Dancing In The Rain - A Edmund Pevensie Fanfiction

Chapter 20: Dancing In The Rain

Ella's POV

I shot up from bed, sweating and breathing rapidly. My entire body was felt hot and my head was spinning. That had been one intense dream.

What did Aslan mean by giving up something dear to my heart?

What is dear to my heart?

Edmund? Did I have to give up Edmund?

I had no idea what was going to happen next, or what I was going to do.

Aslan said there will be problems ahead.

Oh great...

I looked to the side and saw on my small desktop that there was the wand I was given in the dream with Aslan. I picked it up and the stick fits perfectly in my hand. Like it was meant to be there. I better learn how to learn this...tomorrow.

After taking in a couple of deep breaths to steady my rapid heartbeat, I climbed out of bed and put on a night-robe. I quietly walked out of my room as I wrapped the robe tighter around me.

Aslan's words kept replaying in my mind.

He said I needed to make a hard choice. And that a sacrifice from the heart would never go unpaid.

So I had to sacrifice something.

And I would have to let go of what I held dear to my heart. That point, in particular, kept bothering me.

What could it possibly be?

The only thing I could think I held dear to my heart was Edmund. Before I knew it, I had somehow ended up in front of Edmund's door.

I shifted on the spot, hesitating a bit before slowly raising my hand to knock on the door. But something overcame me and instead, I held the doorknob and turned it to open the door. I peered inside and surprisingly found Edmund wide awake.

He was sitting at his desk, with his back to me. He was shirtless and only in a pajama bottom. His hair was unruly, as though he had just gotten up from bed. I continued to just stand in the doorway and observe him. I had no idea why I had come here. All I knew, as I gazed at him, was that I loved him so much.

Tears filled my eyes, and I had no idea why. He must have noticed a presence in the room when he turned around and sprung up from his seat.

"Ella?"

That had done it.

I burst into tears and ran to him, flinging my arms around his stomach as I cried into his bare chest. Just hearing his voice made me realize how much he meant to me and how much I didn't want to lose him.

Edmund must have been pretty shocked at my sudden outburst, but soon he wrapped his arms around me and rubbed my back up and down, reassuring me that he was there. And that just made me more upset.

What if soon he'll no longer be there?

Slowly, he guided me to his bed, whispering sweet things into my hair, before sitting down on the edge of his bed and pulling me into his lap. I continued sobbing into his shoulder and he just held me tight, rocking me back and forth.

"Shh. Ella, love, what's wrong?" He whispered as he stroked my hair.

Finally, my sobs died down and I pulled back to look at him through my teary-eyes. I sniffed before replying.

"I just...I...I had a nightmare."

Edmund had a concerned look on his face "A nightmare? Do you want to talk about it?"