Showing Their Worth

by 1monster2

This is a little drabble that I came up with a while ago, but just actually got on the computer recently. It's a just a drabble about each of the Pevensies, and why I think the gifts they received correspond with their royal subtitles (Magnificent, Gentle, Just, Valient). Tremendous thanks are due to my amazing beta, narniagirl11, who is my first ever beta, and is AWESOME! Enjoy!

2. Edmund

Hello, all! Sorry this new chapter has taken so long to come out…it took me a while to figure out what I was going to do with Edmund, since Edmund doesn't receive Gifts from Father Christmas like his siblings do, so….this took a while. Then I got all wrapped up in graduation stuff for my older brother, who's going to Belmont University in about two months to start college…and I'll be the oldest kid in the house. Scary…. Anyways, thanks to all of you lovely people who are reading this story for the first time, as well as people who have read it before and reviewed.. Enjoy! (before I forget, super thanks to my beta, narniagirl11! You rock!)

'"You have a traitor there, Aslan," said the Witch. Of course everyone present knew that she meant Edmund. But Edmund had got past thinking about himself after all he'd been through and after the talk he'd had that morning. He just went on looking at Aslan. It didn't seem to matter what the Witch said.' (LWW, not sure what page)

Just: guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness

The table and the wand show his Justness. The table shows his Justness because it shows his redemption. It shows that even though he committed the ultimate crime of betraying his siblings, the Great Lion loved him enough to sacrifice Himself for him. It also showcases his mercy, because he now grants mercy to others, having been granted it himself. Edmund didn't learn what happened at the Stone Table for a while-he only knew that Aslan had somehow protected him from an even greater punishment.

The wand also shows his Justness. The wand was carried by Her, the person who he betrayed his siblings to. When he destroyed it, he showed that he was changing. He wasn't going to be a stuck up prig anymore-he was going to grow in love for his country, his family, and for Aslan. The wand also shows that he was changing because he destroyed it to protect his brother. Yes, it helped immensely that the Narnians weren't getting turned into stone, but Edmund only went after Her when he saw that she was going after Peter. He couldn't let his brother be turned to stone for something he did-he knew he had to take care of it himself.