"I came as soon as I heard you were stable!" Caspian barges through my bedroom door and rushes to my bedside next to Lilliandil. "How are you doing?"

"You'll never believe it, Caspian!" Lilliandil bursts. "She's fine! Not a scratch left on her body!"

Caspian looks down at his wife and shakes his head. "Whatever do you mean?"

"Exactly what she said," Liam cuts in. "The wound on Lynn's stomach is completely gone-vanished! Just like all the others that were on her body."

"But how is that possible?" Caspian asks completely lost. "I don't understand! The last time I was here, the doctor said she had a fractured spine! They said the stabbed area was deep and the awful thing was huge! There's no way it could have healed so quickly!"

"You're not getting it, dear! Lynn's fine now!" Lilliandil urges.

"Yes," Caspian responds. "I can comprehend that part and believe me, I'm relieved she's feeling well but..."

"Stop overlooking things, Casp! I swear, you're growing old!" Liam exasperates, shaking his head disapprovingly.

"You guys!" They all turn to me and I cross my arms against my chest. "Please, not right now."

Caspian walks over to the window seat and scratches his head. "Did you perhaps drink from Queen Lucy's cordial?"

"No, Caspian! When I woke up, I didn't feel any pain! I feel completely fine! But...speaking of Lucy, I have to tell you all something...I saw Aslan in my dream...and he allowed me talk to Lucy in her dreams too. I know, I must sound like an absolute lunatic but-"

"So you've seen Jadis, Aslan, and Lucy-you seem to have the craziest dreams, don't you? " Caspian jokes.

"Ha, I'm aware. My brother used to call me his 'little dreamer' when I was younger."

"Wait, you've talked to Jadis in your dreams as well?" Liam asks.

I smack my forehead and bash myself for being letting it slip. Idiot! You only told Caspian! "Forget it, Liam. You're not getting the point, I saw Lucy!"

Something crashes to the ground and we all turn to the door to find Trumpkin. He stares at me with his mouth hanging wide open. "You saw Queen Lucy?"

"Yes but-"

"Where? Is she here right now?"

"Calm down, Trumpkin! It was in my dream, I only got to talk to her for a brief amount of time before she had to wake up in her world."

"Oh...Sorry then..."

I try to give him a benevolent smile. "S'alright. If it helps, she was eager to know if you were there with me."

The dwarf's face goes completely red, even covering his bald head. Embarrassed, he bends down and picks up the covered bundle he had dropped on the floor. He coughs uncomfortably and walks toward Caspian. "Here's everything. Glenstorm made sure to polish all the items and try to restore them to their original state."

Ceremonially, he lifts the fabric, revealing all of Susan's gifts from Father Christmas. The king picks up the ridiculously shiny horn and inspects it. "He did a magnificent job!"

"Certainlly did," Trumpkin agrees. "Especially with the quiver. You wouldn't even know the thing was cracked right down the middle!"

Before anyone can say anything, I hop out of the bed and run to look at the quiver. Sure enough, the thing is immaculate. "Cracked down the middle?" I ask.

"Yeah, when the boy brought you back to the castle, the thing was barely hanging on your back in one piece! You can't see it now but there was a huge crack separating the S and the P." I trace Susan's initials with my finger and furrow my brows.

"How did it...Oh! It must've cracked when I landed on it when the..." I stop myself from finishing the sentence.

"When what?" Trumkin qustions.

"Nothing," I try to lie smoothly. Everyone give's me an unsure look and I slouch a little.

"What exactly happened before I came?" Liam asks suspiciously. I look around at all of them and begin to retell the painful memory.

"Oh my," Lilliandil exclaims. "Thank Aslan you're alive!"

"Yeah, I think the same thing." We both sit on the edge of my bed with Liam on a stool in front of us. Caspian and Trumpkin casually sit on the window seat. "Liam?"

"Hmm?"

"What did you do...I mean, what happened to the dwarf after..."

"Executed. Right at the spot. The guards came seconds after I did and they made sure he was dead."

I hang my head and lay my hand on my stomach.

"But why would he attack you in the first place?" Trumpkin quietly asks.

"Ugh, I...I-I don't know! " I stammer as I bury my head in my hands. He backs off and everyone stays silent. "The guy just said I should have listened to Jadis..."

"Okay Lynn," Liam whispers as puts a hand on my back. "Don't avoid it this time. Did you or did you not talk to Jadis?"

"Yes," I muffle. "I did..." I feel myself close to tears just by recalling the memory.

"What did she say?" Lilliandil whispers.

"I don't think we should make her talk about it," Caspian suggests, knowing how hard it is for me.

"No," I say as I lift my head. "It's okay...But thank you Caspian." He nods and I sit up. "The truth is...the reason why I was supposed to leave so early is because I'm supposed to...protect something back in my world."

"Supposed?" Trumpkin asks.

"Well yes," Liam add a bit annoyed. "She's still here isn't she?"

