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Prince Caspian

The sky was already dark and every one of them, Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, Andrian, Aliyah and Trumpkin slept around the fire. The girls at one side while the boys with Trumpkin on the other side. Peter, Edmund and Andrian were sleeping soundly except for Trumpkin. He looked up to the dark sky as he thought about his Narnian friends and how long would they be able to see each other again. He had the same worries as the others of finding Prince Caspian. However, he found out that he was not the only one who was having sleepless night until he heard the girls were talking to each other.

"Lucy, are you awake?" asked Susan, quietly.

"Hmm," Lucy replied as she stared at the same dark sky with her both arms supporting her head.

"Why do you think I didn't see Aslan?" Susan asked, sitting up and she found Aliyah with her eyes wide opened too. "Couldn't sleep too, I guess?" she smiled to the girl who was lying at the other side of Lucy.

Aliyah nodded her head as she faced Susan. Girls can always understand each other.

"You believe me?" asked Lucy in surprise.

"Well, we got across the gorge," replied Susan, a-matter-of-factly, "Perhaps we all knew deep inside our hearts, he's right there. But just that, there's isn't any prove,"

"But I did see him," Lucy told her sister, "I really do. I wouldn't mistake Aslan for any lions in the woods,"

"I understand Lu," said Susan, "But…"

"What if Lucy isn't the only one who saw Aslan?" Aliyah spoke. The two girls immediately turned and looked at her.

"You…you saw Aslan too?" asked Lucy, with a slight excitement in her voice.

"I don't really know who Aslan is in the first place," began Aliyah as she sat up and hugged her legs and continued talking, "Just that, I did saw a lion and he's really calling us to follow him. He's not the usual lion I've ever seen before. He's different, a different aura that makes me believe him,"

"That's the power of Aslan," Lucy smiled, "By the way, did he talk to you again? We suspect that it was him who talked to you back in England before you and Andrian were brought to Narnia,"

Aliyah took a glance at Susan and she was nodding her head too. "No he didn't this time. I believe he's the one who talked to me though,"

"You always knew we'd be coming back here, didn't you?" Susan asked Lucy.

"I hoped so," replied Lucy.

After hearing that, Susan laid back down on the grass and continued talking, "I finally just got used to the idea of being in England,"

"But you're happy to be here, aren't you?" asked Lucy.

"While it last," Susan gave her sister a practical reply and closed her eyes. Lucy looked at Aliyah and the both of them knew exactly what she was referring to. Without talking to each other, they simply gave a nod and lay down on the ground with Susan.

It was the next morning and everyone was still sleeping soundly. Aliyah slowly opened her eyes and stretched herself while sitting up. It was still early and she looked around. The fire they had started the night before had already been blown out. Peter and Trumpkin were sleeping back facing her. Edmund was sleeping with his face flat on the ground while Andrian had his hand over his head. Beside her, Susan was sleeping soundly with her hands in front. Everything seemed to be alright until Aliyah found something amiss.

"Where's Lucy?" she said to herself, looking at the empty spot beside her.

She quickly stood up and ran towards Andrian, who was still in his dreamland. "Andrian! Andrian!" Aliyah whispered into her brother's ear, "Wake up! Wake up!"

"Five more minutes, Aliyah," Andrian mumbled in his dreams, "Just five minu…"

Aliyah gave a sigh and looked at the woods. She hesitated for a while, staring at the trees with deadly silence around them. However, in the end, she stood up and ran towards the further part of the woods, searching for Lucy. Aliyah did not know what she was doing. She did not know the way either. She realized that she should have woken either Peter or Edmund up at least they knew the place better than her.

Just before she decided to go back and tell the rest Lucy was gone, she saw a brown headed girl standing in front of her the moment she turned back.

"Aliyah?" said Lucy, in surprise.

"Lucy!" Aliyah called out her name in relief and went forward to hug the younger girl.

"How do you find me?" asked Lucy and she continued, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't wander off without informing any of you,"

After listening to what Lucy had said, Aliyah bit her lips and said, "I came to find you when I woke up. I…I did not inform the others either and I found out I'm lost before we found each other,"

"So…" Lucy concluded with a smile, "We're both lost,"

Aliyah nodded her head, "Yea,"

Both girls let out a foolish laugh.

"So, why did you wander off?" Aliyah asked Lucy as she tried to recall which route to take.

"I thought I heard Aslan," said Lucy, sadly, "I dreamt about him last night,"

Before any of them could continue talking, they heard a growl coming from the further part of the forest. Aliyah and Lucy looked at each other and held each other's hands while they walked forward. Aliyah was silently hoping that it would not be a wild lion like what Peter had said earlier on, otherwise, she would never see the others ever again. As the girls continued walking, they heard a growl again which made them stopped at their feet. It was louder and clearer this time.

"Aslan?" Lucy called out, "Asl…"

Suddenly, a hand appeared in nowhere and covered Aliyah's and Lucy's mouths and brought them behind some bushes. The girls tried to retaliate but failed to do so. Once Aliyah felt that the person had released his grip on her hands and mouth, she immediately turned and kicked whoever was in front of her.

"Aliyah! Aliyah!" a familiar voice called out to her, softly, as he tried to hold her hands and legs to calm her down, "It's me, Edmund. I'm Edmund!"

"Edmund?" thought Aliyah as she continued kicking, with her eyes closed, "Why does that name sound so familiar? Edmund? Edmund!" Aliyah quickly opened her eyes. True enough, Edmund was in front of her, squatting down and grabbing her hands, looking at her. He was not alone; Peter was beside him with Lucy.

