Chapter 4

(Fiona's House)

In the past half an hour Peter had gathered up a great many warriors to help him find Lily. Peter was now gathering weapons. All he had on his mind was Lily, the witch would probably kill her because if she did kill Lily there would be no chance that Peter could stop her from taking over the throne of Narnia (according to the prophecy). But, Peter knew that in order for the witch to have enough power to kill Lily, she needed to strengthen her power and Peter knew she would at least need a few more days to do that, but he was not to sure that was true or not. He began to doubt that he could be a successful king if he didn't know the history well enough, and then he thought if he wasn't a great king then maybe he couldn't save Lily. But, Peter kept trying to shake those thoughts out of his mind. He kept replaying it in his mind, they would find the witch's cave and he would rescue Lily and the witch would be slain. Then an evil little voice in his head kept telling him that things don't work out that perfectly.

" Peter!" Shouted a voice. Peter looked for a second and saw Edmund running down the corridor. Then, Peter went back to selecting the weapons, "Peter!"

" What, Ed!" Peter said frustrated.

" You are not thinking properly, you need to calm down." Edmund said.

" You sound a whole lot like Susan right now." Peter said. He picked up a hand full of swords, "Here, take these to the warriors in the courtyard."

" Peter, just think about this for a second, we don't know what we're up against!" Edmund said.

" I do not care, she has Lily!" Peter said, "And in order for her to successfully take over the throne, Lily needs to be gone, and the witch will kill her in time!"

" Peter!" Edmund said. He wanted to talk some sense into him and plan out their attack, but he knew his brother all to well.

" What!" Peter yelled.

" Let me help." Ed sighed. Edmund realized there was no persuading his brother to think about what he was doing, so he decided all he could do was help out.

" Thanks." He said relieved. Peter gave his brother a smile, knowing that Ed would be there for him. But, then Peter took the weapons to the courtyard.

A few days had passed since Peter, Edmund, and about twenty of their best warriors had set out to find where the witch was hiding, again. Susan and Lucy sat at the castle praying for some sign from their brothers and word that they had defeated the witch, but no such closure had come to them. But, a letter from someone had.

" Susan, Susan, look!" Lucy smiled as she skipped into the library where Susan's thoughts were lost in the latest book she was reading.

" What is it, Lu?" Susan asked as she put her book down, giving Lucy her undivided attention.

" A letter! Maybe it's from Peter and Ed!" Lucy said excitedly.

" Well, lets see." Susan said as she began to open the letter and Lucy jumped up on the couch with her.

" It's from Aslan!" Susan said with a great excitement in her voice.

" Really!" Lucy said as her eyes lit up.

" Dear Susan and Lucy, I have learned that the well being of you and your brothers and the well being of Narnia is being threatened by the heiress of Jedis. I am on my way to help and should be arriving in a day or two. Yours Truly, Aslan." Susan read out loud from the letter.

" That is wonderful!" Lucy smiled.

" Well, it can also be a horrible thing too, Lu. If Aslan is coming this means things must be quite serious." Susan sighed.

" Well, if Aslan comes, the witch will not stand a chance!" Lucy smiled. Susan decided to let this one go and not ruin Lucy's happiness.

" You're right, Lu." Susan said forcing on a smile.

Peter and Edmund led their warriors through the wood. It was dark out, about 9 o'clock. It was growing colder out and they had been in the forest for days searching for something. The ground was damp because there had been a little bit of rain releasing from the clouds that hung over all of Narnia. All that could be heard were the foot steps of the warriors walking in the forest. The clop clop of Minotaur's feet and the horses hooves that Peter and Edmund were riding were the most distinct noises. Peter had told the warriors about the trees, so no one said anything above the quietest whisper.

" King Peter, I think we're getting closer!" A Minotaur, Aries, said in a hushed voice as he pointed ahead of them. All of the warriors and the two kings saw that the grass had been slightly frosted over.

