Susan dropped a juicy berry into her mouth. "These are delicious!"
Lucy laughed, and agreed. "We'll have to bring back basketfulls!" The two of them
were on thier knees, picking the most berries they could. It was nice to get outside for once, for they
had been inside Aslan's How for days now. Susan only wished they could find a stream to bathe in, for she felt like she
hadn't washed in a week. She stood up, and brushed her dress free of leaves. Her dress she truly loved, as well as her cloak.
She wished that people dressed like this back in England! A yellow sash of yellow circled her waist, and yellow trim followed around
her neck. Her dress was a deep forrest green, and her cloak was a rich red. Lucy's was similiar, except her dress was a light blue, and her
cloak a summery yellow. "We should probably get back." Susan remarked to Lucy. Lucy sighed and pleaded, "Oh, can't we just stay for
a tiny bit more?" Jurin stretched, and slowly got up. "Your sister is right, my Queen, it is best we get back now." Lucy looked at the large
mountain lion and sighed again. "Okay." The two girls began to put the baskets together, and Muna remarked, "Those are going to be
heavy! You might have to take some berries out." The white tiger had a hard time keeping a straight face as the youngest queen
struggled to lift the heavy basket. Her face bunched together as she grunted. Susan laughed, and took the basket from her younger sister.
She set it down, and began to scoop out handfulls of berries. Soon Lucy was able to lift the basket herself, and yet the basket was full
enough of berries so that it was a good amount. Juin suddenlly stood very still, and sniffed the air. Muna did the same, and a deep
growl was heard in the back of her throat. "We've got company." The two large cats immediatly circled the Queens, keeping them in the
middle so they would be safe. The girls set down thier baskets, and Susan quickly strung an arrow on her bow. Lucy pulled out her
dagger from her belt. They waited quietly, listening. Suddenly, out from the trees burst 10 men on horses. Telmarines. They were in
battle armour, and they had thier swords out as they came charging at them.
Muna growled, and crouched to the ground, ready to pounce. Through the craziness, Susan could hear a man shouting,
"Kill the animals, but take the woman prisoner! Do not harm them!" Susan let her arrow fly, and she felt momentary satisfaction
as a man fell from his horse. She fitted another, and another as fast as she could. Meanwhile Lucy stood ready, while Muna stood
in front of her. Muna protected Lucy, while Jurin stood in front of Susan. The big cats
then lept on the men, pulling them down, and killing them. 4 men were now down, 6 to go.
In the back of his mind, Jurin heard Susan screaming in anger as he swiped at a man who was trying
to swipe at him with a sword. He clawed the man, and turned quickly to Susan. Susan was on the ground, fighting off a man
on her. The man was laughing, and he slapped her in the face. Susan punched him back, but it did no good, for the man
wrestled her onto her stomach, and he began to tie her up. Susan kicked at the man with all her might. He has surprised her,
while she had been fighting with one man, he had come up behind her, and tackled her to the ground. Her bow and arrows had been
knocked away, and she was helpless against such a strong man. Jurn saw the man laughing, and he was
furious. It was a deadly furious. He lept onto the man's back, biting and hissing. The man desperatly grabbed for his sword, but
it had been knocked away, and he couldn't reach it. Jurin knocked the man on the side of the head with one blow, and the man
was unconcious. He turned to Susan, and began gnawing carefully on her ropes. Before he could get through all of them, Susan
let out a yell, and Jurin felt a burning pain in his back. He groaned, and fell to the ground while wispering, "My Queen, only Aslan
can save you. I have failed." And Susan saw his eyes glaze over. She felt tears sting her eyes, and a fury came over her, as she saw
a telmarine stand over her, he sword still in Jurin's back. He sneered, and took out his sword. He sheathed it, and grabbed her arm
and hauled her up. The battle was over, she could see whisps of Muna's white hair on the grass, and she saw the tiger laying still.
Lucy was in the grasp of a large telmarine, and she watched her sister kick the man, only to be boxed in the ears. "What do you want with us?" Asked Susan. The Telmarines looked at her, but none answered. What seemed to be the leader
stepped forward, and motioned towards the horses. Susan was swung up onto one of them in front of the leader. Her hands were still
tied behind her back, and her arms ached. She saw Lucy being swung up in front of the mammoth telmarine, and she could see her
sister was close to crying. She wondered what they were going to do with them. As the horses started moving, Susan looked behind her.
The two cats had died trying to protect them. It was something she would never forget.