AN:/ sorry about the long update! it's just that i've been sooo caught up with homework! but finally, chapter 21!
Disclaimer: i do not own any of these: the characters, setting, Chronicles of Narnia, or SKANDAR KEYNES! i DO own the plot, Ryliza and Melissa. but i do not own Skandar Keynes to my disappointment... :'(
Four weeks passed and everything is in peace. Susan and Caspian's relationship grow stronger and stronger with each passing day. Peter and Melissa are falling deeper in love and are starting to notice the others feelings. Edmund thinks it is kind of weird and disgusting to have all the couples around and Lucy thinks it's funny to see Edmund grossed out.
One day, Aslan was in the courtyard and asked for Caspian and Melissa. Caspian was the first to see the Great Lion and bowed at his presence.
"Rise, King Caspian." Aslan said. Caspian rose and looked at the Great Lion. Then Melissa came out, running towards them. She bowed before Aslan, breathing hard for air.
"Rise, Princess Melissa of Archenland." Melissa rose, still breathing hard for air. Caspian looked at her questioningly, but she had a straight face.
"What do you need of us Aslan?" Caspian asked.
"I need you two to go on a quest. To find an imperial topaz, an orange gem."
"What for?" Caspian asked.
"It is a very dangerous gem that can bring back those who are feared the most. But only from the past and present, not the future." Melissa said, fiddling with her charm bracelet.
"I am sorry, Melissa. Does that charm bracelet of yours, actually have a red gem?" Caspian asked. Melissa and Aslan looked at her bracelet.
The bracelet was a gold bracelet. The symbols on the bracelet didn't make sense. One symbol was a crown, symbolizing she was once a royal. The next was a small house, from when she was abandoned and had to live in the small house. The third was a dragon, to which Melissa only knew the meaning. Finally door, only Melissa knew of what it meant. But Aslan knew as well. In between the symbols, was a red gem. The gem was small, but seemed to glow.
"Yes. But it's also called a ruby, Caspian. It was given to me since birth. This is the source of my abilities. I can use them use without it, but I prefer to wear it." Melissa said.
Aslan looked at the bracelet, and then looked to Caspian. Melissa stroked the gem and looked at Aslan.
"You two will go on a quest to find the orange gem. Past Beruna, you should a mountain surrounded by water. Get passed the water and enter a cave. There, it should be found." Aslan said. They both nodded and headed to the stables. As Melissa and Caspian left, Aslan had sent Susan on a quest of her own.
Melissa and Caspian rode through the forests and passed Aslan's How. They rode passed his How and passed the battlefield of Beruna. Not far from Beruna, was the mountain. And around the mountain was a raging river.
The two dismounted and looked at the raging river.
"You're a princess?" Caspian asked.
"Yes. Princess Melissa of Archenland. But it's been a while since I was called that." she said. They abandoned the thought and looked back at the river.
"How are we going to cross this? It's too dangerous to pass." Caspian said. Melissa didn't answer, but drew a circle around herself and sat down. She closed her eyes and the concentrated. Caspian noticed this and waved his hand in front of her face. She smacked it away and concentrated. He just watched her and then complained to himself. The ruby on her charm bracelet began to glow. Then all of a sudden, the river parted in two.
"How did you do that?" Caspian asked shocked.
"With a little magic." Melissa said. She got up and walked across the path she created. Caspian followed close behind, hoping the water wouldn't crash back together when he crossed. When they reached the other side, the river became one again.
They entered the cave, and Caspian drew out his sword, sensing danger. As they went a little deeper into the cave, a green gem suddenly appeared. They saw it and walked closer to inspect it.
"Is this it?" Caspian asked.
"No, it can't be. This is an emerald not the… imperial topaz."
"This is a very beautiful."
"Hey. It's mine. I spotted it first."
"No, I spotted it first and it would make a perfect gift for Susan."
"No, it's mine! It's time I claimed something that was mine to start with."
"No, it's mine!"
They argued over the gem but didn't touch it. The emerald's spell had taken over them. The two argued so much, they didn't notice a dark and big figure glooming over them. And suddenly, an arrow whisked passed the two and almost hit the gem. But a huge tail deflected the blow. Then they were pushed back and fell on the floor hard. Caspian saw the arrow and recognized it instantly. The red feathered arrow stood out to him, meaning only one thing. He looked to the entrance and saw Susan, standing there, her bow ready and set. She was wet, but she didn't care. She took another arrow and shot at the emerald again. But it was deflected easily. Susan ran over to Caspian and Melissa and helped them up. As they stood, they all looked up and a dragon came out of the shadows.
The dragon pushed them back with its tail and they fell back.
"What are you doing here?" Caspian asked, helping Susan up.
"Retrieving a green gem. And saving your lives! Where's Melissa?" Susan shouted as the dragon roared.
They looked around and saw Melissa heading for the emerald. The dragon breathed fire towards her, but she sprayed a powerful jet towards every fire. While Caspian had snapped out of its spell, she hadn't.
