Author's note: Hey, back with the long awaited chappie. This one is abit sad, and not my best in my opinion, but you guys be the judge. Disclaimer: I do not own any of these charatcers, I only own the plotline. But I do own Trevor and Flora. So, hope you guys enjoy it, please remember to reveiw. thanks so much!. Enjoy.
Susan hesitated for a moment, wondering if she should tell her little sister what was offered to her or just stay quiet. Of course, Susan didn't know herself what she had decided but taking one last sigh, her mind had finally decided on a course of action.Suddenly getting to her feet, Susan stood proudly before her sister before announcing,"Lucy, I have decided to leave for Archenland!", before going to her closet and getting out a suitcase, and placing it out onto her bed where she had sat.
Surprising both of them, Lucy and Trevor watched as Susan went about her room, collecting items she might need for the trip. "But Susan!" Lucy breathed, trying to make sense of it all. "What about your family?. And Narnia?" the little Pevensie breathed as she watched her sister fold and pack up some clothes. "Yourself, Edmund and Peter should be fine on your own, you don't need me for everything!" Susan retorted, going over to her vanity and picking out her hairbrush, mirror and make up and packing it in the suitcase.
"Besides Lucy, its only a little vacation, I'm not going away forever!" Susan countered, but nothing seemed to relieve her sister of this shock. As Susan continued to pack, Lucy looked towards Trevor for some help, but was surprised to see a devilish smirk on his face as he watched Susan move around the room. Lucy stared for a moment, thinking that he must have something to do with Susan's sudden wanting to leave. "Pack up, I shall meet you in the main hall in a few moments!" Trevor said, suddenly bursting Lucy from her thoughts.
Lucy watched as Trevor and Susan shared a smile before he walked out, leaving the sisters alone once more. Lucy eyed him suspiciously as he walked out of the room, suddenly not trusting him at all. Once the door shut behind him, Lucy fearfully turned once more to Susan, who was halfway through her packing now. "Oh, Susan!" Lucy cried, coming up to her sister's side, hoping resorting to begging would help any. "Please don't do this. Think of Aslan, or Narnia. Or Ed or me!" Lucy begged. "Just please don't go!". However the eldest sister did not seem the least bit convinced.
"I'm sorry Lucy, but my mind has been made up!" she said, before glancing down at Lucy, noticing the big, tearful brown eyes that stared back at her. Susan gave a sigh, knowing this was Lucy's way of begging for whatever she wanted. It usually worked on Peter and the rest of them, but not this time. "Lucy, with all that's just happened, I have just decided to take a little vacation, clear my mind!" she assured her sister. "I will only be gone a few days!" she said before returning to packing.
However, Lucy suddenly jumped before her and blocked her way to her suitcase as best as her little body could. "But who will play with me?." She suddenly questioned. "Who will I talk to when I'm bored?. Who will read to me at night?. Who will comfort me when I'm sad?. Susan, you're the only one who's best at all those things!" Lucy countered. Susan placed her hand firmly on her hips, but she had to smile at Lucy's attempt. It was true the sisters share a bond unlike Lucy and their brothers, but she wouldn't change her mind!.
"I know Lucy, it will be boring here without me. But like I said, I will only be gone a few days!" Susan stated as firmly as she could, picking Lucy up and placing her behind her, pushing her towards the door. Seeing Lucy pout and not wanting to move, Susan reassured her, "I'm not leaving because of you, I want to take this time to clear my mind of everything!", however Lucy didn't move. "Lu, I'll miss you so. Why don't you go play, and I'll call you when I'm ready to leave!" Susan said, hugging her little sister, and shoving her gently out the door, shutting it behind her.
It was this, that Lucy finally have out a humph and trying desperately to try and make Susan stay. 'She's making a big mistake!. She cannot leave!' Lucy thought. 'Trevor must be up to this!. Maybe Edmund and Peter were right not to trust him!' Lucy gave a sigh. She had pretty much given up, when she noticed out of the corner of her eye, that Peter's bedroom door was open slightly. Just faintly, she could hear the voices of her brothers and Aslan inside. That gave her an idea, and she hurried off down the hall towards Peter's room.