"Pete?" said Lucy.

Peter did not say anything but signaled the girls to stay quiet while he slowly stood up and drew out his sword. Edmund stayed behind with Aliyah and Lucy while he saw his brother sneaked up behind the Minotaur cautiously.

Without any notice, a man suddenly hurled himself at Peter and began to attack him with the sword in his hand. Both Aliyah and Lucy watched nervously as the two began their fight. Peter managed to hit his opponent's face with his sword handle but he was also fast enough to recover by swinging his sword towards the incoming Rhindon. Peter swung his sword swiftly, again and again, knocking off his opponent's sword but at the last time, he swung it so hard until it got stuck on the tree trunk. His opponent took this opportunity to kick him to the ground. He quickly went on to pull out Peter's sword from the tree trunk to defend him while Edmund appeared out of nowhere; running towards the stranger with his sword drew out as well. Peter went on to pick up a rock and when he was about to throw it at the mysterious man, he heard a loud cry.

"No! Stop!" It was Lucy. Both Aliyah and Lucy stood up from their hiding place.

The three of them stopped fighting and looked around. Centaurs, dwarves, minotaurs and other sorts of creatures that Aliyah had never seen before began to crowd around them. There was only one word came to Aliyah's mind at that period of time. She knew she had finally met them. Yes, indeed, they were the Narnians that she and her friends had been finding for the past few days.

Peter turned and looked at the man in front of him. "Prince Caspian?" he asked.

"Yes?" said the man who is called Caspian. He eyed Peter suspiciously and continued, "And who are you?"

"Peter!" Susan shouted as she, Andrian and Trumpkin came running towards them. Susan quickly ran forward to hug her sister while Andrian stood beside Aliyah. He was awe-struck like how Aliyah felt when she saw the Narnians for the first time.

Caspian took a look at the sword he was holding and looked up to Peter. "High King Peter," he said.

"I believe you called," Peter replied back.

"Well, yes, but…but I thought you'd be older," said Caspian, frankly. It was actually the wrong move.

"Well, if you like, we could come back in a few years…" Peter told him bluntly. Everyone who knew Peter knew that he was feeling irritated and frustrated by the fact that people underestimated his abilities due to his age.

"No!" Caspian stopped him as he saw that Peter was turning away from him, "No, that's alright. You're just…you're not exactly what I expected,"

Aliyah followed Caspian's gaze and found out that he was looking at Susan, with a smile on his face. It was not surprising that Susan can capture any young men hearts just by a simple look and smile on her face. Aliyah was not the only one though; Lucy was observing him as well.

"Neither are you," Edmund added.

"A common enermy unites even the oldest of foes," said a Badger, who Aliyah supposed that he was the friend that Trumpkin was talking about before.

"We have anxiously awaited for your return, my liege," an oversized mouse with a golden ring and red feather came up and spoke to Peter, "Our hearts and swords are at your service,"

"Oh my gosh, he is so cute," Lucy whispered to Susan and Aliyah. Apparently, Susan was not listening; her eyes were focused on Caspian.

"Who said that?" he asked sharply, with his tiny sword drawn and pointing around at everyone.

"Sorry," Lucy admitted with her head bowed down, smiling at the mouse.

"Your majesty!" said the mouse, bowing his head too at Lucy, "with the greatest respect. I do believe 'courageous', 'courteous' or 'chivalrous' might more befit a knight of Narnia"

"Well, at least we know some of you can handle a blade," said Peter, smiling. He was quite pleased after hearing what the mouse had said.

"Yes indeed," the mouse nodded his head, "And I have recently put it into good use securing weapons for your army sire,"

"Good," said Peter. He was serious again. He turned and faced Caspian, "Because we're going to need every sword we can get,"

"Well then," said Caspian, "You will probably be wanting yours back," He handed Peter his sword.

"Thanks," said Peter as he took it over and walked away.

….

"Well, it's good that you have troops," said Peter. He was talking to Caspian. The two of them were leading the Narnians from the front. They were discussing about war tactics and plans and the tension between them began to cease bit by bit.

Edmund was walking along with Andrian behind the High King and the prince while the girls were all behind, talking to their new friend, the mouse.

"What's your name?" asked Lucy.

"Reepicheep," the mouse answered her.

"Reepicheep," Aliyah smiled as she repeated his name again, "What a unique name,"

"And may I know you are?" it was Reepicheep's turn to ask now.

"She's Aliyah," Susan told him, "she and her brother are our friends. They were brought to Narnia as well,"

"Pleasure to meet you, milady," Reepicheep said with a bow.

"Oh please," Aliyah told the mouse in a friendly manner, "Do not be so formal to me. Please treat me just like everyone else do,"

"A friend of the Kings and Queens must be treated with the greatest respect as well, milady," Reepicheep replied.

"We don't expect you to treat us like this either Reepicheep," Lucy explained to the mouse, "Being a king or a queen are just titles to us,"

"In short," said Susan, "We treat everyone equally. Do not fear us just because we have higher authority. This isn't what we wanted,"

"Yes your majesties," Reepicheep replied. The girls smiled at each other and carried on walking.

"So what are they like?" a dwarf whose named called Nikabrik asked Trumpkin. Both of them were the last of the lot.

"Malcontents, complainers, stubborn as mules in the morning," replied Trumpkin.

"Uh. So you like them, then," said Nikabrik.

"Well enough," Trumpkin admitted after saying the negative points of the monarchs as well as Andrian and Aliyah, but, he still had to admit that he rather enjoyed being with them.

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