Lucy had left the second Edmund lunged first. She returned later empty-handed as the boys continued their little duel. Some of the sailors had stopped working to watch the unexpected match.

Kathleen had stood where she was as she watched the boys. Even with some sailors in front of her, there was still a window view of Edmund and Caspian battling each other. Some of the swings had made the Lewis girl gasp, slightly fearing for the close calls.

Lucy had sat on the barrel next to Kathleen. She seemed to be a train of thought. When she saw her brother swinging her sword at Caspian, she didn't even flinch. She just rolled her eyes. Even now seeing both of them fully swinging their blades at each other, she had no worrisome reaction. Almost like she had seen it before or at least expected it.

Kathleen had a hard time remembering that it probably wasn't the first time that Edmund had swung a sword. When she saw him hold the one that Caspian had let him use, it almost looked like it was part of him. That his hand and sword somehow merged into one being.

Seeing him use the sword was mesmerizing. She noticed how during most of the fight, Edmund had used one hand while Caspian used both until the end of it. The more she thought about it, the more she remembered she wasn't alone on the ship. That she wasn't the only one watching the fight play on. She remembered that his younger sister was right next to her. The feeling of embarrassment washed all over her again from the invisible admiration for Edmund's skill.

Seeing Lucy being unnerved did send a small bit of relief to Kathleen, though. If Lucy wasn't concerned, then neither would she. Funny enough, that thought quickly left her mind as she jumped when hearing the two swords clang and slide with each other. The anxiousness had shown itself once again.

The fight was called when both boys had their swords at each throat, which of course made Kathleen gasped at the last second. She relaxed when the boys moved the swords away from each other, she clapped along with the rest of the crew. A better way to end a match than any.

Drinian had called his men to go back to work, and they did so without question. The men aboard had scattered along the deck, each returning to their specialized work. Caspian was given back the sword to put away in the armory as Edmund walked to the girls. One of the sailors he was passing by had offered him a cup of water, which he thanked him for. He then took a sip of water as he leaned against the barrel that was between his sister and Kathleen.

Kathleen had wanted to say to Edmund how it was an interesting lesson. She waited for the same bubble from before to appear when she looked at him, but nothing came up. She stopped staring when she saw Lucy raised an eyebrow at her brother, to which he responded by taking another sip of water. The younger girl huffed through her nose and smiled, but just as it went on Lucy's lips, it faded just as fast.

"Edmund," she said in thought, "do you think if we keep sailing to the end of the world, we'll just," she paused, "tip off the edge?" She said the last part of the sentence in a laugh, knowing how ridiculous it sounded out loud.

Kathleen had crossed her arms and was taking in the sight of the ship yet again, but hearing Lucy's comment had made her look straight past the boy and to Lucy.

"Don't worry Lu," Edmund said confidently, "we're a long way from there."

Kathleen snapped her head to Edmund, then to Lucy. "Wait," she laughed, "You don't mean to say that they think their world is flat?" She ended in the same manner that Lucy did.

Lucy's lips tugged to one side of her mouth and shrugged. Edmund turned to her as she leaned back. "But it is."

Kathleen was only able to give them a flabbergasted look as a voice reached from in front of them. "I see you're still talking nonsense, the three of you." It was from a boy who was dusting off the debris from his pants. He had let the wooden opening drop to the floor with a loud clang and walked to the side where Kathleen was leaning on. It was Eustace, and he was wide awake.

"Are you feeling better?" Lucy asked sincerely.

"Yes, no thanks to you," Eustace bit at her. Kathleen restrained herself from rolling her eyes at him. It was Lucy's potion that healed him, but knowing him, he probably thought it was a dream. That he got better all by himself. He probably thought that he was still dreaming. Eustace went on. "It's lucky that have an iron constitution."

Kathleen held back a sigh as a voice came from behind Lucy. It was from the talking mouse that was trying to "excel that water" from Eustace's lungs. She hadn't seen him around the ship, though that may have to do this his size. What was his name? Reepicheep is what she believed Lucy had called him.

"As effervescent as ever, I see." The mouse said as he was climbing up a handle of ropes. He held on to one of the many that were hanging on the side of the ship. "Find your sea legs?"

"Never lost them," Eustace spat. "Simply leading with the shock of things." Kathleen knew he was saying that for his own benefit. "Mother and Kathleen had said that I have an acute disposition, due to my intelligence."

Edmund had choked on the water that he was drinking. On instinct, Kathleen reached out her hand to make sure he was okay, but then quickly retreated it before anyone can see.

"I don't think he has 'a cute' anything," Reepicheep said, making Kathleen want to chuckle.

Eustace pointed at the mouse accusingly, "I have you know as soon as we find civilization, I'm contacting the British Consul." He walked by the others in a fit of anger. "Have you all arrested for kidnapping." He looked straight at the Pevensies and Reepicheep as he said it.

