Ok, next to last chapter! I discovered a type of music called Dubstep and it's…interesting.
Let's see how well my brain is functioning while I write this :D
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NATANI'S POV
Aslan's words had been weighing on my mind like a ton of rock and I was in a quiet sort of mood as I pondered what he could have meant by them Come, Daughter. Be my voice.
I was sitting on my balcony mulling this over in my mind. The night sky was clear and the moon was bright. I was looking at the constellations and naming the ones I remembered Susan telling me the names of. These last few weeks had been wonderful; I had really begun to feel like a part of this family. Peter treated me like another little sister and had been telling me about the finer points of running a kingdom and all the little side things that kept it going. Susan had made me two dresses and had been teaching me about the astronomy in Narnia. Lucy had been constantly chatting with me about various creatures and people she knew and introduced me to several of them. And Edmund was just the same as he always was. He had continued teaching me to read and our little sneaks of affection went mostly unobserved.
However, the last two days, he had become a little distant and it was starting to worry me. Perhaps it was because of my quiet moods like I was in now, I decided to ask him next time I saw him.
I didn't have to wait too long, because the knock at my bedroom door announce the presence of that very individual.
"Come on in," I called from the balcony. I didn't look around because I knew he would join me.
"I thought I'd find you here," Edmund said as he leaned on the railing next to me. "Susan said you didn't have dinner at all."
"Well, no I guess I didn't," I really hadn't even thought about dinner. I really needed to start paying attention.
"You've been really quiet lately," Edmund said casually, I could tell he didn't want to upset me but wasn't really saying what he wanted to.
"What are you trying to say, Edmund?" I asked with a sigh, "You know you can always be one hundred percent honest with me."
"Well I really don't have anything specific," he replied quietly as he gazed out over the sea. "I just wish I could read your mind sometimes. I want to know…what happened for that whole day you were…you know…dead?"
I tried to remember, I really tried hard. But I guess Aslan didn't want me to think about it because I'm sure this earth wouldn't be enough for me anymore.
"I don't know, Ed," I said honestly. "I can't remember. That whole time is barely a whisper of a memory. All I remember was feeling stronger and healthier than I ever had."
Edmund seemed satisfied and turned around to lean his back on the rail so he could look at me as I stood by the entrance back to my room.
We stood there and just looked at each other for a while, an awkward silence, which struck me as odd because we were not awkward around each other. Edmund started to whistle and I smiled at him. He stopped and grinned sheepishly. Whistling kind of annoyed me and he knew it.
"So…Natani," he said slowly, not really looking at me. I wanted to shake him and order him to look at me but I knew he would when he was ready. "I came up here because I had something I wanted to ask you."
"Well then?" I waited, but he didn't make a move.
"What do you think Aslan meant when he called you back to life?" I knew it wasn't what he had intended on asking but that he WAS interested in the answer to this.
"I…I wish I knew, Edmund," I said sadly, shaking my head. "But I honestly can't figure out what he meant by telling me to be his voice."
Edmund looked away from me and sighed heavily.
"I think I do."
My eyes went wide and I stepped towards him.
"What?" I asked softly, not sure if I had heard him correctly.
"I was thinking it over and about all the things Aslan had told us since we met," Edmund explained slowly, "Remember when he met you in the desert and told you that you had never heard of him because your people were kept from knowing him by the queen? Well…I figure if the queen is dead now, Peter killed her himself, then…what's stopping your people from hearing of Aslan? Doesn't someone need to tell them what they've missed?"
And I knew. He was right and I knew it. This was the answer I had seeking since my reawakening. I had known it all along if I had just thought about it.
"Oh my…" I sat down on the railing because I felt a little overwhelmed.
"Will you go?"
How could I not? Aslan had called me to do it and had given me second life in order to complete this task. I had no choice but to follow his will. So I nodded slowly.
Edmund seemed to deflate and so he stood quickly and bid me goodnight with a bow.
"Wait, Edmund," I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Don't I get a goodnight kiss?"
I winked and stood up to meet hi and we stood in the moonlight in each other's arms as we kissed slowly and sweetly. I could have stayed there forever but Edmund suddenly pulled away and began pacing back and forth.
"Are you alright, Ed?" I asked, concerned.
"Mmmhmm," he mumbled but I could tell that something was…off. He began to mutter to himself and I heard my name in those mutterings a few times.
"EDMUND!" I snapped, fearing for his sanity.
He looked at me and his expression was like a scared rabbit and he gulped noticeably.
"Natani," his voice was higher than usual and he cleared his throat to regulate it, "I…promised myself I wouldn't do this if you decided to go back to your own people but…I can't help myself."
Then, before I could register anything in my mind, Edmund took both of my hands in his and looked right in my eyes before dropping slowly to one knee. My breath caught in my throat when I realized what was happening. He produced from somewhere on his person a tiny wooden box and opened it. Inside, on a lining of purple velvet, sat a delicate, yet intricately formed silver ring. The two ends twisted together somehow to form a lion's head in the center, two tiny emeralds for eyes, just like my sword.
"Natani," Edmund's voice was shaky, but somehow strong at the same time, "When I met you that day on the battlefield I thought to myself that you were terrible and that I wanted to leave you to die, but as I have gotten to know you since then I have come to see you as not only a friend, but as far, far more. I thought I lost you once and it tore me apart. Natani, I can't stand to be anywhere but with you and I never WANT to be satisfied without you. I would rather be miserable with your memory than happy without having known you at all. So, what I'm saying is, I love you. I love you more than my own…sanity! Would you, Natani of the Moors, do me the honor of being my one and my only, my wife?"
I didn't even have to think about it. I wanted nothing more!
"Yes," I whispered, getting to my knees as well so I could look him in the eyes as an equal, "Oh, Edmund, absolutely yes!"
His smiled lit up his entire face and he let out a relieved laugh. He took the ring from the box and gently slipped it onto my ring finger, kissing my knuckles before pulling me into a real kiss. This kiss was special, I considered it our very first kiss.
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I went to my people. I lived among them for two years and told them of my experiences with the Narnians and the Great Lion, Aslan. My people began to flourish now they they were out from under the witches thumb. Narnia established a trade route with them and our people became trusted allies. I knew Aslan's paws were in this because no nation recovers and heals as fast as they did without help of some divine sort. The best part of my efforts among my people was that Aslan was declared their King and the vast majority of them began seeking his will and love. I had been Aslan's voice to my lost people and I was sad, but glad to be returning to Narnia to finally marry my fiancé of two years who had patiently waited for me back in his own country.
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Well…this is almost the end. I'll put up the final chapter later tomorrow when I get out of class. I'm not sure how to write the finish I have planned but if it works out how I want it to, it's going to be great!
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