Chapter 2: The Reunion
After spending a couple of days on the ship, Margaret was feeling right at home. At this moment, she was perched on the Dragon's head just watching the open ocean, watching a few dolphins and mermaids swimming alongside the ship as if playing.
"Ah" Margaret sighed as she turned around and faced the clear blue sky. "This is the life."
After all, being a girl, not to mention the best friend of the High Queen, allowed her to get out of work. She had OFFERED to help, but as Caspian put it
"Crew-work is not a job for a lady of noble blood"
Her thoughts were interrupted by a splash.
"HELP!" three voices called
Margaret turned and looked over to port and saw three figures treading water, some better than others
"CASPIAN!" Margaret called for help before diving into the ocean herself
Luckily, she was on the swim team at school and was a pretty good swimmer. She swam over to the trio.
It was two boys and a girl. One of the boys, the eldest of the bunch, was one that wasn't having much trouble with the treading. However, the other boy was making it hard for the girl as he kept grabbing her.
Sensing that the girl wasn't too good at swimming, but at least knew how to, Margaret pulled the boy off the girl.
Caspian then swam up to the group
"Swim to the ship" he instructed.
The five swam to the ship where Drinian was waiting with a rope ladder.
Once aboard, Margaret got a better look at the new arrivals. Two out of three of them looked familiar.
"Edmund! Lucy!" Margaret exclaimed joyfully
"Margaret? Caspian?" Lucy gasped while shivering
Hands were shook and embraces were given.
"Who is your friend?" Caspian asked indicating the third member of the new party.
"Let me go. Let me go back. I don't like it"
"Let you go? But where?" Caspian asked
The younger boy ran over to the side of the ship and looked out to see only open ocean.
"You're stuck here until Aslan says otherwise" Margaret said
"Where's Holly?" Lucy asked
"Never coming back" Margaret explained.
"Neither are Peter and Susan" Edmund explained
"So Holly told me" Margaret said.
TBC