Susan's Sorcerer
Disclaimer and Summary: See previous chapters
A/N: the real title wouldn't fit on the drop down menu, the real on is below.
Chapter 4: Unexpected visitors can be beneficial, right?
Throne Room, Cair Paravel, Narnia:
The Next Day:
Lucy, Erik, and Susan sat in the throne room the day after Aslan had come to visit them. They were bored to death with being stuck in the castle.
"So what do you want to do?" asked Lucy.
"What is there to do?" Susan responded sitting down on the ledge in front of the thrones.
"We could play hide and go seek," suggested Erik
"I guess we could, but it'll probably only entertain us for a short while." Lucy responded.
"What's got you down?" asked Erik.
"She always looses when we play that game. Plus the last time we played it, she ended up here."
"I don't always loose!" Lucy protested.
"Fine, I'll count and you two hide." Erik said, "wait, before we start, let's have a rule saying that you have to make it back to here and touch Peter's throne, in order to be safe."
"Sure, that's cool. Count to 70 and come look. Oh, and no magic." Susan ordered.
"Alright," Erik stated as he sat down in Erik's throne, and began counting. Lucy and Susan ran off in opposite directions.
When Erik hit 70, he opened his eyes and looked around. He slid out of his shoes and began walking towards one of the doors. He went through a series of halls looking for either of the sisters.
When he was about to exit one room, he heard a door open behind him. He spun around and saw Susan opening the door. "Crap" she muttered before darting out of the room, shutting the door, and Erik gave chase.
As they ran, Susan noticed that she had more traction on the floor because she had both her shoes on; Erik on the other hand was sliding into the walls, causing Susan to laugh. She was almost to Peter's throne when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist.
"Double crap…" she sighed leaning into Erik's arms, "How did you catch up to me so quickly?"
"Not having shoes on can be beneficial to me as well. You forgot to shut that last door." He replied kissing her neck.
"Well, well, well, it looks like I won!" Lucy cheered as she sat in Peter's throne.
"No fair! I was distracted!" Erik protested.
"Hey, sisters have to stick together!" Susan responded pulling out of his embrace.
They played a few more rounds before the game got boring. They plopped down on the small step before the throne.
"What else can we do?" Erik asked, lying back against the tiles, and Susan soon laid down next to him, resting her head on his chest.
"Personally, I'd not like to see the PDA's you're displaying." Lucy commented.
"Deal with it," Susan replied, "I'm quite comfortable."
Lucy rolled her eyes and brainstormed what they could do. "You know, now that we're on castle arrest, Narnia isn't that exciting anymore."
"I hear you." The pair commented.
Mr. Beaver came into the Throne Room, and darted up to the trio. Susan shot up when he heard him begin talking. "Your majesties, there is a person at the gates, requesting your immediate audience."
"What does he want?" Susan asked.
"He does not say, he only requests to see you."
"Alright, allow us to grab our crowns and then bring him in." Lucy stated as she and Susan dashed out of the Throne Room to grab their crowns.
"When he enters, station guards at the door, just incase he is a foe." Erik commented.
Mr. Beaver nodded before Susan and Lucy returned with their crowns. Mr. Beaver went to fetch the gentleman who came to see them.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"If he is from a neighboring country, and we don't give him immediate audience, they'll know something is up. We always give our guests what they need or ask." Susan explained sitting down in her throne.
Erik nodded, walked over to the side wall and said, "Nemo me vident," while waving his hand in front of his face, causing him to become invisible.
Mr. Beaver soon returned with a man. He was about 1.7 m (5'7"), and was slightly muscular. "Queen Susan, Queen Lucy, I present to you Sir Tenik. He is a messenger from the far west."
"Welcome Sir Tenik, you have a message for us?" Susan asked the man.
"I do indeed have a message for you, but it is for your ears only."
"Alright, Master Beaver, could you please wait outside?" asked Lucy.
"Yes your majesty." Mr. Beaver stated, before exiting the Throne Room.
"So, what is your message?"
"My country, Tonka, has heard of your recent difficulties," began Tenik.
"I'm sorry, we know not of what you speak?" Susan replied.
