(Author's note: This event takes place approximately one year and a half after Prince Caspian book and prior to such events as the "dawn treador". Lucy is approximately eleven years old, Edmund is fourteen, Susan is seventeen and Peter is eighteen. I do not own Narnia in any way however I do own this story's plot and Original characters.)
(Meanwhile)
"Have you sent the message?" Asked a man dressed in dark green robes
"It's been sent and hopefully it has worked." Replied the female figure sitting nearby.
"It better have worked, we are counting on you to save the king."
"No pressure right?" replied the girl, smiling delicately at the older man.
"Do you feel that?" she asked with her eyes closed, embracing something invisible.
"Should I?" he asked
"I suppose not. The important thing is that I did, and they have arrived!" she exclaimed brightly.
"Then what are we waiting for?" he asked impatiently.
"To be let out of these cells." She replied glumly.
"Couldn't you break out?" he said eying her
"Magic enforces these dungeon cells".
"Then we must wait." Said the man in the green robes as he sat back down on the ground
"Mm-hm, we wait." She replied stretching her legs out.
"Susan, where are you?" shouted a desperate Lucy
"Help!" screamed Susan from somewhere underneath where Lucy stood.
Lucy's eyes widened when she saw her sister hanging from the ledge of a cliff. She quickly rushed to help her up. After a couple of minutes both girls laid on there backs breathless, as it was a great deal more difficult pulling someone up who is bigger than you. They stared at each other and both realized an important fact.
"Where are Peter and Ed?" asked Lucy, looking around at her surroundings.
"Maybe we got separated. It's plausible since we don't know what brought us here." replied a worried Susan
"But we are in Narnia right?" Lucy looked at Susan curiously, "I mean where else could we be?"
"I think we are in Narnia, but I don't know about the boys. I wonder where they are. They could still be at school or somewhere else in Narnia!" stated Susan exasperated
"Let's try to find people first." said Lucy, "Then we can ask the important question. But where do you suppose we go?" she asked her elder sister.
"I'd suggest we go North." Said Susan as she thought Cair Paravel was situated n that direction. If she could see the mountains she would know where they were immediately.
"There's only one problem, where is the North?" asked Lucy looking around.
"That would be a good question." Said Susan, while trying to find what direction North was in.
"Wait, Sue? What's in your backpack?" enquired Lucy with a glint in her eye.
"Lucy, you're a genius!" she exclaimed. Susan went through her whole bag looking for something in particular. A smile lit up her face as she held something small in her hand.
"A compass, I completely forgot about my bag!" said Susan brightly
"But do you think a compass will work in Narnia?" ask Lucy staring at the brass compass.
"I guess we will have to see for ourselves." Susan said as she held the compass in the correct upright direction. At first nothing happened and then suddenly the dials started moving, and pointed toward the North.
"Well then that's that. Let's go!" Lucy said excited at being reacquainted with Narnia once more.
As the girls travel out of the forest they began to see the tree's spirits dancing and waving as they pass. Lucy and Susan smiled and waved back accordingly.
"Isn't it just great being back in Narnia?" Lucy ask absent minded
"I suppose." Replied Susan, thinking of a tall and dark king of Narnia
"I'm sure we haven't travelled so far into the future this time, maybe only 2 to 3 years."
"Hopefully." Susan gave Lucy a watery smile. Lucy recalled how hard it had been on Susan when they returned home last time. When they left someone behind, it had torn a little piece out of Susan's heart in doing so.
The girls walked for hours trying to find any faint resemblance to the Narnia they once new. After the sun set, the girls decided that starting at a fire would be the best idea. Luckily it hadn't rained recently, they could use some of the wood they found on the ground for fire without noisily breaking branches and upsetting any nearby dryads possibly scouting the region. Susan took a match out from her knapsack and lit it after the third attempt.
Since it took a while for them to fall asleep they talked about their past adventures in Narnia. They chatted about how Edmund had been captured by the White Witch when they met Aslan and how with a little external assistance they helped Prince Caspian become King, so he could free the Narnians.
As the girls finally fell asleep, the presence of some other creatures surrounded them but it went unnoticed. If an onlooker had been there to oversee the incident, they would have seen an extraordinary sight. All around the two Pevensie girls were different animals, forming a protective barrier. As the girls slept, the animals contentedly relaxed and fell asleep, since no harm could come to the girls without stirring them from their spot in the grass.
'What's happening?' thought Lucy as if she was being violently wakened.
She opened her eyes and gasped. Centaurs had been the one doing the awakening. As she looked up towards the tall centaur, she felt an immense sense of happiness, for she immediately realized something. She could recognize that particular centaur anywhere, as they had previously fought enemies together to free the Narnian's.
"Baldric!" she said excitedly as he bowed and extended his hand to help her stand up.
"Yes Queen Lucy, it is I Baldric, but we must move quickly, for not all trees are good. I am positive, they know about your arrival in Narnia." He answered quickly, handing her new Narnian attire.
"Queen Susan is just behind those trees changing. Please hurry up Queen Lucy, if we are to return in one piece!" With that Lucy ran behind the cover of trees where she saw Susan finishing dressing herself. She was wearing an emerald green dress with gold and silver trimming. Susan turned and quickly helped Lucy get into her orange and light blue gown. They exited from the cover of the trees, only to notice all eyes were on them.
"Do we look alright?" asked Susan slightly off put off by all the attention.
A young centaur about Edmund's age answered;
"You look very Narnian."
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