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CHAPTER 7

For some reason I found the Pevensie siblings were quite unique. They had their own way of expressing their personalities which I really adore. Often Peter did silly stuff ever since I came into their lives. He plainly showed that he welcomed me in the home and wanted me to feel comfortable.

Susan, with her motherly figure, often gave me random hugs and stroking my hair pretty often which I complained a lot. I hate people stroking my hair. I barely brush my own hair if it's not really that necessary. My hair was naturally wavy and I liked it that way without even a brush to tame it. I loved my messy wavy hair.

Lucy was the nicest of all. Not that I didn't like the others but Lucy's tiny figure really made me feel like I wanted to play hide and seek with her because I would want it if she infected me with her cuteness and adorable chubby cheeks. I'm a fan.

Edmund…

Can we please skip this part?

Well, if you say so..

He is the meanest person I've ever met and also, arrogant, selfish, annoying unbelievably talented at making me speaking on and on and on about all of the bad words in the dictionary non-stop. But at times he was pretty nice.

Yup. That was hard.

I felt bad that I kept on showing to them that I wasn't happy. I didn't attend to show that kind of a feeling. I was pretty much happy with everything for now. Everything went well for myself. I worried even more less now and actually started having a life. Who knows, maybe I'd stay until my last breath in Narnia. But hopefully there is still a way out. I was pretty confused with everything. The scenario God had given to me, this magical world. What is going on.

Do I have some sort of a mission I have to accomplish in here? And if the mission is finished then God would find me a way out of this world? This was the only idea that wandered inside my head. I didn't have that much of a choice. It's God's will. All I had to do was follow the flowing water.

I could possibly keep on drooling on the desk in the library if it wasn't for Lucy to shock the hell out of me.

"Boo!" Lucy shocked me from behind, making me jump instantly on the chair I was sitting. I was all alone in the room and Lucy doing that was not in my expectation at all at that time.

"Lucy!" I yelled out her name and sharpened my glare at her. "You scared me so much!"

"Sorry," she said in an apologetic way and the anger inside me melted away, "you were too silent." she whispered.

"That's the point of being in the library Lu. You have to keep your mouth shut," I explained in detail and very carefully to her slowly too, "so everyone can concentrate on what they are reading." I whispered in the end.

"But nobody is in here, except the both of us." Lucy answered, still in whisper.

"I know." I mouthed.

"So, why are we talking like this?" She mouthed back.

"I don't know." I mouthed and I cracked a silly smile on my lips.

"You know that you are weird, don't you?"

"Since I was born, yup." I whispered back and closed the book I was reading.

Earlier this afternoon after having lunch with the royals, I decided to walk around the castle and landed my eyes on a pair of huge and high golden doors. It attracted me so much so I pushed it open and luckily it wasn't locked. The room happened to be this library where I was having a little battle inside my head and was having that 'deep-in-thought' moment.

The library was quite pretty. It was a dream library actually, as there were rows of high bookcases with it's own labels of different category labeled on each of the bookcases. I'm a kind of person that love to learn and seeing these lines of bookcases stood in front of my eyes, all I could do was wow-ing everything.

If you know what I mean.

"Do you read often?" Lucy asked me as she pulled out a chair next to me and sat on it.

"Not that often. But I love books. Back home I had these thick books which I really loved. I love the scent of it, it's what attracts me the most to books."

"People love books for what's inside it, not for the scent Ar." Lucy said and rolled her eyes.

"I know! But it's just me. Good books always have a better scent. Trust me."

We laughed and we had some great time in the library that afternoon. Lucy was actually a good listener. I told some silly things I did back in my own world to her and somehow I felt we both connected. We had this childish but wild personality inside us. And from the moment I felt that towards her, I knew by that time, that we both can't be tamed. We were sort of the same in some ways but the difference never stops our way to be friends.

"I really like you. For some reason you are just so different from others that came into Narnia in your way." Lucy said honestly.

"Thank you Lucy. I really like you too. You are the closest I've got in here. You are so nice to me." I replied with a smile."

"Thanks!" she said with cheer and continued, "most of girls that got into this world by accident were just unbelievably talented at showing off their beauty. They were all pretty I admit, but their personalities were just horrible. I can't tolerate fake beauty." Lucy muttered the last words in annoyance. "But you are different. There should have been more like you, that who would gladly want to stay in the castle and is not even thinking about running away or live down the city by themselves."

"Thank you Lucy. That's enough, I'm so embarrassed." I said as I was blushing so hard by the compliment that Lucy gave me.

