Chapter 10
Four days had passed on the island. We hadn't set sail yet due to damage to the ship from the attack. The Captain said that with every crew member helping out, it would be fixed in a week and a half's time. So until then, we're basically stranded. Oh joy.
Don't get me wrong, it wouldn't be too bad...if the seasons didn't change just about every other day. When we got here, it was the peak of summer. A tropical paradise. But the next day, Fall rolled in. The leaves on the trees changed colors over night, and began falling by the next. Now it's winter. Today's the first day of the freezing temperatures, it happened over night, so we all had to bundle up in any extra clothing we could find on board the ship. Luckily though, Susan made sure that there were plenty of cloaks for us and wool for the crew. Not that they needed it though. They ran around the ship like over grown guinea pigs. They generated so much body heat most only wore short sleeves and trousers.
I was still deaf though. Lucy tried using her healing elixir on me, but it didn't work in the slightest. Luckily though, the telepathy link between me and Edmund still ran strong. We're beginning to learn how to control it though, so we still have the privacy our minds had before the link.
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The snow crunched under my feet, reminding me of my arrival in Narnia. I walked hand in hand with Edmund at my side, our cloaks billowing behind us in a soft winter breeze. Our breath could be seen in puffs of white gas. We walked in silence until Edmund spoke.
"Are you sure you're alright with them knowing?" I could hear the words he spoke through his own hearing.
I inhaled deeply "It's honestly not my first choice, but they would've found out eventually."
Edmund nodded in understanding. None of the Pevensie's thought of me any differently now that they knew, although, Peter had made a joke saying he "knew there was something fishy about me."
Susan's opened up to me even more now, as well. She's began to be more like an older sister to me, one that I never had but always wanted.
Ed chuckled as he picked up the memory of Peters words from my thoughts "Pete will Pete." he said.
We stopped walking and just smiled at each other for a moment. A glint of mischief shone in his eyes. I gave him a quizzical look before trying to push my mind into his own, but to no avail. Before I knew it, a ball of ice cold snow flew from Ed's direction and into my shoulder. I squealed at the unexpected temperature before my lips broke into a grin. I began laughing and formed a snow ball of my own. I threw it at Edmund, who ducked his head out of the way just in time for it to miss his forehead. His own face broke into a grin as he shoved a wall of snow at my body. I laughed and turned my head away from the powdery white snow. I shrieked and laughed at the same time as a lump of the cold powder made its way down my blouse. I shivered as the ice crystals melted into freezing water and trickled down my back.
"Edmund!" I yelled as I counted the seconds in my head.
Before I knew it, I had landed on the ground with a dull thump. My cloak and other clothing had disappeared and was now replaced by my light green top and tail. The sound of Edmunds laughter boomed across the trees, I turned and scowled at him, his smile and laughter disappeared. "Oh you think this is funny?" I challenged.
Edmund shrunk back from the look in my eyes, I knew I was intimidating him. I lifted my palm above the snow and willed it to begin steaming.
Realization crossed Edmunds features, "Oh no..." he sighed as the snow began melting into water, levitating into the air as it did so.
I smiled devilishly before shoving my palm in Edmunds direction, the water soaking him from head to toe. He just stood there for a moment before he began laughing. He looked so ridiculous with his clothing clinging to him at every angle and his hair plastered to his forehead and hanging limply in his eyes. A smile broke across my face and soon I was laughing uncontrollably. "I win." I stated sweetly.
Edmund shook his head in disbelief "Using a supernatural advantage is no fair!" he protested.
I giggled, "Yes, but triggering a supernatural disadvantage is also no fair!" I replied with a smirk.
At his defeated look, I steam dried my tail and my legs were soon back. I jumped back up on my feet and walked passed Ed. "Hey! What about me? It's freezing!"
I turned back around and rolled my eyes playfully at him, but complied all the same. I heated up the water he was covered in just enough for it to evaporate. By the time I was done, we both looked the same as we did when we set out. I smiled once and turned back around. I didn't get too far though. At that moment, strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist and spun me around in a circle. When Edmund put me down, he spun me around once again so that I was facing him. I just stood there staring at him breathlessly.
"I believe I win." he spoke softly, his warm breath blew gently across my neck.
I shivered as goose bumps formed on my skin. We gazed into each others eyes for a moment before I slowly became aware of the distance between us slowly closing. I crashed my lips into his, my hands reaching up to tangle themselves in Ed's dark locks. His arms curled around the small of my waist, deepening the kiss. I already knew I was in love with the man before me, but I could feel the emotion growing. Stronger and stronger until I felt like my heart would burst.
Wait, my...heart?
As if a response to the thought, I could feel the strange thumping sensation in my chest. It was just I had felt it before, but now it somehow felt stronger. More powerful. And reluctant to end.
