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Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. Alexandra had to keep reminding herself as she felt how Edmund moved throughout the many halls and stairs of the castle with his family and her guardian hot on his heels. She couldn't let their conversation provoke any kind of reaction on her. Of course that didn't mean she wasn't listening, but she was 'passed out' after all.

"So you just got here this morning." Peter questioned who Alex assumed was Ninarika.

"That's right."

"How?" It was now Susan asking.

Alex fought with her muscles not to tense, although she could feel how Nina's mind was completely relaxed. She was definitely expecting this to happen.

"Same way you got here I guess, magic."

"So you think Aslan called you back?" Lucy asked with hope in her voice. She wanted to see the majestic lion again, as he had been away for a long time.

"No." Edmund said before Nina could respond. "Nathan did."

Alex heard how a bunch of steps stopped, none of them had expected to hear her brother involved in her return. He wasn't their favorite either and she couldn't really blame them.

"How is that even possible? He's just…"

"Don't underestimate him High King, Nathan is as special as Alexandra, just…In a different way." Ninarika interrupted Peter.

Now it was Edmund who stopped walking and held onto Alex a little harder.

"Nonsense, don't compare them like that." He sternly said and the brunette, even with her eyes shut tight, could get a clear picture of her guardian rolling her eyes at her husband.

Everyone resumed their walk. Now in complete silence. They were processing the new information given by both Edmund and the tigress. A million questions were arising in their brains, but they were reasonable enough to understand that it wasn't the right time to start asking. Besides, the only two who could answer their doubts were the tigress and the passed out queen, and they were very much sure that the first one wouldn't talk without her mistress consent, and it wasn't proper for them as Kings and Queens to harass her anyway.

Alex realized they had arrived to what she assumed was Edmund's room because there was a slight temperature change, it was a little bit warmer now.

"Enjoy the ride?"

"Oh shut up."

A few seconds after the temperature changed Alex was delicately positioned on top of a soft bed and Edmund's signature essence engulfed her, making her feel quite dizzy. She could feel everyone's eyes on her and sincerely thought in opening her eyes to reassure them she was just fine. But if she did, then she would most definitely get no rest that night, as they would keep her up asking every question they could think of.

Their intentions weren't bad, but patience wasn't exactly their strongest feature and she was truly exhausted.

"You must be really tired Ed, we can stay with her while you take a bath and eat something." Susan offered, but she could see that her brother wouldn't move an inch away from his wife unless it was absolutely necessary.

"I'm fine." He simply answered and Sue sighed looking at Peter, who nodded understandingly and cleared his throat.

"Ed. You're my brother and I love you, but you are in desperate need of a bath and some food wouldn't do you any harm." He tried to reason with his brother, who immediately could feel the soft but serious tone he used, he wasn't suggesting anything, he was requesting.

The Just King simply sighed knowing that his siblings meant well and that he shouldn't be so difficult all the time. He turned to see Alex's sleeping figure once again. He wouldn't admit it, but he had waited so long for this moment to happen, always so uncertain, that now it was finally here he was afraid that if he turned around for a little bit it would all disappear. The thing was, that he didn't have to admit it to the rest for them to realize what was happening, they knew him too well.

Lucy put a hand on his shoulder and smiled at him when he turned to see her.

"We'll be here."

"She'll probably be passed out until tomorrow your majesty, trust me." Ninarika commented and Alex mentally face palmed. Wrong choice of words.

"How reassuring...If I recall, last time I trusted you everything went so well."

Ninarika had the impulse to bare her teeth and defend herself from such venomous stare and accusations.

"Nina please. He's just upset."

"Well he shouldn't be so rude."

"It's Edmund Ni, we both know he doesn't think things through when he's mad. Please don't make it worse."

Nina struggled with her desires for about a second, then she simply turned and went to lay on the floor, right next to Alexandra.

Lucy and Susan released a breath they didn't even know they were holding. This was something that they definitely didn't miss. For some unknown reason, Edmund and Ninarika had never gotten along very well, something very conflicting to them all, especially for Alexandra. She always got stuck in the middle of their pointless arguments.

"I won't ever get tired of asking you this, probably because I find it very hard to understand. How in hell did you agree to marry that prick?"

"Nina please, he's not a prick, right now he's just hurt."

"Don't make up excuses for him."

"I'm not, we both know I would be the exact same way if something like this happened to me. He's looking for someone to blame."

"Well that's not fair at all."

"I'm sorry, you're right."

A moment of silence passed between them.

"You still think he's a prick don't you?"

"Most definitely, yes."

After a few moments the three kings left the room together, leaving only the Pevensie girls, Alex and Nina.

"You can open your eyes now. They're gone." Susan said simply and Alex felt the need to frown. Both Lucy and the older queen sat on the foot of the bed.

How did she know?

"Alex, please." Lucy said, and as always, the queen couldn't refuse to the now not so little girl's command.

Her blue eyes opened and she slowly sat up in the bed sighing.

"How'd you know?" She asked.

The sisters just looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"Well…Apart from knowing you so well my dear friend, it was obvious when Ninarika here 'decided' to keep her thoughts to herself and not keep fighting with Edmund. She only does that when you ask her to." Lucy explained.

"True." Alex and Susan agreed.

"Not true." Ninarika said at the same time with a scowl in her face.

"How come they didn't realize though?"

"Well Alex, that has a much simpler answer…" Susan said with a huge smile on her face. "They're men."

"Definitely true." All four of them said and then shared a short laugh.

Alexandra loved having Nina around, she was undoubtedly her best friend, but she couldn't deny to have missed the Pevensie sisters a lot. The bond they had formed through time was marvelous. They were her sisters too.

Sorry! I promise it'll get exciting very very soon! These chapters have been a simple background on Alexandra and her personality. The real adventure is about to begin