Kib: Well, Hi everybody! Sorry I haven´t update for a while, but here is chapter two!

First of all, thank you so much to Narnian Magic for the beta, you rock girl! Now, please enjoy the chapter!

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Gentle Secret

Chapter Two: A New Warrior

"Queen Susan." Susan was broken from her thoughts by the voice of one of the centaurs of the Palace Guard. "The High King is calling a meeting in the Throne Room and your Majesty's presence is required immediately."

"Thank you, I'll follow you in a moment." The Queen replied, still in a daze. The centaur left and she turned to her friend. "Please excuse me Seiku". The water elf nodded before diving into the water and the Queen hastened to the castle.

Meanwhile in Cair Paravel

"Your Majesty, I bring grave news," Mr. Tummus said hastily as he entered the throne room. "What's wrong?" asked Peter, beginning to worry.

"We've discovered that some of the Witch's army are regrouping and are planning to attack Cair Paravel." The faun said, his tone nearly frantic.

"We have to defend the castle." Peter stated the obvious, looking at his brother. "Agreed, but we have to be careful. We don't know exactly what we're up against." Edmund pointed out.

"Does this mean that you two will go to war?" Susan, who was eavesdropping outside, asked, coming into the room. "Yes, we have to stop them before they attack Cair." said Edmund, who knew what his raven-haired sister was doing before she came inside. At that moment, Lucy came inside, having heard everything they said. "I'll go too." Lucy said, her eyes determinedly set and her voice final.

"You…WHAT?!" Susan exclaimed, her eyes widening in surprise. "Peter, you can't let her!" However, he stopped his little sister with a look.

"I can, and I'll do it." Said Peter. The Gentle Queen looked at him with widened blue eyes, and in it's depth, shock, worry anger reflected back at him. "Su, don't look at me like that. She can help us, don't worry, I promise you that she will be safe."

"Yeah, sure, and what about me?" Susan almost snorted. "I have to stay here?" She was furious. "When all my siblings go to war?"

"Su, you can't fight. It will be better if you stay," Edmund said looking at her as if she was a little girl and not his big sister. "You will be safe here"

"Lucy's younger than me and she can go to battle while I had rescued our brother last time and I have to stay?! Oh, I can't believe this!" Susan said, throwing down her bow and stormed out of the room with tears in her eyes.

"I think she's upset." Lucy said, stating the obvious. Then she glanced at Edmund. "You didn't have to say that, you know." "Lu's right" Peter said, standing up with a sigh. "I'll talk to her."

The High King left the room and he started his search for Susan. Along the way, he saw Oreius, who told him that he had seen her go out of the castle.

'Where's this girl? I want to know why she was so angry.' Peter thought. When he was at the front door, he saw Susan, who was running towards the lake.

"Susan! Wait!" Peter called her, but when she saw him, she started to run faster.

When Peter arrived at the lake, he started to look for her again, to find her sitting against a tree with tears in her eyes. Luckily for Peter, she didn't notice him.

"I knew…I knew he was going to say that" Susan said between sobs, speaking to herself.

'What is she talking about?' Peter thought, moving closer to where she was.

"They think I'm weak! I knew it." Susan said bitterly, watching the lake. "I told you."

"Yes, you did. But they only want to protect you." Said a figure coming up from the water. Peter moved behind of the tree to hide himself.

'She should be Seiku…Susan's friend!' Peter thought.

"Yeah, and all my younger siblings will go to the battle with the High King," Susan said with slight mockery in her voice, "While I have to stay here where it's safe" she finished with sarcasm in her voice. Then she watched Seiku's expression and said, "I'm sorry Seiku, I think I'm a little frustrated, that's all."

"It's ok, don't worry about it. Do you want to be alone?" Asked Seiku, feeling compassionate for her friend.

"If you don't mind." Susan said softly, feeling grateful at her friend.

"Of course not, and if you want to talk you know where I am." The Water-elf said before she returned to the lake. Seconds before she hit the water, she saw Peter behind the tree and smiled to herself.

Peter heard the mockery in his little sister's voice and felt hurt. His eye widened when he saw the water-elf spot him from behind the tree, and quickly shifted over to the other side. Susan buried her face to her knees and her older brother could hear her crying. He started to feel bad, he hated to see her cry. After few seconds, she raise her head and continued watching the lake. Tears fell down her pale cheeks, a crystalline gaze while a soft breeze moved her long rave hair. Just like a delicate porcelain doll.

'God, she look so beautiful, even with tears in her eyes… well she always look beautiful' Peter thought, not paying attention to it, while a small blush crossed his cheeks. 'Well, she's smart and gentle and…wait a minute…she's your sister! You can't possibly have these feelings for her, Peter!'

