After they had gathered their things and changed into clothes more befitting of them- having grown so used to Narnia in the fifteen years they ruled that the clothes of Finchley just felt out of place- Kari and the Pevensies began making their way through the ruins and back down to the beach. Before long, though, they spotted a small boat rowing down the river.

"They have a hostage, look!"

"That's a Narnian, we have to help!"

They hurried to the water's edge as the boat slowed to a stop and the soldiers stood with the Narnian- a dwarf specifically- poised to throw him overboard.

Susan fired a warning shot to grab their attention, her arrow striking the side of the boat. "Drop him!"

The soldiers looked at them, surprised, as the dwarf faintly called out, "Crows and crockery!" from behind his gag. The soldiers threw the dwarf into the water, making their way for their crossbows.

Peter and Edmund ran to the water, diving in to retrieve the dwarf before he drowned and the boat as one Telmarine lay dead in the water while his comrade swam to the other side of the shore and took off running. As Peter and Edmund pulled the dwarf and boat onto shore, Kari, Susan, and Lucy hurried to meet them.

Lucy cut free the bonds around the dwarf's wrists, then stood back with the others to give him space as he rolled over to spit out the water he had taken in.

The dwarf pulled from the remainder of the bonds and the gag, throwing them to the sand as he stood. "'Drop him'! That's the best you can come up with?"

Susan looked at him. "A simple thank you would suffice."

"They were doing fine drowning me without your help." the dwarf retorted.

"Maybe we should have let them." Peter responded.

"Peter, wait." Kari said, looking to the dwarf. "What's your name?"

"Trumpkin."

Lucy looked at Trumpkin as Kari stepped back, leaning into Peter as he pulled her into his arms to comfort her. "Why were they trying to kill you?"

Trumpkin sighed. "They're Telmarine. That's what they do." He looked at Kari, eyeing her suspiciously.

Edmund looked at him. "Telmarines? In Narnia?"

"Where have you been for the last few hundred years?"

"It's a bit of a long story." Lucy said, looking at Susan as she handed Peter back his sword.

Trumpkin noticed the sword and looked at them all, suddenly realizing who the Pevensies were. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me. You're it? You're the kings and queens of old?"

Peter nodded, reaching forward with his hand. "High King Peter, the Magnificent."

Susan looked at him. "You probably could have left off the last bit."

Trumpkin chuckled. "Probably."

Peter drew his sword. "You might be surprised."

Trumpkin eyed him and the sword. "Oh, you don't want to do that, boy."

Peter smirked. "Not me, him." He looked to Edmund, then handed Trumpkin his sword as Edmund drew his.

Trumpkin took the sword hesitantly. It was a bit heavy for him, given his small stature, but that proved to be no real issue as he attacked first. He taunted Edmund a bit when he smacked his head with the pommel, but Edmund quickly recovered and won the duel after a minute or two. Trumpkin stumbled back a bit in disbelief after Edmund disarmed him, landing on his rump in the sand.

"Beards and bedsteads! Maybe that horn worked after all."

"What horn?"

As Trumpkin began filling the Pevensies on what he meant, Kari had stepped back and looked out to the sea. She stood, silent for a moment as she thought.

"Kari?"

Kari looked at Peter as he joined her. "Sorry, I was just thinking."

"Girl."

Kari looked down at Trumpkin as he approached.

"Where did you get that pendant?"

Kari looked down at the medallion pendant resting against her dress. "It was given to me as a child, by the fauns I came to call my parents."

Trumpkin eyed her curiously, his eyes widening as he came to a realization. "You're Shain and Riari's girl..!"

Kari's eyes widened. "You know my parents?"

Trumpkin nodded. "Aye, that I did."

"What do you mean, 'did'?"

"I'm sorry to tell you, Kari, but Shain and Riari passed not long after you disappeared."

Kari's heart sank. "I see..."

"Kari, are you alright?"

Kari looked to Peter and nodded. "I had prepared myself, knowing there was a good chance that I would never see them again." She looked back to Trumpkin. "Did they go peacefully?"

Trumpkin nodded. "They did."

"Wait, if you knew her parents, then how long has she been gone?" Edmund asked, looking to the dwarf.

"Kari disappeared eight years ago."

"So this is my time, then..."

"What do you mean?" Trumpkin asked.

Kari looked at him. "The day I disappeared, I had found a cave in the forest. I had tripped into it, hit my head, and woke up in a beaver's dam. The Beavers who found me, they took me in and raised me just as my parents had when I was brought to them. It was there with the Beavers that I met Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy."

"Great, more time travel..."

"So then, you went back in time?" Edmund asked, looking at Kari.

Kari nodded. "Yes, it would seem so." She looked back to Trumpkin. "We need you to fill us in on what's happened in the last few hundred years, if you could, please. We need to understand what has happened to our home."

Trumpkin nodded, looking at her curiously. "You know, you're more Narnian than you are Telmarine. Shain and Riari raised you well." He glanced over at the boat on the shore. "We should hurry, there's much to explain."