"I speak of the incident with your young kings. Since you are just two young Queens, my lord has offered to give you a small portion of his army to help protect you." Tenik offered.
"We thank you for your offer, but we have our own army." Lucy declined.
"I understand that you have an army of your own, yet surely two women can not run an army themselves." Tenik countered.
Lucy was about to offer a quick retort, when Susan cut in, "Why don't we put you up in one of our inns here, and we'll talk about this tomorrow."
"Thank you, I accept your offer and perhaps tomorrow you will see reason."
Mr. Beaver came back in and let Tenik out. Once they were sure he was gone, they walked over to the Erik had been standing. "Erik, are you there?" Susan asked.
Erik dropped the invisibility spell, and looked at the Queens. "What do you think?" inquired Lucy.
"I whispered a few spells to see his aura, yet something was preventing me from getting a clear read off of him." Erik explained.
"So he's evil." surmised Susan.
"It's a definite possibility."
"So what do we do?" Lucy wondered.
"I'm going to pay a visit to his room, invisible of course, and watch what he does." Erik stated.
"Alright, take a sword with you, and be careful." Susan ordered, "I don't what anything to happen to you."
"I know and I'll be fine." Erik stated as he caressed her face and kissed her.
Erik picked up a sword from behind the throne. He strapped it to his waist, and waved his hand over his face, "Nemo me vident."
Susan watched as Erik disappeared again. She saw the door open and close. "Susan, let's head to the library." Lucy suggested.
Erik walked out of the castle and down towards the inn. He remembered the location from when he and Susan were talking about Narnia. He saw Mr. Beaver and Tenik standing at the desk.
Mr. Beaver left Tenik in the hands of a young satyr, who would lead him up to his room. Erik followed them slowly. The young satyr, waited for Tenik to enter his room, before he turned around and left.
Erik waited a few moments before he looked down the hall and saw a paper sitting outside another door. "Cartam." Erik whispered, causing the newspaper to slide over to him, and he threw it into the door.
Tenik tame to the door and looked around. He saw the paper and bent down to get it. Erik jumped into the air and dove over Tenik, tucking himself into a small ball. He slid to a stop a few inches before the table. He stood as he heard Tenik shut the door. Erik went over to the far corner and sat down.
Tenik walked around the room and sat down in the sofa that was facing the corner Erik was hiding in. Tenik pulled out a small mirror and began speaking to it.
"Master, I'm on my way to gaining the trust of the young Queens. Soon the time will be right to come." Tenik spoke.
The voice that responded was the deepest and darkest voice Erik had ever heard. "Very good child, soon this world will be overrun with our kind."
"There has been a minor set back with the plans sir. They've turned down the offer, but they have given me stay in the local inn. Queen Susan has invited me back to discuss the matter again.
"You'd better get them to accept it, otherwise we'll never take Paravel." retorted the voice.
"Yes Master Nextion." Tenik replied cowering.
"Talk later; you are not alone in the room."
Tenik dropped the mirror and stood up. "Reveal!" he called waving his hand around.
Erik groaned as he felt the magic around him dissipate. "Clever little boy." Tenik spat.
"What happened to Peter and Edmund?" ordered Erik drawling his sword.
"If you want to know, you have to defeat me." Tenik responded conjuring his own twin blades.
"Gladly," Erik replied.
They charged at each other, swords flashing. Erik slashed up and then down, Tenik followed Erik's basic movies and cut upwards, knocking Erik's sword out of his hand, and then he kicked Erik away.
Erik stumbled a little bit, before he called, "Gladii!" before flicking his wrists towards the window.
The swords flew into the window frame, getting imbedded in it. Erik ran at Tenik and threw punches. They fought for a while and Erik managed to thrown him onto the bed. Tenik kicked him back, sending him into the table.
The table broke when Erik collided with it. Erik kicked Tenik heard, knocking him back. Erik then jumped up and kicked Tenik's head sending him crashing into the wall. "Gladii!" Erik ordered.
The swords flew through the air and pinned Tenik to the wall. Erik walked over to him.
"I've bested you; now tell me what happened to Peter and Edmund." Erik commanded.
"Why would I tell you that?" tenik questioned.
