Meanwhile, the white witch was in her palace steaming mad that Maugrim and his crew had been unable to get rid of the Solo children. Although she knew Maugrim's loyalty to her was unquestionable and he would no doubt go out after them again.
"I am so sorry, your majesty. The daughter of Eve attacked me with a sword of light." Maugrim said, painfully bowing before Jadis as his leg was still sore from Jaina's lightsaber attack.
"I am disappointed that you weren't able to rid Narnia of these three, Maugrim. However, I have never questioned your loyalty to me and you will be given another chance." Jadis said.
"Thank you, my queen. Shall I rally my crew and go out again?" Maugrim asked.
"Yes you shall. Take the rest of your group and head out to our camp deep in the woods. Wait until Aslan's army arrive at the camp by the stone table, then make your move. I cannot let this new prophecy come true." Jadis said.
"It shall be done, my queen." Maugrim said and howled to signal the rest of the wolves to come and follow him.
As Jadis watched her pack of wolf henchman run out of the palace towards their army camp, she grinned smugly to herself. She was more determined than ever to defeat Aslan, the Pevensies, and the Solos and reclaim her throne as Queen of Narnia. That would definitely show all of Narnia who was the more powerful ruler of their land. Clutching her wand firmly in her hand, she snapped her fingers for her dwarf sidekick, Ginnabrik, to come forward.
"What is it, my lady?" Ginnabrik asked in his rapsy voice.
"Ginnabrik, the time has come. Ready my sleigh and we will go round up our troops to prepare for battle." Jadis said.
"Are you sure about that, my lady? Are we ready to fight?" Ginnabrik asked.
"Do not question my decisions! I've never been more ready to rid Narnia of Aslan and those pesky sons of Adam and daughters of Eve. We must be extra prepared this time, since some of them have these so called swords of light as weapons. Now go and get my sleigh ready!" Jadis demanded.
"Uh…yes, yes, my lady." Ginnabrik stammered and hurried off to ready Jadis's sleigh for the journey to their camp.
At Cair Paravel
Nighttime had since fallen over Narnia and the moon shone brightly over the sea next to Cair Paravel. Anakin had long since fallen asleep, but Jaina and Jacen were still on the balcony of the room that faced west, wearing the elegant sleepwear they had been given by Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Both of them were really nervous about the battle that awaited them and wondered what their family would think if they knew what they were up to.
"What do you think Uncle Luke would think if he knew what we were doing?" Jaina asked.
"He would probably think we were crazy to take on such a dangerous mission alone, even Grandfather didn't do anything like this when he was a young Padawan." Jacen said.
"I know, he was already a grown up Padawan when he protected Grandmother and fought in the Clone Wars." Jaina said.
"But you know Aslan and the Pevensies have their complete faith in us to carry out this prophecy. We can't let any of them down." Jacen said.
"I know you won't let us down." Lucy said and the twins turned around to see her and Susan coming out onto the balcony.
Jaina smiled and motioned towards Lucy and Susan to come join her and her brother on the balcony. The queens of Narnia sat down on one of the two stone benches that were on the balcony and turned to face Jaina and Jacen to talk to them.
"Aslan believed in us and our brothers when we fought in the first Narnian war and we didn't let him down. He truly believes in you as well." Susan said.
"We are grateful that he does, your highness. But Ani and I didn't even believe Jacen when he first suggested that we enter the closet that we came to Narnia through." Jaina said.
"Don't worry about it. Peter, Edmund, and I didn't believe Lu here at first when she told us about discovering Narnia through a wardrobe and look where we are now." Susan said.
"You entered Narnia through a closet too?" Jacen asked, sounding amazed.
"Oh yes, I was the one who discovered it by accident. It took a lot of convincing to Peter, Susan, and Edmund that it was real, but they ended up coming here with me and finally believed me." Lucy said and Susan playfully twirled a strand of her little sister's hair around with her finger.
Lucy giggled and flipped up Susan's hair with her hand. Jaina and Jacen laughed at the two sisters playing around. They were so happy to get along great with these two and their brothers and felt that they would become great friends. It was wonderful to find some new friends and laugh amongst the tension of the upcoming and unavoidable battle against Jadis and her army.
"I like you two and your brothers, I think we'll all be friends for a long time." Jaina said, smiling.
"I hope we'll be friends forever! Won't we, Susan?" Lucy playfully exclaimed to her sister.
"I think so, Lucy. These two and their brother are already wonderful friends and will no doubt become great warriors." Susan said, smiling warmly at the Solos.
"Thank you, your majesties." Jacen said.
"No problem, Sir Jacen. We better head off to bed now, you have a big day of training tomorrow." Susan said.
The four of them made their way off of the balcony and back inside to go to their sleeping chambers. Tomorrow, everyone would head to Aslan's camp by the stone table to start preparing for battle and Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin would begin their training to become the three great warriors that would save Narnia from Jadis's powers.