Everything
“Everything” is my first story for The Chronicles of Narnia and deals with Edmund’s journey, so to speak, throughout the books all the way to the end. That said, if you’ve only seen the movies, reading the remaining Narnia books is highly recommended (they’re very good, so it’s not a bad thing). This is also a song-fic, but odd in that it’s multi-chaptered so the lyrics are split up.
The song in question is Everything by Lifehouse. I heard it first in March when my school did a skit for Easter that uses the song. You can go on YouTube and type in “Everything by Lifehouse skit” and you’re bound to come up with something-the skit has been performed by many groups of people. In short, it depicts the relationship between a girl and Jesus and shows how, despite temptations, Jesus is always there for us. It made me cry, and I don’t cry easily. The message was wonderful and it went with the song really well.
So I got the song and in May I saw Prince Caspian. This was my first contact with Narnia in awhile-I hadn’t watched the last movie since 2006, and I’d re-read the books in 2006, but with all the Harry Potter events going on and my new love of Rent, Narnia got lost in the shuffle. My passion for Narnia came back. Ever since I first read the books in 5th grade (seems like an eternity ago) Edmund was my favorite character, as he went through the biggest change and became a better person because of it. There’s a lot to explore with his character. I really liked the way he has been portrayed in the movies as well (I like all of the Pevensies in the movies, though). I got to thinking and I was listening to Everything when it hit me-the song reminded me of Edmund, as did the skit! He went through something similar when he was tempted by the White Witch and saved by Aslan. So that is where the story came from.
As of today, “Everything” is completed. It can be read here:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4276345/1/Everything
