Chapter Seventeen - Closer

        "Cair Paravel" Elizabeth spoke scaring the boy slightly. He turned around to the Queen relaxing slightly when he saw it was just her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you"

"You just caught me off guard" He said making her smile slightly as she stood besides them.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" She asked him and he found himself nodding. "This is one of my favorite spots in Narnia" She admitted to him. "It's always peaceful and always has a good view. I find myself coming here a lot recently." She told him and he looked at her. "It's the home of the 6 thrones, one of which you will sit as High King" She told him and he looked down and she could tell something was off. "You doubt the prophecy?" She asked him and he just shook his head.

"No, that's just it" He said and she looked at him. "I'm not who you think I am" He said.

"Peter Pevensie formerly of Finnchley. Beaver also said you threatened to turn him into a hat" She told him laughing slightly. He smiled loving the sound of it, he wanted to hear more of it. When he thought about it he loved just being around her. "Peter there is a Deep Magic that rules over Narnia. It defines right from wrong and helps us fulfill destinies, bother yours and mine" She told him trying to help him understand.

"I don't think I will be able to" He told the Queen his voice filled with doubt.

"You were able tog et your family here" She said trying to make him feel better.

"Not all of them" He said and she sighed remembering his brother.

"Aslan and I will do whatever we can for Edmund." Elizabeth reassured him. "It's been just around 110 years since I first arrived to Narnia" She admitted to him and he looked at her shocked that she was that old but looked so young. "I think I look good for my age don't you?" She teased and he smiled a little bit making her smile more. "Aslan slowed my aging down drastically so that when the day came, I would defeat the White Witch" She told him. "I'm the one who has to end her" She said looking out into the sea. "I'm the one who has to kill her own sister" She whispered barely above a whisper but he heard it. He looked at her shocked. How can someone so cruel as the White Witch be related to her?

"The White Witch is your sister?" He asked her and she nodded looking down.

"Before we came to Narnia there were 6 of us. Jadis was the oldest then me then my brother William, then Digory and Lance with my sister penny being the youngest" She told him.

"Digory Krike?" He asked her and she looked at him slowly nodding.

"Yes, how do you know him?" She asked him.

"He's a professor that took my family in to keep us safe from the war" He told her and she looked at him confused.

"War? There's a war?" She asked and he nodded sadly.

"Yes, there is. All the children in England were sent to the country to be safe. My family and I were sent to your brothers house where we found the Wardrobe. Or Lucy did and then we stumbled into Narnia" He said and Elizabeth smiled. Digory made it, he was still alive. "He misses you, all of you. He didn't tell us much but the little bit he did tell us I could see how much he missed you" He said and she smiled at him widely.

"Good, I'm glad he is safe. It took some convincing but I finally got him to leave Narnia. It wasn't safe here, not anymore. When we first arrived there was no war and no endless winter. We stayed here because Aslan told us that one day we would rule Narnia. I wanted to go home but I was out numbered and I would not leave my family here so I stayed as well. Jadis, after 7 years got tired of waiting on Aslan to make us Kings and Queens. I don't know how or when but she allied herself with a witch who gave her the powers she has today. She stopped being my sister and became the White Witch. it tore my family apart, her betrayal. Penny, my little sister, didn't believe that Jadis had betrayed us. She just thought that the White Witch had captured her so she went to the castle to get her back. Jadis killed her, turned her into stone. We didn't know that at the time, all we knew was that Jadis had betrayed us and taken Penny as prisoner. So we obviously wanted to get her back but Aslan said we couldn't because we didn't know how powerful Jadis was nor her numbers. Digory and I trusted Aslan and we waited but William and Lance did not. They and half of our army marched to Jadis's castle to get Penny back. They were all killed, every last one of them, including my brothers" Elizabeth whispered as a few tears slipped down her face. "Jadis knew that Digory or I would be the ones to kill her as there was a prophecy about it, so she sent her men out to kill us. I took Digory and forced him to go home staying here to fulfill the prophecy. Aslan didn't know how long it would take for the other Kings and Queens to arrive so he slowed my ageing to I could wait for more than 1 life time for you to arrive" She said looking at him. He never took his eyes off of her the entire time and soon felt his hand going up to her face whipping away the tears from her eyes. She pulled him into a hug which he accepted automatically. Even if they had just met, they felt like they had known each other for a life time. They felt comfortable with each other which is why Elizabeth felt so comfortable to explain everything to him. She knew he wouldn't judge her and she was right, if anything it pulled them even closer to each other.

"You'll get your revenge Elizabeth, the time is almost here" He whispered to her quietly as they held each other. They were basically the same height Peter being just a hair taller.

"Aslan has gotten me through all of this Peter, you can trust him" She whispered to him.

"I do" He whispered back. "I trust you more though" He told her truthfully making her smile as they pulled away. They looked into each others eyes finding it hard to pull away but something snapped them out of it. A horn being blown causing them both to look to the sound of it in worry. "Susan's horn!" He exclaimed and without a seconds hesitation he took off towards the horn Elizabeth not far behind.

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