Redemption: Chapter 2- A Task

Aslan walked forward, and looked at them. Both girls knelt on the ground and bowed their heads. Aslan spoke, and his warm breath strengthened their hearts. "Anna Cole, your heart has longed to be here for some time. But until this moment it was not your path. Are you glad?"

Anna's wide eyes looked up at him, she smiled broadly. "Oh Aslan, you know how glad I am to see you."

"Good," Aslan replied. Then he looked to Susan, and she looked up at him. "Why did you forsake me my child?"

"I was afraid of what others would say. I was a fool, I'm so sorry."

"You are forgiven, but you must pay a price for your disobedience."

"Losing my family wasn't enough," Susan questioned.

"That was the ending of their mortal paths. They are now in my country, where they'll stay forever. Someday it will be your turn to go there. Their passing was not part of your judgement."

"But if I would have believed, wouldn't I have been with them on that train?"

"Yes, but what could have been is not for anyone to know. Come with me, I have something I wish to show you."

Aslan walked towards a line of pools, and they followed. When he stopped, they looked down. Three pools lay before them, one was dry and no grass grew around it, another was damp as if it had just dried up, and the third was shallow as if it had just begun.

Susan knelt down and touched the damp pool. "This was Narnia."

Aslan laid his paw gently on her back and said, "Charn, Narnia, and Sidera, three separate worlds, yet your kind have been to all three. Nothing will ever be able to grow where a world once existed. Charn had nothing good in it when it was destroyed, so it dried up and not even the grass can grow on it. Narnia was corrupt when it fell, but not totally bad. Your cousin and his friend were able to help during that Last Great Battle of Narnia."

"I had hoped that it wouldn't be gone, yet somehow…"

"You were connected to that world Susan, and someday you will again see it in my country."

"I will," Susan said as she turned her tearful eyes to him. "When?"

"That is not for you to know my child."

"I'm sorry."

"It is ok to want something that is good. Now, before I give you the task you must complete, give me the ring box."

Anna placed the box into his large paw. He then placed it on the ground and dug a hole; he placed the box in the hole and buried it.

"How will we get home," Anna questioned, quite alarmed that the rings were gone.

"I will send you home when it is time."

"You said that other humans have entered this third world, are they part of our task?"

"You are still wise Susan. Yes, they are part of the reason you must go. I will not tell you all of your duty, because that is not my way. However, I will never be far from you when you are there. Now, stand before me, and we'll go."

Both girls were hesitant, but they stood in front of him obediently. He breathed upon them, first to give them courage, and then to transport them. Around them were swirls of color and light, and when the lights stopped, Anna and Susan looked around. It was night, and they were now in the center of a medieval looking town, in front of them was a magnificent castle. Aslan still stood near them, and the two put their hands into his mane as they walked to the castle.

TBC…

It'll take awhile for me to update each time, because right now I'm busy with school work, and I'm trying not to kill the story, so I want to be at least a chapter ahead of where you (my readers) are. Thank you all for your reviews, I loved them all! (I've noted ones where people had questions or something I could comment on)

Scullymulder- This story takes place one year after the book The Last Battle, in which Peter, Edmund, Lucy, their parents, Digory, Polly, Eustace, and Jill all die. We aren't told the fate of Susan, but I and many others like to think she was still alive.

Capegio- I know that there wasn't much detail in chapter one, but that was because I thought it would interrupt the stream of dialogue, I hope you like that I added more this time : ) I also know that many have written fics about Susan regretting what she had done, but that's because it's something everyone wants.

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