Author's Note: Ceridwen's POV. I got a review and a couple more follows/favourites which made me SO happy. I hope you enjoy.

Peter: 20 years old

Ceri (dwen): 18 years old

Lucy: 16 years old

For this Chapter

Disclaimer: None of the characters, locations or names which you recognise belong to me! All honours and the greatest respect to CS Lewis.

Chapter 6

It was late morning by the time Peter and I left his quarters. The servants gave us strange looks when we unlocked the doors and I pushed past them, blushing furiously; not much imagination was needed to guess what King Peter had been up to the night before.
I made my way to Lucy's rooms, keeping to the shadows so that I would not be recognised.
"Ceridwen!" shrieked Lucy when I entered her parlour and rushed towards me, engulfing me in a bone- crushing hug; "Where have you been? We were so worried!"
From the corner of my eye, as Lucy held me in her fierce embrace, I saw Prince Rabdesh rise to his feet and give me a curious look.
"Where have you been?" she asked again, shaking me slightly so as to get my attention; "We looked everywhere for you, all over the Palace! Peter had disappeared into his room and- oh!"
Her mouth formed a perfect O and her eyes scanned me, taking in my untidy appearance.
"Oh!" she repeated and turned away from me, her arms by her sides were balled into fists; "Prince Rabdesh, would you please be so kind as to give us some privacy?"
"As you wish Your Majesty" he came to stand in front of me; "I wish to apologise Miss Ceridwen, on behalf of my guests, for the ill way you were treated. You were not fairly treated and I hope my words are enough as an apology."
"Thank you Your Highness" I replied; "your words mean a great deal to me!"
With that, he pressed Lucy's hand to his lips, gave a small bow and left the room. Lucy turned on me as soon as the door was shut, her eyes like fire.
"What in Aslan's Name do you think you were doing? Have you no idea of the consequences of your actions?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about" I denied.
"Don't you dare take me for a fool!" she snapped; "Do you deny that you slept with my brother last night?"
"That's not really any of your business Lucy!"
We both whipped around to see Peter standing in the doorway, his face flushed and his breathing heavy.
"Peter!" I gasped as he quickly made his way over to me.
"Lucy" he said seriously, wrapping his arm around my waist; "Can't you see?"
"See that you're infatuated with one another? Of course I can see it! You're fools, what if she gets-"
"Then I will marry her!"

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Over the next few days, I kept a low profile as the guests began their journeys home. Soon the Palace was back to normal, and it was only the monarchs of Narnia left, waiting still for their ship to be ready to leave the harbour.
It was a rainy day in Tashbaan and Lucy had gone off on a day trip with Prince Rabdesh and his two sisters. Peter and I had taken the day for ourselves and dismissed all the servants from his quarters. After a few hours of frolicking, we lay now, skin to skin on his bed, our breathing was heavy and our naked bodies were slick with sweat.
"It shouldn't be too long now" he said softly as he stroked my hair; "I would say another week and then we can go home Ceri!"
"Did you mean what you said the other day?"
"Said about what?" he asked confused.
"About marrying me?"
He lifted himself up and rested on his elbow, looking down at me in perfect earnest.
"Ceridwen" he began, pulling away the sheets to reveal my naked form, which I hastily tried to cover; "you are the most beautiful, most kind, most divine woman I have ever met in my life and it would be the greatest honour to marry you! I was going to wait for another time whenour attire was more proper, but to hell with that!"
I gasped in shock and then began to laugh hysterically as he jumped off the bed and got down on one knee, fully naked.
"Ceridwen, will you marry me?"
Through fits of laughter, I flung myself at him, kissing every inch of skin that I could access.
"Is that a yes?" he asked
"Of course it's a yes!" I laughed; "yes, yes, yes, yes!"
Pulling me tight against his chest, he stood up with me in his arms and twirled me round, before flinging me onto the bed and getting on top of me.
"Are you quite sure?" he asked.
"Yes" I replied nodding my head furiously
"Good!" he laughed and got up from the bed leaving me to marvel at the sculpted lines of his body.

Not long after we had left Peter's rooms, did Lucy's party arrive back at the Palace, soaking wet and miserable.
"We shan't be able to leave tomorrow!" Lucy said miserably after she had dried off; "The harbour master forbids us to, he is afraid the weather will climax into a storm!"
"What if we go by land?" I enquired
"That would take weeks and weeks"
"I did it!" I pressed
"But Ceridwen, we don't have time to spare! Susan and Edmund need us back in Narnia as soon as possible!"
"And sitting here waiting to see when the weather will change is wasting time! Every day we can stop at an inn and trade for new horses, that way we can get back to Narnia as quickly as possible! It shouldn't take more than two weeks!"
Lucy and Peter exchanged a look.
"I suppose at the end of the day, it will take just as long as going by ship" said Lucy thoughtfully.
So it was decided, that we would make the long journey across Calormene and Archenland to arrive back home. I knew the road would be treacherous, but this time I was not afraid, no slave traders could touch us and now I had Peter to look after me!
That night, Peter did not come to bed with me. He spent the night with the Tisroc and Prince Rabdesh organising safe passage across Calormene. As I was taking a bath, something dawned on me and I jumped out of the water and summoned my hand maiden.
"Can you remember the last time I bled?" I asked urgently.
"No Miss Ceridwen, you haven't bled at all in your time here!"
"Oh Aslan!" I gasped.
It was as if the name had triggered something and a warm light filled the room, followed by the sound of soft singing. As the light cleared, I saw in front me a figure that I had longed for my whole life. I dropped down on one knee, my whole body shaking with anticipation, but I could not help the word that escaped from my lips.
"Aslan!"