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All Alone

Chapter 4

The news of Peters death spread quickly. Condolences from Archenland, Terebinthia, and even more surprisingly, Calormene came to Cair Paravel.

Lucy isolated herself from Susan and I, and during that time Susan and I grew closer.

If I had a nightmare, she would someow know and come to me. If she had a nightmare, surprising to me, I would wake up and instantly know what it was. When I would get there, sure enough, that's what it would be.

For the first few days, things were slow. And then they picked up again. I didn't see how Peter did this without going mad, in all honesty. Thankfully, Susan helped me balance it out.

A few weeks later, to Lucys and even my surprise, Susan accepted the courtship of a knight of Archenland. I could see they were happy. But before officially deciding, I went to Lucy.

I found her on the beach, staring out over the ocean. I sat down beside her and we sat in silence for a moment.

"Do you think he's happy?" she asked finally.

"I don't know." I replied truthfully.

She sighed. "I always knew there was a chance... of one of you dying." she paused "But I never thought it might actually happen."

"Neither did I. I suppose... deep down... I hoped it would happen to me..." I said quietly, looking back out over the ocean.

"What? Why?" she asked.

"Because I just didn't feel... apart of the family, I suppose." I replied.

She sighed. "It wasn't that you weren't. Sometimes I felt the same way. We never had time for each other. And now it'll be even worse."

I closed my eyes for a moment. "This has to be my worst nightmare... actually coming true." I said.

"Mine's partially come true. If you die next and then Susan, then it will come true." she said.

"Sounds like ours are similar then." I said.

She smacked my shoulder and I opened my eyes only to find that she had a playful smile on her face. "You can't change your nightmare. You said Peter so haha!" she said.

"Who said I can't change? Losing you and Susan would be a nightmare!" I said.

"That's sweet. But you know what's salty..." she said.

"Lucy Pevensie don't you..."

Too late... I found myself soaking wet.

"Oh that's it! You're in for it now!" I exclaimed getting up.

"You have to catch me first!" she laughed before running in my opposite direction.

I managed to catch her and pin her to me, looking over her shoudler at her. "Hi, how's it goin?" I joked.

She rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to reply, but instead we heard a scream in the direction of the castle.

I immediately let Lucy go and ran like an unleashed arrow towards the source of the scream... towards Susans scream. By the time I got there, it was too late. Wolves, that I saw. And they had killed her. She, too, was gone.

I fell to my knees. "This can't be happening." I muttered.

I heard Lucy scream and I was up in an instant. There was no way they would take her as well. I drew my sword and luckily she had been trying to find me, and was much closer than she would have been, had she stayed where she was at.

I didn't give the werewolf a chance to explain, or turn around for that matter. It was dead before it knew what hit it. I looked down at Lucy and she looked horror-stricken.

"He said... Susan was dead... is it true?" she asked.

I took a deep breath and nodded.

Her shoulders began trembling. "We're alone?" she asked.

"No. We're not alone. We still have each other, and Aslan too. So we're not alone." I replied.

She gulped and nodded. "You-you're right." she choked out.

But instead of simply walking away, she hugged me tightly burrying her head into my shoulder. She didn't cry. And neither did I. But just as we had with Peter, we would soon break.

And I knew one more thing; Lucy would never be out of my sight again.