Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Her Only Friend's
Chapter 5.
"LUCY LUCY! WAKE UP!" Susan exclaimed jumping on Lucy's bed.
"Su stop!" Lucy grumbled burying her head in her pillow.
"Come on sleepyhead. Paybacks not pretty. You used to do this to me all the time, and it was always worse on my birthday." Susan replied.
Lucy's eyes went wide and she sat up, nearly banging her forehead against Susan's. "You remembered?" she asked.
"Yes. Now come on. You have two people waiting for you downstairs, so get dressed." Susan replied patting her leg and practically dragging her out of bed. Lucy sighed and grabbed a skirt and blouse from her closet. Susan was still standing by her door.
"Leave if you want me to get dressed." Lucy said.
"Just making sure you weren't going back to bed." Susan said walking out and closing the door behind her.
Lucy rolled her eyes and got dressed before combing her hair and walking downstairs.
"Presenting her royal majesty Queen Lucy, The Valiant." Susan said.
Lucy rolled her eyes. "Susan, stop it." she said.
"Is that a blush I see?" Michael asked.
Lucy's face lit up. "Michael!" she exclaimed, running towards him and throwing her arms around his neck.
"What no greeting for me?" Daniel asked, walking towards her.
She smiled and hugged him too. "Thank you both for coming." she said.
"How could we miss out on coming over for your birthday?" Michael asked.
"Which reminds me, you may want to open our present first." Daniel said.
"You didn't have to get me anything." Lucy said.
"Well, technically it's not just for you. There's two, and ones for Susan." Michael said.
"It's not my birthday." Susan said.
"Oh well." Daniel said pulling out a bag.
Lucy took it and noticed it felt lite. She reached in and felt fabric. Figuring it was a shirt of some kind she sighed but pulled it out anyway, and stood stunned when she did. A silky navy blue dress was before her eyes, and it looked Narnian. She held it up to herself and gasped. "It's beautiful." she whispered, feeling tears in her eyes.
"Wait, you said there was one for me?" Susan asked, her eyes lighting up. Daniel nodded. She reached in the bag and stood in shock as she was starring at a silky dark green Narnian dress. She held it up to herself and twirled around. "Oh it's beautiful!" she exclaimed.
Lucy held hers close to herself and ran up the stairs. Susan smiled and ran up the stairs to her room. When they came back out, they looked like true Narnian queens again.
"Absolutely beautiful." Michael smiled, looking at Lucy. She smiled and blushed. "And since it is your majesty's 18th birthday, I wish to ask for the first dance." Michael said sticking his hand out.
"No music." Lucy said.
"Does music truly matter, my queen?" he asked.
She smiled. "I suppose not." she said, placing her hand on his. He smiled and pulled her closer.
Daniel cleared his throat and walked over to Susan. "Can't let them have all the fun, now can we?" he asked.
"No, we can't." Susan smiled placing her hand on his.
"Now, we have one more present for you." Daniel said after a while.
"Hmm?" Lucy mumbled, still in Michael's arms. She opened her eyes and glanced up at Daniel.
"We are going to tell you two.... why we know about Narnia." Daniel said.
This made both Susan and Lucy stand straight, looking every bit the queens they were. "Pray tell us, friends, how you know of our beloved country." Susan said. Lucy smiled a small smile that even Susan couldn't catch.
"It's a long story actually." Michael said.
"That matter's not." Lucy said. Michael was about to reply but shut his mouth again.
"Alright, but you may want to sit down." Daniel said "It all started a few years ago..."
"Come on, run!" a ten year old Daniel exclaimed. The young 7 year old behind him whimpered. Michael glanced up at the planes flying overhead and gripped onto his brother's arm. "Hurry, the house isn't but a few blocks away!" Daniel called frantically.
"I'm trying Dan. I can't!" Michael exclaimed.
"Yes you can, Mike. Hang on to me!" Daniel said, taking hold of his little brother's arm so he wouldn't let go.
