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Chapter 4 – Aslan's How and Miraz
As they walked into the middle of the field peter released his grip on Victoria's hand. "Don't bother going easy on me, I can keep up." She said smiling at the boy, he raised an eyebrow and lifted his sword as she copied his action. As they both stood, waiting for the other to attack Peter's sibling all stood on the hill watching. As Peter turned his head to look at them Victoria leaped into action.
Peter quickly heard her sword move with speed, blocking it with his own. Both began their fight to see who the better sword fighter was. Victoria knew that Peter was holding back on her. With this she quickly knocked the sword from his hand and spun kicking him backwards sprawling to the floor.
"I thought you said you weren't going to hold back on me!" Victoria said placing her hands on her hips as she looked down at the blonde haired boy.
"I wasn't holding back." He said smirking sitting up on the spot. Victoria picked his sword up and held the handle out to him.
"Now hopefully that's a lie, you're supposed to be the high king. You're not doing a very good job if you are being beaten by a girl in a fight." She chuckled as he stood up; she walked backwards so there is a fair amount of space between them both. They slowly started walking in circles.
This time Peter was the first one to make a move, they began fighting more violently than the last time, neither one wanting to lose this one. The Telmarine could see that the King was not holding back on her this time around. Victoria turned her head for a split second as she saw Caspian lean against a tree besides Susan. With this peter took the chance to hit her sword out from her hand and point his against her neck.
"I guess I win." He said smirking. She nods in agreement using her finger to push his sword away from her neck. She picked her sword up off the grass and placed it into her belt.
"Were all ready to leave" Caspian said standing up straight before walking away. Both Peter and Victoria walked up the hill to where the others stood, Victoria smiled at them as she quickly ran to catch up with her brother who was not a short distance away from her.
"Maybe you should at least try to get along with Peter," The young girl said to her brother as she stood beside him as they walked. He gave her a quick look and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"I may try, but people seemed to have forgotten it was me that gathered all the Narnians together, As soon as he arrives they all fall to his knees, saying it's his army." He says annoyed, she rolls her eyes at his jealousy.
"He's the High king of Narnia, Cas. Of course they are going to follow him. And technically it is his army. He is the ruler of them." As they walked she kicked a few small rocks around.
They arrived at the large gathering of Narnians, all deciding on who will go to fetch the weapons from the river. "You're not going." Caspian said to his sister. She turned to him placing her hands on her hips.
"And why can I not go, we both know if it came down to it I am perfectly capable of defending myself." She glares at him lightly, from the corner of her eye she could see the Pevensie's arrive at the large gathering.
"Yes, but all of the guards will know who you are, if Miraz finds out you are involved in the fight against him. He will not only target me but also you." She rolls her eyes hitting his arm.
"I left the castle the same night as you, they shot arrows at both of us, and I think it's a bit late. He already knows I'm with you; it doesn't take much of a guess to know that I am fighting against Miraz and not with him. I'll stay here, this one time. Next time we are stealing or fighting. I am in involved." She chuckles walking away from her brother, sitting on one of the rocks. She watched as both Peter and Caspian took charge of who was doing what on this night.
"Hi, I'm Lucy." A small voice sounded from beside her, she looked over seeing the queen of Narnia.
"I know who you are" The blonde girl laughs. "I'm Victoria, Caspian's amazingly cool sister." She jokes. They both turn to watch as they all began to make way to the river.
"Are you not going with them," The young girl asks, only to be answered by a shake of her head.
"No, Caspian doesn't want me going in case Miraz finds out that I am also fighting against him. Even though I'm almost positive he's already aware of it." She says shrugging. "I'm guessing all of your family have gone." She nods.
"Ma'am we've finished your clothes." A female centaur said to Victoria as she walked up to them. She was given a small pile of clothes with a pair of black boots. The centaur turned and walked away.
"You've got new clothes," The queen asked curiously, Victoria stands up nodding.