Meanwhile
"You did what?" Edmund shouted, suddenly getting to his feet upon hearing what had happened between his two elder siblings. "Well, she came onto me, its not like I wanted it, it just happened!" Peter explained, sitting on his bed as the brunette tended to his wounds and bruises. Edmund sitting, now standing, beside the bed, and Aslan near the foot of the bed. "And then the next thing I knew, Susan was standing in the doorway!" said Peter. "And so she started yelling at me!".
"Because she found you kissing Flora!" Edmund yelled, throwing his arms up in the air in frustration. "What did you think she was going to do, She pretend it was nothing and go on with your lives?" Edmund questioned. "Well, I didn't think she'd resort to violence, Ed!" Peter shot back, getting angry at his little brother, Aslan's patients warring thin for the two brothers. "Oh, you deserved what you got, you ass!" Edmund shot back, Peter was about to argue back when Aslan gave a loud roar. "Silence, Sons of Adam!" Aslan growled, both boys and the servant winced at Aslan's tone.
Aslan waited a moment, glancing between the two kings before beginning again. "It is true that what King Peter did was very tragic, but we can't sit here arguing with one another over it!" Aslan settled, sending a harsh glare of his eye to Peter, before turning to Edmund, and continuing. "Now, life in Cair Paravel will become difficult, and soon may spread to Narnia, if we do not find a way for Peter to make peace with Susan!" Aslan stated gently. Edmund and Peter thought about this for a moment. "Well, just apologizing won't help!" Peter started. "I've already tried that!" Peter finished, Aslan nodded.
"No, I doubt the gentle Queen will listen to words right now!" Aslan suggested. "Her heart is too clouded and troubled". "Yea, and besides, if we try that again we might end up dead!" Edmund butted in, Peter shot him a warning glance and was about to retort but Aslan stopped him once more. "This is not about the two of you fighting!" Aslan growled once more. "We need to make peace before it gets worse!" Aslan suggested. At that time, the four of them heard footsteps approaching, and suddenly Lucy burst through the door.She stopped once she saw the four of them looking at her surprised.
"Good lord, Lucy!. Don't you ever knock?" Edmund suddenly shouted, not even caring of Lucy's lack of breath. "We could have wanted some privacy you know?" Edmund finished, but Lucy quickly retorted. "No time for that!. Something has come up, and I desperately need your help!" Lucy suddenly announced, hoping her brothers and Aslan would listen better than Susan. At this, Peter, Edmund and Aslan suddenly became worried. "What is it, Lu?" Peter asked quickly, fearing the worse. Catching her breath a bit, Lucy continued. "It's Susan, she's suddenly decided to leave for Archenland!" Lucy suddenly blurted out.
Aslan, Peter and Edmund froze in disbelief. They knew Susan would be angry, but was she really that angry that she would suddenly decide to leave?. "Are you sure Lucy?" Edmund asked suddenly, breaking the uneasy silence that hung over them. "Yes, she's already half way through packing, and she says she's leaving with Trevor in a few minutes!" Lucy cried. Peter's shock was then turned to anger as Trevor was suddenly brought into the conversation. "I knew he was going to be a nuisance!" Edmund cried, and the three Pevensies begun to talk loudly among themselves.
Getting very irritated, Aslan gave a loud roar to silence them. Hearing the loud roar, the Pevensies stopped to look at the great lion sternly. "Now is not the time to be arguing when one of Narnia's queens are about to leave the castle!" Aslan growled. The Pevensies nodded in agreement. "We should be stopping her by any means necessary" Aslan ordered, gazing upon the three of them. "We must be quick, for she was about finished when I left the room" Lucy advised, seeing her two brothers and Aslan make for the door.
Turning on her heel quickly, Lucy hurried out of the room, followed by Edmund, both racing down the hallway. Aslan helped Peter to his feet, and both of them were out of the room as fast as they could. A few moments later, the Pevensies and Aslan gathered around Susan's door, surprised to see a large suitcase already placed outside her open door. From the hall, they could hear her bustling around the room, still gathering stuff as she hummed a little tune to herself. All were too frightened that the moment was actually happening to gaze into the room itself.
