Reunited Chapter 1
A Guardian Angel
The city of Tashbaan is a city filled with all kinds of noise, the traders trying to sell in the market, the soldiers giving orders to people. Everybody trying to push their way through the busy crowds, every few minutes a voice would shout for the people to move to the side of the street as important people such as General's or nobles would ride through the city.
"Way! Way! Way!" The voice sounded "Way for King Caspian the Ninth of Narnia"
A group of at least twenty men on horseback came riding through the city, the flags of Telma were being held up high. The group rode all the way to the Palace of the Tisroc; they slowly rode into the palace courtyard where the Tisroc was there to meet them.
"Ah, King Caspian" The Tisroc boomed
"Lord Tisroc" The King replied shaking his hand
"Welcome to my home" The Tisroc said smiling
"Thank you, let me introduce my brother Lord Miraz"
A man with black hair and cold brown eyes stepped forward, he nodded his head to the Tisroc but he didn't look enthusiastic to be in Calormen.
"It's a Pleasure to meet you Lord Miraz" The Tisroc chuckled
Miraz gave the Tisroc a cold, evil look apparently he didn't like people laughing at him. Caspian sensing his brother's anger quickly interfered.
"Lord Tisroc, let me also introduce my son Caspian the tenth"
A young boy no more than seven years old walked forward, he looked at bit nervous at being introduced to the Tisroc who looked so intimidating in the young boy's eyes.
"Nice to meet you Caspian" whispered the Tisroc bending down so he was level with the prince's face.
"Nice to meet you to" the prince muttered.
The Tisroc straightened up and invited the King into the palace to talk politics, the King gestured to Miraz to follow him, but turned back to Caspian
"Son wait here" the king said
"Can't I go and look around the city father"? Caspian pleaded
"Absolutely not" the King replied
"Please father, please" the young prince begged
"Okay, but only if you go with Captain Glozelle" the king said nodding his head to the Telmarine soldier.
"Oh thank you father"! Caspian shouted happily
Caspian ran out of the gates, Captain Glozelle running behind trying to keep up with the young prince. The city of Tashbaan was amazing in the young boy's eyes; everything he looked at was incredible even if it was only traders shouting.
"Now Caspian I have to go and talk to this guard, you wait here okay" Glozelle explained.
"Okay Captain" the prince replied smiling
The young boy waited patiently, still looking around the busy street in wonder. A Calormen man wrapped in a travelling cloak bumped into Caspian.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry" the man said looking down at Caspian
"It's alright sir" the prince replied politely
The man smiled at him before walking forward and turning down an alleyway, Caspian watched him leave. He noticed something fall out of the man's cloak; he ran forward and saw it was a small bag, like something you would carry coins in.
Caspian picked up the bag, gave a quick glance back to Glozelle who was still talking to the guard before running after the man.
"Sir" Caspian shouted "Sir, Sir"
He ran down the alleyway as fast as his legs could go, just as he reached the end of the alleyway he was grabbed by a pair of arms.
"Well Well, look what we have here" A cruel voice whispered
Caspian looked up into the face of a Calormen man, his face was nothing but an evil snarl and his eyes were dark and cold. The prince tried to struggle but the man kept a firm grip on him.
"It looks like we caught a young Telmarine" another voice said
"His clothes look royal, he could make us a profit" came another voice
Caspian saw at five evil looking men sliding out of the shadows, they walked towards him a greedy look in their eyes. Caspian kept trying to struggle but it was useless.
"Let the boy go"! Another voice shouted
All five of the men whipped round to see a hooded man standing there, emerald green eyes could be seen through the hood. The five men looked at each other before charging at the hooded man.
The man's reflexes were fast, he hit he first guy straight in the face knocking him out cold. The second man swung a punch, but the man easily ducked and delivered a couple of punches to his stomach before knocking him out as well.
"Enough of this"! One of the men shouted drawing his sword
The hooded man copied this motion and drew out a magnificent sword which glowed with a weird white light. Caspian stared at the sword in wonder; he had never seen a sword like it, it was different from any Telmarine weapon.
"Come on, let's get him" one of the Calormen men growled
They charged at the man, but he easily cut down the first man, then the second; but the third man was a little bit tougher he hit the man in the face hard and he hit the ground with a thump.
The Calormen man quickly ran over and pulled down the man's hood, instead of seeing a fully grown man he saw a boy no younger than sixteen years old. The Calormen man hesitated in shock and the boy quickly used this and booted the Calormen man in the stomach before grabbing his sword and stabbing the man in his chest.
"Did they harm you"? The boy asked
"N-n-no" Caspian stuttered
The boy cleaned his sword on his cloak, he then put on his hood back up and silently walked quickly down the alleyway just as Glozelle came running down the alleyway.
