Author Note: Just so you guys know, I will be introducing the ages of some of the people in this chapter. Once again, I'm not making mistakes. This is AU and I'm doing it on purpose.

So I wasn't planning to upload chapter two and chapter three so soon, but I'm going to the ocean and I'll be gone for a week. I didn't want to leave you guys with only the first chapter, so I uploaded this one. I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter Three

Jennifer and Rhince talked for a while. Rhince found that he really enjoying himself despite the fact that Jennifer was four years younger than him. (Rhince was twenty.) She turned out to be very interesting to talk to. But then he remembered that he was supposed to be on duty at the tiller. Curious about the tiller and how it worked, Jennifer went with him.

Rhince and Jennifer came out of the bunk room, walked across the deck, and went on to the poop deck where the tiller was located. Extending from the poop deck was the woodwork of a dragon's tail extending behind the Dawn Treader. Round inside the tail, Jennifer saw a bench that ran through it. It was a cool architectural feature.

There was another man who was also on duty at the tiller. Rhince introduced him as Conican. Jennifer could tell that she was going to be good friends with him as well.

Rhince and Conican were more than happy to teach Jennifer all about the tiller.

The tiller was what the sailors used to steer the ship. It was usually powered by two men, but during storms or battles, it would be powered by three or four.

Once they had taught her everything there was to know about the tiller, Jennifer insisted that they let her try, so Rhince stood by and watched her and Conican work the tiller, occasionally giving her constructive criticism.

At this point, Edmund and Lucy led by Caspian and Drinian came walking up to them. Trailing a little bit behind them was the sulking Eustace.

"Ah, there you are, Miss Lyn," Drinian said. "We were just wondering where you wondered off to."

Jennifer sighed slightly annoyed, rolled her eyes and took a few steps away from the tiller, allowing Rhince to resume his work before he got in trouble for letting her do it. "It's Jennifer, remember?"

"Yes, of course," Drinian said. "I shall try to remember that."

"Yeah, you better," Jennifer said dryly.

Noticing a slight tension between Drinian and Jennifer, Caspian decided to speak. "Well anyway, who is hungry? I hear supper's almost ready."

Everyone agreed, saying that they were very hungry. So Jennifer left Rhince and Conican to their job and went off with the others to have supper.

…

They ate dinner in a room that had three long wooden tables with benches pulled up to them. This room was located below deck right next to the galley where the food was cooked. Edmund and Lucy enjoyed the meal immensely. It had been a whole year since they had had Narnian food. Eustace spat it out and complained, saying that it was nasty. Caspian and Edmund shared an annoyed glance with each other when Eustace did this.

Jennifer would have enjoyed the meal better if Drinian hadn't been there. He kept calling her "Miss" Lyn, or "Lady" Lyn. He claimed that this was just old habit to address women formerly and Jennifer pointed out that she wasn't a woman; she was still a teenager, and that it didn't make since to be so formal around someone who wasn't a queen or a great lady of some sort.

"Well, I still think," Drinian said. "That it is important to be polite to all young women, no matter how unimportant they are. It makes them feel as if they are important." This came out of his mouth before he had time to realize what he was saying.

Jennifer's mouth dropped open. "I just said that I wasn't anyone of noble blood! That doesn't mean that I'm unimportant!"

With that, she stood up from the table and stormed out of the room before the meal was over.

…

Rhince and Conican were on the port side of the ship on the main deck outside. They were sitting on the floor with their backs leaning against the solid wooden rail that ran all the way down the deck and came up about four and a half feet so that sailors wouldn't fall off deck into the water.

They were silently enjoying watching the sunset (the sun was almost completely set, and there were already a few stars out and it was getting dark) when they saw Jennifer walking in their direction.

"Hello Jenny," Rhince said in a comical voice but when he noticed the look on her face, he realized that she was in no mood to joke. She was angry.

"What is wrong?" Conican asked, for he could see that something was troubling his friend.

"Drinian said that I was "unimportant," Jennifer said with a slight catch in her voice as if she was trying to keep herself from yelling. Apparently, she was very angry.

"The captain would never say that," Rhince said, coming to Drinian's defense. "Maybe you just took the meaning of what he was saying the wrong way," he suggested.

"Yes," Conican chimed in. "You shouldn't feel bad because of that. Even if he was saying what he meant…" Rhince glared at him. "… which I'm sure he wasn't… it's just one man's opinion. One man's opinion doesn't matter."