"It's true! You are the best, really. Most of the previous ones would try to flirt with even Peter or Edmund, trying to get their attention with everything that they've got. Luckily, they weren't that lucky."

"Who would want to embarrass themselves like that? Ew." I said in disgust.

"But you are not, are you?" Lucy tried to convince herself by asking me.

"Of course not! I mean, flirting with the rulers of the country I just got stumbled into, it's so embarrassing. I have my pride and I don't want to swallow it down for getting into that kind of a situation," I explained truly from the heart and continued, "true your brothers are good looking and charming, but when the thought of them gladly helping you getting through a rough time? You know you need some respect towards them."

"Do you mean by 'my brothers' it's just Peter, right? You are not that familiar of praising Edmund." Lucy teased me.

"Of course! You got the hint there." I joked, "and Lucy. Did you say those people who were thrown here before me were running away and lived down the city?"

"Yes," Lucy answered and her bright face suddenly dropped, "they weren't as happy as you are now. They wanted to go back to their own world so badly until they ran away and tried to find a way themselves. Some never heard again, but some decided to live their new life down the city. They didn't want to be a burden for us. They wanted to be independent by starting a new life." Lucy explained.

"Wow. It must be so rough for them."

"Yes. And that's what we have been afraid of you. We would gladly accept it if you decide to stay in the castle instead down in the city. Peter feels himself has to take a good responsibility to take care of you. He doesn't want anything bad happen to you. The same for the rest of us." Lucy stared at me with her ocean eyes and it's full of concern written down around it, "please stay. We are so connected to you."

"That's so sweet of you Lu," I replied and grabbed her hands and squeezed it lightly, "it should be an honor for me."

"Seriously?!" Lucy screamed and there was a huge smile on her lips.

"Yes, seriously. If you guys feel that kind of a way, I would be glad to stay here until I can get a way out. I should be a help in the castle of course. After all, it's not entirely my home."

"It is your home! And of course you can be so much of a help!" She yelped.

"I hope it's a good decision." I muttered to myself which Lucy heard.

"Of course it is!" she yelled happily and hugged me tightly.

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"Ariana? Hello?" Lucy called my name, luckily snapping me back from my 'talking to my head' moment.

I was having, once again, an argument with myself about whether my hair is too long now. It looks more of like a dark brown now, very dark almost black. But if I stand under the sun the color will bright up again. I looked in the mirror and saw the reflection of myself and I thought of how I have changed since my last arrival in Narnia. It had passed a month now and I almost gave up setting my faith high for actually going back home. I never showed to any one, especially the royals about how sad I am. Not once I ask them about the entrance that I walked into when I stepped my feet on Narnia's land. It had been disappeared so long and there was no hope of finding it once again.

Back to where I was, I smiled awkwardly and apologetically to Lucy as I was ignoring her long boring speech about a ball they were going to hold in a week. Susan had been throwing dresses exactly at my stunned face in her bedroom at the moment with Lucy giving me a lecture about me have to be at the ball getting dressed up beautifully and decent.

"I'm sorry Lucy." I apologized to her in sincere.

"It's okay Ar. So now, which dress huh?" Lucy asked and turned her feet to where the dresses laid on the bed behind her. "They are all cute, aren't they?"

"They are. And they look so fancy. Will one of them suit me well?" I asked, concerned about my body and how the dress would look on it. I'm not a type of girl who whine a lot about my physic presence, but when it comes to royal and formal party, how couldn't I?

"Of course they will. You are beautiful Ar. You'll thank me later for loading these dresses." Susan said as she taking out two dresses she held with both of her hands and examined it.

"Thank you Susan, Lucy, for everything."

"No problem! You don't have to thank us anyways, we are so happy and glad we can help." Lucy smiled.

"What about this one? It looks nice, isn't it?" Susan spoke up, holding up a bright green dress with long sleeves and laces around the neck area.

"Ew. No Susan. Too grandma." Lucy eyed her sister sharply.

"I know. Too old." She replied and threw it on the bed. "What about this one?" she held up a pale purple dress. It was long and this time has no sleeves. The bottom of the dress expands beautifully and I fell in love with it right away.

"It looks great!" Lucy exclaimed. "You should try it on Ar."

"Sure. Where is the bathroom?"

"Behind you Ar. Behind you." Lucy replied eyeballing me.

"Right." I said in awkwardness.

I went inside the bathroom and put on the dress. I love how the dress fit me well and the dress looked modern to me. It was simple yet I felt even more beautiful in it.

Soon enough I walked out of the room. Lucy and Susan were talking but they stopped as soon as they saw my figure standing awkwardly in front of them.

"It's not too much." I said awkwardly to them.

