Disclaimer: The Chronicles of Narnia belong to C.S. Lewis, not me or am I making any profit with this story. I only own Alexandra and her friends/family or any other character you don't recognize.

*Five years earlier…*

Alexandra groaned when she tried to open her eyes and had to close them immediately due to the brightness that struck her, she had a pounding headache that had definitely worsened with that. She also scrunched up her face when she felt her sore back and something tickling her neck and arms. Almost as if she was laying on grass.

The brunette girl opened her fisted hands and moved them slightly around, finding that indeed, she was laying on a patch of land covered in grass.

"Of course my back's hurting then, probably fell asleep in the backyard again." She thought and came to the conclusion that if she was sleeping in her backyard, then her brother must have been too.

"Um...Nate? Why did we sleep in the backyard? And what's with the headache?" She asked while massaging her scalp, wondering if they had had one too many drinks again, and mildly stretching, immediately noticing she was still in last night's dress.

But when she didn't get an answer, she frowned and decided to open her eyes once more, to see if her brother had had the guts to actually abandon her out there.

At first it was too bright, but when Alexandra was capable of focusing her eyes, she was very much surprised to be met with a pointy and thin blade of metal pointed straight to her chin.

She didn't have to move her stare very much to see who was holding the sword so close to her, and after, she managed to see a few men dressed in medieval kind of armors holding her brother back in a similar way.

"Rise." The voice of the guy holding the sword to her throat spoke.

He had jet black hair with a silver crown positioned on top of it and fair skin, brown eyes and a few freckles here and there, and from Alexandra's perspective, he was very tall and muscular.

"Handsome" She thought.

"Are you deaf? Rise!" He demanded once again, this time with a harsh voice, and she felt angry and disappointed for some reason.

"No looks are worth it if personality fails" She scolded herself before actually realizing that he was waiting for her to move.

"I will as soon as you get that awful thing away from my face." Alexandra said and crossed her arms, catching the guy by surprise, though he did move the sword so she could stand.

Edmund thought she was beautiful, even with her brown hair all over the place and her strange choice of clothes. Her voice was also very soft, he noticed. But what left him breathless for a few moments were her eyes. Unfortunately, he'd had his fair share of bad experiences with beautiful women who turned out to be extremely wicked in the past, so he couldn't assume anything. He had to act like the king he was.

"Oh wonderful, I knew I should've changed into my flats as soon as I had the chance." Alex sighed internally when she noticed how hard was to stand in uneven ground with heels.

Once she was on her feet, the sword returned to be too close to her throat.

"Oh come on! Really?" She scoffed, but this time, the black haired boy didn't move an inch.

"Who are you?" He asked her while studying every centimeter of her face, that now held a very annoyed expression.

"Why are you holding my brother against his will?" She ignored his words while looking at Nate, who had his eyes glued to her, full of worry.

"Answer my question." The boy demanded.

"Let him go." She returned the tone he had used.

"Who do you think you are to demand anything?" He asked with a sour and slightly louder tone. Edmund wasn't very patient, and never had liked to be defied.

"Who do you think you are to hold us both against our will? And for anything that's holy, put that thing down!" She exclaimed.

Alexandra was never one to let herself being walked all over and she wasn't about to start. Plus, she wasn't comfortable with the proximity of the blade.

"I am King Edmund, the Just of Narnia!" He exclaimed with pride and she instantly felt even more confused than before, as she had never heard from such a place.

"And where on earth is that exactly?" She asked with a frown on her face.

He smirked at her.

"It's not on earth, of course. Now I demand to know your name and where you come from." He said nonchalant, as if he had done the same thing a thousand times before.

She wanted to keep asking him to tell his guards (or whatever they were) to leave Nate alone, but she decided not to push her luck.

"I'm Alexandra Hayward, and that's my brother, Nathan. We're from England." She said in a bored tone, looking around her, to find that they were surrounded by tall trees of various kinds and green grass everywhere, with blooming flowers here and there. It was a breathtaking place. "Where are we now?" She wondered out loud.

"Well, obviously, you're in Narnia. The question is: why?" He said putting his sword away and turning around to walk away from her and towards a horse. "Come on, let's go." He stated simply as he mounted with grace and ease.

"Go?" Alex frowned. "Go where?"

"To the palace of course, I need you both to meet my siblings."

"Ah, of course, palace, forgot the whole King thing...aren't you a little young to be King anyways?" Alexandra ignored the rest of his words and let her curiosity get the best of her.

"You ask way too many questions, now let's go." He said stretching his hand to help her into his horse, but she crossed her arms and took a step back.

"Look, you're a complete stranger who first, claims to be King of some land or country that I've never heard of which apparently isn't even on earth, second, is holding my brother against his will and now wants me to go on a horse with him to his palace? Dude come on! Just let us go and we'll just go home." She said not feeling in the mood for the whole thing, she was too tired to even argue with the things he had said, as they lacked logic for sure.

"And how exactly are you planning to return?" He crossed his arms and smirked at her and did she want to smack that smile off his face.

Alexandra rolled her eyes.

"I don't know, we can catch a plane? Train? Maybe a car? We'll manage." She said shrugging as she remained with her arms crossed.

Now it was the king's turn to roll his eyes.

"I hate to break it to you, but we have none of those things in here, so stop complaining and get on the horse, we're wasting time and I'm supposed to be back by lunch time." He said and she hated the bossy tone he had used, so she took another step backwards.

"Make me." She challenged and he just raised his eyebrows, just before he furrowed them, clearly not used to people defying him.

"I've asked nicely twice now, Alexandra, I will another time and then things might get rough." He said, trying to control his annoyance.

"Kris, I think it's best if we go with him, maybe they can help us get home." Nathan's voice surprised Alex and she turned around to see him still in the same position that he had been a few moments ago, only a little paler.

"Fine." She turned to a smirky Edmund, and once again felt the strong need to punch him. "But…no more threatening with weapons."

King Edmund only seemed to smile wider while helping her into his horse, when they were both ready, he kicked his horse into a trot and turned his head slightly around.

"See you back in the castle as soon as possible, make sure he's well watched over." He shouted to one of the guards who simply nodded in agreement and focused back his attention on Nathan.

"Hey! What about no weapons?" Alex asked with a frown, watching as her brother was being walked over to another horse from afar, still with a sword pointed at his back.

"I thought you were smart enough to understand that you're in no position to demand anything." He said and although he wasn't looking at her, she could feel the smirk on his voice, and that made her blood boil. "Now hold on tight, otherwise, you'll fall off the horse."

"Jerk." Alex whispered under her breath, but considering there was basically no space between her and the King, he heard her.

"I've been called worse." He simply said, not showing that her comment actually bothered him to some extent.

"Gee, I wonder why that would be." She rolled her eyes and he clenched his fists around the reins