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Previously
And with those final cries battle, the narnians and royals set out for the kingdom of Telmar, not knowing what battle lay ahead of them or how many lives would be lost, the only thing on everyone's minds was getting Narnia back…at any cost.
"Your Highness we are nearing the castle." Reepicheep said as he clung to the top of the griffin's head, along with his men, catching sight of the task at hand.
"Already?" Anesia asked, surprised that they had reached their target.
"Yes it's shocking; just don't forget to drop us off first." Trumpkin called out as he was being carried by the griffin's feet.
Anesia ignored Trumpkin's usual sarcasm and looked around her noticing the stars struggling to push past the clouds, wondering if they would be successful in the coming attack. She looked over to see Caspian and the others descend towards the dimly lit castle and silently wished them good luck.
"Anesia it's time." Edmund called out as he pulled away and headed towards the watchmen's tower quietly, with Anesia following him quickly.
Softly, the griffin landed on the shingles of the tower only to scrap a few shingles, causing the Telmarine on guard to pull out his sword ready to kill whatever made the noise.
"Trumpkin, shoot him so Edmund can start signaling!" Anesia whispered harshly.
"I don't think that will be necessary…" Trumpkin replied as he gestured towards the griffin picking the solider up and tossing him off the tower.
"Ok; are you sure you want to get off here because I could get you closer to the gatehouse." Anesia asked as she watched Trumpkin, Reepicheep and his men join Edmund on solid ground.
"I don't think you have time to." Edmund said as he pulled out his flashlight." You need to get Caspian and the others now."
"Right, good luck Edmund."
"Yeah- same to you and be careful so Caspian and Peter don't die of worry."
With those parting words of luck, Anesia held on tightly as the griffin flew her quickly to Caspian, Susan, and Peter who were waiting in a corner in the courtyard.
"Sorry I made you all wait." Anesia said as she approached the other three royals.
"Its fine we couldn't go anywhere without Ed's signal anyway." Susan replied as she pointed to the tower, where Edmund just gave the signal.
"Remember we can't get distracted, so everyone stick to the plan." Peter said, knowing that one wrong move could make their plan fail miserably.
"Ok; Anesia we need to get to Miraz before he knows we're here." Caspian said.
"We can't forget the Professor; remember the guards took him away the night we escaped." Anesia replied as she looked at her brother.
"There isn't enough time-"
"He's the reason that Caspian and I are alive and even know about each other; we need to make time for him." Anesia said, not caring that she interrupted Peter.
"And he's the one who gave us the horn, so either one of you wouldn't be here without him." Caspian quickly added." We can make it in time."
"Ok you two go, we'll deal with Miraz." Susan said, ignoring the look Peter was giving her.
"Thank you." Caspian replied as he looked at Susan, silently praying the Miraz doesn't lay a hand on her.
And with those words of gratitude the royals each set out to deal with their problem at hand as the narnians moved closer and closer to the kingdom of Telmar. The fight has begun.
"This better go well." Nikabrik mumbled as he and the narnian army moved closer and closer to the castle."Damn royals have no idea what they're doing…"
"Nikabrik you can't act like that when we haven't even started yet." Asterius, a Minotaur, said as he walked beside his old friend." You don't know if this will or won't work."
"One thing I do know is if she was still here we could take care of the Telmarines easily- actually we wouldn't even have this problem." Nikabrik whispered harshly, making his true feelings known.
"You must not speak of her! You know that she was wrong in what she did." Asterius whispered back, shocked at Nikabrik's feelings." She is a thing of the past, you must forget her."
"Your right, it's just not hard not think of her in this kind of situation." Nikabrik replied as his mind flooded with thoughts of past power.
"Just have faith that our kings and queens will not fail us." Asterius answered.
"That's what you think; whether we succeed or not I've planned to bring our true queen back into power……"
"What makes them think that they can do both things?" Peter asked as he and Susan made their towards Miraz's room.
"Well Peter they good reason to go-"
"Now my plan is pointless thanks to Caspian and-"
"Peter are you really going to go there?" Susan asked annoyed by her brother's attitude." They have every right to go and get their Professor; without him we wouldn't even be here, and most likely Caspian and Anesia wouldn't be here either."
"Yes Sue I am- if Caspian wanted to go with a bad plan then we should've stayed at the How, instead he and Anesia had to break away from the plan- a good plan." Peter snapped letting his dislike of Caspian shine through once more.
"I wonder how someone who's supposed to be a high king can be so hardheaded…" Susan replied as they turned the corner, only to turn back at the sight of four soldiers." We have to be quiet; I think his room is nearby."
