The Guardians: The Beginning (Book 1 of 7 - Series 1)

The Coronation and Goodbyes

Sadie's POV:

We all charge into battle. I hold my shield high as I swing with my sword. I go through several enemies before I hear a shattering sound. My eyes widen when I find Edmund had just broken the Witch's wand. She then plunges the broken end of the wand into his stomach.

"Edmund!" Everyone yells. Peter starts fighting the Witch while we all go back to fighting. She has Peter pinned. We all start rushing to him when suddenly a great roar sounds through the battlefield. Everyone stops fighting and look up at the cliffs. There stands Aslan in all his glory.

Reinforcement behind him. They charge and Aslan jumps from the cliff and pounces on the Witch. And then she is dead. "Edmund." Megan says. It dawns on us and we race towards our fallen friend. A dwarf is about to cut his head off when Em and Susan shoot arrows into him.

We kneel by Edmund's side and Susan takes off his helmet. Lucy puts a drop of the fire flower juice into his mouth and we wait. A second later he sits up coughing. Megan pulls him into a bone crushing hug. "Don't ever do that to me again." She says. "Ok, I'll try not to." He jokes.

We all laugh. We then turn to Aslan and see him breath on a statue and it turns into a faun again. Lucy looks at her cordial before grinning and running off to help other people who are injured. After everyone is back to normal we ride to Cair Paravel for the coronation.

It was the next day so  we all sleep inside of Cair Paravel that night. The next morning a faun comes into my room and dresses me in a green embroidered dress with a hood and curls my hair, pinning a few pieces back. "Please keep the hood off Lady Sadie." She says.

"Will do Rosie." I tell the faun. She nods and escorts me to outside the throne room. Everyone else is already there. Aslan is in front, follower by Edmund, Peter, Susan, and Lucy. Behind them are Em, me, Jez, Is, Meg, and Crys.

All us Guardians are wearing dresses with hoods in our respective colors. The doors open and trumpets sound. We all walk in. Aslan stops at the top of the stairs, the Pevensies stand in front of their thrones and us Guardians stand before the steps.

"To the Glistening Eastern Sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant." Aslan says. Mr. Tumnus, Orious another centaur, and the beavers walk forward, the beavers carrying the crowns for the Pevensies and Orious and the other centaur carrying our crowns.

Mr. Tumuns places Lucy's crown on her head. "To the Great Western Wood, I give you King Edmund, the Just." Aslan says. Mr. Tumnus places Edmund's crown on his head. "To the Radiant Southern Sun, Queen Susan, the Gentile." He says.

Mr. Tumnus places her crown on her head. "And to the Clear Northern Sky, I give you King Peter, the Magnificent." Aslan says. Mr. Tumnus places his crown on his head. "Long Live King Peter, Long Live King Edmund, Long Live Queen Susan, and Long Live Queen Susan." Everyone chants.

The new Kings and Queens take a seat in their thrones. "Now, Narnia has never had Guardians before, but now we do. These six young women up here today have been sent to us by the Five Great Eternal Beings." Aslan says and everyone starts muttering.

"They have bestowed upon them gifts to not only Protect Narnia, but others as well. Now I present to you Ember Kelly, the Diligent, Guardian over Air and Lightning." Aslan says. Mr. Tumnus places silver crown, with a pearl in the middle of it, on her head.

"Crystal Chase, the Righteous, Guardian over Fire." He says. A gold crown, with a orange stone in the middle, is placed on her head. "Sadie Chase, the Wise, Guardian over Earth." He says. My crown is bronze with a green gem in the middle.

"Megan Chase, the Honorable, High Guardian over Water." He says. Megan's crown is gold with a blue gem. "Jesabell Chase, the Selfless, Elemental Guardian over the Weather." He says. Her crown is completely silver. 

"And finally I give you Isabell Clay, the Empathetic, High Elemental Guardian over All." He says. Bell's crown is gold with a red gem in the middle. We are all smiling and my cheeks are starting to hurt from it.

"Once a King, Queen, or Guardian over Narnia, always a King, Queen, or Guardian. My your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens." He says. Than we proceed out and the party starts. "Guardians, I need to speak with you." Aslan says.

We all nod and follow him away from the party till we are alone. "It is time." He says. "Time for what?" Crystal asks, everyone else looks confused, but I know what's going on. "Time to leave." I say. "What? But we just got here." Megan says.

"I know, but a friend of mine, Chiron, needs your help. His world is in danger. I must inform you of this though, each time you go into another dimension one of you will fall in love and will therefore stay in that dimension." He says. "What? We're being separated?" Crystal asks.

"Yes dear ones." He says. "Ok, can we at least say good bye first?" Isabell asks. "You may. Then you need to gather your armor and weapons." He says. We all nod and go back to the party. We quickly find the Pevensies all standing together.

"What's wrong?" Peter asks, noticing our sad faces. "We're leaving." Jez says. "What?" Susan asks. "We're leaving. A friend of Aslan's asked for our assistance in another dimension so we are leaving to help." Megan explains.

"We're gonna miss you." Susan says, rushing up and hugging Crys and I. I see Lucy hug Em and Is, Peter hug Jez, and Edmund hug Meg. We the switch till we have hugged everyone. "We will be back." Crys says. "We'll be waiting for you." Peter says.

We nod and exit the room, going to our individual rooms and gathering our armor and weapons before going back to where we left Aslan and he is waiting. "Off you go, another adventure in another time awaits you." He says. We nod. He growls and a white light creates a portal.

"Goodbye Aslan, see you soon." Ember says. We nod and step through the portal.