Chapter 14

A/N: Warning: this chapter contains actions of rape and violence/abuse so if you don't like it, then don't read. Thanks again to those who reviewed; it really makes me overjoyed to hear that you're enjoying this. Here's chapter 14 :)

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Susan and Lucy on their way north…

Ever since the horses had been found, both Susan and Lucy travelled on their own stallions without having to share a horse. Thus, it had been far easier and more comfortable to travel and it had definitely made Susan and Lucy more content now that they had gotten their worry over their lost horses out of their minds

Lucy couldn't help but realise that the fresh scent of the glowing nature that had once surrounded her, had faded away, and they were now exposed to a more open setting with hardly any trees to hide them.

"Susan, where are we now? Are we there yet? I'm kind of sensing that we are near. Being around here…it feels…unwelcoming… it's different from back home at the Cair"

Susan couldn't help but agree. She too, noticed the cooler air and the lack of nature surrounding them. She also didn't feel as safe, knowing how far from home they had come.

But then she mentally cursed herself. Edmund was out there. Her own brother! He was probably feeling more frightened seeing as he is weaponless and probably confused because of how it all occurred all of a sudden. He was in a far worse situation than her, and here she was, feeling scared about being in a place that's so foreign. She had to stay strong, not just for Lucy, but for her brother as well.

"That's right Lucy, but you have to realise that not everywhere in Narnia is the same as Cair Paravel. Some places are colder, some places are hotter, and some are just completely different from our expectations" At this, Lucy rolled her eyes. This was where 'Logical' Susan came in, "Just like in our world, you don't see every country or city in the same condition as the North Pole do you? No. And a fair example is that England is always cold, unlike Australia which is always warm. Also, New Zealand is quite—"

"Oh do shut up Susan, I understand quite well by now" Lucy giggled. And Susan blushed as she realised that she blabbered on again. It was a bad habit that she picked up ever since the four Pevensie's tumbled out of the Professor's wardrobe.

General Haddon – who was very confused by their conversation as he had been next to them throughout the whole travel – decided to answer Lucy's question knowing how curious she was "My Queens, we are getting near to our journey's end, for all we know the Northern Castle of Queen Janet could come to sight at any time"

Lucy gasped, and clutched her horse's reins even tighter making her knuckles appear white "If we're near, that means Peter is probably near too! And that means we could catch sight of him and Caspian soon! We should keep our eyes peeled Su, after all we need to make sure if they're okay"

The corners of Susan's mouth lifted up with amusement "Lucy, we've only just gotten word from Sybil yesterday that Peter and Caspian are well and safe"

Lucy nodded in agreement "I guess your right" then she sighed "I just miss them"

Susan wanted to hug Lucy right then, to reassure her. But they were both seated on their horses who were trotting onwards, and if she tried… it wouldn't have ended well. So instead she said "I miss them too Lucy. In fact I wish all of this never even happened (don't we all?)"

General Haddon spoke up "Aye your majesty, Queen Janet had committed serious crimes against all of the Narnian laws which will consequently lead to horrid punishment"

"But the main thing, is that we have Aslan to help and guide us" Lucy said softly but enough for Susan and the general to hear. Susan smiled, she really admired Lucy's faith, even at times like these, her faith would never fail to fade.

"You're absolutely right Lucy" Susan praised which Lucy replied by smiling at her older sister with gratitude. The gentle Queen looked ahead again. "We should keep an eye out now" she announced, referring to both Lucy and the general and the guards too "we are nearing. You never know what unexpected surprises we may come across"

()()()

At the highest floor of the Castle…

The upper half of his body was now fully exposed and Edmund noticed it when he felt an unusually cold sensation collide with his skin. His eyes were half open as he fought to keep them opened and he tried with all his might to thrash and fight the two villains away from him.

"Keep still, boy" Bonnet said menacingly while desperately wanting to things done immediately. Edmund groaned and started kicking his legs high up and towards Bonnet as he tried to fight her away. But it was useless as his strength drained away from him, so all he could do was lift his leg slowly up without any force or impact.

