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 Chicky Poo for reviewing.
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 3: Something's amiss in Narnia
Library, Cair Paravel, Narnia:
Susan sat in one of the chairs flipping through books. She looked through them, searching for a way to fix her brothers. When she reached the back cover of one, she threw it away and pulled another towards her.
Erik watched Susan search through the books. He was thinking about what could have attacked them. He couldn't recall any actual damage to their bodies, other than the fact that they were unconscious. Erik's mind wondered trying to figure out what could be wrong with them. He heard Susan throw another book and he snapped back into attention. He saw her hand flying over the pages, and he reached out and wrapped his hands around hers. "Susan, what are you doing?" Erik asked concerned.
"I'm looking for a way to fix my brothers." Susan snapped.
"I know that, but why are you riffling through the books?"
"So I can find a way to fix them. Damn it! Erik, why are you bothering me?"
"Because you're going way too fast, anyone knows that the quicker you flip through books, the more you'll miss."
"It doesn't matter. Peter and Edmund are incapacitated and I want to fix them." Susan muttered casting her eyes down.
"Susan," Erik began moving his hand to her face, pulling her face up, "We'll find a way. I promise you. We need to stop now. We can't do anything for them unless we get some sleep. I don't think we alert enough to even begin looking for a cure."
Susan backed away from his hand and looked back at the books, "Do you really think we'll find away? I don't want to lose them. I can't afford to lose them; I probably lost my father and mother to the stupid war."
"Trust me Susan, we'll find a way. I promise you."
"Alright, let's go to bed."
They headed off to bed, Erik wrapping his arm tightly around Susan. Erik helped Susan get to her room and turned his back while she changed into her nightgown.
When she was done, he helped her into bed before heading out. Susan laid back against the pillow letting out a deep breath. She pulled the history book to her again. She picked up where she left off and read into the reign of the White Witch and saw something that made interested her greatly. There was a paragraph talking about how the Witch had been trying to summon an evil from another world, named Nextion. It possessed more powers than the Witch had.
She skimmed the rest of the reign of the Witch looking for another entry for the creature. She didn't see another mention of him, so she figured the witch wasn't successful. She made a mental note to bring this to the other's attention the next morning. She closed the book and rolled over to go to sleep.
Erik's Chambers:
Erik sat on the window ledge in the chambers that he was staying in. His mind was working overtime trying to figure out what had happened to Peter and Edmund. He knew some potions that might work on them, but he didn't want to raise false hopes because he had no idea how they would react to anymore magic.
He started out into the inky abyss of the night sky. Erik wondered what he could do to help this family. There had to be some reason why he had come here. He closed his eyes and sent out a mental vibe hoping to reach someone who could help him.
"You called young sorcerer?" asked a voice.
Erik spun around to see a great lion sitting in the middle of the room. "I guess so, you're Aslan right?"
"Yes, you have many questions don't you?"
Erik walked towards Aslan and sat on the bed. "Yes, why am I here, and what happened to Peter and Edmund?"
"One thing at a time, for starters, I opened the portal that brought you here." the lion began.
"Why?" Erik interrupted.
Aslan showed no inclination to answer his question at that point, but continued his explanation, "Something is coming that the Kings and Queens can't defeat."
"What? Why?"
"I can not tell you why, just that it will happen."
"Alright, well what happened to Peter and Edmund?"
"Lead me to them. I'm not sure I know but I have speculations."
Erik nodded and led Aslan out of the room and into the main hall and back into Peter's rooms. Both brothers had been set on Peter's bed. Aslan looked at them and he walked over to them.
He touched his nose to Peter's hand and pulled back quickly. He walked over to Edmund's side and touched his nose to the king as well. He pulled back faster and turned back to look at Erik.
"What is it?"
"Something is wrong here. The magic that they are doused in is not of this world." He stated.
"So what did this? Did it match any of your previous thoughts."
