A/N This is my christmas present to you all, two chapters at once. ok, things begin to pick up a bit in this chapter, oh, how exciting! Thank you for reading with me so far, I can't wait to hear from ya'll, and then write more! ENJOY!
Your Author in Training,
havah
"Susan!" Peter ran towards Susan as she headed up the stairs to see Rebecca. Susan turned around, and then stopped.
"What?" she asked.
"We have all 10. As soon as they are all in the witches mind frame, we can perform the ritual," Peter told Susan rather excitedly.
"Alright, don't be so excited, it's very dangerous, I read the write up on it also, and it's not safe. I think that Oreius should do it," said Susan firmly. Peter looked at her, both in amazement and disbelief.
"You know that I have to do it, I can't put one of my subjects in that danger because I want to save my own skin. I'm doing it, and you know it!" said Peter defiantly.
"Peter, we have come to close to losing you since we came to Narnia too many times. Do you really want to leave Edmund and Lucy without someone to look up to? Do you want to leave them brother-less?" asked Susan harshly, and controlling.
"I don't want to leave them, but it's better me then you. They need you, you take care of them, I just help." Peter tried to argue a case to Susan, and it didn't matter what she said, he was going to perform the ritual. He told Rebecca that they would come out of it together, and it didn't count as together unless it was him who liberated her.
"That's not true, we are a family, and we all look after each other. Without all of us, there's not to much point to it is there?" said Susan.
"Nothing that you can say is going to change my mind. This is my fight, and I am going to take the risk. Now if you don't mind, I need to go and let Rebecca know that we can release her soon," Peter pushed past Susan, and headed up the stairs, but Susan held him back.
"You'd better let me do it. I think that you are getting too attached to her. We all see it, Edmund and Lucy to. You've been acting so different lately that it's hard not to notice that something's going on." Peter continued up the stairs pretending not to have noticed Susan's hand on his shoulder, or her words. Inside, he was burning with anger, not because of false accusations, but because he knew she was right, and he hated that. When he reached Rebecca's room, he knocked softly on her door.
"Who is it?" she called from inside.
"It's Peter, may I come on?" he responded as calmly as possible after his argument with Susan.
"Yes, please do," Peter walked into her room, and sat down in the chair by the desk. "what is it? Is everything ok?" Rebecca asked.
"Everything's fine. We have everything that we need to perform the ritual to release you from the witch's power. It is very dangerous, and it may not work. Many people could die, but we are willing to give it a try, if you want to risk it. The only that we have to wait for is we need you all to be in the witch's state of mind" Peter explained the situation to Rebecca.
"I have no fear for my own life, but how many others are at stake if this goes awry?" asked Rebecca concerned.
"Well, yours, of course, the 5 dwarves, 2 dryads, 2 wolves and the badger that are also possessed, and whoever performs the ritual. Those are the only lives that are directly at stake, but if the witch is released from all of you, she will be herself again, and then more, but we can do it without that happening, I think." Peter wanted Rebecca to go through with it, so he tried to make it sound appealing. However, his confidence level was at an all time low, and this was getting harder and harder to do.
"I think that we should give it a try, but if it starts going amiss, then we should stop. Who is going to perform the ritual?"
"I will. It is my duty as the king of Narnia to make sure that everyone else is safe, and that includes this ritual," answered Peter decidedly. Rebecca looked slightly shocked, but tried to cover it in a calm manner.
"I wish you would let someone else do it, I don't want you to die for my sake," said Rebecca quietly.
"I'm going to do this, nothing anyone says will stop me. I promised you that we would get through this together, and we will, I promise again." Peter remained firm in his decision, but also he remained true to his word. Without saying anything else, Rebecca turned from the window she had been staring out of, walked over to Peter, and hugged him. He was quite taken aback by this action, and he simply put his arms around her, and patted her back. Rebecca thought better of herself, and quickly broke apart their embrace.
"I'm sorry, that was a bit much," said Rebecca, ashamed of her immediate actions. Peter stumbled over words in his head for a moment, then spoke.
"It's alright, I understand it. I mean, I know what you are feeling, I think, well, actually, I don't, but…well, I know it must be hard." The words Peter had wanted to say came out all muddled and wrong, and he whacked himself lightly on the forehead. "I meant, it's ok, I don't mind," he caught himself, and Rebecca laughed lightly. Peter then caught himself smiling for the first time that day. This can't be good, but I think that maybe I do care more for Rebecca then I ought to. Susan's going to kill me for this someday. Peter thought to himself as he stood and began to exit Rebecca's room. He was almost through the door when he heard her say something. He turned around, and immediately realized that it was time to perform the ritual.