Hello all of my lovely readers and reviewers! Maybe I should just post a permanent "I'm Sorry!" on my profile because I know how terrible I am at updating my stories. My summer has just been a lot more filled up than previous summers. But, that gives me no excuse as to why I can't or shouldn't update my stories. So, I apologize once again (and this probably won't be the last time), but here's Chapter 2 of I'm still Here: a Look for me when I'm Gone book!
The first thing that everyone did was rush the Edmund's room to check on him. Luckily, nothing more had appeared to take place. However, there was still a grim feeling in the room because everyone secretly knew that things were far from over. Lucy began to go to Edmund's bedside when Peter pulled her back.
"Peter!"
"I know you want to go see Ed Lu, we all do, but the best thing we can do now is to let him sleep and try to figure out how to solve this problem." Peter said comfortingly.
"Ok." Lucy answered sadly and hug Peter.
Peter motioned for everyone to leave the room, but he left behind even more guards and also some dryads, in case if something went wrong with Edmund while they were gone.
After breakfast, the remaining Pevensie children began to try to find some way of helping Edmund. Peter and Susan both went into the library to see if there was else on how to stop the curse, while Lucy went to be with the team of healers in case if Edmund needed her cordial. They were right in doing so. Only an hour had passed before something went wrong.
"High King Peter and Queen Susan something is happening with your brother again!" one of the guards said in a rush.
"Susan, you stay here and find anything more that you can, and I'll go check on Ed!" Peter shouted as he dashed off.
When Peter arrived in Edmund's bedroom, he was horrified at what he saw! Edmund appeared to be trapped in one of his nightmares and he was screaming in an animalistic, horrifying voice.
"Peter! Come on, help me wake him!" Lucy yelled from Edmund's bedside.
Peter began to yell and shake Edmund. Anything to wake him up! Finally, after about five minutes of yelling and screaming, Edmund began to stir. However, Peter wasn't prepared for what he saw. A pool of blood was forming under Edmund! Peter then realized what had caused King Edmund's blood to flow: whip marks!
"Lucy! Use your cordial before Ed loses anymore blood." Peter shouted.
Lucy quickly moved towards Edmund and began to give him her cordial. Thankfully, Edmund's wound quickly sealed themselves, just as before.
"Peter?" Edmund groaned.
"Yes Ed, it's ok you're fine." Peter answered with a sad look in his eyes.
"She told me there's nothing we can do. That no matter how much of Lu's cordial we have, She'll always be in my mind." Edmund stated as he slowly began to cry.
"Edmund! That's not true! You know She's only playing tricks with you. Susan and I've been working on finding a cure and we will." Peter said ferociously.
"Then, can I come with you? I want to see what we need to do myself." Edmund said.
"Alright, but we need to get you out of these bloody clothes first." Peter answered.
Susan was filled with relief at the sight of, what looked to be, an alright Edmund. But, she also noticed that Edmund looked to be even more pale and thin than he already was. However, she also didn't know whether she could tell Edmund what she found out.
"Susan, have you found anything that will help Edmund?" Lucy asked with hope in her eyes.
"I've found out enough to know what we're dealing with, but there's been nothing so far about a cure." Susan stated with a brief look of fear in her eyes.
"At least that's better than nothing. Can you tell us what you've found?" Peter said as he put on a brave face for both Edmund and Lucy.
Apparently, this curse was a form of some of the darkest magic known to Narnians. Once someone with enough dark magic installed the curse on another, the cursed being could now be sucked into their own dreams, where the one with dark magic could do anything they want. Therefore, anything that happened in the dream, came to be in real life. If this went on any longer, there was a sheer knowing that Jadis might try to kill Edmund. Edmund almost fainted at the news, both of the girls began to cry, and Peter didn't know what to say.
"No."
"What Peter?" Edmund asked as he was trying to comfort his sisters.
"I'm not going to let this happen to you. There's got to be a way."
"Peter, you heard Susan. This is a result of some of the darkest magic known to Narnians. They probably don't have a clue on how to beat this." Edmund said in a calm voice.
"Why are you so excepting of this?"
"Because! I might as well just accept it than live in a state of denial if I'm to die!" Edmund shouted with a mix of fear, sadness, and anger.
Peter had begun to chase after Edmund, but Susan told him to give Edmund some time alone. Little did they know that Edmund wouldn't be alone for long. Edmund had begun to run towards his room, but suddenly collapsed, for he was drifting into another one of Jadis's horrid dreams. This one, however, wasn't like the rest. Edmund found himself chained in a dark room, and before he could even begin to panic, there was a glint of a sword. Edmund could only feel two things: a sharp pain in his abdomen and how cold the room had begun to feel!
Sorry to do this to you guys, but I promise to be way faster with this next update. I honestly wasn't sure about what I wanted to say at first but then I just got an idea and rolled with it. Which means… I might need some help from you guys as this story continues. Please rate and review whenever you can (I love hearing from you guys). And have a great rest of the summer. See you soon!
