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Narnia: a Peter&Jadis drabble for Bedlam
Written for Bedlam, originally posted here. She requested 'Peter/Jadis', but this is only Peter&Jadis, alas. 274 words.
Peter raises his sword. "You are in no position to bargain, witch."
She laughs. "Oh Peter, I am not bargaining. I am simply laying down the terms."
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When Peter heard word that Jadis is returned and mustering followers in the northwestern woods, he told Edmund to stay at Cair Paravel.
"Do you still think me under her spell?" Edmund spat out.
"No," Peter lied. "But the Calormene ambassadors are getting restless, and I need you to deal with them." Peter told Lucy to stay at Cair Paravel because she can mollify Edmund better than any of them. They argue with him, protest that he is treating them like children, but in the end he is their High King and they will do as he commands.
"Be careful," Susan said to him at the gates, the morning of departure.
He kissed her hand and said, "I'll be back before you notice I've gone."
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Jadis says, "I swear on my sister's life that I will leave Narnia, never to return, if you will do for me one thing."
Peter doesn't say anything, doesn't move.
"Get me the White Stag," the Witch commands. "When it crosses into your kingdom, hunt it down and bring it to me."
Peter raises his eyebrow. "And if I don't do as you say?"
Her gaze is impassive. "Then I will have your brother."
His jaw tightens. "Fine."
"You wear your weaknesses on your sleeve, your majesty," she smiles.
"You'll have your stag, Jadis," Peter says, "and then you will leave these lands forever."
"Swear on Aslan."
He does.
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Tumnus announces the sighting of the Stag.
Peter is ready.
Peter raises his sword. "You are in no position to bargain, witch."
She laughs. "Oh Peter, I am not bargaining. I am simply laying down the terms."
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When Peter heard word that Jadis is returned and mustering followers in the northwestern woods, he told Edmund to stay at Cair Paravel.
"Do you still think me under her spell?" Edmund spat out.
"No," Peter lied. "But the Calormene ambassadors are getting restless, and I need you to deal with them." Peter told Lucy to stay at Cair Paravel because she can mollify Edmund better than any of them. They argue with him, protest that he is treating them like children, but in the end he is their High King and they will do as he commands.
"Be careful," Susan said to him at the gates, the morning of departure.
He kissed her hand and said, "I'll be back before you notice I've gone."
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Jadis says, "I swear on my sister's life that I will leave Narnia, never to return, if you will do for me one thing."
Peter doesn't say anything, doesn't move.
"Get me the White Stag," the Witch commands. "When it crosses into your kingdom, hunt it down and bring it to me."
Peter raises his eyebrow. "And if I don't do as you say?"
Her gaze is impassive. "Then I will have your brother."
His jaw tightens. "Fine."
"You wear your weaknesses on your sleeve, your majesty," she smiles.
"You'll have your stag, Jadis," Peter says, "and then you will leave these lands forever."
"Swear on Aslan."
He does.
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Tumnus announces the sighting of the Stag.
Peter is ready.