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Susan was walking up to the archery field after a most infuriating picnic with Dor. She was about to lose it. Susan being the queen she was kept her anger in until the time was right the let it out. That time was as usual on the archery practice field. The place was usually deserted, seeing as Lucy even when they were little was always in the kitchen learning how to make new things. Peter and Edmund would always be sparring with each other or taking care of some problem for the country. She would usually help them but when she needed time to let out her anger she would come here. But this time as she was rounding the corner to the practice field she heard a voice. Susan knew she wasn't supposed to eavesdrop, but when she recognized her brother's voice, she couldn't resist. She felt like doing something naughty anyway.
"Now, you pull the string back like this." Peter said this to Alastriel so quietly that Susan barely heard it. As Susan peeked around the corner she had to bite her hand to stop from laughing. Peter had his arm around Alastriel helping her pull back the bowstring. Neither of the subjects in question seemed to notice Susan was behind them; they were enjoying the position they were in to much. Susan turned around and ran back into the castle. She had to find Edmund, she knew he would be the one to laugh with her at this. Lucy always defended Peter and despised gossip to much. She also knew exactly where to find Edmund, ever since he met Ilonwy he was always at her side like a lost puppy. Susan ran into the hospital corridor and found Edmund. He was in the corner of the room at the little kitchenette. He looked slightly scared while Ilonwy was laughing.
"Edmund you need to turn the stove off … or it will just keep burning." Ilonwy said through her hiccup like laughter. Susan went right over to Edmund and poured water over the fire he was trying to put out and gave Ilonwy the drink that Edmund was trying to make.
"Hey, that was my job." Edmund said indignantly crossing his arms and blowing his bangs out of his face like he always did when he was frustrated.
"It was your job which you weren't doing well enough so I stepped in, anyway I wanted to tell you something. Guess who I found with his arm around a girl as he taught her archery, when she probably didn't need teaching." Edmund thought for a minute then remembered.
"Peter told me that he was going to do some archery today, but who was the girl?" Ilonwy and Edmund weren't expecting what they were about to hear.
"Alastriel!" Susan loved being able to give his little tidbit of information to her brother and Ilonwy.
"Alastriel?!" Edmund and Ilonwy said together. Then they both burst out in laughter. "I knew it! I knew it! Didn't I tell you that she would catch him?" Ilonwy looked like she would roll around on the floor if she could but she soon had to stop laughing because she was still too weak. "I hate it when it hurts to laugh." She said catching her breath. "I'll have to stay away from your family, if I want to get better, you keep making me laugh too much." Ilonwy was about to fall out of her hospital bed but luckily just as she was about to fall Edmund caught her and helped her to steady herself. "Thank you. Good for Alastriel. I wonder when they will be engaged. She has only a few months after all." Edmund already knew about this because he had asked Peter why he always seemed to have Alastriel around all of the sudden. He told Edmund about Alastriel's father and how she had to find a husband. Peter tried to make it sound like he was hoping that she would catch one of the lords in the court, but now Edmund found it obvious that his own brother had been caught.
"What do you mean a few months?" Susan was completely unaware of what was going on, and that was a state she did not enjoy being in. Ilonwy and Edmund shared a glance. Ilonwy was very glad when she could tell that Edmund had made a silent decision.
"You'll have to ask Alastriel." Edmund said this and it was obvious to both of the women in the room with him that his decision was final. The only reason that he had told Ilonwy was because he saw that Alastriel showed her a letter, from her parents and it seemed that Ilonwy was Alastriel's confidant. Ilonwy in fact had already known because Alastriel seemed to tell her everything, and ever since Alastriel saw Peter come onto the deck of that ship months ago and save them, Alastriel was caught.
"Edmund's right I shouldn't have mentioned it in the first place. That was not mine to mention." Ilonwy was now very displeased with herself. Edmund saw her just let go of a secret. She felt like such an idiot. First you blurt out a secret in front of the king, and now you are blushing. Why, why is blushing such an issue with me? Oh, you idiot! Why did you just blurt out that Alastriel had only a few months. That was not your secret to tell. Now Edmund thinks that you are nothing but a big blabber mouth.
While Ilonwy was thinking this, Susan left the room with a twirl. Funny even when I am mad I am graceful. What did Ilonwy mean? Only a few months… I suppose I will find out sooner or later. Maybe what Edmund was saying about talking to the servants and getting information that way wasn't such a bad idea. What can I do to blow some steam now? Maybe I could just walk up into the archery ring and shoot some anyway. No. That would be rude, and who knows what they are doing now? Though I am certain they will both be innocent whenever they marry whomever they marry, I still would not like to walk in on them doing anything they were doing when they thought that they were in private. Maybe I'll go out riding. That's it I'll go out riding! Edmund seems to think that is a good way to blow off steam. So Susan rounded the last corner to the stables and left.
A/N: Sorry updates will be slower from now on. I was putting up chapters that i had already been working on for a while. Now i am going to have to write then update instead of re-editing/adding details then update. Thank you for your reveiws but please reveiw more!