Narnia Adventures: Love, Wars and Heros. Chapter 12.

Introducing a nhew character, Oralie :) Who belongs to lemonsmania

Eva walked slowely into the ball room, looking around for anyone recognizable. "Eva!" She whirled around to see Susan. She smiled brightly at her. "You have a lovely dress!" Susan gushed. Eva smiled and looked down. "Elsa picked it out, of course, she has much better fashion sense than I do."

Susan smiled., "She also helped me pick this one." It was a long green gown that flowed around her ankles.

Just then Lucy, Edmund and Peter came along. "Where's Elsa?" Peter asked her. Eva shrugged. "In your room, she said she'd be down in a minute. Why?"

Peter smiled. "I wanna propose to her tonight."

Lucy and Susan gasped and Eva let out a big smile. "She's so gonna say yes!" She gushed. Peter chuckled. "Don't get my hopes up!"

"Ahem," Eva turned around to see Eustace. He brought his hand out to her. "Shall we dance?"

Eva smiled at him. "I'm no good..."

Eustace chuckled. "Neither am I."

Eva smiled and took Eustace's hand and was lead out onto the dancefloor. Eustace placed one hand on her hip and used the other to hold Eva's hand. Eva tried her very best not to trip over her own two feet, which was a bit of a difficult task. Eustace chuckled gently, and got a bit of a better grip on her. "I got you, don't worry."

Eva could feel butterflies rise into her stomach. She only smiled and rest her head against his shoulder.

Eustace rocked her back and forth, around and around, and let the music take over them.

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Peter sat anxiously at a chair nearby to the entrance way. It's been ten minutes, where is Elsa?

Peter then decided it would be more useful if he got up and started looking around.

"Hey, Edmund?"

Edmund put down his plate of food and turned to see his brother Peter. "Something the matter, Pete?" He questioned. "I can't find Elsa, anywhere."

Edmund bit into his bread and stood there for a moment, thinking. "Have you checked with Eva?"

Peter shook his head and hurried over to where Eustace and Eva were.

Eustace and Eva were slowely dancing on the floor. Eva's eyes were closed and she was relaxed in Eustace's arms.

"Eva?" Peter approached them.

"Mhmmm?"

"Elsa hasn't come down yet."

Eva opened her eyes and looked over to Peter. "Are you sure?"

Peter nodded. "I haven't seen her all evening!" Eva bit her lower lip. "I'll go look into her room," She turned back to Eustace. "You don't mind, do you?"

Eusace shook his head. "Go find your sister, I'll be here." Eustace kissed her on the cheek and watched as Eva and Peter hurried upstairs.

Peter burst into the bedroom. Nobody was there. "Elsa!" He called.

"Peter! Look." Eva pointed at the bed. On the pillow were two slips of papers.

"What's this?" Peter picked one up.

Dear Eva,

I'm sorry to tell you this, but I think you're all better off without me.

Today, at the shop, I realized how much you've grown over time, and I truly am proud of you. You'll become an excellent sword fighter someday, and I'm sure you and Eustace will lead a happy life. I'm just sorry I won't be there with you when it happens.

By the time you read this, I would have already been gone. Take care.

xoxo Elsa R

The other one was for Peter

My beloved Peter,

I am so glad to have met you, we had wonderful times together and I'm sorry to say that you will never see me again. You deserve someone so much better than I, a so much better High Queen.

So I am leaving for your own good. But I will never forget you, and always love you.

xoxo Elsa R

Peter's mouth was hanging and Eva was dumbstruck. "Why would she do this?"

Peter didn't respond, and the memory of his dream came flooding back into his head. "Eva? What if I told you, that I had a dream, that told me Elsa would be in danger..." Peter began. Eva's eyes grew. "I had a dream, where mum came and told me that Elsa was in danger...and..." Tears formed in Eva's eyes. "Peter? What if something happens to Elsa?" She whispered.

Peter's heart sank. He was so colnfused and worried. "We have to find her!" Before Eva could respond, Peter was with his swoird, and out the door.

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"Edmund!" Peter ran through the crowd of people in the ball room, looking for his brother, with Eva behind him.

"Peter!" Eva tried catching up, but it was pretty hard running in a dress. Suddenly, she bumped into someone. "oof!" She fell over. "Eva!" It was Eustace, and he crouched down and helped her up. "Eva, is everything ok?"

Tears were streaming down her face and she shook her head. "Elsa's gone! She ran away!"

"What?"

Eva let out a shaky sob. "She wrote us a letter, s-saying we were better off w-without her."

Eustace stood there, in shock. "Does Peter know?"

