Susan's Sorcerer
Disclaimer: I own none of the Narnian characters or places. The only thing I do own, Erik Servint and Nextion however.
A/N: Special thanks to ohcEEcho and Chicky Poo for reviewing, and Chicky Poo – yes this is a Susan romance.
Summary: While creating a potion, a novice sorcerer finds himself transported into the magical world of Narnia. He appears a few weeks after their coronation, but he came to the world to stop a force of true evil that has awakened.
Chapter 2: Exploring Narnia
The forest of Narnia:
Susan and Lucy led Erik around Narnia, showing them everything that they could. First they went by the Lantern Waste, where they first appeared into Narnia. They then traversed to the Beaver's dam, where they stopped to have lunch with Mrs. Beaver.
When they left the Beaver's house, Erik asked, "Could you show me where you guys fought the White Witch?"
"Sure, it's a little ways, but Beruna was a beautiful area." Susan stated.
They then began to ride out to Beruna fords. When they arrived, not a body was found.
"That's interesting. You guys only fought a few weeks ago, yet there isn't a body present." Erik observed.
"You're right; they probably burned all the bodies of the Witch's army." Lucy commented.
"Then what happened to the members of our army?" Susan wondered.
"Aslan probably had people come by and give them a proper burial after our coronation."
Erik began to take his horse across the Ford, when he heard a noise. It was very faint, but it troubled him none the less. He looked around, saw nothing, and continued on.
They continued across the ford, and Erik heard the noise again. He stopped this time and asked, "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" they responded.
He heard the noise again, this time he could identify it. He recognized that it sounded similar to a cauldron poofing after adding ingredients to it. "That," he said.
Lucy and Susan looked at him, but then they heard the noise as well. "Yes, but what is it?"
"It sounds like a cauldron poofing, but I don't see one. We should investigate."
The Queens nodded and they slowly set off in the direction of the sound. They came up to a rock outcropping, and Erik dismounted and went over to the rock. The girls followed suite and they crouched behind it.
"What could the cauldron be used for."
"I'm not sure, maybe…" began Erik before he stopped mid-sentence because he heard chanting.
"Evil forces of the world, head my request powers of the ford. Bring back the Narnian Queen, to seek vengeance upon those fiends."
The trio looked at each other before looking around the rock. They saw a woman standing in front of a cauldron, with her back to them. The woman had long ugly hair and a misshapen frame.
"It has to be a hag," Lucy muttered when they sat back against the rock.
"Is the Witch coming back?" Susan asked Erik urgently.
"No, a resurrection spell, or any spell for that matter, takes many renditions to actually accomplish anything." Erick replied.
"We have to stop her, but we don't have our weapons."
"Arucm et pugiunculum teleporto." Erik muttered pointing to Susan and Lucy.
Susan's bow and arrow appeared in her hands, while Lucy's dagger appeared.
"So we attack?"
"Yes, distract the hag, while I get time to go dump the potion."
He rushed out from behind the rock, while Susan shot an arrow into the arm of the Hag, breaking off its chant. It spun around and rushed in their direction.
It didn't see Erik dart past, and knock over the cauldron, while muttering, "Finite incantantem." When its contents spilled out, he saw a piece of metal in the mixture. He grabbed it and turned around. The hag was lying on the ground, with an arrow in its head, Susan and Lucy standing on the rock looking pleased.
Erik walked back to them and said, "Thank god we came this way. I can't imagine what would happen if we hadn't. I also found this." He stated, while holding out the piece of metal.
"That was part of the wand that Edmund destroyed. I thought we had all the pieces, but I guess that a piece fell in within the rocks. I take it they need something of personal value in order to resurrect her?"
"Yeah, Aslan burned or had everything that she possessed destroyed?"
"Probably, though we should go check her castle thoroughly. There might be some objects there." Lucy suggested.
"In what direction is it?" Erik asked.
"If I remember correctly, it's that way."
Erik nodded and they got on their horses and rode toward the Witch's house.
White Witch's Castle:
They arrived at the bank of the lake that surrounded the uninhabited castle.
"How are we going to get to it?" Susan asked, "I don't think we can swim that length."
"I could try to levitate you over the lake, but I haven't done that with humans over that long of a distance before." Erik stated.
"Oh you have to try; we can't risk the Witch getting resurrected." Lucy pleaded.
Erik looked at the distance, and then at the sisters. "Alright, let's tie the horses to that tree."
The trio dismounted, tied their horses up, and returned to the shore, all the while, Erik was thinking of how he could get everyone over to the castle. When they arrived at the shore, he came up with an idea and told the others to get ready.
"Alright, just so you know, I've never tried this before, so if it goes wrong I'm sorry."
"Well, we can still try it."
Erik then pointed to each of them in turn. He then took a deep breath and said, "Ad castellum."
