A/N: Okay I've lately watched The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian for my story, and I've totally got hooked once again. Basically I watched the movie so I will know the right information. Sorry if there are spelling/grammar mistakes in this chapter, I think for each chapter the Narnia Battle song will be in the playlist. Or some other Narnia songs, just because after watching Prince Caspian I got Narnia's music stuck in my head. And now I am rambling.

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Chapter Four: The One with the Dwarf

Alaura gently threw open the metal gate, spotting the Queens clipping on their weapons. Lucy polished her dagger with a satisfied smile before placing it away and finding Alaura back in the treasure room. She smiled and waved, Susan turned and grinned before finding her concerned expression.

"What's wrong?" Susan asked as she reached back and slipped on her bow before placing one hand on her lip, cocking an eyebrow.

"I feel... defenseless." Alaura admitted weakly before pointing at her bows and arrows. She rubbed her forearms in embarrassment as Edmund's voice echoed through the room, Alaura caught the mischevious looks from Lucy and Susan before Alaura whipped around only to meet his eyes filled with amusement before swinging his sword around tauntingly before sheathing it.

"With your clumsiness," he taunted chuckling slightly before walking towards her, "you will always be defenseless." he stated before smirking at her. Alaura shivered at his look before looking away finding the ground much more interesting. She ignored the snickerings coming from behind which Edmund shushed having no idea it was about him too.

Alaura shrugged before fiddling with her fingers and stepping slightly away, "I am not that clumsy" she defended. Swaying on the spot as he offered her his trusty sword and handing it over.

"Alright. Let's see," he challenged, Alaura gazed at the sword as if it was about to jump out and bite her before licking her suddenly dry lips, "Because the last time you said that..." his voice dropped into a whisper, "you almost fell face first on the ground." he reminded her before staring intensely into her hazel eyes. She blushed profusely catching Lucy's flushed face before remembering Lucy saw it too.

"That was different-" she began to protest before he chuckled and waved the sword around with an arched eyebrow.

"Backing out I see?" Edmund tisked before stabbing the ground with his sword and leaning on the handle, "I expected that. Looks like you will always be clumsy." Alaura scrowled, her nose scrunching in offense as he leaned away and retrieve his sword roughly before turning his back.

"Why are you always so...cocky?" she asked rudely storming up to him for the first time, stopping him from walking anymore by placing her small, pale hand on his chest. Ignoring the tingles as his muscles clenched, she shook her head and glared at him , "Why do you think you're so much better than others?"

"Because," he replied breezily, "They are a waste of time." Alaura removed her hand a wave of hurt washing over her before she pushed him away and turning her back on him.

"Maybe it's because you're a jerk," she whispered her head bent forcing angry tears from escaping, "and they would rather spend time with our people than you, heartless, cold, and.." she spun around finding him unaffected by her words before she spat the last one out, "a traitor!" she whirled around and stormed up the stairs as he stood there frozen, his jaw clenched as he remembered his foolish act.

She knew it was too far, especially since he only called her clumsy which many people call her. Tripping over thin air, yet why did it hurt so much from Edmund? It was Edmund! Alaura shook her head angrily before ignoring Peter's cry out for her, she gently waved a hand telling him she needed to think.

Was he bringing her out of her shell? Which she, oh so loved. She was never angry at a stranger, a guy she barely knew, stopping realizing that she might be walking to far off back retreating, leaning against the tree just a few steps away from Peter. She closed her eyes, she felt so guilty for striking at his weak spot. He helped her, teased her and just by one simple word angered her. She was so confused, a swirl of words were twisted as soon as he spoke that one silly word.

Will he forgive her? She hated mistakes, she never had one person hate her in her entire life. It was an ugly feeling, feeling unloved by a mere stranger, she knew nothing about. What were his likes, his passion for. He was closed up like a book, his emotion never showing such freedom, like he was living the past.

She groaned, the past where he betrayed his own family for treats. He was being haunted, of course he would, she would too. Treats over your own family is something worth forgetting. Sliding down the tree, she knew she over reacted and needed to talk to him immediately. Turning her head she spotted him glaring at the ground as Lucy tried to calm only to be shrugged off by a cold look.