I pulled away from Edmund and gripped the spot on my chest where the pounding emanated from. I could feel it straining against my insides, burning me to the core. A deranged scream filled the air, followed by Edmunds panic stricken voice -both physical and telepathic- calling my name in sheer horror.
My knees gave out and I began to fall to the snow covered ground. Edmunds strong arms caught me in time, and he slowly eased me down so that we were crouched next to each other. I held onto him with a death grip as the pain slowly spread from my chest and outwards into my body. It felt as if something was forcing its way through my body. It hurt like Hell, but it somehow gave me energy that I never had before. I suddenly felt alive and revitalized. I looked down at my arms which Edmund grasped tightly in concern. It was then that I noticed just how tanned Edmund looked compared to my own paper white complexion. My gaze found its way to the purple veins just below my skin. I stared, mesmerized, as the color slowly lightened to a pale blue. Color began to form in my skin, transforming it with light reds, browns, and yellows. Before I knew it my hands no longer held their ghostly glow, but a beautiful golden tan. My hand traveled to my cheek, I was surprised to find it held a warmth it never had before.
I looked up at Edmund who stared back at me, awestruck. My palm rested on my chest, the rhythmic thumping never slowing. I reached out and grabbed Edmunds hand, placing it lightly where my palm was. He looked at me, surprise sketched across his features, and smiled. "You did it!" he exclaimed, jumping to his feet before picking me up bridal style.
"You broke the curse!" he cheered and spun me around before planting a deep and passionate kiss on my lips.
I smiled and placed my hand on his cheek, I shook my head in response "We did it."
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The snow was slowly beginning to melt by now. It was clear that spring was on its way. Judging by the position of the sun, I'd guess it's just passed midday. Edmund and I were still out on our walk, even though we were suppose to be back to the ship soon. Knowing the other royals, they'd probably be getting worried soon. I voiced my thoughts as Ed and I sat on a small log watching a flower blossom before our very eyes. The stem rose from the defrosting earth only seconds before petals extended from the tip, revealing vibrant pink and red.
Edmund nodded in agreement, got off the log, and offered me his hand. I smiled as he raised me gently to my feet. But that was when a glint of light caught my eye. "What was that?" I asked out loud.
Turning my gaze quickly to my right, I took a few cautious steps forwards. The soft tinkling of wind chimes could be heard in my mind, though I was sure the sound was not coming from the telepathy link. "Kate-" Edmund began, but I cut him off.
"Do you hear that?" I asked him.
Ed gave me a puzzled look and shook his head "Hear what?" he questioned.
"Wind chimes." I responded and took another step towards the trees, the sound grew louder in my mind.
I glanced back shortly at Ed before taking another step, and then another, and another; each movement growing more confident. I stopped as I felt a sort of tug on my clothing, as if some kind of force was urging me forwards. Before I could back away, the force grew stronger. I felt my cloak snag on a low branch before I was sucked through the illusion of trees. White flashed across my vision before sunlight poured back in. The next thing I knew I was rolling down a hill of green grass, Edmund tumbling at my side. We landed with a thud at the bottom of the hill, both facing towards the brightly lit sky. I blew a chunk of hair from my face and gasped at the sight around me. About a dozen or so men stood over us, all skinny and brown skinned with tribal like markings on their faces and bodies. Most held simple wooden rods with sharp spear tips made from some sort of rock.
"Uh...hi?" I tried dumbly.
Two of the men grabbed my arms and hauled me to my feet. Even though their ribs were visible, they were strong. Very strong. I glanced behind me and saw that four of the men surrounded Edmund as well. Two held firmly onto his arms, the other two pointing their spears at him. I saw the man holding onto my right arm say something to one of the others with their spear pointed at Edmund. I noticed the one with the spear looked slightly larger and stronger than the rest, he was probably the leader of the group. He nodded and spoke to the entire group. I heard his words through Edmunds mind.
"Co-huna! Co-huna En-Ek meh-kah!" the man shouted, the group cheered in response.
The words seemed to flow through my mind before slowly processing in my thoughts "Bring them! Bring them forth to the stone!" the translation of the words burned bright in my mind.
'That's the ancient language.' Edmunds thoughts penetrated my own.
I resisted the urge to turn my head and look at him now that the group was pulling us forward. Instead, I focused on our surroundings. Trying to find anything that might be helpful. We were being hauled through a meadow of green grass and small flowers. This meadow was obviously not touched by the islands magic.
As nothing useful could be seen, my thoughts wondered back to the language. How had I known what those words meant? There's no way I could've heard it before. This was a purely Narnian language; written long before order came to the land. Yet, I felt confident my translation was correct.
