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Interview with a King: Take Two
(Commercial break ends)
"Hello and welcome back to the V. Williams show and I'm here with my special guest King Caspian the tenth!"
(Fake audience cheers and applauds)
"Are they clapping for me?" Caspian replied
"Yes, it only does that by command, there are no real people inside the camera but I just created sounds to make it more real, it helps me a lot," Veronica replied
(Audience applauds die down to silence)
"Alright back to the questions, my next question is…" Veronica replied when she was interrupted
" Wait, if you don't mind me asking, how did you come here from America?" Caspian asked
"Pardon me," said Veronica
"How did you arrive to Narnia? Did you travel by horse?" asked Caspian
"Um…no," Veronica said
"Oh, so how did you manage to travel from such far country?" Caspian asked
"Um…it's not that interesting for me to tell," said Veronica
"Oh but I am very interested in hearing about it," Caspian replied
"Well…," Veronica replied
"Please, I have learned so much about your country tell me more," Caspian replied
"Um well…I am really the one who is supposed to be asking you the questions, I don't want to waste your time asking questions about me,"
"Nonsense please," said Caspian
"Um are you sure?" Veronica asked
"Yes, I'm very sure, king's orders," Caspian said
"Okay, um…well it all started one day when…."
"Ugh! look at me I have nothing. The show starts in less than two weeks and I am nowhere near prepared!"
"What do you mean Veronica? Don't you have any celebrity guests appearing?" asked her friend
"No, but who am I going find to appear so late? Almost every show is booked with stars appearing, even SpongeBob is booked to appear on a show!" Veronica replied
"Oh, have you tried to call any celebrities so far?" asked her friend
"Who am I going to call? Oprah Winfrey or Tyra Banks and hope they feel sorry for me and ask their guests to come on my show?"
"Oh please, I honestly I think your show will do better than either of those one day with all the current ratings they get now,"
"Oh don't try to make me feel better about myself. Its no use, it has always been my dream to have my own television show. To be able to have my voice heard and have people stop telling me what to do and actually have the upper hand this time, I just wanted to be my own boss for a change," replied Veronica
"You ARE your own boss, look at you now,"
"Yeah look at ME, a unsuccessful wannabe talk show host, with no clue of what to do on her first episode and no good script," Veronica replied as she threw her script on the table
"Don't tell yourself that, you are a very successful business woman who owns her own home at the young age of twenty-two years old, a bright mind, a great personality, and a trustworthy friend,"
"Thanks but its going to take a lot more than that to make this show a big hit," Veronica replied
"Stop frustrating yourself, you will make it just like you made it through pre-k, kindergarten, secondary school, and then college,"
"Alright I get it, I'll just have to try harder and stop hoping for the worst, happy?"
"You're Getting there, anyway listen I have to go, I have to go into work early today because my boss called and said that nobody wants to come in because their calling in sick," said her friend
"And why?" Veronica asked
"Because my co-workers are lazy, they don't want to work as hard as I do, my boss relies on me alone all the time, and plus I have to pay my bills," Her friend replied
"Oh, I see why you look so tired all time, why don't you try to get some more rest?"
"You know why I can't, I cant afford to be kicked out of my beautiful apartment because of my negligence to pay bills,"
"Alright be safe then and don't drive so crazy, those police are no joke," Veronica replied
"Okay V I'll drive safely, see you tomorrow morning,"
"Okay friend see you later," Veronica said as her friend walked out the door. She then sat down alone at the table when she saw the script, picked it up and sighed.
"What am I going to do with you now, you're completely blank!" Veronica said when she got up from the table and walked to the garbage about to throw it away.
Just then she heard the faint sound of water dripping. She went over to the kitchen sink but there was no water coming out. She heard the noise again but looked around and didn't see a thing. She then shook it out of her mind and went upstairs to the bathroom. Veronica went to the bath tub and put her hand under the faucet but felt no water dripping from it. She put her hand underneath again but didn't feel a thing.
"Okay there is no water dripping from either sink,"
It was then that the strangest thing happened. The dripping sound stopped when Veronica turned around to find a book lying of the floor.
"Hmmm…I don't remember putting that there, where did this come from?"
She saw the book covered in dust with a strange name written in black ink.
"What is this?" Veronica said as she picked up the book and blew the dust off when she looked at the letters
"N-A-R-N-I-A…?" Veronica asked. She continued to look at the book when she brushed her fingers over the letters and felt a chilly breeze brush past her making her shiver.
"What was that, I didn't leave that window open did I?" She then looked at the book and tried to pronounce the words.
"Nar-nia? I haven't read that book in ages, since primary school," Veronica said to herself when this made her uncomfortable and strange.
"Did this come from my bookshelf?" Veronica asked herself when she then went to her room and went to her bookshelf. Just as she found an empty slot in the bookshelf the book suddenly slipped from her hand and fell to the floor. Veronica then bent to pick up the book when another chilly breeze brushed past her.
