Eh, dunno how many chapters this will have, I will try to make it at least five. Anywayz, here the next chapter!

It had been six days since Peter and Edmund had left for battle. And oh how long those days were! It seemed like endless days until they finally got a message from Peter.

Susan quickly opened the letter that she had received just a couple seconds before. She took it out of the envelope, and read it aloud to Lucy who kept saying she wanted to read it herself. "Here, he says this,

I have good news and bad news, and normal news for you.Two days after we set out we had sight of the enemy approaching.The good news is that, we rode on out to meet them, and we reached them by the third day.The fight lasted for two whole days and nights. Many of our men died, but in the end we won, and the enemy retreated. Susan paused and read in her head for a minute. Now for the bad news. You might not want to let Lu know right away. The bad news is, on the last day of battle, Edmund was severely injured. And man came up behind him and stabbed him in the side. I will be returning tomorrow with Edmund, in hope that he may recover.

Your loving bother,

Peter

"Well that's not all that he said. What's the rest?" Lucy asked growing impatient.

"Um, he says that he will be returning home today, and that they won the battle," Susan answered quickly. Lucy looked at her skeptically. "That's not he said, is it. Your not telling me the bad news. How bad exactly is the bad news?" Susan sighed. "Bad I'm afraid. Edmund, was injured in the last day of the battle, and Peter says that it is very severe." Lucy gasped.

"Oh no! I knew something would go wrong!" Lucy said almost to the point of tears. Susan patted her on the back. "They should be here today. Then we can do something for him." Lucy nodded. The only thing that she didn't realize was that she had lost her cordial. They waited for along time, in fear of what awaited them. But finally one of the servants came up and said, "They have returned." Susan and Lucy stood up quickly and hurried down to where Peter was with Edmund. They came into the room. Edmund was laying on a sofa and Peter was next to him. Susan walked over to him.

"How is he?" she asked. Peter sighed.

"The wound is very deep. I'm afraid it's worse than the one the Witch gave him. We called for a healer and he will be arriving shortly," Peter answered. Susan nodded. Lucy ran over to Peter and embraced him. Peter gave her a squeeze.

"How is Edmund? Is he going to be alright? Can I see the wound?" she asked.

"You might not want to see it," Peter said. Lucy nodded. "I know that it's bad, but I'm older and those things don't bother me as much." Peter took her hand and brought her closer to Edmund. He pulled away his shirt to reveal the terrible gash that went down Edmund's side. Lucy gave a pained cry, and turned her face away. "You were right Peter. I don't want to see it. It's terrible!" Susan walked over. Her face paled when she saw it. "Oh Peter!" Edmund started to stir. Lucy looked back at him.

"Lucy?" he said quietly. Lucy smiled. She knelt on the ground. "Oh Edmund I'm glad your back! But your wound is terrible! I can barely look at it!" Lucy said.

"I-know. I'm sorry that I had to come to you like this. I never thought- it would end this- way," he said. His voice was filled with pain, though he tried to hide that he was feeling any. He had never been good at telling when he felt pain.

"Oh Ed don't say such things! You'll get better I know you will!" Lucy said, choking back tears. "You can't leave! We're supposed to be together forever. Narnia needs you! And how would we go on if you were no more?" Edmund grabbed her hand. "But whatever happens to me can you promise, can you promise to stay strong, and to help Narnia go on?" he asked. Lucy nodded. "I'll do whatever you ask me." Edmund let go of her hand. And then he fell asleep.

"It's best we leave him alone for now. He needs his rest," Susan said. Lucy nodded. "Peter you should get some rest too. You just came back from battle."

"I can't sleep. It is my fault that he is like this. I left him alone to fight by himself. I can't leave him," Peter said. Susan walked over and took Peter's hand. "Don't worry, the doctor will be here soon. You can leave him for a little while." Peter shook his head. "No Susan. I won't leave him," he said. Susan shrugged and took Lucy out of the room.

"We'll just leave them. Besides, the healer will be here soon," Susan told Lucy. Lucy pointed. "Oh look! I believe he is here!" she said. "Where is King Peter and King Edmund?"

"He is in there," Susan said. The healer walked in and closed the door. Lucy and Susan stayed out there by the door for a long time. They brought up chairs to sit on. At one point, they didn't know when it was they had fallen asleep. When they awoke, it was late morning of the next day.

Susan quickly sat up and shook Lucy awake. "Lucy look. It's morning. I wonder if Edmund is doing better." She was about to come in when Peter opened the door.

"I hoped you'd be up soon. Things are not going well. The wound is greater than we had thought. Lucy we need your cordial. Do you have it?" She reached into her pocket but there was nothing. "Oh no, I had it in here, it's GONE!" Susan face paled. If they didn't have her cordial, Edmund might not live.