Sorry it's been a bit of a time gap since my last update. I wasn't sure what to write, but now I have an idea. It would be nice to get a few reviews.

Peter shook his head sadly. Lucy was going around and healing the wounded soldiers. Ed rand up to him, panting. "Peter, that girl that Jadis left here, she can heal!" He exclaimed.

"What? Where is she?" Peter asked.

"Come on, I'll show you." Ed called, already walking.

Peter followed him to where the golden haired girl was healing a centaur. "Hello, I'm Peter, and this is my brother, Edmund. Who are you?" Peter asked.

The girl looked up at him, already knowing who he was. "I'm the unlucky person that Jadis captured before she found that other girl." She answered bitterly.

"Do you know why she captured you?" Edmund asked.

She rolled her eyes, clearly thinking it was obvious. "She's trying to find a second in command, and she wants someone who can control elements, like you friend." She explained. "She killed her last second in command, her own son." She added in disgust.

Peter couldn't believe this. He stabbed his sword into the ground. That calmed him down a bit. "So do you have a curse on you?" He asked.

She tilted her head to the side. "No, why would I?"

"Well, my friend, Annie, has a curse on her, and that's how she can control elements." Peter explained.

"Oh, well I was born with my abilities, but I can only control water. But I can heal." She answered.

"Would you like to stay with us, at Cair Paravel?" Edmund offered.

Peter gave him a look. "We don't even know her name."

The girl sighed, rolling her eyes. "My name is Gwen, and sure I'll stay, I don't have anywhere else to go."

That pretty much settled things. Another year went by, and Gwen lived with them the entire time. She served as their main healer, and a great warrior as well. But, after a year and a half passed, Peter was sure that Annie had turned 18, which meant she had run out of time. He tried not to let anyone notice, but it made him so sad. He knew that she was probably dead by now, if not dying.

After that year long gap, Peter's siblings got worried about him. One day, Ed decided to cheer him up, or at least try.

Ed happily entered Peter's room. Well, at least he looked happy to Peter, everyone looked happy and over peppy to him. Probably just a comparison to myself. He thought sadly.

"Peter," Ed started, hoping to get his brother's attention. Peter looked at him for a moment, and then looked away. Ed continued anyways. "Let's go riding, please? You have to do something."

Peter opened his mouth intending to refuse, but he decided it wasn't worth arguing. "Fine, let's go." He said, getting up.

After the two boys had their horses saddled, they rode into the woods. They rode in silence for awhile, but Ed finally got the courage to speak. "Peter, are you okay? You've been so...depressed lately. You won't even let us try to help you. You won't even talk to Gwen, who gives the best advice!"

Peter took in a deep breath to keep himself calm. "No Ed, I'm not okay. Not only is A-" He cut off, stopping himself from saying her name. Every time he said her name or thought about her too much, the hole in his heart ached. "Not only is she gone, but she has to be 18 by now." He continued. Peter had told his siblings about Annie's curse, figuring there was no point in keeping it a secret any longer. "That means she ran out of time, and she's either dead or dying." He choked out.

Ed didn't know what to say, nothing seemed to help ease his brother's pain. He was going to urge is horse back into motion, when one of Jadis' wolves emerged from the bushes.

Without giving either of the brothers time to react, the wolf snarled and lunged itself at Peter. Ed opened his mouth to call out Peter's name, but he stopped when he heard the 'twang' of a bow releasing an arrow.

The arrow that Ed had heard plunged right into the wolf's side, sending him to the ground with a pitiful yelp. The icy minion retreated, staggering away as fast as it could.

Peter looked at Ed questioningly. Ed merely shrugged, looking in the direction the arrow had came from.

Gwen stepped into view. "You guys really need to be more careful. I mean, if you're going to act like idiots, at least have some back up." She said, crossing her arms. "I'm not an archer, so you're lucky I made that shot."

"I am in your debt," Peter said gratefully, "But what do you think we should do to protect ourselves in the future?" He asked. He and his siblings had learned to value Gwen's advice and reasoning over the last year or so.

"Well, I think that your army could use some additions. We lost a lot of warriors in the last raid," Gwen stated, "Maybe it's time to recruit."

"It sounds like a good idea to me." Ed agreed. "But we'd have to train them."

"Well that part may not be an easy thing to do, but we'll just have to set up a training camp." Peter concluded. "Come on, let's go and get started." He said before riding off. Ed rode next to him, and Gwen kept pace, running on top of the water in a nearby stream.

All of the wolves ears pricked up when they heard a 'thud' in the silence of Jadis' Castle. Immediately, they padded towards the source of the sound.

In one of the many identical corridors, a group of Jadis' 'warriors' were making their escape. The group consisted of six people, all ready to get out of this icy cage. Annie had taken action, fooling Jadis into trusting her for almost a year. But once she met up with her new friends, they fabricated a plan.

Annie had met up with her older brother, Dante. He's two years older than her, making him 20. He has the same hair color as her, only with a bit of red in it. His eyes are green, but much brighter, like a lime almost, while Annie's are deeper.

Her other allies are people she met in the past year here. All four of them had their own story, one that they had anticipated a tragic ending for, until tonight.

