"Come on, Ad! Don't be a scaredy cat!" Her sister yelled from the bottom of the tall mountain. "I'm not a scaredy cat I told you! But if mum and dad find out, they'll kill us for sure!" She sat on a rock on top of the hill, trying to talk her older sister out of their little adventure.

"They won't so hurry up!" Her sister laughs, motioning her to follow. With a sigh, she slowly got off the rock and made her way towards the cliff of the mountain. "Fine! But it's your fault if they ground us!" "Yeah, Yeah! Don't worry so much." She shrugs, running ahead to look for the bunny they saw the day before.

"Hey Luci! Wait for me-" She suddenly lost her footing on a rock embedded into the dirt. Coming down the mountain at great speeds. Only her screams bouncing off the trees as she tugged her head into her arms like she had been taught during their safety lessons for hiking. The rocks and various plants and branches scratching her arms and legs as she continued to fall down the seemingly endless mountain.

"Ah!"

She jumps up from where she was laying. Breathing heavily a moment as she took in her surroundings. She was sitting around a campfire with her cloak draped around her, Narnian's scattered around deep in sleep along with the Telmarine prince that had joined their company.

Her eyes widened when she realized that he was also sitting up, tiredly staring directly at her. She awkwardly shifted around, adjusting her cloak to cover her feet. 'Had he heard that scream?' She mentally smacks herself for not being more careful.

"Are you alright?" He said quietly, not to wake the others. Though the worry clear in his voice.

She laughed in embarrassment. "Ah sorry sir-?" She raised a brow while glancing towards the sky, trying to remember if he said his name before.

"Ah, my name is Caspian." He suddenly spoke. "Sorry I did not introduce myself..You are Princess Adira, correct?"

She winced at the title. "Just Adira is fine, thank you. Or Addie if you like." She smiled.

"Addie." His thick accent tested the name with a smile. She nodded in satisfaction at the one he chose to call her.

"Sir Caspian." She smiled. "I just had a bad dream was all, sorry to wake you."

"Do you want to talk about it? My professor always had me do that, it really helps."

"Actually, I'll just be taking a walk to think things over. But thank you for the offer." She smiled kindly, to which he nods in understanding, laying down and turning over to fall back into slumber.

Putting her cloak on as she stood, she made sure the hood was fastened nicely to cover her hair and face. Grabbing her swords and attaching her bow and arrows firmly to her back.

She had to have been walking for a few hours, simply in thought. That dream had always been bugging her, the wise centaur she spoke to about it when they had first started said it might be vague memories from before she came to Narnia, but she couldn't remember anything of that world aside from the dreams. Shrugging she glanced up. Suddenly realizing the sun was now straight above her, when she first started walking it was only rising. 'It's about noon now. I'll start heading back so they don't worry too much.'

"Gorov!" She called out to the Minotaur happily once she got closer to camp. The huge darkly furred Narnian grunted in greeting as he turned to see the princess.

"On guard duty again?" She laughed out, pointing to the axe on his back. She was an early riser (Mostly due to the nightmares) and he usually had the morning shifts so she often would accompany him around the camp. Though he didn't talk much.

He simply grunted in answer and continued on the path. She laughed once more and waved to him from the same spot. "I have to go check in with everyone, maybe next time I'll accompany you, Gorov!" He only grunted as he walked, she giggled. Starting to walk up the opposite direction.

As she walked casually back with a small smile on her features, having felt a little better after thinking about things, she heard grunting and the sound of metals clashing in the distance. 'Is someone sparring this early?' She thought in amazement, turning on her heels to head towards the noises.

As she continued down the path she came, she soon realized that the path towards the spar was the one Gorov had continued down. Her eyes squinting protectively, she instinctively bolted to where the noises were. Moving at lightening speeds she pulled her double swords out of their holsters on each side of her hips. Coming up to the two figures fighting, one seemed to be a young man but older than her and the other was..Caspian?

Her eyes widened but she continued down the path until she landed directly in between the men, holding both swords above her head in an 'X' to block the blade that was about to come crashing down on an unknowing Caspian, whom was trying to remove his sword from being embedded in a tree.

Her face and hair was still covered by her hood, but it had only took Caspian a moment to realize who was protecting him. She was, after all, the only human woman in their company.

Her mouth being the only thing visible, she smirked in disgust at a man trying to hurt someone in her company, and while he wasn't looking no less. He tilted his head in the slightest confusion. She kicked him in the stomach away from them, to detach his blade from her own.

Keeping fight stance, she glanced at Caspian behind her through her hood, checking for wounds. Her eyes finding only a busted lip, she inched backwards closer to him. "Explain what is happening." She whispered, continuing to eye the offending man for any signs of attack. "He had attacked the Minotaur." His thick accent said quietly, straightening himself to stand beside the woman. Her eyes darkening more. She glanced around for said creature. When her eyes met Gorov she let out an inaudible sigh of relief.

"Who are you to attack my kin?" She focused her eyes on the strange man. Her voice as cold as her eyes that it even sent shivers down Caspian's spine. The man before was quite tall compared to her stature, though similar in height to Caspian. He had deep blue eyes and messy brown hair. He was handsome, but the enemy.

Wordlessly, the unknown man readied his sword once more and she tightened her grip. He was fast and skilled with his blade, but a little rusty. Her eyes scanned his form as he went to attack, she easily jumped over the low swing of his sword. In turn tucking and rolling through the dirt as he made for her head when she had jumped.

She was out of sight, so he went to the nearest opponent. Eyes widening as Caspian was between the man and a tree. She bolted in front of him just as the blade came crashing down. The loud clash of metals surprising the blue eyed man. He took a step back, calculating how she got there so fast.

She swung her blade as he's eyes widened, him skillfully jumping over it then bringing his sword up whilst still mid-air. Shocking her a moment before she quickly spun to dodge but he just a little faster. Her cheek stung terribly as she winced to seek a peek at Caspian. 'But he's fine, so that's good.' She thought. Her main goal was to protect those who had protected her for so many years. They accepted Caspian, therefore, he's safety was important to her.

Her opponent slowly walked towards her with his blade at the ready, he opened his mouth to speak and-

"No, stop!"

"Peter!"