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Chapter 19: The Golden Age
In the days that followed the coronation a lot of lessons followed teaching the kids how to act like kings and queens. They were also thought how to dress themselves in the fancy clothes with a lot of laces and buttons at their own request.
On one day Lucy asked her siblings if they wanted to go visit Mr. Tumnus and the Beavers and they quickly readied their horses.
Galloping towards Lantern Waste, when they were about half way there, Amelia suddenly heard a growl.
"Get down!" She yelled as a werewolf jumped over their heads, she and Blaine quickly jumped up seeing more fell beasts coming out of the woods.
"Um, guys we'll need some help." Blaine said as he saw the number.
There were some dwarfs, a werewolf and 3 minotaurs.
The boys were up in second as Susan and Lucy had left their weapons at Cair Paravel.
Edmund took care of the dwarfs in a few minutes, while Blaine took care of the werewolf and Amelia and Peter fought the minotaurs.
When the beasts were defeated, they were all breathing hard.
"Perhaps we should go back." Amelia said.
"I think that's a great idea, I'm sorry Lucy but I don't think it's quite safe for us to be here right now, other fell beasts will have heard the battle and will come here." Peter said.
"I understand, Peter." Lucy said giving her brother a small smile.
"Thank you, Amelia." Peter said when they were returning to Cair Paravel. "We wouldn't have known until they were on top of us, if it wasn't for you."
"I'm sure you would have noticed." Amelia said knowing of Peter's protectiveness.
About 4 months into their reign Lucy came to Amelia while the boys were at a meeting about the fell beasts that Amelia didn't have to attend.
"Amelia, do you remember you mum?" Lucy asked sitting on Amelia's lap.
"Vaguely but I find that everyday we stay in our beautiful county the memory fades more." Amelia said.
"I do too, I don't even remember the name of the country we came from." Lucy said.
"Do you want to remember?" Amelia asked.
"I remember that something horrible was happening, that why we found Narnia in the first place. But I want to remember our parents." Lucy said.
"If Aslan wants us to remember we will." Amelia said.
"Why do you think we're forgetting?" Lucy asked walking out on the balcony that was connected to the library.
"Maybe Aslan wants to us to focus on running the country." Amelia said going stand next to her.
"Do want to go swimming?" Lucy asked getting quite hot now summer was in full swing.
"Sure. Just let me get some weapons." Amelia said walking towards her room.
"Must you always bring your weapons Amelia." Lucy asked running after her.
"You never know when one of her fell beasts will attack." Amelia said strapping her sword and dagger to her wait and throwing her quiver over her shoulder.
"No fell beasts have been sighted for 2 months Amelia." Lucy said.
"I just don't wanna take any risks." Amelia said walking out the door.
The rest of the year passed relatively peaceful. If fell beasts were found they were killed or imprisoned.
And then winter came.
"Amelia! Amelia! Wake up!" Lucy said bouncing on Amelia and Edmund's bed.
"Why in Aslan's name must we wake up, it isn't even dawn." Edmund said waking up as his girlfriend could sleep through a war.
"It's snowing, let's go play." Lucy said smiling and right there and then Edmund had a panic attack.
"Amelia!" Lucy yelled shaking her awake and as Amelia quickly sits up and sees Edmund she goes to him immediately.
"Lucy what happened?" Amelia asked not being able to stop Edmund from panicking.
"I just told him it was snowing." Lucy said almost in tears.
"Edmund! This is not by Her. You know that she's dead! Please Edmund!" Amelia yelled while he collapsed in her arms crying.
"I'm so sorry!" He yelled.
"No one is blaming you for what you did Edmund!" Amelia said hugging him close and Lucy watched the two interact amazed by their closeness.
"Just sleep okay Eddie." Amelia said lowering him to the bed, tucking him in, as his eyes close and his body relaxes.
"It's amazing." Lucy said startling Amelia who was watching Edmund.
"What's amazing?" Amelia asked turning around.
"The way that Edmund trust you and you trust him, the way you interact." Lucy said smiling.
