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Chapter 2: Breathe

Caspian the Tenth, King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel and Emperor of the Lone Island was enjoying yet another day at sea on their newest Narnian ship The Dawn Treader.

Even though he had been raised to fear the sea, it was like how he had been told that the old Narnians did not exist, he went ahead and explored any way. Traveling was always something Caspian had always enjoyed, but nothing, nothing compared to what it felt to sailing across the sea out into the unknown.

However, he had another reason for this voyage.

Soon after Caspian was born, his uncle Miraz had sent off the last of his father's seven faithful friends on an impossible journey: to go out and explore the eastern ocean and if possible reach the edge. None of the seven friends of Caspian IX ever returned.

It was then after his coronation that Caspian swore that once he had established peace in Narnia he would travel for a year and day in search of these seven lords, find them and avenge them if they had been killed.

Their names were so hard to remember that Caspian was constantly forgetting and needed to be reminded many a time. But as he would recite them to himself each morning, he was remembering more and more each day.

They had been at sea now for nearly thirty days and had traveled about 400 leagues from Narnia.

In the first week they had cleared the seven isles, then they had arrived at Redhaven. That had been six days ago.

And this very afternoon Drinian (the captain) had announced that they would be seeing the Lone Islands within a couple of days, and Caspian couldn't wait.

Suddenly his day dreams were interrupted when he heard the cry of "MAN OVERBOARD! OFF THE PORT BOW!"

He, along with most of crew moved to the port side of the ship and saw three heads bobbling out of the water about twenty feet away from the ship.

Because sound the travels much clearer over water, Caspian was able to catch some of what the trio in the water were shouting.

"Can't Swim!"

"I'll Get Him!"

"Lucy!"

Caspian gasped as he heard the very familiar name, 'It couldn't be.' Caspian thought to himself.

But during this time, the Captain had moved the ship closer and it was then that Caspian recognized two of the three people in the water.

Without even thinking twice about it, Caspian shed his cloak and dived off the ship into the water.

As he made his way closer he saw Edmund, swimming in the same direction as Caspian, where he could see Lucy being pulled down by a young boy that Caspian could not recognize.

Edmund got to Lucy and the boy first and by the time Caspian reached Edmund he had pulled up the boy and had calmed him by slapping him sharply across the face.

He was going to call out a greeting when he noticed Lucy had not yet surfaced, he sped up, take big sweeps through the water and within seconds was next to Edmund and the boy.

He called out to Edmund but now thinking back on it he wasn't sure what it was that he had said to him; he was too focused on getting Lucy out of danger, as he had always been protective of her.

He dived quickly into the cold water and opened his eyes, which stung at the salt water but he ignored it and swam deeper, still searching for Lucy.

There! She was about five feet below him, unconscious and slowly sinking further and further in the deep, dark ocean.

With a sudden burst of speed and strength, he swam to Lucy, wrapped his arms around her, and kicked back up to the surface.

He gasped and took in a large breath feeling his lungs with air, while making sure he kept Lucy's head above water.

He looked over at Lucy with worry, she was still unconscious.

"Lucy! Lucy!" he said, hoping she would wake. She did not.

He heard a splash quite close to him and saw that the men on deck had lowered their life boat and he quickly pushed Lucy in the boat and then pulled himself up.

Once he saw that the men were pulling the boat back aboard he had a closer look at Lucy...she was not breathing!

Getting back on deck seemed to take much too long for Caspian, though the crew had them aboard in under two minutes.

Once they had pulled up the boat Caspian quickly jumped out and lay Lucy on the deck and began breathing air into her lungs, once, twice, three times. Then he gently pressed on her chest, once, twice, thrice, four, and five times.

He was about to repeat this when Lucy suddenly shuddered and began coughing violently, he gently turned her on her side as she coughed up a large amount of sea water.

She continued to cough for a few moments more before she fell back into his arms as he wanted to prevent her from hitting the deck, breathing heavily.

Caspian sighed in relief and almost collapsed himself, but it was then that he noticed he was surrounded by some of the crew of the ship and a very worried Edmund.

"It's all right, King Edmund, your sister is breathing now, and she is safe."