However, out walked Susan into the hallway, dressed in old clothes, she usually wore for being outdoors, instead of her usual green garb. She wore a blue t-shirt with a white-sleeved shirt attached underneath, with green leggings and brown boots. The Pevensies marveled at the commoner's garb she was in, surprised to see how this sudden decision affected her so. She placed the box that was under her arm, next to her suitcase when she noticed her family before her. She noticed their surprised expressions staring back at her."Oh, so you heard the news?" she questioned, half curiously, half playfully, knowing how they'd take it.
Being the first to regain his thoughts, Edmund replied, "Susan, what do you think your doing?" he asked rather angrily. Susan was a bit taken aback by this. "I've decided to go on a little vacation, seeing as the atmosphere here at Cair Paravel is not suitable for me right now!" she said, eyeing Peter from the corner of her eye. However, no reply was made, and she went back into her room to gather the rest of her things. "But Susan, I don't think it's wise—" Edmund started again, but coming out of her room, Susan held up a hand to stop him.
"It's no use, Ed!" she said, stopping him short, catching Lucy and Peter off guard. "Lucy already tried to convince me to stay!. I wish to take a little vacation is all" she assured them, once more gazing at Peter at the corner of her eye. Still, he held his shocked expression, and had barely changed since she started talking. Ignoring it, she once more went into her room, leaving her siblings to talk once more. "You see!" Lucy whined. "She won't listen to anything that we say!" she said, throwing her arms up in the air.
Edmund chewed his bottom lip in thought, there has to be someway to get her to stay!. However, seeing Peter remained in the same stance as before, he grew angry, knowing this was all his fault, yet he did nothing to stop her. "Peter, look what you have done!." Edmund yelled, coming over to his elder brother and shaking him fiercely. "By having an affair with Flora, Susan is so angry she wants to leave us!" he continued, watching as realization finally begun to settle into Peter's eyes as Edmund continued to shake him.
"Peter, you have to fix this, only you can fix this!" Edmund continued, finally breaking his elder brother out of his shock. "I know, this all happened because of me!" Peter growled, slapping his hands hard against the top of his head. How could he have been so stupid as to let that sly, yet revolting dryad let herself be all over him and then only to have Susan, the real love of his life, come in and see them, creating this whole mess. It reminded Peter of those old soaps that his mother used to watch when they were little, something scandalous like this always happened on those things.
Shaking himself from his thoughts, he slapped his hand against his forehead, no, this is not a soap on television, its real life, he thought to himself. Although, he was still partly in shock of the whole thing happening that by now, he'd basically try anything to stop Susan from leaving. And leaving with Trevor at that!. "But how am I to stop her, when she will listen to nothing that I say!" Peter said, frustrated. "I mean, she is the least person she wants to hear from right now!" Peter sighed sadly. Edmund and Lucy shared a glance at their frustrated brother, but wasn't it obvious of what he should do?
"Peter, why don't you try and apologize!" Lucy suggested. Peter glanced at her questionably. "Yes, Son of Adam" Aslan finally spoke up, all turning towards him. "It was you who caused this tragedy, and even though you are the last person Susan wishes to hear, you must try and apologize!" he advised, realization once more returning to Peter's face. "Aslan's right, at least let her know how sorry you are and everything before she leaves!" Edmund added, Peter watched as Lucy nodded behind him. "She may not want to listen to you, but at least she'll get a sense of where your coming from!" Edmund said, giving his brother a smile.
Peter nodded. Everyone was right, Susan did deserve an apology for hurting her so, and maybe even hear his side of the story, if that was possible. Taking a deep breath, Peter begun to march up to Susan's doorway, and was about to knock, before a voice suddenly stopped him in his tracks. "Susan, are you ready yet?" Trevor called, coming up to join the group gathered around Susan's doorway. He too wore common clothes, more suitable for the outdoors. Trevor wore a green t-shirt with a navy blue sweater draped over one arm, and blue jeans.
The Pevensies gave him all dirty looks, however, he ignored them, only giving a glare to Peter before realizing Susan had appeared once more before them. "Yes, finally I have everything!" she sighed happily, dropping her make up bag into the box next to the suitcase. Trevor and the Pevensies stared amazed at all the things Susan had lined at her door. A big suitcase, a medium sized box over filled with belongings. It made them all wonder what she had left in the room. With a smile, Trevor picked up his own suitcase and nodded to Susan. "Already, let's be off, then!" he said, before gesturing towards her own things. "Do you need help with those Susan?" he asked politely.
