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I know that it's been a little while and I'm so sorry and it won't ever happen again! I've been busy with not only school, but my brother, HiddenXIntent, was hit by a car during summer football practice and his leg is now broken and I've been taking care of him. Again, please forgive me and I promise that it won't take this long ever again!
Chapter Three
Reanna Returns
Alexander jumped off the ship, ignoring the thoughts of water as he swam through what was barely left of the ocean before him. He hated water. The only reason he was even on the ship was because he was General of Caspian's army. That and he knew that they were going to see Renee and the others again. He wouldn't admit it aloud, but he did miss his brother. A lot.
Marisa and the others were on a boat and he was shaking the water off of him when they touched sand. Only a few people were going ashore though; Caspian, Marisa, Alexander, Lucy, and Edmund. All the others were still aboard; Eustace wasn't getting off on a small, tree filed Island in fear of being left behind. As of this moment, the cousin was annoying Alexander beyond belief. And the fact that he didn't like the ocean made his anger grow worse. He wasn't going to be calm while on this ship. Not for a long, long time.
"Not seasick, are you?" Marisa grinned as she took Edmund's hand to get out of the boat.
"Of course not," Alexander growled as he looked over his shoulder at her.
"So, what now?" Caspian asked.
"Hold your horses," Alexander turned to glance at the forest again. He saw some dark smoke drifting from the trees towards the middle of the island; it was giving him some bad feelings. "Let's find the two of them and then get out of here," He turned back to Marisa. "Are you going to be able to keep up?"
Marisa returned the smirk. "It's not me that you'll have to be worried about."
Alexander turned back to the trees with a grin before he was covered in a cloud of sparkles. Lucy smiled as she watched the sparkles disperse, leaving the grey and while wolf standing there before them. She grinned. She hadn't seen Alexander's wolf form in over a year! Still such a beautiful creature.
"Keep up," He called over his shoulder before he started taking off through the trees. He could smell Maugrim. He was towards the middle of the forest; near that smoke. Reanna's smell was there as well, but it was faint to him. He was concentrating on his brother, not the three other smells that he had there.
Reanna, Renee, and Peter were there as well though. Without a doubt.
Caspian found his stomach curling into knots. He didn't know why he was feeling so strange at the very thought of seeing Reanna. And it was just her. Sure, he would be glad to see Peter and Renee(though he didn't spend a lot of time with the later.) but Reanna was making his head spin.
But why?
Lucy and Edmund's thoughts were the same. Both were(though Edmund wouldn't admit it aloud) dying to see Peter. It had only been a year but it seemed like a life time. That, and the three of them had to keep lying to keep their parents about Peter still being in an in-house boarding school year-round. Edmund had been writing letters in Peter's handwriting as best as he could and they feared that they would soon be found out. All three of Peter's siblings feared what their parents would do to them if they found out the truth.
When they found out the truth.
Marisa was very excited. Renee and Reanna were her family. Her mother and sister. Even Maugrim and Alexander were like brothers to her, though they were animals, and she might not have known the eldest Pevensie she still saw him as family, though she only really knew him through the stories that Renee told her when she was younger. And him being Edmund's brother had nothing to do with it.
At the thought of him, Marisa took a side glance at the teen moving beside her. It appeared that Edmund had been gazing at her himself and couldn't help but blush herself. Whether or not she was older, Edmund was…
Wait A Second…
Edmund had been alive over a thousand years ago. Is she really the older one?
~Oh God~ Marisa slapped a hand over her face. ~I sound just like Susan did three years ago when she left!~ She shuddered, remembering that Caspian and Reanna's Aunt had kissed.
As said before: She was glad that Reanna had already left by that time.
After backhanding her father first, of course.
"How much further?" Lucy called up ahead to the wolf that had paused so the rest could catch up to him. He was very excited and moving very quickly now.
"It's not that much further, I swear! Hurry up!" He called back.
"All right Alexander," Marisa placed her hands on her hips. "We all know that you're dying to see all of them again, but you also have four legs, not two. You're going to have to slow down for a little bit. You've been apart for three years. You can wait five more minutes."
The wolf wanted to growl at her but he sighed instead. He knew that she was right. He had to calm down. He was going to kill Lucy and Edmund by dragging them around like this. He knew that Marisa and Caspian could take it but Lucy and Edmund had been in their own world again; it was different then Narnia.
He took his pace a bit slower than he had been and he took notice of the looks of relief on the siblings' faces. He smiled himself.
"A-Alex," Marisa had come to a stop. Everyone had as well. They were standing before what seemed to be a wall of grey smoke, like from a fire, but there was no smell of burning flame anywhere. And this smoke…it held a frightening feel to it. "What is this?" She asked.
The wolf-man knew that this was what he had seen on the ship but even being up closer gave him no idea of what it was. "I'm not sure."
"Should we go through it or go around?" Edmund asked.
"No, their scents are within the smoke." Alexander told him. "But…"
They all turned at the sound of Caspian unsheathing his sword as he stared ahead into the smoke. "Then let's go get them. Just stick close to one another. Take a hold of their shirts or something." The King turned to the wolf beside and gave him a nod.