"Caspian!" Susan shouted, pointing to Melissa.
Caspian ran to Melissa as Susan kept shooting her arrows. Caspian dodged all the dragon's blows. He finally reached Melissa and grabbed her. He lifted her and threw her over his shoulder. She screamed and kicked, trying to get the gem.
"Put me down! Let me go!"
Caspian put Melissa down once they were out of the cave and tried to snap her out of the spell. Yet, nothing had worked.
"Melissa, I'm sorry for this." he said. And knowing pressure points, he knocked her out. Then he grabbed her bracelet and wrapped it around his sword. As he wrapped it, he didn't notice Melissa changing form.
Once he finished, he gave his sword to Susan.
"Fire my sword at the dragon!"
But they didn't know Melissa was up and awake, transforming. She walked quite a distance from them, towards the dragon and she turned around. It was too late for them to notice who or what she was transforming into, because the transformation was almost complete. Yet, Susan saw who she was turning into. Instead of firing it at the dragon, she fired the sword towards the almost complete White Witch. The sword just went through her and hit the dragon. Both the "White Witch" and the dragon fell, and suddenly, they became one. And in its chest was the emerald.
Caspian's sword and the bracelet fell in front of the dragon. So he ran towards the dragon to retrieve them. But the White Dragon saw him and hit him with its tail. He was thrown back to the entrance, but luckily he had his stuff. As he got up, he wrapped the bracelet around his sword once again. And suddenly, his sword began to glow red, making Caspian feel as if he had a lot more control in his sword.
Caspian couldn't find Susan, but he saw her dress behind the dragon. The dragon didn't notice her slip behind.
Susan was behind the dragon, as if looking for something. And out of nowhere, she saw a blue gem. The sapphire was a on a silver chain, making it a necklace. She grabbed it and ran back to Caspian. But as she ran when she was in front of the dragon, the dragon breathed out white fire. Susan got passed it in time to get back to Caspian. The dragon roared and breathed out fire again. Susan wrapped the sapphire necklace around an arrow and it began to glow. The sapphire necklace dissolved into the arrow and it glowed blue. Susan had the feeling of strength, not as in muscles, but in herself.
The couple was about to do the same thing. At the same time, the both shot their weapons at the dragon. The sword and arrow both hit the dragon in the same place, its chest. It hit the emerald, combining the ruby and sapphire (sword and arrow) together.
There was a high pitched scream and the dragon disappeared. In its place was an orange gem. Caspian walked up to it and picked it up. He walked back over to Susan, who was waiting patiently.
"The imperial topaz." Caspian said. He showed her the gem and they looked into it.
"It's the dragon." Susan said. Inside the gem was a White Dragon, exactly like the one that had disappeared.
Peter met Aslan in the courtyard right soon after Susan and Caspian's fight with the dragon. Peter bowed before Aslan.
"Rise King Peter. I have a special talk for you." Peter rose and just looked at Aslan.
"What do you need of me?"
"I need you to go find a seraph blade."
"What for?"
"You will see. Now go."
When Peter left, Susan and Caspian arrived.
"Well done, well done. You have brought back a very powerful and dangerous gem. But where is Melissa?" Aslan said.
"We don't know where she is or what happened to her." Caspian said.
"I see. Now, Susan, you did well. You did exactly what I had told you. And it is to that point to where I am proud of both of you."
"What are you talking about?" Caspian asked, clearly confused about Susan's mission.
"Aslan sent me to follow you, knowing something would go wrong." Susan said.
"About our infatuation with the emerald?"
"Emerald? What emerald?" Aslan asked. Susan and Caspian just looked at him, not knowing what to say.
"Melissa has the key to a completely different world. Only she can open it and close it. The only way to keep it closed was her charm bracelet. But, to do that, she needs all the gems." Aslan suddenly explained.
"The sapphire, ruby and emerald?" Caspian asked.
"You mean to say that she's a gatekeeper? And the gems together help her open it?" Susan asked.
"Precisely." Aslan said to both questions.
Peter was on Matthew on his quest that Aslan had granted him. He only came with his sword, and went alone.
He traveled all over the land of Narnia, and went a lot faster than expected. By high noon, he finally realized the place he hadn't looked: the White Witch's castle.
He reached the castle within half an hour. And to his surprise, it was still standing. But, the ice castle was melting. He entered the castle and found it empty. He looked all over the place, and found nothing. Just as he was about to give up, he turned around and fell. He put a hand to his forehead, and looked up. A frozen statue was standing right in front of him, and apparently hit him on the head. "That bloody statue wasn't there before." he grumbled to himself as he stood up. Wait, didn't Aslan free them all? he thought.
Underneath the statue was a secret door. He pushed the statue off the door and opened it. He walked down the few stairs it had, carrying a torch. In the middle of the chamber was a blade. Peter walked over to it and picked it up. As he looked at it, the way in was sealed shut. Peter looked to the entrance and tried to open it. But it was close good. Peter needed help.
