[8 years later]

Peter walked around the room getting together what he would need for his hunt that day. As he pulled on his cloak he looked over and saw Aleisa sitting in the window seat of their room with a far off expression. He walked over and sat down behind her.

"What's on your mind dear?" he gently asked and put an arm around her. Aleisa turned her head to look at him with a weary expression. Peter furrowed his eyebrows, it wasn't like her too look this sad.

"Just things." She sighed and gave him a look. Peter sighed too. He knew exactly what she was worrying about. A baby. For the past few years they had been trying to grow their family but to no avail. The two of them desperately wanted children, but it seemed to affect Aleisa more.

"Don't worry about that." He told her and tilted her chin up to make eye contact. When he did he noticed that they were glistening with unshed tears.

"But I can't help but worry about it. What if it's my fault Peter? What's wrong with me that I can't give you children?" she asked shakily. Peter immediately wrapped his arms around her in a comforting manner.

"Nothing is wrong with you. Don't even begin to think that. You are perfect and Aslan knows why it's not time for us to have kids right now. No matter what I will always so love you, if we have kids or not. My family is perfect just the way it is." He assured her. Aleisa latched onto him and sniffled, letting out silent tears as she still hated to cry. After a few moments he pulled back a little to see that she had calmed down a little.

"Besides, the four of us are going after that White Stag today. It was spotted over in the Shuttering Woods. Maybe if the legends are true it will grant us a wish." He told her with a smile. Aleisa looked a bit reluctant about it.

"Do you really believe that?" she asked skeptically. She wasn't so sure about the whole wish thing. Peter smirked at her as he pulled the two of them up.

"It's Narnia…..anything can happen." He told her with total confidence and a grin. Aleisa laughed a little and smiled a genuine smile.

"Now that's much better." He commented when he saw the smile on his wife's face. He leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips, which she eagerly returned. Even after all these years, they both got a rush when they would kiss each other. Once they pulled away Peter reluctantly headed towards the door.

"So will you be ok by yourself today?" he hesitantly asked. Aleisa shook her head at him with a smile.

"I'll be fine. You need some time with your siblings anyway. Just make sure you come back in due time." She warned and wrapped her arms around his waist in a hug. Peter gripped her back.

"Don't worry. I'll always come back for you." He assured her and placed a kiss on her temple before walking away. Aleisa smiled to herself as she watched him walk down the hallway. After a few more minutes she looked out from one of the balconies and waved to the siblings as they rode away, after the infamous White Stag.

Through the forest the kings and queens galloped after the white stag. The trees had a redish color to them as it was nearing the winter months. The thundering of hooves was heard at the royals rounded the corner. King Peter in the lead, followed by Edmund, Susan, and then Lucy. Susan beamed as she passed by Edmund, whose horse had begun to slow down a little. Lucy laughed from behind them, simply enjoying the feeling of riding. She still maintained her childlike outlook on life. As the three continued on Edmund came to a slow stop looking down at his horse in slight worry. He reached down to stroke his neck.

"Are you alright Phillip?" he gently asked the aging horse. He had remained with Edmund ever since their first battle.

"Not as young as I once was." Phillip answered with a slight huff. They heard the sound of horses neighing, headed back their way. Edmund looked over to see his siblings heading back towards him, noticing that he was missing.

"Come on Ed." Susan joked as the three made a semi-circle in front of him.

"Just catching my breath." Edmund told them, continuing to soothe Phillip.

"Well that's all we'll catch at this rate." She told him, slightly out of breath from their previous hard riding.

"What did he say again Susan?" Lucy asked mockingly, referring to the conversation before they left the castle.