"Okay that was plain weird," Veronica replied when she looked around and noticed there were no windows opened or cracked.
"Veronica…"
A gentle whisper called to her. Veronica jumped back when she looked around.
"Who goes there!" Veronica asked when she turned around.
"Maybe it was my head playing games with me, I really need to sleep,"
"Veronica…"
"What…no it is not real.." Veronica replied, "I need to clear my head,"
She then went into the bathroom and washed her face where she stared at herself In the mirror.
"Look at you, your show in less than three weeks and your a mess," Veronica replied when shook her head and left the bathroom. She was prepared to go to sleep when she heard another sound like a running water.
"Oh come on I didn't leave the sink I just turned it off!" Veronica complained when she went back to the bathroom and looked everywhere but didn't see anything suspicious.
Now I'm really losing it…
"Veronica…."
She jumped when she turned around and didn't see anything and began to feel scared. She stared at herself in the mirror when she noticed something strange. The reflection of herself began to move like she was staring at water.
"Huh" Veronica asked when she saw the mirror
"Veronica…" the voice sounded deep and gentle
" Who are you and what do you want?" she asked more panicked but there was no answer.
Just then Veronica felt herself moving towards the mirror and she tried with all her might to stop it but she only moved closer. As she moved closer to the mirror, she could see her reflection begin to vanish and inside the mirror Veronica saw the most amazing thing.
She saw a garden full of flowers and something far away in the distance that looked like an animal with brown fur.
"No please no don't hurt me!" Veronica screamed
It was then that the mirror began to shake Veronica's body as she was pulled further into it.
"No!"
Veronica found herself lying in a row full of flowers with the sun beaming brightly in her face. Sadly she hit her head so hard which made her ache in pain.
She then lifted her head up and noticed that she was no longer in the bathroom because she looked around and didn't see the mirror or anything simliar to her house.
"Where am I?" Veronica asked herself as she rubbed her aching head. She began to feel frightened by this and suddenly remembered seeing this garden on the other side of the mirror before she was pulled in.
Now this is strange....No it must all be a dream...after all I did say I need some rest...
She tried to stand up on her two feet when she looked and saw a beautiful meadow. She looked far in the distance and saw a small stream with the purest, clearest water ever it almost looked like tiny gems.
What is this place?
"Welcome daughter of Eve," said a deep voice. Veronica jumped when she turned around and she saw a large lion with light brown fur and kind smile staring at her. She rubbed her eyes in unbelief when she saw the lion approach her when she backed away.
How-but where? Did that lion just talk to me?
"Are you talking to me?" Veronica asked whens she saw the lion who nodded to her.
"Yes daughter of Eve,"
"But who is Eve?" Veronica asked confused when she looked around
"You are a daughter of Eve, child," the lion replied
"Me? No, my mother's name is Sarah," Veronica said
"But you are, every human here is a son of Adam and a daughter of Eve,"
"What? I am no child of Adam and Eve, the only Adam and Eve I ever heard of were the first humans on earth whom God created and they lived in this garden called Eden," Veronica replied
"Yes exactly, and you are a daughter of Eve as every daughter in Narnia is…"
"Huh…did you just say N-Narnia?" Veronica asked curiously and confused
"Yes of course,"
"I am in Narnia?" Veronica asked in disbelief
"Yes you are," the Lion replied
Yeah right... that lion is probably messing with my head...Narnia...in my dreams...
"Why do you not know Narnia?" asked the lion concerned. Veronica stared at the lion very suspiciously.
"So if this is Narnia…then who are you?" Veronica asked
"Why I am Aslan the creator and king," he replied. Just then Veronica went into shock.
"B...but that is only a story book I have read, it's a name of a fictional place made up by a man who died years ago, Ha this place isn't real and neither are you," said Veronica
"But it is real, Everything about narnia is very real,"
"No…now your playing with my head…there is no such place as Narnia and I am not really here, so if you will excuse me your "majesty talking lion" I am going to go back home to where it makes sense," said Veronica
"My child, Narnia is as real as you are and there is no need to not believe that," Aslan replied
"What do you mean? This place is not real, this is all a figment of my imagination just like when those kids that came here through some closet," Veronica replied
"You mean the Kings and Queens of old? They arrived through a wardrobe," replied Aslan
"Huh? The kings and queens of what? Okay I am not following goodbye," Veronica said as she prepared to leave
"But you are human just like them therefore you come from the same world...Earth," said Aslan which made Veronica stop and turn around curiously
"How do you know so much about me?" asked Veronica
"That question cannot be answered in easy ways," Aslan replied
"What do you mean?" Veronica asked, " Wait did you know that I was coming here?"
"That cannot be easily told," said Aslan which made Veronica more confused.
"Alright then...what about my name can you tell me that?" Veronica asked when Aslan studied her closely.