A huge gust of wind came and blew them all towards the Witch's castle. As they traversed the lake, their feet skimmed the surface, entertaining them. They arrived at the castle a few seconds later.
"Wow that was cool. Could we do that again?" Susan asked.
"We can wonder about that later. I don't want to think about the Witch begin brought back, and we can't prevent it unless we search this castle and destroy anything that's there." Lucy ordered, walking up to the entrance door and trying to open it.
When it didn't budge, Susan and Erik walked up next to her, and tried to help her push it open, yet even with their help, the door would still not move.
"How are we supposed to do anything, if we can't even get inside?" Susan asked.
Erik told the girls to stand back; he shook his shoulders, and ran at the door. He threw his shoulder at it, and he bounced off. Erik groaned as he rolled his shoulder afterwards.
"Susan, take out your bow and notch an arrow," Erik commanded, and when she did that, he walked over to her and placed his hand on the arrow and drew a complex symbol upon it, "shoot it at the door."
Susan fired the arrow at the door, expecting it to do nothing, but she was surprised seeing it explode upon contact, making a hole, large enough for them to enter.
"Well, that was effective." Susan said impressed.
They walked into the castle, and took in their surroundings. The castle was pretty much as Susan and Lucy remembered it, minus all the statues.
"Where should we go? I have no idea where to go to look for any items." Lucy stated.
"It probably wouldn't be wise if we split up, who knows what type of traps the Witch left." Erik recommended.
"Yeah, that probably would be best. Let's head up that flight of stairs." Susan stated, putting another arrow into her bow.
They slowly ascended the stairs, keeping watch for anything out of the ordinary. They reached the top of the staircase without incident, and they found themselves outside another set of doors. Erik walked up to them and tried the handle. To their surprise, the door swung open.
"Why wouldn't they lock this door?" asked Lucy.
"They probably only locked the main door, thinking no one could enter it, she must have thought it unnecessary to lock any other doors." Susan explained.
They entered the room and saw that there was a bed and wardrobe. "Well, this looks like the place that would house items for a resurrection spell." Erik stated looking around.
They went through the wardrobe, bed, and closet, yet found nothing that could be of use.
"Well, that was extremely useful. I wonder if there are any other rooms in this house she could have left items in." Lucy pondered.
The others shrugged their shoulders and walked back towards the stairwell and descended the stairs. When they reached the bottom, they realized that they were in the throne room.
"How did we end up here?" Susan asked.
"There must be some type of spell over this place. Anyone who comes in here is probably going to wonder this castle for all of time." Erik stated.
"I have a feeling we should leave. Something isn't right here." Susan commented.
"We have to keep looking for the witch's belongings." Lucy countered walking across the room.
"WATCH IT!" yelled Erik causing Lucy to stop just before a weak part the floor.
"Thanks." She replied backing away.
"I think we should leave, we have no idea what else is here."
"But you're a sorcerer, can't you block the spells?"
"Probably, but who knows what could happen if I try to; it could backfire, knock me out, and leave you two defenseless."
"Fine, let's go." Lucy stated giving in, "how are we going to get out of here?"
"Ssh, do you hear that? It sounds like the lake." Susan stated.
"Yeah, it does." Erik responded as they walked towards its sound.
They followed the sound of the water hitting the shore. As they walked down one hall, they heard the waves getting louder, and when they turned corner, they heard a loud screeching noise. They spun around and saw a shade flying towards them.
"Oh no, it's a shade. Lucy do you remember what killed these things during the war?" Susan asked as they backed away.
"Um… I think it was fire, but I really don't know if that's true." Lucy replied.
"Fine, we'll go with that," Erik began as he looked over his shoulder and saw the exit just behind them; he shouted "castullum incendo!" causing the castle to erupt into flames.
"What the hell did you do that for!" Susan yelled, jumping at the sudden flames.
"Look behind you!" Erik cried pointing behind him.
The sisters looked behind them and saw the exit. The fires that lapped at the walls and ceiling caused the shade to slow its attack on the group. They turned to run out into the sunlight, but a piece of ceiling fell onto Susan's foot.
Susan cried out in pain, causing the others to spin around. They came rushing back to her. "No, go, you guys need to get out of here."
"We're not leaving you behind." Lucy stated.
"How are you getting this off me?"
Erik pointed at the piece and drew a circle in the air and pointed towards the shade. The piece rose off of her ankle and flew towards it. The shade screamed in pain, and Erik and Lucy helped Susan up.
"Can you walk?" Erik asked, supporting her.
"No, I think it crushed my ankle." She responded.
"Alright," was the response as he picked her up.
"We need to get out of here." Lucy exclaimed.
"Really I hadn't noticed!" Erik shouted back as he pointed to her and himself, and then shouted "Ē castullō!"
The spell shot them out of the castle and they ended up on the shore just outside of the castle.
"So how are we getting back to the horses?" Lucy asked.
