Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia, I do own Lacey. I wish I own either Caspian or Edmund or both XD.
Chapter 7
Lacey
"No you're holding it wrong."
"How the hell am I holding the sword wrong" I asked irritably.
"You're grasping it on too tight" Trufflehunter replied.
In case you missed it, I am getting sword lessons from a badger and Trumpkin. I thought that was a crazy idea but it wasn't bad so far. I just hope that I don't stab anyone accidentally or purposely. It wasn't my idea though. It was Caspian's when he mentioned it at breakfast this morning. I thought he was crazy when he suggested it. Now that I think about it, he was right.
"You need to hold it loose" he said.
"How come?"
"So that way you won't feel tense when you have to fight" he said.
I looked at him strangely before I loosen my grip on the sword. I still couldn't believe that I was holding a sword. A heavy, sliver and dark red sword that probably weighed more than an anvil or something. Caspian found it in the armor room before he had to attend a council meeting again.
"Okay I want you to try and take a few practice swings but not at Trumpkin" Trufflehunter said in a warning tone.
"Shoot, you just discovered my plan" I said sarcastically.
"Watch it" Trumpkin warned.
"Don't worry I don't plan on it" I said.
I made a few swings at the air for awhile, trying to get the feel of the sword. If god forbid there was some fight I have to be in, I might as well be prepared.
"Not bad, not bad, let's try to have you fight off an opponent" Trumpkin said.
"Are you going to be my opponent?"I asked.
"I think we're going to use something quite different so that way you won't hurt anyone" he said.
I watched him walk away for a second before he came back with something in hands. I realized that he was carrying an old dummy doll in his hands. He couldn't be serious, could he?
"You want me to attack the dummy?" I asked. And no, I wasn't referring to Trumpkin.
"In order for you to attack and defend well, we would have to take baby steps" he grunted.
Easy for you to say. I sighed as I lifted up the sword. I started to swing the sword at the dummy when I heard a noise. I turned around and saw that nothing was there from the sound. It was weird but strange. I turned my attention back on them who had weird looks on their faces when they saw me.
"Are you alright?"
"You guys didn't hear that?" I asked them.
"Heard what?" Trumpkin asked.
I guess they didn't. "Nothing, I must be going crazy" I said to myself.
"Probably" I heard him grumble. I rolled my eyes as I tried to focus on the dummy. Yeah, I never thought I would be even saying that.
I continued to take some practice swings at it until I got the hang of it. It wasn't until Trumpkin decided to duel with me for practice that I did feel nervous about it. I don't want to do anything that might either hurt or kill him.
Maybe I should've taken those self defense courses when I had the chance.
We dueled with one another for awhile. I thought I was getting better until I was outwitted by him. My sword flew out of my hand. I looked at him in shock before I went to retrieve it.
"Okay so I got the sword thing down, now what's next?" I asked.
"Bow and arrows" Trufflehunter said.
"How are they?"
A few hours later and plenty of arrows either on the ground or missing the target on the board, I completely suck at arrows.
"Not even close" Trumpkin mumbled.
"I don't even know why I bother, I mean why should I have to learn this stuff?" I asked.
"It's for your protection and not to mention to be prepared in case Narnia ever has to fight" Trufflehunter replied.
"The only way if we ever had to fight god forbid if some threat or something would happen and I hardly doubt that even would happen" I said.
I picked up another arrow and got it set up before I released it. The arrow flew into a bunch of trees that were nearby. I dropped the bow and offered to go find it since it went in there. I walked into the wooded area for a few steps until I found the arrow. I went to go pick it up when I heard rustling in the bushes.
I sat up from my spot and looked around before I turned my back and started to head back to the grounds. When I was about to leave, I heard the same noise again. This wasn't making any sense. I decided to go and investigate on this.
I started to walk in the direction where the noise was coming from. It sounded like someone or something was trying to make some noise but it was muffled or something but I could hear it very well apparently.
"Hello? Who's there?" I called out.
I heard nothing after I stood there for what it seems like a minute. I walked closer to the brushes and knelt down. I didn't hear anything so I decided to move some of the branches away until I saw something that was disturbing.
I gasped and fell backwards as I saw a body in front of me. It was dead of course with the sword sticking out of its chest. It looked human but I saw that it had hooves so I'm guessing it was a faun. I was breathing heavy and I started to freak out.
"Lacey, there you are, we were wondering where you went to…" Trufflehunter said but stopped short. "Oh dear no."
"You know him or knew him?" I asked in a squeaky voice.
"He was one of the guards for the castle" he replied.
"Lacey?" a voice said as they came closer. I looked up and saw Caspian running towards us along with a few more guards. He stopped short when he saw the body.
"I found him like that. I swear I didn't do it" I said.
Now I'm talking like I did something. All I did was trying to find out where the noise was coming from.
"I know" he said, pulling me up from the ground and held me close to him. "Take him back to the castle and send guards to patrol the area."
Caspian turned to me and placed his hands on my face. "Were you hurt?" he asked.
"No I'm fine. It's just seeing a dead body up close is really scary than seeing it done on TV" I replied.
"I think you're done practicing for today" he said. "Come, we better head inside."
I couldn't agree with him more.
I was in my room later that afternoon while Caspian waited on the news. I wanted to be alone after what I saw. It was a lot to take in. I mean who knew that this would happen?
Obviously no one did. What if there was a threat coming to Narnia?
The knock on the door made me jump in the air as I went over to answer it. I opened the door and saw that it was Caspian and from the look on his face, the news wasn't that good.
A/n: I know, I know I'm super duper late. But between Irene and losing power for a week, everything went hectic after that and I just got out of a really bad week and I'm trying to get back into the groove of things.
I missed writing Lacey and Caspian and I know you guys do. My first Narnia story is nearly done so I'm focusing on that for a bit. I also got a bunch of Narnia stories waiting to be posted. I know how can I possibly write more? I can't help it ideas come to me out of nowhere.
In the meantime, you know what to do! Reviews make me happy and I hope to update soon! Thank you guys so much for your patience and support! They mean a lot!
Signing out for now,
Spikeluver89
