Ok I'm back from the Cinema! Just so you know, Season of the Witch is pretty good (a bit anti-Christian until God wins at the end) although also pretty dang frightening. Demon possession is never fun…

Anywho…

Hey, Zayren Heart, sorry about that. It seemed like a really great place to stop ;) But here's the next chapter and maybe another on the way tonight if I stay awake!

"Yes! It's me!" I was tired of this. I can back to save all their rear ends and this is how I get treated? Well…I mean, I guess they didn't KNOW why I was here. I stood up and stepped right up to Edmund, our noses nearly touching as I looked him dead in the eyes.

"I thought I told you not to come back here!" he yelled, not stepping down from my challenging stance, he merely glared back with all the intensity of a thousand burning suns. But I wasn't backing down, not this time.

"I didn't intend to," I replied venomously.

"I warned you what would happen…" Edmund threatened, his hand went to his sword hilt. I grabbed it, digging my nails into his knuckles.

"Well I thought that what I have to tell you would be a little more important than my personal safety." I said darkly.

Edmund winced ever so slightly and yanked his hand away from me.

"You think you can just show up and…" he started, but Lucy grabbed his arm.

"Ed," she said sternly, looking at me the whole time.

Edmund shut his mouth and looked at his little sister with extreme confusion.

"What is it, Lu?" he asked.

"Did you hear what she said?" Lucy asked.

"Of course I did," Edmund huffed, "But I don't believe it."

"What if I told you Aslan sent me?" I used my last, desperate resort.

Utter silence fell among the four of us, not a word was spoken and the only sound we heard was the croaking of a tree frog on the tree next to us. Three pairs of brown eyes were focus completely on me in disbelief. Philip was the first to find his words.

"You…you've seen Aslan?" he asked, looking as incredulous as a horse can.

I nodded. I wasn't saying anything else until they decided to be reasonable.

Edmund's eyes suddenly softened slightly and a look of understanding passed over them.

"What did he say to you?" his voice was barely a whisper.

I sucked in a breath. He was willing to listen. Fantastic!

"He came to me in a dream. Cryptic and beautiful and frightening all at once," I started.

"Oh that's him all right!" Lucy practically squealed.

"He came to me and reprimanded me for my treachery," I continued, looking at Edmund as I said this, my eyes begging him to listen to what I meant. "And he told me to keep my eyes and ears open and my body hidden. I didn't know what he meant, but the next day I came upon two men in the forest near the desert. I didn't let them see me and I spied on them. Oh, Edmund, they're planning an invasion! My queen, my former queen, has an army massed and ready to attack. She has mercenaries as well! Please, you have to believe me!"

Edmund just looked at me for a long time. Finally, he closed his eyes.

"Why should I?" he asked.

"Because if you don't, Narnia will be wiped out within the next few weeks, "I replied, trying so hard to convince him.

Philip scraped one of his hooves on the ground and shook his mane.

"What would your queen want to attack Narnia for?" he asked.

And I knew the answer somehow.

"The White Witch," I said, and I noticed Edmund's eyes flash and his jaw tightened, "She was once a follower of the White Witch. She hates you and your family for what you did. She wants revenge and she is using my people as puppets!"

"You were one," Edmund growled, "So what makes you think you can just change that?"

I looked at him sadly. I knew what I was going to say would cut him deep, but I knew it would do the trick.

"You were once."

Edmund's expression of anger faltered. It turned to a look of absolute shock and…pain.

"I…I…" he stuttered, shaking his head.

"But, Edmund," I wanted to clarify my meaning. I wasn't accusing him and I wanted him to know this. "What changed you? Was it not Aslan? When he called you to him you were transformed into a whole new person, weren't you?"

I hesitated for a moment, seeking the right thing to say to make it hit home.

"Why shouldn't he do the same for me? A traitor who he chose to love."

Edmund looked at me. Right into my eyes and I saw a glimmer to those brown eyes I had never seen before. Tears.

"You're right," he whispered, not wanting his voice to fail him, "Aslan uses whoever he chooses and whoever is willing. If you say you've experienced him, I accept your warning as truth."

Lucy suddenly threw her arms around me.

"Oh, Natani! You've seen him! You've met him!" she squealed happily, "Tell me all about it, please!"

I smiled at Lucy and agreed to tell her as soon as I could. She smiled and ran back to the castle to tell Peter and Susan that I was back and had important news.

Edmund and I watched her go in silence. But I wanted to say something more to him.

"Edmund…" I started.

"Yes?"

"I want…I want to apologize for…" I was shocked to feel tears pushing against my eyes. What was wrong with me? "Gosh, stupid eyes!"

I rubbed them furiously, wanting the tears to stop!

Edmund laughed. It was a sound that I found myself overjoyed to hear!

"I want to apologize for what I almost did to you and your family," I blurted out, "I realize now that I was meant to be here and I shouldn't have fought against your mercy on me. Please, will you forgive me?"

"Meeting Aslan does things to you," Edmund said, and I was confused as to his meaning. "Things that meant nothing before are suddenly more important than anything else. Little things make you cry. And things you thought would be a weight on your shoulders forever…are lifted."

He lifted my chin with his hand and wiped the tears from under my eyes with his thumbs. I gazed at him in disbelief.

"And things you never thought you could forgive…you can."

He smiled.

"I forgive you, Natani. Completely."

The feeling of being forgiven by Edmund came in second only to the feeling of being found by Aslan. My tears came again, but this time they were not tears of sadness or shame, but ones of happiness.

"Come on," Edmund said, grinning in the darkness, "Let's get you inside…and let's get you some clothes and a bath. You stink."

I laughed and we walked back to the castle side by side.

Well there's another chapter. It took a long time to write because I got distracted by football (soccer, not American football) on tv. But I DID get it done so here it is :D More to come soon!

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