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This wonderful morning, just west from Aslan's how, the Pevensie children left the ruins of Cair Paravel to look for some Narnians. It was quite weird that they haven't encountered a narnian yet by the time they arrived. For them, Narnia changed. The trees used to sway, the birds fluttered around the blue sky, but now, everything was still and quiet. While they were walking just near the river rush, they found a small boat with two soldiers dumping a living dwarf into the water. Susan tried to take them down with her bow and arrow while peter jumped into the river to rescue the little red headed dwarf. The two soldiers were defeated and Edmund hauled the boat towards the shore. Lucy and Susan ran towards peter with the small man. He took off the rope binding the dwarf's hands together. The dwarf quickly moved away from them, pulling down the rope around his mouth, spitting out all the water that went inside his mouth.
"Are you all right?" Lucy asked, making sure that he's all right.
The dwarf looked at her in annoyance, "Do I look like I'm okay?"
"Geez, you could've at least say thank you" Susan said snottily.
Peter, who was squeezing the end of his tunic, looked at the dwarf. "Why did those soldiers tried to kill you"
"They're telmarines, what do you expect from them?"
"Telmarines, I've never heard of such humans living in Narnia" Edmund shared and his siblings agreed.
The dwarf looked at them, "Seriously, where have you been? The telmarines have invaded Narnia for many years now after the golden age of Narnia"
"That's about the time we ruled Narnia" Lucy said.
The dwarf looked at them again curiously. He looked at them one by one and the weapons they're using. All of a sudden it dawned on him about the identity of these four mysterious children. He scoffed and looked at them, displeased.
"You guys are them? The Kings and Queens of Old?" he said, quite displeased.
Peter folded his arms and looked proud, "Why, do you have a problem with it?"
"Oh no, I was just expecting you to be big and mighty"
"Well, for you to know, we're mighty enough in this state"
"Don't mind him" Susan said, "I'm Susan, what's your name?"
The dwarf sighed, "Trumpkin"
"Well, trumpkin, where are the other Narnians?"
And so, the redheaded dwarf led them the way. As they walked into the woods, trumpkin had the time to tell them what's been happening in Narnia after they left. He said that a group of pirates, the telmarines conquered Narnia. The telmarines drove off the Narnians or even killed them. Peter seemed outraged about it and swore that he would drive off every telmarine. And the Narnians haven't seen Aslan for so many years now.
Trumpkin just scoffed. He never really believed that aslan was real.
Not far from where they were striding, Caspian and Lisa were exploring with a few Narnians as their security. Lisa was picking some wild flowers to make them into a necklace while Caspian watched over her.
"What are you doing?" he asked, kneeling on one knee beside her.
Lisa was intertwining the stems of each flower together, making a big ring of multicolored flowers. She put it around his neck and grinned.
"It's a necklace" she shared and took a few more flowers to make another necklace.
Caspian looked at the flower necklace and couldn't help but, to smile. No one in the castle has ever made him feel special the way Lisa made him feel. When he was around her, he felt light and happy all the time. While watching what Lisa was doing, Caspian heard something; voices from afar. He sneaked away from Lisa's sight and decided to look for where the voices were coming from—to see if the enemy has found them. Lisa noticed Caspian leaving and she did the same, exploring the other side of the woods.
I'm sure he wouldn't mind, she thought.
As the Pevensie children were walking, Edmund also sneaked away from his siblings. He wanted to explore the woods on his own. And he was just getting annoyed with peter bossing them around. While walking, Edmund started to mutter things to himself on how annoying peter was. Just because he is the oldest doesn't mean he can boss them all. It made Edmund angry and wished that he was older too. In the middle of his walking, he suddenly heard the rustling of leaves. He quickly grabbed the hilt of his sword and looked for the direction of the sound. Little did he know that the sound was coming from Lisa, walking at the other side of the woods. She was walking curiously with a flower in her hand. The past few hours, she has been so fascinated with everything she was seeing. She couldn't believe that a beautiful place such as Narnia existed.
Thwack!
Lisa stopped on her tracks, nervous. She heard a twig break and it wasn't because of her. Was it a bear? Or worse, an unknown creature that eats people? Lisa tried not to squeal and quickly grabbed a big piece of wood from the ground. The sound came from behind the bushes and she tried her best to be brave and check it out. She clutched on the wood tightly as she approached the bush and checked it out. She raised the wood and the creature behind the bush lunged at her. Lisa squealed and fell back on the ground with the creature standing in front of her with a sword. She looked at the figure and realized that it was a guy and a familiar guy to be exact.
"E-Edmund?" Lisa said quite shocked.
Indeed it was Edmund, puzzled as she is. He put his sword away and gave Lisa a hand. As soon as she got up, Lisa quickly hugged Edmund to make sure he was not just a hallucination. Edmund on the other hand was surprised and just pat her on the back.
"Oh my goodness, Edmund! I can't explain how happy I am to see you!" she exclaimed almost in tears while hugging him so tight.
"W-what are you doing here?" he asked.
Lisa let go of him and sighed, "Well, there's this wardrobe that was delivered to our house and I went in. the next thing I know is that I'm here. I'm trying to look for a way to get back home when I met a few Narnians"
"You've seen Narnians?"
