The Lion The Wizard and The Wardrobe

Chapter 10

Even though he had gone to sleep very late Will was up before sunrise.

He had to get back before anyone else realized where he had gone-especially Lucy.

Will quickly got dressed and was out the door in less then ten minutes.

Following Tumnus' directions, he headed into the Forest.

(They were not going to leave for the battle field until mid-morning so Will had time)

It was just a few hours after sunrise when Will returned to the cottage.

Where he found a very angry Lucy pacing in front of the door.

"Where in the devil have you been?" Lucy demanded when she saw him walking towards her.

Will took a step back; Lucy was scary!

"No where." Will said simply.

'Oops wrong answer'

"NO WHERE?!" Lucy yelled turning red with anger.

"You were not here this morning and no one would tell me where you had gone! I was worried sick!" Lucy's facial expression suddenly turned from angry to frightened.

"Well, I mean… what if something happened to you? What if you were attacked? No one would know that you had been before it would be too late." She said quietly.

She sighed.

"It's hard enough that everyone's going out to battle tomorrow. You could have at least told me…"

Lucy looked down at the ground fiddling with her hands.

Will smiled, placing his hand on her shoulder in comfort.

"Come with me."

Lucy looked up at him, confused, but followed him down the trail that went to the clearing where the army was making last minute preparations.

As they walked Will told Lucy of where he had gone.

"But why did you go to Tumnus' house for? It could have been dangerous." Lucy asked when Will had finished.

Will smiled and took something out of his pack.

"To get this."

Lucy gasped as she took her cordial from Will.

Will smiled.

Lucy looked up at him.

"You didn't have to go and get this." She whispered.

Will nodded.

"But I did, besides we might need it later."

Lucy smiled up at him.

"Thank you."

"It was my pleasure."

As they stood in comfortable silence, Will wondered if he should tell Lucy what he had figured out last night.

'Well it's now or never.' He thought.

"There was something else I wanted to tell you Lucy." He said, looking down at Lucy.

"What is it?"

Will took a deep breath, "Well what I wanted to say was that I-"

"There you two are!"

Will held in a groan, cursing the High King for his bad timing.

"Come on you two, we're leaving." Peter said pointing towards the direction of the clearing, where everyone else was waiting to leave.

Will could have kicked himself.

'Oh well,' he thought as they both followed Peter to the clearing, 'I guess I have to tell her tonight.'

But Will did not get to tell Lucy later that night.

Just after they had set up camp and had had dinner; two of the eagles, who had been keeping watch from the sky, reported that a small army was marching towards the camp.

Peter told everyone to prepare for battle.

While the army was preparing, all the woman were getting the first aid supplies ready.

Just before the men were about to leave, Lucy and Susan went to go say goodbye to their brothers and Madison to Will.

Lucy gave Edmund a hug and a kiss on the cheek, while Susan did the same to Peter.

"Be careful Edmund." She said, her eyes stinging. "I want two brothers when they is all over."

Edmund smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry Lucy, I will be. Oh and make sure you tell lover boy over there before it's too late."

Lucy turned to where Edmund was looking and blushed.

Edmund turned and smirked.

Lucy slapped her brother playfully and then turned to her eldest brother and felt the tears beginning to fall.

Peter smiled warmly at Lucy.

If something happened to either of them Peter knew that Lucy and Susan would be crushed, Lucy most of all.

Lucy cared for everyone so dearly that when someone she loved was lost to her, it would pain her for a while.

Lucy looked up at Peter and suddenly leapt into her brother's arms.

"Oh Peter. Please do be careful! I don't know what we would do without you and Edmund!"

Peter smiled down at his sister.

"Don't worry Lu, we'll be back before you know it."

Lucy couldn't help but smile and nod.

She was just about to turn away when Peter whispered, "Oh, and I agree with Edmund."

Lucy looked at her brother, confused for a moment, before she realized what her brother meant and glared at her brother before stomping away, VERY embarrassed.

Will had just said goodbye to his mother when he felt someone tap him on the shoulder.

He turned and smiled.

"Hey Lucy."

"Hey." She replied looking at the ground, "You wanted to tell me something earlier, what was it?"

Will nodded.

"Yes I wanted t-"

Will hesitated.

Should he tell her?

After what his mother had just told him, he didn't think it would be safe for Lucy to know.

He couldn't tell her now, but he would after all this was over.

He just hoped he lived to tell her what he wanted to tell her so badly but couldn't without putting her in danger.

Will took a deep breath and continued, it was going to be so hard not to tell her.

"I wanted to give you something."

He took off a necklace and placed it in her hand.

"It was my father's and I want you to have it. To remember me by, if we never see each other again."

Lucy looked down at the jade dagger.

"Don't talk like that." She said quietly.

"We'll see each other again. And thank you, I'll treasure it."

Then as Lucy finished, Peter announced that it was time to leave.

Lucy smiled a small smile.

"Be careful Will, Okay?" Lucy whispered, giving him a hug.

Will smiled and nodded.

"I will."

With one last smile, Will turned and walked towards where the army was leaving.

As Lucy watched her brothers, Will and many of her other friends leave, tears began to fall from her eyes at the thought of never seeing them again.

But as she looked down at the Jade Dagger, she couldn't help but smile.

Will was right; everything would turn out right in the end.

And with that thought in her mind, she went and joined Madison and Susan by the fire.

Madison smiled as she saw Lucy sit down next to her and begin to fiddle with her son's jade dagger.

(A.N—Well there we go! TEN down and only a few more to go!! I AM SOOOO SORRRY that it took me so long to update!!! And I know that this chapter is short so I'm going to do my best to make it up to you guys!!)