Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the Chronicles of Narnia, that honor goes to C.S Lewis/Disney. I do however own my original character and alternated scenes/dialogue.
This story takes place during the second movie/book, "Prince Caspian" and includes the addition of a new character into Narnia with the Pevensies. Some scene had to be alternated, including actions and dialogue, but it's only because of the new character, or how I didn't like how the scene was before in the movie.
I try to stay with the dialogue from the movie specifically, as I'm using it to write this story. Some things may be skipped to save time, because it is a long movie! But I hope you readers will enjoy this narrative story of "Prince Caspian", and please feel free to review and/or suggest that I edit/add anything to the story.
OH and since I think the first 12345 minutes of the movie are boring, I'm going to do a quick run of it and then MOVE ON. So sorry if you extensively wanted to hear a woman giving birth and Caspian running away on a horse and then getting hit in the head by a dwarf. Too bad for you, you're not going to read it from me.
Please, no flaming but instead give the story creative/critic reviewing, I took a long while to write this chapter carefully and precise to go along with the movie and the new character.
And now, this is where the real story begins...
(A woman has just given birth to a son under a full moon. A mean looking man gives his other man orders. Caspian is woken up from dreamland and is rushed onto a horse by Dumbledor (lol) and then takes off into the woods with a horn. The other man and his soldiers chase after Caspian and end up in the woods. Caspian loses them for a minute and then runs into a talking badger and two dwarfs. He hears the soldiers coming and one dwarf takes off to distract the soldiers, while the other knocks Caspian in the head with a stick)
MEANWHILE, IN LONDON, ENGLAND, 1941...
"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"
Came from the buggy that just stopped while a girl ran in front of it. "Oh I'm sorry!" she said, and then ran across the rest of the street, traveling bag in hand. "Watch where you're going!" the man yelled, before he continued down the street.
Meanwhile, another girl across the street was deep into reading the latest version of The Post. A nerdy boy then came up right next to her, putting his bag down for a minute, then he looked back up, and started to stare at the girl. She looked over for a second and eyed him, then looked back down at the magazine, clearly uninterested. He stood there awkwardly, fidgeting with his hands until he looked at her uniform and recognized the school the girl must attend. "You go to St. Finbars?" he asked. The girl looked up and gave an small smile. "Yes, that's right" she said, looking back down at the magazine again. But the boy continued to talk. "I go to Henenhowes...across the road" the boy said, and the girl only nodded, and kept on reading. T
he boy wasn't getting the message she was sending to him. "I see you..." he continued, making the girl look up and turn to actually face him. Her expression on her face made her looked a little creeped out. The boy smiled as he noticed she was now paying attention. "...Sitting by yourself" he said, smiling more and waiting for some response by the girl. She looks down and away, trying to avoid what she knows is coming next. "Yes, well...I prefer to be left alone" she says, turning away from the boy and facing the street instead.
But the boy doesn't give up on this girl. "Me too" he says, smiling again at her back turned away from him, still trying to hold on to the conversation...and the girl. The girl rolls her eyes and makes a face that shows she is beginning to become irritated of the boy, and she seems to want him to be gone. But he STILL doesn't comprehend what she's doing. "What's your name?"he asks her, still trying to smile with hope. The girl hesitates, but then smiles and flashes the boy a smile and answers. "Phylis" she says, turning away with a sly grin on her face.
But then that grin turns to a frown when she hears her sister, Lucy yelling "Susan!" at her from across the street. Her plan was ruined now. She turns around and sees her running over, and the boy was now frowning as well. Susan turns and gives him a weak smile, and turns to face Lucy. "You better come quickly!" Lucy says, as she stops running and takes a tiny rest from running. Susan then puts the magazine back on the stand, grabs her traveling bag, and starts to run with Lucy. The boy still stands there, baffled.
The two sisters run across the street, into the London train station. All around them are voices of people screaming "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!". The sisters try and go down the crowded staircase full of onlooking students, all standing around and watching the fight. When the sisters finally see the scene of bedlam below, they see three boys fighting. Two of the boys pick up the one they are beating, and turning him to face the crowd. It is revealed that the boy getting beaten up was their brother, Peter. Lucy looks to Susan who only rolls her eyes and shakes her head.
Peter is then thrust back into the fight, and it continues on. The crowd watches on and then another boy comes racing inside the station, passing along Susan and Lucy and running to join the fight. Lucy turns and manages to catch a look of the boys face, recognizing it as her brothers'. "Edmund!" she yells, seeing him charging into the battle to help Peter, and manages to tackle one of the rival boys to the ground. The spectators start shouting things for the fighters to do to each other, and it had now become a two-on-four fight. Peter is kicked in the chest and lands near the train tracks while Edmund jumps on another boy's back.
