Disclaimer 1: I own neither The Lord of the Rings nor The Chronicles of Narnia.

Summary: After returning from Narnia where they met Prince Caspian, the Pevensies are sent to another world known as Middle Earth to help defeat a growing evil. But when they begin to grow closer to their new allies, will Susan be able to leave this time?

Enjoy! ~Kel

When Destiny Is Rushed

1

"You know, Peter, I was just starting to get used to being in England again. Now I have to acclimate again." I complained to my older brother while they were on the train that was taking them home from school.

"I know what you mean, Susan," Peter told me. "But at least we know we're never going back. It might be easier knowing that." I nodded, knowing my brother was right. Still, that didn't make it any easier. It had taken all of my courage to leave my land again, much less my Caspian. I would always remember him, I knew that much. Even knowing that he was probably now about 50 didn't help.

"Easier for you, maybe," our younger brother Edmund cut in, Lucy nodding with him. "We know we're going back someday. We just don't know when." Peter nodded, agreeing with them.

"True," he told them, "But you know that you'll see it again. Susan and I have to live with what we've seen, not what we will see."

While we were talking, the train made a stop and the last few people other than them got off. Whirring along again, I reflected that these moments were the quietest- the times when it was only us on the train car. While Peter and Edmund continued debating, the car finally slowed to a stop.

"Come along boys," I told them, knowing we had to get home to do our schoolwork. As we exited the train together, we stepped out of London and into a green wooded forest that reminded me too much of Narnia.

Lucy let out a high-pitch squeal when she turned around and the train they had just been on was nowhere to be seen. We all looked around, very confused. Looking down at what we were wearing, I got even more confused.

Lucy was in a golden, floor-length gown that laced up in back, with a hemline than began around her shoulders and dipped a little in the front and back. The sleeves were tight down to her elbows, where they flared. It flared out around Lucy's waist, and ended just above her feet where I could see crimson ballet-flats. Lucy's hair was plaited down her back, the same it had been when we had left, but there was a crimson ribbon braided into it. She had a small belt with a dagger hanging from it.

Edmund was dressed in dark brown breeches, a tan tunic, which appeared loosely laced up, and a black leather vest. I could see a blue shirt underneath the tunic. He had black lace-up combat boots on, and a belt with which a sword in its scabbard was attached.

Peter was dressed similarly, with black breeches and a tan tunic. His vest was a dark brown, and I spotted a green shirt underneath his tunic. Peter also had black combat boots, as well as a sword. However, on his back, a shield was swung over it. As he turned, I could see that it wasn't his lion shield, but rather one that was plainly painted the same green as his shirt.

I was dressed in an emerald green gown that laced up front and back, with sleeves that look like they were made of golden rope. My dress was tight until right below the waist, where it did not so much flare out as loosened up. I could feel a corset around myself, which really was a shame. That was one of the upsides to living in London, there were no corsets. I was in golden flats. Reaching up to touch my hair, which had been up in a ponytail, I felt it now flowing freely down my back and shoulders.

So if this was Narnia, we had come into it very prepared this time around. The last two times we had arrived, we had been dressed in our normal English clothes. So why would we have changed this time around? That was something to ponder, I thought, looking around, seeing if we could get a clue as to where we were. Realizing I didn't recognize anything and could barely hear the trees speak, I decided we weren't anywhere in Narnia we had been to. In fact, I didn't even know if we were in Narnia.

"Um... Where are we?" Peter asked after a few minutes of stunned silence.

"It's Narnia, don't you see, we're back in Narnia!" Lucy exclaimed excitedly.

"Yeah Lu, but Peter and Susan aren't supposed to come back." Edmund reminded her. Lucy's face fell.

"Oh yeah." She said thoughtfully. "But where else could we be?" Lucy pondered.

"Well," I started, "I mean, it is possible that there are other worlds than just ours and Narnia. Maybe we've been sent into another one." Pondering this theory, I decided it was probably the right one.

Peter nodded. "OK, well if that's it, then why are we here? I mean, we were in Narnia because of a prophecy and we had to defeat the White Witch. I highly doubt that there's more than one White Witch running around the worlds." We all agreed on that point.

"I don't know," I said. "Maybe we have something to learn here? Narnia taught us all different things, so maybe we're here to learn more." Edmund nodded.

"That sounds right." He said. "I mean, we all have loads to learn. Maybe we were sent here to help and to learn."

"Alright, well until we find out why we're here, we should probably see if we can find someone. Or things," Lucy said, "I mean, we can't just stand here waiting to learn something. We have to go and find stuff to learn from." We all nodded.

"Alright, why don't we start walking that way?" Peter said, pointing right. "Let's walk that way a bit, and see if we come across something." Since no one had a better idea, we all followed Peter off further into the woods, and- what I hoped would be- an adventure.