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August 1947

Lucy was sitting in a room around a round table with her two brothers and the rest of the friends of Narnia as they called themselves. It was good to be able to meet up with everyone. They had all been chatting about the old times and their times in Narnia, exchanging stories and the like. It had all been the professor's idea:

FLASHBACK

Peter slit the letter open very slowly, knowing that Lucy was about to burst with curiosity as to what it was about. It was fortunate that Susan wasn't there as the letter had been addressed to all of them and she always insisted on opening those letters. It was fortunate because once peter had opened it, he discovered that it was from the professor. In fact it was an invitation to meet himself and other people who knew about Narnia for dinner a couple of weeks from then. He conveyed the information to the other two and they immediately started talking about it and being generally very excited. Until Peter remembered, the letter had been addressed to Susan as well.

"We have to tell her about it, even if she laughs or tells us to get lost. It's only fair. And she usually likes invitations," Peter said.

"She'll never agree to come. Not once she knows it's about Narnia. She's just getting worse and worse. I think she's genuinely convinced herself that it's not real," Lucy commented. It hurt her that her big sister was more interested in boys and make up than her and her siblings.

"We could just tell her it's a dinner party and not mention the whole Narnia thing…" Edmund said with a small grin creeping into his face. Lucy looked genuinely shocked. "Edmund! That's very dishonest!"

"He may have a point there…"

"Peter! You used to put a lot of emphasis on honesty and such like when we were in Narnia." Lucy knew exactly how to get her brother to do what she liked.

"Fine, we'll pull lots to see who has to tell her."

"Or you could just do it, seeing as you're the oldest," Edmund suggested.

"Or Lu could mention it, seeing as she's a girl," Peter argued

"Ed was always the best when it came to negotiating. He should do it," Lucy pouted.

"Looks like it'll be lots then." Peter went and got 3 straws and cut one in half and held them out. Lucy, as youngest took hers first, then Edmund, then Peter himself.

"Noooooooo," he cried as he held out the shortest straw, "who's stupid idea was it to pull lots?"

"YOURS!" Lucy and Edmund laughed. Peter groaned.

"Su?" Peter knocked gently on Susan's bedroom door. The younger siblings were close enough to hear what was going on but far enough away to not be involved in the argument that was bound to erupt. They heard Susan open the door and explain that she was just about to go out, but he could come in and talk to her for a while. She closed the door and Lucy and Edmund crept and listened at the keyhole.

"Erm, I need to talk to you about something…" Peter started.

"No offence meant, but that was a bit obvious."

"Well, basically, we got a letter from the professor today. We opened it earlier and thought we should tell you seeing as your name was on the envelope too…"

"We?" Susan questioned, and Peter knew that she knew Lucy and Edmund were just outside the door. She confirmed this by walking over to the door and opening it to reveal two guilty looking young Pevensies. They tried to smile innocently and explain that they were checking the carpets but no one, let alone Susan, would have been fooled by that excuse. "Care to join us?"

"Do we have an option?"

"No." So they shuffled in and sat on Susan's bed, watching her apply her make up. Peter continued:

"Well, basically, the prof. wants us to all get together- all the people who have been to…erm…Narnia." Even under all the make up, they could all see her face go from its normal colour, to white, to red and back to its normal colour.

"I can't believe it…what is the world coming to? Adults encouraging you in this nonsense? They of all people should know better…." She continued to mutter for a while and then stood up and left the room.

"Well that went well," said Peter after a short silence. "We asked anyway, not much we can do if she doesn't want to come." With that he stood up and walked out of the room. Lucy and Edmund looked at each other, shrugged and followed him.

A couple of weeks later, they were sitting on a train, on their way to the professor's house. As Edmund commented, the last time they had been on a train going to his house was before all of this had begun. They found it strange thinking of a time before Narnia, and Edmund turned a nice sort of magenta when he remembered the things he'd said on that train journey. Lucy laughed and told him not to be so embarrassed because how he was before simply emphasised how much he'd improved.

"And they thought Uncle Andrew was a tree!" Digory Kirke was recalling the incident and the whole room were laughing themselves silly. Polly Plummer was laughing the most, as she had never liked Digory's uncle and thought he had made a good tree.

"Ah the good old talking animals, they were so much nicer than our animals," said Peter.

"Are," corrected Edmund.

"What?"

"The talking animals are nicer than our animals."

"We don't know that there still are talking animals though," Eustace pointed out. "It's been about a year of our time since anyone has been to Narnia, goodness know how long that is in Narnian time. They may have died out or something. In fact, if you think about it, we don't even know there is still a Narnia." This statement dampened the atmosphere slightly.

"I think we do know that Narnia still exists though, in our hearts. We would have felt it if that world had ended," said the professor. This was met with many nods. He continued, "As a matter of fact, part of the reason I've wanted us all to meet is that I've had the strangest feeling that something is badly wrong in Narnia."