But not seeing a crack in the pavement, Daniel tripped, bring Michael with him. He looked up. The planes were directly overhead now, bombs were going off, and he began fearing for their lives. He pulled Michael under him, trying to shield his baby brother's body with his own. He knew if a bomb his right on top of them, or within a few yards anyway, they would be killed, but at least debry wouldn't hit Michael. He looked up and could see a bomb coming right towards them. He closed his eyes tight, and gripped onto Michael, but the hit never came, and the sound of bombs hitting the ground, the screams of people without a way to get home, and the sounds of cars wrecking, disappeared. Daniel gulped and looked up. And he was shocked when he found himself in a forest.
"Hey Michael, you ok?" he asked.
"Yes... are we dead?" Michael asked looking around.
"I don't know Mikey." Daniel replied standing up.
"Is this heaven?" Michael asked.
"I don't know." Daniel replied, helping Michael stand.
"I don't think it is, because my knee still hurts from where I hit the ground." Michael said.
"And my arm still hurt's." Daniel agreed.
"What are we going to do?" Michael asked.
"I don't know." Daniel replied for the third time "But let's go look around."
"Is that a good idea?' Michael asked.
"What other choice do we have?" Daniel sighed. He grabbed Michael's hand so they wouldn't get split up, and started walking. Michael followed somewhat reluctantly.
"I want to go home." Michael said after a while.
"I don't think we can." Daniel said looking around.
"This doesn't look anything like England." Michael said...
"So you two... went to Narnia?" Susan asked.
"Yes, we did. And during the Golden Age." Daniel replied.
"Well, what happened next?" Lucy asked.
"A nice family took us in. Soon, we forgot all about England. But the day I turned 18, we came back." Daniel replied.
"So you came back before we did." Susan said.
"Yes. Narnia was still in peace when we left. We met you both once, but Aslan wiped it from your memory's, though I don't think he did from High King Peter's and King Edmund's. But there was no need since we didn't meet them." Michael said.
"Why did He do that?" Susan asked.
"I don't know. It's not our place to ask Him. Only to do what He says." Michael replied.
"Did you ever go back?" Lucy asked.
"Once just before the train wreck happened..." Daniel said, tears coming to his eyes.
"What happened?" Susan asked.
"This is going to be hard to hear for you both. Are you positive you wish to know?" Daniel asked.
"We're positive." Susan and Lucy replied in unison.
Daniel took a deep breathe. "The last time we went, there was a great battle. Everyone seemed to be against Narnia. Aslan was nowhere to be found." he said.
"When we got there, it was pretty much too late. Someone grabbed us from behind, and threw us in a stable. I landed on my face, and when I looked up, I was starring at King Edmund." Michael said.
"When Aslan showed up, it was only to bring Narnia to an end." Daniel said.
Lucy gasped. "Oh no! It can't be true!" she exclaimed.
"It is. But Aslan said not to mourn, for every world has it's end." Michael said, taking her hand.
"Aslan brought us back. He said it wasn't our time. When we got back, we found our family had died in the wreck. Michael walked off, and I guess that's when he ran into Lucy." Daniel finished.
Lucy was crying by now, and Susan acted as though she could.
Michael took Lucy out to the back yard, trying to calm her down. "We shouldn't have told you this on your birthday. I'm sorry." he said.
"No, I'm glad you did. I know something about you now." she said looking up at him.
He smiled. "Not that you didn't before. You knew my name." he said.
"That's all I knew. I didn't know where you came from. All I knew was that your family had died in the crash." she said.
"I know. And I'm sorry for keeping it from you for so long." he said looking away from her.
She pulled his face to meet her eyes. "You didn't know who I was yet." she said gently. Despite his best effort's, a tear rolled down his cheek. She pressed her forehead against his. "Everything's going to be ok." she said.
Their eyes met again. But before their lips could meet, Susan came outside. "LUCY! COME LOOK AT THIS!" she exclaimed excitedly.
Lucy glanced back up at Michael before running in after her. When she was standing beside Susan staring into the living room she gasped. "Oh dear Aslan." she muttered...
I know, I know, I know, cliffhanger. And I don't know how long it'll take to get the next chapter up. But it shouldn't take as long as it did to get this one up. At least I hope not. But it's the holidays. You guys can cut me some slack for that... right? Anyway, please review. The more the review's, the sooner the next chapter will be up!