Unexpected Happenings

Summary: This is a story about a seventeen year old girl named Alyssa. Alyssa moved from New York to Australia. She finds a sea cave next to the water that transforms her into a mermaid with powers over water. A year later she goes for a swim and finds another cave submerged in water. She explores it only to end up in Narnia. She meets the Pevensie's as she tries to discover her purpose for being there. What happens when a certain Pevensie takes a liking to this mermaid?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except Alyssa. If I did Peter would be mine…unfortunately he isn't so that means I don't own the Chronicles of Narnia. No matter how much I wish I did.

Chapter One:

Alyssa sighed as she walked down to the secluded beach only she had the knowledge of. She was thinking back to a year ago when she found a mysterious sea cave after she first moved to Australia.

--Flashback--

She couldn't resist going into the small lake like pool that seemed to call out to her. The water had started to glow around Alyssa, particularly around her legs. The warm glow started to get brighter causing Alyssa to shield her eyes from the brightness.

Once the glow subsided she saw that what she was wearing originally was gone and a metallic bright blue fishtail with a matching strapless bikini top in its place. Alyssa nearly fainted from the sight and immediately pulled herself out of the water.

"What the hell?" She stared at her tail in disbelief and shook her head slightly. After a while her tail disappeared and her legs and clothes were in its place once again.

--End Flashback--

The day after she first turned into a mermaid she discovered she had powers and could hole her breath for an extremely long time. Whenever she used her powers her eyes would change color from their normal dark chocolate brown color to a deep teal color.

Alyssa had just recently got the hang of her powers and was able to control them with ease. Unfortunately the only thing she couldn't control was turning into a mermaid fifteen seconds after the water touched her legs. In a lot of ways her personality was like the water she controlled; unpredictable, strong, and light.

She had not realized she reached the beach and almost stepped into the water before she was able to put her stuff down. Only she knew about the beach so she was able to become a mermaid in peace. Her dark brown hair flowed behind her in the breeze and the sun shone on her naturally tanned skin.

Alyssa set her bag and towel down on the ground before she ran into the water and dove under counting in her head since the moment her feet touched the water; Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fortune, Fifteen…and here comes the tail.

She swam around under the water for a while gliding over the beautiful reefs and amongst the tropical fishes. Alyssa noticed a shimmer under her and off to the right. She stopped swimming for a moment and stared at the opening to an underwater cave. Alyssa swam down to it and stared into the darkness for a few moments before she decided to explore inside of it.

Her eyes turned teal as she moved her hand to create a bubble of water and made it glow. She smiled as the bubble did its purpose from the new trick she learned. Alyssa propelled herself into the cave with the glowing water ball as her only light source in front of her and the light from the entrance the only other source of light.

She moved in deeper into the cave and turned to see the light from the opening fading the further she swam in the cave. Alyssa looked around and saw the same shimmer catch her eye once more by a crack in the cavern wall. She glided swiftly over to it before trying to fit past it to explore more of the dark cave.

Alyssa was blinded by an extremely bright light before she faded into unconsciousness. The last thought running though her mind before she completely let the darkness take over, Great now I'm gonna drown because I can't control my body anymore…

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Alyssa curled her fingers into the soft dry sand and listened to the waves break against the shore. She felt the warmth of the sun beat down on her before she heard voices in the background. Alyssa groaned in annoyance and clenched her eyes tighter before she shot up realizing she was passed out in the water. She looked at the unfamiliar setting of the beach around her and wondered if she had died and this was a version of her heaven.

She noticed the voices had stopped when she sat up so she turned her head to the side and noticed two girls on her right. One had dark hair and blue eyes and looked to be about her age maybe a year or two younger. The other was much younger with reddish brown hair and blue eyes a few shades darker than the other girl.

Alyssa noticed they were wearing medieval looking dresses that were absolutely stunning. The older girls dress had a square neckline and was a dark crimson that went to the floor and small embroidery of vines in a crème color. The crème undershirt was visible through the cuts of the red fabric of her arms and she had a brown belt loosely around her waist.

The younger girls dress was a similar in some ways to the other girls dress. There was a slit up the front of the skirt that exposed the underdress and the bodice fit snugly around her upper body. The dresses bodice and under skirt was a light blue and the sleeves and outer skirt were a soft brown color.

They both seemed to be examining her clothes as well. Alyssa looked down at her distressed shorts and dark teal short sleeve v-neck and white tank top undershirt. She felt inferior to these two girls dressed like she was.

The older girl finally spoke up breaking the silence, "Who are you? How did you end up unconscious on the beach?"

Alyssa looked at the two girls wondering if she was dead or still underwater in that cave drowning. She went with the first in her mind but she needed to know, "I'm Alyssa. I was swimming and I found this underwater cave. There was this crack in the wall and when I tried to go through it this bright light blinded me and I may have hit my head, which knocked me out and…am I dead?"

The dark haired girl laughed lightly, "No. My sister used her Fire Flower Juice to heal you incase you were injured. My name is Susan and this is Lucy."

Alyssa picked up on their accent realizing they were British. "Well then where am I? This doesn't look like Australia anymore."

Lucy smiled to Alyssa politely, "You're in Narnia. So you're from Australia? You don't sound like it."

Susan looked at her little sister sternly, "Lucy. Don't be rude."

Alyssa smiled politely, "No, it's alright. I'm from New York but I moved to Australia a year ago. Wait you said Narnia? I've never heard of it before."

Susan nodded her head, "Neither did we when we came here. We came from your world in England."

Aly gaped at the two girls once Susan had said 'from your world', "Wait what do you mean 'my world'? We can not possibly be in another world." She trailed off remembering well that anything could be possible…she was a mermaid after all.