"Yes. Reepicheep and Trufflehunter have been so nice to me and they promised to help me find a way back home"
"Well, you look horrible at the moment" he said straight forwardly, looking at her soiled clothes and tussled hair.
Lisa looked at herself and could accept what Edmund said, "Well, I've had a few rough times. How did you get here then?"
"When we were in the train we saw the image of the ocean and we're suddenly on the seashore"
"It's so weird, isn't it?"
Edmund just smirked, "Not really. Come on, I'm pretty sure Lucy and the others would be thrilled to see you"
"They're also here?"
"Yeah, come on now"
In the mean time, Lucy was walking ahead of her siblings. She was actually curious on where aslan could be. All of a sudden, peter quickly pulled Lucy behind the bushes. The three of them hid as soon as they saw a Minotaur walking. The last time they were here in Narnia, the Minotaurs were alliance of the White Witch.
"Where is Trumpkin?" Lucy whispered, looking for their little friend. "And where's Edmund?"
Peter looked around and the little dwarf was gone and so was his younger brother, "Maybe some of the Minotaurs got them"
Peter took his sword out and quickly jumped out to attack the Minotaur. Unfortunately for peter, Caspian got out just in time to fight him back. The clueless Minotaur turned around and saw Caspian battling out with the young man. Before it got worse, Lisa and Edmund arrived just in time and saw what was happening.
"Peter, stop!" Edmund shouted and ran towards his brother.
Lisa did the same with Caspian, shouting, "Stop it!"
As soon as they got a hold of the two guys, peter recognized the girl pulling Caspian away.
He looked puzzled, "Lisa?"
Lucy and Susan went out from the bush and so did the other Narnians who just arrived. Trumpkin was one of them.
"I can't believe it, Lisa. It's really you!" Lucy said merrily and ran towards Lisa to hug her.
Lisa couldn't deny her happiness and was almost in tears to see such familiar faces, "Me too!"
Peter put his sword away and looked at Lisa, "How did you get here?"
"She has Dr. Kirke's wardrobe" Edmund explained.
"How long have you been here?" Susan asked.
"Uhm, since yesterday" Lisa said.
"Who's your barbaric friend here?" peter said mockingly, turning back to Caspian. "With the flower necklace"
Caspian looked insulted for being called barbaric and he couldn't believe that he was a friend of Lisa, "I am no barbarian. I'm a prince, Prince Caspian X. And you?"
Peter stood proudly again as he introduced himself to everyone, "I am High King Peter"
Trufflehunter quickly went forward and saw trumpkin with them.
"Trumpkin! You've done a great job getting the Kings and Queens of Old to us" he said.
Trumpkin just rolled his eyes and didn't seem to think of it as a big deal.
The Narnians and the other beasts bowed down in front of the four, including Caspian. Lisa, on the other hand, didn't seem to understand what was happening and just stood there.
She looked at the Pevensie, "Kings and queens?"
Lucy forced a smile on her face, "Oh, it's a long story"
"I bet it is"
Caspian led them back to the how while the Pevensie chattered with Lisa. For some reason, Caspian felt out of place once more. The Narnians and even Lisa turned their attention to the four siblings. As they were approaching the how, two lines of centaurs welcomed the comeback of the Kings and Queens of Old with their swords rose up. The Pevensie siblings walked in a horizontal line and headed inside the how first. Lisa stood beside Caspian and sighed.
"I swear I have no idea with everything that's happening" she confessed.
Caspian snickered and held her hand, "Come on"
When they were all in, they circled around the broken stone table. In that room, where aslan once sacrificed himself, was where they were going to discuss about Miraz. Some Narnians went in, carrying food for the kings and queens. Edmund was sitting in one corner, accompanied by Lisa and his sisters. Peter was standing, listening to every word Caspian and the Narnians were saying about Miraz's plan.
"We should attack them by surprise tonight" peter said proudly.
The Narnians looked a bit unsure and Caspian noticed. He got up and faced the young king.
"We're outnumbered" Caspian said, "We can't defeat them if we're this few and we're not ready"
"Do you have a better plan then?" peter asked, somewhat annoyed.
"Peter, lay off of him" Susan warned.
"Yeah, lay off Caspian" Lisa defended, "You might be the King or whatever here in Narnia but, that was a long time ago. Caspian knows the situation better than you do"
"But does he have a plan?" peter asked Lisa and Susan then looked at Caspian.
Caspian looked down, making a fist, "No"
"We'll follow my plan then"
Then peter left with a few Narnians to tell the others about the plan, leaving Caspian disappointed. Lisa, on the other hand, felt bad for her friend and was annoyed with the way peter acted.
"It's all right, Caspian" Lisa said softly.
Caspian smiled at her, "I'll just go ahead and see what I can do to help"
Lisa watched him leave and Susan quickly elbowed her with a curious look. Even Lucy was looking rather curious.
"How did you meet him?" Susan asked, intrigued.
"Well, a few telmarine soldiers tried to kill me and he found me in the woods and saved me" Lisa shared with a smile, "He's been my constant companion since the day I arrived here"
"He's quite a good looking prince now, isn't he?" Lucy teased and the three of them giggled.
Edmund, on the other hand, rolled his eyes and tried to concentrate on his food.