Chapter 2- Where?

"I'm where?" Melanie asked again. How stupid did "King Peter" think she was?

"Narnia," he repeated. "Are you American?"

"Yeah," she snapped. "Look, I need to get home. How do I leave?"

"You can't," Peter said simply.

"What do you mean, I can't?" Melanie demanded.

"Until you've served whatever purpose Aslan means for you to do, you can't leave."

"Aslan?"

"It's a long story. I'll tell you on the way to Cair Paravel. Can you move?"

"Not very well," Melanie admitted.

"All right. Let me get my horse and I'll help you up."

Peter left the clearing, leaving Melanie to wonder her "purpose."

He came back a moment later, empty handed.

"Must've run off," he said sheepishly.

"Now what do we do?" Melanie inquired.

"Can you trust me?" Peter asked seriously.

"To do what?"

"Carry you back to the castle."

"Carry me," Melanie repeated.

"It's the only thing I can do," Peter said. "It'll be dark by the time I could walk back and bring another horse. I don't want to leave you here."

His blue eyes were looking directly into her green ones, and Melanie knew that he was truly concerned about her.

"Fine," Melanie consented. "But if you even think-"

"I'll make you as comfortable as possible," Peter promised.

He walked over to her, kneeled down beside her once more, and carefully lifted her into his arms, one securely around her back, the other under her knees.

"Is this cozy?" Peter asked with a slight grin, looking down at the girl in his strong arms. (A/N #Drools#)

"I ache all over," Melanie replied. "Are you sure you're a king? You look awfully young to be a king."

"I'm a king. And so is my brother Edmund, and our sisters Susan and Lucy are queens."

"Right. What year is it here? What's with the chain mail?" Melanie asked rather rudely.

"It's about where our Medival Times were." Petersaid.

"Oh."

"So...a king. How did you manage that?"

Peter told her the story about how he and his brother and sisters came to Narnia through the wardrobe. And Melanie realized that the more he talked, the more appealing he became to her. He was what she had been looking for back home.

Soo...I was very impressed with my review number. Thanks! Never have I had a first chapter with so many reviews. I realize the chapters are fairly short, and I apologize. I'm super busy right now. I have finals tomorrow and Wednesday and I'm trying to update the best I can. Hopefully my writing doesn't suffer.

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Robbie