We got into the boat with Trumpkin and traveled down the river.

They're so still." Lucy commented, looking at the trees.

"The trees? What did you expect?" Trumpkin asked.

"They used to dance." I said.

"Wasn't long after you left that the Telmarines invaded." Trumpkin told us. "Those who survived retreated to the woods. And the trees, they retreated so deep into themselves that they haven't been heard from since."

"I don't understand. How could Aslan have let this happened?" Lucy asked.

"Aslan? Thought he abandoned us when you lot did." He answered.

"We didn't mean to leave, you know." Peter said.

"Makes no difference now, does it?"

"Get us to the Narnians... and it will." Peter answered before he continued rowing the boat.

Once we stopped, Trumpkin jumped out with the anchor and Lucy got out next. While I grabbed our stuff, I heard Lucy speak.

"Hello, there. It's all right. We're friends."

I looked up and saw a bear looking at her.

"Don't move, your Majesty." Trumpkin said.

Lucy turned away from the bear to look at the dwarf and the bear ran towards her. Lucy saw and started running towards us.

"Stay away from her!" Susan commanded, aiming her arrow at the animal.

It wouldn't stop and Lucy fell.

"Shoot! Susan, shoot!" Edmund yelled.

The bear stood on its hind legs and roared. Lucy screamed and an arrow went into the bear's heart. I turned around and saw the Trumpkin was the one who shot the bear, not Susan.

Susan lowered her bow, "Why wouldn't he stop?"

"I suspect he was hungry." Trumpkin answered.

We ran over to Lucy and the dead bear and Peter helped her stand up. Trumpkin poked it with his bow to make sure it was dead,

"Thanks."

"He was wild." Edmund said.

"I don't think he could talk at all." Peter replied.

"Get treated like a dumb animal long enough, you become one." Trumpkin said. "You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember."

After eating the cooked bear, we walked away from the river and through the woods.

"I don't remember this way." Susan said after a while.

"That's a problem with girls. You can't carry a map in your head." Peter replied and I glared at him.

"That's because our heads have something in them." I responded.

"I wish he's listen to the DLF in the first place." Susan said to Lucy and I.

"DLF?" Edmund questioned.

"Dear Little Friend." Lucy translated.

"Oh, that's not patronizing at all, is it?" Trumpkin asked Edmund.

"I'm not lost." Peter said as he stood on a boulder.

"No, you're just going the wrong way." Trumpkin replied.

Peter faced the dwarf, "You last saw Caspian at the Shuddering Woods and the quickest way there is to cross at the River Rush."

"But unless I'm mistaken, there's no crossing in these parts." Trumpkin said.

"That explains it, then. You're mistaken." Peter hissed.

After another two hours of walking, we came to a gorge. And below us was the river.

"You see, over time, water erodes the Earth's soil, carving deeper-" Susan started.

"Oh, shut up." Peter told her.

"Is there a way down?" Edmund asked Trumpkin.

"Yeah, falling." He answered.

"We weren't lost." Peter said.

"There's a ford near Beruna. How do you feel about swimming?" Trumpkin asked as we started to walk away.

"I'd rather that than walking." Susan said.

"Aslan? It's Aslan!" Lucy exclaimed before looking at us and pointing across the river, "It's Aslan over there!"

We all looked over to where she was pointing and then back at Lucy, there was nothing there.

"Don't you see? He's right..." Lucy looked back and the smile on her face fell, "there."

"Do you see him now?" Trumpkin asked.

"I'm not crazy." Lucy said. "He was there. He wanted us to follow him."

"I'm sure there are any number of lions in this wood." Peter replied. "Just like that bear."

"I think I know Aslan when I see him." Lucy responded.

"Look, I'm not about to jump off a cliff after someone who doesn't exist." Trumpkin said.

"Last time I didn't believe Lucy I ended up looking pretty stupid." Edmund commented.

"Why wouldn't I have seen him?" Peter questioned.

"Maybe you just weren't looking." Lucy offered.

"I'm sorry, Lu." Peter said before he started walking away.

"Come on." I told her, holding out my hand.

She looked back at the spot where she saw Aslan and grabbed my hand, "You believe me, don't you?"

"Of course I do, Lu. We'll see him again. I can feel it." I smiled down at her and we followed our siblings.

The next day we found ourselves at the river again, except there were Telmarines there, building a bridge. There was no way we can sneak across without any of them noticing us. We hid behind logs and watched.

"Perhaps this wasn't the best way to come after all." Susan whispered to Peter.

We left the river and went back to the cliff where Lucy saw Aslan, except we were now on the other side.

"So where exactly do you think you saw Aslan?" Peter asked.

"I wish you would all stop trying to sound like grown-ups! I didn't think I saw him, I did see him." Lucy snapped.

"I am a grown-up." Trumpkin grumbled.

"It was right over-" Lucy cut off her sentence with a scream as the ground gave up beneath her.

"Lucy!" We yelled and ran over to see if she was okay.

"Here." Lucy said, looking up at us.

We jumped down to where Lucy was and started traveling down the cliff, following the path that Lucy saw Aslan on. We eventually made it down to the water and started walking down stream. That night we walked away from the water and into a field to sleep. While everyone slept, Lucy and I watched the stars.

"I see a centaur." I whispered, pointing at the starts that made the shape of the creature.

"I see a bird right there." Lucy replied, pointing to the sky.

"Are you guys awake?" Susan asked.

"No, we just talk in our sleep." I replied sarcastically.

"Why do you think I didn't see Aslan?" Susan asked Lucy.

"You believe me?" Lucy asked.

"Well, we got across the gorge." Susan responded.

"I don't know." Lucy answered truthfully, "Maybe you really didn't want to."

"You always knew we'd be coming back here, didn't you?" Susan asked, looking down at me.

I smiled, "Yes. It's the best birthday present ever."

Lucy gasped, "I forgot your present at home."

"It's alright, Lu. You didn't have to give me anything." I replied.

Susan sighed and laid back down, looking up at the stars with us, "I finally got used to the idea of being in England."

"But you're happy to be here, aren't you?" Lucy asked.

"While it lasts." Susan answered.