Author's note: Hi guys! I know this chapter is long awaited, and you've probably given up on me by now, but my first semester of sophomore year of college is finished and I am so happy. So to celebrate this terrible semester ending, I wanted to give you guys the last few chapters of the story. Just a head's up, the next chapter is a HUGE chapter, a lot goes down. Prepare yourselves. If you like it let me know, I love feedback! Hope you enjoy!

As usual, I do not own anything related to CoN!

I wasn't sure whether I had completely let go of my anger revolving around Caspian flirting with the star, but sailing toward my probable death did not seem like the time to hold on to a grudge.

We walked up to the deck, hand in hand, finding our positions and practically gluing our feet down. Just before we entered the fog, Caspian stood on the stairs, in front of the men, and looked out among them all.

"No matter what happens here, every soul who stands before me here has earned their place on the crew of the Dawn Treader. Together we have traveled far. Together we have faced adversity. Together, we can do it again. So now is not the time to fall to fierce temptations. Be Strong! Never give in. Our world, our narnian lives depend on it. Think of the lost souls we're here to save. Think of Aslan. Think of Narnia."

With that, he joined his crew, prepared to battle, as the typical war cry of "FOR NARNIA!" echoed about the men.

As we entered the dark atmosphere green mist swirled around us, diving between the different warriors standing on the deck. I held my breath. This was it.

"Go away, you're dead!" I looked over at Edmund. He was staring at the green mist, terrified.

"NO!" he shouted.

"Edmund?"

The glazed over look in his eyes disappeared as he turned to Lucy, flustered.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah."

I scooted my way over to him, squeezing his hand and just reassuring him that I was here. I knew it was the White Witch that he had seen. And if it was starting with him, it was coming for me soon. We all needed to support each other as we faced our worst fears.

"KEEP AWAY, KEEP AWAY!" a deep voice was yelling, somewhere in the mist.

"Who's there?" Edmund demanded.

"We do not fear you!" Caspian threatened.

"Nor I you," the voice replied.

Edmund grabbed his flashlight and walked towards the side of the boat where the voice was coming from. He shined it out into the fog; the beam of light landed on a shabby, dirty old man standing on a pile of rocks about twenty feet away.

"KEEP AWAY!"

"We will not leave," Caspian told him.

"You will not defeat me!" The man responded.

"Caspian! Caspian, his sword!"

"Lord Rhoop!"

"YOU DO NOT OWN ME!"

"Stand down," Caspian told the archers, "Let's get him on board! Quickly!"

People began scrambling, trying to find a way to get him onto the ship, when, out of nowhere, Eustace flew out of the fog, grabbed the man in his claws, and dropped him on board, before flying off again.

"Be calm, my lord!" Caspian told him.

"Off me, Demon!" the old man growled.

"No, my lord, we are not here to hurt you," Caspian promised, "I am your king. Caspian."

He turned, his eyes almost bugging out of his head. He touched Caspian's cheek briefly, in shock. "My lord, you should not have come. There's no way out of here! Quickly, turn this ship around, before it's too late."

"We have the sword, let's go!" Edmund appealed to Caspian.

"Let's turn her about, Drinian."

"Aye aye, your majesty!"

"Do not think! Do not let it know your fears, or it will become them!"

"Oh no."

I turned to stare at Edmund, trying to decide if I should kill him before we fought, or after we fought. Or, better yet, feed him to whatever it was he thought of. I liked that idea. Sweet, sweet karma.

"Edmund, what did you just think of?" Lucy wailed.

"I'm sorry!" He ran to the side of the ship and inspected the water.

A few seconds later, a scaly arch, with something along the lines of a fin or a spike, rose over the surface of the water, then disappeared back under. I shoved Edmund roughly, beyond terrified.

"Really, Ed? Of all things, really? " I screamed at him.

The ship rocked and I lost my balance, falling quickly.

"Look! What is that?" Caspian asked once he stood up again.

"It's too late…IT'S TOO LATE!" the crazy old guy yelled.

"GAEL!" Lucy hollered as the sea serpent rose from the water, looking absolutely indestructible.

Well, if we die, we know who to blame.

"Thanks a lot, Ed," I muttered angrily.

Eustace appeared, right as the snake tried to eat the ship. He shot flames right in the beast's face, stopping it from advancing. For a few moments, the dragon and the snake battled it out, biting and clawing one another as much as possible.

I gasped as Eustace was slammed against a rock, laying there brokenly for a minute.

As the snake lunged at him, though, he shot another lungful of flames right into the beasts mouth, which, needless to say, pissed it off pretty good and proper. It sank into the water to distinguish the fire and Eustace rested on the rock for a moment too long.

"OUT CREATURE!" the Lord yelled, chucking his sword at Eustace, hitting him in the side of the chest. He roared out in pain, jumping up and flying away, despite Lucy calling after him.

"Fools, Fools! Turn this ship around!"

I say we sacrifice the old guy to the snake.

I clung desperately to the side of the boat to keep from falling. Once Drinian had righted the ship's course, and knocked out the crazy man (much to my enjoyment), he bellowed, "TO YOUR ROWING POSITIONS, OARS AT DOUBLE SPEED!"

It was at this moment a single ray of light shone through a hole in all the mist and fog. And through that hole flew a large, white, songbird.

"Aslan," I whispered.

It was gone as quickly as it had appeared.