"It's very difficult to fight in a dress, the women noticed as I trained. So they fixed some clothes up. She turned to Lucy and smiled. "I won't be long; I'm just going to change." She walked quickly in to her tent and changed into a white long sleeve blouse, very similar to the shirt that Caspian wore, with a pair of brown pants that she now tucked into the black boots that stopped half way up her calf. Over the top of the white shirt we placed a dark waist coat. Before she left her tent she put her belt on along with the daggers and swords.
She left the tent and walked back to where she and Lucy sat moments ago. "So how do I look?" she asked the queen chuckling.
"Peter is definitely going to notice you wearing that." The young girl chuckled as Victoria's cheeks heated up in a pink blush.
Victoria sat not down next to her sheepishly "What do you mean by that," she turned her head to the brown haired girl.
"Everybody can see the obvious attraction between the both of you; I mean it isn't hard to miss." Victoria sighed looking down at her lap.
"I'm positive Peter feels nothing for me Lucy, I mean we've barely spoken." She says thinking.
"Oh please, we all saw you two earlier. I mean you looked like you were already dating." As Victoria was about to respond she heard the clattering of swords and the cheers of men. She looked up and saw Caspian, Peter, Edmund and Susan walking towards them.
"Did everything go alright," Victoria asked standing up and walking to Caspian's side.
Peter nodded. "We got in and out without anyone seeing," She turned her head and blushed as she looked at him.
"Nobody was killed?" she asked hoping that nobody was injured or hurt.
Caspian wrapped an arm around her "Three of Miraz's soldiers were killed, none of ours." She sighed. Knowing there was going to be a lot of blood shed over the next few days. "Are those new clothes?" he asked looking down and seeing her clothing, she nodded.
"The women noticed it was very hard to fight and train in a dress, so they fixed some proper clothes up for me." She smiled a light blush in her cheeks as the siblings and Caspian look at her. With that she turned and walked happily off into her tent.
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She walked quietly by the side of Caspian and Peter and they approached Aslan's How which she had heard of many times since she met the Narnians; All were excited to be here. Both her and Caspian held back for a moment as the Kings and queens walked down a small slant going through the entrance, after and moment Caspian and Victoria continued walking only a small step behind them. All the centaurs gathered up the side lifting their swords making a roof of swords above their heads.
The walk stopped for a moment as a small centaur held his sword straight only to be corrected by the centaur beside him. She chuckled lightly at this before continuing inside with the others.
As they entered there was dim orange glow in a large room, in the room was centaurs, fauns and Minotaur's sharpening and making swords. They stopped in the middle of them all and looked around. Victoria's face was covered with a smile.
"It may not be what your use to, but it's a defence." Caspian said looking at Peter.
"Peter, you may want to see this." Susan said ahead of the others. Her voice echoing through the room. He took lead walking over to where she stood, Caspian and Victoria exchanged a quick look but follows him.
Caspian and Victoria stand away from the Pevensie's leaning against the wall. "It's us," was the only thing any of them said as they looked upon the walls that were covered with images on them standing by their thrones. Lucy turns to both Telmarines.
"What is this place?" she asks a frown upon her face. Victoria looks at Caspian for a moment before looking back at her.
"You don't know?" Caspian asks confused. Victoria picks up a small torch off the side and walks ahead of them all Caspian by her side. As they walk into the dark room, Victoria walks off to the side and lights the room up with flames. Showing the Pevensie's the big images, they looked in wonder at the image of Aslan that was right in front of them.
In the centre of the room laid the stone table, from thousands of years ago. When the Pevensie's were last in Narnia. Lucy walked forward slowly the others following behind her. "He must know what he's doing." She said turning to Susan. Nobody said a word for a moment.
"I think it's up to us now," Peter said looking at his brother and sisters.
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Victoria stood at the edge of the room, arms crossed leaning against a pillar.
"It's only a matter of time,"Peter said as he spun around. "For men and war machines are on their way that means the same men are not protecting his castle." She frowns standing up straighter.
"What do you suppose we do, Your Majesty?" Reepicheep asked him. From his spot on a tiny rock, a squirrel sat beside him.
Victoria sighs as both Caspian and Peter attempt to speak of their plan at the same time. They continue you to look at each other for a few seconds. Caspian breaks eye contact looking down.