Lucy and Susan stood up and offered Alyssa a hand to help her up. She wasn't sure if she should trust them. Alyssa threw that doubt out the window when she realized that they would have hurt her already if they meant her harm.

"Where are we going?" Alyssa asked following behind Susan while Lucy pulled her along the beach.

"To Cair Paravel. You shall stay with us until we figure out your purpose here." Susan spoke calmly, "Our brothers should like to meet you."

"Your brothers? Which of you is the oldest? How many of you are there?" Alyssa wanted to know how old they were and she figured she could find out their brothers name's in the same shot. Two birds, One stone right?

Lucy looked up the cliff smiling, "There are only four of us. Peter's nineteen and Edmund is turning fifteen in a week. Susan is seventeen and I'm thirteen."

Alyssa nodded her head and looked up the cliff when Lucy had her eyes trained. She stopped in her tracks and stared at the beauty of the castle. "Wow. You guys live in a castle?" She asked in wonder looking at the two girls before her.

Lucy laughed lightly before dragging Alyssa up the trail leading to Cair Paravel, "Well where do you expect the Kings and Queens of Narnia to live."

Susan laughed along with her sister following behind them. "After you meet our brothers we'll get you some proper clothes"

Alyssa looked down at her shirt and shorts and then over her shoulder at Susan with confusion on her face, "What's wrong with my clothes? Where I'm from everyone wears stuff like this. This is cute. I'd be wearing longer pants but its hot in Australia."

"Girls wear pants now? Women only wore skirts or dresses when we were last home." Susan stated when she heard this.

Alyssa shook her head and started laughing to herself, "What are you guys from the 1930's or something?"

Lucy looked at Alyssa and smiled, "It's 1942 actually."

Alyssa stopped laughed and stared at the girl pulling her along, "You aren't serious are you?"

Susan smiled before responding, "Of course she is. What year is it where you are from?"

Alyssa looked bewildered and stopped walking for a moment until Lucy pulled her arm causing her to walk again, "It's 2010 back home."

This time both the queens stopped in their tracks and stared at Alyssa in wonder.

Susan breathed out, "Impossible."

Alyssa smiled and pulled Lucy and Susan along with her, "We are in a magical land…I think you'll find that anything is possible."

Lucy fell into step with Alyssa and looked over at Susan, "Aslan did say that time worked differently here."

"Aslan? Who's Aslan?"

Lucy smiled and spoke slowly hinting to Alyssa to be prepared for what was to be said next, "Aslan is the True ruler of Narnia. We basically watch over the land in the great lions absence."

"LION?! Wait your telling me a lion told you that time works differently in this world…a lion. As in the lion speaks?" Alyssa thought she was losing it by now or that is was an extremely crazy dream. Maybe I really am only dreaming. I could still be drowning underwater and this crazy but beautiful dream world is a cause of lack of oxygen. "Are you sure this isn't a dream?"

Susan and Lucy laughed and grabbed Alyssa's arm as they walked through the arched gateway of Cair Paravel. "Welcome to Cair Paravel, Alyssa."

She looked around at the amazing and vast castle, "It's breath-takingly beautiful."

Suddenly Alyssa was brought back to reality by a yell from Lucy, "Peter! Edmund!" She practically knocked the two brothers off their feet when she ran to hug them.

Alyssa looked at the blond and dark haired boys who were both exceedingly handsome and took in their appearance. She assumed the blond was Peter since he seemed to be the oldest.

The blond boy wore a dark blue tunic that puffed out a bit on the upper arms with slits around it, exposing his light blue undershirt, and tightened when it reached his elbow. His pants were slightly baggy and he had traveling boots on. She noticed a brown lion embroidered into his tunic with designs around it.

The dark haired boy wore a forest green tunic with sleeves slightly different than his older brothers. His pants were much like his brothers in a dark mossy green, which were tucked into a pair of travel boots swell. She saw that his tunic had a sliver version of the lion design much like his brothers.

Peter and Edmund had noticed Alyssa and were looking at her appearance. They didn't let their eyes linger for they didn't want their staring to be seen as inappropriate to her. They were Kings after all and they didn't want to seem rude for staring at her clothing…or lack there of.

The blond-haired boy spoke up breaking the silence that settled upon them, "Hello. I'm High King Peter, but please call me Peter. This is my brother, Edmund. I see you already know Susan and Lucy. Now, what is your name, milady?"

Alyssa smiled when her suspicions where correct of which boy was which, "I'm Alyssa. It is nice to meet you Peter, Edmund." She stood there awkwardly not knowing if she should curtsy or not, but quickly decided to bow her head slightly.

"Peter, we found her unconscious on the beach. She said she came through a portal in an underwater cave from her time." Susan started, "Alyssa has told us that the reason she is wearing so little is because women in her time wear clothes like that…when it's hot."

Alyssa blushed feeling inferior once more by the beautifully dressed royalty standing near her.

Peter nodded realizing the reason she wore so little. He didn't understand that her time was about a little over sixty-five years after their time.

Edmund looked at Alyssa with confusion, "What year is it in the other world? How much time has past exactly?"

Alyssa bit her lip slightly trying to hold back a smile, "Well, its 2010 in my time…so about sixty…eight years have past from your time."

The two boys stared at her in shock and her shoulders shook from their reaction, their eyes were bugging out of their sockets and their jaws were hanging loose. The three girls couldn't help but giggle.

"You may want to close your eyes. They may fall out of their sockets if you open them any wider." Alyssa said through her laughter and causing Lucy and Susan to laugh harder until there were tears coming from their eyes.

The boys quickly blinked and regained their composure before they laughed along with the girls.