She frowned, now she was turning him against his family. Maybe not fully but closing himself again. Then her mind wandered to Derek, why did he like doing bad things? Why was her mom attracted to him? It felt like she was brought here to understand those, being bad, or dangerous, and dark. She stared at Edmund who now closed his eyes as his forehead wrinkled angered by being reminded of his past.

She scattered to her feet, she needed to act fast before she lost him. She needed to find out how he really is, like what maybe her mother did to Derek. Slowly she exited the trees, meeting them at the stone wall. Peter urged for Edmund to help him close it up only to be ignored. She sighed before fiddling with her fingers, it seemed so hard to say, "I'm sorry." to Edmund, because she was afraid of being rejected.

"Edmund," Susan began with a stern voice, "Go help Peter. We wouldn't want anyone coming in and stealing our belongings." Edmund groaned as he reopened his eyes and nodded to her before walking over to Peter his eyes staring straight as he passed Alaura. A sting of hurt came to her as he brushed passed her, ignoring her presence, she knew it was what she deserved.

Alaura covered her face with her heads in dismay before Lucy caught her attention with her hand on her shoulder, "Don't be sorry. Edmund can be a jerk sometimes." Lucy whispered.

She shook her head, disagreeing. "I over reacted. I should have thanked him for offering to help me find a weapon, instead my mind was focused on one thing...being clumsy." Alaura told her before staring as Edmund grunted as he pushed the stone wall back into place.

"He'll get over it, trust me." Lucy assured her before moving aside as the wall gave once more crumble before covering the broken down door. Peter smiled satisfied before cracking his knuckles and nodding over down the cliff and back to the shore. Alaura groaned, climbing down? Really?

"Peter," Alaura began as they silently began to walk back, "You know gravity doesn't tolerate us when we're climbing down right?" she asked nervously as Edmund was walking behind her, hearing every word she was saying.

Peter nodded before taking careful steps on the slanted land where they got the apples, before smiling at her. "We'll make it work." he assured her, Alaura glanced at the red apples. She shivered as she remembered Edmund taking one down for her, just a few minutes ago and now they weren't on good terms. Were they ever on good terms?

"How about.." Peter began gripping a rope that Alaura never noticed, "Sliding down?" Alaura gaped at him as he smirked and began to launch the rope.

"Is that a.." Alaura began in fascination before stopping Peter's arm, shaking her head, indicating he was doing it wrong as he was twirling it on the wrong end, "A grappling hook?" she gasped in dsibelief before taking it and grasping the end where the four like fishing hooks were joined.

Peter stared at her in shock as she began to wind up the grappling hook, spotting a sturdy branch before jumping and doing a high kick to check it. Her foot stung as the texture was rough and hard without her boots, nodding she tossed the end on the branch before pulling the rope checking before nodding over to them.

"One by one." she instructed and motioned for Peter to go first. Peter staring uneasily at the rope, grasped it and slide down hearing his cry of joy before the rope was tossed back up to her. "Susan?" she asked, Susan gulped nervously before taking it her fingers brushing the texture before hissing.

"I better not get rope burns." Susan warned her before shrieking as she slide down. Lucy then slide down leaving the two of them up there, she cleared her throat nervously as he glared at the ground refusing to meet her gaze.

"Umm.." she began before the rope was roughly taken out of her grasp and Edmund disappeared from her sight. She sighed at her foolish attempt before sliding down, her fingers burned slightly before she landed with a thump. She grapped at the rope her eyes narrowing as she tried to remove the hook before finally it slide off.

Alaura ignored the shocked looks and hesitantly gave it back to Peter, who nodded and took it from her grasp before shaking his head as he walked away. Trying to take in what happened. She gave a small smile before she felt Edmund brush past her, huffing she crossed her arms and made her way slowly to her boots, waiting there patiently.

She picked it up timidly and slipped it one, her toes wiggling as it remembered the feeling of warm leather brown boots. Looking up she found Lucy, Peter and Edmund running after Susan who had taken her aim at something. She ran forwardd, picking up the skirt of the dress, her feet stumbling over the sand as she worked herself up the sand hill.

