Bodyguard to Queen
By Samhoku
Disclaimer: I do not own Narnia in any way, shape, or form. I only own my characters. StormGale is used with permission from my sister
Comments: I always saw Edmund as a spy master. He manipulated Meriaz pretty well.
Reviewers: Finally some reviewers. (= I am sorry for the lack of detail...I will try and get some of your questions cleared up soon.
Chapter:
Forest has been put to work by the Just King by sorting and organizing the paperwork he had to do for Peter. This was a very tedious task and she would occasionally go get some tea for herself and Edmund. Forest stretched for the third time in twenty minutes and looked over at Edmund, "Peter doesn't think your job is difficult enough?"
Edmund was carefully reading peace treaties and was using a red pen to circle the issues with them, "Apparently." He sipped his tea and handed her a peace treaty, "If you are done sorting, could you help me go through these?"
Forest grabbed the piece of paper and started looking through it, "This one is filled with flaws." She felt the table move as Edmund placed a red ink well and a pen next to her. She felt around and picked up the pen, starting to circle the flaws, "You don't send them in like this, do you?"
Edmund was strangely quiet so Forest gave him a death look, "You do, don't you? I would hire people too if you did this to my country."
Edmund gave a small smile and said, "They usually fix it. If they don't I am very careful for a few months."
"Try a few years. Assassins don't give up until the job is done." Forest replied as she went back to circling flaws.
After a couple hours of doing paperwork Edmund stood up and tapped Forest's head, "We can be done for the day." As Edmund finished saying that a person came in through the window and pointed an arrow at Edmund. As the man released it Forest tackled Edmund and then stood up in a swift movement, keeping herself between Edmund and the Assassin.
Forest had assumed a defensive stance and made eye contact with the man. She didn't say a word but made it clear in the way she was standing that she wasn't going to let him kill the King.
The assassin reached for an arrow but before he could even reach it Forest threw a knife into the man's hand, causing him to wince in pain. The assassin didn't want to yell to alert the rest of the castle, but as he retreated to remove the knife the bodyguard launched herself unto his back and wrapped a thin string around his throat, cutting off his airway. The assassin slammed his back into the wall to try and remove the crazy women. When she finally did fall off he decided he needed to be rid of her. He turned his back on the Just King and pointed the arrow at her. That was his most costly mistake. King Edmund grabbed his sword and lopped off the man's head. Forest rolled in time to avoid the arrow that was accidentally shot. Both people were breathing hard and Edmund helped Forest up.
"Thank you."
"Just doing my job."
"Tough job."
"No kidding."