Alexander led the way into the smoke. Caspian followed him with Marisa clutching the back of his shirt, Lucy on her, and then Edmund took up the rear with his own blade. They had to be careful in their walking even more this time. The smoke was too thick; Caspian could barely see Alexander's tail as he chased after it. He fought to keep up but remembered that Lucy was being dragged behind which would make Edmund slower too. He knew that Marisa could keep up with him.
Alexander came to a stop, sniffing the air slightly. Caspian almost ran into him but came to a quick stop himself.
"What is it?" The young King asked.
"Something that I don't like."
"What do you mean?" Lucy called up to him.
Marisa gripped Lucy's hand as the eerie feeling settled over her at the sound of rattling bones. "Lucy," She said softly. "What ever you do, stay behind me and Edmund, understand?"
Lucy gave her a confused look for a second before giving her a nod and taking a step back. Edmund took a step forward and took a place beside the young woman and Alexander and Caspian went back to…tail. The rattling got closer and they all saw as figures began to form in the smoke, moving towards them. They waited a few moments longer before they got a good view of them.
What the hell were skeletons doing popping out of nowhere to attack them.
Marisa pulled a horrified face. This was not the way that she wanted to face her worst fear here. Not at all.
Skeletons freaked Marisa out to hell and back.
(And if I may say, that Meatloaf song is a hell of a great one! Look it up! It's awesome. Meatloaf- Bat out of Hell. Really, really good.)
It seemed that Lucy didn't like them either and took a step back before feeling one of the skeletal hands on her. With a scream she turned and tried to back away but its grip was tight and the others were all busy. Lucy kicked and pushed and screamed but no help came until…
"Get your hands off of her!" A harsh voice cut through the screaming and yelling.
Lucy froze and turned just in time to see a swirl of red and gold and hear another beast growl.
Following it, they all watched as the bone creatures fell around them and the grey smoke began to fade away. It took only a few seconds to see a single form next to another wolf standing in the middle of the trees before them, hands on their hips. The wolf was grey and white and held a feel of class around it. The other was a young woman. The one that they had come searching for.
Reanna Pevensie Rush stood tall, near 5'9' with long, light red hair and grayish blue eyes of her father. In the black leather pants that she normally wore and a long sleeved, light white one with a black design of a dragon, she wore the black boots and her sword, as always, was on her hip. She still decided to dress like her mother.
"Reanna!" Lucy cried out. "Maugrim!"
Caspian watched with a strange, relieving feeling in his chest as the woman turned to face them with a large smile on her face.
"Well, look what we have here, Maugrim!" Reanna glanced over all of them for a moment. Her eyes lingered on Edmund and Lucy for a moment before switching to the others and finally falling on Caspian. "A bunch of troublemakers trying to take our fighting from us. That's not very nice now, is it?"
"No it isn't. I wonder…what would Renee say when she saw what Alexander was doing…" The other wolf gave a grin to his brother that was scowling. "So, just what are you all doing here?"
Marisa pulled a face as everyone's eyebrows rose. "Did…didn't you call us here?" Caspian asked.
"Not that I know of," Reanna replied. She noticed the looks on their faces. "Don't get me wrong; I love seeing you all again, but I'm just a little surprised. I didn't think that you'd be able to find us. Especially with no directions."
"Unless…" Maugrim turned and looked at the young woman beside him. They booth shared a look.
Edmund took a step forward. "Where is Peter?"
At her father's name, Reanna turned back to her Uncle. "That might be just the reason why you're here."
Lucy raised an eyebrow and Maugrim took over. "Peter and Renee are no longer here. The two of them took off a few days ago on some gryphons that lived here with us. Renee told us to stay here and wait for some news. I think this is what they were talking about."
"It seems that it was my parents that sent you here to find us. I think they wanted us to join in on this little task of yours." Reanna grinned at the five standing before them.
Alexander pulled a face. "You mean, Renee and Peter know that something's going on with these 7 boyfriends of Caspian father and they're trying to find them too?"
Caspian shot his head Knight a look as Reanna and the others fought back chuckles. "Boy-Boyfriends?" Reanna slapped a hand over her giggles.
Maugrim shook his head at them all and turned to Caspian. "It looks like you'll be stuck with the two of us again. If that's not a problem."
Caspian stared at Reanna for a moment before looking away. "Of course not." He felt the butterflies in his stomach began to travel around faster. "You're welcomed aboard the Dawn Treader."
"The Dawn Treader?" Reanna asked.
"The ship that we're all on." Lucy told her as she moved forward with a hug.
"What the hell kinda name is that?" The redhead asked.
Caspian pulled another look. "That was my Captain's idea of a name," He lied.
~Liar~ Marisa and Alexander shared a look but didn't say anything aloud.
"So, to the 'ole ship again?" Alexander frowned.
"What's wrong, Alex," Reanna flung her hair over her shoulder. "Not getting seasick, are you?" Maugrim laughed with her.
"Shut up; both of you!" The wolf-man growled at the two of them and transformed back into his human form before heading back to the small boat that would take them back to the Dawn Treader.
~On second thought,~ He told himself. ~I didn't miss Reanna that much~
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