A/N: Takes place during "Prince Caspian", Movieverse.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Chronicles of Narnia.

In the Back of My Mind

"The last time I didn't believe Lucy…"

Seeing her there, reaching through the ice like some sort of ghost, it scared me. I thought she really was back, that she was going to be offering Turkish Delights and turning Narnia all to ice again; and I was afraid I'd do it all again, too.

What I'd done, the memories of my first trip to Narnia, have always been in the back of my mind. The others insist that it's behind us, but I can't forget quite so easily. I thought I could, but it's always been there, waiting for something to dig it back up.

And seeing her…seeing her was that something.

I couldn't let it all happen again; I couldn't let her take control and destroy Narnia right as we were trying to save it. So I did what I should have done all those years ago when I first came to Narnia: I plunged my sword into her heart and watched her shatter.