AN: so uh apparently I made a lot of Feels in people. Have a kinda happy epilogue to make up for it?

There are four gravestones now, not three, and Jack brushes away the snow to read the inscriptions he did not stop for the first time.

Here lie Peter, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, United in death as they were in life. And Susan, their sister, now no longer apart.

They lived by the light that was in them. May all who live claim as much.

Below each name are also lines that Susan must have commissioned later -

On Peter's - "Behold, he is not here, he is risen."

On Edmund's - "All debts are paid, all sins forgiven."

On Lucy's - "The dream is ended, this is the Morning"

And finally on Susan's - "Let us go forth and take the Adventure that lies before us."

That night, Jack dreams of a white castle by the sea. He walks through the surf, and a Lion walks beside him, but he is not afraid. He is warm and it does not hurt, and for the first time in the longest time he can remember, he is at peace.He is happy, but for once he has no need for pranks or games - for, as you know, there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious - it is too good to waste on jokes.

The Lion leads him into the castle, and Jack follows, a part of him wishing that he could follow forever. In the castle are four thrones, and on them sit four Kings and Queens, high and great, noble and beautiful, and Jack feels suddenly shy, ashamed of his threadbare appearance. Then the youngest queen looks up and sees him.

"Jack!"

And as she runs down to greet him Jack suddenly recognises Lucy, merry and laughing, neither young, nor old, but utterly herself.

"Look here, brothers, sister! See, here is Jack, and he has found his purpose at last!"

As she draws him before the thrones, and they come down to greet him, Jack realises that the golden king is Peter, the solemn one with the twinkle in his eye is Edmund, and the beautiful lady with the raven hair is Susan, and his heart feels that it might burst for joy. He turns to thank the Lion but finds he is gone, and cannot suppress a small flinch of loss.

"It's alright." It is Susan who comes to stand beside him and ruffle his hair gently. "He knows. But you can't expect to always see Him, you know. He isn't a tame lion." Her smile is knowing and Jack looks up at her and remembers that Susan has known what it is to be alone as well. "He will always be there when you truly need Him though. You only have to look."

"You've done well, Jack" Edmund tells him with a clap to the arm, and pushes him on to Peter.

Jack looks up at Peter, and can barely recognise him – tall, noble and magnificent, Peter is every inch the King. Then he smiles, and Jack sees the boy who welcomed him and allowed him to play with his precious family. "Be welcome here, Jack Frost, in the name of Aslan (and oh, how Jack thrills to the Name) and his Father, the Emperor-over-the-Sea." Peter embraces him, and kisses him on both cheeks, and then pushes him on to Lucy, who smiles at him.

"I will look forward to seeing you again" she says, as she hugs him, then pushes him out into the light of the morning. "Be well, Jack."

"But not too soon!" Edmund calls to him and waves.

Jack wakes with a Lion's roar in his ears, and soaring joy in his heart.

*truly the end - or, perhaps, the beginning*