"No, my speculations were based on magic of this world. If the magic had been of this world, I would know exactly what to do; however it's foreign to me."
"What can we do?"
"Do as you have planned continue looking through books to find a way; I will look into the resources I have and come back at a later date." Aslan vanished before his eyes, leaving Erik alone in the room with the kings.
Erik walked back out of the room and back into his chambers. He laid on his bed and closed his eyes. He woke a few hours later and changed into clothes and walked to Susan's room.
He knocked on the door. Lucy opened it and told him that they'd be out in a few minutes. He nodded and waited for them to come out. The door opened and the sisters awkwardly walked out of her chambers. Susan was carrying the book she took out three nights ago.
"Shall we go to the library?"
"Yeah, take Susan; I'll get food sent there for us."
Erik nodded and took Susan's arm and they began walking back into the library. They sat down at the table with the spell books and Erik began looking in them.
Susan opened the history book to the page that mentioned Nextion and placed it on top of the one Erik had been looking through.
"What is this?" he asked reading over it.
"It's a section of the Witch's rule. It mentions something about this creature from another world. Its name is Nextion and the witch tried to summon it, but it didn't say anything besides that." Susan summarized for Erik.
"That's interesting. Last night Aslan said that some type of otherworldly magic had affected your brothers."
"What! Aslan was here? Why didn't you wake Lucy and me up?"
"Because it was the middle of the night and he only wanted to see what had befallen Peter and Edmund. He also said that I came here because something is stirring in Narnia and your family can't defeat it on your own."
"Well, did he say how to fix it?"
"No, he's going to look into it and told us to look through the books."
"Ok, let's look in the books for Nextion. There could be something in here about him."
Erik nodded and they searched the books with renewed vigor.
Lucy soon arrived with a few servants following her with a few trays of breakfast foods. Over breakfast, Susan informed Lucy about their findings; when they finished, Lucy joined in the search. They looked through all the books that were sitting on the table, but not one of them had anything on Nextion.
"Wait, guys why are we looking in these? Nextion isn't of this world, so why would he be in any of the books?" Erik hypothesized after about an hour worth of looking.
"What? Oh that does make sense. If he's not here, how are we going to get any information on him?" Lucy asked setting down the book she was reading.
"I honestly don't know."
"Do you think you could get in touch with your family?" Susan asked.
"I don't know. It might be possible…" Erik stated.
"Since Nextion is otherworldly evil, it could be in books back on Earth." Susan reasoned.
"Alright, I'll try meditating and hopefully that'll take me to Earth's astral plane and allow me to contact my parents."
Susan and Lucy nodded and sat back. Erik rose from his chair and sat lotus style next to it, closed his eyes, and breathed slowly. He felt himself begin meditating.
He allowed the pull of his family's power to take him back to the earthen astral plane. Upon arriving there, he looked around him trying to see if any of his family members were currently meditating. Since he did not see any shapes in the gray space; he sent out another mental vibe hoping to bring one of his relatives into meditation.
He waited around for a little bit, then saw a gray mass start to take form out in front of him. It slowly took the shape of his sister. Once it stopped molding, Erik saw his sister's form standing before him.
"Kyra, I need your help." Erik began.
"Erik, why are you contacting me in the plane? Why can't you do it normally?" she questioned.
"It's complicated; right now I'm in another world. It's called Narnia. I'm not sure exactly how I ended up here, but I need you to do something. Try and see if you can find any information on a creature named Nextion. If you can't find it in our books, check our other sources." Erik explained.
"What's going on?"
"There is an evil in this world that the people can't defeat without help."
"If the evil is there, then why are you asking me to look for it?"
"There was another force of evil in this world that we think summoned Nextion from another world. Please just check the books and pull me into meditation when you find answers."
"Fine, but I want you to explain everything when you get home."
"Ok, I'll talk to you later."
Erik left the astral plane and came back to Narnia. He told Susan and Lucy what he had discussed with his sister.
