Author's note: Hello everyone! I'm back from vacation! This is the first chapter of The Fifth 3: Last Voyage. I hope you like it. Anyways, on with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone besides Elizabeth. That goes for the rest of the story too. Yeah, yeah, rub it in.
Elizabeth's POV
I can't believe it! Peter is off studying with the professor and Susan, mum, and dad are in America while we're stuck here with our cousin Eustace. As I sat on the bed thinking, I heard someone headed toward the room that I shared with Lucy, the room that I was in. Edmund barged in.
"If you're coming to the market with us, you better get downstairs now" he said
I followed him down the stairs and Lucy, Edmund, and I headed to the market. The only reason I was going with them was because I didn't want to be stuck all alone with our insufferable cousin, Eustace. Lucy and I started grabbing fruits and vegetables from the market stand and while we were turned away, Edmund had snuck off. We finished grabbing what we needed and only then noticed that he was gone.
"Where's Ed?" Lucy asked me
"Not again…" I muttered to myself
I was very sure that he, once again, was trying to join the army. I was right. We found him not too far off, trying to sign up for the army. Lucy went and got him and I waited for them to come back.
"I am a king, I've fought wars and led armies" he said, as Lucy and Edmund walked towards me
"Not in this world, Ed" I said
I handed him a grocery bag and he took it. We stood there, talking.
"Yeah, instead I'm stuck here with Eustace Clarence Scrubb. If anyone deserves the name" he said
Lucy's gaze turned somewhere else and she tucked a strand of stray hair behind her ear.
"What are you doing?" Edmund asked
"Nothing" She replied
"Come on then" I said to them
We began to walk back.
Lucy opened the front door.
"We're back!" She yelled
There seemed to be no reaction from anyone. We walked in and placed the groceries in the kitchen. There was an envelope on the kitchen table and Lucy looked at it.
"Edmund, Lizzie, there's a letter… from Susan" Lucy said
We went upstairs to the room Lucy and I slept in.
She read it:
I do wish you were here with us. It is such an adventure, but nothing like our times in Narnia. America is very exciting. Only we never see father. He works very hard. I was invited to the British Consul's tea party this week by a naval officer… who happens to be very handsome. I think he fancies me. It seems that the Germans have made the crossing difficult right now. Times are hard. Mother hopes you won't mind another few months in Cambridge.
"Another few months?" I complained "How will we survive?"
"You two are lucky, at least you and Lucy have your own room. I'm stuck with mullet mouth" Edmund said
"Susan and Peter are the lucky ones" Lucy said "Off on adventures"
"Yeah, they're the oldest, we're the youngest" I said "We don't matter as much"
"Do you think I look like Susan?" Lucy asked
"Have you seen this ship before?" Edmund asked, looking at a painting of a ship
"Yes" Lucy said "It's very Narnian looking, isn't it?"
"Yeah, just another reminder we're here and not there" He said
Right then, Eustace came into the room.
"There once were three orphans who wasted their time, believing in Narnian nursery rhymes" Eustace said
"Please let me hit him" Edmund begged
"No!" Lucy and I said in unison
"Don't you ever knock?" Edmund asked Eustace
"It's my house, I do as I please, you're just guests" he responded "What's so fascinating about that picture anyway? It's hideous"
"You won't see it from the other side of the door" Edmund said, trying to get him to go back outside
Lucy continued to look at the picture.
"Edmund, Eli look, it looks like the water is actually moving" She said
"What rubbish, see? That's what happens when you read all those little novels and fairy tales of yours"
"There once was a boy named Eustace, who read books with facts that were useless" I said
"People who read fairy tales are a hideous burden to people to me" Eustace said "I read books with real information"
"A hideous burden? I haven't seen you lift a finger since we got here" I said
"I've got a good mind to tell Aunt Alberta it was you who stole her sweets" Edmund said
"Liar!" Eustace yelled
"Really?" Edmund replied
"Edmund, Liz, the painting!" Lucy yelled
"I found them under your bed" Edmund continued to argue "And you know what? I've licked every one of them"
"Ew! I'm infected with you!" Eustace yelled
The boys finally noticed the water that was pouring from the painting.
"What is going on here?" Eustace yelled
Edmund smiled.
"Lucy, Beth, Do you think…" Edmund started
"This is some kind of trick isn't it?" Eustace said "Stop it or I'll tell mother"
We continued to stare at the painting.
"I'll just smash the thing!" Eustace yelled
He pulled the painting off the wall but Edmund strangled him and tried to prevent him from breaking it.
"Get off me!" Eustace yelled, still trying to break it
"Put the painting down!" Edmund yelled at him
By then, there was enough water in the room to the point where it had knocked us of our feet. Soon, the water covered our heads and when we got back to the top, we were no longer in the room.
"What's happening?" Eustace yelled "Where are we?"
"Eustace, swim!" Edmund yelled to him
Eustace continued to kick and flail.
"Eustace!" I yelled to him "Come on!"
Despite our yells, he continued to fight the water. I swam over to him and tried to pull him but he only pushed me under the water.
"Beth!" I heard Edmund yell
I tried to get back up, but Eustace kicked my head and sunk me lower into the water. Everything went black, but before I lost complete consciousness, I felt someone grab onto my waist and begin to pull me back up.
Author's note: *Gasp* What's going to happen to Elizabeth? Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I'll try to post the next one as soon as I can. Anyways, until next time. Have a nice day/night.