"Yeah but I thought Aslan told her she had to leave in three days?"

"He did," I say in between the two. "but Aslan gave me more time...for specific reasons." With the last part, everyone notes to back off.

"Please continue Lynn," Lilliandil hurries.

"Anyways, Jadis was trying to convince me to trust her, worship her."

"But you didn't," Trumpkin finishes.

"Of course not!" I snap. His eyebrows raise and I feel a little guilty. "I'm sorry. It's just that she...tortured me in the dream. Her fingers...she dug her fingers into my eyes. I screamed and called for Aslan but that just made her laugh. It amused her and she dug deeper. She said she was doing it 'casue it'd help me 'see sense.' I told her I'd never listen to her and that I'd always believe in Aslan. Maybe that was what the dwarf was talking about?"

Liam's gets up and wraps his arms around me. At first, I sit there completely still but then I slowly return it. I can feel everyone's eyes on us but for some reason, I don't want to let go.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Caspian awkwardly says. They all stand up from where they were sitting and walk towards the door. "Well, if you'd like, we shall talk more about it at dinner."

The door closes but neither of us budge. We stay in the embrace for some time until I stand up minutes later, my arms still around his waist. He loosens his grip around my shoulders and sniffs. I look at my now soaked sleeve on my dress, accidentally hugging him tighter in the process. He cringes the tiniest bit and I remember he was attacked too.

"My bad! I forgot! Oh God, how are you even standing after the..."

"I'm fine, I was given a drop of Queen Lucy's cordial a few minutes before you woke up. It will take a short time to heal but please don't worry about it."

"Well, that's good to hear..."

"I'm sorry," he says in a raspy voice. "For letting something like that happen to you. I'm so sorry I wasn't there to protect you...both times."

I slide an arm away and land a hand gently on his cheek. "No, you've got it wrong! Thank you. You've saved my life, no matter what you say or think otherwise."

He smiles down at me and I smile back. He brings me closer to him and I feel like someone's squeezing my heart in their hands. I giggle like a little girl and our foreheads touch just like in the sappy romance movies back home.

And it just happens. I don't know who kissed who and I don't care, all I know is that I'm happy it happened.

We walk down the main hall arm in arm. People pass us with pleased eyes and we can hear them whisper as we pass each other. We wave to the guards as we come closer to the dining room and they nod, turning to open the door. Liam guides us to our seat and Lilliandil's jaw drops to the floor with her eyes filled with shock and amusement, just like the typical American girl would after hearing the juiciest gossip. Caspian has his arms crossed with a smirk, Trumpkin leans against his chair's arm looking utterly bored, Glenstorm raises an eyebrow, and Tavros does what I think is snickering.

"Finally," Trumpkin exasperates as he tosses his head back.

Liam pulls out my chair, tucks it in and seats himself in the only seat left which is across from me.

"So," Caspian coughs. "Nice of you two to join us. Everything alright?"

I suppress the urge to smile and let my hair fall in front of my face to cover it. "Fine, everything's absolutely fine. Great actually!" Liam declares with the biggest grin on his face. Lilliandil covers her mouth with a napkin but I can hear her laugh through the fabric.

"I'm sorry to bring this up but shall we continue what we were talking about before?" Caspian recommends. "And I hope you don't mind, I filled in the other two about the conversation."

"No, it's fine. Oh, where were we?"

"The dwarf," Lilliandil informs. I watch as Trumpkin sort of eyes the queen and she quickly apologizes to him.

"Okay, well...The dwarf-sorry Trumpkin, I don't know his name-well, he said I should have listened to her."

"But how does he know about your dream?" Caspian questions.

"I'm not entirely sure. He kept ranting on about how powerful she was, about the things she could do"

"He wasn't lying, my dear."

My head flies in every direction and everyone looks at me. I turn to Lilliandil beside me and tilt my head to the side, confused. "What did you say?"

"Pardon?" Lilliandil repsonds.

"Did you say something?" I ask her. She shakes her head no and I blink my eyes. "Well, okay then...as I was saying, the-"

"Don't pretend like you didn't hear anything, Evalynn. I'm right here! Look straight ahead!"

My gaze shoots toward Liam and my eyes start to burn from my incoming tears. Jadis stands right behind his chair, waving to me. She wears a devilish smirk on her face and her demonic eyes to match.

"Oh, how I've missed you!"

So, I might have unintentionally lied? I came home early from my vacation because the place where I was staying was having a severe storm? There was no point being at the beach when you're gonna be pelted with hail once you step out:p Anyways, here you goo! Another chapter, sorry if it's...asdfghfgfssdd...cause I'm kinda tired from the car ride-_- but yeah, I can't wait for you guys to read about the return of Jadis in the story:) Like I said before, she fascinates me so I actually find it somewhat fun to write about her. Review? Please? haha, you know I love reading your reviews-they make my day:D

Much appreciation xx