The Narnians cornered the Telmarines at the river. The Telmarines stopped at the sight of Lucy. She innocently pulled out her dagger. The Telmarines looked completely baffled.
It was then when Aslan appeared. The sight of the Great Lion gave Narnians hope. Strangely, as Aslan roared, Logan's eyes went blank. Mallory noticed this. "Logan, honey? What's wrong?"
Without answering, he began to walk into the river.
"L-Logan? What are you—LOGAN!"
He had submerged himself underwater.
"LOGAN!"
"Mallory, calm down!" said Maddie. "Look!"
She did, and her jaw dropped to the floor.
Logan came out from underwater, yet encased in a water figure. As he moved, so did the water man. "RAHHH!" yelled Logan. "I dub thee Bill! Now ROAR!"
The water man named Bill hooted.
"WHAT THE HELL?"
Mallory started laughing.
"What's so funny?" asked Darby.
"Logan was in the movies Percy Jackson (the water), Meet Bill (the name of the water man), and Hoot (the roar)," she explained.
All four girls began to laugh.
Logan directed the water man toward the Telmarines on the bridge and began to destroy it. Telmarine after Telmarine were flung into the water. Finally, when the last lord behind the Miraz conspiracy was thrown, the water man disappeared, and Logan was washed up onto shore. He stood up, staggered, and caught another sight of Aslan. His eyes widened. "Holy shit, you are real!"
"Bad word!" said Lucy.
Aslan seemed to smile.
After that, Narnians gathered up the remaining Telmarines and took away their weapons. The four girls, Caspian, Peter, Edmund, and Susan made their way across the river to Aslan, Lucy, and Logan. They all bowed at the sight of Aslan.
"Rise, Kings and Queens of Narnia."
The three oldest Pevensies stood up.
If Aslan had eyebrows, he probably would have raised them. "All of you."
"I do not think I am ready," said Caspian before Maddie, Mallory, Darby, or Alyssa could say anything.
"It's for that very reason that I know you are," said Aslan. Caspian stood up, but Aslan was still staring in that direction. "I said, 'All of you.'"
Alyssa looked up. "Y-you mean us, Aslan?"
"Of course I mean you four. All of you, along with the Pevensies, are a part of the Royalty of Old."
"Aslan," said Maddie, "are you saying that we're Queens of Old?"
"Oh my gosh, I remember!" said Darby, gasping. "Don't you guys?"
And so they did.
"Wow," said Mallory. "Even Alyssa and I were Queens?"
"Yes. You all were inducted as Queens before Maddie and Darby married me and Peter," said Edmund unblushingly.
"Ah," said Alyssa.
Music was suddenly heard. A band of Mice carried one of their kind on a stretcher: Reepicheep.
Maddie, who still had Lucy's healing potion, rushed over immediately; Lucy followed as well. Then Maddie opened the flask and poured just one drop into Reepicheep's mouth. His eyes fluttered open, but then he acknowledged Aslan.
"Oh!" He jumped up. "Hail…Aslan! It is an honor…" At that moment, he bowed but stumbled as he did so. He gasped; his tail was gone. "…and I'm completely out of countenance!" He looked up at Maddie. "Ah…perhaps a drop more?"
Wincing, Maddie took one look at Lucy's face and new her answer. "I don't think it does that."
"You can have a go," he insisted.
"It suits you well," said Aslan.
"Maybe so, Great King," said Reepicheep, "but it is the honor and glory of a Mouse (and there's also the balance thing). Without my tail, I must withdraw my services."
"Sire," said a Mouse by the name of Peepicheek, "we will cut off our tails so as not to dishonor our leader."
All of the other Mice drew their swords and put it in the position to cut off their tails.
The four girls averted their eyes. They did not want to see this.
"Not for your dignity," said Aslan, addressing Reepicheep, "but for the loyalty and welfare of your people."
And with that, Reepicheep's tail grew back so it was there and normal.
"T-thank you!" cried Reepicheep, cradling it. "Thank you, my liege! I shall treasure it always!"
The four girls looked back, smiling: Maybe this story was the same after all.
"Now," said Aslan in a booming voice, "where is this Dear Little Friend you've told me so much about, Lucy?"
"Allow me," said Mallory. She walked over to where the D.L.F. was lining up Telmarines, prodded him on the shoulder, and dragged him by the arm over to Aslan. Startled, he bowed and got down on one knee.
Aslan roared like no other creature ever could. Its vibrancy shook the D.L.F.
"Do you see him now?" asked Lucy and Maddie together, high-fiving.
Shaking but smiling, the D.L.F. merely nodded his head.
"I believe," said Aslan, "that a coronation and then a parade are in order." With that, he began walking towards the castle that was now Caspian's. Lucy ran to catch up with him, and everyone followed in suit, pairing off…
Edmund came up to Maddie, simply just walking next to her and staring at her. After a few moments of silence, he said, "So you're, you're okay then?"
Maddie looked over at him. He was blushing. She took his hand in hers, looked him straight in the eye, and said, "Never better."
His face lit up, and together they made their way after Aslan, hand in hand.
Peter, on the other hand, was walking beside Darby. "So, you love me?"
Darby's cheeks burned, but she could tell he was teasing her. "Shut up, Peter."
Without warning, he sneaked a quick kiss on her cheek and put his arm around her. "I feel the same way."
Logan was completely silent when Mallory approached him. "Hey, Logan."
"Hi," he muttered quickly, avoiding her gaze.
"Okay, spit it out, or do I have to have Alyssa beat it out of you?"
It was then he looked into her eyes with utter fear etched onto his face. "Don't. Please."
"Then what is it?"
"It's just…You all are royalty…and I'm not…"
"So?"
"Don't you want to be with a King and not some silly little actor?"
He averted his gaze, and Mallory understood. With that she bounded onto his back. "If that's the way you wanna be, then give me a piggyback ride!"
When he looked over at her questioningly, she just smiled mischievously. He grinned, shook his head, and proceeded forward with Mallory on his back.
Everything was solved…except for the Alyssa-Caspian-Susan love triangle.
