A/N: Hey everyone sorry it took me so long to get this out but I've been out of town a lot recently and haven't had the time. I thought I should mention that I plan on having this fic go into their adult years in Narnia and I'm not sure if I'm going to write anymore after this one. Prince Caspian might not happen but I haven't fully decided yet. Anyway here it is I hope you enjoy please review they make me happy!
Disclaimer: I don't own it. It's all C.S. Lewis.!!
Meeting Aslan
The children all looked at each other before racing after the beavers. The small group rushed to the river only to see it already breaking up. With worried looks they started to move towards the river only for Susan to stop them.
"Wait, we need to think about this." Susan said stopping the others in their tracks.
"We don't have time , we have to go." Peter responded.
"I'm just trying to be realistic." Susan defended.
"No you're trying to be smart, like usual." Peter said. Susan looked offended by Peter's comment as he dragged Lucy towards the river. Meg came up behind Susan and laid a hand on her shoulder in silent support. Susan looked at her and Meg offered a silent smile before they heard wolves howling in the distance. The two girls shared a glance before rushing after Peter.
The small group stood on the edge of the river watching as piece after piece broke off.
"Maybe I should go first." Mr. Beaver said
"Maybe you should. " Peter answered.
With that Mr. Beaver slowly edged out on to the ice. He made his way slowly and using his tail to test the ice in front of him. As he went the ice creaked and groaned.
"You've been sneaking second helpings. " Mrs. Beaver reprimanded as she watched Mr. Beaver cross the ice.
"You never know which meal is going o be the last, especially with your cooking. " Mr. Beaver responded.
By this time Peter had started making his way across the ice with the others following in his wake. About half way through Maugrim and another wolf had come from the other side and captured Mr. Beaver. Peter immediately drew his sword.
"Put that down boy, someone could get hurt." Maugrim said. Peter wavered a little but kept his sword up.
"Don't listen to him Peter, Narnia needs you." Mr. Beaver shouted from where he was.
"Leave now and your brother can leave with you." Maugrim offered. Peter kept his sword raised but his eyes held a hesitant look.
"Maybe we should listen to him!" Susan exclaimed stepping up beside him. Peter glanced at her before turning his attention back to the wolf in front of him.
"Don't worry about me Peter; just run him through while you can!" Mr. Beaver shouted from his place under another wolf's paw. The wolf stepped down harder and Mr. Beaver whimpered.
"Oh, come on. This isn't your war. My queen just wants you and your family to leave and never come back." Maugrim said.
"Listen to him Peter! Just because a man in a red coat hands you a sword it doesn't make you a hero! Just drop it!" Susan shouted still standing next to him.
"Narnia needs you Peter!" Mr. Beaver shouted.
"What will it be Son of Adam, I won't wait forever and neither will the river." Maugrim said inching closer.
There was a cracking noise above that drew Lucy's and Meg's attention. Seeing the ice of the waterfall start cracking they both screamed Peter's name. He looked up finally lowering his sword a little. He glanced at the ice, then at Maugrim, and then back at the ice before he came up with something.
"Hold on to me!" Peter screamed while driving his sword into the ice in front of him. Lucy and Susan were quick to grab on but Meg hesitated. The tension and dislike between the two of them kept growing and growing and she wasn't sure what to do.
Susan seeing this nudged Peter to point it out to him. He hardly hesitated as he reached up and grabbed her hand shoving it on to the sword. Unfortunately in his rush Peter missed the hilt and put her hand on the blade of the sword. Meg winced but there was no time to move it and Peter hadn't noticed.
A second after Meg had gripped the sword a chunk of ice broke off the waterfall and broke the crest of the river up. The children were free and rushing down the river. The second the broke the surface Meg moved her hand to the hilt ignoring the sting of pain as she did.
They rushed down the river for a few minutes before the Beaver's were able to guide their ice chunk to the shore. They all climbed off with Peter pulling his sword out of the ice and resheathing it. The children all climbed to their feet shaking themselves off.
"Our coats are soaked." Lucy said, trying to get more water out of hers.
"I don't think you'll be needing those coats much longer. " Mrs. Beaver said pointing to a blooming tree. The children smiled before they began following Mr. Beaver again.
Meg stayed towards the back quietly ripping off a piece of her blouse to wrap around the cut that she had gotten from Peter's sword.
"Would you like me to help you with that dear?" Mrs. Beaver asked coming up behind her. Meg jumped a little having thought that everyone was in front of her.
"Yes please Mrs. Beaver." Meg responded in a whisper. They both stopped walking and Mrs. Beaver gently took Meg's hand in her paw. Meg winced a little as Mrs. Beaver inspected the cut.