Bonnet sighed with impatience. She sat back for a moment to tie her dirty blonde hair back in a low ponytail. And when she was done, she crawled over with a triumphant smile on her face and straddled Edmund.

Edmund groaned louder as felt a heavy weight on his hips and started coughing as it was making him hard to breath. He opened his eyes wider as he felt Bonnet's cold hands slide all over his chest and his torso with a hungry look in her eyes

"S-stop plea-se" he managed to whisper, albeit with a lot of effort. He looked over to see Janet sitting on a chair while drinking wine. When she caught the dark haired boy's helpless face, she smiled cruelly

"You should get prepared Edmund" she said in a mocking high pitched voice "Your virginity will be taken away from you, and there will be no Peter to save you" she laughed victoriously

Edmund couldn't stop the tears that already rolled down at the ends of his eyes. He was helpless and he wished he had his swords. He would have instantly killed Janet with one swipe.

All of a sudden he felt another pair of cold chapped lips against his, and this time, it wasn't Bonnet because he felt her move away from his hips. He then realised that it was Wendell. His eyes widened – with effort of course – and he tried to push him off. He moaned with terror and helplessness as the man was far stronger than him. He could almost taste the wine from the older man's mouth and he couldn't help but cry harder. 'Please, please let me go' He wanted to say

He felt Bonnet's tongue trail all over his chest and torso while her cold palms trailed every inch of his stomach. Wendell groaned into the kiss and forcefully slid his tongue into Edmund's mouth. Edmund couldn't take it. He moved his head to the other side with a disgusted look on his face. He cried out loudly while his tears intensified.

"You're a tough one ain't 'cha" Wendell said as he grabbed a fistful of Edmund's hair. He dragged it back so Edmund could fully look at him. Edmund whimpered at the pain on his scalp. Then his lips were invaded again by Wendell's rough ones. Edmund screamed into the kiss which Wendell ignored as he kept on going.

"Do it Bonnet" Janet ordered from across the room. "This will be fun to watch" Janet said to herself while taking another sip of her wine with an amusing smirk on her wrinkled features Bonnet looked up at her Queen and squealed with excitement as she obeyed.

Edmund continued to scream and yell, even when Wendell finished with the kiss, Edmund continued to scream as loud as he could - despite him being drugged - in hope for someone to hear and rescue him. But being in the highest room of the castle, it was unlikely that someone could be able to hear his screams.

His voice suddenly hitched as he felt cold hands attempting to drag his leggings down. He immediately thrashed his legs as hard as he could, but unfortunately, his strength was fully drained, thus, the best he could do was wave his legs in all directions.

"Ple-ase" he whimpered. But Wendell and Bonnet only laughed at his helpless form. By now, his lips were red and swollen, his chest had hickeys and scratch marks on it from Bonnet's sharp nails and his eyes were red and filled with tears.

Wendell started to suck and kiss the skin on the younger king's chest and abdomen area and Edmund tried to move his hands so he could push him away but the vial affected him strongly so he couldn't find the strength to do so.

Bonnet slowly took off Edmund's leggings and Edmund began crying and screaming harder, not with humiliation, but with anger and for his powerless condition. He felt Bonnet's cold hands stroke his legs and calf ever so slowly and it made him shiver

Bonnet immediately began to take off her dress and once that was gone, she took off her undergarments without hesitation. She didn't bother to take off her undershirt knowing that it would be useless to use her upper half of her body. She proceeded in stroking Edmund's legs. By now, he was shivering with fright from not knowing what was going to happen next

From the far corner of the room, Janet smiled happily. By now, she was mildly drunk and she unsteadily got up on her feet and walked over to where Edmund lay helplessly. She bent down to look at the boy who was now whimpering with anger and fear as he could not find his strength to scream anymore.

