sneak a peek into the great hall- but Oreius caught us and sent us away shaking his head. Laughing at our failure we walked into the garden. It was a large rectangular area full of mainly flowers, but had several trees around to provide shade. Beneath the these trees was a stone bench, perfect for a reading session. Looking around I caught sight of Edmund sitting down next to Peter, they had their backs to us and were talking. My guess was correct, they too were wearing tones of blue.

"Peter! Edmund!" called out Lucy before running off to them. I chose to walk, still grinning from Oreius' scolding.

Turning around the brothers glanced at Lucy before seeing me. Waving awkwardly, I followed the pathway towards the tree. Peter simply stared at me with a small smile before greeting his youngest sister with a hug. Edmund looked at me without any emotion and simply waved before turning back around. Not really surprised with this, I calmly arrived and leaned against the tree. "Nice dresses."

Ed scowled, "They are not dresses. They're tunics."

I held my hand against my mouth hiding my amusement. Peter seemed equally offended, "Haven't you heard of tunics?"

Lucy thought for a moment and shook her head. "Nope, Kay's right. They do look like dresses."

Pointing at their legs I added, "With leggings. At least they're not nylons."

"Oh shut it Kay." Mumbled Ed turning pink, but there was no anger in his tone. In fact, it seemed playful.

Giving Ed a strange look, Peter changed the subject. "The Archenland party should be arriving soon."

Suddenly Stilden appeared at the garden entrance and ran across the garden in a few seconds, giving a curt bow of the head to the Pevensies, but doing nothing to me- as I had requested he do- Stilden announced, "The guests have been sighted from the gates."

Moving away from the tree I straightened out my sleeves. "I'll get Susan."