There is more shouting until a whistle can be heard from down the tunnel, with two soldiers running towards the fight. Everyone on the stairs start to run towards the exit, and Lucy's frightened face can be seen. The soldiers help all of the boys up, and start pulling them apart and off each other. "Act your age!" one of the soldiers yell out, releasing Peter and Edmund, and then storm off. Susan looks down at them for a moment, then turns and starts to exit the stairs with Lucy.
Now the Pevensie siblings are all sitting down on a bench inside the station, traveling bags right next to them, and everyone is now more calmed down. There was a girl on a bench next to all the siblings, her eyes hidden by big, black nerd glasses, curly blonde hair, and a red beret, while the rest of her face and mind were set down on her sketchbook, drawing pencil in her right hand. She had seen the whole fight from that vantage point, and was drawing out what the final scene was. She was outlining the muscles and adding details to the faces of the sibling duo next to her. She continued to glance over, with her eyes a little filled with worry, but focus on her drawing.
Lucy then started to rub Peter's arm, and was able to catch the blonde haired girl looking at them. The blonde girl noticed she was being watched by the youngest of the siblings, and gave her a small wave and shy smile. Lucy shyly smiles back, and when Edmund sits down right next to him, the girl then turns away and looks back down at her drawing, crossing her left leg over her right for a more comfortable position. Edmund sighs and turns to face Peter. "Your welcome" he says sarcastically, turning his gaze away from Peter. The girl looks over again and what seems to be more family drama brewing. But this time she is more careful in trying to avoid the angry sibling's eyes. Peter turns to his brother, giving him a bogus look. "I had it sorted" he said, getting up from the bench and walking over to the tracks, putting distance between them. "What was it this time?" Susan asks, as her brother stops in place. She then folds her arms.
The blonde haired girl looks over to the blonde haired boy who is by the tracks, also waiting to hear his reason; intrigued. He turned to face them, and then gave them a simple answer. "He bumped me" he said, turning around and having his back face his siblings again. Lucy jumped in. "So you hit him?" she asked, with a sudden pang of fear and worry in her voice. The blonde haired girl then turned to the boy again for his next answer. He turned around again. "No, after he bumped me, they tried to make me apologize, that was when I hit him" he said, his eyes full of honesty and some innocence. The blonde haired girl could tell he was telling the truth about what started the action. Susan got tense and Lucy and the blonde haired girl looks to her. "Is it really that hard to walk away?" she says, looking towards Peter. Lucy looks down, her hat now covering some of her face. The blonde haired girl continues to watch the siblings, like a person watching a family drama-filled soap opera on the television.
Peter then got tense, turning and glaring at Susan. "I shouldn't have to!" he yelled, and now all of his siblings, and the blonde haired girl are watching him very closely. "I mean, don't you ever get tired being treated like a kid?" he asks, turning very serious. Edmund then starts to try and speak up, and the blonde haired girl's attention turns toward him now. "Um, but we are kids" he says to his brother, stating the oblivious. Peter frowns and looks away yet again. "Well I wasn't always..." he says, his backed once again turned from them all. The blonde haired girl then made a very puzzled expression. What did he mean by "always"? Confused, she continued to watch.
The siblings all eyed each other once more, and then Peter turned around, sighing deeply. "It's been a year...how long does he expect us to wait?" he asks, walking to the bench and then sitting down next to his siblings on the bench. Susan turns to face Peter. "I think it's time we excepted that we live here" she says, trying to sound realistically. The blonde haired girl's expression was now more puzzled and confused. Did they live somewhere else? Who were they waiting for? What happened one year ago? All of these questions buzzed along inside her head. Susan continued, while crossing her arms. "There's no use in pretending any different" she said, her siblings all looking down, saddened by her words.
Susan then looks down the tracks and sees Mr. Not-Getting-The-Message boy, heading right for them. "Oh no" she says, turning to face her siblings. "Pretend like you're talking to me" she says, with Edmund rapidly jumping in. "We are talking to you" he says, stating the oblivious once again. Susan sighs and rolls her eyes at Edmund.
The blonde haired girl looks down the track and sees what Susan must be panicking about. She smiles and turns to face the siblings, putting her pencils in her bag and her sketchbook on her lap, and aiming her glance and voice at Susan. "Oh don't worry about Norman" she says loudly, attracting Susan's attention and gaze. The other siblings turn to face her. The blonde haired girl stands up, side bag on and her sketchbook in hand. She then proceeds to walk over to the Pevensies, and looking ahead at 'Norman' coming towards them. She stops right in front of Edmund, and then smiles and looks back at Susan. "He will back off and get the message soon enough" she says, while the others continue to look at her.
