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Chapter 4 : I can't remember
A little girl, who I recognized to be me when I was around two, was riding on the back of a man while a boy, who looked about a year or two older than I did walked beside him. I followed them. The man put the girl down and told them he'd be right back. I, or she got up and started walking. She walked past a lamp post. The boy called out to her, realizing she was gone, but I didn't hear him. I kept walking until I ended up walking into something with a lot of fur until suddenly; I tumbled out of a wardrobe, where a man was just about to leave. He turned and saw me, his eyes widened. He came over to me and picked me up.
"Oh my. Looks like a little Narnian tumbled out." He said playfully, but then looked at the wardrobe. He tried seeing if there was a way back, but it became a wardrobe again. He smiled sadly at me. "I'll find you a good home. My daughter and her Husband want a daughter. You will be loved so dearly by them. I can't imagine how your own family must be feeling." He said sadly. He spotted a small necklace around my neck. It was a gold shell with my name on it. "Kayley." He said. "A beautiful name for a beautiful girl." He said lovingly before walking out of the room with me.
"Kayley?" please wake up." I felt a soft kiss on my forehead. I groaned slightly and opened my eyes. I looked around me as my vision came into focus and saw Lucy, Susan and Peter all sitting around me. I realized my head was on Edmunds knee. I got up slowly rubbing my aching head.
"What happened?" I asked groggily.
"I was going to ask you that." Peter said. "How are you feeling?"
"Like my head was used to bat a cricket ball." I said. Edmund chuckled.
"And here's the Kayley we all love who makes no sense." He said dramatically. I poked my tongue out at him which make him laugh.
"We were just walking, and all of a sudden you just, fainted. Lucky Ed caught you though." Lucy said. I smiled at him.
"I honestly don't know. Sorry though, for causing trouble." The all looked at me weirdly.
"Why are you apologizing? It happens to everyone at least once!" Susan said laughing. I shrugged as they all started to get up. Ed pulled me up and we gathered our things and kept walking. We heard shouts coming from somewhere a little ahead of us. Two men in military attire were holding what looked to me like a dwarf out of the boat. It looked like they were going to drown him! We ran further up.
"Drop him!" Susan said. Without even knowing what I was doing, I strung my bow and lifted it. I aimed at the man holding the dwarf, and shot. It hit him square in the chest. He dropped the dwarf and Susan shot the other one. Edmund and Peter dove in to the water. Peter came out with the dwarf and Edmund close behind pulling the boat. Lucy cut his gag and bonds.
"Drop him!" the dwarf shouted. "That's the best you can come up with? They were doing a mighty fine job of drowning me without your help!"
"A simple thank you would suffice." Susan grumbled.
"Why were they trying to drown you anyways?" I asked. The dwarf looked at me.
"Their Telmarines. It's what they do." He said. The name Telmarine... Why was it so familiar? "You should know."
"Excuse me?" I asked him.
You aren't a Telmarine?" the dwarf asked in surprise. I turned to Ed.
"Ed, what's he going on about?" I whispered. He looked equally confused.
"What are Telmarines doing in Narnia?" Edmund asked.
"Where have you been for the past few thousand years? Living under a rock?" the dwarf exclaimed.
"Something like that." Lucy said frowning.
"Oh come on. You can't be serious. You're it? The Kings and Queens of old? You've got to be joking! And who's she?" he asked pointing to me.
"High King Peter, the magnificent." Peter said extending his hand for the dwarf to shake.
"Probably could have left out the last part." Edmund said smirking.
"Probably." The dwarf said. Peter handed the dwarf his sword.
"You don't believe us?" he asked, though, it was more in the form of a statement.
"Oh you don't want to do that boy." he dwarf said taking the sword.
"Not me. Him." he said pointing to Edmund. "He wasn't called the finest swordsman in Narnia for nothing." He said before walking back. Ed walked forward and drew his sword. I watched as the dwarf lunged at Ed, who blocked it with ease. I was truly amazed by Edmunds ability with a sword. Just as it seemed the dwarf would win, Ed came back, full force, and the dwarf was disarmed, Ed pointing his sword at him, and both breathing heavily.
"Oh my." The dwarf said. Ed walked back to me. I kissed his cheek.
"You were amazing! I had no idea you were that good!" I said. He smiled.
"There's a lot you're going to learn here love." He said slightly amused and he wrapped his arms around me.