Guardians Of The Wardrobe
Chapter 26:
Each guardian went off to their task. David had fun training Peter to use a sword properly. By the end when they took their break they had become best friends. As for the girls, Diane couldn't really train Lucy much since she wouldn't fight either way. Instead Lucy helped her train. Diane found a new power, she could turn into any land animal she wanted and changed back without any problem. Helena did most of the training with Susan. Laura just goofed around beside them. Laura wasn't the fighting type that was Helena's area of expertise. Near the afternoon they all took a break. Susan and Lucy went down by the river and washed some clothes. The guardians helped out at camp. Aslan wanted to speak with them again.
"How is training?" He asked.
"Fine…" They all answered.
"I have a favor to ask of all of you" Aslan stated. "I have to task of saving the boy from the white witch"
"Why us?" Helena asked.
"Because it is easier for you then my men, Helena you may act as an assassin, Laura you may go invisible, we only need you two. David and Diane may stay at camp. I also brought your horses to camp."
"Alright" they said and walked out of the tent. Helena and Laura prepared for their mission. They had made a solid plan and were ready. They plan was simple. Laura would bring her horse Caber and go invisible and realize the boy while Helena stayed up in the trees and shot anyone who would come in Laura's way. Just as Helena and Laura leave the tent they heard Susan's horn and quickly ran to the river. They had came just in time. Susan and Lucy were just getting out of the tree and Peter had slain the wolf. Aslan gave Peter the honor and he had been knighted right on the field by the river.
As nightfall came Helena and Laura began to travel. They reached the camp within a couple hours. The camp was different from theirs, it was dark and cruel. Almost lifeless. Helena did everything according to plan and so did Laura. Laura succeeded with making herself invisible as well as her horse. Helena stayed hidden in the trees and shot anyone who came close. The plan went as they thought, flawless. The got the boy out and reached camp just as the sun rose. Aslan took the boy and talked to him in private. A few minutes later the rest of the children came out of the tent and spotted their brother. Aslan realized the children would have wanted to speak with their brother so he brought Edmund back to them.
"What's done is done there is no need to speak to Edmund about his past" Aslan said as he stood in front the rest of us with Edmund.
"Helena you are tasked with training Edmund" Aslan said just before walking off. Helena just nodded.
"How are you feeling" Susan asked.
"I'm a little bit tired" Edmund replied.
"Get some sleep and Edmund try not to wonder off" Peter said, he finally joked for the first time in a while. David went to go check on Edmund a couple minutes later. David's extra power aside from water was healing. He could heal anyone in the matter on minutes. The rest of the guardians were called back into Aslan's tent.
"Listen closely now… the white witch will be here soon to claim Edmund and I will not allow her to do so" Aslan started. They all stood in a straight line facing Aslan. "Knowing the witch she will not take no for an answer, so I must die on a stone table and resurrect." He finished.
"I can't believe that we have gotten to the point where a talking lion is saying a witch is coming for him and that he is going to resurrect from a stone table is normal" Helena muttered. Laura looked over at Helena and let out a laugh. They all left the tent and went to do what they were assigned. Laura went back to training Susan and Diane went to go find Lucy. Helena walked over to Edmund and Peter's tent and saw that David had healed Edmund back to normal.
"Is he ready for training?" Helena asked David.
"Just about, I got him fully recovered." David said. David walked out of the tent to meet Peter for training.
"Hi my name is Helena," she said coming closer to Edmund.
"Hi" he said barely. He didn't even bother to look at her. He looked straight at the ground.
"Look, Aslan asked me to train you so we better get going" Helena said gesturing the entrance of the tent.
"I don't understand why a girl is training me and not David" Helena didn't know whether she should prove him wrong or be offended.
"Well that was very sexist and it's because I'm a better fighter then David" Helena countered.
"I find that hard to believe," he muttered, and for the first time he finally looked up at Helena, and stared at her in awe.
"Well I am, and you should be thanking me because I'm the one who saved your ass yesterday" Helena said calmly. Edmund wanted to say something back but he couldn't he was at a loss for words. Helena looked at Edmund's shocked face and started to blush. He was cute, well in her standards. His dark hair and brown eyes complimented him.
"th-th-thank you" he stuttered looking back down at the ground. His face started to turn red. Helena let out a giggle. She found it adorable how he was so shy.
"You're welcome so let's get to training shall we" Helena said just before leaving the tent.