"It looks a little deep but I don't think it needs stitches. When did this happen?" Mrs. Beaver asked.
"I just scraped it against something while we were on the river I guess. It's no big deal, it doesn't even really hurt." Meg said fudging the truth a little. Mrs. Beaver just tsked as she gently but firmly wrapped Meg's hand with the piece of fabric from her blouse.
"There you go. That should hold until we reach Aslan's camp and someone can take a proper look at it." Mrs. Beaver said letting go of her hand.
"Thank you." Meg mumbled.
By this time the others had gotten a bit in front of them and had just now realized that they weren't with them.
"Come on you two, we must keep going!" Mr. Beaver shouted back to them.
"We're coming!" Mrs. Beaver called back. The two hurried to catch up with the others. Once they were close enough the group started moving.
"What were you two doing?" Lucy asked.
"Oh nothing Lu, I guess I just got a bit distracted and Mrs. Beaver was trying to move me along." Meg responded with a reassuring smile. Lucy nodded accepting that offer not noticing the bandage on her other hand.
The group continued moving with Mr. Beaver in the lead. Susan and Peter were walking side by side behind him and Mrs. Beaver was behind them. Meg and Lucy brought up the rear with Lucy happily holding on to Meg's good hand as they walked.
As they neared the camp site they saw a centaur on a cliff raise a horn to his lips and blow a long steady note. As they walked on Lucy glanced back to see a tree form the shape of a little girl and wave at her, Lucy smiled and waved back before turning back around.
As they walked through camp everyone turned and starred at them. After a few seconds of this it started unnerving the kids.
"Why are they all starring at us?" Susan asked quietly.
"Maybe to them you look funny." Lucy answered with a big smile on her face. Meg giggled quietly at the look Susan shot Lucy for the remark but quickly stopped when she caught Peter's cold look towards her. Meg let go of Lucy's hand as well and lowered her head as she walked.
The small group reached the main tent and Peter drew his sword. Raising it up he said, "We have come to see Aslan."
A hush fell over the crowd as everyone slowly began to bow. The children looked around in curiosity before they heard a rustling from the tent entrance. Slowly a paw emerged followed by the most majestic looking lion anyone had ever seen. The children slowly knelt showing their respect to the creature in front of them.
"Welcome, Peter Son of Adam. Welcome, Meg, Susan, and Lucy Daughters of Eve. Welcome, Beavers you have my thanks." Aslan said. The children rose to their feet and Peter sheathed his sword. "But where is the second Son of Adam?" Aslan asked looking around.
"That's why we're here sir, we need your help." Peter said.
"We had a little trouble along the way and the White Witch has captured him." Susan expanded.
"How did this happen?" Aslan asked.
"Well you see sir, he betrayed them." Mr. Beaver said slightly nervously.
"Then he betrayed us all!" Oreius exclaimed.
"Peace Oreius, I'm sure there is an explanation." Aslan said. The children looked at each other before Peter prepared to open his mouth.
"It's my fault sir." Meg said stepping forward before Peter could say whatever harsh thing he had on his mind. "I knew he had met her before and I let him go when he went to meet her."Meg explained her head down.
"Sir he's our brother." Lucy said.
"I know dear one, but that's what makes the betrayal even worse." Aslan said with a gentle look. "But we will discuss that later. I am sure that you all could use some fresh clothes and a good clean.
Come." Aslan said and with that the camp went back to their duties and some fauns came up with new clothes for the kids.
One of the fauns led the girls to a nearby river so that they could wash up and the other one led Peter to the tent he would be staying in so that he could change. When Peter was dressed in his new clothes he wandered off to a cliff overlooking the land and was met there by Aslan.
Meanwhile the girls were down by the river and had just finished getting ready.
"You look like mum." Lucy said while looking at Susan.
"Mum hasn't had a dress like this since before the war." Susan said looking down at herself.
"We should bring her back one, a whole trunk full!" Lucy exclaimed her face brightening up at the idea.
"If we ever get back." Meg mumbled before Susan could say anything. Lucy's face quickly fell.
"I'm sorry Lu, I guess I'm just a little down these days. We'll get back and I'm sure your mum would love these dresses." Meg said after seeing the reaction her comment had caused.
"I know a way to cheer you up." Lucy said while glancing at Susan, Susan seemed to get the idea and smiled in return.
"Oh really and how do you plan on doing that?" Meg asked.
"Like this." Susan said reaching down and splashing Meg with water. Meg was shocked for a second before quickly splashing her back. The three continued to splash around for a bit before climbing out of the water.