"He trusts you more than he does us." She continues.
"No he doesn't, it's just because I'm here." Amelia said. "Now how about that playing in the snow."
"Sure, but shouldn't someone be here to watch Edmund?" Lucy asked.
"Why don't you get Peter while I put on my clothes." Amelia said and Lucy ran away.
Amelia put on a warm dress, boots and her warm cloak. Hiding her dagger in her boot, even after all the fell beasts were caught she never went out without a weapon, just in case.
"Am?" Peter asked as he came into the room.
"Just watch him, I just don't want him to be alone when he wakes up." Amelia said as she pulled on her mittens.
Peter nods and sits down in the chair next to the bed.
Amelia and Lucy run out of the castle gate into the fresh snow, scooping up a bit of it and throwing it at each other.
Laughing all the way and for a while just forgetting the duties they had to fulfill daily.
"Come Lu, let's make a snow man." Amelia said taking a large snowball and begin to roll it in the snow, and Lucy took her own and began making a second ball.
"Can I join you in making your creation?" They heard Susan say as she comes out the castle tightening her scarf.
"Of course, you can start making the head." Lucy said and Amelia smiled seeing the sisters look like girls again instead of queens, chasing each other in the snow.
"I'll go get an extra scarf, a hat and a carrot." Amelia said to the girls.
"Okay, we'll work on the snow man." Lucy said taking over Amelia's snowball.
And as Amelia walked in she saw Edmund, Peter and Blaine emerge from their room and head for the main gate. She quickly gathered the necessary pieces of the snow man and ran outside.
"Lucy! Susan!" Amelia said running almost tripping over her feet.
"What? What's wrong?" Susan asked.
"Nothing but the boys are coming outside, we should bombard them with snowballs." Amelia said. "Are you sure Edmund will be able to handle that?" Lucy whispered remembering his outburst from earlier.
"If he couldn't, he wouldn't come outside." Amelia said knowing her best friend and boyfriend.
"Let hide behind here." Lucy said running behind the trees, Amelia and Susan following, making a pile of snowballs.
As they saw Peter, Edmund and Blaine walk out the gate in full winter gear and they heard them yell their names.
"ATTACK!" Amelia yelled and threw the first snowball at Edmund's head, hitting him square in the face.
"Amelia!" Edmund yelled seeing her run towards him crouching down grabbing some snow chasing her while she screamed and Lucy attacked Peter and Susan attacked Blaine.
A real snowball fight had started.
Screams from the girls could be heard when they were hit or were being chased by the boys.
After half an hour they all collapsed laughing, wet from the snow, breathing hard.
"It's been a long time since we had this much fun." Peter said standing up again.
"Edmund, Amelia I'd like to talk to you alone." Peter said shaking out his hair.
"Okay, Pete." Edmund said standing up pulling Amelia up.
Once inside Peter started talking.
"I was wondering since you travel so much around Narnia if you could make a map." Peter asked.
"Of course we would be honored." Amelia said smiling.
"We can start right now." Edmund said taking Amelia's hand walking to the meeting room.
"What should we start with?" Amelia asked as she smoothed out a piece of parchment and took a quill and ink.
"Maybe we should start with Cair Paravel in the middle and work from there." Edmund said taking his own quill dipping it in the ink and drawing a dot.
"We'll have to make more than one map." Amelia said.
"Yes, we will." Edmund said.
A few days later they heard of the birth of Cor and Corin of Archenland and they made plans to go congratulate the new parents.
"Who will stay here?" Peter asked. "We can't leave Narnia without a ruler, not this soon."
"I'll stay here." Susan said. "It's more important for the High King to congratulate and I know Lucy and Edmund want to see the baby."
"I'll stay with you." Blaine said going to stand to Susan.
And the next day Peter, Edmund, Amelia and Lucy set off on horseback.
They reached Anvard just in time for the celebration ball to start.
"The monarchs of Narnia! High King Peter the Magnificent, King Edmund the Just, Queen Lucy the Valiant and King's consort Amelia the Truthful!" A herald called as the doors of the throne room opened letting in the kids, shocking everyone at the young age of the Narnian monarchs.
