"LUCY, WHERE'S EDMUND?"I asked Lucy but she shrugged her shoulders and realisation fell on Lucy's face.
We walked into the building where men enlisted to be soldiers. I saw Edmund standing in front of the soldier who decides whether the person is allowed to be a soldier or not. "Edmund!"Lucy shouted at her brother. He turned around to face us "You're supposed to be helping us with the groceries."
The men behind Edmund started laughing and rubbed Edmund's head. "Better luck next time, squirt."
Edmund walked over to us and together we all walked outside to our bike. "Squirt? He barely had two years on me. I'm a king. I've fought wars and I've leaded armies," I sighed at Edmund's comment.
"Not in this world." Lucy said and she had a point.
Transferring from royalty to normal is very hard. "Yeah. Instead I'm stuck here, doing battles with Eustace Clarence Scrubb. If anyone so deserve a name," Edmund said in an annoyed tone.
Lucy suddenly tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. "What are you doing?"Edmund asked her with one eyebrow raised.
Lucy broke out of her trance and answered Edmund. "Nothing. Come on then," Lucy grabbed the bike and started walking away.
I looked at where Lucy was looking to see a couple flirting with each other. Edmund looked behind him confused and I grabbed his hand, pulling him along. We arrived at the Scrubbs' home. "We're home! Hello?"I shouted through the house but no one answered me but I knew Mr Scrubb and Eustace were home.
"Hello Uncle Harold. I tried finding some carrots but all they had were turnips again. Shall I start making soup? Aunt Alberta on her way home," Mr Scrubb didn't reply to Lucy. "Uncle Harold?!"
I took off my coat and hanged it off my arm. Edmund poked his tongue at Mr Scrubb. "Father! Edmund making faces at you." A loud, annoying voice shouted.
Eustace spat something at Edmund. "Why you little..." Edmund was interrupted by Eustace crying to his father "Father, he's going to hit me!"
Eustace cowered against the stairs. "Edmund! Kahlan! Look!" Edmund stopped and we both turn towards Lucy.
In her hand was a letter that she held up so both Edmund and I could see. "It's from Susan."
Now we were sitting on Lucy's bed in mine and Lucy's room and Lucy read the letter out loud, "I do wish you were here with us, it's been such an adventure but nothing like our times in Narnia. America is very exciting, except we never see Father, he works so very hard. I've been invited to the British Council Tea Party by a Navy Officer who happens to be very handsome." Edmund got off the bed and looked at the painting. "I think he fancies me. It seems the Germans have made the crossing difficult right now. Times are hard, mother and Kahlan's father hopes you all won't mind another few months in Cambridge," Lucy stopped read the letter.
"Another few months?!" Lucy repeated in alarm to us.
"How will we survive?" I asked sighing and wrapped my arm around Lucy's shoulder.
"You're lucky. At least you two have each other; I'm stuck with mullet mouth!" I rested my head on Edmund's shoulder.
"Susan and Peter are the lucky ones," Lucy stood up, "Off on adventures." She stood in front of the mirror.
Lately, Lucy has been obsessed on how she looks and she compares herself to Susan. She just needs to see how beautiful she is and stop comparing herself to Susan. Edmund laid down on the bed and pulled me down with him. "Yeah, they're the eldest and we're the youngest. We don't matter as much," I sighed at what Edmund said and he wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"Do you think I look anything like Susan?"Edmund ignored Lucy's question and stood up, pulling me up as well.
"Kahlan, Lucy have you seen this ship before?" I looked at the painting closely.
"Yes, its very Narnian looking isn't it?" Lucy said while walked over to the painting.
"Yeah, just another reminder, we're here and not there," Edmund replied.
I looked at Edmund and saw the sadness on his face. Edmund wrapped his arms around my waist and I rested my head on his chest. "There once were three orphans who wasted they're time, believing in Narnian nursery rhymes." We turned around to see Eustace entering the room.
"Please let me hit him."Edmund said while walking toward Eustace but I grabbed Edmund's arm to stop him.
"No," Lucy and I said in unison. "Don't you ever knock?" I glared at Eustace who looked taken back that I spoke to him.
When we arrived in Cambridge, with Eustace bullying me, I became quite and didn't say more than a few words a day. "It's my house. I'll do as I please. You're just guests," Eustace walked into the room as the rest of us turned back to the painting.
"What's so fascinating about that picture anyways? It's hideous," I rolled my eyes at Eustace's comment.
"You won't see it from the other side of the door," Edmund snapped at him.
"Edmund, it looks like the water is actually moving."I said softly.
Edmund looked down at me and smiled. "What rubbish! See? That's what happens when you read all those fanciful novels and fairytales of yours," Eustace's annoying, snobbing voice said.
I'm really getting sick and tired of Eustace. "There once was a boy named Eustace, who read books full of facts that were useless," Edmund said making me giggle and smiled at him.
"People who read fairytales are always the sorts who become a hideous burden to people like me," Eustace's annoying rang through the room. We looked at Eustace, "Who read books with real information."
Edmund started to walk over to Eustace "A hideous burden," Edmund snapped at him.
Eustace immediately jumped off the bed, "I haven't seen you lift a finger since we've been here!" Eustace made a break for the door but Edmund closed it.
"I have a right mind to tell your father that it was you who has stolen Aunt Alberta's sweets!"Edmund said to Eustace.
Water started pouring out of the painting. I ignored the argument between Edmund and Eustace and focused on the painting which was now spraying water at us. Eustace started yelling for his mother then he grabbed the painting off the wall causing more water to pour out. We tried to stop Eustace from going any further. Eustace dropped the painting and now the whole room was filling up with water. We all fell into the water and tried to swim. We started swimming up to the surface. Lucy and I both broke to the surface gasping for air. "Edmund!"I shouted.
Edmund came up and swam over to me. "Are you alright?" I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Never better," Edmund smiled back then a big shadow covered us. I looked up to see the ship from the painting. "Swim. Eustace, swim!" Lucy shouted at Eustace.
Suddenly men from the boat started diving in the water. I was pushed down by the current then suddenly I was pulled back up. "It's alright! I've got you." I turned my head to see Caspian.
"Caspian," I smiled at him and Caspian's face showed shock. "Kahlan!" I turned my head back to the others "Edmund! Lucy! It's Caspian!"