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Previously
"I promise I'll talk to him- trust me I know you both would probably go off." Anesia said as they headed towards the How." So what was with the looks you were giving Susan?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Caspian said as he felt the heat rise in his cheeks.
"That's what they all say..."
"This is amazing Caspian." Edmund said as he and his siblings walked in the How, watching the many narnians fashion and perfect their weapons." It's a wonder you were able to obtain all of these weapons."
"It wasn't hard at all; it just took the right moment to get this all together." Caspian said as they stopped in front of group of fawns who were working on bows and arrows.
Anesia paused to look around the How, amazed and proud that her brother had accomplished so much in such a small amount of time. She stopped when her eyes caught the familiar sight of Telmarine swords leaning against the stone walls. Quickly, Anesia made a mental note to ask her brother about that later.
"You Idiot! Why were you through nuts at me?"
"I-I didn't mean to hit you I was aiming for Nikabrik, because he stole half my nuts this morning-"
"Excuse me but I didn't exactly see "Pattertwig the pea-brain squirrel" written all over them-"
"That's enough you three or do I need sit all of your heads?"
Everyone looked around, wondering were the shouting was coming when they couldn't see anybody coming towards them. The other narnians didn't seem fazed at all as they continued to work on their weapons.
"Who the heck-"
"Still the same old loud mouths." Trumpkin said as he recognized the shouting voices that resounded off the stone walls." I wish they'd shut up for five minutes…"
"You three are acting like a bunch of children-"Trufflehunter said as he, Nikabrik, Pattertwig, and Reepicheep came into view. They all paused once they saw the all royals standing in front of them." My apologies, I didn't realize that you-"
"It's alright Trufflehunter… I assume that you all know the kings and queens old." Caspian said as watched their awe stricken faces, and then turned towards Anesia." And this is my sister, princess Anesia."
"That's alright I don't need an introduction, really." Trumpkin said as he stood beside Lucy.
"Still the same old Trumpkin- grumpy and all." Nikabrik said as a smile broke out across his face at the sight of his old friend. The two instantly walked off talking; with Pattertwig close behind them still talking about his stolen nuts.
"I think I speak for everyone when I say we've anxiously awaited your returns my lieges." Reepicheep said as he stepped forwards and bowed.
"He's so cute!" Lucy whispered to Susan as she watched the small mouse before her.
"Who said that?" Reepicheep said as he turned around with his sword out.
"Sorry." Lucy said as she stepped forward slightly, still watching Reepicheep.
"It's alright my queen, but wouldn't courageous or chivalrous be better suited." Reepicheep said as he looked up the young queen, receiving a smile in return.
"Now that we're all acquainted, I'll show you all the rest of How." Caspian said, and then continued walking with everyone following him.
"Peter, wait." Anesia said as she pulled the high king back. She knew this would probably be the only time to talk to him." I need to talk to you…"
"Seemed like you said everything earlier." Peter said as he and Anesia walked outside the How.
"Well you both were in arguing like that and you had no right to assume that Caspian would just turn on everyone when you had only just met each other." Anesia said as a small passed by them.
"If he wasn't your brother, you wouldn't be defending him like this." Peter said crossly as he looked at Anesia, not caring if he sounded like jerk.
"If he had said the same thing to you I would be saying the exact same to him; actually I would be harder on him because he is my brother." Anesia said as she felt her anger rise." I was going to apologize for yelling at you earlier but now I'm not so sure you deserve it."
Peter just looked at her. Just when he thought she couldn't surprise him anymore, she does it again." You still need to."
"What? Apologize? Nope, don't think so." Anesia said as she stepped closer to Peter, showing him she wasn't going to back down.
"Yes you do, no one speaks to me that way." Peter as he also took a step forward, not backing down.
"Well there is a first time for everything, now isn't there?" Anesia said as she was almost nose to nose with Peter. She watched his jaw tighten and smiled, knowing she'd hit a nerve." Did I say something wrong?"
"Who does she think she is, talking to me as if I'm a child? I won't let her get the best of me…"
"Nope, nothing at all." Peter said as he moved his face even closer Anesia's face, knowing she get flustered.
"W-What do you think your doing?" Anesia said as she felt the heat rise in her cheeks as she backed away.
"Where does he get off thinking he can do "this", after he's been acting like a jerk; this isn't going to happen- nope not at all…"
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Peter said as he smirked, knowing he'd gotten to Anesia as he moved closer her once again, finding her blushing to be very cute in his mind. He fixed his mouth to say something else, but stopped when he felt someone watching them.
"Am I interrupting something?" Edmund said as he tried not to smile.
"Nope, actually we were just getting ready to come back." Anesia said as backed away from Peter once again." Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, Susan just wanted you two to see something we found…" Edmund replied as he looked from Peter to Anesia, trying to figure out what happened.
"Ok." Anesia said then hurried past Edmund back into the How, leaving the brothers alone and in silence.