"Eustace, you can't be serious?" Kathleen asked, bouncing her hip off from the side of the ship.

"Well, what else do you call this?" He said, getting riled up.

Before she could answer, Caspian had shown up. "Kidnapping, is that what you said?" All of Eustace's anger was gone, now replaced with hesitation. "That's funny. I thought we saved your life."

Kathleen crossed her arms as Eustace continued, "You held me against my will!" Reepicheep laughed as Kathleen wiped her one hand on the side of her shirt.

"Did I?" Caspian challenged. It looked like he was having fun seeing the younger boy rant off.

Eustace went on. "In, what I must say, are the most unhygienic quarters. It's like a, it's a zoo down there!"

Kathleen shook her head softly.

"He's quite the complainer, isn't he?" Reepicheep asked Lucy, but Edmund answered for her. In a deadpan voice, he said that he was just "warming up" then took a sip from his water.

Kathleen didn't get a chance to defend him because the sailor from the crows' nest yelled for everyone's attention. "Land Ho!" The sailor pointed out the direction that was behind Kathleen yet in front of the boat. Caspian ran to the part of the boat where the stirring wheel was. He took his place by Drinian's side and looked over the ocean. Edmund and Lucy took off soon after, leaving Kathleen and Eustace staring off to the land that wasn't too far away.

"What's that? Is that land?" Eustace asked in a rush.

"Yes," Kathleen said gleefully, not letting her eyes leave the island, in fear that once she does, it would disappear.

"It's England, isn't it? We're back?" He said in relief.

"Not really." The older girl's smile dropped and gulped right after she said it. He may not come to terms with the idea that they are, indeed, in a different world, but that doesn't mean that she can't begin to get the idea in his head.

"What do you mean 'not really'? It's England! Or at least one of its islands," he spoke hotly.

She paused before she continued. "It's the Lone Island."

He snapped his head to his tutor, "What? There is no 'Lone Island' in England's geography." He huffed, "And my parents are paying you to teach me," he said in a mumble. She ignored it.

"You're right," she paused again, "It's not in England, but it is in Narnia."

He opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water. When he finally stopped, he looked disgusted, "What- you -. Oh no. Not you too." He stomped away but slowed when realizing that he didn't have anywhere to go on the enclosed ship.

"How else can you explain it?" she gestured to the openness of the ocean.

He took a step towards her, "There are a lot more reasonable explanations than traveling to a magical land by picture. It's illogical." He was getting mad, but Kathleen continued with a calm voice.

"When you find the evidence, you can tell me, but right now, all we know that Caspian and the rest of the men on this ship really did save our lives."

He laughed darkly, "They kidnapped us, Lewis."She took a step back, a little hurt at the disrespect. Though he did clash heads with his tutor before, he never addressed her by her last name in such a disrespectful manner.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them, she saw that Eustace was looking at the floor of the ship, concentrating on something. He might have been regretting his words, but she knows that he will never admit it. "Listen to me." He didn't look up, but she went on. "There was no land for miles, Eustace. There was no resting place and no sight of land. We would have drowned."

He pointed viciously at the land that was just announced. "Then what do you call that, mhmm?" He said, ignoring the point of the tutor. "That look's like land to me, and once we dock, I will find a way to contact the Consul!"

When he had asked what did she call the island, she disparately wanted to ask if he was listening because she said the name of the island just a few minutes ago. Instead, she kept quiet and watched the boy fume at the situation.

She tried to bring the boy's mind into the current predicament the same way she does in her session. First, she would slowly allow the student to have a theory about the situation and give them hints on the problem as a whole. Then she would see how the student would asset the problem and go from there. She never had a student walkout on her mid-way explanation, then again, she never traveled to a different world with a student via a painting before. This will be harder for Eustace to accept than any of the problems she made him do at his home.

Kathleen was still taking all this very well. The whole world of Narnia is everything she read about in her books, though she knows that there are still many things that she will need to understand, such as the seven missing Lords are people of Narnia. That's probably why Edmund and Lucy were called back. Kathleen and Eustace were just there at the right place, at the right time. Though that idea may be the opposite of what Eustace thinks.

She wants to help in any way that she can. To fully understand and know everything about their world, and she couldn't do that by sitting on a ship at sea while Edmund, Caspian, and Lucy risk their lives. She wanted to make sure that while learning about their world, she could also help others along the way. She could not allow herself to be a liability while on an adventure for knowledge. She quickly thought back to the "lesson" and reviewed mentally what Edmund and Caspian had shown her.

She may not be positive on how the world of Narnia worked, or how their laws were passed, or why they need for a High King and Queen, but all she knew is that they were all in the same ship, and if she wanted to help with the other's and be at their side without having Lucy, Edmund, or even Caspian worry about her, then she was going to need a sword.