Title: Dragonfly in Amber

Author: FaithfulPureLight (and her sister)

Disclaimer: I wish. I really do! But alas I do not and I am only borrowing them. (Looks over to her lawyer. "Was that good?" lawyer nods. "Yay! Ok on with the introductions and then the story!" sister cheers in the background. I pull out Edmund and Peter and my sister pulls out Lucy and that witch Susan. "We own u as soon as the documents are done remember that") again just kidding!

Rating: For reasons explained later I am rating this a M for mature

Summary: Lucy starts having nightmares that she can't remember. Soon Edmund and Peter are too. What could be so terrible that our heros would willingly forget a memory of Narnia?

Dedication: my reviewers and Emmy! She helped me kick my butt into gear with this chapter which was really hard to write. And of course Elecktrum. Oh and if anyone would like to hear the song that Lucy sings please visit this link: 10: My Heart is Like a River

Peter's POV

A scream rips through the night. A scream so terrible it sends shivers up my spine. It is the scream I dread hearing. The scream that haunts my nightmares and plagues the thoughts of my waking hours.

"Edmund!"

The covers are tangled in my limbs. I rip them off the bed as I struggle to get out the door. I trip, my chin hitting the floor. A painful yelp escapes my throat. I turn to look at the offending quilts and sheet. With a snarl that could rival any cheetah, I tear the blankets off my body; throwing them back into the room, not caring where they land. I scramble to my feet, sprinting out the door and skidding to a halt in front of my brother's room.

I see Lucy hurrying up the stairs from the corner of my eye. I don't know what she was doing down stairs but I can take a good guess. Whenever my sister can't sleep she gets herself a snack. Edmund's screams must of frightened her a lot.

I try to open his door, growling when it won't open. Edmund's door has never liked to open, and at times it refuses to open all together. Tonight is not the time for it to play it's little trick. Not when my brother is alone after a nightmare.

I throw my shoulder against the wood, repeating this method several times before the door slams into the opposite wall of Edmund's room. I tumble down to meet the floor again, wincing in pain. Lucy pauses, unsure how to get around me. I push myself back, rocking onto the balls of my feet.

I stand up straight, hurrying to my younger brother's side. He's whiter than the ghosts that he used to tease Lu about before we went into Narnia. And shaking worse than I've seen in a long time. His entire frame is trembeling. Lu sees it as well. I hear her gasp from the doorway.

I hurry to Edmund's side, climbing onto the bed and pulling him into my arms. He's shaking so bad that I too begin to shake. I can feel his hot tears rush onto my shirt, soaking it within minutes. My poor brother.

Lucy climbs up on his other side, rubbing his back in small circles, trying to help calm him down. If this is what he's like five or so minutes after the nightmare I hate to think of him right after he wakes up. Inwardly, I curse my sheets, and his door for blocking my path and making me slow down considerably, eating up the time I should have spent here.

"Don't worry Ed. I'm here. Nothing is going to hurt you anymore." My voice, instead of soothing like I had hoped it would seemed to only remind Edmund of what he was trying to forget. It was like he had just realized it was me in the flesh and actually here. I fear to ask what his dream constituted of that makes him so upset.

Lucy tries to calm our brother down as he clenches his hands more tightly in my shirt. "Edmund? What's wrong? Won't you tell us what you saw?" Ed shakes his head viciously. "Please Edmund? What hurt so much? Don't you see that we want to help? We can help Ed we can. Please let us." He shakes his head again, slower this time but still just as firm. Lucy is almost in tears. "Why won't you let us help Edmund?" She whispers brokenly.

"Ed." I whisper just as quietly as Lucy. I hold my emotions more in check, but I too feel like I am about to break. I want to help so badly. I hate to see my brother in so much pain. And this is one of the few times that I remember, where I don't know how to fix what wrong. It's not a feeling I particularly like.

"I'm not sure I can tell you. But...I can try." Edmund's voice is so hoarse from screaming that I jump upon hearing it. I hug him tighter to me. Just as he goes to being his tail however my mother pokes her head in.

"I heard screaming. Everything alright in here?"

I feel a slight flare of irritation. Now she's here? Now she decides to check and see if we're all alright? Where was she with Lucy last night? Or the countless nights before that over the summer?

I push the irrational feeling down. Mother has been doing the best she can. And these reasons are exactly why it's a good thing she doesn't come and check. She would come in at bad times and we wouldn't be able to talk about half the nightmares that any of us have. And she means well. She is after all our mother.

Lucy springs up and goes to lead our mother away giving me a look that clearly says, I'm being the distraction. So tell me later or else! I nod my head in reply as she disappears from site.

"Alright Ed. You can start."

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When my brother is finished, I hold him closer, wanting to make his nightmares go away.

"I don't remember that last part Peter. But it seemed so real..." He trails off, griping tighter to my shirt.

"Me neither Ed. Me neither." Something digs at my brain. Making me wonder. What could we be remembering? We stay like that for a long time, when Lu finally slips back in. She takes one look at Edmund and guesses correctly.

"Afraid to go to sleep?" He gives a glare, not having the energy to protest. Especially when she's right.

Lucy climbs on the bed, making sure we both are situated comfortably in bed before laying on Edmund's other side. She takes a deep breath and begins to sing.

My heart is like a river
My heart is like these hills
They never change
I never change
and I never will

You called and I came running
You cried and now I'm here
So hold this faith
accept our faith
These are little fears

We have enough to guide us
We have enough to last
We're not alone
we never were
you and I aren't lost

Oh hold me very tightlyHold me fast and strong
I am your love
Won't stray from you
You and I belong

My heart is like a river
My heart is like these hills
They never change
I never change
and I never will

I remember this song. Whenever I was leaving for battle I would sing it to my siblingsIt calmed their nerves somewhat, and made them believe that I would return. Lucy was always the best at singing, her light soprano easily matching the notes that any song calls for. Soon the song lulls me and Edmund to sleep.