"But we aren't done with this conversation." Susan added as she prepared her bow and arrow.
"Whatever you say Sue, whatever you say."
"Do you think he's still in his room?" Anesia asked as she and Caspian hurried to find Professor Cornelius.
"I'm not sure since you said you saw the soldiers take him away the night we left but we should check just in case." Caspian replied as he walked ahead checking for any soldiers.
"This is all my fault, none of this would be happening if it wasn't for me-"
"No if it wasn't for you then I wouldn't be here, and things would be a lot worse because no one would ever challenge Miraz." Caspian said as he turned to face Anesia." Come on the professor's room is down the hall."
Quickly, Caspian and Anesia ran down the hall without any guards to stop them from heading towards the professor's room. Soon the siblings stopped in front of the room, only to find that the door was ajar.
"Professor are you here?" Anesia called out as she and Caspian walked into the room. Anesia stopped immediately at the sight of the overturned table and all of the broken treasures." Where could he be?"
"I was afraid of this…they probably put him in the dungeon." Caspian answered as he stepped over a pile of
"I don't know where that is-"
"It's ok I do; come on we need to get there now or else we'll have no time." Caspian said, then grabbed Anesia by the arm and ran out of the room and around the corner but stopped as two guards walked in their direction.
"Don't even think about it." Anesia muttered as she shoot an arrow and hit one of the guards, and then released another arrow hitting the second guard.
"Thanks." Caspian said as he looked at his sister, amazed and grateful for her talent." The dungeon is up ahead."
Soon Caspian and Anesia stood in front of the dungeon door, anxious to see if the professor was in good health. Caspian opened the door and he and Anesia descended the dark stairwell quickly knowing they were running out of time. When they reached the bottom, both Anesia and Caspian were surprised to see another person in the dungeon as well.
"Lara! Are you ok?" Anesia cried out as she saw her mother-figure in the cell with the professor." I'm so sorry; I know you're in here because of me."
"Why are you both here? I didn't help you escape just so you could break back in." Cornelius scolded as he got up." You need to leave before Miraz learns you're here."
"He'll learn soon enough." Caspian replied as he grabbed the keys and unlocked the cell door." Come on we don't have much time."
"I can't believe that you were right Cornelius…" Lara said as she walked out of the cell, then looked at Anesia." I always knew you were different I just never thought you were a princess."
"Neither did I and I never imagined I would have a brother either." Anesia said as she looked from Lara to Caspian.
"You both need to leave now, don't underestimate Miraz as your parents did." Cornelius said as he looked at the prince and princess.
"What are you talking about? We already know he tried to kill Anesia and failed." Caspian replied, confused by the professor's words.
"All I will say is that your father didn't leave this world the way you think…" Cornelius answered.
"No!" Caspian shouted as he realized what the professor was talking about." He will die!"
"Caspian I know your upset but hurting Miraz won't change anything." Anesia said as she tried to calm him down, but was ignored as Caspian ran out up the stairs and out of the dungeon.
"Both of you go to the stable and wait there till Caspian and I come get you." Anesia said quickly then ran up the stairs and out of the dungeon after Caspian, knowing she had to stop him from making a big mistake.
"Everyone else gets fight while I sit up here." Edmund said to himself as he looked over the edge. "I didn't realize I was this high up…"
Immediately Edmund pulled away from the edge as soon as he caught sight of the Telmarine solider below him."Great…"
Simply bored, Edmund began tossing his flashlight back and forth in his hands to pass time. He soon found himself throwing in a trick here and there to entertain himself, thinking he could keep a hold on the flashlight but lost control and watched the flashlight fall below him and into the hands of the Telmarine solider below.
"Damn." Edmund whispered to himself as he watched the soldier mess with the flashlight giving unknown signals to narnians waiting nearby. Quickly Edmund made a decision knowing it would either be good or bad but knew it was the only way to get his flashlight back.
Swiftly Edmund jumped out of the small opening and taking the soldier down briefly before he was fighting his own small battle, somewhat grateful he something to do…
"How could he? That is even low for him…" Caspian asked himself as he ran down the hall, anxious to make his uncle pay for all the pain he put him and his sister through.
As Caspian ran down the hall he heard the sound footsteps nearby and turned in the opposite direction, only to discover his sister standing in the opposite direction.
"What are you doing Caspian?" Anesia asked, grateful she caught to up to him.
"Miraz needs to pay for everything he's done; you and I both know that." Caspian replied." So don't try to stop me."
"Fine but I am coming with you." Anesia replied, knowing she wouldn't be able to change his mind.
