Narnia Fic Challenge

And that's the end of the NFE for 2013, folks! Congratulations to everyone who participated! The stories just keep getting better every year! Under the cut you'll find the reveals/master list.

Feel free to post your fic wherever you'd like!

( Master List... )

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I want to thank everyone who participated! I have such a great time with the exchange every year, and it's thanks to all of you.

Extra special thanks to the pinch-hitters: tonzura123, wingedflight21, rthstewart, and be_themoon! You ladies are the best! ETA: And of course, tiabolt! I AM SORRY, TIABOLT! EXTRA EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU!

Don't forget our ongoing Madness Round! You can find the prompts here, now with all the names attached. Remember, you are posting your stories to the AO3 Collection and if you don't have an account at the AO3, just let me know, and I will give you a code.

I strongly suggest making your account now, since the entire NFE will be run on AO3 next year. Also, if people want to write an additional story for your prompt, they'll need a user name to gift it to! :)

Title: it's autumn in the country i remember
Author: be_themoon
Recipient: nasimwrites
Rating: PG
Content/Warnings: Mention of death.
Summary: Susan and Edmund have a conversation in three parts.
Author's Notes: Thank you to [redacted] for looking it over.

( it's autumn in the country i remember… )


Original Prompt that we sent you: What I want: Anything with any (or all!) of the following: Cor/Aravis of any kind. A story set in Calormene and Politics during the Golden Age. Reconciliation of the religions of Tash and Aslan as having the same origin. Spy!Edmund. Character studies of any of the Pevensies. Rillian and/or Edmund recovering from Jadis/The Lady of the Green Kirtle.

Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever: War, Politics, parallels between WWII and wars in Narnia, culture shock, trauma. "There's a beast in every man, and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand"/"Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness."/"I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)"/"I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there."

Title: Passing Seasons
Author: nasimwrites
Recipient: jn208505
Rating: T
Content/Warnings: Violence, some dark themes.
Summary: “Here was once a land of joy and plenty, once torn apart by the Long Winter and now twice torn apart by those who dare call themselves saviors of Narnia.” Summer brings new challenges for the Pevensies.
Author’s Notes: Thank you, Janet, for being my beta even though it was on short notice!
This story was originally meant to be less than 16 pages in length, but it mutated and grew and is now over 100 pages in length and has nearly 60,000 words… I hope you don’t mind reading a novel-length fic!

( Passing Seasons, Chapter 2… )

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Title: Passing Seasons
Author: nasimwrites
Recipient: jn208505
Rating: T
Content/Warnings: Violence, some dark themes.
Summary: “Here was once a land of joy and plenty, once torn apart by the Long Winter and now twice torn apart by those who dare call themselves saviors of Narnia.” Summer brings new challenges for the Pevensies.
Author’s Notes: Thank you, Janet, for being my beta even though it was on short notice!
This story was originally meant to be less than 16 pages in length, but it mutated and grew and is now over 100 pages in length and has nearly 60,000 words… I hope you don’t mind reading a novel-length fic!

( Passing Seasons, Chapter 4… )

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Title: Passing Seasons
Author: nasimwrites
Recipient: jn208505
Rating: T
Content/Warnings: Violence, some dark themes.
Summary: “Here was once a land of joy and plenty, once torn apart by the Long Winter and now twice torn apart by those who dare call themselves saviors of Narnia.” Summer brings new challenges for the Pevensies.
Author’s Notes: Thank you, Janet, for being my beta even though it was on short notice!
This story was originally meant to be less than 16 pages in length, but it mutated and grew and is now over 100 pages in length and has nearly 60,000 words… I hope you don’t mind reading a novel-length fic!

( Passing Seasons, Chapter 6… )

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Title: Passing Seasons
Author: nasimwrites
Recipient: jn208505
Rating: T
Content/Warnings: Violence, some dark themes.
Summary: “Here was once a land of joy and plenty, once torn apart by the Long Winter and now twice torn apart by those who dare call themselves saviors of Narnia.” Summer brings new challenges for the Pevensies.
Author’s Notes: Thank you, Janet, for being my beta even though it was on short notice!
This story was originally meant to be less than 16 pages in length, but it mutated and grew and is now over 100 pages in length and has nearly 60,000 words… I hope you don’t mind reading a novel-length fic!

