School Grounds, Saturday Morning

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Edmund had had a particularly good night, even though it hadn't started out that well. He rose early, despite not having another nightmare, and quickly dressed with the intention of an early walk.

[OOC: Open for beings big and small.]

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"Nope. You're here, so I'm safe," he said. It was one of Michael's earliest truths. He glanced around. "Where's Mom?"

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"Should she be here?" Please not Willow again. Please.

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"I dunno," he shrugged, "Depends. She may have wizarding stuffs to do back in Chicago with Uncle Harry."

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He tried to place the details and after a moment, it clicked. "Molly?"

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"Uh huh." Dad seemed to be having a weird day, all things considered. "Is she here?"

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Edmund stood up from where he'd been kneeling and seemed to have a sudden bad headache from the way he was holding his head. "That's not how it's supposed to work! I may not be an expert, but I definitely know that that's not how it's supposed to work." He paused a beat, then asked a silly question that didn't seem so silly at the time. "A stork didn't bring you, did it?"

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"Noooooo. Grandma said Mom did most of the work and she only helped."

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Smothering his face with his hand, Ed peered through his fingers at Michael. He did look like her. And him, a bit.

This was just Fandom being funny. You didn't get a son overnight, especially when you didn't even do anything to warrant that. He took a deep breath and composed himself. "I think I know where your mum is." No, he didn't, but he knew where Molly was and that was bound to be an interesting conversation. "Do you want to go and see her?"

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"Okay. And then can we have pie?"

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"You can have a whole pie if you're really, really good." Ed was going to need a whole pie after all this.

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"Can it be apple?" He asked, clambering to his feet and grinning widely at his father.

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"If you're so well behaved that you're never going to match how well behaved you are ever again because you were far too good, I will get you a whole apple pie and a fork and you can eat the whole thing on your own. I just have to get Lou and then we can go."

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He eyed his father suspiciously. "Who's Lou?"

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"She's from another story," he explained the best he could. "We're going to be gentlemen and look out for her until she can get home."

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"Okay." He could be a gentleman. Sort of. "Do I have to give her my sword?"

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"No," he said a little too quickly. "Don't give her your sword, no matter what." The thought of her with a sword was a little scary, even if it was a harmless wooden one. He called out to the girl. "Lou! Come on, we have to go now."

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She skipped over, eyeing the little boy warily. "Yes, Daddy," she said sweetly. "Where are we going?"

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He scowled back and edged closer to Edmund's side. "To see my mommy."

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"Yes. We are. Let's go before anyone else shows up." He mentally added 'claiming to be mine.'

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"Aww," Lou tried to be courteous but it didn't quite work what with the answering scowl. "Did you lose your mommy, little boy? It's okay, my daddy's a King. He'll help you find her."

Nevermind that Princess Louisa was all kinds of jealous that her daddy would help this strange boy and not even acknowledge her.

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Michael stuck his tongue out at Lou. In a completely gentlemanly fashion, yes.

"My daddy's a King, too. And my mommy's a Wizard, and she's going to turn you into dog food. So there."

No, she really wouldn't.

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"My mommy is a witch and she's a Queen of Narnia," Lou told him defiantly. "Your mom couldn't turn me into dog food even if she tried really hard."

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"She could too and nuh-uh, your mommy can't be a Queen of Narnia, 'cuz that's Mommy and Aunt Su and Aunt Lucy and anyway, witches are bad." Everyone knows that, just like they knew wizards were completely different.

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Lou just glared at him. "Why are you lying, little boy?"

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"Princes of Narnia don't lie. And I'm not little, you're little."