"You are an absolute beauty!" Lucy said in cheer.

"That is the one Ar. You look so beautiful. I'm speechless." Susan said as her jaw dropped open.

"Thank you guys. You do have the most beautiful dresses Su." I said to her.

"Yes. Beautiful on you. Ugly the mugly on me!" Susan whined. "Once I threw a ball for Edmund's birthday and all he could say about the dress I was wearing was that 'you look even more like my mother,' what was that even mean!"

"Edmund never compliments anybody, except himself." Lucy added and chuckled.

"Never? What kind of a human is he? Really." I spoke up, didn't even care it was their brother I was talking about.

Everyone in the castle already knew about Edmund and I. We were always fighting just like a cat and a dog. It's usual for Lucy, Susan, or even Peter to hear me whining about their brother's behavior in front of them. It's been a month, they were used to it and sometimes just shake their heads at me or even Edmund.

"Don't mind him. If you get to know him better, he is actually a nice person. The nicest you will ever meet." Lucy said.

"Wake me up when that day ever comes." I said sarcastically.

"About that boy, I have to pick him something for the ball. In case he won't be choosing anything beyond craziness. He would ruin my party." Susan mumbled, loud enough for Lucy and I to hear and we chuckled.

"Susan, Peter said-" Edmund opened the door without knocking and got himself paralyzed when he locked eyes with me.

He stared at me from up to down. His face was pretty much surprised when he saw me and when his eyes met mine again, he shook his head for whatever the thoughts that were crossing his mind.

"Oh you." Edmund said and rolled his eyes. "What are you doing in here? Being their mannequin? Big doll to play 'dress-m- up'?" he said the last part with a squeaky voice.

"What are you even doing in here Ed?" I ignored his childish behavior of always charging me with mocking tones.

"Susan, Peter said hurry up for our suits, I have to go down to the city." He said ignoring my question and all my mouth could curve was an 'o.'

How rude of him to ignore me.

"What does Peter say have to do with you going to the city?" Lucy asked in confusion.

"Because, if I didn't say the word 'Peter' Susan will never get to her speed to it's limits to get my bloody suit right now."

"That is a funny one Ed." Lucy said and high fived her big brother.

"I know right!" Edmund said to Lucy with a smirk and turned his attention back to Susan. "Come on Su, I have to hurry."

"Again? Give it a break Ed." Susan said and sighed deeply.

"If it's not important I won't bail on you Su. Trust me."

"That's the best excuse you can come up with?"

"Susan, please. I don't want to argue with you right now about-" Edmund was talking but took a glance at me and back to Susan, "you know. Please? I promise I'll be back before dinner."

"Ok fine." Susan surrendered. "If you want to try other dresses just pick, ok. Lucy will help you. I'm sorry I have to leave like this." Susan said to me.

"It's fine Su, don't worry." I smiled in sincere, but then glared at Edmund who, I didn't realize before was already glaring at me.

"See you guys later." Susan waved and walked towards the door with Edmund followed afterwards. He stuck his tongue out at me before closing the door.

"Jerk!" I groaned in disbelief. "What was that look even mean?!" I turned to Lucy for an answer.

"What look?" she asked in confusion and raised her eyebrow.

"That look Edmund gave me. He cut off in the middle to take a look at me and back to Susan. He was about to say something, but he realized I was here to hear, so he didn't say it."

"I don't….know?" Lucy replied with again, even more confusion shown on her innocent face. Guess, she didn't know anything as much as I am.

"Come on, let's try some more dresses while Susan is gone!" Lucy said and jumping up and down in a childish way. I laughed at her behavior and just playing around with the dresses with Lucy for it seemed like forever.

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After Susan had picked a suit for Edmund, she accompanied him to the stall to get his horse which was Philip with a concerned look written on her face.

"Ed, you don't have to continue this if you don't want to." Susan said sadly to his brother who was getting his horse out.

"It's not that I have to Su, but I want to." Edmund replied seriously but not looking at her sister's eyes directly.

He knew that his sister deep down hated him doing this after the incident. That beyond unexpected incident that happened. But if he wanted to. It wasn't something he would abandoned.

"I know I've been rude to them and I shouldn't have been that way. Whereas you are so nice to them." Susan said later.

"They don't mind Su."

"I know. But I feel guilty now." Susan said and showing her apologetic face to Edmund.

Edmund sighed and hopped onto his horse. "They already forgive you. Really."

"I hope so." Susan sighed.

"I have to go now. I should be here before dinner, shouldn't I?" Edmund teased his over protective sister.

"Yeah right. Before dinner right."

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