( Passing Seasons, Chapter 8… )

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Original Prompt that we sent you:

What I want: I love the Golden Age. Something set while the Pevensies are ruling! I enjoy a bit of drama and the relationship between the siblings! Would love something from Edmund's POV, either 1st or 3rd person is fine!

Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm5/laura_1004/narniabannercopy.png

http://www.famousquotesabout.com/quoteImage/313/siblings-quotes.jpg

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=9141710

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rn5mFsUm1r9d1g3o1_500.png

Title: Light To The Misled and Lonely Traveler
Author: rthstewart
Recipient: wingedflight21
Rating: K+/PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Crackfic! Cross-over madness. No warnings; minor plot and character spoilers for the following: Voyage of the Dawn Treader ; Artemis Fowl series; Thursday Next series; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; BBC’s Merlin Series 3-4; Series 4, Doctor Who (10th Doctor and Donna Noble); Warehouse 13 (minor plot hints from The Big Snag and The Sky’s The Limit); The Hobbit (film 2012; character spoilers); The Lord of the Rings (book). (Also there are nods to Struthious’ Oi, None of Your, a Donna Noble AU and another favorite Narnia fic).

Title is taken from John Milton, “The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveler.”

Summary: From The Time and Space Traveler’s Guide, Entry for Coriakin’s Island, V 2.0:
Should your journey to or from Aslan’s Country (excellent food and top notch accommodation – see entry for Aslan’s Country above) or the Sweet Sea (delicious but be sure to brush your teeth after partaking to prevent decay!) take you through the Eastern Sea, you will find there are few places in the archipelagos worth the bother of leaving the time stream. No establishments offer notable refreshment, sights, or entertainment. Some of the Islands are very dangerous whilst offering no commensurate excitement and are best avoided entirely. (See entries for Dark Island, Lone Islands, Deathwater below). As for Coriakin’s Island, do not be lulled by the prospect of the pleasant greenery, homely house, and fine, sandy and pristine beaches. The magician who lives there is a cantankerous coot with a habit of giving uninvited guests extra appendages or turning them into a squid. AVOID.

( Light To The Misled and Lonely Traveler… )

Original Prompt that we sent you:

Just going to throw out some ideas (but I'm pretty easy-going so pretty much anything will make me happy):

Just what does Coriakin get up to on his island when he isn't entertaining travelling visitors? Is he a magician because stars have magic or are the two unrelated? Does he know Ramandu and his daughter (and do they ever get together for tea)?

Susan and Eustace are both very concerned with logic and common sense - does this mean they got along fairly well even before their Narnian adventures? Or were they always at odds? Would this change after their respective adventures?

How often did the Friends of Narnia have dinner parties? Was it always just those we saw in LB attending? Did Susan ever come? Did they ever invite anyone else?

I love AUs, especially dark ones. What if the the Dawn Treader crew got shipwrecked? Could Tirian have had ulterior motives in LB? How would the Pevensie parents have reacted if their kids returned as adults -- or if they didn't return at all?

I also adore crossovers so, while I know this one's a long stretch, it would be super cool to see a crossover with either the Swallows and Amazons series or the Thursday Next series (specifically Friday and Edmund's interactions).

Title: save the last dance
Author: deathsblood
Recipient: vialethe
Rating: PG
Content/Warnings: Aravis/Cor, pre-relationship
Summary: Cor dances, Aravis helps out.


( save the last dance )

Original Prompt that we sent you:

What I want: Susan and Edmund are my favorites, so I'd love a fic centered on them! Something about their adventures in Tashbaan or their escape from the city, maybe. Or another Golden Age adventure of some kind. England fic is good too though, I'm not terribly picky. I love to see a lot of banter between them, or something that focuses on their similarities. (If you're familiar with rthstewart's TSG-verse, a fic with Susan, Edmund and Tebbitt would make my year, especially one where Ed is just casually protective enough to scare the pants off Tebbitt and Susan is annoyed by their bickering.)

