"A Change in the Winds"

Disclaimer: I don't own The Chronicles of Narnia series. I wish I did. But I don't. Walden Media, Disney Studios, and the ever inspiring C. S. Lewis and his family. I do own Audrey.

Spoilers: Only for the Prince Caspian movie, seeing as how it's based on that.

Pairings: slight Caspian/Susan; Peter/OC

Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance/AU

A/N: This is part 2 of my AU series for Narnia: Sight Unseen.

Ch. 1

(Narnia, Dark Forest)

Badger came hurrying into the room where Audrey slept.

"Come quick, Lady Audrey!" the badger woke her up, prodding her.

The 17 year old slowly threw her blankets off and sat up.

"What is it," she half whined, very unbefitting of a once Queen of Narnia. "The sun has barely begun to rise."

"There are Telmarines here in the Wood. And they are getting closer!" Badger exclaimed quickly and franticly.

Audrey got up quickly, just missing hitting her head on the low ceiling and threw on her robe. Trumpkin and Nikabrik had woken as well. The two dwarves were peeking through the curtains. She was about to speak but Nikabrik silenced her with a hand. Audrey huffed and peeked through another window, making sure that the people outside couldn't see her.

A Telmarine on horseback came into view. He wasn't wearing a helmet. This made hitting a tree branch much more painful. Audrey saw that some blood trickled down his forehead.

The former Queen was about to order Nikabrik and Trumpkin to take care of the Telmarines soldiers. But she did not need too. The two dwarves grabbed their swords and walked out of the tree base. She and Badger watched from inside. As they knew, three Telmarines were no match for the two dwarves. The remaining soldiers ran away.

Audrey got up and headed for her room again.

"And where might you be going?" Badger asked.

"The Telmarine is injured. I'm getting ready to treat him," she informed him. Audrey than said, "Have them bring him to me as soon as they are able."

With that she left to get ready. She put some water on the stove. As the water began to warm and slowly boil, Audrey gathered clean cloth to use as gauze for the wound. As she reached up to grab some dried herbs from the ceiling, Audrey heard the sound of Susan's horn being blown. She could feel the prickle of magic emitting from the horn.

Impossible, she thought, almost tripping over her own feet, getting to the window.

Nikabrik had just hit the nameless man unconscious again with the blunt of his sword.

*****

The dark haired man lay in Audrey's bed. She tended to him. The manner in which she did so was not that of two enemies, but of friends. Audrey's gentle touch was that of a loving mother's tending to her child's wounds.

Audrey's work was slow work, but not hard and didn't require much attention. Her mind wandered onto Peter, as it always did when she had a free moment for her mind to wander. She longed for the day to reunite with him once more. Her heart filled with sadness as she thought that, that day my never come. Audrey wiped her tears away and got back to treating him.

As she crushed the herbs, Audrey looked up at Daja, who was sitting on her perch. The phoenix was watching her long time friend. Audrey then had an idea. She walked over to the fire bird. Daja sensed her friends' sadness once again. Tears came from the bird. Audrey extended the bowl of herbs and let the tears fall into it.

Audrey made the contents in the bowl into a paste. She then set it aside and turned her attention to clean the gash on his head. When she plastered on the paste, the man flinched, but did not wake up. She continued cautiously from now on. The last thing she wanted was for him to wake up and freak out, yelling for his Telmarine friends.

When she was done wrapping up his head she stepped out of the room and left him to sleep. Audrey plopped down in a chair between the two dwarves as Badger served her tea, two hard boiled eggs and toast for breakfast.

"I set Daja out hunting. When she returns I'm going to have her send a message to the centaurs," Audrey told them.

"That's very wise, My Lady," Trumpkin said.

"Yes, we will need to organize our people for their return," Badger agreed.

When Nikabrik didn't say anything, Audrey asked him, "What's on your mind?"

"Why are we treating this Telmarine?" he answered, bitterly.

"He had Susan's horn. We need to know how he came of it and why he was running from his friends," Audrey told him, taking a sip of her tea.

Putting her tea down, she suddenly felt a rush. Her heart began to beat faster and smiled for the first time in years.

"The Kings and Queen's of Old have returned to us," she said, sighing with relief.

To be continued . . .