Susan gives the girl a sly smile. "And how do you know?" she asks, giving the girl an intrigued face. The girl made a small laugh. "I know because he used to chase me around like what he's doing to you" she said, looking back up at Norman coming even more closer to them all. "And soon enough, he got my message and gave up on me" she said, now shrugging her shoulders and giggling. Susan smiled at this piece of hope from this girl. The girl then stopped and her eyes widened. She started to blush. "Oh I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, My name is Alexandria Demour" she said, giving them all a small wave, and then fixing a strand of her hair that was in front of her face. "But please, call me Alexa" she said, and then flashed them all a smile. They all started to smile back, with Lucy's being the brightest of them all.
"I'm Lucy Pevensie" she said, jumping up from her seat and shaking Alexa's hand. Alexa smiled down at Lucy. "Well it's very nice to meet you Lucy!" she said, making a small giggle. Edmund shot up next. "I'm Edmund Pevensie" he said, also shaking Alexa's hand. Alexa nodded at him, repeating her words once again. "It's a pleasure to meet you Edmund" she said, giving him a smile as well. Then came the final two siblings, with Susan coming over first. "My name is Susan Pevensie" she said, shaking Alexa's other hand and giving her a okay smile. Alexa smiled back and shook back. "Nice to meet you Susan, glad to know another face at St. Finbars this year" she said, flashing her a friendly, more radiant smile. Susan also smiled back, at the sight of a new friend among the other students. And then came Peter, cutting around Susan to get to Alexa. "I'm Peter Pevensie" he said, and he shook Alexa's hand as well. Alexa shyly smiled, and shook back. "A pleasure to meet you too, Peter" she said, as she felt a small blush come over her cheeks.
When the introductions were over, they all were standing and talking to each other. The Pevensies learned that Alexa was currently fifteen years old, and originally from Paris, France. She had just moved to London over the summer with her family. She joked and said the language was a barrier in the beginning months, learning wise, but she was able to learn very quickly. Lucy then noticed Alexa's sketchbook. "Do you like to draw?" she asked, her little eyes filled with wonder. Alexa gave her a surprised smile. "Yes Lucy, I absolutely love to draw, would you like to take a peek?" she asked, transferring her sketchbook into Lucy's hands. She flipped it open immediately, and started to flip the pages, scanning every single picture inside.
Lucy's eyes and page flipping stopped when she came across the picture Alexa had been sketching during the fight. She looked up to her, and Alexa put her finger over her lips, signaling Lucy to keep quiet about the picture. Lucy nodded, and backtracked a few pages. She then smiled and breathed a small sigh of relief, looking back up to the others.
While they continued to talk, Lucy suddenly dropped the sketchbook and jumped a little forward. "Ow!" she yelped, making everyone turn around to see what was the matter. Susan rolled her eyes. "Quiet, Lu" she said, trying to not attract any more attention to the siblings. They had quite enough of that for one day. But Lucy rejected, "Something pinched me!" she said, pointing back to where she had been standing. The siblings looked around, puzzled by her claim. Alexa quickly bent over and picked up her sketchbook, placing it back into her bag. Peter was the next to jump a little, and he turned to Edmund. "Hey, stop pulling!" he yelled, and then Edmund got up, "I'm not touching you!" he yelled back at Peter. Alexa then felt a pinch, and also jumped forward. "Owch!" she quietly squeaked. Susan then moved forward, having not received a poke or pinch.
The inside of the station then started to become windy, and papers started to fly around. A red train came buzzing fast along the tracks.
Alexa and the others kept looking all around them. Susan was now irritated at the nonsense,"Would you all just...what is that?" she said, now starting to take notice at the bizarre happenings forming around them. Lucy smiled and looked at them, "It feels like magic!" she said excitedly. Alexa made another even more puzzled face. "Magic?" she yelled, the wind now overpowering their voices. Susan turned and looked down at the line composed of Peter, Edmund, and Alexa. "Quick, everyone hold hands" she said, bracing for whatever was coming with this wind. Edmund quickly grabbed Alexa's hand instinctively, but yet he refused to hold on to Peter's hand. "I'm not holding your hand!" he yelled, but Peter grabbed Edmund's hand anyway. Lucy's hat was whipped off her head, and so was Alexa's beret and glasses. As they all stared around in amazement, the wind started to pull the station apart right in front of their eyes! Posters crumbled, tiles and bricks fumbled, and the wall was pushed and cracked open! They all kept on turning their heads, and the train kept on buzzing by them. Through the glass of the train windows however, they could see across the tunnel.
