A/N: Just so ya'll know I wasn't sure if I wanted to put this one up on this site yet, but it's pretty popular on my DaviantART page. I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING RELATED TO CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. I only own my OC.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader
By PhantomGirl17

I: Aboard the Dawn Treader

How the heck did I get into this situation? Well no, that's not the right question to ask right now. Right now the question should be How the heck am I drowning in the ocean if the ocean is nowhere near my room? My grip tightened on my book and I began to swim up, or what I thought was up. As soon as my head was above the water I heard a shout of 'Help!' and another of 'Man Overboard!'

I blinked and gasped seeing a large ship a yard or so away from me along with three kids swimming away from the ship in fear. I yelled out, "Help! Please!" before being pushed under by a wave. I suddenly felt arms go around my waist and I felt myself being pulled up. Taking a deep gulp of air, I heard a voice say, "Don't worry. I got you." I turned a bit to see the face of a young man around his early twenty's, with dark brown eyes and hair. I gave him a grateful smile. "Thank you, sir."

He nodded before he started swimming over towards the ship with me in tow. We climbed on to a lift that was in the water. I gripped my book tighter and stayed close to him. "Hold on." He said as he grabbed one of the ropes on the side of the lift with one hand and wrapped the other around me. I gasped as we suddenly started going up, the next thing I know, I'm on deck. One of the Crewmen helped me down from the lift and I muttered a 'Thank you' when he wrapped a towel around me and led me off to the side.

When I turned I saw the man who saved me drying his hair with a towel. He looked at me and gave me a small smile. "Caspian!" he then turned to see one of the kids, a girl around fifteen or so with long brown hair and eyes, come up to hug him. "Lucy!" When they pulled away from each other, he gave her his towel and walked over towards me.

"That was thrilling!" Lucy said breathlessly.

"How in the world did you end up here?" Caspian asked her.

She shook her head. "I have no idea."

"Caspian!" A boy about seventeen or so, with black hair and the girl's brown eyes came up and gave Caspian a manly hug. "Edmund."

"It's great to see you." Edmund said, wrapping his towel around his neck.

"Great to see you." Caspian replied.

"Didn't you call for us?" Lucy asked.

"...No. Not this time." Caspian confessed but looked rather happy about it.

"Well, whatever the case I'm just glad to be here." Edmund said.

Felling a bit left out and confused still, I gave a little cough to get their attention. They turned to me and Lucy said, "Oh, hello. Who are you?"

"My name is Anna. Anna Elizabeth Beach from America.' I added the 'America' part because they sounded rather British and Spanish in Caspian's case. 'Forgive me for asking but I feel as if I know you, all three of you from somewhere. Have we met before and I somehow lost the memory of our meeting?" I asked.

Caspian shook his head. "No, I don't remember you. Besides I don't think I've ever seen clothes like yours before."

I looked at my soaked socks, jeans, my "4 King & Country" T-shirt, and black sleeveless denim vest before looking back up and studying the other three's clothes. The two, brother and sister, were dressed in clothes of the 1940's while the man looked like a prince from a story book kingdom. "Yeah, I can understand that. But I still feel like I know you all from somewhere. Like from a Dream... Or a Dream of a Dream..." I looked down at the cover of my book. I opened it to where I marked it with the blue ribbon and gasped.

I looked from the book back up to the three and back down to the book. I bit my lip. "But... this is impossible!' I looked slowly back up at them with a bit of fear in my eyes. 'You... you wouldn't happen to... to be' I looked at the girl. 'Queen Lucy the Valiant,' I turned to look at her brother. 'King Edmund the Just' Finally, I looked at the man who had saved me from drowning. 'and King Caspian the Tenth, would you?" Their eyes widened but they nodded. I felt my knees go weak and if Caspian didn't catch me I would have hit the deck.

He sat me down on some stairs that led up to the helm. The Three Royals looked at me in worry. "Are you alright?" Lucy asked.

I shook my head a bit. "Lightheaded..." Caspian knelt down in front of me while Edmund sat behind me trying to keep me from slumping down on the stairs. I closed my eyes tight and lowered my head a bit trying to stop the world around me from spinning.

"Are you alright?" Caspian asked softly seeing I was still in a little pain. I opened my eyes a bit and met his gaze. For a minute we just looked at each other. I studied his chocolate colored hair that must be soft, his soft yet sharp face, his nicely trimmed beard, and his deep brown eyes. It should be criminal to be that handsome!

