Keeping up with the Pevensies: Home again, home again
After about two weeks, negotiations have calmed down enough that the ambassador can take over. The Pevensies can finally return to Narnia.
Mr. John Pevensie and Mrs. Hellen Pevensie are invited to live in Narnia as well. They accept of course, they love their children too much to turn it down.
They all meet up in a very nice hotel a day before they leave. The Pevensie parents knew that their children were adults now but they are still shaken by actually seeing them all grown up.
The next day, they head to the portal and on to Cair Paravel, only an hour and a half ride away.
After making a public appearance/announcement/explanation, they meet up with their families in more private quarters. John and Hellen are delighted to have grandchildren but it takes a while to sort them all out.
They are introduced to Peter’s wife, Medrencynn, and their young children, Hertha (4) and Ryan (2) first. They love Medrencynn right off the bat, she’s kind, polite, and eager to please. They also adore their grandchildren. They can’t wait to watch them grow up and be a part of their lives.
Next they meet Susan’s husband, Jaleel, and their daughter, Mazana-Rose (1 1/2). John and Hellen are a little iffy about Jaleel because they’re white people from 1940’s England, but they see how much their daughter loves him and decide to welcome him into the family anyway.
It takes a while, but they eventually become non-racists and will defend anyone they see getting picked on because of their skin color. They love Mazana-Rose and when she starts pursuing history and lore, John talks to her for hours about England’s history (he’s something of a history buff himself).
Finally, they meet Edmund’s wife, Belleza, and their many, many children. There’s Edmund II (10), Sreća (8), Jednak (7), Henry (7), Anna (5), Odlučan (4), Bitka (2), and Sarah (4mo). They are not a huge fan of Belleza, she’s forceful, opinionated, strong-willed, “unladylike”, but they see how Edmund is enchanted with her and how her children obey and adore her. They know they must put up with her and try to be civil, for the entire family’s sake.
They have mixed feelings about the children though. Specifically the amount of them. They know that they’ll always love and care about them all but they are somewhat old fashioned. They don’t believe that anyone should have more than four kids, five, tops. They don’t say anything though. Just are quietly astounded.
That night, Belleza tells Edmund that they need to talk. She’s been somewhat cold and distant all day so he thinks he knows what they need to talk about.
They go to their bedroom and Belleza sits down and asks why he left. He explains that he didn’t want to leave, it was an accident, and that he spent every moment missing all of them and trying to get back.
By the end of this, Belleza’s crying. She’s had something of a rough year, trying to raise eight young children without him. He comforts her and tells her that nothing but death or the will of Aslan could take him from her.