Disclaimer: *sighs* I own nothing. But if I owned Edmund I'd be the HAPPIEST girl in the world. That would be a nice birthday present...

Authoress's Note: This may be a confusing chapter... I'm sorry to say. But it should make sense at the end.

Her Only Friend's

Chapter 6

"Peter!" Lucy cried.

"Hi Lulu." Peter replied with a smile.

"Are you a... ghost?" Susan asked.

"Do I look like one?" Peter asked.

"Well... no... but aren't you..." but Susan broke off and looked down.

"Dead? Technically and logically yes..." this earned him a glare from Susan and a giggle from Lucy "but Aslan decided technicality could be bent for one day."

Lucy walked forward cautiously, afraid one wrong move would make Peter go away.

"Hey Peter, where did..."

"BOO!" Edmund exclaimed jumping behind Susan making her scream. She whiped around and smacked him.

"YOU LITTLE TWERP!" she exclaimed.

He smirked. "Awe Su, we have one day here and your calling me a twerp?" Edmund smirked. She glared at him. Lucy was glancing between Peter and Edmund in complete confusion. Susan was trying to decide whether to hug Edmund so hard he'd beg her to let him go, or slap him silly. Lucy was still trying to decide whether this was all a dream.

"Lucy, hello?" Peter said waving his hand in front of Lucy's face.

She backed up. She was afraid to touch him. She was afraid to do anything.

Susan looked over at her. "Lucy, their real, their here. If only for a day, their here." she said.

Knowing Lucy wasn't going to move any, Peter took her hands and looked her in the eyes. "We're here Lucy." he said gently.

Tears came to her eyes. "Your here!" she exclaimed throwing her arms around his neck "Your really here!"

"Susan! Put me down!" Edmund exclaimed.

Peter and Lucy looked over to see Susan hugging Edmund so tight she literally had him off the ground. "I can't believe you guys are acctually here!" Lucy exclaimed hugging Peter tight, once more.

"Yes Lucy, we're here." he replied.

He let her go and she tripped backwards. She fell into a table, nocking the vace over. To her surprise though, it didn't hurt...

Lucy startled awake.

"Morning Luce." Susan said from the end of the bed.

"Wha... what?" Lucy stuttered.

"I said 'morning'." Susan said with a smile.

"When was my birthday?" Lucy asked.

"Yesterday, silly. Remember. Michael and Daniel came over." Susan replied.

"And Peter and Ed showed up." Lucy said.

Susan made a face. "No they didn't." she said.

"But they were here! I know they were!" Lucy said standing up.

"Lucy, calm down. They weren't here." Susan said gently.

"But they were!" Lucy screamed running down the stairs.

"Lucy!" Susan called running after her. Lucy searched through the house, but found nothing out of the ordinary. "Lucy!" Susan exclaimed, finally catching her little sister.

"They were here!" Lucy sobbed.

"Lucy, it was a dream." Susan said gently.

"A dream?" Lucy asked. Susan nodded her head. "But it was so real. They were here! And you called Edmund a twerp!" Lucy exclaimed.

"I haven't called him a twerp in years." Susan said.

"But you did! He snuck up on you! And they were here! They were!" Lucy exclaimed.

"No they weren't, it was a dream." Susan said.

"A dream..." Lucy repeated.

"I'm sorry to say it, but yes." Susan replied. A look of anger came over Lucy's face. She shoved Susan away and walked out, slamming the door behind her. "Oh Lucy." Susan sighed.

"Hey, Ed. Wha... why are you pale?" Peter asked.

"Lucy." Edmund replied, still looking at the mirror.

"What?" Peter asked confused and concerned.

"Apparently she had a dream we were there for her birthday. And she woke up and realized it was a dream." Edmund replied.

"Oh no." Peter sighed, closing his eyes.

"Susan can't get anywhere with her. Lucy's really upset." Edmund sighed.

"It is the White Witch's doing." Aslan said walking towards them, a look of sorrow on His face.

"What?" Edmund gasped.

"The witch infiltrated her dream's. And she did the worst thing she could have possibly done... made Lucy think it was real." Aslan replied.

"That is the worst possible thing she could have done." Edmund sighed.