"Are only hope is to strike them, before they strict up." He begins tell his plan to Caspian before turning to everybody else.
"It is crazy; no one has ever taken that castle." Caspian leans forward as he speaks. Victoria moves forward.
"It's true, many have tried. Nobody has ever succeeded." She interferes. Many turn to look at her.
"There's always a first." Peter says looking at them both. Trumpkin joins in this small debate between them.
"We will have the element of surprise." He agrees with peter.
"But we will have the advantage here." Caspian tries to reason with him.
"If we all dig in, we can hold them off indefinite." Susan walks forward standing by Caspian's side, Peter frowns looking at her.
Trufflehunter speaks up from his spot "I for one feel safer underground." Victoria sighs and leans back against the pillar knowing she will not be able to succeed in speaking again whilst everyone thought out which plan will be the better option.
"I appreciate what you have done here, but this isn't a fortress. It is a tomb." Peter moves closer to Victoria's brother.
"Yes and if they are smart, they will just wait and starve us out." Edmund said sitting down.
"We could collect nuts." The squirrel said, Victoria chuckled lightly.
"Yes and throw them at the Telmarines." Reepicheep said sarcastically. Everyone watched as Reepicheep looked at him for a split second longer. "Shut up." He turned back to Peter "I think you know where I stand sire."
She sighed as she could see by many faces that the plan had been decided. "If I could get your troops in, do you think you could handle the guards." Glenstorm stands straight.
"Or die trying, my liege" He bows to Peter.
"That's what I'm worried about." Lucy says in a quiet voice from the stone table.
"Sorry," Peter turns frowning confused at Lucy's statement.
"We're all acting like there is only two options; dying here or dying there." She says looking at both Caspian and Peter
"I'm not sure you've really been listening Lu" He started to say at his younger sister before she interrupted him.
"No, you're not listening, or have you forgotten who really defeated the white witch peter." She says frowning. She could see Peter thinking it over once more.
"I think we've waited for Aslan long enough." He says turning back to the others. Before walking out of the room
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After a long debate with Caspian, Victoria had managed to convince her older brother into letting her join in with the fight. To her surprise Peter was not happy with her joining in. She did not care.
That night she lay flat as an eagle held her in it grasp. Susan, Peter Caspian and Trumpkin all in the same position as her. Caspian's eagle flew down first, the others following in pursuit. They landed on top of the castle, killing or knocking any guards around them unconscious. Victoria held her two daggers in her hands. The five of them threw a rope down the side of the castle, making sure that they were able to climb into the library, where only the professor goes.
Caspian climbed down first, followed by Victoria. By the time Victoria planted her feet on the window sill Caspian had already unlocked the window. They both climbed inside as Peter, Susan and Trumpkin all followed behind them.
Victoria looked around at the trashed library. Caspian Picked up the professors glasses and looked at them. "We need to find him," He said mainly looking at his sister.
"We don't have time; we have to get to the gate." Peter said with guilt in his eyes. Only Victoria was able to see this.
"You wouldn't even be here without him." Desperation shown in Caspian's voice "And neither would Victoria and I" He continued.
Susan nodded "You and I can deal with Miraz" she said to her brother.
"We can find Professor and still get to the gate in time." Victoria said looking at Peter Without another word Caspian left, Victoria quick on her feet to follow him.
"Caspian, what if he is he isn't there." She asked her brother as they walked at quick pace.
"He will be there," He said looking at her. Hope clear in his eyes. As they arrived the professor laid on the dirt covered floor, they both knelt beside him.
"5 more minutes" The professor said tiredly. As Caspian pulled his sword out, the professor began to realise it was both Caspian and Victoria. "What are you doing here? I didn't help you both escape so you could sneak back in." Caspian and Victoria helped him stand up slowly. He pushed Caspian and Victoria away "You have to get out, before Miraz realises you are here."
Caspian smirked "He will realise we are here soon enough, we are giving him your cell." As they both turned to help the other he grab their arms pulling them back.
