not too short for a stormtrooper

Unbent by Mirrors, Covering Your Eyes Against the Morning by Pen
Narnia, Edmund + Lucy, PG.

Set during the Golden Age, and informed by the awesomeness of Edmund during Prince Caspian.

With thanks to An Unstoppable Army of Lizzens.

( Narnia is solid beneath his feet )

Page Forty:

Lucy crosses her arms. "Must we go now?”

"I thought you wanted to go," says Susan.

"I do. But surely the ambassador can wait an hour. We're reached a very exciting spot in the book!”

"I don't want to go at all," says Edmund. "Last time, the Calormenes were five days late, and this visit they're two days early. It is not to be tolerated."

"We must be kind to our neighbours, Edmund," says Susan.

"We must be nothing of the sort. We Narnians could take those Calormenes in a fight any day."

"There shall be no fighting,” said Susan.


If Susan, Edmund and Lucy get distracted, turn to page seven.
If they return to Cair Paravel, turn to page twelve.
If Something Untoward happens, turn to page forty-nine.

(from page sixteen)

Page Six:

Peter sits forward on his throne, palm open on the arm. He listens to supplicants and requests, and makes decisions as he can. He kills time waiting for his siblings by ruling Narnia. The Calormenes wait impatiently half a castle over, and he thinks about abdicating his throne.

"Your Majesty," says a Dryad, "The desert encroaches on our plains, and we cannot breathe."

They hope for a miracle, but he is Peter, not Aslan, and he shakes his head.

After the last of them, he waits for his siblings in Susan's rooms, and tries not to fiddle with her things.


If there is A Party, turn to page twelve.
If Susan, Lucy and Edmund arrive, turn to page twenty-three.
If there is A Commotion, turn to page thirty-six.

(from page one)

Page Thirty Two:

Susan holds at full draw. Her hold is not quite right, and she lets down, arrow still in the bow. She strokes the bow once, twice, and gently places it on the ground.

She tires of this game, and follows the path the water creates, Lucy's giggles fading behind her.

Away from her siblings, the air is cool and silent, and she can hear nothing but the water lapping at her feet. Susan sits, her skirts arranged around her, and watches as the water creeps steadily forward.

In the distance, she hears the roar of a tiger, and she shivers.

If the tiger Becomes A Problem, turn to page fifty-one.
If we see what Lucy and Edmund are doing, turn to page forty-two.
If Susan gets to meet merpeople, turn to page eight.

Omg I wrote pages and pages of notes for fic today, and I cannot decide what to write first!

Nobody gets a vote but me, today, though. Instead, an experiment (anyone and everyone can play this game):

Don't Want to See the End

Susan reaches for her bow. Slender and smooth in her hand, she draws back: holds her breath and releases. The clapping startles her. "Oh, jolly good shot!" Susan looks up at Lucy standing in the shade of the Weeping Willow, parting branches like curtains. At Lucy's feet, Edmund turns a page.

"Do stop blocking the light," he says. Lucy shakes her hair, still damp swimming in the lake, and the water drops onto the paper. "Lu!" Edmund grabs for her ankle. As Lucy shrieks and falls, Susan turns away.

She draws her bow again, and releases.

Her aim is perfect.


If Peter intrudes on this idylic scene, turn to page five.
If Susan wanders off, turn to page thirty-two.
If there is A Sudden Announcement, turn to page sixteen.

title: joining hands as nations
author: pen
fandom: the chronicles of narnia
disclaimer: these characters are owned by the estate of cs lewis. they like coming after people who write narnia, so shh.

this was originally for sloane. it's still for sloane, but it's been rewritten.

31/05/2005

( The Pevensies had been Kings and Queens of Narnia for only three summers before Queen Susan received the first marriage proposal.  )