"Your sister has a delicate spirit right now. It won't take much to send her into depression. Much like Susan did after your last visit." Aslan said glancing at Peter.

"Oh, she wouldn't forget about Narnia, would she?!" Edmund exclaimed.

"No. She wouldn't forget. But their are other thing's she could turn to." Aslan replied.

Peter sighed and rubbed his temple. "Is there nothing we can do?" he asked.

"There is one thing you can do. I can take you back. You will only have a bit of time, but in that time you might be able to convince your sister away from anything that might hurt her." Aslan replied.

"Then send us. We will try." Peter said. Aslan breathed on the two. "Make it swift. And good luck. And understand it may take much convincing." He said before they dissapeared.

Lucy ran as fast as her leg's would take her down the street. Her anger had subsided into sorrow and tears were now streaming freely down her face. And trying to get away from the people on the street that would send her concerned glances, she ran down an alley. When she came to the back of it, she fell to her knee's, completely breaking down. After a while, the tears subsided, turning her into an emotionless wreck. She found herself no longer able to cry, no longer able to feel angry, no longer able to care. She ignored it when she heard someone walking up behind her. She figured if it was someone meaning harm, why struggle.

"Lucy?" she heard a familiar voice ask.

Her eyes went wide and she whiped around, only to come face to face with Edmund. Peter wasn't too far behind him.

"Ed?" Lucy gasped.

"It's me Lucy." he confirmed.

She was speechless. Here were her brother's standing in front of her, one bending down beside her, both with worry in their eyes. Finally Lucy lost it. "NO!" she screamed, making Edmund back away "Your not here!"

"Yes we are." Edmund said.

"No your not! This is just a dream! Like last time! Your just a dream!" she screamed.

"Lucy, we're here. We swear. We're here." Peter insisted.

"NO YOUR NOT!" she screamed slamming her hands over her ears.

"Alright, desperate time's call for desperate measure's." Edmund muttered walking toward her once more. He pryed her hands from her ears and looked her in the eyes. "Alright Lu, tell me one thing, did you feel any pain in the dream?" he asked.

"No." she replied, recalling the vase incident.

"Then I'm sorry I have to do this, but my moral's can be broken for just this once." he said before slapping her across the face. Peter's mouth dropped. She rubbed her cheek and looked up at Edmund, a flash of anger in her eyes. Peter backed up.

"Why you little..." but Lucy broke off, tackling Edmund to the ground. He yelped and dodged a punch.

"There's our Lucy." Peter smiled.

"So your really here? It's not a dream? I'm not going to wake up and you'll suddenly dissapear?" she asked.

"No, but we do have to go back." Edmund replied sadly.

"I should have figured as such." Lucy sighed.

"But it's not forever. You will join us someday. It's impossible for someone to live forever." Peter said.

"I hope I don't live that long then." Lucy said.

"But promise us you won't finish your life by your own hand." Edmund said.

"I promise." Lucy said.

"Good." Peter said.

"So I guess this means you have to go back now." Lucy sighed.

"Yes, but at least we get to say goodbye this time." Peter said hugging her tight.

"Don't forget my good-bye." Edmund said opening his arms to her.

She wrapped her arms around his waist, hugging him tightly.

"And the first thing I want from you, little missie" he tapped her nose "when you get to Aslan's country, is a wrestling match."

"Your on." she smiled.

"This should be good." Peter smirked.

"And I'm sure Susan will be thrilled!" Edmund laughed.

"Oh yes, so very thrilled. Concidering the last time we did wrestle she nearly had a heart attack." Lucy giggled.

"I think it was more the way he had you pinned down. And the fact she walked in at the wrong time didn't help." Peter said.

"Oh yeah, now I remember." Edmund said.

"I know she went deathly pale, then red as could be, and looked like she could bite Edmund's head off." Lucy laughed.

"I didn't mean to stradle you, that's just the way I landed!" Edmund said.

Peter snorted. "We knew that, but Susan didn't... at the time." he said.

But all laughter subsided a moment later. Peter and Edmund enveloped Lucy in a tight hug. And a moment after that, they were gone.

So, you've probably figured that the last chapter and the first part of this chapter were only a dream. Well, acctually, part of the last chapter wasn't a dream, but the ending was. So please review!