Author's note Although I generally don't like to use OC's, I kinda gave in to myself this time. Yes, the OC is based on myself, because I love Edmund very much. Heh. So, just R&R, don't forget to enjoy!
Disclaimer No, I do not own Narnia. I wish I could own Edmund. Or, at least Skandar Keynes.Tesaklara lay in her chamber, thinking hard. She was supposed to be asleep, yet she lay awake, still dressed in her day clothes, a long white dress with a navy bodice. Although a Telmarine, Tesaklara, or Tess as she preferred to be called, had never supported her people's ways. She was very strong willed for a thirteen-year-old girl, and just as deceitful. She secretly wished to fight among the Narnians… and would have given absolutely anything to have been able to help stop her people from conquering Narnia more than 1300 years before. After all, she had never felt like a Telmarine. For one, she looked different from the majority of them. Instead of very tan skin and jet-black hair, she was only slightly tanned, even though she spent much of her time outdoors, and had light brown hair with blonde streaks throughout. Tess also decorated her chamber differently than most of the other ladies-in-waiting's daughters. Instead of the traditional navy and silver décor emblazoned with Telmarine stars, her chamber was decorated with light blue, bright green, red, and gold. In addition to that, Tess hung objects from the forest on the walls and ceiling, like dried flowers and gems from the River Rush. Tesa more or less disagreed with everything Telmarine, other than a few friends and Prince Caspian.
All of a sudden, Tess sat up. She rushed to her window, where she saw a lone griffin, carrying a human, flying through the sky, towards her tower. A griffin! She had been told that griffins no longer existed, much less ones that carried humans around. This could mean only one thing… Narnians.
She quickly grabbed a sack off of her desk and slipped on her shoes. Tess rushed through the castle, as quietly as she could, narrowly avoiding the guards that patrolled the halls at night. After several minutes of dodging certain punishment, she made it into the village. She saw the griffin drop the human off on the very top of her tower. The griffin snatched up the guard below, and the human nimbly jumped down to replace the guard. Tess rummaged through her sack and pulled out a scope. She put it to her eyes and looked in the direction of the newcomer. He was tall, young, dark haired, and fair-skinned. He took out a strange looking device, and flipped a switch on it. It lit up, and flashed light several times. Three more griffins flew overhead, each carrying a human. Tess pointed the scope up at the sky, and saw that two of the humans looked much like the boy in the tower… and the third was Prince Caspian. Everything came together at that moment. Caspian had joined the Narnians, and the others were the three older Kings and Queens of Old. The girl had to be Queen Susan, as she carried a bow and a quiver of arrows, and Queen Lucy never joined a battle. The boy with Caspian had to be High King Peter, as he looked older than the boy in the tower, and he carried a sword and a scarlet shield with a golden lion on the front. That meant the boy in the tower was King Edmund. Tess knew something major was about to happen.
A battle was what happened. King Edmund flashed the torch several more times, and many magical creatures flooded into the gatehouse. After at least an hour of battling, the Narnians began to retreat. As they passed through the town, she ran into the remaining ranks.
"Prince Caspian!" she called. He halted his horse and looked at her.
"Who are you?"
Tesa explained herself, and Caspian told her to get on the back of the griffin that King Edmund was riding.
Once they were flying, King Edmund began to talk to her.
"Caspian tells me that you're a Telmarine. You're on our side. But why? "
Tess replied, unsure that the King would understand.
"I've never believed in the Telmarine ways. They had absolutely no reason to conquer Narnia. I think that if you have to fight, you'd better have a reason."
King Edmund grinned.
"That's good," he said. "I'm glad. By the way, I'm Edmund. Not King-Edmund-the-Just, in case you were wondering. If you want to call someone King, go to my brother. He enjoys having people kiss his ass."
Tess giggled, causing her to nearly slide off of the griffin. Edmund didn't notice. He was busy telling her fantastic stories about Old Narnia.
At the end of her story, Edmund said,
"Hey, I didn't get you name."
"Tesaklara, otherwise known as Tess," she replied.
"Tess. That's a pretty name," said Edmund.
Tess's heart fluttered, and she felt herself blush. She was glad it was dark.