*Chapter 6-A More Savage Place*

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The Pevensies and the dwarf, who introduced himself as Trumpkin, had begun their journey to find Prince Caspian and the revolting Narnians immediately. They had gone in the boat Edmund had retrieved and were now floating down a wide, crystal blue river in silence. The river was a deep sapphire blue that cast a bluish glow on their faces. The tress and other greenery scaled all around them, high in the sky and overlapping the banks of the river. Lucy looked up longingly at the trees, despair written in her eyes. She sighed.

"They're so still." she said to herself. Trumpkin gave her a look over his shoulder.

"They're trees. What do you expect?" he grumbled.

"They used to dance." she said bluntly.

"Wasn't long after you left that the Telmarines invaded. Those who survived retreated to the woods and the trees retreated so far into themselves they haven't been heard from since." Trumpkin said, earning a terribly saddened looked from the little girl.

"I don't understand. How could Aslan have let this happen?" she asked. Trumpkin snorted.

"Aslan? I thought he abandoned us when you lot did." he muttered. Peter's defensive side kicked in.

"We didn't mean to leave, you know," he said lowly.

"Makes no difference now, does it?" Trumpkin said quietly.

"Get us to the Narnians," Peter shot back. "and it will."

Peter didn't know why he was so defensive and argumentative all of the sudden. It started a bit after they left Narnia, but then had really gotten worse throughout the last half of the year. He couldn't help the urges of rage he got, and often he took them out on his siblings. Then, when he really thought about it, he felt a deep, empty feeling inside of him that he couldn't explain. The feelings made him feel as if he was missing something from his life, and that he was desperately alone. It was terribly depressing, and he felt awful thinking about it. Then it made him mad that he couldn't figure out what the cause of the feeling was, so his temper got short. But for some reason, having said that, he had a feeling that whatever was missing from his life was going to be found along with the Narnians.

Not long after, their boat hit the shore. They all clambered out, while the older Pevensies helped Trumpkin drag it onto the shore and tie it down, Lucy wandered off to explore the area. As she began rounding a corner of the trees that expanded from the mass forest, she stopped short, for she realized she wasn't alone. Right before her, its head dipped into the river for a long drink, was a giant grizzly bear. A smile spread across her face and she took another step towards it.

"Hello, there!" she called. Her siblings heads all snapped up to see the bear turn around, then rear up to its hind legs to get a closer look at the little girl. It let out a low rumble, at which Trumpkin looked up, his eyes widening.

"Don't move, Your Majesty!" he shouted. Lucy turned to give him a confused look, and at that sudden movement the bear went back down on all fours and charged at her. Upon hearing the quick, heavy foot steps from behind her, she turned and, letting out a small cry began running for her siblings. Susan, reacting quickly, snatched her bow, strung an arrow, and stood defensively.

"Stay away from her!" she cried, her voice shaking a bit, just as Lucy tripped on her skirt and pitched forward onto the ground. In a heartbeat, the bear was upon her, rearing onto its hind legs and letting out a tremendous roar.

"Shoot, Susan, shoot!!" Edmund shrieked, watching the scene play out in terror. The bear roared again, bringing up a beefy paw as Lucy screeched beneath it. Just as the bear bore down on the youngest Queen, an arrow was fired right into its heart, and it dropped heavily to the ground. Lucy sat up and looked back, prepared to see her sister in tears for killing an animal, but saw instead Susan's bow still strung with an arrow, and Trumpkin step around her with an empty bow. He shot Susan, who was looking very bewildered, a nasty look as he threw his bow into the boat and followed Peter and Edmund as they sprinted over to Lucy. Peter drew his sword and pointed it at the bear threateningly, grabbing Lucy and shoving her behind him.

"Why wouldn't he stop?" Susan asked incredulously, staring at the limp form of the bear.

"I suspect he was hungry." Trumpkin grumbled.

"He was mad," Peter said, his voice slightly hoarse. "I don't think he could talk at all."

"You get treated like a dumb animal long enough and that's what you become." Trumpkin said darkly, drawing a long dagger. "You may find Narnia a more savage place then you remember." he added, and with that dug his dagger into the bears head and began skinning it as Lucy buried her face into Peter's shoulder, sobbing.

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