Aryanna stood looking over the ruins of Cair Paravel. Though Mali forbid her to do so. Mali was a centaur and he had taken care of the young girl ever since she was little. But at times he seemed a bit overprotective of her.

"I'm sixteen. I can take care of myself." Aryanna mumbled to herself as she dug through the rubble. She froze when she heard voices approaching. The girl quickly hid, in fear of being caught. She watched them carefully as they walked through the rubbish. But her eyes fell to the ground as she spotted something. She had dropped her necklace and there it laid among the strangers.

"All right, Aryanna." She whispered to herself "You have two options here. One, scurry away like a coward or two, retrieve your necklace and show these people a thing or two."

She crouched down and slowly made her way to the necklace resting place. She was just about to retrieve it, when the strangers turned and saw her.

"Who are you?" The eldest girl asked.

Aryanna ignored the question and spotted her sword a few feet away from her. She sprang to her feet, but the eldest boy noticed her actions and ran towards, the sword also. He was quicker than her and made it to the sword first. He pointed the blade towards her and spoke "Explain yourself."

Aryanna stood there, silent. That is until she opened her mouth and started laughing uncontrollably.

"Explain myself." She said between giggles "Your clothes are what need explaining."

She studied each person's appearance and took in their unusual attire. She noticed the youngest boy and walked over towards him.

"What's this." She asked pulling on his tie "Do you expect to hang yourself later on?"

"I could say the same about you." Edmund argued "A girl carrying a sword."

"Well that is usually what a knight of Narnia does." Aryanna said back.

"I doubt you could even pick it up, let alone use it." Edmund smirked.

Aryanna stood there mouth agape before she spoke "I like you. Your fun to bustle around with."

She smiled and then held her hand out towards him "I'm Aryanna."

He hesitantly took her hand and shook it "Edmund. And these are my sisters, Lucy and Susan. Then that is my brother Peter."

She stared at them and crossed her arms across her chest, she was still smiling "The Kings and Queens of Old. Guess someone blew that horn."

"What horn?" Susan asked.

"You'll learn everything soon enough." Aryanna's smile grew wider "But now I have someone for you to meet."

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Aryanna, Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy made their way through the forest. They had decided that they would stop soon and rest until the sun rose again. Susan looked around the forest. There was no sign of talking animals anywhere "What happened here?"

Aryanna stared up at the trees and a sad look crossed her features "Cruelty." She turned to Susan "That, is what happened."

They walked the rest of the way in silence until they came to a nice area to rest. The sky soon grew dark and the stars sat high in the sky. Aryanna made sure that everyone was asleep before she silently snuck away. She found a small opening among the trees, she sat and watched the stars.

Growing up, Mali had taught Aryanna how to read the stars and what was hidden within the sparkling dots. She could stare at the stars for hours if daylight was never to come.

"Aryanna?" A small voice was heard.

Aryanna turned and there stood Lucy. The young girl sat down beside her and stared up at the stars as well.

You're special." Lucy spoke quietly.

"Huh?" Aryanna asked confused.

"You're going to do something." Lucy looked at her "Something important. You have a gift that you have to unlock."

Aryanna just looked at the girls. She was so young, but she could tell so much. Just with one look or a few words. She could just tell.

"You don't believe me." Lucy said looking down "That seems to happen a lot. It's because I'm so young."

Aryanna's expression turned serious as she continued to look at Lucy "That's only because, you have a gift that no one understands...yet."

Lucy smiled and caught Aryanna by surprise with a hug. She broke away and Aryanna spoke "And I believe you. That is one thing you don't have to worry about."