London, Fall 1945:
(Lucy's POV)
Susan is gripping onto Lynn's motionless arms tightly. Every time we come here, it's always like this. I pat her back to try to calm her down but she gives me a death stare. Peter pulls me out of the room as Edmund walks to our sister's side as we leave.
"Lu," Peter starts once he closes the door. "I think we should let Susan be, don't you think?"
I shake my head and look my older brother straight in the eye. "No, we shouldn't let her be! If we do, she'll be sad Peter! Without Lynn here, Susan must be lonely as ever!"
We hear Susan scream back in the room and Edmund rushes out the door with a guilty expression.
"What did you do?" Peter accuses.
He jogs down the hospital hall toward us with his hands raised defensively. "I didn't do anything! I just said she'll probably wake up soon! And then if she doesn't, she won't have anymore competition at school."
Peter starts to loudly scold Edmund and Edmund starts to throw horrible remarks back. I pinch their arms and smile as I hear their satisfying "owww's!"
"Now's not the time to cause a scene! I mean really, people are beginning to stare!" We all look around as nurses and staff turn their heads to escape being caught.
"They must be looking at Peter's haircut," Edmund scoffs. Peter punches him and I pinch them again.
"Listen! Now look, I need to tell you both something."
Edmund surprisingly listens to me intently as I receive a concerned look from Peter. "Well, what about Su? Do we have to go get her? 'Cause I'm not going back in there!"
I sigh and shrug my shoulders. "I don't think I want to tell her- now's probably not a good time."
"Well, what is it?" Edmund blurts out.
"A few days ago...I saw Aslan in a dream." Their eyes widen and I hold out my hand to tell them to let me finish.. "But that wasn't the biggest part. I saw Lynn...She's in Narnia."
"What?" Peter cries in disbelief.
"You've got to be joking," Edmund awkwardly laughs. "I mean, Lynn...In Narnia. You guys, her body's right there!" He points back to her hospital room.
"Hear me out!" I pout. "I saw her, I swear! We talked, it was her, Aslan, and I! You guys, she's there! Really!"
Peter kneels down so we're at eye level and he holds my shoulders. "Lucy, I believe you saw them in a dream but that doesn't necessarily mean Lynn's in Narnia."
"But it does! Aslan let me see her because she needed help believing!"
"Believing?" Edmund asks.
"Yes, believing! She's been having some...trouble staying strong. But don't worry, we talked and before I left, her faith was back!"
"This still doesn't make sense, Lu." Peter states, standing up and crossing his arms.
"But you have to believe me!"
"We do," Edmund adds. "It's just...looking at reality, it's a little-"
"Do you hear yourselves?" I shriek. Peter shushes me and I can feel myself begin to cry. "You're starting to sound like Susan! Why aren't any of you staying loyal to Him?"
"We are loyal to Him!" Peter shoots back. "Okay, Lucy! We're sorry, we believe you when you say Lynn's in Narnia." Edmund nods and brushes away a tear with his thumb.
"Thank you," I mumble.
We stand in the hall for a few moments to recompose ourselves and Peter suggests we go back to Lynn's room. I agree with a nod.
"Maybe we should tell Su," Edmund suggests. Both Peter and I look at him like he's crazy but Edmund stands his ground. "Well, just think. This is really big and maybe Su will be happy to hear she's okay."
"I forgot to mention something," I say. They wait for me to continue and I take a few breaths before I start. "Aslan said Lynn's going to come back to us soon."
Peter smiles and takes my hand in his. "Well, that's great then! Maybe we should tell Susan now! Maybe she'll be happy to hear Lynn will wake up soon!"
We childishly break into sprints and run back to the room. Edmund slams the door open with a loud bang and Susan sits straight up. "What is wrong with you guys?" She wails, her red eyes looking at us menacingly. "Have some respect, will you!"
"But we have something to tell you!" Edmund says happily. "Tell her, Lu!"
I walk to Susan's side and she grips Lynn's hand firmly. "I saw Aslan! And-and Lynn was there too! Right now, she's in Narnia, in Cair Paravel! Apparently Caspian rebuilt it and-"
"What are you talking about?" Susan spits.
"We talked and Aslan said she'll wake up soon and-"
"How dare you!" she screeches at me with a disgusted face. "You know, I'm sick and tired of everyone telling me she's not going to make but for you to say she's in Narnia! You're dreadful, Lucy. Why should you believe in anything that lion supposedly tells you if he would do something like this to her?"
"Susan," Peter pleads. "All Lucy is trying-"
"Don't tell me you believe her, Peter! God, I can't believe you people! Look at what your Aslan has done to me! He's been teasing me: gave me Caspian, ripped him away from me, banished me from that damn Narnia, give me Lynn to think I'd be okay, then slowly kill her!"
She begins to bawl her eyes out right in front of us and Edmund puts his arms around her. "Su, you have to listen to Lucy. Lynn's gonna be-"
Susan breaks Edmund's hold and bolts out the door, her hand covering her running mascara. I sit on her now vacant seat and begin to weep. "What have I done?"
"Don't listen to her, Lu. You know how she is, she has no clue what she's talking about." Peter stands beside me and gazes at Lynn's body. I reach my hand out and push a lock of her hair away from her face.
"Wake up," I tell Lynn's still body. "She needs you."
I'm realllyyysad to say that I will be on a short, tiny hiatus(uhh...the rest of the week is short,right?) Sooo sorry but believe me, I'll be feeling guilty as HELL when I'm on vacation...But yeah, SORRRYY:/ Anyways, before I leave, I wanted to make sure I updated one last time. I didn't want to work on the main story cause the last chapter I was working on is pretty long and I'm leaving pretty soon. So here, I gave you a side-story from Lucy's POV.
Oh, and I absolutely ADORE everyone who continues to read this story:3 I love checking my email and finding all these messages from fanfiction. Thanks to everyone who favorites the story and etc. plus the reviews, so so so thankful to you guys! Shoutout to Singingoutloud(yeah, I'm talking to you!) for the unwavering support and kind words! Seriously, how did you know what I intended to write;D But yeah, review suggestions, opinions, love, or just cause:))
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