" Hmm...Your mother named you after someone dear to you and her heart...Veronica," said Aslan when her eyes widened
"But-but that impossible..." said Veronica
"Nothing is impossible in Narnia, child," said Aslan
"No...no...I want to go back home where everything makes sense...send me back home!" Veronica replied worried not liking what was happening
"Very well then I will send you back but remember me when I say this, you will return soon enough," Aslan replied as he opened his mouth and breathed over Veronica which felt like a calm breeze when she closed her eyes.
Soon Veronica was back in her home in her bed.
"What-where, but I was just," Veronica woke up to see everything back in place, even her mirror.
"But I was just…the mirror…" Veronica turned and the saw the same mirror in place. Nothing in her room had changed except for the fact that she must have been asleep.
"This couldn't be a dream…," Just then she jumped off her bed and went to the mirror and patted and knocked on it several times but it was hard as a rock. She tried to see if her hand would go through it but nothing worked.
"This is impossible…my hand went right through it!" She tried and tried but nothing happened.
She looked around confused when she noticed that the Narnia book wasnt on the floor anymore. She then searched in her room even the bookshelf but oddly it wasnt there. It was then that Veronica noticed a blank piece of paper on her bed that wasn't there before.
Where did that come from?
When Veronica picked up the paper she realized it was the blank pages of unwritten script.
I thought I put in the garbage...
The strange thing was when she turned it around and saw the most unusual thing...
Nothing is the way it always appears....
Veronica then fell silent and stared shocked at the paper when a chilly breeze flew past her and it sounded like a soft roar. Then something hit her.
"ASLAN...NARNIA....I think I have found the script I have been looking for," she replied
(Back to reality)
"Um...lady Verounika?" Caspian asked curiously
(The camera then zooms in on Veronica who is stiff like a comatose patient)
"Um...Veronica...Veronica!" The cameraman shouts when Veronica suddenly shakes awake and looks around wildly.
"Huh, where am I...oh I'm sorry, um I just had alot on my mind," Veronica replied when she tried to get herself together
"I was alittle concerned for you, it was like you werent there," Caspian replied
"Oh, don't worry, I'm A-okay, never better, So what did you ask me before?" Veronica asked. Caspian looked confused
"You don't remember? You were telling me how you arrived to Narnia," Caspian replied
"Oh, yeah right, um, as I was saying before I took the airplane," said Veronica.
(The cameraman and Caspian stare confused)
"And I flew from America to here," Veronica replied
"Oh, interesting, what is an airplane?" Caspian asked
Phew! I glad I survived that question…
"But airplanes don't ex-" the cameraman replied
"YES! They do," said Veronica
"But didnt we go through the mirror-" said the camera
"Shhh! Now on to the next question," Veronica replied as she got her notecard
"Alright, this is kind of a personal question, how are old you now?" Veronica asked
"Oh, I'll be twenty-two soon," Caspian replied
"Oh really, I just turned twenty-two not too long ago," Veronica replied
"How amazing now I finally find somebody in my age group," said Caspian smiling
"Nice, so do you have special hobbies or activities that you like to do when you are not occupied with kingly matters?"
"Well…I like horse riding, I do a lot of sword fighting sometimes to practice or just for fun, I play chess with my friends, I read here and there, and I just take walks around the castle and the area to relax my mind," Caspian replied
"Wow, what is horse riding like?" asked Veronica
"You mean you have never horse ridden before?" Caspian asked
"No…not really, I have rode once on a pony before but that was a long time ago," Veronica answered
"Oh well, it is an amazing thing to do and you feel like you can do anything," Caspian replied
"Really maybe I should try it one day," Veronica said
"Yes, maybe I could teach you," said Caspian
"That would be nice, your majesty," Veronica replied when just then a loud voice interrupted the conversation
"Your majesty King Caspian! Come quick, to the throne room, we are holding an emergency meeting!" replied the centaur
"Meeting? Um, alright I will be there shortly," Caspian replied when he turned to Veronica, "I am so sorry but I'm afraid I must attend this meeting"
"Oh its alright, its your job," Veronica replied
"Thank you, I should be back shortly," Caspian said as he got up from his seat and walked away
"Okay see you later," Veronica replied when she looked to the camera, " Ladies and gentlemen we will take a short break and when King Caspian returns we will continue with this interview,"
(Cue to Commercial Break)
On the next chapter of My Interview with A King
"So…you are what they call a noble knight of Narnia?" Veronica asked
"Precisely correct lady Veronica, there is no more noble such as I,"
"Oh, I see why they call you that, your not like any knight I have seen before," Veronica replied
"Yes, what other noble knights do you know have my name?"
"Um.. None actually,"
"Exactly my point,"
"What is your name?" Veronica asked
"I am Sir Reepicheep" He replied when he stood up on the chair and swashed his sword around
(Audience laughs)
"Ooohhhh," Veronica said
A/N: LOl! So how did you like that? Do you finally get the reason why Veronica is doing this interview or is it still hard to follow? What about the ending? Please feel free to let me know if you liked it or not. Just press that beautiful blue button beneath and your good to go!! Have a nice day everyone! GOD BLESS!