This story is approaching it's close, but I'll try to make these last few chapters good and I'm already planning two more stories so…I shall have more coming :D

Ok here's the next chapter!

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NATANI'S POV

I was delighted when Lucy told me she was staying in Narnia to have her baby! Cirron had agreed to it with slight hesitance because of the fact that Lucy's midwives were to be a Badger, a Chimpanzee and a Dryad which he called a "tree woman" but Lucy persuaded him by claiming she and her sister had been born here and had turned out quite fine, to which her husband, with a kiss on her forehead, agree heartily.

And so it came to pass one morning that Edmund and I were jerked from our sleep by the sound of our bedroom door being swung open and smacked against the wall.

"Wha's goin on?" Edmund mumbled sleepily, but when he saw it was Cirron standing there looking terrified he got up immediately and pulled on a robe. "Come on, Cirron, let's tell the midwives."

I jumped up and threw on a robe of my own and was out the door right behind them, going left to the guest rooms while Edmund and Cirron went right to the rooms where the midwives were. I was beyond excited but also very nervous for my daughter when I looked back on my deliveries. When I got to her room I heard the familiar sound of gasping and squealing that I remembered very well, I took a deep breath and entered the room.

Yep. All too familiar. Lucy was standing with her hand gripping a chair to keep herself upright, her other arm was holding her stomach as she leaned over and moaned loudly.

"Mom!" she saw me and looked relieved, "Oh, mom, I don't know if I can do this!"

I wondered just how long this had been going on because she seemed to be a good way along. I led her to the bed and made her sit down.

"Lucy, I need you to calm down and try to breathe, ok?" I told her as I massaged her hands to relieve some tension. This is one of those things I wished someone had done for me…oh well, too late now.

Lucy nodded and closed her eyes as she sucked and let out a few regulated breaths. Her scrunched up expression began to turn to just normal pain instead of fright.

"Mom this hurts so much!" she gripped my hand and her green eyes were wide.

"I know, baby, I know," I told her soothingly, "But trust me, it'll all be worth it! Nothing is quite as wonderful as hearing that first cry and holding that baby for the first time."

At that moment, Cirron, Edmund and the three midwives came bursting through the door. Immediately the Dryad grabbed several pillows and blankets and propped Lucy's feet up in a stirrup position, the Badger grabbed the basin of boiling water and set it on the table and began sterilizing the knife for the umbilical cord and she sniped off string to tie it with, the Chimpanzee was standing ready with a soft cloth to clean off and warm up the baby when it arrived.

Cirron's face was white (which was unusual because Archenlander's are nicely tanned people) and he looked like he might pass out. I gave Edmund a look and motioned for him to calm the poor boy down. He nodded and set Cirron down in a chair and began telling him the story of when Lucy herself had been born and how he had felt and I saw Cirron began to calm down when he realized he wasn't the only one who felt like that. But we all jumped and tensed when Lucy gave a piercing shriek.

I grabbed Edmund's arm and pulled him toward the door. It was Cirron's time to be the comforter and our time to stand back and let it be handled by others. This, I thought, was how I had felt when she went on her first horse ride all alone, so helpless.

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Edmund and I paced back and forth by the door nervously. Edmund was running his fingers through his hair and I swore I could see the little bit of grey on his temples grow due to his nervousness and I wondered how I looked right now.

"Was I this jumpy when you had Lucy and Endirah?" he mumbled, chewing his thumbnail as he looked at the door as if he was willing it to open with his mind.

"No," I replied, "You were probably ten times worse."

"Good thing I've mellowed out in my old age," Edmund joked and I couldn't help but laugh even if it wasn't really funny. Stress does that to a person.

Finally, the sounds of screams and encouragement to "push!" the room fell silent. I looked at Edmund with wide eyes and he returned it with a similar look of horror. But then we heard a sharp smack and the lovely sound of a healthy baby cry reached our ears and I threw my arms about him in a hug.

"Did you hear that!" I cried happily.

"How could I not?" he chuckled, "Poor thing."

Cirron flung open the door and he was beaming, a huge grin on his face.

"Come see! Come see!" he squealed, pulling us both in the room. He ran back over to Lucy and leaned down to look at the bundle in his wife's arms. I glanced at Edmund with an excited grin as we approached the bedside.

"Ohhhh," I breathed in awe at the little face that looked up at us. Green eyes met our gazes and the little whine that suddenly came from that tiny face made us all burst into identical grins.

"This should be exciting for you, daddy," Lucy said tiredly but with a smile. She pulled back the wrappings from the lower half of the baby and Edmund fist pumped the air.

"Yes! Finally another man in this family!" he said happily.

I giggled. Lucy handed my grandson to me and I took him gladly, my fingers fiddled with his light brown tuft of hair on top of his otherwise bald head. He was perfect. I handed him to Edmund who held him carefully yet I could see from the look in his eyes he couldn't wait for this kid to get old so they could cause all kinds of mischief.

He had just handed the baby to Cirron when a Faun came skidding into the room in a major hurry.

"Your Majesties," he said, bowing to us, "If you will come to the window I am sure you will be overjoyed!"

Edmund and I exchanged a glance and we went immediately to the window. And when we looked out toward the sea, my heart jumped to my throat and I clamped my hand over my mouth to stop the squeal that threatened to come. Edmund looked at me with utter disbelief before he turned on his heels and ran out the door with me hot on his tail. We ran down to the courtyard where two saddled horses were waiting for us already as if the Fauns holding them knew how we would react…which I suppose maybe they did! Edmund and I immediately swung into the saddles and took off at a canter toward the docks.

There was a ship in the harbour and its banners were blue with the red Lion on the right half. The Lone Islands banner!

And when we slid out of our saddles, we saw our daughter walking down the gangplank. Endirah was home!

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And so we spent many weeks together in celebration of the new life that had been brought into our family. Lucy and Cirron named their son Cillyan and Endirah immediately bonded with the little guy. But when they time came to again go our separate ways, I felt my heart breaking all over again. I felt it crack when Lucy and Cirron and Cillyan rode away on horseback, a cloud of dust all that I saw after a while. I felt it shatter when the blue horizon swallowed up the last glimpse of the ship that carried my oldest daughter back to her husband and home. But I felt that even though my heart was breaking, I would be alright because of the man standing next to me.

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Well there's another chapter :D I have to go to a date auction now and watch cute boys parade around and get bidded on for charity xD It's going to be so FUNNY!

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