"I bested you, and you said that you'd tell me."
"While that may be true, you still haven't told me why."
"I'll give you amnesty. The forces of Narnia will never touch a hair on your head." Erik offered.
"Intriguing, how do I know that it'll happen?"
"It will, just tell me what happened." Erik snapped, placing his sword besides Tenik's head.
Tenik shrunk away from the blade prior to saying, "Nextion cast a spell on them to know them out of commission."
"Why?"
"My master doesn't give me all the information."
"Did he at least tell you how to bring them back?" Erik asked.
Tenik grinned at him, "Maybe he did, maybe he didn't."
Erik's eyes flashed with anger as he pulled back his sword and smacked Tenik hard across the cheek. "Tell me or we'll see what makes up an underling of Nextion."
"It can be reversed by a simple spell."
"Are you going to tell me what that spell is?"
"It wouldn't do you any good if I did. The spell can only be worked by one who knows the inner workings of the original spell."
"For your sake, I hope you do." Erik ordered.
"Huh?" Tenik asked.
Erik pulled out the swords and pushed Tenik to the ground. He then tied Tenik's hands together with a sheet. Erik made sure to tie it as tight as he could, and it almost cut off the circulation in Tenik's hands. "Nettoie." Erik commanded, causing the room to revert back to how it was before the fight.
"Let's go, you're going to fix Peter and Edmund and never return to Narnia. If you try and take advantage of your amnesty, I'll strike you down."
Tenik grunted in response as Erik jerked him out of the room and down the stairs out of the inn. They walked down the street, ignoring the looks they received from all the citizens going about their daily business.
When they got back to the castle, guards went to help Erik with Tenik, but Erik shook his head, declining help. He forced Tenik up the stairs and into the Throne Room. Susan and Lucy soon joined them in the room.
"What is going on?" Susan asked as she walked over to Erik.
"He's an agent of Nextion. He knows how to fix Peter and Ed." Erik explained.
Lucy went to run at him, but Erik stood in front of her, "I've granted him amnesty from Narnia, as long as he fixes them and never returns again."
"Erik, why would you do that? He needs to be killed." Susan protested.
"It was the only way to get him to agree to undo what he did."
"I never said I did it," Tenik said, but he got a swift slap upside the head from Erik.
"Fine, let's take him to them." Susan said.
Erik followed the sisters, pulling Tenik along after them. They went to Peter's room first. They pushed Tenik over to the bed.
"I need my hands." Tenik wined.
Erik glared at him, before walking up behind him and cutting the sheet. Tenik held his hands before him and began muttering in a strange language.
A glow surrounded Peter and it grew brighter as Tenik chanted. Soon the glow died away and the trio waited in apprehension. Peter woke up dazed and confused.
"Where am I? Susan, Edmund, Lucy!" he called.
Susan and Lucy ran over to his sides, and took his hands. "It's alright Peter, we're here." Susan stated squeezing his hand.
"Su? Where are Ed and Lu?" Peter asked.
"I'm here Peter!" Lucy affirmed stroking Peter's hand.
Peter slowly sat up and looked around. He spotted Erik standing behind a man he had never seen before. "What is going on?"
"It's complicated, we need to go wake up Edmund, and then we'll explain everything."
Peter nodded and was helped up with Susan and Lucy. They made their way out of the room. Erik forced Tenik to follow them and they went down the hall to Edmund's room. When they entered the room, Erik pushed Tenik to Edmund's side.
Tenik cast the spell again, causing Edmund to slowly awaken. The three siblings ran over to him embracing him and celebrating.
Tenik tried to escape, but Erik stood in his way. "You're not leaving until we are sure they are normal again."
Tenik sneered and scoffed, "Like you could stop me." He then ran at him but found himself imbedded on Erik's sword. Tenik's eyes glassed over as the life left him. Erik pulled the sword out and watched as Tenik fall to the floor.
"Erik, clean your sword." Peter commanded.
Erik nodded and bent down to wipe his sword upon Tenik's garments.
Lucy looked at Erik skeptically, "I thought you gave him amnesty."
"I know, and I did. I told him to stay put and wait to see if you guys were all normal, but he tried to leave."
