More Than it Seems
By NarnianAslan
Chapter Three
Authoress' Note: I'm having Ideas like mad! So it may be a while before I actually post this… I had gotten the idea from beepingmop's I Was Once Looking From This Window, and a couple of dreams I've had. Okay well just to note- the girl's name is pronounced ih-sawld. I also got the title from Kutless' song More Than it Seems on the music inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe soundtrack. So, I suppose I should start the story now. I decided to make this book based, and skip the Turkish Delight Scene. This is when they rescue Ed.
Your Authoress,
Pippa Johansen
When they had reached Aslan's camp, they found it glorious. Susan, Isolde, and Lucy were given proper gowns, and Peter was given Narnian clothes.
One day Susan was practicing archery, while Isolde held the gifts Father Christmas had given her. She had gotten a bow and a quiver full of arrows with Isolde embossed on it (the quiver). But she had also gotten a leather bound book and some plain wood pencils without erasers. She wondered why. Lucy had been given a dagger and vial of fire-flower juice, and she was told why. Susan was also told why she had gotten the gifts she received.
"Isolde!" Susan asked, "Are you going to practice or not?"
"I will," Isolde said and got up. She quickly put her book and pencils in a bag, and handed it to Lucy. She got her bow out, strung it, checked the string, and loaded it. When she shot it, she had a perfect bulls-eye. She and Susan had practiced for about an hour when all three of them decided it was time to clean up at the river.
When Susan reached for her towel, she found Maugrim the wolf behind it (with a follower). She, of course, screamed, and she, Lucy and Isolde climbed a nearby tree, but not before Isolde grabbed the dagger that Lucy had dropped.
Maugrim was trying to bite Susan's feet, which were just out of his reach.
"Susan! Your horn!" Isolde whispered. Susan nodded and blew on her horn. Within minutes, Peter was there and fighting Maugrim. Aslan held down the other wolf, and when Peter had killed Maugrim, he let it go.
"Follow him. He will lead you to Edmund," Aslan said to the centaurs, horses, Fauns and other creatures that had crowded behind him. Isolde ran along with a dryad named Lynna.
"You shouldn't be coming, Daughter of Eve," Lynna said to her.
"I know, but it was my fault he ran off. I want to come," Isolde answered and they kept in pursuit of the witch. When they reached the camp, they saw Edmund tied to a tree and a dwarf about to kill him. Isolde got her bow and arrow out and shot the dwarf, who was a little less than a meter away form Edmund.
"Isolde!" Edmund exclaimed, or at least, that's what she thought she heard, he was bound and his voice was muffled.
She ran over to him (there was a fight going on now), and used Lucy's dagger to cut his bindings. A centaur came over to them and told them to get away to the camp.
They did so, but Edmund fell several times, so they were slowed down a bit.
Once they were safely at the river, Isolde allowed them to stop for a bit.
"Edmund, she didn't feed you, did she?" Isolde asked.
Edmund shook his head. Isolde hugged him.
"What was that for?" Edmund asked.
"You're safe."
"We should get going now, everyone will be in bed."
"No. You need to rest. I wish I had something to give you to eat. But I don't. Wait- I know! I saw some apples not far away. I'll go get some." And with that, Isolde left. She was back in a few minutes' time, and her bag was stuffed with something.
She dumped her bag out. Apples fell everywhere.
Edmund started eating, and Isolde picked up her book and pencils that had fallen out with the apples. She began to draw a picture. She didn't even know what she was drawing until she was finished. It turned out to be Edmund.
Edmund was still eating the apples, and now Isolde picked one up, and ate it. When Edmund was finished, Isolde saw him look into the river, which showed him his refection.
"I look horrible," Edmund said.
"You look ten times better than you did back there," Isolde said to him.
"I do?"
"Yes. Plus, you're safe now, and we'll be at camp by tomorrow, so you'll start to look better."
"I suppose that you're right."
"I'm so happy that you're alright!" Isolde sighed, and she hugged him again. This time he hugged her back.
"I'm sorry I've been so rotten," he told her.
"You were no worse than I was when I first got to the professor's house. Aslan helped me through dreams."
"He did?"
"Yea," Isolde answered, and she stood up, She grabbed her bag and quiver (which had her bow and arrows in it), and she held out her hand for Edmund, who took it.
They were about to start off, but they heard the walking of hooves in the distance.
"Daughter of Eve, Son of Adam, what are you doing here?" It was Orius (sp?). "You should get back to camp. Stars are bright tonight."
"Alright, thank you. Come on, Ed," Isolde said and then the two started off. She lowered her voice to a mere whisper, "You know what that means? Battle, within two days I'll bet."
Edmund winced. "You mean it? How do you know?"
"I heard Peter and Orius talking about the stars. If they're bright it means battle within a week. Now come on, we're almost there."
When they reached the camp, it was almost time for the sun to rise. Aslan was there.
"Ed, you should go talk to him. I'll go to bed," Isolde told him.
Edmund nodded, and Isolde headed off to the girls' tent.
Once inside, Isolde lied down on her cot, and fell straight asleep. It seemed like only seconds later when Lucy shook her awake (it was actually several hours).
"Isolde! Wake up!" Lucy kept shaking her until Isolde sat up, still in the dress she had been wearing the previous night.
"Where ever were you last night?" Susan asked her.
"Er… I followed the party that went to rescue Edmund."
"Then you know that he's alright!" Susan said.
"Yes, I helped him escape."
"Well let's go see him!" Lucy exclaimed, and she started out of the tent, with Susan and finally Isolde following.
And of course they saw him talking to Aslan. When he came down, Peter, Susan, and Lucy all hugged him in turn, and when he had reached Isolde, he didn't know what to say.
Isolde hugged him, and when she let him go Edmund said, "Thanks for saving me, Isolde."
And Isolde said, "I couldn't let you die there, Ed."
Everyone was saved of an awkward 'What happened?' by a leopard coming to Aslan and announcing that the enemy craved audience.
When the witch came, everyone booed and hissed. When Jadis announced that Edmund's blood was her property, Isolde could feel Edmund stiffen. She grabbed for his hand, and he took it. Then, Aslan asked the witch to talk to him in his tent, and Edmund relaxed a little, but only for a second.
They sat down on the grass, and Edmund started pulling it up. Isolde wished she could say something to comfort him, but she was at a loss. Lucy was crying, Susan was comforting her, and Peter just sat there, looking pale.
At last, the witch and Lion had came out of the tent, and Aslan announced; "The witch has renounced her claim on the Son of Adam's blood."
The witch said, "How do I know your side of the promise will be kept?"
All Aslan did was roar a very load and frightening roar.
Aslan announced that they had to move camp to Beruna, and everyone started to pack up.
And no one at camp asked Aslan what his side of the promise was.
Authoress' Note: Okay that covered quite a bit. The next chapter should cover the Stone Table, and the Battle. Except it will be from Isolde's POV… not anyone else's.
Pip