As we walked forward I became slowly aware of the areas in front of me beginning to blur. Soon, the air was shimmering and crackling with energy. Before I had realized it, we were being hauled up the stone steps of an ancient-looking temple. The exterior stone walls were a deep ocean blue, with intricate patterns carved purposefully into the hard stone. The men continued pushing me forwards. I could see their lips moving, but Edmund was purposefully blocking out their words. This is how I knew they were shouting profanities; I laughed internally.
The interior of the temple was a lot like the outside. Blue stone made up the walls, with cave like drawings littering every corner, depicting ancient battles. The same intricate patterns from the outside were also carefully carved into the walls as well, I soon realized that this was writing. I tried reading it, but I couldn't at the pace the men were forcing me to go. We stopped in front of a heavy metal door, iron maybe. The leader of the group stepped away along with three others before the leader held up his tanned hands. He spoke something, but I couldn't catch what it was. Edmund was still blocking the sounds around us. The door began to blur, as the temple had upon our arrival, and soon it had changed completely. A swirling black and white vortex replaced the door, and a cool breeze whipped my hair behind my shoulders. The leader and his followers stepped through, and the vortex disappeared. Honestly, I was quite amazed I wasn't freaking out because of this.
That left me and Edmund to stand along with the remainder of islanders in the dimly lit corridor. Torches lined the walls about two yards away from the next, and the place held a creepy feel alongside that. Now that we had stopped, I focused on the writing. I knew this must be the ancient language, but apparently translating spoken words was much easier than reading them. The letters consisted of lines, dots, squiggles, and random shapes. I think hieroglyphs would be easier to decipher.
The door slowly creaked open and the leader came back into the hall. Seriously, what was the point of the vortex if they were just going to end up in the next room anyways?
We stepped through the open door to find it led into a single, yet vast, chamber. On the far end of the chamber sat three thrones made of ivory. Why ivory, don't ask me. On the thrones, sat three elder men each with gray hair and withering skin. All three had the dark, sun tanned complexion as the next, with equally dark eyes to match. Our captors led up to the thrones before throwing me to the ground. Edmund, instead, was hauled off to the side. Ed gave me access to his hearing again and I could hear him yell my name. I tried to look up at him, but one of the men holding me kicked me in the ribs before shoving my face back down towards the ground.
"Kate!" Ed yelled, "Let go of her!" he shouted at the men, who ignored him.
The men in the thrones didn't move as one of them spoke, although, I couldn't tell which one since my head was still bowed to the ground. "A woman?" he sneered.
I scowled, thankful these men couldn't see the look of utter disgust in my eyes. A man to my right spoke in the ancient language, I didn't have time to translate it. But what I did have time for, was to feel the blinding pain as a hard object collided with my skull as my vision went dark and my senses went dull.
I'M SORRRRYYYYYYYYY! I haven't updated in forever! Please don't get your pitchforks! But you know what could make me update sooner next time? R-E-V-I-E-W! (hint, hint)
Telby- So Cari, what news do we have for our-
Cari- *Cough* MY
Telby- -your readers?
Cari- Weeeeeeeeeellllllllllllll...I GOT A DOG!
Telby- OMQ, WHATS ITS NAME?
Cari- Mya! And she's a shiba inu/shepard mix! She looks like a fox!
Telby- Awwww! Ed and Kate should get a dog when they get married!
Cari- Dude...I nvr said they were gonna get married...
Telby- Well they should...
Cari- Yea, well what if Kate met a nice Merdude and ran off with him?
Telby- Then I'd shoot you.
Cari- No, because your already dead.
Telby- ...? I'm not dea-
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Telby- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I HAD SO MUCH TO LIVE FOOOORRRRR!
Cari- so how bout them mets?
Telby- Wow.
Cari- I saw a poster the other day. And it was an advertisement for Tide...ok, I actually didn't see it. Little Lolo told me bout it...but anywhoozle, it has a yankees shirt ontop. And then it has a picture of Tide, then it shows a redsox T under that. And then it said "Tide takes the shit out of your cloths"! ! XD I LUV U TIDE!
Telby- HAHAHA! NICE!
Cari- IKR! And I probably just lost about 85% of my readers by putting tht, BUT IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT! (I luv u guys! :P) HAHA! U SUCK YANKEES! (srry, Uncle Mark!)
Telby- lolz, so do we have any other announcements?
Cari- Well, I know that Return to Your Roots WILL have a sequel, but I don't know what I'm going to call it. And let's just say, many of you will hate me for what I have planned as the ending of Return to Your Roots, and maybe even for some of the shtufflez in the sequel-
Telby- *GASP*
Cari- Dude, I already told you about that stuff!
Telby- Oh yea...
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Cari- GO ALICE CULLEN! U ROCK! AND JASPERS PRETTY HOT TOO!
Telby- *facepalm* WRONG FANFICTION!
Cari-... oops...
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