Part Ten

Jill

I was in the middle of a conversation with Lucy when I heard a loud roar and saw Eustace lunge forward toward me. Within seconds, the scenery of England had faded into Narnia.

I asked Eustace about it, but he couldn't answer my question. Somewhere, in the back of my mind, the entire time we talked to Tirian I had a strange feeling in my stomach that never left. A suspicion about how exactly that train faded into Narnia. And when I went on about growing old and dying, it was only because I knew I wouldn't.

When Aslan had told me there had been a train crash, I was the only one not surprised.

Instead, I was surprised by the feeling of joy that washed over me.

Death was more like life than life itself had been.