A Nephew || Mithian and Isla
Maybe it would have been easier if she'd just turned herself over to the Narnian royalty, told them that yes, here she was, Princess Mithian, home at last. Maybe then we could have gained information about her nephew more quickly; maybe then he could have been one of the first people to see the new child. Maybe then she wouldn't be out here in the broad daylight, scaling the castle walls with some borrowed rope and hoping to Aslan that she had the right room. Because if not, well, she really was in a lot of trouble. A rather a lot of trouble.
She had been on tenterhooks for days, weeks, even, over the birth of this new baby. Tristan didn't dare mention it in the house for fear of setting her off in a fit of worry, or anxiety, or sometimes even rage that they weren't being a bit more open with how much information they were supplying the commoners with. She had been nonchalantly asking about it for days; she had seen the dancing in the streets and the toasts that would happen almost regularly in the taverns to the birth of a healthy baby boy, should such a birth occur. The people of Narnia never tired in the celebrations, and they continued in their partying for what was seemingly a very long time. Mithian, in that time, had gotten impatient. She demanded to know why the palace hadn't told them anything yet, because obviously Isla had had the baby by now, and really, their subjects should know about the arrival of the child.
She huffed a little as she pulled herself up the rope, half out of exhaustion and half out of anger at the whole situation. She put that thought out of her mind. She didn't want to clamber into Isla's chambers and start an argument. No. She just wanted to see the baby. Her nephew. She always knew that Isla would be the first of the two of them to get married and have children, but really, she hadn't been expecting things to happen so quickly. Excitement began to creep up on her as she reached the window. It was open, but only slightly, not properly shut from the last time it had been opened. She prised her fingers around the edge of it, feeling them sting slightly at the pressure. And then she pulled the window open, clattering into the room head first.