"How long do you think it'll take for her to look up?" Lucy asked, as they sat in the library.
"It depends really. She might find it in our books, or she'll check with our resources." Erik explained.
"Resources?" Susan questioned.
"My family comes from a long line of sorcerers. Over the years, we've acquired many allies some of which might have clues to who Nextion is."
"But if they reside in your world and your sister didn't find an entry for Nextion in the books, how is she going to find anything out?"
"Some of them are from other planes of existence, so it's quite possible that they know of it."
"How did you get allies like that?"
"I actually don't know. Most them we've had for many generations. I don't know how they were formed all I know is that we have them."
"Oh, well what do you want guys want to do now?" asked Lucy.
"The question should be what is there to do in the castle? They probably won't let us out after what happened to Peter and Edmund." Susan responded.
"Just out of curiosity, what borders Narnia?" inquired Erik.
"Well there's Calormen to the south, uncharted and probably wild lands are to the north." began Susan.
"To the west is unknown. Possibly nothing considering the Lamppost is that way. Over the ocean are the Lone Islands and past that is Aslan's country." Lucy finished.
"You don't think Nextion could have come from one of those places do you?" asked Erik.
"Probably not, if it was Aslan probably would have recognized the magical signature on one of the boys and told us where it was from." Susan replied.
"Yeah, that makes sense. So what can we do?"
"Well, we could try and train you in fighting techniques." Lucy suggested.
"As useful as that might be, if I'd prefer to be able to use both my hands while I cast my spells. The sword would probably get in the way." Erik reasoned.
"Yet, if you can't use your powers…" Susan countered.
"Fine, let's go."
The trio left the room and walked down into the armory. They got Erik a sword while Lucy grabbed one and Susan grabbed two bows and a bundle of arrows.
They walked out into the Throne room and they began teaching Erik how to use his sword. Erik learned quickly. Lucy saw this and tried a complex move attempting to disarm Erik.
Erik saw Lucy pull back and he ran at her trying to get her unbalanced. Lucy allowed him to run and when he was a few inches away, she brought her sword around and knocked his sword out of his hands.
Susan laughed at Erik's face once he found out Lucy had tricked him. Erik glared at her, blushing slightly.
"Well, what can you show me your majesty?" Erik asked coyly.
"Well I happen to be the best archer in the land. So help me get out onto the balcony."
Erik took Susan's arm and helped her get to the balcony. "I've been meaning to ask you, why didn't Lucy use her cordial for your ankle?"
"Well Peter said that it be used for injuries that were not our own fault, like when you fell from the ceiling. I was at the Witch's house willingly so I have to bare my injury until it heals." Susan explained.
"Oh, ok."
Once they'd arrived at the balcony, Susan said, "Alright, let me show you how its done."
She took one of the bows, not the one given to her by Father Christmas, and notched an arrow. She indicated a pile of barrels across the courtyard below them. She let the arrow fly and it thunked into a barrel in the center of the pile.
"Wow, that's cool." whispered Erik.
"Wait…" she said.
She notched another arrow, closed her eyes, spun around, and then shot the arrow. It soared through the air and embedded itself into the same barrel only a few feet above the other.
"Can you show me how to do that?"
"Yeah, first try it on your own."
Erik nodded and notched it. He then raised the bow and pointed down at the barrels. He let the arrow lose and saw it land a few feet in front of it.
"Alright, the one thing that I've learned is that you have to first relax when you shoot."
Erik nodded and noticed another arrow. Susan placed her hand on his and then stood behind him. "What you want to do is slowly pull back your arm. Then once the line is taught, focus one the target,"
"I did that." Erik interrupted.
"Yet," continued Susan, "then you look past the target. Then let go of the string."
Erik did as she said and saw it fly in between the two arrows Susan had previously fired.
"Wow, that's amazing. How did you learn to shoot at a target with your eyes closed?" Erik asked.
"I just picture the target as I remember it and shoot the arrow in that direction."
