*Christmas Eve Day*

I was once again working at my desk. The pile of papers never ceased. The ball would start in a few hours,but what did that mean to me? A knock sounded on my doors. "Come in".

"My lady,Queen Susan asked me to drop off your dress for this evening" a faun named Delia said. "Thank you Delia". She put the ice blue and white dress on my bed,bowed to me,and left the room. I sighed,causing my crown to slightly tip on my head. I never felt like a queen. Sometimes I wish that they had found someone ,who would enjoy being queen. I had enough on my plate being the protector. Being queen ment that I had to act like royalty,be clam and peaceful,act like a lady,and so on. The many things I hated doing but I lived through them.

*At the Ball*

I put on the blue and white dress behind the screen. The top of the dress was blue and white. A patterned/see through fabric went around my neck and then made my long sleeves that reached my wrists. Underneath that fabric, was a sleeveless top that was ice blue. My skirt was the same. Ice blue fabric underneath and the white see through/patterned fabric over that. The white made a snowy pattern on its light blue background;making my dress even more beautiful. There was a white belt that tied at my waist and the ends hanged down almost to my knees, and I wore a pair of white flats. I pulled on a sky blue cape ,which is a good bit darker than the blue on my dress, and put on the golden locket I was wearing when I entered Narnia and my golden crown. No makeup and no jewelry.

Chrismo escourted me to the ball. Peter toke Susan and Mr. Tumnus once again toke Lucy, and Edmund was forced by Peter into taking Duchess Amberylla. I haven't seen her since the day we meet in the garden but that was alright with me.

"NOW INTRODUCING: GUARD CHRIMSO THE FOX AND PROTECTOR AND QUEEN AUTUMN!" the announcer called. Chrismo and I walked among the people;making our way to the thrones. All the other royals were present except for my best friend.

Susan was regale looking as always. She had a red dress with dark red patterns and dark red sleeves that split close to her elbow and flowed down passed her waist. A golden cape,crown,and jewelry set off her outfit even more.

Lucy was wearing a purple/blue dress with silver trim,and a silver cape and crown.

Peter was wearing a red vest over a white shirt and dark red pants with black boots and a dark red cape with his golden crown.

"NOW INTRODUCING: KING EDMUND ESCOURTING DUTCHESS AMBERYLLA!"

Edmund was wearing a dark blue vest with a lighter blue shirt under it. Black boots and pants and dark blue cape with his silver crown. Amberylla was wearing a dark green dress and a golden circlet on her head. I felt Chrismo stiffen under my hand. "Do I have to restrain you?" I whispered to him.

Edmund nodded to me on his way to the throne. Peter welcomed the crowd to the ball and yata yata. The music started and Peter left to dance with a nice looking girl with Red/brown hair with tan skin. Lucy went off to chat with some of her friends and Susan left to formally greet people.

Edmund sighed. "Break a leg" I said as he left to ask Amberylla to dance. "I wish" Edmund said with a smile.

It was almost midnight and I had danced with 23 men,5 fauns,2 centaurs,and one fox (Chrismo). I got a drink of punch. No wine. I don't drink. Not one drop and besides it smells horrible to me. I put the empty glass down and watched the dancers.

"May I have this dance?".

I looked. It was Knight Dilon. "Of course" I accepted.

"You're a good dancer" he commented as we danced. "Thank you".

I learned a little about Knight Dilon during the dance. He was the youngest of 5 siblings. He had 4 older brothers and one sister. His oldest brothers joined the Archenland army but the oldest was killed in battle. His brother a year than him worked as a blacksmith and his other brother ran away to Calarmen. His sister married a silk marketer. His mother died from fever and his father was killed in an ambush.

I felt sorry for him;he had a rough life. The song ended. "Thank you for the honor of dancing,protector" he kissed my hand and left in the herd of people.

"May I have this last dance?" I turned around. Edmund.

"Of course my king" I curtsied. I put my hand on his shoulder and put the other in his hand. He proceed to put his hand on my waist and the other was handing mine.

"Some how was dancing?" I asked. "Fine not counting the flirting girls that were buzzing around me. I swear 100% were on to me". I smiled "For me I guess about 90%,but I danced with less humans than you did". "31 girls total" he said sick face. "23" I said.

"When is this ball over?" I asked. "Why? I'm not that horrible" he said playfully. "No,it's just it's pretty late. I for one know Lucy is getting me up at 4 in the morning tomorrow". We both laughed.

Peter ended the ball when the dance ended. I turned in for the night and feel asleep immediately.

*Christmas Morning*

"Autumn,Autumn wake up!". Lucy was bouncing the bed up and down. I threw off the covers and looked at Lucy. She was in her robe and nightdress and her hair was a bit messy. "Fine. I'll get Ed" I grumbled. Lucy squealed and skipped out the room. I pulled my red robe on and slipped out the door. All of us had already brought our gifts into the sitting room the previous day so there was no need to bring them.

I opened Edmund's door to find him fast asleep. I went over to his huge bed with blue and silver covers. "Ed wake up" I whispered. He just grumbled and flipped over. "Good grief". I got on his bed and kneeled next to him. I used my hands to shake his back (He was lying stomach down). He flipped over again causing me to be thrown to the floor. A yell escaped my mouth as I hit the floor and Edmund jerked up because of my yell.

I picked up a pillow that was on the floor and smacked him in the face. "Merry Christmas to you too". "What are you doing on the floor?" he said looking down at me. "You flipped my over when I tried to wake you up". "Sorry" he said sheepishly. "Lucy wants us in the sitting room". I threw him his blue robe and we headed for the sitting room.

When we got there, Susan and Peter had the same sluggish impression in their purple and green robes. The present opening begins.

Peter received a new scabbard from Edmund,two new capes from Susan,from me he got a set of chain mail that was forged in a dragon's breath (It has powerful protection against magical blows),and Lucy gave him a new helmet and breastplate.

Susan got a set of new arrows from Edmund,a new dress and shoes from Lucy,I gave her a necklace with a rare stone I found on one of my adventures,and Peter gave her a new set of woman's chain mail.

Lucy got a music box and bracelet from Susan,a new dress and cape from Peter,I gave her 2 fresh fire flowers for her cordial ,which I got from my adventures again,and Edmund gave her a new set of bow and arrows.

I received a pair of daggers from Peter,two pairs of boots from Susan (They had the pointed spers on the heel),a new bow and arrow set from Lucy (My other set got broken by a minotaur),and Edmund gave me a new sword. I was deadly with two swords and most of the time I used a practice sword. It was a strong sword with a orange/red jem in its hilt.

Edmund got a set of gauntlets and boots from Peter,a cape and sword scabbard from Susan,a set of daggers from Lucy,and I got him a sword with a silver hilt and a blue jewel on its hilt. I had it specially made by dwarfs.

Cookies and hot chocolate were brought into us and we gave 'thank yous' and admired our things. Peter had to leave for a meeting along with Edmund. Lucy promised to have tea with Mr. Tumnus,and Susan had to write to a friend she had met at one of her balls leaving me alone.

I headed to the library and started reading. We had come a long way from when we first came here. It was about 2 and a half years since we took the thrones. The years to come are still a mystery.