Dinner was served and afterwards the guests were free to do as they pleased.
The Narnians went to King Lune and his wife who were each holding a little boy, which made Lucy and Amelia smile at each other.
Peter and Edmund bowed while Lucy and Amelia courtesied for them.
"Congratulations on the heirs." Peter said.
"They look absolutely handsome." Amelia said.
"Thank you, I must say that your ages are a great surprise." King Lune said.
"Yes, well King Lune, we defeated the White Witch just a year ago, Narnia is just getting back to it's normal rhythm again. We are trying to get the economics up and running again." Peter said.
"You look like a child but you talk like a king, High King Peter." King Lune said.
"Don't let our age deceive you dear king." Edmund said with a grave voice.
"We have seen things that people should not see. We may look like children but we carry the same load as you do." Amelia said.
"Well I've heard of the Witch but maybe you could tell me your story." King Lune said and they all looked to Lucy who started to speak.
"You've been through hardships young kings and queens." King Lune said and from then on they just called them by their first names.
"We'll be retreating to bed now." Peter said and the other stood up and followed Peter towards the quarters that were reserved for them.
After the kids left a centaur came and blessed the princes and told them Cor will save Archenland from the deadliest danger in which ever she lay.
Now they had to sleep in the same room Peter and Lucy finally saw the nighttime ritual of Edmund and Amelia.
They pulled on their night garbs and Amelia sat down in the chair in front of the mirror and Edmund started braiding her hair so it wouldn't get in his face during the night. And they went to sit in the bed and pulled the covers over them shared a kiss and then spooned and fell asleep like that.
"They look so sweet together." Lucy said looking at the sleeping couple.
"They do, but they're so young." Peter said.
"No age is too young to love." Lucy said wisely and then crawled into bed next to her brother.
When they awoke the next day the whole castle was in chaos.
"You there, what's happening here?" Peter said.
"An agent of the Tisroc came and kidnapped the little prince Cor because of the centaur's prophecy." A servant said. "King Lune has left to try and catch the kidnapper. You should return to Narnia, for there is nothing to do here for you."
And so the monarchs left to return to Narnia, with a sad heart.
"What's wrong?" Susan asked as she saw the faces of the others as Blaine came running up.
"One of the princes was kidnapped." Lucy said and ran to her room.
The sadness hung around the castle for a few months and then happiness returned to Narnia.
Years passed and the queens grew up to beautiful woman and the kings grew up to be very handsome. Up until 5 year into their reign the kings and queens kept being attacked by the Fell beasts, then they were sure that they all had disappeared and they finally destroyed the White Witches castle under Edmund's supervision.
4 years into their reign Edmund and Amelia had finally finished their map of Narnia and were very pleased with their work.
A lot of scars were made while wars were fought trying to reclaim the islands and trying to keep their borders with Ettinsmoor and Calormen.
But seven years and a half in their reign a noticeable event happened.
A dance was held for the birthday of Amelia and Edmund that fell so close together and this was a special birthday they were turning 18.
"May I have this dance, milady?" Edmund asked Amelia from where she was sitting on her throne.
"Of course you may, my king." Amelia answered as she let Edmund pull her up.
They did a typical Narnian dance they had been quite accustomed to.
At the end of the dance Edmund tipped Amelia back and kissed her on the lips.
"They form quite the couple don't they?" Mr. Tumnus asked the sixteen year old Lucy.
"They do, they've always been close, but since they arrived in Narnia they became even closer. They fell in love." Lucy said.
"It's amazing." Mr. Tumnus said as he saw the couple leave for the main balcony where he and Lucy saw Aslan leave 8 years ago.
"Edmund why have you brought me here?" Amelia asked.
"I want to ask you something." Edmund said and then knelt before her.
"Edmund what are you doing?!" She yelled. "Get up!"
"Amelia Anderson, my consort Amelia the Truthful, protector of King Edmund and Queen Lucy will you do me the honors of becoming my queen?" Edmund asked getting out a gold ring with diamonds on them.