Erik had to set Susan down and he sighed. "I don't know, using as much power as I just did, with setting the castle on fire and then expelling us from it, has drained my reserves."
"What do you mean?" asked Susan sitting up on her elbows.
"My powers are not unlimited. I've used them so much that if I try to use my powers anymore today, I could either kill myself or wind up in a coma like state. I can manage small spells, but the spell required to get us across the lake takes much more power. If I try to cast it, it could stop short of what its needed to do, and leave us in the middle of the lake or elsewhere."
"Oh, well take all the time you need." Lucy stated, sitting down next to Susan.
Erik joined the others, but then turned to watch the castle burning down. Soon it collapsed into itself, leaving nothing left, but a charred ruin.
"How long do you think you'll need to recharge your reserves?" Susan asked Erik.
"It'll take about half a day if I'm lucky, if not then a whole day." He responded.
"What do you mean if you're lucky?"
"It all depends on how much rest I get. If I get a decent amount of rest, then I'll be ready to go tomorrow morning. If I can't get to sleep, then it'll be later tomorrow."
"Ok, well Lucy and I can stand guard while you sleep."
"I'll right, but wake me if anything goes amiss."
"Alright."
Erik then laid down and closed his eyes, leaving Susan and Lucy to stand watch. They took shifts, Susan watching first, and then a few hours later, Lucy took watch.
The sun rose the next morning bringing with it an extreme desire to eat. Erik awoke and looked around. Lucy had fallen asleep on her watch, and Susan slept peacefully next to him. He looked inward upon himself and saw that his powers had recharged 75. He knew with that amount of power, he could cast one spell to get them across the lake, but then he would need to recharge again.
He walked down the shore till he got to the lake and looked into it. He saw a few fish swimming around in it and he used some small spells to withdraw the fish and start a fire to cook them. When the fish were thoroughly cooked, he went over to wake up the sleeping girls.
They went back down to the shore, and started feasting on the fish. While they ate, they talked about how it beneficial it was that Erik would burn down the witch's castle because now there weren't any more items that her followers could use to resurrect her.
Once they were done eating, Susan asked "How are your power reserves today?"
"Oh, they're better. I'm pretty sure I have enough to get us across the lake." Erik replied.
"Oh that's great. When can we go?" Lucy asked.
"Whenever you're ready; how are we going to get you across the lake Sue?"
"I don't know. Would it work if you held me again?" she asked.
"It probably will. You'll just have to hold on tight."
Erik then rose and picked up Susan. He then pointed to himself and then to Lucy before stating, "Ad equōs." The familiar feeling of being shot across the lake by a supernatural gust of wind came again.
As soon as they set foot upon the soil on the other side, they walked over to the horses and got on. Since Susan rode side-saddle, she was perched carefully upon her saddle. They rode slowly in the direction of Cair Paravel.
They arrived there late that night, and when they got there, they were shocked at what they saw. It scared Susan and Lucy to no end. Peter and Edmund were lying on the ground, unconscious. Mr. Tumnus and Mr. Beaver were attending to them, trying to waken them up.
"PETER! EDMUND!" the sisters yelled, leaping off their horses. Susan landed and then went down. Erik dismounted his horse and came over to help her up.
When they both got over to the bodies of the Kings, "What's wrong with them!" Susan immediately demanded.
"We're not sure. They had just gotten Giant Rumblebuffin and they were heading into the forest, when they were attacked by something." Mr. Tumnus replied calmly.
"How are you not sure? They were attacked, what attacked them." Lucy questioned walking over to them and trying to shake them up.
"A group of centaurs were hunting for food and found them like this. They could tell that they were attacked based on the area surrounding them." Mr. Beaver explained.
"Well, what happened to Giant Rumblebuffin? Shouldn't he know what happened?" Erik asked.
"No one knows where he is. Not even the griffins or the mice have seen him recently."
"When did this happen?" Lucy asked walking back over.
"They came in earlier this morning. We sent out a party for you, but they mustn't have reached you."
"Fine, Susan we need to get that ankle of yours in a cast. Otherwise, you're going to hurt it even more." Erik stated.
"Fine, Master Tumnus come with us so you can wrap my ankle." Susan commanded.
Erik led Susan into the castle, leaving Lucy to talk with Mr. Beaver about other facts about the scene. Susan told Erik to lead her into the dining room, while Mr. Tumnus walked to get the medical supplies.
The faun came back and started wrapping Susan's ankle. When it was done, Lucy came back in and told them that nothing new was found out.
"What can we do about their state?" asked Lucy.
"We just have to hope that something'll happen to fix whatever happened to them." Master Tumnus replied.
"That's not good enough! Erik help me to the library. I want to look through the books you pulled out a couple of nights ago and see if there is anything in there that can help Peter and Edmund's situation.
Erik nodded, fearing the wrath of the Queen and helped her out of her chair and towards the library.