The ship rocked and the serpent dove over the deck, taking out a part of the railing I had been holding moments before. It was much too close for my liking. I dove out of the way, landing at Caspian's feet. He took my arm, helped me up, and pushed me away from the serpent, toward Edmund.

Then the snake dove again, right in front of Edmund and I.

It was coiled around the Dawn Treader.

"Ed, ED! We ram the Serpent, smash him on the rocks!" Caspian yelled as the beast prepared to strike. "Steer to port! I'll keep it on the prow!" Edmund replied, running down the deck, towards the bow.

Minutes later, light shone from the very front of the ship.

"Try and kill me, come on. Come on over here!" Edmund shouted.

The beast pulled its head back and opened its mouth. Then, in the blink of an eye, it struck. The sound of breaking wood was deafening as the beast took a huge chunk of the front of the boat.

"NO!"

"EDMUND!"

"ED!"

Lucy, Caspian, and I all screeched at the same time, waiting to see if Edmund was alive. I held my breath and stared through the darkness, squinting and trying to find any sign of life.

"I'm still here!" I heard him yell.

I stood on the deck, my sword drawn, watching Edmund, waiting for the serpent to attack again. Then, right before my eyes, a flaming red arrow whistled through the air and hit the thing directly in the face. It squealed in pain, practically bursting my eardrums.

I whirled around, staring at Lucy's triumphant smile as she lowered Susan's bow.

"Brace yourselves!" Caspian yelled, yanking the wheel to the right and collided with the beast.

Edmund leapt from the bow of the ship, onto the deck. He rolled, and I slipped as the ship rocked and almost broke in two. "ED!" I called as he continued rolling, right towards me. I threw my arms around him and hugged him tightly, trying to stop him from rolling further across the deck.

"Get up!" Caspian commanded quietly, pulling Edmund and I up by our hands.

His vice like grip on my arm was both nerve wracking and comforting. But I didn't have time to notice how worried he was because the great serpent, covered with flaming patches all over its body, rose from the water and lunged toward the ship with no warning whatsoever.

Yes, because the snake's going to give you notice before it attacks.

"Ed!"

"MOVE!" Caspian yelled.

Edmund stood stock still, almost as if he was waiting for the snake to eat him. Merely seconds before it bit down into the wood where Edmund had been standing, Caspian tackled the other king to the ground.

He grabbed a sword and turned swiftly, chopping off one of its many pincers.

The severed body part disintegrated into green mist as the snake screeched.

"We can beat this." Caspian snarled.

I stood there, watching the creature eat the mast of the ship, feeling useless. What was there that I could do? "We have to get it closer!" Edmund sprinted towards a rope, grabbing on, swinging slightly off the deck, and then onto one of the many rope ladders, leading to the mast.

"Ready the harpoons!"

I took off as quickly as I could, climbing up the ropes at a speed I didn't know I had in me. My eyes followed Edmund's lithe form above me. Whatever he was doing, two was always better than one. Besides, I wasn't going to stand around and wait for the snake to eat me or my loved ones.

"Ready? Now!"

The men launched the sharp harpoons at the snake, causing it to fall back as hundreds of them buried themselves in its thick, scaly skin. The ship rocked uncertainly, and at one point I almost lost my footing.

"Ed!" I called, joining him on the watch tower, just in time to help him stand, after the beast hit the wooden lookout, demolishing a part of it.

Below us, all the sailors were pulling, with all their might, on ropes that were somehow attached to the serpent; they tried desperately to bring it down.

As the men struggled, green mist swirled about us. Edmund's eyes glazed over as he stared at it.

Something was happening, he was seeing something.

I looked at what he was watching with such adamant attention, but all I could see were eyes. Bright green, unfriendly eyes. And then a face, a face I knew so well. Along came a neck and shoulders, then a body appeared as well.

"It's the mist," I whispered, "Caspian is on the deck."

"Christina," he called out.

His voice still held that gorgeous, knee-weakening accent I had fallen in love with the very first time I had ever heard him speak.

"No," I told myself, "This is temptation."

"Give up, Christina. We both know my heart belongs to Susan. Not you. Nothing you do will ever change that. You are nothing to me."

Tears sprung to my eyes.

"Go away!" I screamed.

"I will never love you….unless…" he smirked.

My breath caught, "unless what?"

"Drop the sword, my love. And then we will be together. Always."

"But-but the crew-"

"Doesn't matter. It's just you and me, Christina. Don't you want to be with me?"

"Yes!"

"Then just drop the sword."

I looked down at my sword, feeling my grip loosen, and my eyes widened.

"NO!" I shrieked, the astonishing sight bringing me out of the haze I had been put into.

My sword was glowing bright blue, and was almost warm to the touch. Looking over, I saw Edmund's was the same. "DO IT!" I heard Caspian screech.

My heart twinged as I heard the agony and desperation in his voice.

I faced the beast, pointing my sword at it, waiting for the right moment where all I had to do was close my eyes and thrust forward. "Get down!" Edmund called, kneeling, sword above his head. I mimicked his actions, screaming as the snake's mouth surrounded the two of us.

Fortunately enough, our glowing blue swords were lodged in the top of its mouth.

Green lightening covered the body of the creature, making it appear to be getting electrocuted. A deep, guttural growl emanated from my throat as I wrenched my sword out of its body, and watched the Sea Serpent fall back into the water, disintegrating into green mist as it fell deeper into the water.

We did it.