Eva nodded. "H-he's looking for Edmund now." Eva hugged herself tightly, letting the tears flow.

"Hey, hey..." Eustace wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly. Eva let out another sob. "It's all my fault, isn't it? I could have been a better sister. Maybe if I acted more like her she - she..."

"No," Eustace shook his head. "It's not your fault. It's nobody's fault. We just have to find her. Ok, Eva? We're going to find her." Eustace rubbed her back and Eva nodded, letting go of him. "Let's go find Peter."

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"What?" Gasped Susan. "She just left?"

"Why?" Edmund asked. Peter bit his lip, tears stinning his eyes. "I don't know! But I'm going to look for her."

"Right now?" Susan asked.

"You can't go out there alone," Lucy said. "It's too dangerous."

"I'll go with you." Edmund said, setting his goblet down on the table. "And I will too," Eva and Eustace found their way through the crowd towards them.

Peter nodded. "We need to find more people..."

"Peter, it's midnight, and we're in the middle of a ball, nobody's going to want to help you find her at this moment." Susan said. Peter gave a frustrated sigh. "Fine, it'll just be the four of us. Edmund, Eustace Eva and I. You two girls just stay here and keep on the lookout. Got it? If we don't find her tonight...we'll gather more men in the morning." Was Peter's decision.

Edmund turned to Eva. "Eva, go get changed, we'll all meet you down at the stables."

Eva nodded and hurried up to her bedroom.

She flung off the dress, threw on some boots, pants, a sweater and cloak, adding her dagger to her belt, and then hurried back down, out into the stables.

"Where's Peter and Edmund?" When Eva arrived it was only Eustace and the horses. "They went to find weapons." Eustace explained. He then nodded to one of the brown horses at the side. "You can take Altair."

Eva nodded and unhooked Altair to his post, and hopped on. "Have you ridden before?" Eustace asked her, climbing on his own. "Once, when I was twelve." She said.

"Go easy on her, Altair." Eustace directed the horse. The horse bowed and spoke: "Yes, sire."

This startled Eva a bit. She knew there were talking creatures in Narnia, but she didn't think horses could talk.

Eustace lead his horse over to her and gently took her hand. "Don't worry, Eva. Your sister couldn't have gone far."

Eva gave him as small smile, and squeezed his hand. Then Peter and Edmund arrived, carrying swords. Ed handed one to Eustace, then one to Edmund.

"Ed? I can't use a sword." Eva reminded him. "I gave you one of the lighter ones, and you'll only have to use it at your desperate need, ok?"

"At my desperate need?" Eva questioned.

"You never know swhen an enemy might rise, Eva. And you remember the dream. Anything can happen." Peter said, jumping onto his horse. Eva gulped. Eustace bit his lip. "Can I go with her?"

Peter shook his head. "No, we need to split up, spread out as best as possible."

Eustace sighed. "Yes, sir."

"Off we go, then." With that, Peter and his horse galloped off, with the three following after.

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Peter decided to search in the outskirts of the Northern woods. It was dark out, and the trees loomed over, leaving a bit of a creepy scene.

Peter was kept alert, for any sound or sight of movement, but he was deep in thought.

Why would Elsa just leave me like that? What have I done wrong?

He also couldn't help but feel annoyed. He loved her, he wanted to propose to her, they could have been dancing at the ball right now. He could have been with her, holding her, loving her.

"Dear Aslan, please let her be safe and sound." Peter's prayer echoed into the dark of night, and he continued to search around.

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Eva's hands were numb, her cheeks were rosey and she was shivering. It began to rain, and she was soaked. It's been an hour, it was now almost early morning and there still was no sign of Elsa.

"Take me back to Cair Paravel, Altair."

Riding by, a dead pine tree came crashing down, scaring Altair, causing him to go swerve with such force that Eva fell off. "Augh!" She rolled over and fell to the ground.

Her left shoulder had a stabbing pain, when she tried getting up. Altair came to her side. "Very sorry, miss." he apologized.

Eva only grunted and got up. "Come on, let's just walk." She muttered, and they headed back to Cair Paravel.

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Mud dripped from Peter's boots when he entered the castle's foyer. There sat Eustace, Edmund, Susan and Lucy. "Anybody find Elsa?"

They all shook their heads. edmund stood up. "I found this, in the western woods."

Peter held out his hands and what Edmund dropped into it was a necklace. A lion necklace.

Elsa's lion necklace. Peter could feel a knot in his throat and tears formed in his eyes.

