The Love of the Woods

By NarnianAslan

Summary: The prequel to Stuck in the Future. A girl falls into Narnia from 2005 and has adventures with the Kings and Queens of Narnia.

.: Author's .:. Note :. The prequel to Stuck in the Future. That pretty much explains this story.

Chapter Two

Narnia:

3 September

First Year of Peter the Magnificent

Lise had only been at Cair Paravel a month and was already being treated as if she was a lady of the court. On this particular evening, Lise was in the library (on the floor she shared with Edmund and Lucy), with Edmund and Lucy.

"School!" Edmund and Lise exclaimed.

"Yes, We need to learn 'court manners; or so Susan says. She thinks she's so proper because she and Peter are excluded from this torture."

"That's only because they're the oldest, therefore, they have all the matters of the court," Lise said.

"True. But Lu and I are just as royal as them," Edmund noted.

"But Peter's eighteen, and Su's seventeen. You and Lu are fifteen and sixteen. I'm fifteen too, so they'd naturally want to school us. Besides, Prince Corin of Archenland is going to be there too. It won't be too bad."

"Lise, court manners, dancing, and more do not sound like much fun," Edmund noted.

"Corin and I are the only ones that really need court manners," Lise pointed out.

"Not so true Liza," Lucy pointed out, using her nickname for her friend, "Ed and I need court manners as well."

"Besides, Corin's only ten," Edmund said.

"He might not be too bad. We were all ten once. When I was that age, I was somewhat mature. I read my (then) fifteen year old sister's magazines, but I played games one might play at that age."

"War?" Edmund guessed.

"I was seven when I played that, no, I played Narnia, which was really big in my class."

"You knew about Narnia then?" Lucy asked disbelievingly.

"Yeah. I believed it too."

"Why?" Edmund asked.

"I dunno. I just did. I always wanted to get away to here,"

"So what was your 'mature' part?" Lucy questioned.

"Well, I had a tenth grade reading level, and I knew fashion like a thirteen year old might. Needless to say I never followed it, I knew it though."

"Schooling is going to be horrible," Lucy said.

"Cheer up Lu," Edmund tried to comfort her.

"Yeah. It won't be too horrible. Hey, we might even only review what we already know."

"I suppose," started Lucy, "But it starts tomorrow after lunch."

"Then we must be ready," Edmund decided. "Lu, do you know anything we might learn?"

"Well, Master Tumnus taught Susan and I to dance in the Narnian style. It's quite different from waltzing, or the minuet. Would you like me to teach you? You'll have to dance with eachother, though."

Edmund and Lise looked at each other and shrugged.

"Sure," Edmund said, just as Lise said,

"No problem."

So, Lucy walked Edmund and Lise through the steps. In about an hour's time, they had pretty much gotten the hang of it.

Afterwards, they sat around talking.

"So, is it anything like you expected?" Lucy asked her brother and friend.

"No, not really. How about you Ed?" Lise asked her friend.

"Not anything close to what I expected. It's nothing like how we danced at our coronation."

"That was mostly the waltz, Ed."

"Was it?"

"Yeah."

"I learned how to waltz when I was eleven. I do it sometimes still, alone. But as far as I can guess, I'm pretty bad at it," Lise told them.

"I'm sure you're not so bad, Liza."

"Thanks, Lu, but I am."

"You were so good at that dance. Why not the waltz?" Edmund asked.

"Because I haven't had any official lessons. I had dance as a elective in school. That's how I learned."

"Okay, but you can't be as bad as you think. After all, you are your own worst critic."

"I guess you're right."

The rest of the evening was spent talking, and before anyone knew it, Peter had came down and told them it was time to go to sleep.

"Five more minutes, Peter. Please?" Lucy asked.

"No. I should have come down an hour ago."

"He's right Lu. Time to go to sleep."

"You too Ed."

"But Peter…"

"No buts. Bed."

"Night Ed, Night Lu, Night Peter," Lise said then went into her room. She could hear Lucy pleading and Edmund and Peter talking until she heard two sets of footsteps on either side of her room, and two doors closing. She could then hear Peter closing the library door, and going up to his room.

Lise then put on her pajamas and went to sleep in her large, four poster bed.

That night, Lise dreamt that she was dancing with Edmund at a ball.

Author's note: That was supposed to be short! Anyways, I'm working on the next chapter of 'You're the One' so it may not be up until Friday.

Pippa