Beyond the dreamgate | A Caspian love story

Chapter 19

It has been a few days since the nightmare and everything seemed fine. The crew was getting a little bit better, getting used to the nightmares.

Somehow Lucy insisted on sleeping next to Edmund in Caspians hammock. Caspian and I slept in the same room but he slept on the couch. Sometimes I would wake up sometimes, even if I didn't know what I was dreaming about and he would comfort me. I would wake up to an empty room but a warm bed where I knew he slept.

It always gave a smile on my face, but also a sour feeling in my stomach. I really like him and I know he cares about me, but I am too afraid that he is just very nice to me and will reject me when I ask him about his feelings for me.

That kiss we almost shared was probably just in the heat of the moment.

I stood up from my bed and got dressed. I took a look at the mirror and even though I looked good, you could see the hanging bags under my eyes. But what shocked me more was the lion standing next to me.

"Aslan!" I yelled out and turned around to see the magnificant lion standing in the middle of the room.

I went forward to hug him, but I didn't know him like the Pevensie's so I stopped in my tracks. He gave in a low chuckle.

"Hello dear." He spoke. "I see there is a lot on your mind."

I nodded my head in a 'yes' and looked down at my shoes.

"I am here to help you a little bit on your journey."

"Help me how?" I questiond. "Help me with the nightmares?" I asked him, pleading with my eyes, hoping he is here for that.

I saw him looking down for a second. "I am sorry dear, but that is a challenge you have to do on your own."

"Then how are you going to help me?"

"To help you believe this is real, Narnia really is real." He sat down at his place and I took a seat at a chair that stood ajecent to him. "You have read the book of C.S.Lewis, but that isn't his real name. Here he is know as a different man. A great man that will come in many many years. The King of Narnia named, Tirian. No one knows about him yet and you are an expert at keeping secrets so I want you to keep this to yourself, until you know the time is right."

I looked a little bit ambarrased, he knew I told Lucy everything and Caspian heard everything. I told Lucy to tell Edmund and Eustace, because I was not in the mood to do it again. I honestly think that Gael knows a little bit because she was reading her book by the window, but didn't say anything.

"How is that possible Aslan, because of the timeline and he lives in my world and my time." I spoke in anticipation. My mind racing at the new found information.

"I cannot tell you everything, lets leave that to our imagination." He had a teasing smile on his face. "But I can tell you that you have traveld to this era in Narnia because you are needed here, not only for this story, but for the timeline to come. For the future."

"And how did he leave Narnia?" I was so confused, he really is Dumbledor in this world only he would not let everyone die.

"That is unfortuanlly a story i cannot tell you." My brows furrowed in confusion. "One you will know in time."

"Why did you chose me over everyone?" That question was nagging me since I came here.

"Because you Lilith, you are the decendent of Tirian."

My mind went blank.

"That can't be, he will be king of Narnia. Which means-"

"Yes dear."

I was going to be Queen of Narnia some day, but I am not royal or married to one. Am I going to marry one? Will it be Caspian, or someone else? Or do I have some weird fucked up history I didn't know of.

"I see there is again a lot on your mind and the question you have will be answered in time." The lion stood up from his spot and walked over to the mirror.

"Remember, have courage dear heart." With that Aslan walked through the mirror which gave a ripple effect when he walked through. The room was empty again with me sitting alone and with so much on my mind.

I walked up to the bed and flopped down on it with my face in the pillow.

"Are you okay." I heard someone laugh behind me.

I turned around to see it was Eustace standing in the doorway. I got up from my bed and took a look at him and just nodded my head.

"You wanna do something fun?" I now had a grin on my face. I really need a distraction right now.

That is how me and Eustace got into a sword fight on the main deck. I was teaching him some moves that felt natural to me and he really got the hang of it.

He learned a lot from Reepicheep which made me happy. He was feeling a little bit more comfortable on the ship now that he has been on it for a couple of weeks. I saw him writing sometimes in a sort of diary and I knew he needed to write his feelings to cope with everything here. I did the same when I was in my other world.

"Okay, now you have to learn is what move I am going to make next." I held my sword up in the air and slowly moved it to his face.

"See how my stance is and how my arm is up and which way my wrist is pointing?" He nodded at me and at a slow paste I moved the sword down to his face. "There is only one way I could move my sword to make sure I hit you hard enough."

My sword was close to him and obviously he blocked it simple.

"Good job." I moved my sword again and advanced him from another side, again as slow as possible. "Make sure to look at my feet, my arm and my wrist. It is a lot at first but you will get a hang of it."

We did more basic moves so he get used to where I would hit him and how he had to look at my stance. We practice more and more and it went faster and faster until we got into a whole fight.

He was a fast learner which is good for Narnia.

He advanced at me faster and faster. I could take him easily but he needed some confidence so I started to walk more backwards. When he saw I already took four steps back, he got a grin on his face which made me smile internally.

I took more steps until I hit a wall and I couldn't move so he had the upper hand and I dropped my sword in surrender.

I have never seen someone smile so much and cheering for himself. Everyone who was watching started to clap. I picked up my swords until I felt a chuckle against my ear.

Instead of walking against a wall I walked straight into Caspians chest. I turned around to look at him and I saw the proud in his eyes for me.

"I know what you did." He said in a singing voice. I slapped his chest in a joking manner.

"No one has to know Caspian." I gave him a wink and walked away. I secretly turned my head around to see his reaction and I might have seen a little blush falling over his cheeks.