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WARNING: This is where the K plus rating comes in so YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Usual disclaimer applies!
Chapter 2:
Peter watched his brother leave the throne room and then turned back to his trade agreement from Archenland. He was anxious for the girls to return from Beaversdam any minute now.
Almost as if they were reading his thoughts, there was a loud trumpeting coming from the gates.
Peter rushed outside to see his royal sisters – Susan and Lucy – cantering into the courtyard.
They halted their horses, dismounted and ran over to Peter, their arms open.
Lucy reached him first and engulfed him a great bear-hug. Peter hugged her back and then released her, before embracing Susan.
Lucy seemed to notice that there was someone missing, for it was she who next spoke.
"Peter, where's Edmund?"
Peter smiled reassuringly and ruffled her wavy auburn hair.
"Relax Lu; he's gone for a ride up to Glasswater."
Relieved, Lucy nodded and skipped into the castle. Susan hung back, then opened her eyes wide and whispered to Peter
"But Peter, those woods are full of Fell Creatures!"
Peter felt his worry from before return as he repeated what his brother had said before departing.
"Don't worry; he said he'd be back for lunch."
This seemed to ease Susan, for she smiled slightly and walked with Peter into Lucy's room on the second floor.
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Lunch came and went, but there still no sign of Edmund.
Lucy was getting very worried by this point, Susan was channelling her worry by reading up on ancient Narnian tales, and Peter was beside himself.
He kept pacing the library frantically, looking out the window occasionally, and then resuming his pacing.
After circling the library for the eighth time, Susan looked up from her book.
"For Aslan's sake Peter, will you sit down?!" she said snappily.
Peter just glared at her.
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Another ten minutes past, and Peter stood up.
"I'm going looking for him."
Lucy and Susan nodded and walked with him to the gate.
"What are you two doing?" he asked.
Susan stared at him and answered
"Well, its obvious isn't it? We're coming with you."
Lucy nodded in agreement.
Too tired and worried to argue with them, Peter made sure they both had their weapons and that Lucy had her cordial, before they set off with Orieus and Tumnus.
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They walked steadily down to the edge of Glasswater Woods, but at that exact moment, there was a high-pitched squeal, a menacing snarl, a surprised whinny and a loud yell and 'oomph!'
They ran in the direction of the noise and this is what they saw;
A hag was gliding towards Philip, dagger raised. She managed to gash the Horse through the chest before she fell dead by Tumnus' arrow.
What caught their attention most was the werewolf that was crouched over a slim, dark form and its right paw and the ground around them was littered with dark red blood.
The werewolf suddenly looked up to see Orieus charging towards it and it ran back into the forest. Now the Pevensies could see the figure behind Philip on the ground.
Lucy gasped, Susan screamed and Peter froze up.
The next thing that they all said was the same panicked yell;
"EDMUND!"
They rushed to his side, Lucy guided Philip away and lay him down and began to administer her cordial.
Susan and Peter rushed to their brother's side. He was conscious – but barely. There was blood pouring from a deep wound from his left shoulder and his dark chocolate eyes were glazed from pain and shock.
Lucy came over with a sad expression on her face and said softly to Susan and Peter
"It's no good. If there's one thing that my Cordial won't work on, its Fell Creature bites. We'll just have to let him heal on his own."
Susan nodded, pale, before she looked back at Edmund, only to see that he'd fallen unconscious.
Peter had tears running down his cheeks, and his eyes had a guilty tinge to them.
"I should have come too!" he almost yelled, pounding his fist into the blood-pool next to him.
Orieus came over and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Philip just told me what happened. The creatures attacked suddenly; there was almost time for either of them to react."
Peter nodded, before gathering Edmund into his arms and beginning the slow and long journey back to Cair Paravel.
Yeah....I felt it fitting that we should see Peter, Susan and Lucy's reactions in more detail and what happened after Edmund fell unconscious. Please read and review!
As always,
Fan of the Just King.