"Caspian, I told you to wait for me"! Glozelle scolded
Glozelle then saw the bodies of the Calormen men; he looked down at Caspian then around the alley trying to find some explanation.
"Caspian, what happened here" Glozelle asked stunned
"I was saved" Caspian answered.
Caspian thought he would never see that mysterious boy again, but two years later at the age of nine, Caspian had a massive argument with his father over his fantasises of finding Narnians, his father believed them to be extinct and wanted Caspian to spend his time learning about Telmarine history, astronomy and many other topics.
Caspian had had enough of his father's disbeliefs and rode his horse out of the castle gates. He rode all the way until he reached the woods, the sun was setting as he entered, and as he quietly rode through night fell and Caspian completely lost sight of the path that he was following.
He continued to move through the forest, jumping at any noise he heard. Hours and hours he continued his lonely and frightening journey, until he heard an evil cackle from the trees.
"Who's there"? Caspian asked trembling
An evil looking creature slowly walked out of the trees, his skin was a greenish grey colour, his eyes were blood red and his mouth was full of razor sharp teeth.
"What are you" Caspian screamed
"I am an outcast, driven into hiding by your people" the creature snarled.
Caspian's horse panicked at the sight of the creature, it whinnied and suddenly sped into the woods throwing Caspian off in the process.
"I'm going to gut you" The creature whispered with an evil smile
The creature drew a dirty looking dagger and slowly walked towards the prince, Caspian started trying to crawl away but the creature quickly stopped him.
"You're going nowhere" The creature snarled
He raised his sword and was just about to strike Caspian when he was knocked as side by a cloaked person.
"You've made a big mistake"! Shouted the creature charging
The cloaked person drew an amazing sword which glowed white in the darkness, the creature swung his sword as hard as he could but as soon as it hit the glowing sword it shattered into many pieces.
"Now leave"! The cloaked man thundered
The creature ran into the trees not looking back, the cloaked person took down his hood revealing a boy. He looked towards Caspian and sighed.
"Caspian, the woods is not a place for prince's" he said gently
"I'm sorry" Caspian said quietly tears threatening to fall from his eyes.
"Hey, it's okay" the boy whispered putting a hand on his shoulder
The boy looked up at the sky and saw that it was too late to return the prince home; the woods were a dangerous place for any Telmarine. He sheathed his sword and gave a loud whistle.
A huge black horse galloped out of the trees, Caspian looked at the horse in wonder.
"Come on Caspian" The boy said leading the prince over to the horse
The boy picked up Caspian and placed him on the horse; he climbed on after him and whispered something to the horse in a language Caspian didn't understand. The horse gave a loud whinny before charging further into the woods.
They rode for hours, through woods, over hills, across rivers before finally arriving at the sight of a ruined castle. Caspian could hear the waves of the sea and smell the salt in the air.
The boy helped Caspian down from the horse and led him over to the centre of the ruins. The boy lit a fire and pulled out some bread which he handed to Caspian who took with a rushed thanks before attacking the food.
"What is this place"? Caspian asked once he had finished the bread
"This was once the great castle of Cair Paravel, all the great kings and queens of Narnia ruled here a long time ago" the boy answered
Caspian looked around at the ruins, he had heard of Cair Paravel from his old nanny years ago but he never thought he would actually see it. Caspian turned his attention to the boy; another question was stirring in his mind.
"Are you an angel"?
"What"? The boy asked amused
"An angel, you know like a guardian angel" Caspian explained
"No I'm not an angel" the boy chuckled
"But whenever I'm in danger, you rescue me" Caspian said
The boy looked at the young prince; he deserved to know the truth. He closed his eyes before saying
"It is my job to protect you"
"Why do I need protecting"? The Prince asked
"That I cannot answer, but I have been watching over you and whenever you're life was endangered I came to help" the boy explained
"Like those men two years ago in Calormen and tonight that creature"! Caspian shouted
"It was a goblin that attacked you, a nasty thing" The boy answered
"Thank you" Caspian said gently
"There is no need to thank me, now come time to get some sleep" The boy said
The next morning the boy and Caspian rode back to the woods, as they came close to the trees they could hear voices; Caspian's father was searching for him.
"This is where I leave you" the boy said stopping his horse
Caspian climbed down quickly, he was about to run into the forest when another question came to him.
"What's you're name"?
The boy looked into the prince's eyes; he could not refuse the answer.
"William, my name's William" He answered
"Bye William, I hope I see you again" Caspian said
"You will Caspian, you will"
With those words William turned and rode away from the prince leaving him to be found by his father.
I know that William is younger than when I ended Divided, but don't worry it will be explained in time