This one is dedicated to me favorite fan fiction mate, moonshine07! The part you've all been waiting for: Lorelei meets Peter!
Lorelei stayed in the tent and healed for several weeks. Her and Eli had become very close as she and Aslan had also. She thought she was going to enjoy living here.
Even though Lorelei loved staying in tent, Aslan and Eli had been discussing her warrior training. They agreed to have Eli take her to the clearing by the hills to practice.
"Wake up Lorelei!" a voice whispered excitedly.
Rolling over with a moan, she pulled the covers over her head." Five more minutes, please. The sun's not even up." She mumbled from her pillow and blanket sanctuary.
With a hearty chuckle, Eli pulled the sheets off of what he know considered apart of his family. He had grown to appreciate Lorelei's straightforwardness and the awkward way she tried to hide her feelings. He had even created a nickname for her: kid. He knew how she hated to be reminded of their age difference so he enjoyed rubbing it in.
"The sun is up kid. You probably can't tell because your eyes are still closed."
With a huff, she sat up. "I'm up, I'm up! What more do ya want from me?"
"I want ya to get up and get yourself together. We've got things we need to accomplish today. Don't glare at me like that. Aslan's orders young lady."
With that, Eli turned and left her tent leaving her to get ready. As Lorelei bathed in her tub of water behind her tent, she wondered what Aslan had in store for her. Whatever it was, she was sure it would be interesting to say the least.
After bathing, Lorelei put on the fresh clothing that Eli had brought her. She dressed in a long sleeved tight fitting brown tunic that stopped at her forearms and just grazed her belly button. Her pants were made out of the same material and were tucked into her soft brown leather boots. Around her waist, she tied a bright red sash with a picture of Aslan printed on it. It was her lucky charm. The lion had given it to her when she had been continually having nightmares about the orphanage.
While she thought of the kindness of her new friends, she began doing her hair. When she combed it, the early narnian sun brought out it brown and red undertones. With the help of Eli's sister her hair now was a lustrous black and had grown thick and healthy. Lorelei plaited it into three long braids, which she then individually wrapped in brown strips of leather. After this she, tied the three together with one final leather strip.
Going to the full-length mirror that Aslan had supplied for her, she viewed her appearance. Even though her copper skin glowed in the sunlight, and she had gained some weight, she still had a slight, fragile appearance of someone who had been severely malnourished for many years.
After a quick but hearty breakfast with the fellow warriors, Lorelei and Eli made their way to the designated clearing spot where Eli would be teaching her the first steps of simple hand to hand combat and archery.
"Now Lorelei, the 1st step to self defense is-" "Not letting my opponent get the upper hand", Lorelei interrupted. Seeing Eli's look of confusion, she explained," In the orphanage, I got bullied a lot. I had to learn to defend myself at a young age."
Clearing his throat, Eli stated," Right, well let's practice some simple moves and then move it up a bit, eh?"
For the next half hour, Lorelei and Eli practiced and improved her combat skills. At first Eli was easy on her, but soon found out that it wasn't a wise move. She managed to disable him each time. So he stepped it up and managed to teach her some new moves.
After another half hour they decided to rest and enjoy the lunch of cheese wedges, biscuits, honey glazed ham, and sweet apples that Lorelei had packed. After eating, they washed it down with ice-cold sweet berry cordial, and sprawled out on the grass.
Peter was taking a walk through his favorite narnian woods. After training with Edmund and the troops, he enjoyed a quiet serene walk by himself. He had changed out of his royal robes and into a long sleeve gray tunic with a brown vest, and matching pants and boots. As he trumped through the tall grass, he hummed a favorite narnian festival jig. As he continued walking, he heard voices. One was deep, the other light with a sarcastic hint. One was obviously a boy while the other was a girl. Peering through the trees at the edge of the clearing where the voices came from, Peter saw a centaur and a girl whom looked to be about his age. The faun he recognized: it was Eli. The girl: he hadn't a clue. Suddenly the girl jumped up, and cocked her head in Peter's direction.
Slowly she began walking around. Peter could just make out her details. She had the appearance of someone who hadn't eaten and was entirely too skinny. She had copper brown skin and long dark hair. Peter was so busy trying to make out her features that he didn't even notice the girl moving closer and Eli's bemused expression.
Without a notice of warning, the girl reached out and yanked Peter out of the woods. "Trying to sneak up on me and my friend, eh?" she said as she pushed him. "Kid wait!" Peter heard Eli shout. The girl called kid ignored him however and began swinging her small fists in Peter's direction.
"What are ya doin?" he exclaimed. He was against hitting girls so all he could do was block her punches and dodge her kicks. Peter continued backing up as the girl continued advancing. Unknown to Peter's attacker was the fact that she was backing him to the edge of a ledge. Peter formulated a plan in his head. When this strange girl lurched towards him again, he would dodge to the side, causing her to fall forward. But before she could slip down the ledge, he would grab her from behind and hold her still until Eli found out where the two were.
Just as he predicted, the girl tried to lurch towards him. He dodged, but instead of getting clearly out of the way, the girl managed to grab a piece of his vest and pulled him down the ledge with him. Letting out a shriek of surprise, the girl quickly grabbed on the both sides of his shirt. The two tumbled down the hill.
When they landed at the bottom, the girl continued to wrestle with peter. He was now irritated. When the girl managed to pin him down, he flipped and pinned her underneath him. She squirmed and kicked at him causing him to loosen his grip. She reflipped him. They continued flipping until Peter yelled" Enough!" and pinned her underneath him with his knees on each side of her waist and her hands above her head.
As soon as Peter held her hands above her and yelled, she froze. Her eyes were shut tight and she began fighting harder than ever. "Not again, not again! Leave me alone! You won't hurt me again, Planter!" the girl yelled as tears leaked down her cheeks and she thrashed her head back and forth. Peter held her slim wrists with one hand as he took the other and grabbed the girl's chin steady. He felt his heart break. He always had a weak spot for crying.
"Hey, hey no one is going to hurt you. I promise. You'll be safe here. You have my sworn word," Peter told her gently.
Slowly the girl opened her eyes and Peter gasped at her amazing beauty.
The girl had stray soft looking strands of hair surrounding her face from their fight. Peter had to fight his sudden urge to brush them out of her eyes and kiss her smooth golden skin. She had a thin face with high cheekbones and a strong, but somehow dainty chin that was currently shaking. Her lips were full and the color of crimson roses. Peter pondered if they were soft or firm. What really pulled him in, however, were her eyes. They were a strange gray, almost silver with black specks that continued to draw him in. They were lined with thick black curly lashes that caused a shadow under her eyes at this angle. Even though they were beautiful, Peter was stricken by how much sadness and despair he saw in them. As she continued to stare back at him wide eyed, he could tell she had lived an extremely hard life
Before he could speak, Eli burst through the top of the hill.
"King Peter! Kid! Thank Aslan you two are alright. That was some fall."
Peter quickly jumped up off of Lorelei and offered her a hand. She glared at it and helped herself up alone. After dusting herself off and wiping away her tears, she turned to Eli with a look of surprise present on her face.
"Did you say king?"
"Lorelei", Eli said with what one could only call a smirk," I'd like you to meet King Peter the Magnificent."
Hope you enjoyed. I sincerely apologize for the super long wait. School's been piling up and me fam is also in the middle of moving. I hope this made up for it. Ta'!