Edmund continued to stare at Lucy, the shock of almost losing his sister evident on his face.

"Edmund! Sire, are you all right?" Caspian said once more placing his free hand on Edmund's shoulder.

It was then Edmund seemed to return to his senses and turned to Caspian now recognizing him.

"Oh, Caspian! It is you. I must apologize. I was just- Lucy was- Thank you." Edmund stumbled over his words.

Caspian had to chuckle, he had never seen Edmund so inarticulate.

"It was nothing, sire. It was such a surprise to see you and her majesty there in the water, how did you get-"

But Caspian stopped there because it was then Lucy let out a moan and shivered.

"Before I can ask you about your arrival in Narnia, I think it best that we get Lucy into my cabin and warmed up." He said, gracefully standing up and carrying Lucy with him.

Edmund said nothing and nodded, he was about to follow Caspian when he finally remember his miserable cousin when he heard him whining across from him.

"I want to go home! Edmund what have you done! This is not funny anymore, take me back!" Eustace cried miserably at Edmund.

"Eustace, calm down." He said calmly, as it was for everyone who returned to Narnia he felt himself become Edmund the Just once more. "You cannot get home, and this is no joke, but I don't have time to explain right now. I must make sure Lucy is all right."

Eustace opened his mouth to complain once more, but Edmund sent him a look that shut him right up.

Eustace was still very confused, where were they and why in the world was everyone treating his cousins like royalty!?

"King Edmund?" a voice said from behind Edmund, he turned and saw a man in blue uniform walking towards him.

"Yes?" Edmund replied, ignoring the look of shock and confusion on his cousin face behind him at being addressed as "King" Edmund.

The man bowed and smiled. "I am Drinian, your Majesty, and Captain of this vessel. May I offer you and your friend dry clothes and some spiced wine?"

Edmund bowed in return and said. "It's a pleasure Captain, please show my cousin Eustace where he can change into some dry clothes, but I am afraid a must see to my sister before I myself will change."

Drinian nodded and bowed, but as he turned to approach the young boy Edmund added: "Oh and I apologize for any rudeness from my cousin, please just ignore it. He has no manners, I am afraid."

The captain smiled at the king of old and chuckled. "Thank you sire, please make sure that you do not stay in those wet clothes for too long."

Edmund nodded and then made his way to the door where he saw Caspian enter moments ago.

Caspian looked up as he heard Edmund enter his cabin; he stood and walked over to him.

"I have wrapped her in a blanket but she is still shivering, she must not remain in those wet clothes, but it would be improper for me to…" Caspian felt his face flush and couldn't continue what he was saying.

But Edmund knew what Caspian was trying to say and nodded. "It is all right Caspian, and thank you, if you can just leave the room for a moment, I will change Lucy into some drier clothes."

Caspian nodded and then pointed to the pile of clothes at the end of the bed.

"They were the smallest uniform I could find for her, please let me know when you have finished. In the mean time I will change into dry clothes and have some sent for you along with some spiced wine."

Edmund turned to Caspian and smiled and nodded in thanks.

Five minutes later, Lucy was changed and Caspian was now watching over her as Edmund changed and checked up on his cousin.

Caspian sat in a chair next to the bed Lucy now lay, wrapped in many a layer of blankets and was slowly warming up.

Caspian sighed, how close he had come to losing Lucy, he had felt an unexpected panic when she hadn't been breathing, he had no idea how attached he was to her until he was losing her.

But he shook himself out of these thoughts with a chuckle, he remembered Peter, the High Kind and eldest brother to Lucy, telling him one about this same feeling before. So that was what it must be; brotherly affection.

Unconsciously Caspian pushed a strand of hair out of Lucy's face and almost jumped when she sighed and leaned towards to the warmth of Caspian's hand.

Caspian felt his face flush with heat and he quickly retrected his hand.

He kept his eye focused on her face as she let out a soft moan and slowly her eye lids fluttered, then her eyes opened.

(A.N.—So it's the middle of the night, well almost morning now and here I am not able to sleep so you are all treated with another chapter, I hope you like this one as well, I am having such a fine time writing it. I always do with Narnia tales, please let me know what you guys think of this story!)

March 14, 2013 (Edited)