The bricks were soon replaced in a second with blue sky, ocean waves and small islands. The siblings eyes opened widely, as well as Alexa's. And then the train whizzed past them all and was gone, and so was the station. They were now inside a cave, with the light from the outside filtering in. All still holding hands, they started to walk outside the cave, and into the sunshine and the sandy shore before them. Then they all let go, the Pevensies and Alexa coming into another world. Their eyes continued to dart around, and then smiles appeared on their faces, even Alexa had a huge smile on her face. they looked ahead at what was before them, they heard the crashing of the waves and the sound of the seagulls crying above, and they felt the sun dance across their skin.
Alexa's eyes were still full of wonder. "Where is this beautiful place?" she said, walking a bit forward ahead of the Pevensies to take the entire scene in. She then turned and looked at them, seeing their smiles as well. It seemed as though they recognized where they were. Lucy then turned to face her siblings, who all looked down to her. Lucy then turned and looked at Alexa. Lucy's grin was one of joy and fun, and she quickly went and pulled Alexa back over to the group.
Susan and Alexa locked eyes with Lucy, and with a single nod, the girls all started to run to the ocean, smiling and giggling. The boys looked at each other and started to follow, also laughing and smiling while running. They all then started to take off their coats and their socks and shoes, and Edmund and Alexa but down their bags. They then all raced to the water, splashing each other with the waves, with more laughter and smiles among them. They all ripped off their ties and continued to splash each other, falling into the water and then getting back up again. They were all having a wonderful time, there. Alexa splashed Susan while Lucy was splashed by Peter, who was then splashed by Edmund. Alexa splashed Edmund who laughed, but then instead of splashing Alexa back, his gaze was looking upward.
The Susan froze, and turned to face him. "Ed?" "Edmund?" Susan called out to him, while Peter and Lucy continued to splash each other. Alexa then also froze, her smile faded slightly as she saw Edmund's smile was completely gone, and was replaced with a worried and confused facial expression. Peter soon stopped, his smile also fading and he turned to face Edmund. Edmund continued to stare upward. "What is it?" Peter asked, with worry in his voice. Edmund turned and looked at Peter. "Where do you suppose we are?" he asked. Alexa joined in, "I was wondering the same thing!" she said, giving off a small giggle.
Peter then made a sarcastic smile at Edmund, "Where do you think?" he asked, smiling again. Edmund shrugged. "Well, I don't remember any ruins in Narnia..." he said, causing the other siblings and Alexa to look upward at the cliffs above them as they still waded in the water. "Narnia?" Alexa asked, with wonder and confusion in her voice."Is this place called 'Narnia'?" she asked again, looking and smiling all around at everything around her. She then turned back around, her smile starting to fade, looking at the Pevensies for an answer.
The others turned to face her. Lucy, with a very confused expression then looked at Peter. "How did Alexa come with us?" she asked her brother, who was also very confused at the current situation. Susan and Edmund soon looked at Peter too. And then Peter looked at Alexa, and Alexa looked at Peter, eyes full of more confusion and a need for answers. They were both confused, along with the others. Peter tilted his head slightly, "I'm not sure, Lu" he said, his eyes still locked on Alexa.
Please rate and review this story, I would love feedback before I write the next chapter. And if you liked the story, then please favorite it. But now, here comes some fun, random notes for the end of Chapter One.
I still have NO CLUE who I'm going to pair Alexa with, I'm deciding between Edmund, Peter or Caspian. I did my homework, and read that in this movie/book, Edmund is 13, Peter is 15, and Caspian is...well I'm not sure about HIS age. But I think it's very funny that they are supposed to be these ages. I'm sorry Disney, but I refuse to believe that Edmund is supposed to be 13, or that Peter is supposed to be 15. So it's a good thing you did not mention how old they were in this movie.
ALTHOUGH, I gave my character's age away to be 15, just for kicks. This chapter was specifically written in third person omniscient, but some of the other chapters might be first or second person in the future of this story. But againagainagain, I NEED YOUR FEEDBACK. But for now, I'll just sit here and brainstorm and watch more of Prince Caspian on youtube and think of what will happen next or about if I might change the story and add an alternate time line and make it be liked LOST, but then I'd be stealing J.' mojo.
Until we meet again, my kings and queens...