"Oh, well do you think I'll be able to do that?"
"In time, I'm sure."
'Well thank you for the lesson."
"You're welcome."
Susan still had her arms around Erik's body and he turned around and wrapped his arms around her. He leaned in and softly kissed her. After a few seconds, he pulled back and looked at her upset face. "I'm sorry," he stated letting go and bending down to pick up the different equipment that they had used.
When Erik went to help Susan walk back into the Throne Room, she put her hand softly on his arm. "You should never feel sorry for expressing your feelings," she whispered before she kissed him.
When they broke apart, Susan was blushing. "Those were your first right?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry if they were terrible."
"No, I don't think they were, and they were my first as well."
Susan smiled and took his arm. They walked back into the Throne Room to see Lucy sitting on her throne with Aslan sitting down in front of her. Erik walked Susan over to her throne and stood beside her.
"Welcome Queen Susan and Sorcerer Erik." Aslan stated.
"Thank you Aslan," began Susan, "I take it you have come bearing news about our brothers' condition?"
"Yes I do have some news, but it is not good. The kings have fallen under a spell from a vile creature."
"We've done some research about that and we think the creature is from another world and its name is Nextion." Erik explained.
"From another world, how is that possible?" Aslan asked.
"A book in the library said that the White Witch tried to summon it yet it didn't say whether or not he succeeded." Susan justified.
"That doesn't make sense; the magic of Narnia allows only me to bring in creatures from another world."
"Well somehow, someone brought something else into this world."
"How much have you found on this Nextion?"
"Nothing really, we ruled out any of these books since it is not of this world," Lucy said, "Erik contacted his mom to check for it on earth. So hopefully we'll know soon."
"Understood, in order to keep Narnia safe, I require that you do not leave the walls of Cair Paravel."
"We had already figured that, is there any thing we can do for them?" Susan inquired.
"No, it would be unwise to perform any more magic to them. Until we know exactly what happened to them, any additional magic could do more harm to them then help."
"Ok, how can we contact you when Erik hears back from his sister?"
"Erik can just send out a call and I'll answer it."
"Aslan, I don't know if it's in your power, but do you think you could heal my ankle?" asked Susan, "I no longer want to be a burden to Erik and Lucy."
"How did you injury your ankle?" the lion questioned.
"We were giving Erik a tour of Narnia, and we were in the Fields of Beruna, when we heard a hag casting a spell to resurrect Jadis." Susan explained. "We killed the hag, and Erik told us that in order to do any resurrection, you need a personal object of the slain.
The hag was using a part of her wand that had fallen in between the rocks, so we went to her house to get rid of any other objects that could be used. While we were at the castle, a shade attacked us and Erik set the castle on fire and a piece of the roof fell onto my ankle."
"Well, I believe that since it happened while you were preventing a great evil from returning to Narnia, I can heal your ankle. I haven't done this in a while so forgive me if it feels weird. It'll also hurt a little" Aslan explained before blowing on her ankle.
Susan grimaced in pain as her ankle bones reset themselves and then they began to heal. When they were finished, she sat back, breathing heavily, and relaxed into her throne.
"Aslan, I have a quick question for you." Erik began.
"Alright young sorcerer, what is it?" the Lion replied.
"Is it possible that the otherworldly magic could just be an additional spell over Peter and Edmund?" he continued.
"What do you mean?" Susan asked.
"Well let's say that they were put into the comatose state by one spell, then they had another spell placed on them, yet it was from another world?" Erik explained.
"Are you inferring that whoever did this, put them into their unconscious state and then cast another spell on them, one that I wouldn't recognize?" questioned Aslan.
"That's what I'm trying to get at." Erik replied.
"It could be possible. I still wouldn't do anything about them, wait until you get information about Nextion, and when you do, call out, and I shall return."
"We shall Aslan." They stated watching the Lion depart.
I know that this is not normally how you use a bow, but it's in another world so bear with me!