Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the world of Narnia; everything belongs to C. S. Lewis.

A/N: I've learned that I enjoy working with Lucy, so I'm hoping to incorporate her into my future works more (as well as Susan). The last line is purely from the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as the movie does not depict the romp after Aslan's resurrection; I like this scene, and so I chose to allude to it.

There will be a short epilogue after this chapter to close the series out, so stay tuned!

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"We live by faith, not by sight."

2 Corinthians 5:7

Chapter Five: Lucy

Lucy is his dear heart.

It was the youngest Pevensie that first discovered Narnia, and it is she who possesses, even now, the greatest faith. Aslan can remember the little girl that looked up at him with awe and delight, yet filled with worry for her brother and for Mr. Tumnus and for Narnia itself, the love she felt for this world apparent in her every action. The Lion remembers finding himself especially fascinated by this human and the way that, though still a bit afraid, she had looked him in the eye and let him know of the already formed trust she had in him; and in that moment, he had known that Lucy was already beginning to wrap herself around his heart.

Lucy, though she does not believe herself to be especially so, is brave, as her title of Valiant implies. For her, it is more than just courage: it's the knowledge that Aslan will always come to defend and is always watching, and so she has put aside her fear many a time and done what was necessary. While Aslan breathed his sweet smelling breath on the beings turned to stone to revive them after Beruna, Lucy was the one who, with her healing cordial, tended to the wounded and comforted them with small pats and bright smiles. And Aslan knows that it was she out of her siblings who watched his departure across the sandy beaches along Cair Paravel, her tearful gaze on his back; she who would feel his absence the most.

Unlike her sister, Lucy was more willing to partake in battle during the fifteen years she and her siblings reined in Narnia, skilled with dagger and bow and, after much begging from her brothers, sword. However, she usually preferred to stay behind and rule with Susan during campaigns, and was often seen flitting all about Narnia and playing the roll of nurse, taking care of the sick and lifting their spirits.

Although returning to a life she had nearly forgotten was very trying for the child after having grown into a young woman, Lucy managed to find the strength she needed and pulled through, pushing down the tears and sorrow, and became the one out of the four children to mention Narnia the most frequently. She was the first to feel the magic's pull at the train station, the first to see Aslan across the gorge, and the one that was confident that he would come, even when Peter wasn't; she was the one who came to Aslan. And when Lucy was sent home for the second time, it was with the knowledge that she would one day return, though only with Edmund.

Or so it seemed. Joining her and Edmund was their young cousin, Aslan calling them back to sail with King Caspian in his search to find the Seven Lost Lords, and it was on this journey that she used her skills and beliefs and fought for Narnia once more. Her valiancy and faith did not exclude her from temptation, however, just as they do not now, and she was nearly consumed by insecurity and the wish to become the beauty that her sister was, completely oblivious to her own loveliness. She had doubted her worth, and this had served as a bitter sadness for Aslan to watch, until he had finally intervened by reminding her that it was she who opened the world of Narnia to her brothers and sister. After that, he had simply watched her inner strength return and intensify, the love and pride he felt for her evermore growing; and when the time came for her, too, to leave Narnia behind, Aslan will admit that feeling her cry into his main and grasp his fur, then watching her leave, was for him a painful goodbye.

Lucy is the easiest Pevensie to find laughter and shed tears, whether with joy or sorrow, and has a disposition quite similar to that of her eldest brother's; she is adoring when it comes to her siblings, has a weakness for animals, and rarely loses her temper, keeping calm even more so than her sister. Although she is an easy talker, she is, like Edmund, rather shy upon first meeting someone, and feels emotions acutely and with understanding; can make the gruffest soul love her and capture the heart of a lion, as she has done with Aslan, and he knows that her faith in him and his magic is forever absolute.

When Aslan looks upon his brave little lioness and sees that curious, excited sparkle in her eyes and feels her hand twine in his mane, pure pleasure fills him, and he can already imagine romping with her among the lilacs and wild aster and clover just as he did when she was a little girl.