Seraphina | Edmund Pevenise

Chapter 6

The walk back to Aslan's tent was strange. I knew that whatever they had to tell me, was most certainly important. As I walked behind the two men in front of me, I trailed behind, touching the bark of the trees as we past, memorizing the feel of the tree. I gazed around, taking in the gorgeous colors of the flowers blooming from the ground, colors seeming brighter from the bright green of the grass. In my mind, all I could think of is sharing this moment with my mother.

Before Jadis and her army started terrorizing kingdoms, my mother had thought that Narnia was the most beautiful place to ever exist. The moment she heard of the White Witch ruining the alluring nation of ours', her heart broke. At times, I found myself hating the way she didn't allow me to see Narnia before Jadis.

I kept thinking that my parents were selfish to keep this place to themselves as they would always talk of this place, knowing that my dream was to leave the ocean. Even if I got out of the water for even an hour, I would still be beyond grateful. However, I'm here now and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

We neared the tent and the soldiers opened the tent for us as he bowed. A round table stood in the middle, Aslan went to the far end as my father stood by his side, while I stood on the other side. To be honest, I was nervous for this talk because of how nervous my father seemed as he kept shifting his weight between his feet. The great King Kai has never shown nervous or wavered before people, therefore it meant that whatever Aslan was to speak of, was of great importance.

"What is it," I narrowed my eyes concerningly at my dad.

He looked down at Aslan, "It's about the prophecy," he paused. "There's a part that we haven't told anyone about, or at least we thought nobody else knew."

My alertness went up.

"The prophecy tells us how one of the princes will wed with a princess, one who has betrayed his family will unite with mermaid princess," Aslan sighed as he spoke.

My gaze shifts between the lion and the man that's my father. Confusion filled my thoughts. "You're talking about me," I pointed at myself.

My father guiltingly nodded his head.

I shook my head, "How long have you known of this part of the prophecy?"

"I told you're father about it the same day Jadis attacked the mer-kingdom," Aslan spoke with much authority.

Anger filled my body because my father knew about it and didn't even try to tell me. "And you didn't think about telling me this?"

Dad sighed, "We were the only ones to know about it Sera. We'll we thought we were the only ones, but we had a traitor within our kingdom's walls. One of the guards that was protecting me as I met up with Aslan on land, in this exact place, turned against us. Attacked us, knocked us out cold as he had people from Jadis' army trailing us.

When Aslan and I woke up, we went our separate ways. Aslan left the kingdom to return just when the time was right and when he had an army behind him. I fled to our waters and got our army ready for battle, so the moment I saw you and your mother coming back to our waters, I made you guys leave because I knew that Jadis would take you. She knew of the prophecy. Jadis knew of you and your fate, Seraphina."

I let out a heavy breath as I took a step back from the table in shock. "You're telling me that Edmund and I will get married? That Jadis kidnapped me and threw me into a cell for decades just because of a small part of a prophecy I'm in? It's not like I'm all that important in it either. She didn't have to kill mom because of it, either," my voice broke at the thought of my mother.

"Honey, you're more important in this whole thing than you realize! Sera, you will be the reason of change in him," dad points out of the tent, "You're going to make him realize that family and love is more important in this world than anything. If Jadis gets to you, she gets to Edmund. He's only hope of true change. You two are lovers that our god has made. A union that will help unite two kingdoms in Narnia with peace. To help get our land to the place it once was. As much as a father may hate to admit it for his daughter, but princess, you two have been made for each other."

I ran a hand through my hair, fear and anxiety rushing through my veins. "Dad, I'm not ready for that type of responsibility!"

"I don't care! You have to be, Seraphina! You are going to be Queen after all of this is over," he yelled at me as he slammed his fist down on the table.

"I can't be Queen! I can't fill mom's shoes okay," tears rolled down my face, "The moment I'm pronounced Queen, is the moment that I realize she's truly gone Dad. I don't think I'll be half of the Queen she was. How can I be? I've been stuck in a cell for a hundred years, I haven't used my powers for all those years, I don't even have the slightest clue of how to rule a kingdom. You are throwing me into the fire and I'm going to burn."

Aslan walked towards me, "Seraphina you need to have faith in yourself. Your mother was a great and powerful Queen that Narnia has ever seen. However, you are blind to your own qualities. Being a Queen, a ruler of your own kingdom means to look at everything with curiosity, but at the same time with authority. Knowing the difference between what's right for your kingdom, and what's wrong.

Having a kingdom, is very much like having your own child. When your baby cries, you will do everything in your power to make them happy and calm. When your kingdom is under attack, you need to fight back with what you see fit. Princess Seraphina, you have the fire and nerve it takes to be one of the most powerful Queens in history. All you need to do is believe in yourself. Queen Nerissa would be more than proud of how you turned out Seraphina."

I glance down at him, tears still in my eyes. "Thank you, Aslan."

"Now, I need to go talk to Edmund about what he has done with his family and I'm going to tell him about the prophecy, Seraphina." Aslan walked out of the tent without another glance back at us.

Deep down I was more than terrified of how Edmund would react to the news of the prophecy. It scares me because he was already freaked out about the first part of the prophecy, so how would he take to this. About him marrying me in the future.

Silence filled the tent as it was just my father and I left. "Come with me," my father walked around the table, "We need to talk Sera."