Lucy was told that she had to follow Peter. She could tell that he needed help. She didn't know how she knew, but she did. She finally reached the White Witch's on Flame (her horse was brown with a red mane). She dismounted and hid by the walls of the entrance. She had her back against the wall and peered inside. She saw the White Witch closing a door and covering it up with a statue. The White Witch turned and looked into Lucy's eyes. Lucy turned around, breathing fast. She swallowed and closed her eyes. Once she opened them, a pair of brown eyes was looking at her. She screamed but a hand covered her mouth. She realized who it was and pushed his hand away. Edmund. He put a finger to his mouth and he drew his sword. Lucy drew out her dagger and peered back inside. The White Witch was gone.
Edmund made sure no one was around, and then they ran over to the statue. She pushed on the statue, but it didn't budge. Then they both tried, but it didn't work.
Meanwhile, Peter found a small crawl space and poked his head through it. Peter looked around the room, it was filled with Narnians. Then, he saw what scared him the most: the White Witch.
"We will take Narnia over!" she shouted. The Narnians yelled in approval. "So get ready for a raid and battle."
All the Narnians shouted again. A minotaur roared, while werewolves, bats and others howled. These were the same exact Narnians that they battled thirteen hundred years ago. But, like the White Witch, they looked exactly the same. Even Maugrim was there. Suddenly, Maugrim's head snapped towards Peter.
"It's him!" the wolf shouted. All the Narnians heads snapped towards him and they shouted again. Peter tried to get out, but the crawl space was closing in on his neck. The Narnians were charging towards him, trampling over others.
"Peter, dear. I've missed you so much. But it's a shame you have to die!" she cried. She raised her staff in the air, it glistening in the light. She just walked calmly towards him. The crawl space was still closing in, until a dagger was cutting around it and set him free. Peter got out and turned around, seeing his two youngest siblings.
"What are you two doing here?" he asked as they got out.
"We followed you." Edmund said." Then Peter, Lucy and Edmund saw a frozen lion by the entrance.
"ASLAN!" they all shouted and they ran towards him. But when they reached him, he was gone.
They went outside and got on their horses. Then they rode back to Aslan.
They found Aslan in the forest, as well as Susan and Caspian. But, they were all frozen. They couldn't explain it, so they went back to the White Witch's castle. But when they reached it, the ice castle was gone.
So they rode back to Aslan and the others. They reached them and looked at them.
"Wait; weren't Susan, Caspian and Melissa supposed to get an imperial topaz?" Lucy asked. Peter nodded and saw an orange gem by Aslan's paw. Edmund picked it up and they all looked at it. There, they saw a dragon. But not only the dragon, but also the White Witch's castle.
Peter took the gem and placed it on the floor. He asked his siblings to step back, and then, he broke open the gem with the seraph blade. Then, Susan, Caspian and Aslan were unfrozen but unconscious. But the dragon and the castle came out of the topaz and into the real world.
AN:/ i once again apologize for my late update! it's just homework because now i dont have study hall, i have art. so, that's disappointing. but if you get confused, dont worry. i was too. you see, i actually had help from a really good friend of mine, Astronot67. he has an account and he created a story, but sadly no one but me read it. but he can come up with good stories, he just doesnt know how to start it... but he personally helped me and im glad he did. that's what true friendship is all about. he also knows about my infatuation with narnia and Skandar Keynes so... he helped me with a few chapters but they're not in order. he helped me with this one, the next one, and a couple of thirty something chapters. but yeah...
plus, i didnt know that the arguing scene between caspian and melissa were kind of like VDT when caspian and edmund were arguing... it's kinda like it but not really. just to remind you, i began writing this story last summer... and im still in the process of creating it.
thanks to those who reviewed and alerted! i really, really love the responses you are giving me!
gleenarnialover: lol! thank you!
Shining Friendship: thanks. i dont really try to make them work, i just follow what i wrote down for notes. lol! but thanks, that means a lot because my brother says im not funny. :)
Jazmine Cullen: =) aren't siblings who actually care for you great? you know i'll try! :P =)
BeatnikFreak: lol! dont we all love them? sorry, but no lemons! only fluff! SORRY! not comfortable writing stuff like that. im comfortable reading it, but not writing it.
roserose12345: im soooooooo sorry! :( i feel bad that i didnt! i'm soo sorry! but yeah... Ryliza's the slut.
Naomi S. Goldson: lol! IKR! I LOVE SKANDAR KEYNES!
DancingInRain: lol. well remember, they just met... so they didnt technically know each other well enough. besides, those were first thoughts. he used to think she was cute. but now he thinks she's beautiful no matter what.
Penelopee13: lol! they will, they will. in due time...
itsjess236: thank you!
MyRedPhoenix: IKR! lol! thank you! lol, i want to do that, but i dont think i will be able to... lol!
Amazed Lily: ikr! she won't do anything too bad, but you guys won't know until chapters later.
Ella Unlimited: you know i will!:)
okay, this time, i want over 175! come on! it' sclose to 200 and close to the one month anniversary of the publishing of REALIZATION! over 175! OVER 175!
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