Susan reached for a towel and jumped back with a scream at the wolf on the other side.
"Please don't run, we're tired and we would prefer to kill you quickly." Maugrim said. Meg and Susan shared a look before both glanced at Susan's horn a short distance away. They seemed to both reach the same conclusion and sprang into action at the same time.
Susan snapped the towel in Maugrim's face before rushing towards her horn. Meg Kicked Maugrim as soon as the towel was in place and then rushed Lucy over to a nearby tree and lifting her into it. When Lucy was up Meg quickly followed ignoring the pain in her hand and getting ready to help Susan up. As she was climbing the tree she heard Susan Blow her horn. Once Meg had gotten up and had a good grip she lowered her hand and helped pull Susan into the tree just in time.
The three girls stayed clinging to the tree and trying to keep their feet out of the way of the wolves as they tried to jump up and snap at them. Soon after they heard Peter rushing towards them and they saw him drawing his sword.
"Get away from them!" He yelled as he got nearer. The two wolves turned and looked at him.
"We've been through this before. We both know you haven't got it in you." Maugrim said. The wolf with him tried to rush off but was stopped by Aslan. Oreius went to help but Aslan stopped him.
"You may look like a king but you're going to die like a dog!" Maugrim yelled lunging forward. The girls all screamed looking down at the wolf lying on top of Peter. They all quickly dropped out of the tree and rushed towards him. Quickly they rolled the dead Maugrim off of Peter and his two sisters drew him into a hug while Meg stepped back.
Aslan let the other wolf go. "Follow him he'll lead you to Edmund." He ordered Oreius nodded before he and a few others chased after the wolf.
"Clean your sword Peter." Aslan commanded. Peter did so using the soft grass to do so. Once it was clean he kneeled in front of Aslan like the first time he met him. Aslan moved forward and placed his chin on first one shoulder then the other. "Rise Sir Peter, Wolf's-bane, knight of Narnia." He said and with that Peter slowly rose and sheathed his sword.
"Your brother should be back by morning." Aslan said to the three in front of him before turning his attention to Meg. "Come with me Meg and we will see about getting that cut on your hand looked at." Meg nodded ignoring the surprised and concerned looks on the other children's faces. Aslan led Meg back to the camp and as soon as they were out of sight Susan rounded on Peter.
"What happened? Why is she hurt? When did she get hurt?" Susan asked him with anger in her eyes.
"How should I know? I just found out same as you. She probably did it while ignoring someone else's well being." Peter shot back quickly masking the concern in his eyes with anger he still felt towards Meg..
"How can you say that?" Lucy questioned starring at her big brother.
"Because it's probably true." Peter snapped before storming off. Lucy looked crestfallen as she watched Peter storm away.
"It's okay Lucy, he doesn't really mean it. He's just angry with her." Susan said wrapping a comforting arm around her sister.
"I wish they would stop fighting." Lucy whispered.
"Me too Lu, me too." Susan whispered back starring off into the direction Peter went.
Meanwhile Aslan was leading Meg to their medical tent.
"Why did you not mention that you were injured to the others?" Aslan asked not even turning his head.
"It's just a small cut; the others have too much to worry about without adding me to the list. Besides Mrs. Beaver knew she helped me bandage it." Meg said shrugging it off like it was nothing.
"And how did you manage to get this cut?" Aslan asked. Meg was ready to tell him the same thing that she had told Mrs. Beaver but she had a feeling that he would see through her lie.
"I cut it on Peter's sword." She quietly muttered.
"Why would you have Peter's sword?" Aslan questioned. Meg was beginning to get the feeling that he knew what was going on but was looking for her to admit it.
"I didn't. He placed my hand there when the river was breaking apart." Meg answered raising her head a little.
"Ah and why didn't you say something to Peter about this?" Aslan inquired.
"Because Peter is mad at me and I knew he wouldn't care if I was hurt and I didn't want Lucy or Susan to worry about me." Meg responded.
"I see." Aslan said. By this time they had reached the outskirts of the camp. Aslan led her into the camp and towards a tent by his, asking one last question. "And why is Peter mad at you?"
"Because I let Edmund go, because I did what I believed is right and he blames me for Edmund being with the witch." Meg said frustrated.
"You don't regret what you did." Aslan stated more then asked.
"No I don't. Edmund made his choice and I did all I could to dissuade him. He chose to go and I let him make that choice because it was his to make. Peter needs to accept that and move on. I won't apologize and feed his ego because I did something that I still believe was right." Meg said confidence in her voice and anger in her eyes.