Everyone, including Susan was suddenly taken aback by Trevor's suggestion. Peter growled softly as he saw a slight blush appear on Susan's pale cheeks. "Oh, thank you kindly Trevor!" she said sweetly, feeling the heat rush to her face, making her siblings uneasy. "But, I will get my siblings to help me with them, thank you!" she said, gazing at each sibling in turn, turning to Peter last. "Besides, they owe me that at least!" she growled, before joining arms with Trevor and walking down the hallway. Lucy, Edmund and Peter groaned as they took up Susan's luggage.
Lucy had the over filled box, and Peter and Edmund took either side of her suitcase. Grunting and groaning with the weight, the Pevensies made their way down the hallway, dreading the long stairwell. "Thanks a lot, Peter!" Edmund growled as he and Peter tried to make it to the end of the hallway without dropping the suitcase, with much difficulty."Why didn't you just apologize like we said!" he groaned, earning a glare in return. "You were there, Ed!. Trevor suddenly showed up!" Peter complained, adjusting the suitcase in his arms.
"You still could have said something!" Edmund growled, both setting the suitcase down as they finally made it to the stairs. Giving one last sigh, the Pevensies once more picked up Susan's things and carefully made their way down the stairs. "It seems like ever since Trevor came to stay at Cair Paravel, Susan has been changing a lot!" Lucy suddenly said, seeing their sister now standing at the great oak doors, awaiting her luggage. "How would that be, Lu. She's been unconscious most of the time?" Edmund asked, curious as to where she was getting at.
Giving a groan and once more adjusting the box in her arms, Lucy continued, "I mean, ever since she found Peter with Flora, she's seemed to have taken, a more friendlier relationship with him" Lucy observed, careful to take it one step at a time, while keeping her attention on the two at the door when she could. At this, Edmund thought for a moment. "Yes, Lu. I believe your right!" Edmund agreed. "I knew that man was no good!. It will be good to get him out of here!" he growled, happy to be have reached the landing.
Although this, Peter had said nothing, thinking over his words of how to apologize to Susan before she leaves, no matter what she said. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Edmund lowered his side of the suitcase, and Lucy dropped Susan's box with a bang on the floor. "Took you long enough!" she growled, shooting Peter a glare out of the corner of her eyes. Lucy was not pleased by this," And she's gotten a lot snootier as well" Lucy whispered to Edmund as they noticed Susan's change of personality. Aslan suddenly came to join them, as Susan suddenly became very anxious, "Oh well, it is time for us to leave!" she said hurriedly.
Aslan gave her a nod as he watched her pick up her suitcase, Trevor picking up her box. "Farewell, Daughter of Eve" he called. "I wish you well on your journey and hope you to return soon" he finished, Susan came over and gave him a hug. Edmund and Lucy also gave her tearful goodbyes, in which she hugged and kissed them both. She got to her feet once more, turning to Peter. "Susan." Peter began slowly. "Susan, I—" , however he never got to finish for Susan suddenly turned away. "Alright, time for us to go!" she shouted, once more taking hold of her suitcase, and turning to the open doors.
The rest of the Pevensies followed as Trevor and Susan made their way to the doors, stopping before they hit the first step to wave one last time at the family. "Susan, wait—" Peter tried again, but once more she didn't listen and turned on her heel, heading down the grand stairs to the tow horses awaiting them, one with a small wagon for Susan's luggage. The Pevensies watched from the landing above as they got onto their individual horses. "At least they're not riding on the same horse!" Lucy said, sticking out her tongue, watching as Susan and Trevor snapped the reins to start their horses.
And there, at the top of Cair Paravel's steps, the Pevensies watched as their sister, and once gentle queen, rode off into the distance with the stranger they had just met. As the two shrunk against the dying sun, Edmund, Lucy and Aslan decided to head back into the castle. Peter was left alone there on the landing, the heart filled words still playing in his head, but as he watched his true love shrink into the distance, the words still unsaid, and her companion a stranger, he could help but feel his own heart die like the fading sun.
Author's note: Hope you enjoyed it. All of you have been really awsome, and I thank you. Please review, thanks.