"Oh, Edmund! I don't know what to say." She said looking out to the sun that was setting.
"Yes! I'll marry you!" Amelia said smiling as Edmund slid the ring on her left ring finger and she pulled him up kissing him full on the lips.
As the re-entered the room everyone was smiling at them.
"Congratulations with your engagement." Peter said as he came up to them.
"Thank you Peter!" Amelia said and then the whole room cheered.
A week later Aslan visited Cair Paravel making the kings and queens run out the castle.
"ASLAN!" They yelled happy to see the great lion, who they hadn't seen for 2 years.
"Hello, my children. I have come to congratulate the newly engaged King Edmund and Consort Amelia." Aslan said making the two of them blush.
"Thank you Aslan." They said.
"Now I think preparations for the wedding are in order." Aslan said and 6 months later Amelia was dressed in full white and Edmund was dressed in a black tunic.
Narnian wedding music was played and Amelia came out walking towards Edmund who was waiting for her at Aslan's side.
As she reached him she smiled widely and Aslan started speaking:
"King Edmund the Just, do you pledge to love Consort Amelia the Truthful and throughout your years together to be honest, faithful and kind to her? Do you pledge to give her the same happiness she gives to you, and to respect her for who she is, not who you want her to be?"
"I do Aslan." Edmund said sincerely looking in Amelia's eyes, smiling.
"And Consort Amelia the Truthful, do you pledge to love King Edmund the Just and throughout your years together to be honest, faithful, and kind to him? Do you pledge to give to him the same happiness he gives to you, and to respect him for who he is, not who you want him to be?" Aslan said.
"I do Aslan." Amelia said smiling at Edmund.
"Now exchange the rings given to you by the Emperor-over-the-sea." Aslan said while Edmund and Amelia got out the white golden rings.
As the rings were slipped onto their fingers a brilliant white light blinded them all and when it disappeared a white string was between the two rings binding Edmund and Amelia to each other and when Aslan breathed the string broke and they were officially married.
"You were destined to be with each other, and you will be with each other till the end of time. Now Amelia kneel." Aslan said and she did. Aslan's heavy paw landed on her shoulder and then she heard Aslan say:
"From now on you shall be know as Queen Amelia the Truthful, King Edmund's queen and protector of King Edmund and Queen Lucy." And Amelia smiled.
And each year for the remainder of the reign of the Pevensies the marriage was celebrated with a great feast and Edmund and Amelia took a trip to the Lone Islands after their wedding.
13 years into their reign they had an apple orchard planted not to far from Cair Paravel by Lilygloves the Mole and Susan was courted by Prince Rabadash of Calormen.
A year later Peter and Blaine left to fight the Ettins at the North of Narnia.
"Oh Peter do be careful." Lucy said while Amelia told her brother the same.
But as much as they wished they could join Peter they had to go to Tashbaan to meet Prince Rabadash while Lucy stayed behind to care for Narnia.
When they found out that Prince Rabadash was going to make Susan marry him by force they quickly fled and a few days later Prince Rabadash attacks Anvard but Anvard is quickly relieved of him as the Narnian Army under Edmund, Lucy, Susan and Amelia.
Peter and Blaine return to Cair Paravel victorious greeted with hugs and kisses all round.
One year later Mr. Tumnus came and told them about the white stag.
"The White Stag? What's that?" Edmund asked.
"It's said to grant any wish of those who catch it." Amelia said.
"Well then we must leave at once." Peter said and ran towards the stables and everyone got their horses ready and mounted them.
"Wait why don't the girls just stay here, I'll catch that stag all by myself." Edmund said laughing getting smacked in the head by Amelia.
They set off laughing after giving the servants their weapons.
"We won't need them." They said and laughed all the way until they saw the stag.
They had to jump over log because they were obviously hunting in the forest but they were so skilled.
But being skilled didn't mean they didn't love the wind in their hair or the billowing of the cloaks behind them, they were smiling all the way.