"Good child, you stick to your beliefs and that is good, but next time don't hide an injury." Aslan said with pride in his voice.
"I'll try not to Aslan." Meg said with a smile before ducking into the tent to get her hand properly taken care of.
After getting her hand taken care of and eating some dinner Meg went back to the tent she was sharing with Lucy and Susan. The second she walked in they pounced.
"What happened to your hand?" Susan demanded.
"It got cut." Meg calmly responded.
"When?" Lucy asked inspecting the injured hand.
"On the river when it was breaking up." Meg said smiling down at her and letting her inspect to her heart's content.
"But isn't that the hand that Peter… oh my god." Susan said having figured out what happened. Lucy sent her a puzzled look not getting what was happening. "Peter cut your hand, didn't he?" She asked looking Meg straight in the eye.
"Yes." Meg responded keeping eye contact.
"But why would Peter do that?" Lucy gasped not understanding.
"Because he's an idiot that's why." Susan said still looking at Meg.
"Yes he's an idiot but that's not why it happened. He accidently placed my hand on the blade instead of the hilt when he grabbed." Meg explained trying to calm Lucy down.
What Meg said worked and Lucy was happy to then climb into bed and fall asleep; reassured by the fact that Meg was okay and that her big brother was still the big brother that she adored. As soon as Lucy was asleep Susan sat by Meg and looked at her.
"What Susan?" Meg asked after a few minutes of silence.
"That wasn't in accident and you know it. Peter knew exactly where the hilt was and exactly what he was doing." Susan said still looking at her.
"Of course he knew Susan. He placed my hand on the hilt to punish me. He's mad and he won't stop being angry for awhile. Your brother is extremely pigheaded and as much as I love him, I won't apologize just to make things right. I did what I thought was right and I would be betraying myself and my beliefs if I told Peter I thought I was wrong." Meg said looking away from Susan and down at her lap.
"You really do like my brother, don't you." She asked softly.
"I'm pretty sure that I'm in love with your brother Susan, but right now I a barely look at him without wanting to either break down in tears or punch him across the face. Most of the time it's the former of those two and not the latter." Meg said looking up at Susan with tears in her eyes.
"Oh Meg!" Susan quietly exclaimed while drawing her into a hug.
"It's killing me right now, being so angry with him and having him look at me with nothing but disdain and anger in his eyes. I just want my best friend back." And with that Meg broke down in the tears she had been holding in since she and Peter had first started fighting. Susan held Meg until she cried herself to sleep.
After Susan was sure that Meg was asleep she laid her down and made her comfortable in her bed. Susan cast one more sorrowful glance at her before going to her own bed, making a mental note to slap her big brother in the morning for what he was putting Meg through.
Meg woke to an empty tent and talking outside. She quickly rose and peeked her head out of the tent. Seeing Edmund being hugged by Lucy Meg decided to stay hidden and watch from where she was. Meg watched as Edmund was greeted by Susan and teased by Peter, she watched as he went into his and Peter's tent and waited for the other three siblings to split up before she walked outside. She cast a grateful look towards Edmund's tent before walking off to find Susan.
She found Susan by herself and was grateful. Susan noticed Meg's approach and smiled at her.
"Hey Su, would you mind not mention m break down last night to anyone ever?" Meg asked.
"Your secret is safe with me but I do plan on hitting my brother later." Susan answered with a smile. Meg let out a small laugh. The two stood there in silence for a while before Meg spoke.
"I saw that Edmund is back and safe, you all must be thrilled. I know I am." Meg said looking at her.
"Why didn't you come out and see him? He would have loved to see you." Susan asked guessing how Meg knew about Edmund.
"It was a family moment, I didn't want to intrude. Besides do you really thin Peter would have let me near him?" Meg asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Probably not but Ed won't let you avoid him." Susan responded.
"Oh I don't plan to avoid him; I'm just going to wait until he's had a bit of rest before I see him." Meg responded.
"Good, in fact Ed should be up and moving about now, breakfast is soon. Why don't you go find him?" Susan said nudging Meg in the direction of the tents. Meg just smiled in response before heading off to find Edmund.
The first thing Edmund saw when he walked out of his tent dressed in a fresh pair of Narnia styled clothes was Meg walking towards his tent. Edmund paused before he saw the huge smile on Meg's face at the sight of him. Without a second thought he rushed into her outstretched arms.
A/N: There you go chapter 4. I made it a little longer because of the delay, again sorry about that. I hope you enjoyed and please review and let me know what you think. I hope to have the next chapter up soon!