Title: Something After
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Pairing: Gen - Peter, Oreius
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: -- Like all kings, his only wish was to keep his people safe.
Disclaimer: All not mine.
Notes: A third drabble that didn't fit with
my challenge drabbles. Thanks to
forochel and
ailura for the glance-through. There may be room for expansion.
III.
High King Peter rides to Anvard soon after his coronation, to establish Narnia’s supremacy over Archenland.
-- Why did they not come to Narnia’s aid? asks the King.
Oreius, who is not only the strongest centaur but also the wisest, replies, -- They are a nation that has spent too long cowering in the White Witch’s shadow.
The High King is unmoved. -- And their King claims to be descended from the first King of Narnia?
-- Peace, says Oreius, the one creature unafraid to rebuke the King. -- Like all kings, his only wish was to keep his people safe.