Ironically, though…he does and he can't stop them. Finally, Peter came closer to Susan and sat down by her side. She turned her head to face him, and there was a long silence until Peter started to speak.

"Why did you do that?" Peter asked, knowing her reply.

"What?" Susan asked, turned her gaze once again to the lake.

"Run out of the room." Said Peter calmly.

"Because I can't stand this! All of you think I'm weak, I know it!" Susan replied coldly.

"I don't think you're weak." Peter said watching her as she raised her eyebrows. "Really! I think you are very strong."

"Oh, sure, in that case, why I have to stay in the bloody castle while everyone goes riding off?" Susan snapped at him with sarcasm dripping from her voice.

"Because we want to protect you." Said Peter and he wrapped an arm over her shoulders, rubbing her back.

"Protect me!? And what about Lucy? She's too young for this." said Susan, and she placed her head on his shoulder.

"I have to agree, but she is a great warrior" Peter said playing with her hair. "She will be fine, she's good with swords…and besides, she has her cordial."

"What, I'M not a good warrior?!" Susan sighed, defeated. "Well, yeah, you are right…ok, I'll let her go, but promise me that if it isn't necessary, Lucy wouldn't fight." Susan said in Peter's embrace.

"I promise." Peter said, caressing her hair.

"But I have to be honest with you," Susan said as her eyes meet Peter's "I'm worried about you."

"Me? Why?" Peter asked surprised. 'She always worries…but why is she telling me this NOW?'

"I'm not sure…but I don't want them to hurt you…" Susan as she buried her face into Peter's chest, holding him as she let his presence and caresses consume her.

"Don't worry about me, I promise we will come back soon." Peter said holding her tightly. 'Don't worry Su, I will never leave you. I will be with you.'

"When will you leave?" Susan asked him after a few moments.

"Tomorrow morning." said Peter sadly. "I have to say that…I don't want to do it. But we must…"

"I know, it is your duty as High King." Said Susan in his strong arms. "Well, you have to get back to Cair Paravel- to prepare for tomorrow."

"Yeah…I guess you're right." Peter said, standing up. "Do you want to come?"

"Give me a minute." Said Susan. "I need to tell Seiku something, if you don't mind."

"Sure, I'll wait for you at the door." Said Peter with a smile, kissing her forehead.

"Ok…thanks." Susan said gratefully, returning the smile. When Peter left the lake, Seiku emerged from the water.

"See? He doesn't think you're weak." Seiku said with a playful smile. "and I have to say, you two make a really cute couple!"

"Oh, shut up!" Said Susan, blushing.

"And what are you going to do now?" Asked Seiku. "You're letting them go to battle?"

"Yes, but I have a plan." Said Susan with a mischievous smile.

"I can imagine what that's about." Seiku told her with a smile. "They will be surprised."

"You figured it out?" Susan asked, surprised.

"Yeah, I know how your mind works." Seiku said teasingly. "I wish I could be there to see their reaction!"

"Yeah, I want to see their faces tomorrow. Well, I have to go or Peter will kill me." Susan said and stood up.

"Fine, see you later!" Seiku said, laughing. Susan left the lake and started to walk to the castle, and Peter was waiting for her at the door, where he said he would wait for her.

"Are you alright?" He asked when she was near him.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Susan asked, confused.

"I just was checking." Said Peter playfully and put an arm over her shoulder. "I don't want you to worry about tomorrow"

"I'm ok. Don't worry." His sister said and they both entered the castle. 'I'm not worried, I'm anxious…'

The next morning, Peter, Edmund and Lucy were ready to leave with the army, all of them wearing their armor. Susan was at the front door to say goodbye to them, wearing a beautiful blue dress like her eyes, and her hair was free and fell over her back.

"Please be careful." She said when Edmund was mounting his horse. "And come back soon."

"Yes, Mum." Said Edmund with a playful smile.

"Ed!" Susan laughed.

"Don't worry Su! We will be home soon!" Lucy said with a happily smile, which Susan returned.

"Well, it's time to go." Said Peter. "See you soon, Su!"

"See you!" Said Susan with a smile.

And with that, they departed from the castle.

Few minutes after, Susan was in the weaponry room looking for her arrows and her bow, but this time she was wearing boots, pants and a tight leather shirt, and her hair was tied in a ponytail. Before left the weaponry room she took a sword.

'I know I shouldn't do this, but it's time to show what I can do.' Susan thought as she went to the stables and took a beautiful brown horse. She mounted it and rode towards the battlefield.

Meanwhile with Peter, Edmund and Lucy

The battlefield was enormous, and in front of it was a small hill. The three Pevensies were in front, waiting for the enemy.

"This is just like the first time." Said Lucy, feeling anxious.