"You girls wait at the castle, I'll go get the stag myself." She answered with a deep voice, imitating Edmund. Edmund looked away sheepishly, knowing they were right and the two girls laughed. Peter chuckled some too, but he was a little preoccupied with thoughts of Aleisa to fully laugh with his sisters. He still didn't like leaving her this morning. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen and he would regret leaving her behind. Suddenly his eyes caught something, he scrunched his face in curiosity. Edmund followed his gazed and had a confused expression too. In the middle of the clearing was a lamppost covered in ivy, and it was still lit.

"What is this?" Peter quietly asked as he dismounted and walked towards it. The rest of his siblings dismounted as well and followed behind him.

"This looks familiar." Peter told them, glancing over at his sisters. All four stood side by side to gaze at it. It was like a memory that was trying to break through the back of their minds, but they couldn't quite place it.

"As if from a dream.." Susan mumbled.

"Or a dream of a dream.." Lucy added. They all stared at it curiously for another moment of silence before Lucy's face lit up in slight recognition.

"Spare Oom." She breathed. Edmund looked over at her curiously. She didn't know why she remembered that name but something was calling for her to explore a little more. She turned and took off down a hidden path.

"Lucy" Peter called out.

"Not again." Susan muttered as the three took off after her. Lucy continued leading her siblings through a thicket of trees, morphing from the colored leaves into pine needles.

"Lu?" Edmund called out cautiously.

"Come on." She urged them excitedly. The sibling continued following, if one took off then they all went. They all continued deeper and deeper into the forest, being led by some unknown force as they almost recognized the path they were taking. Suddenly Peter ran into something that didn't quite belong in a forest. He jerked his head back in slight shock before following after Lucy.

"These aren't branches." He grunted as they pushed past the coats. The forest had become suddenly smaller and the siblings had to start pushing their way forward.

"They're coats." Susan realized as they continued on.

"Susan you're on my foot!"

"Peter get off."

"Move!"

"Will you stop shoving?!"

"You stop shoving!" The voices of the kings and queens morphed into younger versions as the siblings bickered while pushing their way forward into what became a very cramped room. They pushed and shoved onward, unaware of the transformation that was happening and the fact that they were leaving Narnia. Suddenly Peter hit a door and all four of them came piling out of the wardrobe. They all grunted as they hit the floor and looked around in slight shock. Leaning up on their elbows they glanced around at each other, noticing that they were all young again. The same age as when they entered Narnia. Peter sat there in slight shock as realization hit him. He was back at the Professor's…without Aleisa. He looked over at his siblings with wide eyes. With just a look they instantly knew what he was thinking. She was back in Narnia. As they took this in the door to the room opened to reveal the professor holding a cricket ball in his hands. The one that they had knocked through the window.

"Oh…there you are." He calmly commented and walked towards them. They all looked up at him, unsure of what to say.

"What were you all doing in the wardrobe?" he asked them with a mischievous glint in his eye. They all glanced at each other.

"You wouldn't believe us if we told you sir." Peter told him seriously. The professor tossed him the cricket ball, which he caught.

"Try me." The man whispered with a knowing look. Peter chuckled and looked down at his hand. His smile dropped as he spotted his wedding band, still on his finger. He swallowed thickly as he remembered the wife he left back in Narnia. Peter couldn't bring himself to cry as he started his self-loathing. He shouldn't have left her behind.

Back in Narnia Aleisa paced around the throne room, anxiously awaiting the return of her husband and his siblings. They should have been back by now and she hadn't heard any news. Suddenly one of the guards came rushing in. She whipped her head around to look at the centaur that had a distressed expression on his face. Aleisa could hear her heart thumping even louder. Something was very wrong.

"What's going on?" she calmly asked, trying not to let her fear show in front of her subjects. The centaur took in a deep breath as he had been sprinting the whole way to the room.

"Your highness something has happened in the shuddering woods. The horses came back without the other kings and queens….they're gone…" he told her, knowing how hard this would hit her. It was her husband and her best friends that had gone missing. She gasped and grabbed her throne as her knees gave out. She desperately tried to keep her sobs in. All she wanted to do was cry and scream to ease the pain in her heart. How could they just disappear? The centaur took a few cautious steps forward before she composed herself and stood up straighter.

