The Banquet Incident
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The Banquet Incident, or: Susan gets sick, Edmund thinks he’s hilarious, Lucy loses her temper, and Peter is just trying his best
about 5 years into the Golden Age, the Pevensies have to host a banquet for a bunch of neighboring kingdoms
Susan is, of course, Very Stressed about it and wants to make sure that everything goes absolutely perfectly
(this banquet could determine their relationships with the neighboring kingdoms for years to come, so very important)
then, a week before the banquet, Susan gets sick. nothing dangerous or life-threatening, think like the flu. enough to keep her in bed.
naturally, Susan panics a bit, or maybe a lot (“How am I going to plan this banquet and make sure that everything goes smoothly if I can’t even stay awake for more than five hours at a time and I’m not allowed to leave my bed??”)
the other three promise to follow all of the plans she already made, and to keep everything running smoothly, but things are still pretty chaotic
everyone is working overtime to make sure the banquet goes well, from decorating the castle to preparing food to picking the Pevensies’ outfits and everything in between
a bunch of fauns are decorating and cleaning the main entrance when Edmund comes up with a “brilliant” plan
he tells them to take a break (“Trust me, you guys have been working hard, Susan would want you to get your rest! You’ll do even better work after taking a break, I know it”)
when the fauns all finally leave, Edmund quietly and carefully drops puddles of purple paint in each entrance to the room
the fauns come back a little bit later, and very soon there are purple hoof-prints all over the room
the fauns are horrified, Edmund is cracking up
Lucy hears the ruckus and comes running in to the room and immediately freaks out at him, maybe taking things a little too far
(“Edmund! Do you not understand how important this is, not just to Susan, but to our whole kingdom? We’re not just normal kids anymore, and I know it’s impossible for you to grow up, but don’t you think you’ve made enough mistakes? We shouldn’t have to keep cleaning up after your messes.”)
Peter, who also heard the commotion, comes in just to hear Lucy make this speech, and immediately tries to make peace
(“Lucy, I get it, you’re stressed, but that doesn’t mean you can take it out on Edmund. Edmund, I know you were just trying to lighten the mood, but this really is serious.”)
Edmund is a bit heartbroken of course, and Lucy immediately feels very guilty for everything that she said
she tries to apologize, but Edmund very quickly leaves the room
Peter tells Lucy to let him go and stew if he needs to, and the two of them start helping the fauns to clean the room
later, they can’t find Edmund anywhere and maybe start to panic a little bit, enough that the two of them go to Susan for advice
they expect Susan to also freak out, but she just laughs (“I’m pretty sure Edmund learned his lesson about going off on his own about five years ago. He’s probably just trying to make it up to you, he’ll show up soon.”)
Lucy and Peter realize that she’s right, and they continue with the preparations, helping to clean the rest of the castle
when they get to the main banquet hall, they walk in and realize that everything is already cleaned and decorated to perfection
Edmund is standing a bit sheepishly in the middle of the room, grinning at the look on their faces (“Hey, you guys okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost or something. What, you didn’t think I was capable of a little bit of cleaning and decorating? I am, frankly, offended.”)
Lucy and Peter grin at each other, and then immediately run and tackle-hug Edmund, all three of them laughing as they fall to the floor
Lucy is still trying to apologize (“Edmund, I am so so so sorry for everything that I said, you know I’m just stressed and I didn’t mean any of it, you’re so important to me and I know you’re doing your best to keep the mood up, and you really are good at what you do…”)
Edmund is trying to make her stop apologizing (“Lu, it’s okay, I know you didn’t mean it. I just wanted to do this, prove to you guys, and maybe myself, that I could do something like this. I was happy to do it, and it actually was kind of fun to do all this decorating.”)
Peter is trying to get them back on track (“Alright, you two, if we don’t get back to work Susan is definitely going to kill us, and I don’t think any of us could stand up to her anger.”)
Susan is finally better the day before the banquet, and she walks through the entire castle about three times before admitting that her siblings did a good job (“Alright, I’m a little surprised, and I don’t like admitting this, but you three did everything exactly how I wanted it. It looks amazing.”)
the other three are touched, and know how much it means for Susan to admit that, but of course they decide to hold it over her head forever (“Hey Susan, remember that time we decorated the entire castle without you? And it turned out absolutely perfect? Even after you were freaking out and said that there was no way we could do it?”)
the banquet, of course, goes perfectly
the neighboring kingdoms are ridiculously impressed with the young kings and queens, and their diplomatic relationships are completely solid for a few years following it
(after the banquet is over and everyone else has gone back to their respective kingdoms, all four siblings sprint through the castle, pulling decorations off of walls and throwing things at each other, laughing and wrestling and just playing for hours)
(the rest of the staff just watches with amused smiles on their faces, completely baffled by their rulers, and also completely adoring them)
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definitely bbc merlin!!
oh yeah, but unfortunately i can only use american media :/ thank you for the suggestion though!
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