Finally catching up, she ended up near Edmund, shifting uncomfortably as she was near. Taking a slightly step away, she found Susan aiming at a boat, more canoe like before finding that they were merely humans, in their arms carrying a small person? She shook her head at his long beard ending to his feet, right now dangling off his side.

She didn't have time to examine it further more as Susan cried out, "Drop him!" her arrow ready to strike. Alaura stared at her, horrified. Taking her attention back to the boat, she saw the person staring at Susan accusing, his words muffled by the rough cloth wrapped around its mouth.

They were already in position to dunk him, no wonder he looked at Susan accusingly. Susan let the arrow let, flying and hitting the side of the boat. She stared at it, I thought Susan never missed! Finding a taint of pink of Susan, realizing that she did too had the same thought. The humans on the boat looked at the arrow in alarm, before dunking the person in the water, Peter sprang forward to rescue the person. Susan with another arrow notched let it fly and hit one of the men squarely on the chest having him drop to the water as the other, a coward jumped in the cold waters.

Peter emerged from the water, his attire soaking wet. He was carrying the small person, her eyes studied it, finding it was a Narnian, "I-Is that...a-a dwarf?" Alaura stumbled over her words in shock. Her gaping caused the dwarf to give her an angry stare, she regained her posture, clearing her throat in embarrassment.

"Yes." Peter answered her question, gently laying down the dwarf on the sand. Lucy stepped up, whipping out her silver dagger and roughly cut the ropes on the dwarf hands before stepping away and sheathing it.

The dwarf got on his knees, removing the cloth from his mouth and coughing out water. He stared at Susan furiously, anger blazing in his eyes and harshly throwing the cloth at the ground, "Drop him? Is that the best you could come up with?" he asked gruffly.

Susan stared at him in shock before shifting her weight, "A simple thank you would suffice." she retorted fazed by the dwarf's behaviour.

The dwarf stumbled unto his feet, pointing over to the boat left abandoned on the waters. "They were doing fine drowning me without your help!" he snapped. Alaura gazed at him in fascination, before Peter spoke up.

"Maybe we should have let them!" Peter angrily agreed, defending his sister. Alaura looked at him finding that he was missing his sword before her eyes lingered on Susan, who was grasping Peter's sword, angered by the dwarf's rudeness.

Lucy soft voice spoke up, "Why were they trying to kill you, anyway?" she asked, shifting uncomfortably as she tried to make the fight dissolve.

The dwarf looked at her before replying, "They're Telmarines. That's what they do."

Edmund scoffed in disbelief crossing his arm and staring at the dwarf challengingly, "Telmarines? In Narnia?" Alaura longed to slap his mouth shut as the dwarf turned on him, his eyes lingering on Alaura who bit her lip before looking away.

"Where have you been for the last few hundred years?" the dwarf asked sarcastically, figuring they were in hiding too and didn't know about the Telmarine's invasion.

"It's a bit of a long story." Lucy answered honestly as Susan passed Peter his sword back. Catching the dwarf attention as he stared at the handle his eyes blazing in recognition before groaning as Peter looked up expectantly, waiting for his reaction.

Tilting his head back slightly as he examined the four siblings, "Oh..you've got to be kidding me!" he groaned, "You're it? You're the Kings and Queens of Old?" Alaura shifted awkwardly as Peter smirked and held out his hand. "And-" he began as he spotted Alaura, "Who are y-"

"High King Peter," he paused as the dwarf looked at his hand expectantly, "The Magnificent."

"You probably could have left off the last bit." Susan told him, as Peter leaned away as he realized the dwarf wasn't going to shake his hand. Instead the dwarf chuckled and nodded at Susan.

"Probably." the dwarf agreed.

Peter feeling offended drew his sword, "You might be surprised." Peter warned him, as the dwarf gazed at the sword. The dwarf shook his head at Peter, not to reject the battle but to warn him too that he's a good fighter.

"You don't want to do that boy." the dwarf told him, narrowing his eyes challengingly at Peter who then shook his head and offered him his sword, not before nodding at Edmund who moved his hand to clasp the handle of his sword at his hip.

"Not me. Him."

Edmund looked at Alarua briefly before staring at the side of her before grasping her arm and pulling her closer to him before moving away as he was ready to battle, pushing her to Peter who nodded and tugged on my arm. Alaura stared at him on confusion as the dwarf took his sword, his arms ultimately dropping as the sword was too heavy.