If Ed and Sue aren't your favorites, I also love Cor/Aravis, again for the bantering possibilities! They're a lot of fun and I'd love anything that extends their story further.

Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever:

I walked into your dream/and now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream/you are the clever one, aren't you? -Mother, Tori Amos

so much hate for the ones we love/tell me we both matter, don't we? -Running Up That Hill, Kate Bush

We are twists and turns/in the language of god/and how his heart must yearn/every time I love -Language of God, Charlotte Martin

Title: Into Something Rich and Strange
Author: edenfalling / Elizabeth Culmer
Recipient: snacky
Rating: G
Content/Warnings: Nothing major, but this might not be the best story to read if you are claustrophobic or particularly afraid of either drowning or the dark.
Summary: "The siren is a creature of reflections, born of lightning on the winter sea," the mer-woman said, her tail fins twitching in signs Susan had no skill to read. "Cold and light feed its power and no being born of the sea can gainsay its command, though we who are female can at the least resist its lure. You are a Daughter of Eve, born of dreams and flesh. Your power comes from the warmth of blood and the darkness of the beating heart; the siren has no strength against that magic. You must close your eyes and dream the enemy into the final dark."
Author's Notes: I tried to combine a story about Susan fixing things and an ocean story about the merpeople; hopefully I have succeeded. My heartfelt thanks to [redacted] for her awesome beta-reading, without which the story would be much shallower.

( Into Something Rich and Strange… )

Original Prompt that we sent you:

What I want:
Any of these, take your pick or mix and match:
• stories about Caspian during his reign - fighting the giants, rebuilding Cair Paravel, settling in Narnia with Ramandu's Daughter, anything!
• stories about Susan during the Golden Age - what lead her to Calormene in HHB? She never rode to wars, so what was her role during them? Her role in the politics of Narnia maybe? A story where everything has gone wrong, and it must be fixed, and she is the one to do it.
• ocean travel stories - they don't have to be on the Dawn Treader! Maybe a story about the merpeople!
• Travel stories of all kinds - I love seeing characters (the Pevensies during their reign) exploring outside of Narnia, or maybe finding their way between worlds?
• For shipping, I love Caspian/Peter, and I like Peter/Susan, but if that's not your thing, no worries.
• I also love post-Narnia stories about Susan - what direction did her life take her after the events of the The Last Battle? But nothing tragic, I don't want her wishing she'd died.
• I like AUs of all kinds! And I like certain crossovers - LOTR or Game of Thrones; or if you're writing an England story, maybe a crossover with the books "The Montmaray Journals" or "Code Name Verity", if you're familiar with those fandoms. But please no crossovers with Doctor Who or Sherlock or Supernatural.


Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever: Banter, laughter, fun, horses, found family, and deep connections.

Susan and Lucy were queens, and they ruled well and proudly
They honored their land and their lord, rang the bells long and loudly
-- Wicked Girls, Seanan McGuire

As someone long prepared for the occasion;
In full command of every plan you wrecked –
Do not choose a coward’s explanation
that hides behind the cause and the effect.
--Alexandra Leaving, Leonard Cohen

And I am waiting
For life to begin
And I am waiting
To set sail for happiness.
-- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Title: Fast is Falling
Author: bedlamsbard
Recipient: deepdarkwaters
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: none
Summary: A generation after Eustace and Jill rescued Prince Rilian, a young princess of Archenland arrives in Narnia to attend university.

( Fast is Falling… )

Original Prompt that we sent you:
What I want: I'm always curious about the books and literature in fantasy worlds. I'd be interested to see your take on some kind of Narnian writing - a few pages from a history, or a cook book, or a racy romantic novel, or somebody's memoir... anything! If that doesn't appeal, I'm really into worldbuilding so it would be great to see something about parts of Narnia we don't get to see much of, or maybe something about the behind-the-scenes stuff (servants in one of the royal palaces? Random sailors or soldiers?) instead of focusing on the books' main characters. Just throwing ideas around now so I'll shut up, but basically I'd love to read anything about Narnia as a country and society, good or bad. I'm less interested in shippy stuff but totally happy for that to be a part of it if you like.
Prompt words/objects/quotes/whatever: Maybe something from Mr Tumnus's bookshelf?