AN: Yet another Narnia story. Please enjoy, and criticize.

The main enemy here is the Emerald Witch, who does not actually come into the books until the Silver Chair. This story is set after Prince Caspian, where the Pevensie children did not actually go back to the real world, but stayed here in Narnia instead.

Characters are based on movies, story and detail, based on books. OC characters to come in later in the story.

PROLOGUE

Peter looked out the window and sighed heavily. Everything was falling apart. He looked out and watched as a bright flame erupted again and again. Through the sky there shot another bright, flaming green smoke.

More people with their lives at risk. Peter thought.

He gulped back the tears as he watched at what was happening to his kingdom.

"Peter." A small little voice said from behind him.

Peter turned around reluctantly.

"We have to leave." Lucy whispered softly, she walked towards her brother and held unto his arm, she tugged it gently and motioned towards the open door.

"We can't leave it like this Lucy." He whispered desperately.

The tears slowly appeared in Peter's eyes as he shook his head. He thought about the people he had let down, the ones who depended on him the most. Some King he was, he thought, leaving his own palace.

"Peter, you know we have to." Lucy prodded, as she tugged on his arm again.

"They'll be safer with us gone. I know it's hard to leave it like this, to watch them all suffer. But she wants us, and she'll come for us. So the sooner we leave, the less Narnia has to suffer." Lucy continued.

Peter gave one small nod. Despite the fact that he was eldest, Lucy always seemed to see the logic in all the situations. He trusted her, he loved her and he knew then that the best thing that he could do was protect her. He let her drag him out of the throne room and into the hallway where they met up with Edmund, Susan and Caspian.

Peter looked at all of them. Grave and desperate expressions etched on each and every one of their faces. Susan had been crying, her eyes red and blotchy. Edmund, looked like he was about to cry and Caspian just looked crushed. It seemed like out of all of them, Lucy had been the one to keep herself together.

"Alright, are we ready?" Lucy said in an authorized voice.

"Are you sure we have to go?" Edmund asked, his voice breaking in the middle of his sentence.

"Edmund, yes. I already told you that. You're as bad as Peter." Lucy nagged him, shaking her head both at him and Peter.

"The horses are ready, and I've ordered the soldiers to try and hold off as much as they can." Prince Caspian said more seriously.

"Some of them though, are already in the trance." Edmund continued sadness shrill in his voice.

"They're fighting against each other." Susan added even more sadly.

She coughed to clear her throat, as she wiped some tears from her face. Out of everything that could've happened in a situation like this, this was what Peter dreaded the most. The thought that brother's that once stood together would end up killing each other instead.

"C'mon we have to go." Lucy insisted.

She walked toward the steps that led downstairs, and everybody reluctantly followed. It was silent between them, as they made their way to the horses. They heard the banging and clanking of swords and weapons and the shrill cries of the people in danger. Peter winced as he heard the Witch's shrill and ordering voice that thundered through the walls.

"Get them all!" She had shouted.

Get them all.

Peter repeated in his head. All of them, all of his people, and there was nothing he could do but run. He hated that idea, that despite the fact that he was the King he would have to abandon all the people that he loved and ruled over.

"Peter c'mon." Caspian suddenly said, as he motioned towards the horse in front of him.

Peter shook his head, lost in his own thoughts he hadn't even realised where they were.

"Are feeling as useless as I am?" He asked Caspian, honest worry and disappointment in his eyes.

Caspian looked at him for a moment and sighed miserably.

"Yes." He replied softly.

Peter nodded, and for a moment they shared an understanding. They both felt the disappointment and the betrayal in doing this, but somehow in that silent understanding they promised each other that they would return and that they would do everything in their power to save Narnia.

Peter reluctantly got on his horse, and followed behind Caspian out onto the back doorway.

Edmund, Susan and Lucy were already far ahead, Peter and Caspian were still left behind, coming out through the doorway when they saw the most spine tingling thing. A green cloud erupted from the sky, moving in towards Susan, Edmund and Lucy.

Peter screamed out to them and pushed his horse forwards towards them, but it was no use.

The green dusty cloud suddenly shifted into a silhouette of a woman and then into the woman herself. It started from her long and thin body covered by an emerald green dress. Then her face, beautiful yet covered in an expression of greediness. Her green eyes bore into Peter's eyes as she watched him approach.

She glared at Edmund, Susan and Lucy and let out a terrifying scream. Edmund unsheathed his sword, Lucy her dagger and Susan took out her bow and arrow. But little did they know that no amount of weaponry would defeat this witch.

The Witch then floated in the air, her feet dangling; her eyes grew a ferocious shade of green and her face an unholy shade of white. She started spinning uncontrollably in the air, her green, emerald dress flowing everywhere. Edmund raced towards her, and swung his sword at her feet. But just as his sword hit her feet, it suddenly broke, into a million pieces, leaving the witch untouched. The small shards of metal hit his face and pierced his skin, he yelled out in pain as it did.

Susan and Lucy were both affected too as they raised their arms and blocked the shards from hitting their faces. The Green Witch then let out another horrifying scream and then they were gone.

Susan, Lucy, Edmund, the horses, the Witch and even the green dust had all suddenly disappeared.

Peter slowed his horse down, his breath had become uneven and a sudden sick feeling started to overcome him. Caspian, not far behind him was feeling the exact same way.

"Where are they?" Caspian asked, the question hung in the air.

"She's probably taken them captive." Peter concluded, shaking his head and clearing his throat.

"We have to find them, follow them." Caspian demanded.

"We don't know where they are." Peter said logically.

"We have to at least try! These are your brother and sisters for goodness sake!" Caspian yelled at him in an exasperated tone.

"I know that! But if we go on following them, without knowing what we're in for, then we won't be saving them, we'll just be joining them! We have to think about this Caspian!" Peter shouted back at him, his expression angry and frustrated.

Caspian took a moment and sighed, reluctantly he agreed.

"You're right. What do we do?" He asked more calmly.

"We find Aslan." Peter said confidently pushing his horse forward into the forest.

Caspian followed behind him, a sad and confused look shrouded on his face. He blinked back the tears as he thought about Susan, and the danger she could be in.

Peter turned around to him and saw his tear strained face.

"We'll find them." Peter assured him.

Caspian nodded towards him and for the second time that night they shared an understanding, that they would find them, no matter what.

They rode into the dark, eerie forest, the noises and commotion echoing from behind them. They heard the cries of the people, the swords and the weapons exploding into the sky.

They would be back. They promised themselves that. They would be back to save it all, to save Narnia, to save their home.

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