Sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter out. My mom had a baby last week, and I was busy helping with my siblings!
Lucy woke the next morning and quickly dressed. Peter and Edmund were leaving to war! Lucy wished that battle would never come ever again. There is nothing worse than watching your brothers go out to war, and leave you behind when you want to fight with them! Lucy looked out the window. She sighed. It was raining and the sky was dark. This was not going to be a good day.
Lucy walked down stairs into the great dinning hall of Cair Paravel. Peter, Edmund and Susan were already there. Lucy mustered a smile. She didn't want Peter and Edmund to see that she was sad. It would only make them sad. She sat down in her seat.
She picked at her food with her fork. She just wasn't able to eat. How could she? Her brothers might get captured by the enemy, an might never taste good food again! And worse. They might not even live! It was impossible for her to eat.
"Lu, you've got to eat something!" Susan said. Lucy shook her head.
"How can I? You and I are going to be left here, while you and Edmund," Lucy said turning to Peter. "Are going out to fight! You might never return!" She pushed her chair back ran up to her room. Susan looked at Peter.
"I'll go talk to her," he said rising. Peter walked up to Lucy's room. He heard crying come from the room. He knocked on it, and opened the door. Lucy looked up. He walked over to her and sat down next to her on the bed. "It's alright Lu. We'll be back. And we won't be long."
"But what if you don't come back?" Lucy said.
"We will," Peter said.
An hour later
"Good-bye Peter!" Susan said, crying as she hugged him. Peter squeezed her tight. "I'll miss you!" They were standing outside and the rain had stopped.
"We'll be back soon. Don't cry Susan," Peter said comfortingly. He let go of Susan and went over to Lucy. Her face was tear stained, and her eyes were red from crying. Peter wrapped his arms around her. "I will see you in about a week Lu. And that's not that long. Don't be upset." Lucy buried her face in his chest.
"I'm going to miss you a lot," she whispered. He let go of Lucy and said good-bye to her. Lucy really wanted to say good-bye to Edmund though before they went. Just in the past year they had gotten a lot closer. Lucy ran over to him and almost knocked him over. "Oh Edmund!" she cried when she hugged him.
"Shh, shh. Don't cry Lu. I'll be fine," he said.
"I know. I just wish you didn't have to go," Lucy said.
"I know, I know. I wish that too. But I have too," Edmund said, letting go of her. "Good-bye!" He mounted his horse, and rode off with Peter and the Narnian army. Lucy and Susan watched them go. They stood there until they couldn't see them any longer. Then they turned around and went inside. They changed out of their palace dresses and went back outside for a walk.
"Lu, do you want to go riding?" Susan asked to lighten the mood. Lucy nodded.
"Sure. And I have my cordial with me just in case we need it," Lucy said. They walked to the stables and mounted their horses. They rode through the forest for a while, but what Lucy didn't realize, was that, while they were riding through the forest, the bouncing of the horse, caused her cordial to fall to the ground.
Even though she loved riding, Lucy still wasn't happy. Susan was getting concerned. "Lucy, are you alright?" she asked.
"Yes I'm fine. It's just that, I have a feeling that something terrible is going to happen to one of them!" Lucy answered. Susan nodded.
"You know, I've had that feeling too. I don't understand it," Susan said.
"Well I'm really upset because, the last time I felt this way, something bad really did happen," she said. They were now heading back to the castle, and they could see it now.
"Well maybe we're just tired. I didn't sleep much last night. Maybe we just need to let our minds rest for a bit."
"I guess your right," Lucy answered. But inside she felt, that it wasn't just rest that she needed. They took their horses to the stable and went inside to their rooms. The day went on, and on, and on. But finally it was nighttime and Lucy went to bed. She wanted to get away from everyone.
But her dreams were haunted with visions of Edmund, laying on is bed. In her dreams the worst of what she feared was happening. One of her brothers was dying! Lucy woke with a start. Her hands were cold as ice, and there was sweat on her forehead. She got up and looked out the window. The rain had started again and it was coming down quickly.
Lucy went out of her room to see where Susan was. She found in her room looking out the window as well. Lucy went over and sat by her sister. "Couldn't sleep either Lu?" Susan asked. Lucy shook her head.
"I was having nightmares," Lucy said.
"About Edmund and Peter?" Susan said still looking out the window. Lucy's eyes widened.
"How did you know?!" asked.
"Because I was too. I really hope there alright," she said. Lucy nodded. Just then, a bright streak of lightning went through the sky, and then there was a loud crash of thunder. "I wonder if they are getting hit as bad at their camp as we are here," Susan wondered.
Peter and Edmund were actually getting hit worse then them. And because of it they had been up all night in the rain. They were sitting in their tent soaking wet, and not in a very good mood. "I wonder if Susan and Lu are fairing better then we are," Peter said.
"Probably since there not sitting in the soaking rain. There probably laying in their nice warm beds not even thinking about us right now," Edmund answered. He wasn't in the best of moods right now and wasn't feeling positive about anything.
"Well thinking negative about everything isn't going to help!" Peter said. Edmund bent his head.
"I'm sorry Peter. It's just this rain, and I just wish we didn't have to leave Lucy. Did you see how sad she looked when we left?" Edmund asked. Peter nodded. "Yes," he answered.
"I wish we didn't have to leave them either. But we'll be back there before you know it. And the rain seems to be stopping. Let's try to get some sleep," Peter said and they laid down in their, not-so-dry tent. But what they didn't realize was how soon they would be returning.