The next night, I stayed with Peter, Susan, and Caspian. Edmund signaled the griffins. The griffin held me gently in it's claws. I was to stay with Edmund. I watched the others taking out guards and soldiers by surprise. We scanned the castle to see if there were any Telmarines. All of the suddenly, we heard a female's scream. The scream caught Edmund by surprise. He dropped his flashlight. I shot Edmund a "Be more careful!" look. A guard found the flashlight. He accidentally turned on the flashlight into his eyes. He turned the flashlight away from him. Edmund and I jumped down. Edmund fought the man. I was able to grab the flashlight from the ground. Then I drew my sword and with one blow, the Telmarine was killed.
"Good job," Edmund said. I nodded thanks to him. I saw the Narnians charging into the castle.
"For Narnia!" Peter shouted. I joined in the battle. I fought fiercely, killing many Telmarines. Later, I heard a yell. I saw that Edmund had pushed the Telmarine archer off of the roof.
"Ed!" Peter shouted. Edmund turned and saw the other Telmarine archers. The archers saw Edmund and started shooting arrows at Edmund. Edmund ran and closed the door behind him. I continued fighting.
"Fallback!" Peter said. Fallback? Why? I then left to find Edmund. I found a griffin. I climbed onto the back of it. Then we flew around. I saw Edmund trapped on the top of the tower, surrounded by by two Telmarines. I directed my griffin to the bottom. Edmund saw me and then let himself fall down the tower. He landed on griffin. I saw the Telmarines looking around just as the griffin flies past them.
"Thanks Melissa," Edmund said.
"Your welcome," I said.
"I want to fly down closer to the ground. I want to see what's happening." I flew the griffin closer. To our horror, Edmund and I saw many dead Narnians. Among them, Edmund and I found Trumpkin that was still alive. We quickly picked him up. When we got to Aslan's How, we saw Peter and Caspian yelling at each other. We saw them grabbing their swords. I knew I had to do something to stop Peter and Caspian from fighting.
"Stop it!" I shouted, just as they pulled out their swords. They looked up at me. I glared at them.
"Why are you two acting like three year olds who fight over the dumbest things?" I angrily asked. Peter and Caspian looked at each other then looked at me.
"I think you two need to be more reasonable and grow up!" I shouted, storming off into Aslan's How. I sat down on the stone table. I heard footsteps and saw Caspian coming in with Nikabrick. I stood up, glaring at Caspian.
"The Kings and Queens of Old have failed us," Nikabrick said. I was about to fly straight at that stupid idiotic dwarf and kill him. I needed to calm down. I took five big breathes and I calmed down.
"And what's your point?" I asked Nikabrick.
"I know a power that will be able to help us. One that even kept Aslan out of Narnia for 100 years," Nikabrick said.
"The White Witch?!" Caspian asked. Who on earth was The White Witch?
"Yes," Nikabrick said. Then I saw two horrifying creatures who were a hag and a werewolf. I backed away, drawing my sword. I held it out, pointing it at he hag and werewolf.
"Who is this young girl?" the hag asked, walking over to me.
"Stay away from me!" I shouted, pointing my sword at the approaching hag. I backed away from the hag. The hag did turn away from me but I still kept a close eye on both the hag and the werewolf. The hag and werewolf drew a circle around Caspian. Then I saw the hag pull out a long blue wand. She stabbed the wand into the ground, next to the pillars of stone. Then a huge blue ice-like sheet rose in between the two pillars. I saw a tall lady in the blue sheet. Then I realized that the tall lady must be the White Witch for the lady was wearing a white and blue dress and was nearly the color of the snow.
"One drop of blood and I am yours, Son of Adam," the witch said. I winced when the hag and the werewolf cut Caspian's hand with his sword. I watched as the witch reached out for Caspian's hand.
"Stop!" I turned and saw Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, and Trumpkin running in. Edmund glanced at me then ran to fight the werewolf. I helped Edmund fight and kill the werewolf, taking care not to be bitten and/or scratched by the werewolf. I felt weak with fear. Edmund hurried to my side, wrapping his arms around my sides. My trembling lessened once I felt Edmund's warm and comforting hug. Peter had killed the hag the advanced to the witch and Caspian. Peter shoved Caspian.
"Stay away from him!" Peter said.
"Peter, dear, I missed you. One drop of blood and I am yours," the witch said. I turned to look at Edmund.
"You know you can't do this alone," the witch said. I saw Peter dropping his sword, staring up at the witch. Edmund left my side, drawing his sword. All of tytyhe suddenly, I saw the sheet splitting into pieces. The sheet then shattered altogether like how glass shatters. Edmund had standing behind the sheet, his sword was still in the position to stab.
"I know. You had it sorted," Edmund said. I ran up to him, hugging him tightly. Edmund drew me closer to his body. My body began to calm down from the fear that had been in me a while ago. Later, Edmund and I sat at the top of Aslan's How. Caspian and Susan were there as well. We stared ahead. Then something caught my eye. Telmarines.
"Edmund, I see Telmarines coming this way," I said.
"I'll go get Peter and Lucy here," Edmund said, leaving. He came back with Peter and Lucy. The Telmarines were assembling. The calvary was in the front followed by massive groups of soldiers on foot. Some horses were pulling a huge machine behind them. The machines had huge boulders in them. Later, everyone was assembled.
"That's your next big plan? Sending a girl alone into the darkest woods?!" Trumpkin said.
"It's our only chance," Peter said.
"And she won't be alone," Susan added on.
"I'm coming with you," Trumpkin said.
"No, we need you here," Lucy said.
"For Aslan," Reepicheep said, bowing.
"For Aslan," a bear said, putting his paw to his chest. Later, Peter sent Edmund and me to deliver a challenge to Miraz along with us, we had Glenstorm and Giant Wimbleweather. We carried olive branches with leaves to show that we aren't going to attack them. Edmund said that he would read off the challenge letter. After Edmund read the challenge, I looked at Miraz.
"Who are you?" Miraz asked.
"I'm King Edmund and I have my friend, Melissa, with me," Edmund said.
"Why even bother with a challenge when I have a larger army?" Miraz questioned.
"Haven't you already seen the strength of the Narnian armies?" Edmund asked. I quickly glanced at Edmund then looked at Miraz.
"Are you going to accept or refuse the challenge, Miraz?" I asked.
"I would refuse the challenge," Lord Glozelle said.
"I would accept the challenge," Lord Sopespian said.
"If you refuse, Miraz, I would doubtlessly be allowed to say that you are afraid of fighting Peter in a single combat duel," I said.
"So, are you bravely refusing to fight a swordsman half your age?" Edmund asked Miraz.
"I didn't say I refuse," Miraz said.
"Then you are accepting," I said.