"Do not underestimate Miraz as your father did." Victoria looked at him confused as did Caspian.
"What are you talking about professor?" she asked quietly. He looked down slowly releasing their arms.
"I'm sorry." He said in a quiet voice, giving neither of them eye contact. Anger seethed through Victoria and Caspian's veins. Without a second though they both ran at great speed towards where Miraz laid.
Victoria changed her daggers for her sword, as Caspian points his sword at her uncle she did the same. Both of them glaring at their uncle. "Stay where you are," Caspian spat. From his side he could see a few tears running down Victoria's face.
"What are you doing?" Their aunt asked in almost a whisper, looking at them both confused.
"You should think it's obvious, dear, some may think this is inappropriate behaviour. Especially from a princess." He said glancing at Victoria. An evil glint in his eyes.
"It did not seem to have stopped you." Caspian pushed his sword closer to Miraz's neck.
Victoria did not here the rest of their conversation, as she was more focused on stopping herself from killing her horrible uncle where he stood.
"Put your sword down, Caspian. I don't want to do this" she turned her head to see her aunt point a crossbow at her brother. Victoria slowly moved closer to her aunt as she pointed her sword at her. A moment later Susan and Peter burst through the door.
"We don't want you to either." Susan said point her bow and arrow at her aunt as well.
Miraz put his hands on his hips. "This use to be a private room."
"What are you doing," he said looking at both Victoria and Caspian "You are supposed to be at the gate house."
"No!" The young prince shouted causing Victoria to turn to look at him. "Tonight for once, I want the truth." He spat. He moved closer "Did you kill our father?" He asked Miraz. Victoria kept her sword point by it halted slightly.
Miraz smirked at Victoria. "Now we get to it." She went to move to him only to have Peter grab the top of her arm stopping her from getting any closer.
"You said your brother died in his sleep" Her aunt asked him the crossbow lowering only a little.
"Caspian, this won't make things any better." Susan said looking at him.
"For me it will." Victoria spat glaring at the man. She rolled her eyes as Miraz began to talk about how her father would not have done things the way he should have.
"How could you?" Her aunt said lowering the crossbow. Miraz lifted his hand and pointed at her.
"For the same reason you will pull the trigger, for our son"
Miraz began to walk forward; Victoria pulled out of Peters grasp and ran towards Caspian's side, watching as a small drop of blood rolled down Miraz next. As Miraz talked about his son becoming fatherless as Victoria and Caspian were her aunt shot the arrow, all that could be heard in that moment was a whizz of and arrow and a small grunt of pain from Victoria.
"Caspian" His sister cried, as she saw the arrow coming out of her brother's arm. Miraz ran leaving the room leaving his wife crying endlessly on the bed. Victoria looked at her aunt in guilt as Susan helped Caspian with his arm. Peter looked at the blonde girl and nodded to check she was alright. A tear rolled down her face as she made a short quick nod.
Moments later the battle had begun. The gates were lifted and Narnians fled into the courtyard. Victoria quickly jumped into action; she fought vigorously against Miraz men. From this she gained a few bruises as many pushed and kicked her. As the gates began to close Victoria turned seeing Caspian, Peter and Susan jump on the back of the horses. Her eyes widen in fear. None of them had noticed she was not behind them. She watched as the gate lowered, she knew she was too far away to get there in time before it closed. She looked up to see her uncle looking down at her with a smirk on his face. She ran back into the castle corridors, desperately trying to find somewhere to hide.
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From the other side of the gate Caspian rode beside Peter looking back to see his sister, only to find she was not there. He turned to Peter fear clear in his eyes.
"Where's Victoria!" He shouted stopping his horse and turning to see the gate closed and no Victoria in sight.
Peter did the same, Sadness covering his face. They turned with a sigh and continued their journey back to Aslan's how.
A Tear running down Caspian's face.
AN- Yes, I Know I'm evil. I actually changed this at last minute. I'm aiming to do the next chapter today. But I've got tutoring so the next one may not be as long. Hope you enjoyed it and please continue Reviewing, Following ect. I love to hear what you guys think.