Chapter 2 Returning home

Caspian sat at the head of the table in the council room, before him sat twenty officials of neighbouring countries within Narnia, every one of them shouting at someone else across from them. Rubbing his hands over his face in annoyance he stood.

"Gentlemen! Please, may we be civil!"

Their voices hushed to a silence and he returned to his seat.

"Now, I think we all can agree that something must be done in the Lone Islands. The slave trading and piracy must come to a stop."

All the officials nodded in agreement to the Kings words.

"Now, how do we as a council hope to stop this?"

An elderly man in dark blue robes stood.

"We could send in soldiers to eradicate them Sire?"

Another snorted with disgust.

"Oh yes, lets slaughter everyone of them! Do you know how bad that will make us look then?"

More officials stood, hurling abuse at each. Caspian, seeing no point in continuing the meeting, stood from is chair and left the room. He casually walked along the hallways of the palace until he reached the throne room. Entering he found Trumpkin along with a few close acquaintances, all stood in front of a large tapestry that hung behind the Kings and Queens of Old thrones. Trumpkin looked up as Caspian entered.

"Ah sire, the tapestry just arrived."

He made his way over to the group and gazed up. The High Kings and Queens of Narnia were intricately woven onto the material each wearing their crowns and ceremonial robes.

"Excellent, now they may look down on Narnia forever."

Trumpkin nodded

"Yes, it was always..." he was cut short as a sudden wind picked up and a white light appeared in the centre of the room. Five figures appeared, four of them were stood, and one lay on the floor. Slowly they came into focus and Trumpkin let out a breath of surprise. Caspian stepped forward towards the five friends he had made not so long ago.

Change POV (I think, well something changed in the way I was writing, not quite sure what it is though)

Peter stepped towards the four thrones before him but stopped himself when he remembered what had happened, he turned around to face his siblings and Eustace, only then noticing Caspian and a group of Narnians stood not six feet away. Caspian moved forward clasping Peter into a hearty embrace. Edmund and Eustace repeated the gesture. As Caspian turned to face Susan he found she had moved and was now leaning over the still form of Lucy, fear and panic etched on her face. Everyone dropped to the floor around Lucy as Susan tried to wake her. Caspian looked up.

"Trumpkin could you inform the Royal Physician that she is needed in my room."

Trumpkin nodded and quickly hurried away. Turning back he spoke to Peter.

"Come bring her to my room then we will treat her."

Peter nodded lifting the light form of his sister into his arms and following Caspian through the hallways of the castle. Susan, Edmund and Eustace followed, slowly revelling in the fact they were in Narnia once again. They soon arrived at Caspian's quarters and Peter lay Lucy down on the large bed. Susan sat beside her younger sister holding her hand tightly. All the males stood uneasily around them watching Lucy.

Within a few minutes a young women rushed through the door carrying a satchel.

"What has happened?" she asked moving swiftly the bed where Lucy lay.

"Well, we're not entirely sure but she won't wake." Explained Peter.

The women looked confused but proceeded to check the young girl over.

A few minutes later she had finished announcing that Lucy had most probably fainted and that she needed to continue resting. Caspian thanked her and she left the room.

Caspian looked at the five people on front of him.

"Well this is a pleasant, if not unexpected surprise."

Edmund laughed awkwardly. "You're telling us!"

Caspian sat on a chair in the corner of the room.

"So you have no idea why you have returned to Narnia?" he asked. Peter shook his head.

"No, we were at our Aunts, when a storm started. The tree outside fell on the house, we were trapped until Lucy heard a lion roar in the distance but as she moved the ceiling fell on top of her and well, then we ended up here." He explained.

"Speaking of here, where are we?" asked Eustace, looking out of the window.

"Why Cair Paravel of course!" exclaimed Caspian with a smile. Susan looked up.

"But last time we were here it was a crumbling ruin..."

"The plans of the original castle were found and I had it rebuilt practically the same as the last." Caspian told her.

"Um, what exactly is Cair Paravel?" asked Eustace.

"It's where we used to live when we first arrived in Narnia." Said Edmund, who joined Eustace at the window and started pointing out different places to him.

"Well, I certainly want a bath and a change of clothes." Said Peter.

"I'll have some servants escort you to your rooms and I will watch over Lucy if you wish." Offered Caspian.

"That would be wonderful; come along everyone I'm sure Lucy doesn't want to wake up to us in our scruffy clothes."

They all left the rooms and Caspian watched Lucy as she slept. She had changed quite a lot since he had last seen her which in Narnian years and only been nine months, her hair had grown longer and her face was slimmer than he remembered and she seemed much older. Sighing gently he stood at the window and watched the waves lap up the beach as he remembered the last time they had visited.

A quite moan alerted him to Lucy; he turned around to find her with her eyes open looking at the ceiling in confusion. She sat up slowly looking around until she saw Caspian. Her eyes widened slightly and she groaned loudly falling back onto the bed.

"I'm dead."

Caspian almost laughed as he sat down on the bed next to her.

"You're not dead Lucy quite the opposite in fact."

She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"How am I in Narnia then?" she asked confused.

"Well from what Peter has told me, you were about to be crushed by a building and Aslan saved you by sending you here."

Suddenly her expression brightened and a smile burst onto her face.

"So I'm really back?"

Caspian nodded.

"Yes!" she cried throwing her arms around a shocked Caspian who hugged her back with a laugh.

"Now, Lucy you have to rest." He chastised softly.

"But I want to go and see everyone!" she whined.

"You can see them tomorrow, now go to sleep, you're obviously ti..." Caspian stopped deciding there was no point in continuing talking because she had already fallen asleep. He smiled gently pulling the covers up to her chin and then leaving the room.

This is quite an achievement for me to get a chapter up a day after the first. Well I hope you enjoy it and I was thinking of setting up a deviant art account and posting illistrations from my fanfiction on there, say in your review if you would like that ^_^