She looked up at the aged man opposite of her "Thank you Wendell" she said "Your job here is done, go back to the party and see how the show is going and report back to me, I need to know if everything is going well, for all I know that hybrid could have ruined everything"

Wendell stood up to bow at his Queen "Of course your majesty" he was disappointed of course, but he wouldn't dare to let his Queen know, for she isn't nice when she got angry, so he quickly walked out of the room while straightening his bow tie.

Once he was gone, Janet looked back down at the boy and suspiciously stroked his hair. The boy didn't dare to meet Janet's eyes, he was filled with rage.

"You will never see the light of day" she whispered softly to Edmund "Your brother is a coward. He was never fit to be a high king and you are just as dull-witted as him. You are pathetic and you don't deserve to live"

She looked back at Bonnet who was now playing at Edmund's undergarment with hungry eyes. Once she caught her eyes, she nodded at her. Janet looked back at Edmund. His eyes were now fully closed and his whimpers increased to screams again as he felt his undergarment being taken off.

Janet placed her cracked and rough lips hard against Edmund's and she immediately forced her tongue into his mouth so his screamed wouldn't increase once the act began. Edmund could once again taste the wine but this time it was stronger.

Edmund screamed really loud as he felt Bonnet's cold palms fully rapped against his manhood, he then felt something warm and he dared to open his eyes to see what she was doing. With increasing effort, he finally opened his eyes slightly, and he looked to see Bonnet's mouth bobbing up and down as she was sucking on it vigorously.

He shut his eyes incredibly tight. His mouth was still being invaded by Janet but he stopped screaming. He couldn't scream anymore. For a moment, he thought he'd lost his voice. He whimpered and sobbed. He couldn't take it anymore. He felt pain, he felt it emotionally and physically and it wouldn't stop.

Then he felt Bonnet stop and stand up and he felt Janet smirk evilly against his lips and his heart sped up.

He felt panic rising through his body. He knew what was going to come. 'No. No. No this can't happen. Please Aslan please, please! Make this stop!'

With effort, he opened his eye's slightly again and he saw Bonnet getting into position. His heart felt like it was going to stop deliberately at any moment. Janet stopped her kiss-invasion and looked at Edmund with the same knowing smirk

"Your nightmares will begin and no one here is going to hear your screams, long live the Just king" she cackled grimly.

All Edmund could do was tightly shut his tear filled eyes and whimper powerlessly. He felt like he wanted to die right there. He didn't want his virginity taken away from him, he wanted to save it and make it special, but all of that was going to be taken away from him dramatically and there was nothing he could do seeing as he was too drugged and helpless to do anything. He waited…

He sensed that Bonnet was getting ready, and Janet was laughing with amusement. The tension was killing him. Edmund still kept his eyes shut; his tears kept coming as he waited. He didn't realise that he had been shaking with fright.

And just as Bonnet was going to slide down, a sudden loud noise came from nowhere.

It knocked Bonnet and Janet off balance as they screamed and fell to the floor with a bang

Edmund opened his eyes slightly, with effort, as he heard the loud noise. It sounded like… a lion's roar

'Aslan….' Edmund thought. If he had the energy to smile, he would have done it, but he was still weak.

The sudden noise had frightened the two women. Bonnet looked at Janet from the floor in which she fell in "Your majesty, what was that?" she whispered urgently

Janet looked just as shocked "I-I-I don't know" she stuttered, though she was drunk, she seemed more awake than before. They were both shocked. There were no animals in sight and the fact that they were all alone in the highest room of the castle seemed even more suspicious.

Janet instantly stood up "Quick, get the boy dressed"

"But-"

"Just do it! If you dare question the my decisions, I shall have you beheaded in no time!"

Bonnet lowered her head in shame "Y-yes your majesty" and proceeded in dressing Edmund back into his clothes again albeit she did it harshly, ignoring the boy's groans of pain

Janet looked at Bonnet once she and Edmund were now fully changed back into their clothes "Bonnet, can you pick up the boy?"

