Chapter 3: A Spell to Unleash the Fire Part 1

I spotted Edmund cleaning his sword.

"It's going to look magnificent, your majesty", Reep said talking to Edmund. I smiled, sitting down next to Edmund who wasn't looking at his sword anymore.

"As long as you don't choose your sword above me, I won't complain about anything", I said. Edmund smiled.
"Of course I love you more than some sword", he said pulling me closer and kissing my lips gently.

"Love", Reep sighed dreamily.

"Oh,why don't you two get a room. You're disgusting me", Eustace spat when he walked past us.

Edmund glared at him, which made me giggle.

"Don't let him get to you", I said caressing Edmund's face and pecking his lips once more before getting up and walking to Caspian who was having a hard time discussing with Drinian.

"What's the matter?", I asked.

"There's a storm coming up", Drinian said.

"So?"

"Caspian wants to sail to -"

"Trying to run away? We're on a boat you know." The voice didn't belong to Caspian, Drinian and certainly not me. I scanned the ship to find the source.

"Reep", I whispered, looking down the railing to see Reep chasing after Eustace. "Caspian, Drinian, look", I said pointing at the scene below us.

A smile spread across Caspian's face.

"Look can't we just discuss this?", Eustace asked desperate to escape.

"That was for stealing", Reep said flinging his sword across Eustace's belly, ripping his shirt.

"Is Eustace carrying a sword?", Caspian said. I looked closely.

"Yes!", exclaimed.

"That is for lying and that is for good measure." Reep slapped Eustace with an orange, pinned to his sword, that came from Eustace's shirt.

"You go Reep!", I yelled and he bowed to me. Then he turned his attention back to Eustace.

"Now come on, take your best shot." Eustace swung his sword but the mouse easily dodged it, jumping on the railing of the ship where the duel continued. "Stop flapping your wings like a drunken Pelican." Reep was clearly letting Eustace believe that he stood a chance. "It's a dance boy a dance."

His intentions suddenly changed as the scene in front of me wasn't a duel anymore, but appeared to have more tutoring characteristics. I started to envy Eustace. Reep seemed really interested in the capacity of this boy, like he had ones shown towards me.

"Oh no", Reep exclaimed pretending to fall. But had climbed up the ropes before Eustace even noticed. The boy was flung backwards against a group of casks. One of them reveiled a little girl that I recognized from the Lone Islands.

"Gael?", her father said. "What are you doing here?"

The little girl looked scared and I felt sorry for her. I quickly ran down to the deck and over to the girl, who tried to hide behind her father.

"Hello", I said holding out my hand. She carefully reached for it before I closed my hand holding hers gently. I smiled warmly and she seemed to relax a bit.

"My name is Daphne", I said and smiled sweetly at the little girl.

"That's a pretty name." Her voice was soft and had a slight tremble in it.

"Well, Gael is a very pretty name too." A smile took over her beautiful features.

"Now that's more like it", I said lightly caressing her cheek with my right hand.

She suddenly backed up again. Drinian appeared to be the reason. He handed the orange which he had caught earlier over to Gael. "Looks like we have an extra crew member."

"Welcome on board", Lucy said.

"Your majesty." The girl was completely in awe when she saw Lucy.

"Come on." Lucy gestured the girl to follow her inside.

I felt a hand on shoulder and turned my head to lock eyes with Edmund. He wrapped his arms around me from behind and rested his head his head on my shoulder.

"Tired?", I laughed.

"No, just wanted to hold you", he said and kissed my cheek. I slightly blushed when I noticed the crew had been watching us.

"What are you looking at? Get back to work!", Drinian said. The men mumbled and stumbled a bit before they were back to work.

"Thanks Drinian", Edmund said. Drinian responded by winking at us and walked back to the wheel again, which Caspian had taken over for a while.

I turned around in Edmund's arms and rested my hands on his chest. Standing on the tip of my toes and leaning closer so I could kiss his lips. I sighed.

"I wish we weren't on a ship right now", I said.

"Me too." His let his forehead touch mine and pecked my lips again. We parted when I heard something drop on the deck. I looked up to see Caspian watching us. He swallowed loudly and quickly turned away, not wanting me to see the pain in his eyes. He was still hurt by the fact that Edmund was here with me, but he couldn't be with Susan.

Edmund walked up the stairs to join Drinian and Caspian. I watched him as he disappeared over the edge. I found my way to my own spot and sat down staring at the seawater smashing against our ship. By the time the sun hit the water, we reached an island. Caspian wanted to spent the night on shore and so we did.

Lucy and Gael were sleeping next to each other. Eustace had hidden himself somewhere behind a rock.

"Come here", Edmund whispered. He was lying on his back with his right hand on his stomach and the left was spread next to his body. I crawled to him and laid my head down on his chest and my arms folded close to my body. Edmund slipped his left hand around my upper body and pulled me close.

I snuggled close to him and soon fell asleep.

.:: Lucy's POV ::.

I was in the house, in a library, with in the middle a book, the book of incantations. Inside were all kinds of spells. I first tried a spell to create snow. It was truly magnificent!

Suddenly the book turned its own pages and I stopped it at a random page. The snow was gone and I read the spell.

"An infallible spell to make you she, the beauty you've always wanted to be."

The picture in the book started changing into Susan.

"Susan what's going….on" I stared at the image of Susan. "I'm beautiful", I said touching my own face. I looked like Susan. When I came back the image of Susan disappeared. "No wait!" I ripped out the page and started turning pages again. I stopped at a page with a very familiar face. I ran my fingers across the drawing.

"Daphne", I whispered. I read the heading of the page. "A spell to unleash the fire."

"A spell to unleash the fire,

Possessed by the rightful heir.

The one you haven't been able to see,

Spread your wings, once again you will be free."

I looked around waiting for something to happen but it didn't. I found the spell I was ordered to read. And so I did. The spell to make the invisible visible. I held my breath as I saw a man started appearing.

.:: Edmund's POV ::.

I was woken up by Caspian.

"Where's Lucy", I asked trying to find her. She wasn't on the spot she had fallen asleep on. I got up trying not to wake Daphne.

"Lucy?" I yelled after seeing the giant footsteps on the ground. "Lucy!"

"Everybody get up", Drinian said. "Up, get up I said." Everybody woke up except for Daphne and Eustace.

"Let her sleep", I said when Caspian tried to wake Daphne. "She doesn't need to be put in danger."

Caspian nodded and I turned away running land inwards. "Lucy!"

Only a minute or two later spears were thrown at us.

"What sort of creatures are you?"

"Big ones with the head of a tiger and the body of a bear", an unidentified voice spoke.

"You don't wanna mess with us", another deep voice said.

"Or what?", I said.

"Or I'll claw you to death", one of the one foot men said. They had become visible.

"You mean squash us with your fat bellies. Tickle us with your toes?", Caspian laughed. The little creature seemed surprised. "What have you done with my little sister you pipsqueak."

"Now calm down."

"Where is she?", I urged.
"In the mansion", the pipsqueak said.

"What mansion?" Out of nowhere a mansion started to appear. "Oh that mansion."

Lucy walked out with a man and introduced us to him.

To be continued...