And then suddenly Edmund slowed down making Amelia slow down as well.
She heard that it was actually Philip who was breathing hard.
"Are you alright, Philip?" Edmund asked.
"I'm not as young as I once was." Philip said turning his head towards Edmund and then they could hear the other coming back.
"Come on, Ed." Susan said as she rode back into the clearing followed by Lucy, Peter and Blaine.
"Just catching my breath." Edmund said not wanting to embarrass Philip.
"Well that's all we'll catch at this rate." Susan said.
"What did he say again, Susan?" Lucy asked coming up next to her sister.
"You girls wait in the castle I'll get the stag myself." Susan said imitating Edmund making all the girls laugh.
Peter looked quite distracted and then got off his horse.
"What's this?" He asked seeing a strange black thing in the middle of the forest with a light on top.
And as always seeing Peter get off his horse made the others get off their horse as well walking closer to the thing.
"It seems familiar." Peter said.
"As if from a dream." Susan said.
"Or a dream of a dream." Lucy said. "Spare Oom." She suddenly muttered and then took off making Amelia and Edmund look at each other and then quickly follow after the other.
Even with Peter calling her name she pushed on urging them to follow her.
Then suddenly the wide forest they'd been in a few seconds ago felt like a tight space.
"These aren't branches." Peter said.
"Ow! Ooh!" Edmund said as he squeezed into the tight space where there were already 5 people.
"They're coats." Susan whispered.
And then the space became to small to house six 20 year olds and everyone started yelling at each other not noticing that their voices were suddenly a lot higher again and sounded much younger.
Until they all fell out of the wardrobe that is, all of a sudden remembering all the events from England.
They all looked at each other in confusion, it being weird not seeing the battle worn faces.
Then all their attention turned to the door which opened and let in the professor.
"Oh! There you are. What were you all doing in the wardrobe?" He asked with a knowing look in his eyes.
They all looked at each other and Peter answered: "You wouldn't believe us if we told you, sir."
And then the professor threw the cricket ball to Peter saying: "Try me." and they knew he had been touched by the magic of Narnia.
They told the professor their whole story from beginning to end every little detail.
"I won't treat you like children but you must get used to people who will, because you look like children, my dear kings and queens." The professor said they now knew to be Digory Kirke.
"What about me, Digory. I was kidnapped." Blaine asked.
"It is as if it never happened." Digory said. "Now off you go. Get used to being here again." Shooing them off.
"Eddie have you noticed." Amelia said grabbing Edmund's arm almost bursting into tears at feeling the small arm instead of the muscle arm.
"I have." He said looking down at where he joined their hands, their wedding rings were still there.
"I've also noticed this." Edmund said lifting his shirt showing Amelia his well known scars.
"That will be hard to explain to the doctors." Amelia said laying her head on his shoulder.
"Maybe this is why we couldn't have children." Edmund said as they had tried and tried and tried but nothing came of it.
"Because he knew that we would return." Amelia said remembering the talk Aslan, Blaine and she had had.
They would meet a boy at their school a closed off boy to everyone but them. He would be a believer in Narnia.
"And we wouldn't be able the raise the poor child." Edmund continued.
"Oh Edmund imagine the horror if we would have succeeded and would have left." Amelia said burying her face into his shirt.
"We best not sweetheart. Let's go to bed." He said and they crawled into bed together.
Unbeknown to the other children Lucy had gone back to the wardrobe to see if Narnia really wasn't there.
"I don't think you'll get back in that way." She heard Digory say.
"You see... I've already tried." He said approaching her.
"Will we ever go back?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, I expect so. But it'll probably happen when you're not looking for it." He said taking Lucy's hand and walking towards the exit before stopping saying:
"All the same...best to keep your eyes open." he whispers to her and then they walk out of the room.
When all the kids are asleep they hear a lion's roar and sleep soundly for their first night back in England.
So that's it.
We have one more chapter left, two at most. And then we go to the sequel: Forever Together.
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Next time: the reunion of the children with the parents and some sad news.
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~ Lyokodreamer