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Susan was frozen to the spot. She could here Peter walk up beside her and looked to her right side.
"Su, you okay?" Peter knew what the sight of him must have done to her. He was a bit worried.
"Yes, yes, I am fine. But...This may sound rude, but I thought he should be older by now."
"Isn't that the first thing I said to you four when I first met you?" came a warm, Hispanic-accented voice.
Susan jumped, startled. She looked away from Peter now, and saw that Caspian was less than 2 feet away from them, and clearly able to have heard what she had said. She looked at his tanned, handsome face, into those dark melted chocolate eyes of his which seemed amused, then looked at the floor. Stupid, she thought, stupid to still have this reaction. How could she still like him after he had...No, no, there was absolutely no point in bringing that up AGAIN.
Caspian smiled slightly when he saw a small blush creep up into Susan's cheeks when he looked at the floor. Good, he thought, so he was not the only one who had suffered. He was happy that the four Kings and Queens of Old had shown up again when he called them. He had had a moment of fear when he had thought they wouldn't come to help Narnia. He focused back into the conversation, listening to Lucy talk, with a faint smile on his face.
"So we were on the train station, and then we were transported here again. Why, Caspian?" She asked. She tilted her head up so that she could see him answer her question, since he was still taller than her. She thought of Caspian as another brother, and was very happy that they were here.
"Well..." He was very hesitant to answer. He didn't want to spoil their first evening back in Narnia, and needed a little more time to think of what he should say to them. "Why don't we discuss that later? Please? We should just enjoy your first night back in Narnia, and I can call a meeting tomorrow to discuss the reason you four were called back, OK?" He talked in a low voice, since there was now a crowd around them, eager to see the Kings and Queens of Old. He talked a little louder now, addressing the crowd of gathering people. " Let us welcome the Kings and Queens of Old back to Narnia again. King Peter, Queen Susan, King Edmund, and Queen Lucy." He introduced them to the crowd, since some were Archenland royals and some other dignitaries from other countries. He thought he saw several of the other men looking at Susan, since she was quite a beauty, and vowed to pay close attention. He led the Kings and Queens to a long banquet table and sat between Peter and Edmund. Susan sat beside Peter, and Lucy beside Edmund. The people started to come p and ask questions, which they answered.
"Tell me, Queen Susan, would you like to possibly go on a horseback ride in Archenland anytime soon?" The Archenland prince, Prince Robert, asked.
"Well, no, I'm sorry, but I have to find out how long I am staying, and what is required of my schedule, but thank you for your generous offer." Susan did not want to go horseback riding with Prince Robert, however nice he might be. She didn't really want to do anything but spend her time looking at Caspian, and couldn't help but glance toward him past Peter. She caught the look in Peter's eyes when he looked over, and sighed. He didn't like it when and male asked her out, and she knew he planned to have a word with him. " Oh Peter, he honestly didn't mean anything you know." She whispered.
"Well...Fine, I won't talk to him, but if he asks you out again or even looks at you like that again, I will say something!" Peter had started in a whiper, but still caught Caspian's attention.
"What is going on?" He asked, his thick accent turning toward curiosity. He had seen Susan and Prince Robert talking, but he didn't know what about.
"Prince Robert there was trying to ask Susan out." Peter said to Caspian, ignoring his sister's sizzling glare that was aimed at him.
"WHAT! He did what?" Caspian asked, incredulous, his voice slightly rising, but not enough to attract attention.
"He only asked me if I would like to go horseback riding with him in Archenland. It isn't like he planned to abduct me!" Susan whispered back. "And keep your voice down!"
"Well, did she at least tell him No?" Caspian asked, looking at Peter.
"Yes, thank goodness. She just said no thanks and some drivel about checking her schedule." Peter replyed.
"You know, you can just ask me what I said, instead of asking Peter." Susan said, furious.
"Oh, I', sorry, Queen Susan. I forgot." Caspian looked at her with a puppy dog face, his dark brown eyes turning to deep pools of melted chocolate.
Susan let out a sigh. She had never been able to refuse Caspian when he had that look. "Fine, but try to remember next time. Peter, I'm going to take a walk. I want to see what the garden looks like." Also, I don't want to be this close to Caspian, she thought. She was already starting to forgive him.
She walked along the garden path, looking out at the sunset while standing on the stones. She looked behind her to see Caspian walking to her. She was about to call him, when she felt a hand over her mouth and nose. She was hauled into the forest, no matter how much she struggled.
"Behave, Queen Susan, and you just might live." She heard a scraggly voice in her ear, and kicked back with her leg and just missed his knee. "Aye, the White Witch won't like that, Queen Susan. Don't make me hurt you."
She felt fear trickle into her system, and fought it. She wouldn't survive if she panicked. She waited until just the right moment, then kicked his knee so had that he yelped and let go. She ran back the way he had dragged her, while still hearing his curses. She could hear him getting closer, knowing she had to get away. She was halfway back up the garden path when she ran into Caspian.
"Susan, where did you go? I've been looking for you since--" Caspian trailed off as he looked into her glassy blue eyes and pale face. "Susan, what happened, what's going on?" He demanded.
"Caspian, we've got to go! Hurry! He'll be coming any minute--"
"Susan." He said her name sharply "What's going on? Tell me now."
"There was this man. He put something over my mouth and hauled me into the woods while I was standing at the bottom of the path. He said he would hurt me if I struggled or screamed, and that the White Witch wouldn't be very happy about that." Words tumbled out of her mouth, waiting to be told.
"Susan," But Caspian was cut off as he saw a man walking up the path toward Susan and him with sword. "Susan, go get your brothers NOW. I can handle this man by myself."
"Caspian..." But Caspian cut her off.
"Susan, GO!" She started to walk off, but stopped, frozen in place, as the man's sword arced down, silver speed. Caspian leaped to the side just in time. She ran into the palace and called to her brothers to come outside to help Caspian, and to hurry. She got there just as Caspian was knocked to the ground, his sword flying out of his hand towards her. She picked it up, heard Caspian shout as she blocked the man's downward stroke. Caspian was about to tell her to drop the sword and run, when he saw her go on the offensive. She parried and blocked and made all sorts of attacks, doing superbly well.
Susan's sword locked with his, then slid down and flicked the sword out of his hand. "Surrender now, or be prepared." She stated, in a cool hard voice as Peter, Edmund, Lucy, and the rest of the people came out. The man saw no way out, so he said, "Surrender."
As she was turning to go inside, after securing the man, when Caspian stopped her. "Where did you learn to handle a sword like that?"
"Other people besides you do know how to handle sword you know." But she smiled softly to take the sting out of her comment.
" Well, I might just have to practice with you now."
"You just might." She left him standing in the courtyard, smiling and chuckling softly.
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