Chapter 1! I promise it'll be at least slightly different from the movie! Enjoy!
LUCY'S POV
It took me a while to get up to the surface, but once I did, I found myself gasping for air. When I caught my breath, I took a moment to look around. I noticed Edmund and Eustace had surfaced, as well as the ship from my painting. It seemed to be getting rather close, and honestly, while it looked Narnian, I had no idea whether the crew was friendly or not. I turned and yelled for the others to swim. I slipped underwater as I swam. I fought to resurface, but couldn't. I forced myself to stay calm as I pushed through the water. A moment later, an arm wrapped around my waist and pulled me back above water. I took in air gratefully.
"It's all right!" a familiar voice told me. "I've got you." I turned to see a friendly and very familiar face.
"Caspian!" I exclaimed. He was older than I remembered; maybe around 20? It didn't really matter, as I was just happy to see him and grateful that he'd just saved me from drowning. A smile spread across his face and recognition lit up in his eyes.
"Lucy!" he said, seeming happy to see me.
"Edmund, it's Caspian," I called to my brother as the said king helped me swim towards the ship. He helped me up on a board sent down to haul us up and kept his arm around my waist.
"Hold on," he told me. With a jerk, we were pulled up out of the water. I shivered in the breeze and draped a blanket given to me over my shoulders. Caspian held his in one arm and put the other around my shoulder in a sort of half-hug. "How in the world did you get here?" he asked.
"I have no idea," I answered.
"Caspian!" Edmund called. We both turned and Caspian grinned at my brother.
"Edmund," the king said, giving my brother a half-hug as well and giving him the blanket. We started to walk towards the stern of the ship when we heard a struggle behind us. I remembered Eustace and turned, seeing him wrestle with something. He threw it off of him, and as it neared us, I smiled.
"Reepicheep!"
"Oh!" the Mouse said, seeming startled. "Your Majesties!" He gave a slight bow.
"Hello, Reep. What a pleasure," Edmund replied.
"The pleasure is all mine," Reepicheep said. "But first, what to do about this…hysterical interloper?" We turned to Eustace, who had pulled himself to his feet.
"That giant rat thing just tried to claw my face off!" Eustace shouted, pointing at Reepicheep as if the crew members should do something to get rid of him.
"I was merely trying to expel the water from your lungs, sir," Reepicheep explained. Eustace froze and stared at him as if…well, as if he'd just been spoken to by a Mouse.
"He-he talked! He just talked! Did you hear that? He just talked!"
"He always talks," a crew member near me explained. He was tall, maybe Caspian's height, with short, messy blond hair and cerulean eyes. He grinned at me when he caught my eye.
"Yeah, actually, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick," Caspian joked. I turned back to him and laughed.
"The moment there is nothing to be said, your Highness, I promise you I will not say it," Reepicheep said, rolling his eyes. Meanwhile, Eustace continued to get more and more hysterical by the moment. The Mouse turned back to us, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Perhaps we could throw him back?" I laughed and looked at my brother. He seemed to be seriously thinking about it. "Edmund!" I scolded, hitting his arm. He, Caspian, and the handsome young crew member chuckled. I turned back to him.
"I'm Tristan, by the way," he said to me while Eustace was demanding to know where he was. I half-smiled and nodded at him. His cerulean eyes flashed a glare behind me and my head snapped up as someone touched my shoulder. I saw Caspian giving the boy—Tristan—a warning look before walking over to a Minotaur. I registered that Eustace was unconscious and Tristan leaned over to explain that he'd fainted.
"Tristan," Caspian snapped. The boy straightened up and glared at the king. "Back to work," the king went on, ignoring the glare.
"Yes, your Majesty," Tristan answered icily, walking away. He winked at me as he passed.
"Men!" Caspian called. Everyone turned. "Behold our castaways: King Edmund the Just, and Queen Lucy the Valiant, high king and queen of Narnia." I blushed as everyone bowed. "Come on," Caspian said, throwing his arm around my shoulders again. "Let's get you two into dry clothes before you get sick."