The Lone Islands// Edmund Pevensie (#Wattys2016)

Epilogue

2 years later

I was finally out of the darn school. It was torture having to do another two years at that place.

And one of those years, I had to stay there without Lucy, or Eustace to go back to.

I had moved out already.

I felt so free to be out of that itchy uniform and ready for my apprenticeship at the local engineers. FINALLY.

I just wish there was a single job that I could fight wars with a sword, alongside fellow Narnians. To defend the people I loved the most and protect them from evil.

But this was reality.

Reality doesn't have things like that.

They certainly don't have miracles.

Definitely not for me.

The streets seem bare. I turn my head to see a flash of mahogany brown curls. A wave of simularity and heart ache swept over me. I shook my head vigorously, trying to shake off that thought and that i was hallucinating.
Even after all these years.
I sigh at how stupid I am, and turn the corner to walk two people behind the curls again. The more I look, the more I think. The more I wonder.
Maybe I should just go up and look.
No...that would look a bit weird.
I kept staring at the back of her head because I seemed transfixed with her aura.
Whoever she was.
And then.
The girl turned her head slightly to the right and I caught a glimpse of the side of her face.
My head was going back to her, how that face resembled her own.
I took my eyes off her for a second as I sighed and face-palmed once more.

"Don't be so STUPID" I whispered to myself.
But, with hope, I looked up again and she was gone.

My heart sunk to a terrible level, and I felt disappointment dawn over me.

I panicked and I looked around the streets, people were watching me- thinking I was lost or something.

And then the girl went into a bookshop.
So I ran.
Ran in straight after her.

" Rose " I shouted but it was if she couldn't hear me.

Eventually the girl turned around as I got closer.

I was out of breath.

It was her.

It was actually her.

" Hi " I managed to stutter out.

It was Rose. But in my world.

" Hi? " She questioned. She looked as beautiful as she'd always been.

" I'm Edmund " I smiled and held out my hand.

" I'm Katie " She replied, still confused.
I looked down to see her holding a familiar book.

Pride and Prejudice.

" the boy and girl hate each other with a passion at the beginning but love each other by the end- it's a good book " I exclaimed, resting my shoulder on the bookcase, facing her.

" It's one of my favourites " She replied, looking down at the torn cover. " I've read it many a time, I have such a connection with it, I can't even begin to explain- " She continued, but I chuckled slightly.

" I know exactly what you mean "

And in that moment, staring into each others eyes, I knew that everything would be okay.