I Resist the Muses

If this question had been asked of me in the past, I would have answered with a resounding no. Oh, in Camorlene we are taught all about a religion and what happens to us after death if we anger our god, but it was nothing that I could find a grain of honesty in. I never found a thread of belief to guide me along the path that everyone around me seemed to blindly follow.

Then something quite spectacular happened to me.

My horse, Hwin, started speaking, we met Shasta, I mean Cor, and his horse Bree, and we ran away to the land of Narnia.

Therein, I met Aslan.

After meeting and talking with Aslan, after seeing so many things around me, how could I not believe that there is another life beyond this one that we begin after we are finished here?

What do I expect to find there?

My mother.


Muse: Aravis Tarkheena
Fandom: "Chronicles of Narnia"
Words: 153

That is, perhaps, a kind of a loaded statement, as there are several things that might make my life better than what it is now or has been in the past.

Before I came to Archenland and Narnia, I would have said that freedom to choose my own destiny and be myself would make my life better -- and it has. I have Hwin, Cor (he will always be Shasta to me), and Bree. Cor and Corwin's father treats me as if I am one of his family. I have met High King Peter and his family. I have met Aslan. I have a real family, now. I am happier than I have been since my mother died. I am truly content.

Had I heard this question before I left Calormene, there would have been a long list of answers.

My life would be better if my mother was still alive, or if my father had never married, or if, or if, or if...

It's one of those things that you never seem to run out of answers for.

I choose to focus on the now, and not worry about the then.


Muse: Aravis Tarkheena
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Words: 192

Who Am I?


Muse: Aravis Tarkheena
Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia
Words: 281