"So…"
"Shut up Ed." Peter said as he suddenly felt the heat rise in his cheeks following his encounter with Anesia. He thought he was supposed to fluster her but instead she returned the favor.
"What? I wasn't going to say anything you're the one insinuating that something had happened." Edmund said as they walked inside the How.
"She pulled me outside to talk to me about earlier and we argued- end of story." Peter said as he and Edmund went down an unfamiliar hallway.
"You really are an idiot Pete when it comes to girls." Edmund said, ignoring the look Peter was giving him." If you weren't so defensive and always on your high horse, she might actually like you."
"What makes you think I want her to like me?" Peter said as he stopped mid-step.
"I've seen the way you look at when you think no one is watching and besides Lucy told me about how she found you two this morning." Edmund said as he passed Peter and continued walking. "Come on we're almost there."
"Look Ed that means-"Peter stopped mid-sentence and just stared at the broken but amazing structure that was before him as he entered the hidden room. He recognized the stone structure from the story Lucy and Susan told him, but also from going to visit it many years later. It was the Stone Table.
"I know that's the same look I had when Caspian first showed us." Susan said as she walked over to her brother." It's strange though that they built a tomb over the table…it's like their saying Narnia gone in a way."
"Well, we are going to take back." Caspian said as he looked at Susan, earning a small smile in return.
"Can we rest for awhile before we start planning anything?" Lucy said as she stifled a yawn.
"Good idea." Anesia said as she looked at Lucy, and then remembered something she'd meant to ask a certain brother of hers." Caspian can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Why?" Caspian stated, as he continued to gaze as Susan.
"Come on." Anesia said as she pulled her brother along. Peter attempted to stop Anesia as she walked past, but she ignored him as she and Caspian exited the room. She stopped as they had re-entered the work room and picked up one of the swords leaning against the wall and handed it to Caspian.
"Why are you handing me a sword?" Caspian asked as he tried to play dumb, but failed miserably.
"You know- how could go to their camp and steal all of this?" Anesia said as she pointed to all weapons that were being fashioned into something new." You could have been killed easily!"
"One, we needed the weapons and two, we stole them in the middle of the night so they didn't see or hear a thing." Caspian said as he placed the sword against the wall." Trust me I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't sure."
"Ok, just warn me next you put your life on line." Anesia said as she smiled slightly." I just feel sorry for the soliders because Miraz is probably ripping their heads off as we speak."
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"What do you mean that we had someone steal from our weaponry? " Miraz said as he struggled to stay calm with General Gozelle as they walked around the camp site.
"When I was doing my walk around the camp I discovered that a few of the weaponry carts were empty." Gozelle said as he and Lord Miraz stopped in front of the empty weaponry carts. He pulled the cover off of a few carts only to reveal empty wooden boxes." This isn't the only thing though…"
General Gozelle walked to the last of the empty carts and pointed to a small but meaningful message that was carved in the side. "You were right to fear the woods- X."
"I thought I told you to have someone on watch every minute of every hour until this bridge was done!" Miraz yelled letting his frustration pour out, and with out warning raised is hand punched the general in the mouth, making him fall against the cart." This kingdom can not depend people like you; which is why Telmar is going to have a new king."
"My sentiments exactly my Lord!" Lord Sopespian exclaimed as he rode up on his horse." I guess you have lost hope in finding your lost nephew?"
"Actually it pains me say that our beloved Caspian X has betrayed us all; General Gozelle was telling me as you rode up." Miraz said as he looked from the General back to Sopespian.
"I see… that is upsetting indeed." Sopespian said as he looked at Miraz and then General Gozelle, who was currently wiping the blood from his lip and cutting his eyes at Miraz. Sopespian suddenly felt a plan form in his head.
"Well now that you're here Lord Sopespian I hope you can instill some form of work ethic in the soliders, better than our own General has been doing." Miraz said as he began to mount Lord Sopespian's horse." I see you both later during my coronation." And with that Miraz was gone, leaving the lord and general in silence.
"If you'll excuse me Lord Sopespian, I have some soliders that I need to speak with immediately." Gozelle said as he walked past Sopespian, ready to yell at each and everyone of his soliders.
"I'll walk and talk with you General." Sopespian said as he caught up to the angry General." I have a proposition for you."
"Shouldn't you be talking to our new king about something like that?" Gozelle said as he stopped in front of the soliders' camp site along the river.
"This doesn't need to be run by him." Sopespian said as he watched General Gozelle face form a confused look." The proposition is to get rid of Miraz and then take Telmar as our kingdom."
"When would we get rid of him?" Gozelle said, lowering his voice so no one else could hear him.
"When the right moment comes we will do what everyone has wanted for a long time…"
well i lied when i said i had a mini writers block(sorry) but dont worry i dont have it any more and i hope you enjoyed this chapter; in the coming chapters we will see both Anesia/Peter and Suspian relationships grow!
R&R
megan