"When we fought against the White Witch?" Edmund asked her. Lucy nodded slowly.

"Yes, well, I wasn't there when the battle started, but I remember how it felt when Susan and I arrived." Said Lucy and her voice trembled a little.

"Yeah, I remember how it felt."-Said Peter. He could remember when he had to fight against the White Witch without Aslan, and a cold shiver ran down his spine.

"God...I want to know how Susan is now." The youngest Pevensie said with a sad face.

"Me too." Edmund agreed. "But she couldn't come."

"Why not? She's a great archer." Lucy said, raising her eyebrows.

"Of course she is. But she hates war, and a bow is not a big help." Said Peter sadly. 'I hope she'll be fine.'

Meanwhile with Susan

She was near the battlefield now, but she didn't go where her siblings were, instead going to the woods near the field. When she arrived, she dismounted her horse and crept between the trees.

'Well, here I can see the battle…' Susan thought as she sat down on the ground and watched her siblings. 'I hope that they don't notice me yet.'

Susan took off a few arrows out of the quiver when she heard a noise coming from the other side of the hill. The Witch's army was here…

'Oh…we have problems.' Susan thought, taking an arrow.

With Peter, Edmund and Lucy

"Here they are." Said Peter, putting on his helmet.

Suddenly, they could see the Witch's army appear in the other side of the battlefield. The army was huge and looked terrible, composed by Minotaurs, wolves, harpies, Cyclops, giants and other frightening beasts.

"Well…it's smaller than last time." Lucy whispered.

"Yeah, because the other half was defeated in the first battle." Edmund replied, drawing his sword.

"Oreius, tell the army to be ready." Said Peter firmly.

"Yes, your majesty." And the centaur went towards the Narnian army.

"Well, it's time." Said Peter quietly.

"The army is ready to fight, Sir." Orieus told the King when he came back.

"Ok…we will do it…" Peter began.

"For Narnia and for Aslan!" The three Pevensies said in union.

With Susan

'By Aslan, this will be interesting…' Thought Susan. She had to admit, she was nervous but she had to do it.

After a few minutes, which seemed hours, the Witch's army abruptly went towards Peter's army. Susan could see how her brother's army was advancing against their opponents.

And the battle starts.

Both armies met with a great uproar. Susan couldn't find her siblings at first, because the field was a real mess. But suddenly she saw Peter, who was fighting with two monsters. She felt her heart stop when she saw another creature, which was coming behind him, ready to hit him with a sword.

'Damn it! Oh no, you won't do that.' Susan thought and she released an arrow, which hit the monster on his chest. Surprised, Peter turned around and saw the monster die, but he placed his eyes in the arrow.

'Wait a minute, that arrow…No, this can't be.' Peter thought quickly.

"Yeah! I did it!" Susan exclaimed happily between the trees. "Who's the weak girl now?"

"What the hell…?" Edmund asked, looking at the arrow. "Where did this come from?"

"I don't know." Peter answered. "It's like Susan's, but that's impossible- she's in Cair Paravel!"

"Guys, stop talking! We have a battle here!" Said Lucy and blocked an attack from a beast with her sword.

The three Pevensie were fighitng with different monsters, but when they killed one, three more appeared. When Edmund and Lucy were against three beasts, another arrow came from no one knows where, and hit one of the beasts.

'God, I'm good!' Susan thought, laughing. 'I think I'll go join the battle soon.'

"Another arrow!" Lucy exclaimed, surprised.

"Ok, this is strange." Edmund said, but they didn't have time to talk because the enemies were still fighting.

"What happens now?" Peter asked, running towards his younger siblings.

"Another arrow…." Said Lucy slowly. "This is strange, we didn't order the archers to attack…"

"Yeah, who could have done this?" Edmund asked quizzically.

"Well…whoa! Look out!" Peter yelled, unable to finish his sentence because at that moment, three other creatures started attacking them.

The three siblings were fighting against them, but another two monsters approached.

"We have problems!" Lucy said desperately. "We can't go on like this!"

But in that moment, another two arrows came flying and hit the beasts, killing them.

With Susan

'Whoa…for Aslan, how many are there?' Thought Susan from the woods.

"Well Susan, time to fight." Susan said to herself. She stood up and putting on a helmet over her head, which covered her face, and like that, her siblings couldn't recognize her. She left her bow and her arrows near her horse and took the sword.
When she was ready she ran down the hill towards the battle.

'I hope Peter won't get mad at me.' Susan thought with a smirk while she was running.

Near the woods, on one side of the battlefield, Peter was fighting against two monsters and he started to feel tired.

'I can't continue…I'm so tired.' Thought Peter as he blocked a attack with his sword, but accidentally, he fell down when a minotaur tried to hit him. He closed his eyes, waiting for the final blow but it never came. Then he opened his eyes and saw how a soldier was in front of him, blocking the Minotaur's attack.