Jennifer shook her head. "But it's not just one man's opinion. My dad has called me that too. Arr! Why do men have to be such jerks!?" Then she remembered that she was talking to two men. "Oh, ah, no offense.

"None taken," Rhince said. Jennifer shrugged, but still looked as if she was very mad. Rhince felt that somehow he could relate to what she was feeling but because he knew how she felt.

"I know how you feel," Rhince said. "You know how my parents didn't support my dreams, but I didn't let their criticism stop me. I kept going. You can keep going too, and you've got me and Conican to help you. So maybe you shouldn't be so mad," he added with a grin.

Jennifer realized that they were right. Drinian was just one man, and she shouldn't waste her time being mad at him.

"Thanks guys," Jennifer said, finally calming down. "I feel better now."

For the rest of the night, the three of them stayed out on deck, talking and laughing, and looking up at the stars. During that one day, the three of them had become very good friends. Soon Jennifer forgot what Drinian said.

…

"And she says where she comes from, the girls where pants as much as the boys. All in all, she strikes me as very strange," Lucy finished.

When Jennifer had stormed out of the room, everyone had looked at each other, all thinking the same thing. They all thought that Jennifer was… err… different.

"Yes, and the way she speaks," Caspian was saying. "I can tell that she comes from a different place than you three," he said, referring to Edmund, Lucy and Eustace.

"Yes, it's obvious," Edmund agreed. "I do wonder where she might have come from."

Eustace meanwhile said nothing. Inside, he thought that Jennifer was annoying. But then, he thought that everyone on this ship was annoying. Annoying and rude.

"Are you alright, Drinian?" Lucy asked when she noticed he had a weird expression on his face.

"Yes, yes I'm fine," Drinian said quickly.

The discussion of Jennifer soon died out and they began talking of other things while they finished their supper. And the rest of the night was absolutely lovely for most of them.

…

Drinian didn't enjoy his night half as much as the others did. He was feeling guilty about making Jennifer Lyn angry and causing her to storm off without finishing her supper.

He had tried to address her as plain "Jennifer," but it really was his old habits that were now haunting him. The ladies and women that Drinian knew always loved it when he addressed them with such regality. Apparently, Jennifer took offense to that, and more importantly, what he had said.

Drinian didn't mean to say what he had said so bluntly. It had just come out. He would occasionally say things without thinking when he got nervous. Drinian was hardly ever nervous so it was a new experience to him. He was a warrior and a tough sea-going man. Men like him didn't get nervous easily. But Jennifer… something in her dark brown eyes… it just caused him to get nervous when she glared at him.

Maybe it was because he wasn't used to women glaring at him. For a moment, Drinian thought that Jennifer looked especially pretty when she glared at him. Her beautiful complexion mixed with a fiery temper and her brown hair whipping around her face when she quickly stood up and stormed out of the room…

Drinian found himself smiling.

…

The next few days were wonderful for the occupants of the Dawn Treader. Edmund, Lucy, Eustace and Jennifer's clothes were dried and ready for them the next day. Jennifer was glad to put her long black pants back on. They weren't desined to be tight around the legs like Caspian's were. She kept the red shirt though, because Caspian said he didn't like how it looked on him, but said it looked rather nice on her. (He didn't say outloud that he thought her old blue T shirt looked ugly.) And she really did look nice in Caspian's red one.

Lucy and Reepicheep passed the time by playing chess where Reepicheep usually won. Caspian and Edmund enjoyed talking about all random things, including the last time they had been in Narnia.

Jennifer avoided Drinian most of the time. She found herself spending a whole lot of time talking to Reepicheep. He had great stories to tell her about fights and battles. He got her so inspired that she asked him to teach her how to use a sword. Of course, we all know Reepicheep; he couldn't pass up such an offer to teach someone how to fence. And so she occupied most of her time doing that. In the end, she caught on so well that she was given a sword of her own. (Not one of Reepicheep's though, because his are far too small for any human to use.)

The few days before they got to the Lone Islands were mostly peaceful if you don't count the time when Reepicheep challenged Eustace to a dual for swinging him around on his tail.

Jennifer and the cook who was in charge of the galley became good friends. This was mostly because Jennifer spent a lot time eating. This was a habit of hers. When she was bored or upset, she ate. This caused her to get to know the cook (whose name was Twarn) very well indeed.

All this was very fun and exciting for everyone. But the most exciting thing was when they finally sighted the Lone Islands.

Author Note: Remember, any slight differences that you see in the describing of the ship are not mistakes. It's very unlikely that I could unconsciously make a mistake concerning the accuracy of something in Narnia. I've read those books so many times.

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