"Um…" she looked unsure, "I'll try my best, your majesty"

"Good, I can't be having myself to go all the way down to fetch Wendell, I'm not worth wasting my own time, now follow me, quick" she walked towards the corner of the room and picked up a long dagger and walked back out.

Bonnet slowly picked up the boy's limp body with a groan "Goodness, you're heavy" she grimaced at how weak she was, she couldn't even pick up a weapon let alone a person. Soon she walked out of the room with the boy in hand

"Hurry up" she heard Janet call out

After walking down three long flights of stairs they reached the very bottom floor of the castle. The hallways were even smaller than before and Janet came across the two prison guards

"Apollo, open up the doors, Edmund is going back in there" Janet ordered. Apollo obeyed, though with a look of worry on his features. Once the doors were opened, he saw Edmund's unmoving body.

Janet walked into the rusty dungeon and saw the little faun crouched against the wall while hugging his knees. He looked frighteningly up at Janet. Janet smirked at the terrified look on his face. She looked back at Bonnet with an impatient look on her face "Well? What are you waiting for?"

Bonnet instantly threw Edmund into the floor beside the wall and he groaned with discomfort.

"You may leave now" Janet ordered to Bonnet

"Yes your majesty" she said with a bow, though she was disappointed that she didn't get to deflower anyone that day, she walked out of the room to get back to the party in hopes of finding someone else to 'play' with.

Janet looked back at Edmund with a disappointed look "Pathetic boy, you're not worth my time, you're not worth anyone's time, you're a coward as well as that brother of yours" she looked back at Finn before turning around to walk out of the dungeon

"Err... your majesty..." Apollo started hesitantly

"What!" she said impatiently

Apollo flinched and looked back at the other prison guard helplessly, but he knew he had to get it out sooner or later "I-it's about Eris"

"I don't want to hear it, I already know she ruined the show, that's why I'm going to find her, I'm going to bring her back here to give her a good beating, this shall be good" she said proudly before attempting to walk off again, but she was stopped again by the Minotaur

"No, your majesty, it's…it's not that, it's… well…"

"Hurry up, and get on with it, I have other duty's to do" she grew even more impatient

"She's escaped your majesty" he blurted out

Janet immediately paled, her eyes grew wide and her anger was beginning to build "What?" she whispered angrily

Edmund, on the other side of the dungeon heard this. He felt his heart leap as he was shocked and he instantly felt relieved. He was overjoyed that she'd manage to escape, because that way, help would be more effective. He couldn't smile as his strength still didn't return but he would have been smiling like there was no tomorrow if he had the strength to do so

"Your ma—"

"She's escaped?" she shouted. Her voice echoed through the small hallway. Her breathing quickened dangerously, and the guards began to feel uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Janet turned around to look at Edmund, who lay on the hard rusty ground and she quickly walked towards the boy. "You knew about this didn't you" She got her long dagger out – which could be easily mistaken for a sword – and she slashed hard at the left side of Edmund's stomach. Edmund let out a howl of pain. Finn, on the other end of the dungeon clasped his mouth to prevent himself from screaming with fright at the horrible sight before him. He wanted to run towards the young king, but his ankles were chained and he couldn't reach him

Janet looked at Edmund as he scrunched his eyes tight. He tried to clutch at his side but he failed miserably. His tears were evidently visible. Soon she saw a small pool of crimson blood underneath him and she was satisfied enough.

"Farewell young king, You shall die a slow and painful death" she seethed before she glanced a quick threatening look at Finn before departing. The doors were soon closed and locked with a click

()()()

The north-east travel…

"King Peter, perhaps we should mount, our horses have been walking non-stop without rest today" Caspian suggested.

"Yes your right" By the time Peter said that, Caspian had already mounted off his horse. But when Peter landed on the ground, he groaned with pain "aargh!" he instantly clutched at the left side of his stomach and his eyes were scrunched up. Caspian – who had reacted quickly – jumped to action immediately and stood beside Peter while rubbing his back

"Peter? Are you okay?" he said urgently, not even bothered to say his full title.

