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Just some fluff as they make their way to the cave. I mean I can only describe trees and a mountain so far. Haha! They were green and brown...and it was big LOL
Susan woke at dawn before the others, she stood up sleepily and wrapped Caspian's coat tighter around her as she walked over to the tree where her outer dress hung. She grabbed her things and headed to the waterfall to bathe. She walked behind it as she watched her feet when some movement caught her attention. She looked up and her mouth dropped open as she saw Caspian already bathing under the waterfall. He climbed out and stopped dead in his tracks as he saw Susan. She felt herself suddenly become very hot as her blood heated flaring through her body like an untamed fire. She felt her cheeks grow warm as she looked at Caspian stood in just his pants. His chest and abdomen were muscley and refined but just enough to go with his tall broad shouldered body. His hair was out of his face as droplets of water dropped from his shorter rebellious strands. Susan couldn't stop herself from watching trickles of water rolling down his tanned perfect, god like body as his pants clung to him. She struggled to swallow as she stood there breathless as she yearned to caress his body.
"Susan" Caspian said in a surprised tone blushing slightly as he saw her look him up and down. She looked into his eyes as he smirked at her.
"I... I'm sorry... I'll just er... I'll just leave you to... finish" She stuttered in embarrassment as a pretty pink blush crossed her cheeks. She took one quick last look at him as he smiled dashingly at her and she turned to leave refraining herself from slapping her forehead at her stuttering, which he seemed to enjoy, of course he was enjoying watching her make a fool out of herself.
"No. It's alright I was just finished. You stay, I'll go." He said ad he reached for his shirt. His accent sent shivers down her spine as she put her things down on the floor. She reluctantly took his coat off and she held it out to him as he was about to walk past her.
"Thank you." She said shyly with a beautiful smile. He took it from her with a small nod, their fingers brushing and he gave her the most unfairly handsome smile as his eyes held mischievous twinkles. She was definitely going to need to stand under the waterfall for much longer than necessary.
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Eden (Eris) led them through a shortcut to reach Mount Pire. Peter, Edmund and Gwaine were very eager to help her climb a rock or jump down from a log. Lucy rolled her eyes; she thought the three of them looked like complete idiots as the silently fought over who should receive her attention. She smiled and giggled and fluttered her eye lashes. Lucy swore that she saw her send Caspian some flirtatious looks, trying to get his attention no doubt, however he was purely fixated on Susan, glancing her way whenever she wasn't looking and being very gentlemanly as he helped both her and Susan through some difficult parts of the forest, of course Caspian would linger with his touch and gaze on Susan and she would try to appear unaffected by him but Lucy was the only one who knew why she acted that way. She was distracted from her thoughts of Susan and Caspian as the other three young men tried to escort Eden through the woods.
Lucy rolled her eyes and snorted. "I know it is slightly more difficult for us females to get around in skirts and corsets but they don't affect our walking gentlemen. I'm sure Eden is perfectly capable of putting on foot in front of the other." Lucy said completely amused at the sight. The three of them let go of her as they exchanged embarrassed glances and Eden merely let out an annoying giggle as she walked on. Lucy turned to Susan whose face matched her own. Their eyes were twinkling mischievously as huge grins spread across their faces.
"Really, Lu, do you always have to bring corsets into the conversation?" Peter said with a slightly irritated tone
"You try running round Narnia in a corset and fighting beasts, I'd like to see how long you last." Susan said smirking
"Hmm. Much harder than it looks. I don't think we are properly appreciated Susan."
"I agree." Susan said laughing as Peter rolled his eyes as they moved on.
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"Here we are Mount Pire. I think you've saved about a two day journey with the short cut." Eden said turning to them all and smiling sweetly.
"Your help is most appreciated." Caspian said kindly as he looked at the height of the mountain. It reached up so high that the one third of it was covered in snow.
"We're really going up it?" Lucy asked rolling her eyes. "Why can't people hide important medallions in plain sight? That way they are easily overlooked."
"Is that what you're all looking for? Some sort of medallion?" Eden asked innocently. Lucy felt like slapping herself as the others briefly rolled their eyes at her. "Oh don't worry; I won't reveal anything to anyone. Maybe I could be of some assistance to you."
They pondered briefly. "Of course. You got us this far." Peter said after getting a confirmed glance from Caspian. She smiled brilliantly at them.
"Let's go." She said enthusiastically
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They finally reached the snowy part of the mountain; they were all cold and exhausted. Lucy fell many times and Peter found it best to keep his arm around her waist supporting her. Eden walked on her own behind them and Nymeria looked like a drowned fuzz ball from all the snow and she rolled her eyes at Bear who was catching snowdrops on his tongue and holding his hands out to catch snowflakes. Susan and Edmund walked in front of Caspian and Gwaine as the four of them kept their heads down and their arms wrapped tight around them trying to keep as warm as possible. Peter helped Eden, Lucy and Bear up some icy rocks near the edge of the mountain and they waited at the top for the others. Susan stopped in front of them and waited as Edmund climbed some of them first. She turned to Caspian and Gwaine for the first time in the snow and Caspian was completely breathless at the sight of her. Snowflakes were caught in her wavy, silky lock and her long black eye lashes. The snow and the cold complemented her skin tone perfectly, bringing her eyes out even more. Caspian swallowed hard as she shivered in front of them. "Are we near the entrance to the Cave?" She asked her hot breath visible before her.
