A/N ok all, here's the sweet 16! I can't wait to see what you guys think! I'm trying to elongate my chapters, but it's hard. I also want everybody to read MaskedSoldiers fic Incidente nell'Amore. I hope I spelled it right, I'm not looking at it right now. It's really good.

Your Author in Training,

havah

As soon as the hour was reasonable, Peter called for a meeting with Oreius. "Oreius, it is very important that we find three more of the remaining victims of the witches spell. Only one of the wolves was possessed, and he's dead now. We have 5 dwarves, and 2 dryads, but I need you to go round up the rest," Peter told Oreius.

"I understand this is becoming more and more urgent, is it not?" asked Oreius.

"I can't even begin to speak of the importance. We must do what we can to free Rebecca and Narnia for once and for all," Peter put great emphasis on this last part, and Oreius took this as his cue to "go hunting".

An hour later, the rest of Peter's family had woken up. The four of them were all talking together about what was going to happen with the war, and Peter saw this as a good time to mention the ritual needing to happen soon. "Peter, are you alright?" asked Lucy as she looked up at Peter.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just didn't really get much sleep," Peter answered faking a smile. Lucy was smart enough, and she knew her brother well enough not to believe him, but she kept quiet. "Alright, I have asked Oreius to go out and find the remaining 3 creatures for the ritual, so that we can perform it as soon as possible," said Peter.

"Remaining 3? I thought we needed 10, that would make eight," said Edmund, confused.

"Yes, well, two more wandered in last night, and they are now ready," Peter patted down the truth a little, to keep his family from hating Rebecca.

"Oh, so you expect me to believe that two possessed beings just wandered in here and let you lock them up without a fight?" asked Edmund.

"Well, um, yes, I do," said Peter.

"Well, I don't! How did they really get here?" pressed Edmund.

"It doesn't really matter, they're here now, so its fine," said Susan, preventing a fight between the brothers. Peter met Susan's eyes long enough to mouth "thank you" to her.

"Fine, but I still want to know!" said Edmund slightly angrily. He glared at Peter, as if to say I'll find out, just not now, wait and see, then smiled and winked. Peter smacked him lightly on the head, and mouthed "I'll tell you later" to his brother.

"So we mean to perform the ritual as soon as we can, but we need three more possessed beings?" asked Lucy, trying to catch herself up to everything.

"Right, I would like to perform the ritual today, if luck is with us, and the possession cycle permits it. You see, they are not always in the mindset of the witch, and they all need to be for the ritual. Luckily, when one of them has entered the mindset, they all have," explained Peter. Susan, Lucy, and Edmund nodded, trying to take it all in as quickly as Peter was saying it.

"Peter, you're talking to fast! Are you sure you're ok? You have never sounded so, well, urgent in your life!" exclaimed Susan, becoming slightly aggravated with this strange behavior. Peter threw Susan an exasperated look, then slowed down, and repeated his speech.

"Alright, well, we will do what we can to have this happen today, Lucy, I want you to go and get your healing cordial, it could be very handy if something happens, always have it with you. Edmund, I need you to get your sword, and Susan, I want you to stay with Rebecca, and keep her from doing something bad when she's in her witch form," directed Peter.

"What are you going to do?" asked Lucy.

"I'm going to go off and help Oreius," said Peter, taking up his sword, and tying the belt to his waist. Peter began to head towards the stable to get his horse, but was stopped halfway by an arm on his shoulder.

"You'd better come this way, trust me, you don't need to go out there." Peter whirled around, taken aback, to see what, or who had stopped him. He then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Mr. Tumnus. He turned, and followed the faun towards the basement of the castle. Once there, he saw Oreius.

"Your highness, we have caught three more of your specimen. One badger, and two more wolves, they are here now," Oreius bowed as Peter entered. "They were in the witches form when we found them, but not now. We will have to wait until their next changing to perform the ritual, I am deeply sorry sir."

"It's alright, you have done very well. Mr. Tumnus, if you wouldn't mind staying here and watching after these 10 until they turn back, and then come and get someone as fast as you can," directed Peter, walking up towards the main level with Oreius. Mr. Tumnus gave his nod of approval, and sat down to wait for the change.