"introducing the royal birthday celebrant, king edmund the just of the great western woods, duke of lantern waste, count of the western march, and knight of the noble order of the table!" the royal announcer booms.

edmund walks down the steps to the grand ballroom of cair paravel with his younger sister basking in the applause he's met with.

"hey, ed," lucy whispers. "peter, susan, and i have a present for you."

"a present?" edmund asks with a grin. "what is it?"

"it's who, actually."