Alaura stared at the pair in fascination as she was going to witness the her first battle. Hearing that Edmund was the best swordsmen of Narnia, she was eager to watch his strategy and moves. The dwarf glanced at the sand with a smirk tugging on the corner of his mouth as Edmund stared him impatienly swinging his sword.

The dwarf lunged the sword at Edmund who shielded with his sword before the dwarf swung his sword under Edmund, jumping to avoid his attack and swinging the sword at the dwarf's head, the dwarf ducked and swung Peter's sword at his head, bonking Edmund's temple as he hissed and pressed a finger to it.

"Edmund!" Lucy and Alaura cried out in worry. He shrugged off their cries as their swords clang, Alaura immediately saw a smirk on Edmund's face as he scrunched his nose before hitting the dwarf's sword, the dwarf stumbled to the side at the impact before moving the sword up again before Edmund hit the other side, before swinging his sword to both sides at the dwarf's sword. She could see the dwarf trying to regain control of the sword as he grunted as his arms swung to where the sword was hit before his fingers slipped and the sword flew to where Alaura was once standing.

She stood there stunned, no wonder Edmund moved her aside. It had been his aim, she could tell he was a bit rusty from not wielding a sword for the year as he stood there his arms up bringing the sword in a position to pierce the dwarf's chest. The dwarf fell to the ground in shock as he watched the sword fly before staring back at Edmund. He was panting heavily, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. "Beards and bedsteads." the dwarf muttered in disbelief, Alaura looked at the dwarf at his words before shaking her head.

Edmund lowered his sword before nodding at Peter, who stood satisfied by her brother's work. Alaura glanced behind her, spotting the sword she walked over and picked it up. It was heavy for her liking, as her arms already ached from holding it, she dragged it back to Peter, drawing a wobbly line on the sand. Peter looked at her, smiling in thanks as he easily picked it up and sheathed it once more.

"Maybe that horn worked after all." the dwarf gasped. Susan intrigued by his words, leaned forward.

"What horn?" she asked.

oOo

Alaura sat on the ground as Edmund carelessy threw away his sword on the ground and dove in the water to retrieve the boat. She looked at the dwarf standing grumpily, "Hi." Alaura started catching his attention immediately, "What's your name?" she asked as she had been wondering ever since she first laid her eyes on him.

"Trumpkin." he answered roughly before turning away. Alaura sat there stumped, What made him so grumpy? a flash of today's event came across her mind and she popped her mouth in realization. She never felt so dumb, her eyes wandered over the boat as Edmund just reached it before gettting on board.

"Staring won't get you anywhere." Trumpkin told her gruffy as he was looking at the shy girl. Alaura flushed before shaking her head. Why does everyone think she had a thing for Edmund? She sighed before getting up, brushing her clothes before joining the Pevensies as Edmund neared.

Trumpkin trailed behind, Alaura gasped as she spotted Edmund's sword. Dashing back quickly she stopped and stared at the sword, Would Edmund want her to touch his precious belonging?

She licked her lips and bending, her hands hovering over the weapon before a sharp voice made her whirl around, "It isn't going to bite!" Edmund snapped angrily, her shoulders sagged as Edmund still had their fight fresh in his mind. Grabbing the handle she dragged it back, Edmund stared at her before grasping his sword and snatching it away from her.

Susan laid a gentle hand on Alaura's shoulder and gave her an encouraging look before Edmund spoke up, "Get in." he told her before Peter took control of the boat and nodded to an empty seat. Getting on the boat wobbled, she gasped in fright almost stepping back before a rough hand pulled her back in, her knee burned as she lost balance and fell into the boat.

"Edmund!" Susan hissed, as Alaura rubbed her sore hands. "That wasn't very nice."

Edmund leaned forward his eyes staring at her before smirking, "I'm never nice." he hissed back before leaning back satisfied by his sister reaction.

"Just drop it Susan." Alaura gently told her as she scrambled up and sliding unto her designated seat, clasping her hands together and staring at the floor. She pursed her lip as Susan shot her a concerned look which she replied with a shake of an head.

Edmund's right. He is never nice. She agreed.


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