"Well his room is at the hall but we have to hurry." Caspian said and once again grabbed Anesia and ran till they stood in front of Miraz's bedroom door.
Quietly Caspian opened the door, revealing a softly burning fire as his aunt and uncle slept peacefully in their large bed. Caspian moved towards Miraz but felt Anesia pull him back, shaking her head fiercely. Caspian ignored her and unsheathed his sword and moved forward until he was poking Miraz in the neck with the tip of his sword.
"I'm glad to see that your safe." Miraz said as he sat up, tapping Prunaprismia awake and signaled her to grab the bow above their bed.
"Caspian what you doing? "
"Stay where you are." Caspian ordered, never taking his eyes off of Miraz." Get up!"
"I see your sister is with you." Miraz said as he saw Anesia standing by the fire place, still vexed that she had survived." Obviously I didn't do a good enough job to get rid of you."
"You sick bastard what is wrong with you?" Anesia shouted as she pointed her bow and arrow at Miraz."Do you get some sick enjoyment out of ruining our lives?"
"Put your weapons down." Prunaprismia said as she grabbed the bow and arrow above the bed, aiming it at Caspian then Anesia." I don't want to do this but-"
"We don't want you to either." Susan interrupted as she and Peter ran in the room with their weapons ready.
"You both should be in the gatehouse!" Peter said loudly as he realized that the plan was falling apart." We need to leave now."
"This is supposed to be a private room." Miraz muttered as he noticed the lack of space.
"No one is leaving until I find out why- why you tried to kill my sister and killed my father!" Caspian shouted as he poked Miraz further with his sword, drawing a small amount of blood.
"So now we get to it." Miraz said calmly as he looked at Caspian and Anesia with no remorse in eyes.
"You said your brother died in his sleep." Prunaprismia said as she lowered her weapon, looking at Miraz in disbelief." And since when did Caspian have a sister?"
"They're twins, actually she was the first one born." Miraz answered, remembering the night they were born." My idiot brother was so happy to have a daughter and son, even though a girl is useless because she can't rule first, and since she was born first it made my choice a lot easier..."
"And I only put off my brother because it was easier to get rid of her and not as suspicious which made my life easier." Miraz added as he looked directly at Anesia." Even though it survived."
"Trying to kill me made your life easier?" Anesia shouted angrily as she moved towards Miraz, tears threatening to fall from her eyes." You made my life a living hell! You took me away from my family and made me think that no one ever wanted me- the scar you gave me is a constant reminder of that. I can never get that part of my life back thanks to you!"
"Anesia he's not worth it." Peter said as he pulled her back by him and Susan before she did something she regretted.
"How could you?" Prunaprismia asked as she looked at her husband, shocked by his past actions.
"For the same reason you'll pull that trigger-our son." Miraz replied as he fixed his gaze on Caspian." We Telmarines would have nothing if we had not taken it and your father knew that as well as anyone- even though he never acted on it and it got him nowhere."
"Don't compare yourself to my-our father, you will never be the king he was." Caspian said as he moved stepped forward, ready to kill him instantly.
"Stop!" Prunaprismia called out as she aimed her weapon at Caspian and pulled the trigger, watching the arrow slice through Caspian's sleeve and pierce his arm.
Caspian cried out in pain as leaned on the chair beside him, giving Miraz the chance escape through a secret passage as Prunaprismia lay crying about she'd done. Anesia looked at her wanting to return the favor but could bring herself to do it because deep down she knew that Prunaprismia didn't deserve it, and that the person who did already made his escape.
"Are you ok?" Susan asked Caspian as they quickly exited the room, noticing a fair amount of blood on his sleeve." We should get you-"
"I'm fine, beside we don't have time." Caspian interrupted, knowing what Susan was going to say.
"You heard him- now lets go, our troops our just outside." Peter said as he brought them back to reality.
"We should call it off before-"
"No, they're just outside come on!" Peter said and then ran in the direction of the gate, soon followed by a reluctant Susan and Caspian.
Anesia just stood silently as she watched the three royals leave, stuck in her own little world. She couldn't fathom the idea that she was almost murdered because she was a girl. Was her life really that worthless, that Miraz would off her just to get to the thrown? Slowly, tears began to fall from her eyes as she was overcome with emotion that she failed to notice someone approaching her.
"It's ok Anesia; I promise everything will be all right." Caspian said as he enveloped his sister in hug, broken hearted to see her so upset." But we need to get out there if we want everything to work out."
"Ok." Anesia stated simply as she gained control of her emotions. Within minutes she and Caspian were heading towards the gate, unaware of the danger and heartbreak that lay ahead of them.
R&R
Megan