Enjoy this chapter; now that this year is coming to an end, we have a lot of stuff at home. But ENJOY!

Normal: Speaking/Actions

Bold: Authors' Notes

Italics: Thoughts

Underline: Story

Previously…

"Caspian, are we going the right way?"
"I'm pretty sure, but lets not worry about that right now, lets get dried up, get dressed into dried clothes and eat some food, I sure everyone on the ship are starving to death!"

As Caspian walked into his room, the two girls stood there, not moving a muscle. They both looked at each other and said at the same time…

"You have NO idea!'

As the two girls walked towards their room, they were surprised that the deck wasn't that wet, apart from the wet footprints everywhere, Lucy started to wonder where Reepicheep was, they girls didn't see him since the storm, they both prayed to themselves that he didn't get washed over board. Their thoughts were interrupted by a girlish scream, they knew that it was Eustace, but one thing that they didn't know was why was he screaming? He suddenly came running out to the two girls; he looked like he had seen a ghost. He was speechless as well, something was definitely wrong.

"Eustace, what's wrong, you look terrified"

He finally was able to speak; but he only said these four words.

"Look in my room!"

"O-Okay?"

They walked slowly towards the door; Michelle went to the door and slowly raised her knuckle and gently knocked the door, getting louder every time. They waited for a few seconds for a response…nothing. She knocked even louder and waited for a few seconds…nothing. She slowly turned the knob to hear a small feet scurrying across the floor. She turned around to see Lucy close behind, at least she didn't run away like that coward Eustace. She slowly opened the door; just big enough to look through…nothing was there. She slowly started to walk in; Lucy was right behind her, holding her hand. The window was broken, so someone for someTHING must have broken in during the storm, the only question is …what?

The suddenly saw a shadow running across the beds making the girls squeal a bit. Michelle slowly let go of Lucy's hand and walked towards the bed that they last saw the shadow. She looked under the bed to see a small rodent under the bed; it quickly looked at her, with green eyes.

She leaned back, a bit frightened by the eyes; they were so…bright and green! The rat suddenly ran to another bed. She quickly grabbed the tail and pulled it out…very slowly. To their surprise the rat was actually…REEPICHEEP!

"What are you doing here; we were worried for a minute.

"Well, during the storm I came through the window, this made my unconscious. And when I woke up I walked around and saw that brat boy named Eustace and soon enough he was trying to kill me and ran out of the room…that little coward!"

"He is a coward!"

As the two girls waked out, they saw Eustace looking at them, impatiently. Michelle went up to him and showed Reepicheep, right in front of his face. "You are scared of poor little Reepicheep?"

"What? I was scared if that rodent?"

"Stupid? Eustace, don't be so rude and apologize to him at once!"

"No! He should apologize to me, by breaking the window and scaring me like that!"

"He didn't smash the window on purpose, it was the storm!"

"But why was he running everywhere in someone else's room without permission!"

"He didn't know that it was your room. They all look the same…now apologize"

"FINE! I'm sorry Reepicheep" he mumbled

"You are forgiven"

When Eustace walked away, his face was beetroot red, he was THAT embarrassed that he was scared of a cute little mouse (just don't tell Reepicheep.) As she lowered her hand, Reepicheep hopped off her hand and thanked her for tell Eustace off. As he ran off Lucy and Michelle went off to their room to dry of and change into some dresses. After all, they were going to have a grand feast.

About an hour later and the sun was getting lower and lower. Michelle was the first to get dressed. She was wearing a dark purple dress, coming off the shoulders; the dress went down to her ankles, with golden embroidery around the sleeves, and near the bottom of the dress. She wasn't wearing a belt because the back was like a silver corset, and finally, she had a beautiful white pearl necklace around her neck, it was her mothers. He mother was dead, and her father was fighting in the war, along with the Pevensies' father. She missed both of them so much, but she knew that deep down, they were still with her. Besides, she had great friends to up to; they were sort of like her family.

Lucy came out a couple of minutes later; she was wearing a red dress that had silver lining around the sleeves, which had flair at the end. She wore a thin brown belt with a simple gold buckle. At the end if the dress, the colour was slightly lighter. She also had a necklace form her mother, but it was a baby pink colour. Their necklaces were their most treasured possessions; it was their only thing that remembered their mothers.

