That Word

Summary – Edmund goes crazy whenever 'that' word is uttered near him. I forgot about that. During Prince Caspian – slightly movie-verse/AU. Edmund/OC, a bit of Susan/Caspian.

Author's Note: Wow, I'm really excited! This is my very first fan fiction for you and I'm telling you now, this is not a one-shot! There is more to come. This story was inspired by a part in Tozural123's story 'A Convivial Christmas' where Susan and Peter are worried about how Ed will react to the snow. Then Susan mentions that Ed reacted badly upon hearing the word 'traitor'. I took this further and changed the time from the Golden Age to duringPrince first chapter is during the night raid. I chose to focus on Edmund more because he is my favourite character from all of the books. Not to mention the fact that Skandar Keynes is totally hot! Now, I'm gonna shut up and let you guys read!

Disclaimer: The only characters from this story that I own is the OC and Juliopus the gryphon. Everything else belongs to C.S. Lewis, Disney and Walden Media.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Back-story: The OC is a young girl from our world who got transported to Narnia towards the end of the Golden Age. After the Pevensies left Narnia, she took their place as a Queen of Narnia. She was summoned with the Pevensies this second time around. Her name is Amber and this entire story is from her point of view.

Chapter 1:

I stared around the rooftop, glancing at Edmund every now and again. He had a brave face, but I could tell he was terrified. Every now and then, his shoulders would shake and his eyes would start to glance around feverishly. I didn't blame him. We were terrified about losing any of our friends. For him, he was especially scared about losing Susan and Peter.

Suddenly, I heard a battle cry coming from the courtyard below.

"FOR NARNIA!" We shared a glance.

"Peter. That's becoming like his favourite battle cry," said Edmund.

"You mean his only battle cry" I joked quietly.

We both laughed and began to make our way through the castle to where we could see more of the battle.

We made it to a small running veranda near this sloping roof. Suddenly, Telmarine archers came from nowhere and aimed their cross bows at someone in the courtyard. I took a squint and realized it was Peter that they were aiming at. I shot a scared glance at Edmund. He wasted no time in hurling himself over the roof and sliding down it. His feet made contact with one of the archers and it sent them down to the courtyard below. I hesitated, and then followed, my bow and arrow at the ready.

As soon as I landed, the Telmarines aimed their cross bows at us.

"ED! AMBER!" Peter was calling out to us.

We scrambled through an open door, but the Telmarines had already taken aim and fired. I felt like screaming as an arrow pierced my left shoulder, and I felt Ed tense

next to me – he must have gotten hit too. We stood up and I realised that he was injured in his right leg.

"Can you walk on it?" I asked anxiously.

He put some weight on it and let out and audible wince.

"I'll take that as a no" I joked.

He did smile a little bit and then asked me "How are we going to get out of here?"

I stared past him for a moment. Then we both heard a screech from a near-by landing. He put his right arm around my shoulders and I helped him limp to the door.

Once we were out on the landing, we saw a mighty gryphon. He looked at us, and bowed low to the ground.

"Juliopus at your service your Highness."

"Juliopus, would be so kind as to take King Edmund and I back to Aslan's How?" I asked tentatively. My shoulder was sore and I was feeling very tired. Ed was practically asleep on my shoulder.

"It will be an honour my queen." Here, Juliopus gave another bow.

I thanked him and Ed and I clambered onto his broad back. Juliopus spread his wings and took off.

As we passed the courtyard of fallen Narnians, my jaw dropped in shock.

There were fallen bodies everywhere, especially around the gate. One minator was squashed under the gate. I turned back to Edmund, but his eyes were closed and his face was awfully pale.

'Unconscious' I thought. 'Either that, or he's asleep.'

Nevertheless, I tightened my grip on his waist so as to stop him from falling. We continued the rest of the journey in silence.

As we neared the How, Juliopus began to descend, and he touched down on the edge of the forest. Ed – who was now awake – and I scrambled off his back as he turned to us.

"I must go now your Majesties. I have business to attend to."

"Thank you again Juliopus" I told him.

He bowed and took off into the sunrise.

"Now I guess we'll have to walk" I heard Edmund joke from my left.

I let out a chuckle and put my arm around his waist again as we began the slow and steady journey to the How.

So what did you guys think? Please review, and if you didn't like it, please tell me but tell me what you didn't like about it so maybe I can fix it for later chapters. In other words, use CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM! Remember, this is not a one-shot, I am working on Chapter 2 and it should be up within the next few days. Luv ya'll!

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