The thud noise had been caused by one of the younger members slipping on the icy floor and falling. Poor Conan, he had never liked ice, or anything cold for that matter. The four years he had been here had been torture for him. Even though he's fifteen, he's only 4'8", and has a very boyish appearance, with his messy dirty blond hair, and his big brown eyes.

The 17-year-old of the group quickly grabbed Conan and pulled him up. This boy's name was Demetri. He had a graceful and noble way of carrying himself. He had met Conan before they were imprisoned. He always kept an eye out for Conan. Before Conan could make a sound, he covered the younger boy's mouth, holding a finger to his own. Demetri had been 'recruited because of his magical abilities, and of his skill in archery. He nodded at Annie, their sign that she needed to open her mind to him so he could communicate with her.

The wolves are coming. We need to split up and meet outside. I'll go with Dante and Conan through the back up exit we planned. He explained.

Right, I'll take the twins out through the original exit plan. I'll meet you at Lantern Waste. Annie answered.

Demetri nodded and ran off with Dante and Conan. Annie shuddered as she saw him run. He seriously is just like Mitch. She extinguished the thought so she could concentrate, turning to the two youngest members of the group.

Every time she looked at the twins, she couldn't help but grin a crooked half grin. They were identical, despite the fact that one, Duff, was a boy and other, Akari, a girl. Their silver eyes shone, even without the moonlight that was currently reflecting off of the ice. They both had messy black hair that covered their ears, but no longer, just the right length of be fit for either a male or female. Neither of the twins remembered why or how they got stuck in this dump, but Dante had a theory. He thought that their experience was so bad, that both of them unintentionally repressed the memories of it to their subconscious.

The twins had developed their own secret language. For some reason, they both shared a mind. This made them unacustomed to speaking, so they used sign language. Annie had quickly learned. She signed to them. "Follow me, we're going to meet the others at Lantern Waste."

Both of them nodded and followed without question. Annie easily evaded the wolves, only once having to bend ice as a diversion. She finally relaxed a bit when they were almost at Lantern Waste, just to be unsettled again, wondering if her brother and his half of the group would be there.

As they were running, Akari looked over at Annie. "Annie, where are we going to go now? We don't have a home." She asked. Duff's face seemed to show the exact same concern.

Annie thought carefully before answering, not a common habit for her. "Well, before I was captured, I was living with the Narnian royalty in Cair Paravel." She started. "But I don't want to go back there, it would be...awkward." She thought about Peter, and how broken he had looked when Jadis had pulled her away. She had felt his emotions, and she was almost 100 sure that he wouldn't want to see her again. Though he had helped her break her curse, by saying that he loved her. She sighed to herself, coming back to reality. "No, we won't be living in Cair Paravel, but I would like to enroll in the Narnia army. The rest of you may do what you wish." She not-so-secretly hoped they would do what she did.

"Annie, we're with you no matter what." Duff said, as if Annie was stupid for assuming otherwise.

"Dante won't-" Akari started,

"Leave you-" Duff joined in,

"Again unless-"

"He absolutely-"

"Has too." They both finished simultaneously.

"Conan will seize any chance to become a better warrior he can get," Akari noted.

"And that means that Demetri will follow too." Duff added for his sister.

Annie nodded. Most people would get confused or irritated by how the twins spoke, but she was used to. She actually thought it was really cool.

Annie stopped running and let out a huge sigh of relief. There was Dante, leaning on the Legendary Lantern. Conan was hanging upside down from a tree branch, and Demetri was drawing a diagram in the snow. "What took you guys so long?" Conan asked playfully. He tried to swing down, but wound up falling face first in the snow. When he pulled himself up, more snow from the tree he had been in fell on top of him.

Demetri's diagram got covered in the snow that Conan knocked down. "So, what's the game plan?" He asked.

Annie noticed that everyone, even her brother, was looking at her as their leader. She took in a deep breath. "Alright, as you know, I was previously staying in Cair Paravel with the Royal Siblings." She began. "I do not wish to return to that. My plan is to enroll in the Narnian army if I can. Duff and Akari already deicided that they are going to join me, but obviously it's your own choice what the rest of you do." She explained.

Dante looked at his little sister, showing her that he didn't need to even think about it. "I'm going with you. But won't they recognize you?"

"No, not after I'm done." Annie answered with a small grin.

Dante didn't even bother pressing any further, seeing that he'd know soon enough.

"I want to fight for Narnia! I'm coming too!" Conan exclaimed excitedly once the snow was mostly off of him.

"I'll come too. I saw a poster on our way here that said there was going to be a training camp for new army recruits. We should go tomorrow, that's when it starts." Demetri explained.

"Right, but tonight, we'll rest here." Annie agreed. Observant as ever. She bended the earth into a cave they could stay in for the night.

Everyone crawled in, and sleep came easily to them, except for Annie that is, who hadn't slept well most of the nights since she had left Peter. She even envied the twins, who often had extremely vivid dreams that tended to come true.

Alright, sorry it took me so long to update. I had major writer's block, and school had started. Plus I have a nasty cold, which takes a lot out of me. I just hope people are still reading and that you enjoyed this longer chapter and the new characters.