As the two girls walked out to watch the sun set, they met up with Reepicheep, and his headband was thicker, and there were engravings in the middle, it looked like there was a lot of work put into it! It must of cost a fortune as well! Reepicheep realised that they were staring at his new head accessory and just said these words…

"This head piece is very important to me; it comes with a story…"

"What story?"

"It started over 500 years ago, a young man was working at the black smith, his father just passed away and now he was all alone in owning the shop. One winter's day, he saw something moving across the floor, it looked like a large rat so he decided to catch it, he took one dagger that his father owned making him decide to be a blacksmith. He looked around and saw the shadow of the rat and decided to corner him, with cheese! He took a small piece and tied it with string, hid behind a chair and waited for a few minutes…until he saw the rat sniffing the air, for the cheese! As the rat got closer to the cheese he started to lightly pull the string bringing it towards him. Finally the rat got close enough and he got a big bowl and trapped the rat, putting some weights on top to stop it escaping. He walked away until he heard a small sound coming from the bowl…"HELP! PLEASE!" He turned around and slowly took the weights off the bowl and slowly lifted to bowl, to reveal a shy, scared, and vulnerable rat. As he took off the bowl, he realised that the rat had a sword and a very plain and thin golden head piece…"

"Is that you?"
"No, my father."

"Whoa!"

"As I was saying…"

"When the blacksmith realised that he was next to a talking rat, he didn't know if he should kill it, or to sell it for money and gold. This he thought for a while until the mouse spoke again.

"May I be of assistance, I see you need a bit of help with your shop, it could some work"
"How can you help, you're just a small talking mouse"

"Just leave it to me, I'll make you a deal. If you realise me, and not mention this meeting to anyone, I'll make you rich beyond your wildest dreams"
"Are you sure that I am not being tricked?"
"You have my word as a gentleman"
The man didn't trust the mouse completely but decided to give him a chance. He moved the bowl and weights out of the way and placed the mouse on the table

"What are you going to do to make me wealthy?"
"You'll see, wait until tomorrow"

The next day, the blacksmith was ready to get to work , wondering where the mouse was. After a few hours of work the blacksmith heard the door creek open, he turned around to find the mouse come with a bag.

"What's inside that bag of yours?"
"This is what will make you as wealthy as a king!"

"But the bag is so small, what can be in there that can make me wealthy?"

"My friend, you don't know how wrong you are, its about the quality…NOT quantity."
"Perhaps, but may I please see it?"
"Yes, can you just help me up?"

The blacksmith took the mouse in his hands and put him on the table. When the mouse gave the blacksmith the bag, he was surprised how heavy it was, as he opened it he couldn't believe his eyes! His eyes were blinded by the light, in his hands was a purple crystal!

"Wow, this is incredible!"

"I thought you would like it, it's a rare dark purple crystal, there are only three of them in all of Narnia."

"How can I repair you?"

" I did this out of my own free will."

"Well, I'm going to make something, come back in five days."
"As you wish."

Five days past and the mouse returned to the shop, as he opened the door, he didn't see the black smith anywhere. In fact the room was bare, all he saw was a note on the floor behind the leg of a very small table. The note said…

Dear Talking Mouse,

I want to thank you for the crystal it truly is a gift that I will cherish for as long as I live. I sold everything in the shop, but before I did I made a small table for you and your mouse friends to have, this is your new home, I hope it is to your liking. And as another sign of gratitude I made something for you that you can wear with pride. You might not see me again but I hope you have a wonderful life.

Yours Sincerely

The Blacksmith

The mouse discovered a beautiful golden headband with patterns all over it, and a beautiful red feather. The mouse never forgot the blacksmith's kindness. And from that day forward the mouse kept the headband and passed it down to his son…ME!"

"THE END!"

"Wow Reepicheep, that is some story"
"I know and now I wear this band for special occasions. Speaking of which, don't we have a feast to go to?"
"Oh yeah, lets go!"

So the three ran downstairs just in time for the greatest feast they will eve have…

I am really sorry for taking so long, this year has been such a roller coaster ride, but I hop you enjoy this chapter…review!