Disclaimer: Own nothing, expect Adian and Radnast forest

AN: Okay try to picture this. Edmund's rescue party come back, saying they couldn't find him, so in the middle of the night Susan goes looking for him. Completely brother/sister love. No incest!

"He will lead you to Edmund," I heard Aslan say.

I felt relief flood me when I heard the Lion say this. However, later that night the band that had set out to rescue Edmund had returned, without him. I watched at Peter's side as the head centaur, Oreius spoke with Aslan.

I watched the Lion nod his head slowly and turn is great eyes upon the two of us. I knew they hadn't found Edmund. I looked up at Peter and saw sadness reflecting out of his blue eyes. He and Ed fought a lot but I knew he wasn't being serious when Peter said 'he was going to kill him.'

I chewed the inside of my lip and the worry for my lost brother increased. I knew that Aslan was doing everything he could, but it still didn't get rid of the uneasy feeling in my stomach.

Of course, this was Edmund's own doing but the rest of us had something to blame for it too. We had let him feel left out, as though none of us cared about him. As though he wasn't important to us…

My musing was interrupted as Oreius came towards us.

"My majesties, we looked but we could not find your brother. The wolf led us to the Witch, but your brother was nowhere to be found," he told us gravely

"Which way did the wolf go?" Peter asked

"Towards North. We followed him into the Radnast forest. We killed some of the enemy but that is as much as we could do," the centaur began to walk away, but he turned back to us, "I am terribly sorry about your brother."

I felt tears begin to roll down my cheeks. I gasped and turned to Peter. He looked at me and seeing my tears, he gently pulled me to him. I leaned my head on his shoulder, while he stroked my hair, telling me that everything would be okay.

But everything wouldn't be okay. This terrible Witch had our little brother and there wasn't anything we could do about it.

Peter and I stood there for a long time, long after the sun had gone down. Finally I sighed and looked up at my older brother.

"We should get some sleep," I told him, knowing fully well that neither of us wouldn't get any.

However he didn't say anything just nodded and followed me back to the tents.

"Night Peter," I whispered to him. I turned to walk into the tent I shared with Lucy when I heard Peter say, "Good night Su."

I stopped when he said this and turned to him. I watched him walk into another tent and I stared at the entrance. His voice had sounded so sad, as though all hope was gone. Peter was usually the strong one of the four of us, but if even he had started to loss hope, then what could the rest of us do? What would become of Edmund?

I must have looked like an idiot just standing there, rooted to the spot, staring into space. I let myself get lost in my thoughts and as suddenly as I had stopped, I snapped my head up and hurried into the tent. I glanced over at Lucy, who lay fast asleep.

Quietly as I could, I took my bow, arrows and horn of my bed and placed my cloak over my shoulders. It was a good thing that I had silent feet, so I was able to sneak past most of Aslan's sleeping army. I stopped at the side of the river and felt a nervous jerk in my stomach.

What was I doing? I asked myself, I'm probably going to get myself caught. Oh, why am I doing this?

I'll tell you why, I reinsured myself, your doing this because Edmund is your brother and he needs your help. You must find him.

I began to make my way down the river. I placed the cloak's hood over my head and hoped that I blended in with the darkness around me. I stopped when I had reached the other side of the first hill. Its peck covered me completely from view from anyone from Aslan's army.

Oreius had said something about the Radnast forest, wherever that is. The North, he had said. I began to look around me and started to wish I had a compass when a voice startled me.

"What do you think your doing?"

I jumped and turned around to see a chestnut horse come towards me. He had a low, quiet voice.

"Oh, I was just taking a wake. I couldn't sleep," I lied, praying that it would work.

He continued to watch me and said, "You wouldn't also be a traitor? Not working with your brother, are you?'

I glared at the horse, "Edmund has not joined the Witch!"

"And how do you know that?" the horse asked me politely

"Because he's my brother and he may be a traitor but only because the Witch backhanded him. He's not the happiest kid in the world! And I'm partly to blame for that."

I saw the horse's gaze soften slightly, "What are you really doing out here?"

I hesitated, "Nothing. It's stupid."

"You're trying to find him, aren't you?" said the horse

I turned away from him and said, "Well that was my plan but I don't know where the Radnast forest is."

"Radnast forest?" said the horse. I watched his gaze soften even further.

"Yes," I said, giving him a quick nod, "Have you heard of it?"

"Heard of it?" said the horse, chuckling softly, "dear Daughter of Eve, of course I had heard of it! To tell you the truth; I was born there. It was once a peaceful place before the Witch found it and turned it into a breeding ground for her supporters."

"Would you be able to take me there?" I asked sweetly, giving him a half smile.

The horse studied me for a few moments until answering, "Alright, but I'm not going into the forest. I will wait for you outside, somewhere unseen."

"Oh, thank-you sir," I said overjoyed. Maybe there was still hope in finding Edmund…

The horse bent low so I could climb on and said, "Call me Adian. It's a good thing you decided to find your brother at night. The shadows will be some use to us."

And without another word, Adian and I were off into the night.

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