fic: (not) the end of the world [narnia] [lucy/caspian] [g]

[bantha_fodder]

title: (not) the end of the world
author: bantha_fodder
disclaimer: not mine.

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As the Dawn Treader left Ramandu's island, it travelled further East towards the End of the World. Edmund was eager to learn, and spent countless hours observing or discussing with the men. Poor Lucy however, felt sick to her heart and knew that she had lost Caspian to Narnia. She spent her days sitting (in the shade, for Edmund would lecture her so if she grew pink from the sun), watching the waves as they hit the ship, and counting the moments until she could see Caspian again, ever fearful that the next encounter would never come.

Early each evening, Lucy would wait for Caspian to approach her. Although it had always been Lucy who had gone to Caspian, she had realised (when on Ramandu's island, for such thoughts do not appear without a cause) that it had been presumptuous of her: for Lucy, Queen of Narnia though she was, could not stay. And it was for Narnia that Lucy remained by the side of the ship. She knew it had been very rude of her to approach Caspian before (although such rudeness is often forgiven in those that we love, and Caspian loved her very much), and although it upset her greatly to absent herself from Caspian, she knew that he needed a Real Narnian by his side, and Ramandu's daughter would make a far better Queen of Narnia than Lucy ever did.

Caspian did not understand why Lucy no longer approached him, and so, careful not to offend her, he quietly treaded around her, and made plans for the End of the World.

Comments

[spykeraven.livejournal.com]

Oh my dear. It's lovely, sweet and agonisingly gentle... but they always seemed so young in the book. IMHO. But it is a lovely story, and very heart-breaking. In this context, I hate Caspian for approaching Ramandu's daughter. Thank you for sharing this.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Well, they were young in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, it is true. I did some calculations once, and I think Lucy is chronologically about 14 in Dawn Treader, but lets face it, she grew up quite a few years in LWW, so in her own head she's probably about thirty five.

Thank you very much for enjoying this.

[girlchild.livejournal.com]

You write Lucy's pov beautifully. This ficlet seems like it fits in perfectly with the book-- especially in light of that line Lucy says to console Caspian when he's upset that the children must return to their own world-- "You'll feel better when you get back to Ramandu's Island." The resignation in that line is so bittersweet, and you really captured that tone here.

It seems like I'm always saying this... but you really ought to cross-post to narniadrabble. *^^*

Oh, and I hope you won't mind that I added you to my flist. I followed you to your personal journal from your fandom soundtrack meme, since I enjoyed it so much.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Oh! Thank you. And no, it's fine - I would add you back, but, uh, it appears you don't post? Or something.

And do you know, I completely forgot about posting this in narniadrabble.

I always feel like there's still so much to say in Narnia, and about Narnia.

[girlchild.livejournal.com]

And no, it's fine - I would add you back, but, uh, it appears you don't post? Or something.
Yeah, sometimes I feel particularly antisocial and make all my posts private. But I do comment to other people's journals. ^^

[bekkypk.livejournal.com]

Beautiful :)
xx

[curiositykate.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this was lovely, I love the style, how well it fits in with the style of the books :)

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Thank you.