DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything related to The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis.

Author's Note: Hi, my name is Cloey van Zyl and this was the first fanfiction I ever wrote (started in Oct 2012). I only recently finished it- much to my delight. Basically, I was watching LWW the one day and a thought struck me during the scene where Lucy, Susan and Peter first arrive at Aslan's camp: what would it be like for the Narnians to see these four children come there and become their kings and queens? The story and character of Mitha (as in "Meetha") sort of developed from there. As it says in the summary, Mitha is a so-called 'water nymph', this is a creature that I kind of made up, but not really because Lewis does talk about 'Well-women' or 'Naiad' and I just renamed them water nymphs and came up with a history and certain traditions for them as well as characteristics. I know that there are a million and one CON fanfics that are from OCs-that-suddenly-arrive-in-Narnia's POV but I think that this is a bit different from those since this is simply the story of Narnia and events that take place in the books from a Narnian's POV. I have always had a special place in my heart for CON and so I tried to keep as close to the details of the books as possible while describing various events from Mitha's POV. Without further ado (and I'm sorry for the horrendously long A/N!) , I give you Mitha! Hope you enjoy!

PART 1

Chapter 1

Over a hundred years ago, a terrible witch took over this beautiful land. She was cold and spiteful and as she grew more powerful, the land became colder. She gathered her followers and killed anyone who defiled her, mercilessly. All humans were slaughtered and she took the throne and declared herself Jadis, Queen of Narnia and Empress of The Lone Islands. She built herself her palace of ice and always kept her wand- which she used to turn her enemies to stone with- by her side. At first, most of us Narnians disobeyed her harsh rule and hoped Aslan would come and save us. But as time drew on and no one came, we began to lose hope and stopped fighting against the witch's power. We sank into submission and put up with the bitter cold without further retaliation, for fear of death or being turned to stone. For a hundred years we suffered under Jadis's cruel reign. Just like the bitterness of the extreme, never-ending cold, we Narnians became bitter and depressed. But some of us never gave up. The brave ones spoke almost openly about the unforgotten prophecy:

When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone

Sit at Cair Paravel in throne

The evil time will be over and done.

And would often repeat the well-known rhyme:

Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,

At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,

When he bares his teeth, Winter meets it's death,

And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.

With these words of hope, we went on through the endless winter and waited for Aslan to come. Then, rumours started springing up about Aslan being in Narnia again and about sons of Adam and daughters of Eve coming to save us. Jadis became nervous, winter lost it's grip on the land. Before any of us Narnians knew it, Jadis was dead. Aslan and four human children had rescued us from the witch. The hundred years of winter and the reign of the evil queen were over.

I am a water nymph (also known as a well-woman or Naiad). My name is Mitha and I lived the first part of my life near the ocean right by the Palace of the four thrones, Cair Paravel. My mother and father, my many sisters and I lived on the beach, and I grew up with Cair Paravel always looming above, built high on the cliffs next to the ocean. Water nymphs are almost always female. There are few male water nymphs and I only ever had sisters. Sometimes, a male water nymph would come and take one of my sisters away to marry her. Water nymphs always have many children and so our families are always big ones, filled with many sisters. If a family has a son, then they are considered very lucky and are looked up to by the other families.

Water nymphs don't age like humans do. We live to be at least three hundred years old though sometimes we even live for four hundred years before we die. We also never age. When we are born, we look like human babies, mature much like humans do and by the time we are fifty years old, we have reached maturity. From then on until we die, we do not age physically at all. Compared to humans, we look like we have lived no more than twenty years. When we die, we look no older. To the untrained eye, water nymphs look exactly like humans. We don't have tails like mermaids or gills like fish, we have two upright legs, two arms and are built exactly like humans, but there are differences. Water nymphs are, on average, short and petite. Males are often shorter than human men, and females never grow taller than a short human woman. We are excellent swimmers and could beat any human in a race. We also can hold our breath underwater for much longer than a human. All water nymphs naturally have beautiful singing voices, have a love for music and are passionate about water. Although we don't live in the water, we have to stay close to it. It is our "life source". We get our strength from the water, we have to go into the water at least once a day, or we feel weak, and sick. We would never survive in a desert or through a drought. If we don't have water, we don't have life. Simple as that. As water nymphs, it is our job to look after all water, to keep it clean, and make sure that it doesn't run out. We look after the rivers and the oceans. Our whole lives are based around the water, we drink it, we swim in it, we live nearby it, we look after it. Although now many of us wear dresses and clothes made of ordinary cloth, like humans do, some of us make our clothes out of grass that grows by the rivers. Our houses our built of things like drift wood from the beaches, with thatched roofs from reeds that grows along the river bank. There are myths that say that years ago, before the White Witch took over Narnia, water nymphs, much wilder than us now, and humans mated and that we have some human blood in us and that is why we are so similar to humans in many ways. When Jadis came to power though, no one spoke of that myth, in case she kiledl us just to be sure. On a few occasions, some of us were mistaken for humans and killed. The rest of us made sure to act as unhuman as possible and many of us went into hiding. When the winter came, all of our beautiful rivers froze up and so there was a mass exodus to the ocean, which didn't freeze up. The water nymphs were forced to stay near the beaches because we had to be close to the ocean. There were a few civil wars for land between us. Normally, we are spread out along all of Narnia's rivers, oceans and lakes but because everything was frozen and we had to move to the sea, we ended up all vying for the same beaches, which weren't big enough for all of us. Big and powerful families fought amongst one another and while smaller families didn't have any space at all, some families got greedy and took up too much space.

When the winter came to an end, peace ensued and everyone was relieved it was over.

I was born during the long, cold winter of Jadis's reign and so I never saw what Narnia was like in the spring until Aslan and the four children came. Often, in the bitterly cold evenings, while my sisters and I sat on the beach, my father and mother would sing to us. They would sing of Narnia during spring when they lived on the river that flowed into the ocean. I had seen the river, it was not far from Cair Paravel and it's mouth was near to where we had our home. It was frozen though, and a bitter sight. My parents sang of how they swam in the river and the water was always warm, and the grass was green and soft. There were flowers of all colour and everyone was joyful. They made happy music, music that I had not heard. During the long winter, the water nymphs' music and songs were almost always sad, lamenting the many hardships. My parents also sang about the great Lion, Aslan. How good and strong he was. How he used to come and travel around Narnia and talk to everyone who wanted to listen. As I grew up and listened to my parents' songs, I always wished I could see Narnia in the spring. I wished I could meet Aslan and see the river and the flowers.

My sister were all older than me and almost all of them could remember Narnia before Jadis had come to power. I longed to have the memories of Narnia in that time.

When Aslan did come back to Narnia and the four children defeated the White Witch, I had lived for forty three years. After the battle, Aslan himself came with the army, including the four children, to Cair Paravel. It was then that my family moved back to the banks of the river. It was the first time I had ever seen the river flowing. The grass was as green and soft as my parents had sang about in their songs. The flowers were beautiful and I immediately fell in love with the river and it's warm, clear water. Narnia was beautiful and while I couldn't get enough of looking at the nature and exploring the river, my parents and sisters cried for joy at the return of their beautiful home, Narnia, in the spring.

Two large centaurs had galloped ahead of Aslan's army to tell everyone of the great defeat of Jadis. They told us all that the rest of the army and Aslan and the four humans were coming to Cair Paravel. Everyone planned to be there to greet them and I grew more and more excited at the prospect of seeing the great Lion and our saviours with my own eyes.

A/N: So? Hope you enjoyed and will keep reading. A review if you have time would make me extremely happy! -Cloey