I blushed a bit at that thought before nodding in answer to his question. "A little. But I think...' I looked down at my book before turning and holding the book out to Edmund. 'I think this will explain some things."

He took the book and gasped at the cover. "Lucy! It's you and Mr. Tumnus!"

Lucy looked over his shoulder and gasped. "'The Chronicles of Narnia'? How...?"

I looked at them and said, "I think I come from the same world you do, King Edmund and Queen Lucy. But mine is parallel to yours. In your world, World War Two has been affecting the world and no one, save about eight people, knows about Narnia. In my world, World War Two has long been ended, and there are very few who don't know about Narnia."

They stared at me with wide eyes but they didn't say anything so I continued. "That book is seven stories in one. It begins with Narnia's beginning 'THE MAGICIANS NEPHEW'. Then there is 'THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE' and 'THE HORSE AND HIS BOY', two story's from Your Golden Age.' I nodded to King Edmund and Queen Lucy before turning to Caspian. 'You, King Caspian, have two about you, 'PRINCE CASPIAN' and 'VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER'. The sixth and seventh, called 'THE SILVER CHAIR' and 'THE LAST BATTLE' respectively, are about your son and his tenth descendant who witnesses the end of Narnia.' I smiled at the book. 'It's my favorite story to read. I always thought of it as a way for me to get closer to Aslan, who I know by another name."

"Well, how did you end up here?" Caspian asked.

"Last I remember, I was sitting in the room my grandmother always gives me when I visit about to read 'VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER' having already finished 'PRINCE CASPIAN'.' Said man he blushed. My brow furrowed. 'I... I think I blanked out for a few minutes because I don't remember what happened next. It all goes black and now I'm here. Honestly, I always dreamed of coming to Narnia, but I don't know whether I should be excited or terrified about the way I came and if or when I'm sent back." They all nodded, seeming to understand and Lucy wrapped her arms around me.

"Don't touch me! Get that thing off me!" a voice said. All four of us turned to see a boy toss a large mouse off of him.

"Let me guess, that's your cousin Eustace?" I asked looking at Lucy.

She nodded with a smile. "Reepicheep!" She cried happily.

Reepicheep straitened and bowed to her and Edmund. "Oh, Your majesties."

"Hello, Reep. What a pleasure." Edmund said.

"The pleasure is all mine, sir." He, almost nervously, took his small golden ring with a feather off of his head and fiddled with the feather before he saw me. He walked up to me and bowed. "Milady, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Reepicheep. Might I know the name of such a beautiful girl?"

I blushed and looked away for a bit before looking back at him. "My name is Anna Elizabeth Beach, Master Mouse, and I'm afraid you're wrong. I'm not beautiful. I'm ordinary. Everyone says so, even my own mother."

He looked shocked at my last statement but then shook his head, placed the ring back on his head and grabbed my hand in both of his small ones. "The people of your world must be blind then not to see such a Lovely Lady as you. And your Mother must not yet have seen the Beauty I see before me." He then kissed my fingers, his whiskers tickling me a bit. Lucy and I giggled while Edmund and Caspian chuckled.

He then straitened and turned to Edmund. "Now, what to do about this-this hysterical interloper?" he pointed to where Eustace was bending over and coughing roughly. When he finished, he instantly looked at Reepicheep.

"That giant rat thing just tried to claw my face off!" Eustace cried, pointing at Reep.

"I was merely trying to expel the water from your lungs, sir." The mouse replied matter-of-factly, Eustace went wide-eyed and jumped up.

"It talked- Did you see? Anyone just hear that? It... It just talked!"

"He always talks." A crew member said.

Caspian then joked, "Actually, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick." Some crewmen laughed.

Reepicheep said slightly offended, "The moment there is nothing to be said, your highness, I promise you, I will not say it."

Eustace then began shouting making my ears ring a bit. "Look, I don't know what kind of prank this is, but I want to wake up right now!"

"Perhaps we could throw him back?" Reep suggested as Eustace started saying something about being kidnapped. Edmund seemed to be considering it.

I was instead looking at Caspian who now had my book. His fingers ran gently over the wet pages and he held it with care. I stood up and walked towards him. I tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Your highness? May I have my book back please?' He turned to me and smiled before handing the book back to me. 'Thank you, Majesty."