The sudden pain was gone and after a while, Peter sighed with relief, he was glad that it was over as the pain was incredibly intense. He felt strange. What just happened? He looked down at his side but no blood was visible, in fact he didn't feel a scar or anything unusual after that. But he was sure that it felt like someone had just slashed their sword at his side.

"I-I'm fine" he stuttered out. He was shocked at the sudden agony; he'd never gotten this before. And he knew full well that this was definitely not something that he should ignore.

'Perhaps it's a sign of some sort' Peter thought to himself. But then a sudden image of Edmund came into his mind. It terrified Peter but he shook his head, trying to get rid of the vision, he coaxed himself that it was just his mind playing tricks. 'I guess that's what I get by getting stressed and overly worried' Peter reasoned with himself

"You don't look fine to me" Caspian said as he noted Peter's confused expression and the random head shake.

Peter looked at the brunette with a neutral face "I am fine Caspian. It was just a side-effect from being too stressed. Don't worry I'm fine" Caspian only looked at the blonde with a frown. Peter sighed "Do you see any blood on me?" the brunette looked at the area which the blonde was grasping earlier and surprisingly found nothing

"Exactly" Peter finished as he turned back around to sit against a tree.

Caspian was about to join him when a guard called out "Your majesties High King Peter and King Caspian!" a fierce cat whispered out "It appears we may have found some intruders of some sort, my lords"

Immediately Peter stood up and Caspian followed. Peter craned his neck around to face Caspian and he put his finger in front of his lips to silently tell him to be quiet. Caspian nodded and they both proceeded in peaking through a big tree.

They both slowly poke their eyes out from the tree and they could make out a little crowd of diverse animals. There were little guards scattered about with red uniform which had the lions face on it and Peter could see a big centaur talking to two young girls.

He gasped "It's Lucy and Susan!" he cried merrily. He could make out Susan's dark blue knight dress and Lucy's red version. Caspian was shocked and excited to finally see them again, especially the fact that they were safe. Both of the kings turned around and headed back to mount on their horses

"My guards, we are going over to them. It appears that these 'intruders' are none other than my royal sisters, Queens Susan and Lucy" Peter announced. There were immediately murmurs of happiness and joy from the Narnians. But it was still crucial that they remained quiet.

As soon as the boys mounted, they immediately trotted their horses closer to the direction where Susan, Lucy and the General stood.

Lucy immediately spotted her brother "Susan! Susan! Look! It's Peter and Caspian!" Susan abruptly turned around and the two girls quickly mounted off their horse as did Peter and Caspian.

Susan ran over to embrace Peter with a broad smile on her face and Lucy ran to hug Caspian while laughing with joy.

"Oh Peter I'm so glad to see you all unharmed" Susan's voice muffled from Peter's shoulder

"I've been thinking a lot about you and Lucy" Peter replied. Soon they let go and Peter was soon wrapped around Lucy

Susan looked at Caspian for a second before crushing him in a tight embrace "Caspian" was all she breathed out before they kissed fiercely, making up for all the days they've been separated

"Oh get a room!" Lucy teased, making her and Peter laugh. Susan and Caspian blushed crimson pink before laughing along.

Peter turned around to see General Haddon, he stepped closer to the centaur "Thank you, general. For taking care of my sisters" he appreciated.

The general laughed softly "Thank you, my king. It is my job after all, though I must say, your sisters are very wise, thus, I don't think my help was much needed for they are as brave as you are your majesty"

Peter laughed gently. He turned around to see Lucy, Susan and Caspian talking about their experience. He could hear Lucy talking excitedly about when they found their horses. But then he frowned to himself. 'This isn't supposed to happen yet' he thought to himself 'We can't be happy yet, my brother is in trouble, Aslan knows what he is going through' Then he winced as he remembered the vivid vision that he got earlier

'Oh Aslan, please don't let that happen to him…'

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