"Just at the top of these rocks your majesty." Gwaine replied and she breathed a sigh of relieve, her eyes sparkling.
"Up you come Su!" Edmund said holding his hand out to her. She smiled up at him and took his hand. She reached the fourth steep rock she slipped on the ice and her hand slid out of Edmunds unprepared grip as she fell backward with a small scream. She waited to hit the ground as she squeezed her eyes shut. But nothing. Instead she felt a strong warmth around her. She opened her eyes and looked into Caspian's fearful ones, he had managed to catch her bridal style. They both breathed heavily as they looked slightly to the right of them. If he hadn't of been there she would have fallen of the edge.
"Sorry Su!" Edmund shouted.
"Nice catch." Gwaine said smirking at them both approvingly.
Susan wrapped her arms around Caspian's neck as he slowly set her down to the floor, keeping her in a protective hold. She looked into his eyes with both fear and relief. Their heavy breaths were visible in front of them.
"You always seem to be there to save me." She said quietly as she kept a tight grip on his coat.
"Always." He said huskily. She gave him a small smile. He was just her perfect knight in Narnian armour, her Prince charming, it killed her that she couldn't just kiss him with all the love a passion she had in her at that moment. Instead she turned back to Edmunds waiting hand and grabbed hold of it tightly. Caspian grinned as she turned her back to him. He knew she still had feelings for him, he could see it in her eyes no matter what she did to make him think otherwise, her soulful eyes betrayed her thoughts and followed her heart.
"Let go this time and I'll be your personal poltergeist Edmund Pevensie." She warned him playfully.
Once they all reached the top they stood shivering looking at a wall that appeared to have an engraved door upon it. Over the top was the ancient texts and in the centre was a constellation of stars.
"What does it say? Peter asked Susan. She moved closer to it studying the texts with a confused.
"I'm not sure..." Susan said "I will need some time." She added earnestly turning to the others and they all nodded and split up looking for wood to build a fire.
The night crept in and Susan still stood studying it holding Edmunds torch, as the rest of them huddled around a small fire, shivering as they waited patiently.
"See through the eyes of a child..." She said slowly she huffed and put her hands on her hips in a stance of utter irritation. "Well great, we will climb down the mountain, find a child and drag it back up the mountain, kicking and screaming!" Caspian and Edmund exchanged amused glances at Susan ranting to herself as the rest sighed heavily. She turned towards them and saw Bear lay in the snow making a snow angle. He stood and looked down at it proudly and then turned to Susan with gleeful innocent, child like eyes. And it hit her, his master kept Bear tucked away from the evil in the world; he had been kept as innocent as a child. He was like a key to opening the door to the second half of the Auryn. "Bear!" She called motioning to come over to her. He smiled and trudged his way over to her, taking careful measures to stand in untouched snow. "Bear what do you see when you look at this?" She asked moving him to stand centre in front of it.
"My master used to take me outside to make shapes from the stars. See here... they make the shape of Aslan's crest." He said pushing certain stars into the wall, revealing the shape of the Narnian flags crest. The door lifted and Bear and Susan smiled at each other as the others stood ready behind them.
"You did it!" Lucy exclaimed through chattering teeth.
"I have a feeling that was the easy part." Susan said handing Edmund his torch.
"There's only one way to find out." He said, and they all filed in with the boys carrying lit torches and the stone door closed itself behind them.
They shared cautious glances and Caspian Edmund and Peter led the way with Susan and Lucy behind them and the rest in pursuit, as they walked down a spiral stone stair way. Once they reached the bottom they stood looking at three separate archways. The walls appeared to be made from the skeletons of dead creatures. Edmund touched one and it fell out on Susan and Lucy who gasped and screamed slamming their backs into another wall as they looked at it in surprised fear. Everyone turned to them in amusement as they collected themselves and Edmund burst out laughing as Peter and Caspian grinned at the two girls. They glared at them and straightened their clothing clearing their throats, slightly embarrassed by their extremely girly reaction.
"We should split up." Caspian said turning to them all. Peter stood near one archway; Caspian stood near the middle and Edmund the third. Lucy and Eden (Eris) walked over to Peter. Nymeria and Gwaine went to Caspian and Bear and Susan began to make their way over to Edmund. Caspian and Susan shared a lingering look and the three kings nodded to each other as their groups headed down their separate paths. Susan felt her body trying to pull her to Caspian.
"Caspian..." She said urgently as he turned to walk down his path. He turned and looked at her again with reluctant eyes to separate from her. "Be careful." She said quietly, she knew she shouldn't have said it, but she couldn't not say it. The entire situation was too confusing. He looked at her and smiled gently as he took two steps towards her and cupped her cheek as he brought his lips near her ear.
"I'm not giving up on us Susan." He whispered and kissed her cheek, his lips lingered there. He pulled away and looked over to Edmund who had his eyebrows raised, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips. Caspian gave him a look to take care of Susan and Edmund nodded in understanding. He looked back down to Susan whose face was once again unreadable and he stroked her cheek with his thumb and turned around, heading down the middle archway hastily.
"Not a word." She warned Edmund as they went through the third arch.