He shook his head. "You can call me Caspian, Milady."

"As long as you call me Anna. I'm just a regular girl. I don't have any fancy titles so they don't matter to me." He nodded.

"I demand to know just where in the blazes am I?!" Eustace demanded.

A Minotaur stepped up to him. My eyes widened at this mythical creature in awe as said beast said, "You're on the Dawn Treader, the finest ship in Narnia's Navy." Eustace's eyes rolled back in his head and he fainted, making the entire crew laugh.

Caspian and I came up to the Minotaur, who looked at us in sight worry, "Was it something I said?"

I snickered. "No, sir. He's just never seen a Minotaur before.' I gave a thoughtful face. 'Come to think of it, neither have I.' I bowed to the Minotaur. "It's an Honor to meet you."

The creature smiled at me and gave a little bow. "Tavros, at your service, Milady. Do not hesitate to ask me for anything." I smiled, nodding accepting his offer.

"See to him, will you?" Caspian asked motioning to the fainted boy. Tavros nodded and bowed his head before picking Eustace up bridal-style and carrying him below deck.

Caspian went up the stairs near the helm. "Men...' He shouted to the crew. 'Behold our castaways...' The crew looked at Edmund, Lucy and me. I blushed biting my lip and giving them all a shy smile. 'Edmund the Just and Lucy the Valiant, High King and Queen of Narnia." I watched as the entire crew kneeled, bowing to Edmund and Lucy. Boy, did I feel out of place! I turned to them and bowed with a mutter of 'You Majesties'.

"And this is Lady Anna Elizabeth from the world parallel to that of our King and Queen." I turned to look at Caspian in shock that he announced me this way. I turned to see all the crew men bowing their heads to me. I blinked before smiling at all of them and bowing to them in return. The one who I assumed was captain then told the men to get back to work as Caspian came back down to us. "I'll get you all some dry clothes to change into."

We were led below deck and through the halls. We stopped outside a door, Caspian opened it and we went in. It was a simple bedroom with a fireplace in the corner. He opened up a trunk and pulled out the normal stuff; shirts, pants and boots. "I'm sorry I don't have any women's clothes for you two ladies. We weren't exactly expecting female company on this voyage."

I shook my head. "It's alright Caspian. I'm more use to shirts and pants from my time anyway. Though if we do come by some dresses I'm sure they would be appreciated."

He nodded and said "You girls can change here in my room. Come on Ed." With that the boys left and I looked over at Lucy.

I looked at the clothes he gave us and handed some to Lucy. She smiled and we both began to undress. "So tell me, what happens with the war?" Lucy asked.

I looked at her over my shoulder after taking off my shirt and vest. "Well, like I said I live in America so I'm not sure about what happened in England. From what I remember from history lessons, the war continues... um, what year is it for you all?"

"1942. A year and a half since we last saw Caspian."

I nodded as I pulled off my wet socks. "The U.S. has already joined the war then. The war lasted til September 2, 1945.' I looked at her over my shoulder to see her looking excised. 'Yes, only three more years, Lucy."

I undid my jeans and they fell with a plop. I picked up the cotton shirt and pulled it on along with the pants. Picking up my wet things I placed them, and my book, out on a towel by the window where the sun would dry it. I turned to Lucy and smiled seeing she had also changed, though they were a teensy bit big on her.

I walked over to the bed where she sat but I paused when I passed a mirror. My long blonde almost white hair was halfway down my back, my pale skin was a bit moist but not wet and my grey almost silver eyes were a bit red from the saltwater. I sat next to her as she gave me a band to tie back my hair.

"A lot of things change, Lucy. Technology advances. New discoveries. Small wars.' I felt my voice become quieter as I went on, finishing pulling on a pair of boots. 'In 2001 there was a terrorist attack in America. Two planes crashed into two skyscrapers known as the Twin Towers in New York City.' I gulped, closing my eyes, still hearing the screams of the people as they fell.

"Thousands were killed on that day September 11th, only two days after my birthday. We have a memorial up in honor of all who died that day, my dad and brother were some of the many whose names are listed.' I bit my bottom lip looking at Lucy. 'We... We were there because I had gotten a callback for a Broadway show I auditioned for. My brother and father had been touring in the South Tower when the first fell. There wasn't enough time for them to get out before the second plane crashed fifteen or so minutes after the first fell. Mom was never really the same afterwards."

