A New Beginning | Edmund Pevensie {1}

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi.

We slowly walked up the sides of the cliff. I racked my brains for all of the information I had been told about the magical land, which was rather a lot. Give me a quiz on Narnian stories, I'd ace it, but algebra pfft no way. It was still hard for my brain to comprehend that everything had actually happened, but now I was here, I couldn't deny the proof.  Then it dawned on me.

"Wait a minute!" I exclaimed breaking the silence, the Kings and Queens turned back to face me. Slight worry present on their faces, in case something had happened. "You're all royals aren't you?" I asked my eyes darting between them. They smiled slightly at the fact that I had remembered.

"Yes, we are, sorry I forgot this is all new to you." Susan said walking towards the me. 

"Do I have to call you your majesties now?" I asked them, half jokingly, half serious. They all laughed slightly, looking between each other before Peter spoke up,

"No, you don't have to. Others should, but not you, you're practically our family!" I smiled at the High King, still feeling slightly out of place, but I brushed off the feeling. Edmund made his way over to walk beside me. 

"May I introduce to Narnians and peasant folk the brilliant King Edmund the Just!" I whispered to him my eyes sparkling happily. He laughed at my playfulness his cheeks dusted a pale pink, and he threw a caring arm over my shoulder, hugging me to his chest. I blushed heavily from being this close to Edmund, he had done it before, but I always got so flustered around him. We walked towards the nearest entrance to the ruins.

Lucy dragged me away from Edmund and handed me an apple. We rushed forward together and the group split up, exploring the slightly familiar scenery. Random marble structures stuck out of the overgrown ground. The remnants of an old building. I ran my hand across the now rough texture of one of the more stable structures, following Lucy, so I didn't get lost. I slowly walked, looking in every direction possible taking in the beautiful sights. To me it looked like we were on holiday in the sunniest country I have ever seen.

"I wonder who lived here." Lucy said quietly turning around to the others disturbing the silence between all of us. Susan walked down a small hill to see Lucy, but stopped when she hit a small golden figure in the grass. She bent down and picked up the small thing, examining it in her fingertips. 

"I think we did." Susan said looking between the her sister and the figurine in her hand. We all made our way towards her and Edmund studied the thing in Susan's hand. 

"Hey! That's mine." Edmund spoke up pointing to the golden horse. We looked at him. "From my chess set." Edmund continued.

"Which chess set?" Peter asked curiously. Edmund looked at his brother with an exhausted look.

"Well I didn't exactly have a solid gold chess set in Finchley did I?" Edmund retorted taking the piece from Susan. I attempted to gaze over his shoulder looking at it, keyword: attempted, I'm short. The design was intricate and it was indeed solid gold. Edmund chuckled to himself. I looked up to him. He quickly averted his eyes to anywhere but me.

"What's so funny?" I asked looking in the same direction as him, trying to see what he was laughing at.

"Um... nothing, I just... remembered the time I called my horse horsy instead of its name and he called me out." he quickly explained stuttering out a few words. I rose my brow.

"Wow, Edmund the amount of time you spent stammering and hesitating in that sentence almost makes me think that you're lying to me." I studied him and Edmund swallowed, with his eyes wide, I could read him like a book.

"U-um n-no, I'm n-not lying, why would I lie? I wouldn't lie to you." he rambled, I knew he was lying, but if he didn't want to tell me, I wouldn't force it out of him, yet. I laughed at his embarrassed state before bumping him with my hip.

"I'm just kidding, honestly you should've seen your face!" I laughed. Edmund laughed with me thankful that I believed him. Lucy's eyes landed on a small structure. Her eyes showed a look of realisation.

"It can't be." she said not really to anyone. She ran off in the direction she was looking in and saw a large open area. We all followed closely behind her. She dragged Peter by the hand, up some small stairs. "Don't you see?" she asked excitedly. Her eyes looking up at Peter.

"What?" Peter asked the youngest of us, clearly confused of her revelation. She pulled Peter beside her and turned him to face the other three. 

"Imagine walls," Lucy instructed us all. She pulled Susan backwards lightly and pointed into the space in front of us. "and columns there," Lucy stood next to her siblings gesturing lazily with her hands. "and a glass roof." They all stood in a line, I thought they looked so regal. After a few seconds of silence. Finally, Peter saw what she was seeing.

"Cair Paravel." he spoke glumly. Seeing his home destroyed in front of him. I could practically see it, they had described it so well in full detail back in England. It made me upset that the once beautiful palace, I thought I knew so well, was destroyed to nothing, but shards of marble, that made it only just recognisable. I knew how upset they would have been. I didn't even live there, and they stayed there for years on end, only to return to it being destroyed. 

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