"Ah, well are you hungry?" Susan asked.
"Yeah, as we eat, you three can explain what happened." Edmund replied.
"Will do, let's go." Lucy said, leading the group out of the room.
They headed down to the kitchen talking adamantly. When they arrived in the kitchen, they had the chiefs make a lavish meal, featuring grilled fish and lobster. They ate and discussed what had happened.
"So what exactly happened? We remember walking with Giant Rumblebuffin when everything went black." Peter asked while biting into some of the lobster.
"Well, you were knocked unconscious. There is a new evil in the world by the name of Nextion," began Susan, "The White Witch summoned it from another world and he attacked you two, and put you into a stasis of sorts."
"How did that other man come to be here?" asked Edmund.
"Well, he said he was a messenger from the land of Tonka and they had heard of what happened to the thrones of Narnia, and was offering a small contingent of their army to come and help defend us poor, defenseless women," Lucy continued, "We turned him down at first, but then Susan offered to put him up in the inn so we could discuss it some more tomorrow."
"So what happened that involved him coming to fix us?"
"Well, during their discussion, I was casting several spells trying to get a read on his aura, but something was blocking it. So I followed him down to the inn and waited to see what he would do." Erik started and then launched into a description of what happen at the inn.
"So now we know that Nextion is causing the problems. The question is what should we do?" Susan stated.
"I think we should try and find some defenses against it…"began Edmund.
"How though, we don't even know what any of Nextion's powers are. He's also from another world, so he isn't in any of our books!" Susan countered.
The two of them started bickering, but where silenced when Peter rose and put his hands on the table. "Enough, we know something has to be done, I agree with both of you, but we don't know anything about what this creature can do, so until we find more information about him, we'll continue on with life, like nothing is wrong."
"While you were out," began Erik, "I contacted my family through meditation, and asked them to look up Nextion and let me know if they find anything."
"Alright, do you think you could cast a simple protection spell around the castle?" asked Lucy.
"I'm not sure; none of my normal materials are here, so I don't know what I have to work with." clarified Erik.
"Well, take Susan with you to the library and the two of you go through the different books we have there and then we'll see if there is anything you can do," Peter ordered, "Edmund, you, Lucy and I need to go speak with Masters Tumnus and Beaver about the new threat."
Edmund nodded and the three of them left, leaving Erik and Susan alone, "Are we going to tell them about us?" asked Erik.
"Well Lucy already knows, so that's covered," began Susan.
"She can keep a secret right?"
"For the most part, yes she can, and I don't think she'll tell them anyway, she knows when it's somebody else's business." explained Susan, as they rose and walked down the hall hand in hand.
"So when do we tell them?" Erik asked as he kissed Susan's hand.
"Probably as soon as possible, I'm thinking maybe dinner."
"Alright, that works with me."
They reached the library and Erik held open the door for Susan. They walked in and sat at the table with the different magic books. They looked through them for a simple spell to repel evil.
"So do you see a spell you can work?" Susan asked after they'd searched through a number of books.
"There might be a few that I could swing, but I'm not sure if it'll work." Erik said pulling a book towards him.
"Do you want to try it?"
"Sure, I need a centralized location though, along with some water."
"I think the Throne Room is pretty much in the middle of the castle, and we can get some water on the way there."
Erik nodded as he took a book and walked with Susan back towards the Throne Room, only stopping by the kitchen to get a glass of water. When they arrived in the room, Erik asked Susan to stand over by her throne, that way she wouldn't potentially interfere with the casting.
Erik dipped his fingers into the water, and drew a pentagram on the floor, followed by an oval. He sat down behind the symbol with the book in his lap and he had his hands laid across his knees.
"Where safety's gone and evil's around, spirits block the force that wants to harm, order you I do by the power of this charm!" Erik chanted, placing his hands in the middle of the drawling.
Susan watched as he preformed the spell, and she was blinded by a sudden flash of light. She was also pushed back into her throne by a powerful gust of wind. When the wind and light died away, she saw Erik walk over to her, with a sly grin on his face.
"It worked, I think…" he began, but was cut off by Lucy's screech.