" If we follow that we should get closer." Edmund whispered. A flicker of hope ignited in everyone involved with the search. After sleepless nights and little food they had finally found evidence of the witch. Peter motioned for the warriors to follow him and Edmund. As the group advanced on the snow became thicker and thicker. It was a bitter sweet moment when they saw a cave in the thick of snow covered trees. Peter was excited that he could soon be reunited with Lily, but fear still was the source of the knot in his stomach not knowing how powerful the witch could really be.

" I'll go in first." Peter said as the group stood in a circle in front of the cave, "I'll try and free Lily and I'll force the witch outside and that's when you'll ambush her. She won't know it's coming."

The men nodded trusting their king and agreeing. But, Edmund on the other hand did not agree. Just when Peter dismounted his horse Edmund jumped off of his too and grabbed Peter's arm.

" They won't stand up to you because you're High King, but I'm your brother and I will! You know that plan is to dangerous, Peter! You could be dead and so could Lily if you go in alone!" Edmund said so only Peter could hear.

" Ed, I know what I'm doing!" Peter said.

" What if she has five or six other witches and wizards in there, what is your plan then?" Edmund challenged.

" I don't know, all I know is I have to get Lily back!" Peter said, his voice raising. Edmund knew that his brother was very stubborn and could not be persuaded out of his insensible plan.

" Fine, but if you are not back out in fifteen minutes, me and the rest of the warriors are coming in." Edmund said.

" Fine." Peter sighed.

" Good luck, Peter." He said to his brother. Peter pulled his sword out of his scabbard, "Be careful!"

" I will." Peter nodded bravely. He walked up to the old wooden door on the cave's entrance and kicked it in. Peter entered with his sword ready.

Inside the cave was something similar to a small one roomed house. There was an old couch that was falling apart in the middle of the room. And there was a tiny area where a kitchen was with rotting wooden chairs and tables and of course there were the key essentials for cooking like a stove. But, the hut was really enchanting. Certain objects around the house were doing the chores and they seemed to be functioning by a invisible person, but really they were doing the labor by magic. There was a pot on the stove making soup with a wooden spoon stirring it. And there were dust rags tidying everything up.

But, Peter did not notice any of this. All that he could see was Lily in the darkest corner of the room. She had a gag in her mouth and her wrists and legs were bound by chains. Lily's eyes ignited with hope.

" Returned have we, Peter?" The witch snarled as she stood up and starting walking towards Peter, "Returned to have another loss by the great witch, Fiona, soon to be Queen of Narnia!"

Peter didn't waste anytime and took his sword out of the scabbard and advanced upon Fiona. The witch took a sword off of the wall and fought back. Peter took a tool that was lying on the table and threw it toward Lily. Lily caught it and began working on getting herself free.

The sound of swords clashing against each other filled the tiny hut now. Peter wore a look of bravery as he fought, but Fiona looked very different. She had a smirk displayed on her face. Peter tried to disarm her as he put all his strength into each swing. Peter and Fiona fought for a good few minutes before Peter started getting weaker. His mind wasn't on the fight anymore, because out of the corner of his eye he saw the witch's wand on the table and she was pushing the fighting closer to the table. Peter kept trying to convince himself to get his mind off of the wand and what were to happen if she were to get it. Instead he began concentrating on the fight and pushed it backward further away from the table.

Peter heard the sound of chains falling to the floor. Lily had freed her arms and now tore the gag off of her face and she began to work on her legs quickly.

The witch got frustrated and realized she was losing the fight. Peter swerved around to block an incoming blow from the witch. But, Peter was unsuccessful and his sword was thrown out of his hands by the witch. Peter began to panic knowing that he was defenseless now. He made an attempt to take a spare sword that was hanging from the wall but the witch struck Peter in the calf and he fell to the ground. Peter gathered up all of his strength and tried to get up, but the witch knocked him down and held her sword to his throat. Peter wasn't thinking at the moment, he was in complete terror. Fiona raised her sword ready to kill the High King of Narnia.

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