I would love to see the scenes in England that happen after this too! I was always slightly disappointed that it was only described, not played out in the books, and you seem to have a good grasp on CS Lewis’ style of writing

HI. So, um, you probably never check this any more. But I read this as a young teen, and absolutely loved it. The last chapter stayed with me for over a decade, and I'm so happy I found this fic again. I hope you know how talented you are!

Beautiful! It's lesson for all of us who love Narnia I think. We all need Narnia and we all need to keep it close it our hearts and to bear it well. Thank you so much for putting it in such a lovely manner!

Thanks Francie, nice story. I wouldn't have minded the parts in which the party discusses the ethics of using the rings and then in which Peter and Edmund go into central London and pretend to be workman in order to retrieve the rings from the back garden of Aunt Lettie's old house, but as you say, your focus is different. Cheers!

I'm trying to work out what year Kings in Exile is set, because the presence of television in the Pevensie household strikes a wrong note for me. I checked Wikipedia and found that just 9% of British households had a TV in 1951, with only two transmitters in the whole island, based in London and Birmingham. So it's not impossible. However, it also strikes me that television broadcasts at this time would have been a family affair, because of the novelty with everyone huddled around watching together. Up until this time public broadcasting of news and current affairs and entertainment would have been strictly at movie theatres with the experience being a collective one. So the idea of Mother and Father sitting watching TV alone without the young people does not seem right. Indeed, people who did have television sets would probably have been inviting their television-less neighbours to come in and watch with is what we did in Australia and our household didn't even get a set until the very late 1960s. I understand the need for you to create some space for PSE&L without ma and da around to cramp their style around reliving and disagreeing over Narnia, but I feel the TV can't be the casual device for this purpose that it may have been in chapter 7. I'm also not sure that the teenage identity thing had got moving yet. Would young people in Britain in those times have been attending parties without parental chaperones? Especially if still living at home? Hmm. Not sure. Having said all that I have been enjoying your stories, all of them. The body language you write about so clearly! Thanks for making Edmund and Peridan gay; it's a relief to see them written so well, although as I said in an earlier recent message, I was disappointed to have the early development of their relationship seemingly end with a cliffhanger with Peridan and Susan spending a Platonic night together. I also can't work out whether Juliette is Peridan and Susan's child adopted by Edmund, or Peridan's child with some other woman and adopted by Edmund. Extending the reign of the four to 25 years was an inspired move which opened up so many possibilities which I just love. I am missing the presence of non human characters in many of the stories though. It feels like they need much more focus throughout as they are what make Narnia, although there was some interesting exploration of this in the Bonding and Revel chapters.

I have begun to write a tale (as a displacement activity for study, as is this email, gulp) about a farm boy Llew, 10 or so generations on from Frank and Helen, mainly because I am keen to explore how Frank and Helen's children and grandchildren etc also having naiads and dryads of both sexes as ancestors may influence their connection to country and possibly special powers in helping others, even protecting it from the slow creep of Jadis's vanguard creatures in the gradual preparation for her future conquest. More especially, I do want to create a sympathetic space for the origin and trajectory for the "outlaws" who are ejected from Narnia and Archenland to set themselves up in Calormen.(I loathe Lewis' transparently racist use of that word to mean coloured men and by extension Calormenes to indicate coloured men who are mean, so I am going to create a stigmatised and wronged character called Calor, who is the ancestor ((and banner)) of many of those who escape Narnia and Archenland to create their own paradise). In this case I think Llew's ancestors (being connected to a waterfall below Beaversdam and an ancient beech tree in Shuddering Wood) are still alive and therefore will be around to guide him and offer courage at certain times. His special friend (a'la Tumnus) will be a Gryphon who has her eyrie in the middle reaches of the steep valley of the Archen River. One day I will have undivided time for this. Wish me luck! BTW, I wonder if Lewis' estate will ever permit the formal publication of "The Further Chronicles of Narnia", or "The Adult Chronicles of Narnia", or "Tales from Narnia, Calormen and the Lands Between".

Wow. Just... wow. That was amazing! And I know what you mean by "The Last Battle" being hard to read emotionally. The only really bright bit is the end in Aslan's Country. Anyway, this fanfic was awesome.
Thank you for a wonderful story.

This was perfect.
For some strange reason, I think I was meant to read it.
Thank you, more then you will ever know.

I am sincerely true in saying I am
- Nobody,
A friend of Narnia

That was beautiful. Amazing.

Peter has always been my favorite character and this story about him is just magnificent. :)

I liked it to because it helped me find strength to deal with my problems like Peter did with his.

This line especially spoke to me: "But when I hear you laughing so carelessly, I feel like I have to carry Narnia for the both of us. Because one day you will want it back."

I think Susan did want it back eventually. At least, I hope she did. And I think that her siblings' deaths would have woken that feeling.

Yay! Peter's a king again, and he's discovered how beautiful the countryside can be. I knew he'd come around once he got out of the city. It's terrible trying to be a king in the city.

Wow. This chapter made me cry, with Peter and the horse understanding each other so well. And I love your characterization of Polly!

I love the scene where Peter is reunited with his siblings and how the horse helps Peter regain himself. Maybe it's just because I love horses, but I think that is an awesome scene!

please update soon :)

Great story!

It's a beautiful story, not only because the characters are portrayed faithfully and catch the essence of the story, but also the message of faith and truth that it carries.

I think we love Narnia because somewhere in our heart we know Aslan and it reminds us of him. At the same time, a lot of us also feel like we are in exile and this story is a guidance to us all.

Great job! I hope you write a lot more stories like this!

I've just read The Horse and His Boy, and I realise this probably isn't the place to mention it, but - the book is AMAZING! Sure, CS Lewis has a tendency to use such dry language at times, but that's why I love reading his stories so much - they're nothing like today's fiction!

And (yes, I do have a point to all this) if anyone's trying to accuse you of theft for these fanfics, then screw them. The characters are engaging, the plot of the entire chronicles is awe-inspiring, and you just have to love the spirituality of the entire thing! I mean, I'm no Christian - I follow Islam - but I can recognise so many references to religion and the Bible in the stories, that I just connect that extra inch.

Moreover, it's the Pevensies that everyone's in love with the most - it's the Pevensies that everyone connects with the most. Lucy, because she's so stubborn; Peter, because his honesty and majesty is so endearing; Edmund, because who doesn't like a reformed badboy?; and Susan, who's absolutely gorgeous, yet not an airhead. These are all traits we all either possess or covet, and that's why I love reading the series! (Yep, now I've finally completed it!)

Not only that, but you've delved right into their psyches - who can blame Susan for pulling out while she still thought it safe? And at the same time, there's so much empathy felt for Peter and his other siblings, who miss Narnia more than can be imagined. After all, they were ROYALTY - even if they didn't go power-mad, they'd miss all the benefits and blessings which came with their ascension. I mean, they were rulers, not followers, and they lived a very happy life there.

And, no, I don't think CS Lewis was being sexist at all when he criticised Susan for being more into "lipstick, nylon and invitations" - it's LIFE, she's grown up and moved on. If she could do it in Narnia, why not in the real world? I do, however, feel deeply for her siblings, who can't seem to grasp how easily it is that she is trying to forget their reign. It always is hard for people to come to terms with such things.

Ah. I'm probably boring you now. Anyway. I just had to get it all off my chest. And for the record, I agree with you whole-heartedly. The series is one my all-time favourites too.

~ KJ