Understatement of the century. She had a breakdown that lasted for two days. When she recovered, she seemed colder... crueler... mad... I had often heard her mumbling about it being my fault they died, but I knew that wasn't true. The attack would have happened whether or not I had gotten a callback. I spoke to the directors and told them that I couldn't take the part, my mother needed me.

I looked at her with some tears in my eyes and some in hers. She hugged me. We pulled on our boots and walked out the door as I finished the story. "Our Navy Seals found the guy who planned 9/11 and brought him to justice a few years ago. There are a few wars in the east but nothing major."

We met with Edmund in the hall and we walked up on deck. Lucy went up to the helm while the two of us stayed at the bottom of the stairs. "Why are your eyes red?" he asked.

I wiped the back of my eyes with my hand. "Telling Lucy a bit about my time, which led to me telling her something that's kinda painful for me to remember and hard to forget."

He nodded as Caspian came over. "Much Better." He complimented on Edmund's Natural look in Narnian clothes. He then turned to me. He eyed me up and down before smiling. "Narnia suits you."

I blushed. "Thank you, Caspian."

Ed looked up to the helm and called, "Ready, Lu?"

Lucy came down half holding her pants up. Lucy's disgruntled look proved that she knew she looked like a cabin boy. "Ah,' Caspian said with a teasing smile. 'Scuse me, lad, I don't suppose you've seen a young girl around here anywhere?"

Edmund and I laughed and Caspian chuckled when Lucy smacked his shoulder lightly and said with a little whine, "All right!" Caspian shook his head and motioned for us to follow him below deck.

Caspian opened the doors to a room in the back of the ship which was the navigational room. Along with various Narnia décor filled the room, a large map was lying on the table in the center. I looked over to a golden plaque on the wall. It was the face of a lion. Not just any lion; THE Lion.

"Aslan." Lucy muttered walking up to it and tracing the mane with her fingers.

"He must be far more magnificent in person then what is written about him." I said standing next to her and looking at the lion, half-hoping that it would come to life and tell me why I am here.

"Susan's Bow and Arrows." I turned to see Lucy walk over to a case with the famous bow and arrows of Queen Susan the Gentle. "Lucy." Caspian called getting her attention. She turned to see him holding two small items.

"My healing cordial and dagger!" She cried happily, walking over to Caspian. She reached for them but then pulled back and said, "Oh. May I?"

"Of course.' Caspian said, 'They're yours." Lucy took them from him, putting the dagger on the left side of her waist and the cordial on her right. I smiled.

"Peter's sword." Edmund said, going over to where it was resting in its cabinet on the wall.

"So this is the sword of Sir Peter WolfsBane? The one that killed the wolf Maugrim?" I asked coming to get a closer look at the legendary blade. Edmund nodded and I could see longing in his eyes.

"Yes,' Caspian said walking towards us. 'I looked after it, as promised.' He opened the cabinet, took it out and held it out to Ed. 'Here. Hold it if you wish."

Edmund backed away a bit. "No, no. It's yours. Peter gave it to you." Caspian nodded.

"Um, can I... may I...?" I asked a bit nervously.

They both looked at me. "Have you ever held a sword?" Caspian asked.

I shrugged. "I dabbled a bit for a few years. I have experience in archery too." He looked over at Edmund before holding it out to me. As I took the handle, I could feel a warmth spread through me; Aslan's Breath perhaps? I took a step away, so I didn't hit anybody, and swung it around a bit to check its balance. I smirked a bit, tossing it up and grabbing it gently by the blade and holding the handle out to Caspian. "This is a good sword. One of the Best I've seen. Though I guess it's to be expected from a Sword of Aslan."

The three others in the room blinked at me and closed their slack jaws. Caspian took the sword and put it away but then took something else out. "Ed, I did save this for you, though." He held up a flashlight and tossed it to Edmund with a smile. He caught it and gave a small embarrassed smile, most likely at the fact he forgot it last they left Narnia.

"Thanks." He flipped it on, blinking rapidly when he shined the light in his eyes.

I couldn't help the giggle in my throat at that sight as I thought, 'So this will be like the Movie huh? Well, I hope I can prove myself worthy to Aslan that I do belong on the adventure.'