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Silence filled the room after Jewel slapped Edmund. Lucy and Peter were shocked, and a little scared, no one knew precisely where she came from before the royal four found her in the forest near the lamppost, but they did know that she had a very fierce temper. Conan was confused but he could see the girl's point, she had been trapped for Aslan knows how many years, believing that her husband and family were dead, and now she finds that they had been living a perfectly nice life, she's entitled to be a little upset. Edmund's reaction was, repressed, was the only word for it, his hand flew to cover his reddening cheek; his eyes grew stonier as he glared at his obviously angry wife.

"Peter, Lucy, Conan, could you leave us alone for a while please."

It wasn't a question, recognizing that Peter herded the other two out of the bedroom, it was while he was closing the door that he remembered just what it was that made the marriage between Edmund and Jewel so interesting. Edmund's temper was just as fierce as hers, and although they complimented each other perfectly when they were working together, it also made their fights truly horrendous.

In the stifling quiet after the three observers had left husband and wife stared at each other, each wanting their opposite to make the first move. Finally Edmund decided to go first and see if he could control the conversation.

"What is the matter with you? It's not my fault, I thought you were dead."

"Centuries Edmund, at first I tried so hard to get though to you but I couldn't, I screamed for you and Aslan but no one ever came. Then I came for here, and I was a serving girl again, I thought that if I didn't age at Cair Paravel and in the heart of Narnia then I might here on the outskirts, where it's not really a part of Narnia. But I didn't, and they caught me and trapped me, and I was all alone, I was scared and I wanted my husband or my family or Aslan, but no one came, for centuries no one came!"

Her voice had risen to a screech as she spoke, and as she finished she collapsed back against the pillow, but she somehow managed to make it look as though she was just angry, not still exhausted.

"Don't you think I would have come if I could? You were my wife Jewel; you are my wife, if I thought there was any chance you were alive I would have moved heaven and earth to find you. But Aslan never even mentioned that you were alive, we've been here twice since we went back through the wardrobe and he never even mentioned it."

He was trying not to shout, but his voice did fluctuate between anger and sadness.

"Why would he leave me here?"

Jewel had been silent for minutes after he had spoken, and her question was said so quietly he almost didn't hear it.

"He didn't mean to sweetie."

Sighing he reached out and clambered onto the bed beside her, wrapping her in his arms.

"When he realised that you had been affected in the same way that we were when we went back through the wardrobe he thought you'd just live another life, just start over again from that age. Then he had to go away to deal with another of his worlds, he never came back until the second time we were here, when Caspian ascended the throne, and he felt something like you here, but he didn't check it out. The third time were here he found you, but that was six months ago, why he didn't bring us here to help you before now I don't know. But I'm here baby, I'm here and I'm not going to leave you alone again, you're never leaving my sight again."

Ignoring her weak struggles he pressed his face against the crook of her neck, feathering little kisses along her neck. Ignoring feeble protests about him having a cold nose, he only raised his head again when she hunched her shoulders, forcing him to look at her. For a few seconds they stared at each other before dissolving into laughter, they always did that at the end of a fight, it was as though the shouting didn't mean anything.

They lay in comfortable silence for a while before Edmund brought up the subject of wha they were going to do now.

"Get Narnia back of course."

The way she said it nearly made him fall off the bed.

"Excuse me!"

"What? You've done it before the first time you were here, when you defeated the White Witch. I may not have been in Narnia proper, but I have heard the stories, Frewen is jus as bad as she was, he's even worse that Miraz was, and you wouldn't believe some of the stories I heard about him. And do you want to know how I know it's so bad, Hanak supports him, he's the so-called Lord of Raven's Peak, and anything he thinks is good, you have to know is bad.

Besides you're the Kings and Queens of the golden age, if you can't save Narnia again, who can."

She made it sound so simple, as though it was just a walk in the park. But it was useless to argue with her, he could never win, no matter how often it happened.

"Good, you're not going to argue, now why don't you call the others in and we'll get started."

He opened his mouth a few times as though he was a fish, what was it with people planning expeditions with absolutely no plan at the moment. Shaking his head he got up reluctantly and threw the door open inviting the other three in. Ignoring the strange looks he received from the doctor and his wife, the strong, although panicked young man was no shaking his head as though he was exasperated with an apocalypse, or something like that.

Inside the room Peter had exploded, Lucy was giggling, and Conan was bemused, Edmund was resigned and Jewel was surprisingly calm.

"Peter why aren't you accepting this, you are High King of Narnia, your country is being systematically destroyed, all the magical creatures are being forced back into hiding, and Narnian people are being crushed underfoot. All four of you used to say that Narnia and its people always came first, so do something about it."

Her arms were waving around in the air and she looked slightly ridiculous, not like the collected Queen they had once known, but she was right. They had saved Narnia from the White Witch and Miraz, they could save her from Frewen as well, besides they had Jewel with them this time, nothing could stop them with her on their side, if she was working against them it would have been a completely different story.

"We'll need to go to Cair Paravel first, Conan says that it isn't being used anymore but our old things should still be there."

Peter was already taking charge, asking Conan if he would travel with them to advise them on the current situation. Lucy and Edmund joined in at various points with questions about travel arrangements. Meanwhile Jewel was looking around, mouthing numbers and biting her bottom lip.

"Hey" she interrupted "where's Susan?"

HottStuffMelv: thanks for reviewing again, and Jewel did know it wasn't his fault but she's been abandoned for centuries, and she's got a temper. I always figured that they would have had to be close to some people while they were in Narnia and at least one would have got married, and Edmund's always been my favourite character so I made it him. I hope you like this chapter

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