"She can't be far. In the morning I'll lead you back to the trails." Edmund explained.

just then the doors opened and there was Eva and Altair. Eustace stood up and Peter whirled around. "Any sign of Elsa?"

Eva shook her head and leaped over. Eustace's brows furrowed. "What happend?"

Eva could feel her face burning. "Nothing. I'm fine." But she wasn't fine. Her sister was missing, her right leg and left shoulder ached, and she was freezing.

"Except for the fact that a tree fell on you." Altair said.

"What?" Susan leaped up and went forward to her. Eva backed away. "You're exaggerating." She glared at Altair. "A tree fell, nearly hit us, and I fell off the horse. But I'm fine." She threw off her cloak and tried pushing by them. Eustace grabbed hold of her hand. "Eva, I'm taking you to the nurse." He said firmly. Eva was in no mood to go to the nurse, she just wanted to get her sister back, and go get some sleep.

But Eustace dragged her to the Nurse's room, and woke her up.

This girl was around age 15, she had long dark hair and nice green eyes, she rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Sir Eustace. It's 1 o'clock in the morning, what's the matter?"

"Sorry to bother you, Oralie. But Eva, here, has fallen off of a horse and appears to be injured." Eustace beckoned her to Eva.

Oralie raised her eyebrows. "Horse riding at this time?"

"My sister's missing, and I went out looking for her. We all did." Eva said quietly. Oralie gasped. "Oh, I'm sorry...here, come in, I'll take a look at you."

Eustace and Eva entered the room and Oralie got Eva to sit down on the bed. "Where does it hurt?" She asked Eva. "My left shoulder, and my right leg."

Oralie felt her left shoulder and Eva jumped. "Ow!" Oralie winced. "Sorry about that." Oralie then turned to Eustace. "Would you mind taking a step outside?"

Eustace shook his head. "Not at all." And he walked out, closing the door behind him.

Eva took her shirt off, so Oralie could get a better look at her shoulder. "Oralie?"

"Yes?"

"How do you know what you're doing? You seem a bit young to be doing this."

Oralie gave Eva a small smile. "My mother was a nurse, that's how I learned all this. But she was called to war, along with my brother, she needs to go and care for all the other soldiers out there. I needed a place to stay, the Kings and Queens let me stay here, as long as I put myself into good use. So, here I am."

Eva kept quiet as Oralie exammined her leg. "I saw you the other day, out in the courts with King Edmund. You're intrested in sword fighting?" She asked her.

"Yes, but I'm no good. I can barely lift the sword! Edmund says I should get into shape first. But I can't see how I can."

"I can help you." Oralie offered. Eva raised her eyebrows. "What do you know about getting into shape?" Slipped out of her mouth. "Um, not in a rude way, I - I - "

Oralie waved her off. "My brother is a soldier, I picked up a few things from him." she bandaged up Eva's leg. "I'll help you, after your leg heals."

Eva sighed. "How long will that be?"

Oralie giggled. "Only time can tell."

Oralie belongs to my dear friend lemonsmania xx :)

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Peter couldn't sleep. How could he?

It just didn't feel right to be there, without Elsa. Peter was holding onto her necklace, tears were streaming down his face, and he prayed to Aslan.

He finally fell asleep and had a dream:

Peter was in a white a golden suit, his hair combed neatly and his crown was placed onto his head. It was his wedding day, with Elsa, and he was more then happy. Someone knocked on his door, it was Edmund. "Peter, the wedding's about to start."

Peter smiled brightly and he headed outside, where everyone was waiting. He stood in front, and the music started. Elsa came down the ilse, in a nice white wedding dress.

She met him up in front and the preist did the speech and vows. "Do you, Peter Pevensie, take Elsa Ramandu as your wife?"

"I do,"

"Do you, Elsa Ramandu, take Peter Pevensie as your husband?"

Elsa looked at Peter and took off her vail. "No."

The crowd gasped and Peter was confused.

"Peter, I'm not good enough for you, I don't deserve to be Queen."

"What? Elsa - "

But he was too late, she fled. Fled into the woods and away from him. He tried catching up, but his surroundings became dark, and he lost her...

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Elsa woke up in the middle of the night. She curled up into a ball and reached beside her to Peter.

But Peter wasn't there...

Oh yes.

She was in England again. She really missed Peter, and tears began streaming down her face.

"Elsa."

Elsa jumped. Before her eyes was a lion! Tall and golden, and brave.

"Who-who are you?"

The lion ignored her question, but asked one of his own:
"Why did you abandon your family and friends in Narnia?"

Please review! :) xoxo I'll let HighQueenP (Elsa) continue the rest!