"Take me to Phillip, I'm going to look for them." She ordered. The guard looked hesitant but obeyed and pulled her up onto his back to get her there faster. The two flew through the castle down to the stables. Once they arrived she immediately hopped down and rushed towards the stall where she knew Edmund's horse would be. Rushing in she heard the frantic whinnies of a couple horsed that were still worried about their missing masters.

"Phillip, what happened?" She quickly asked the aging horse. Phillip sighed sadly and looked over at her as she approached.

"I don't know my lady. One minute they were staring at some lamppost and then took off into the woods for some unknown reason. They didn't come back so we went looking for them, but found nothing. I'm so sorry." He told her brokenly. He cared deeply for them too. Aleisa took in deep breaths as she ran a hand through her hair. What could possibly make them run off like that? She knew that Peter would never leave her on purpose and all the Pevensies adored Narnia. They wouldn't just take off. After a moment of thought she turned towards the horse.

"Take me to where you last saw them." She told the aging horse. The centaur that brought her immediately stepped forward in protest.

"Your Highness, maybe we should just send a search party instead. We wouldn't want anything to happen to you and leave us without rulers." He gently reminded. Aleisa whipped around to look at him with nothing but determination.

"I will not stand by while my husband….my family is missing." She insisted before mounting Phillip. The centaur nodded in understanding and went to alert the advisors that would be taking over whenever the kings and queens were absent. Aleisa wasted no time in letting Phillip lead the way to where they royals disappeared to.

After almost an hour of riding the two were almost at the place where the others had disappeared. However Aleisa heard the soft sound of a lion roaring. She pulled back on the reigns to stop Phillip.

"You're highness?" the horse asked, slightly breathless. They weren't quite at the lamppost yet. Actually they were close to where Mr. Tumnus' house used to be. He had since moved to the castle with the royals since he was such a close friend.

"Just hold on a minute Phillip. I could have sworn I heard something." She told him distractedly as she dismounted. She was sure she heard a lion. Aslan maybe? Aleisa made her way towards where she had supposedly heard the voice. She began walking through the small canyon that seemed vaguely familiar to her. Her face scrunched up in confusion as she continued on. Surely she had been here before, but when. She passed by a small alcove when she felt a breeze blow her direction abruptly. Aleisa paused and tried to look into the alcove. Something seemed to be calling her to look inside. Glancing around she slowly walked towards the entrance. As she walked in Aleisa was immediately plunged into darkness, making her walk even slower. This cavern seemed familiar, but how? As she continued on for what seemed like forever she finally saw a small sliver of light at the end of the tunnel. As she neared it, she was hit by the smell of old books and dust. What could be behind that door? She slowly turned the knob and as she did, she tripped over a coat rack that was just on the other side. Aleisa grunted as she hit the floor hard. After a moment she cleared her vision and looked around to see the room of her grandfather….in her uncle's house. Her eyes widened in alarm and she looked back at the door she had just come from…but it was gone. She stood up and lunged to the now solid wall, feeling for any edges that could reveal a door. It had just been there, why was it missing?! How was she supposed to get back? She slumped down the wall as realization hit her. Narnia was gone, the Pevensies were gone…..Peter was gone. She didn't even know where he lived back in this world. She didn't even know if he was alive. Aleisa swallowed thickly as a flood of emotions hit her all at one. Her head jerked up in slight alarm as the door swung open and her uncle walked in with a puzzled expression.

"Aleisa? What are you doing in here? Anything fun?" he asked. Aleisa looked at him curiously noticing the knowing look on his face. He couldn't possibly know about Narnia, could he?

"You have no idea." she told him with a slight laugh before wringing her hands distractedly. She was brought out of her thoughts as she felt the ring on her finger. She smiled down sadly at the only thing she had left of her life in Narnia.