The next morning
Lucy lay snuggled up underneath her covers as she slept soundly, with Susan sleeping soundly in the bed next to her. Lucy looked a little silly with the amused grin on her face as she slept, but that was because she hadn't been able to stop thinking about the previous evening's events. It made her feel good that Jaina loved her Christmas present and more importantly, that Jaina loved her as a sister.
Unfortunately, Lucy was jerked out of her happy thoughts and comfortable sleep by a small metallic knock on the door of her room.
"My ladies, it is time to wake up for breakfast now." a familiar voice called out.
Both Pevensie sisters sleepily shuffled their way to the door and it slowly opened to reveal C-3PO standing right outside of their room with R2-D2 next to him.
"Morning, sir." Susan said sleepily.
"Good morning, Queen Susan and Queen Lucy. I will suggest that you get dressed before joining the rest of us for breakfast." C-3PO said.
"We will do that, sir." Susan replied.
As she and Lucy quietly shuffled back into their room and closed the door, they could hear R2-D2 beep loudly at C-3PO and the protocol droid responded with "I am only trying to be helpful, maybe you could learn a lesson from that."
"I really wonder how Jaina manages to deal with them." Susan said as she slipped her nightgown off and began to put on her dress.
"I don't know either, but I still think they're funny." Lucy replied from the closet, where she was changing into her dress to give both her and Susan some privacy.
Once both girls were dressed and they made sure their appearance in general was acceptable, they left their rooms to find their way to the dining area. They were soon greeted by Peter, Edmund, Mr. Tumnus, and the beavers in the hallway.
"Good morning, my ladies. Did you sleep well?" Mr. Tumnus asked.
"Yes we did, Mr. Tumnus. Thank you for asking." Lucy said.
"We slept quite well ourselves, dearies." Mrs. Beaver said.
"That we did, love. That we did." Mr. Beaver replied.
Susan and Lucy smiled at their friends, and then turned their attention to their brothers. Peter was also smiling from a good night's sleep, but Edmund looked grumpy as he usually did whenever he woke up.
"What's the matter with you, Ed?" Lucy asked.
"Well Lu, let's just say Ed here didn't take too well to the wake up call everyone received." Peter said.
"You wouldn't either if that thing they call a protocol droid awakened you from a deep sleep by shouting like that." Edmund snapped.
"Ed, might I remind you that we are guests here and that "thing they call a protocol droid" is being very courteous to us. So please try to show some respect." Susan said.
"Yes, MUM." Edmund grumbled.
Everyone decided to just ignore Edmund as they were escorted by C-3PO to the dining hall, hoping his mood would eventually improve once they had eaten breakfast. They felt a little strange as they passed by other Padawan learners that were on their way to the main dining hall and noticed that they were staring at the Narnians.
"Why are they staring at us?" Susan asked.
"Maybe they think you look funny." Lucy replied, earning smirks from the others in the group.
"Lu, why do you always say that about Susan?" Peter asked.
"Because it's true." Lucy replied.
Susan laughed as she wrapped an arm around her sister's shoulder. She did admire Lucy's sense of humor, even if it was at her own expense.
"Our Padawans are simply unaccustomed to visitors, my lady." C-3PO said.
"Oh, I see." Suasn responded.
"Well, here we are. I hope you have a wonderful morning meal." C-3PO said once the group arrived at the entrance to the dining hall.
"Thank you very much, sir." Peter said.
"It is my pleasure, sire." C-3PO said and scurried away.
The group made their way into the private dining area, which happened to be an area reserved only for the Jedi Master of the temple (in this case, Luke) and his family. They felt quite honored to be allowed to eat in here with him and his family, especially since his nephews and niece were their best friends.
"I wonder what we'll have today." Mr. Tumnus asked.
"It better be something good or—" Edmund started to say but cut himself off.
He was staring at the food that was sitting on the table, as was everyone else in the group. Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin, who had apparently arrived there long before they did, were standing with smirks on their faces. Leia and Luke were sitting at the end of the table with huge smiles on their faces as well.
"Is that—?" Lucy started to ask before being cut off by a shriek of delight from Edmund.
"Narnian toast?" Edmund exclaimed happily.
"Well, we think so. According to the kids, it's pretty close to the real thing." Leia replied.
Edmund was so happy at seeing his favorite breakfast food. He immediately ran over to the table and snatched a piece of toast up from the plate, happily shoving it into his mouth.
"It is Narnian toast!" he shrieked.
His siblings simply groaned at him and Lucy responded with "Edmund, where are your manners?"
"They're on holiday, Lucy. Like us." Edmund said.
Everyone just sighed as they settled down at the table and took their own pieces of toast from the plate. As they munched away on their breakfast, they realized that Edmund was right. What they were eating tasted almost exactly like Narnian toast and they were very curious as to how their friends were able to make it for them.
"How in blazes did you know about this?" Mr. Beaver asked.
The Solo children were desperately trying to hide their snickers at the surprise they had planned for their friends. Susan happened to glance over at Anakin who had the biggest smirk out of all three of them on his face. A light finally went off in her head when she realized what he had been up to the previous night.
"So this is what you were plotting last night, wasn't it?" Susan asked Anakin.
"Me plotting? I have no idea what you're talking about, your highness." Anakin responded while desperately trying not to laugh.
Susan just laughed back at him as she continued to eat. She couldn't believe that the Solos actually went out of their way to make something familiar to her and the other Narnians for breakfast. The others in the group were just as surprised and grateful as she was.
"This is quite delightful. Thank you so very much." Mr. Tumnus said.
"Oh, it's no problem. We only felt that it was right to make you something that reminded you of home." Jaina said.
As everyone finished eating their breakfast, Luke stood up as if he had something important to tell them. Everyone turned to look at Luke to hear what he had to say.
"I forgot to mention this to our guests last night: I'm going to need a blood sample from each and every one of you." Luke said.
"A what?" Mr. Beaver asked in surprise.
"Why would you want that, sir?" Peter asked.
"Well, King Peter, we need to do this to make sure you haven't contracted an infection." Luke replied.
"Ewwww, I hate needles!" Lucy moaned as she cringed in her chair.
"Don't worry, little one. We don't use needles." Luke said.
"What do you use, sir?" Lucy asked.
Luke quietly pulled a small device from his robe and motioned for Jaina to roll up her sleeve. Jaina did so and sat calmly in her chair as Luke ejected a small test strip from the device and pressed it against her arm.
"See, Lu? It's nothing." Jaina said.
Luke nodded in agreement and motioned to the Narnians to follow him out of the room. Once they were gone, the Solo kids looked at their mother in confusion.
"I don't think he really wants their blood sample to test for infections." Jacen said.
"I don't know why he wants it either, hun." Leia replied.
Later on in the day
"Why did you do a midichlorian count on them?" Leia asked Luke.
"I wanted to see if they were potential Jedi candidates." Luke replied.
"What were the results?" Leia asked curiously.
"Well, they all have normal levels. Not good candidates to be Jedis, I'm afraid." Luke said.
"At least you tried." Leia said, patting her brother on the shoulder.
Luke smiled at his sister's encouragement. Suddenly, he stiffened up while they were walking and immediately closed his eyes. Leia watched in confusion as her brother seemed to be in deep thought on something, then opened up his eyes again.
"Luke, are you okay?" she asked.
"I sensed a disturbance in the Force." Luke simply said.
"Do you know what it is?" Leia asked.
"I'm not quite sure. I'll have to consult with the masters on this one." Luke replied.
Luke promptly turned around and headed down the hall towards the meditation room, ready to concentrate on what the masters had to tell him.