Susan tried her best to protect her brother from the minotaur. She pulled away from the monster and started to fight against him.

'Who's this soldier? It's a human…' Peter thought. He was really surprised, the soldier was an incredible warrior, his movements were perfect and also, his attacks.

Finally, Susan buried her sword on the monster chest killing him. But in than moment, another monster hit her on one side and she fell down, her helmet falling off of her head.

Peter saw long raven hair fall over the soldier's back.

'In the name of Aslan! This can't be possible!' Peter was in shock.

"Ouch! That's hurts." Susan complained, sitting on the ground, and then she took the sword from the minotaur's chest and blocked an attack from the other monster.

"Susan!?" Peter exclaimed when he recovered his voice.

"Hi, brother." Susan replied with a smirk, standing up with a hand on one side. "Surprised?"

"What do you think you're doing!?" he asked her. "You? Here? In a battlefield?"

"Thanks." Susan snapped with sarcasm. She pressed her hand to her side trying to hide a spot of blood. Yes, she was hurt.

"Sorry, I didn't mean that." Peter said regretfully. But Susan didn't have time to reply because another monster, a harpy, attacked her.

She blocked the attacks from the monster and set out her own attacks. She struck at the harpy sword and pulled it away from herself.

In that moment she looked at Peter, and tried her hardest not to laugh at him. her brother's eyes were opened in surprise and his jaw was practically on the floor.

"You know how to use a sword?" Peter asked when his jaw came back up.

"Yeah. Actually, I wasn't in the lake all the mornings." Susan informed him with giggles. "I was learning fencing."

"Why you didn't tell me?" the High King demanded, still surprised.

"I don't know, I thought you'd never believe me." She told him, blocking another attack.

Peter stood up, taking his sword. He took a few steps towards Susan when she was blocking another attack. Suddenly, he threw a dagger to the creature, Susan avoided it and the dagger buried into the creature's chest.

"When this was over, you'll have to tell me all of it!" he said almost demanding, with his hands on his waist.

"Tell you what?" Susan asked, playing around.

"You know what, silly." Peter said, hugging her tight. Susan smiled at him with a little blush crossing her cheeks.

"We have to finish this battle." She reminded him, still in his arms.

"You want to fight?" He asked, and she nodded. "Ok…Come with me."

Peter and Susan went towards the field again (they were near the woods before) and they started to look for their siblings. But, of course, in their way they had to fight against some horrible creatures.

A few minutes later, they arrived where their younger sister was.

"Here you are!" Peter said when they found Lucy. "Where's Ed?"

"He's with Ore…Susan?!" Lucy asked with her eyes opened in shock when she saw her sister.

"Yes Lu, it's me." Susan said, smiling kindly. "Now, where is Ed?

"Oh, right…he is with Oreius. Right there." She pointed to the center of the field.

"What the hell...? What is he doing?" Peter exclaimed, worried.

"Err…well, we couldn't find you and Oreius needed help, so Ed went to help him." Lucy replied quickly.

"I see." Peter nodded thoughtfully.

"Su… you have blood on your side." Lucy pointed out. Susan looked at her side and tried to hide the blood from Peter's eyes before he could see it.

"What? Susan! Are you hurt?" he asked, worried, looking at her side where was a small spot of blood.

"Don't worry. It's just a small cut." Susan said calmly and defiantly as she watched Peter's expression. "I'm fine, really."

"If you said so." Peter said reluctantly. "Now we have to find out who is the commander of this army."

"I want to come!" Lucy said immediately. But Susan placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Lu, this can be dangerous, you should go towards the rocks." Her brother told her. "It's safe there."

"Yeah, I know." Lucy pressed. "But…I want to help!"

"Well, you can help" Peter said, smiling to his little sister, and Susan looked at him suspiciously.

"How?" Lucy asked, eager.

"You can help the injured soldiers." Susan smiled, reading Peter's mind.

"That's what I mean." Peter looked at her, nodding.

"Ok, I'll do it." Lucy said, a little less enthusiastic, and turned to the rocks, but before she left, the Valiant Queen called back, "Be careful!"

"Hahaha. She seems like you, Su." Peter smirked when Lucy was gone. She slapped him playfully on his arm.

"And me?" Susan asked finally. "You can't leave me here!"

"Don't worry." Peter reassured, smiling and he took her hand. "You come with me"

To be continued…

K: Oh my god that's horrible! I know, I'm not a good writer…Well, what do you think? Please don't blame me, if you don't like the PeterxSusan just don't read!. Oh! another subject, I'm not very good with English so…Well just tell me what you think!
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