Unexpected Happenings
Summary: This is a story about a seventeen-year-old girl named Alyssa. Alyssa moved from New York to Australia. She finds a sea cave next to the water that transforms her into a mermaid with powers over water. A year later she goes for a swim and finds another cave submerged in water. She explores it only to end up in Narnia. She meets the Pevensie's as she tries to discover her purpose for being there. What happens when a certain Pevensie takes a liking to this mermaid?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except Alyssa. and any Narian's I happen to make up from my imagination. If I did Peter would be mine…unfortunately he isn't so that means I don't own the Chronicles of Narnia. No matter how much I wish I did.
Chapter Three:
The council was nothing Alyssa expected, there were centaurs, fauns, minotaurs, and all kinds of animals. The only humans in the room were Peter, Edmund, Susan, Lucy and herself.
A Male Centaur was the first to break the silence, "Welcome to Narnia, Daughter of Eve. My name is Oreius." Oreius bowed his head to her and Alyssa did the same in return.
"I'm Alyssa. It's a pleasure to meet you Oreius." Alyssa smiled to him and all the other Narnia's of the Council.
After all of the greetings on the Narnian's behalf, and plenty of assurance from the Kings and Queens, that they would find out why she was there the meeting was over.
Alyssa said goodbye to the Council and walked out of the room with Peter, Lucy, Edmund, and Susan. She turned to them and raised her eyebrow in curiosity, "You guys are the only humans in Narnia?"
Edmund smiled to Alyssa and nodded her head, "Well except you of course."
Alyssa nodded her head in understanding, "Oh. That's kinda cool."
Lucy nodded her head and tugged Alyssa's hand slightly, "Would you like to do something?"
Alyssa smiled to the girl and nodded her head, "Sure, Lu. What do you have in mind?"
"Why don't we go horseback riding?" Lucy asked eagerly.
"Um…" Alyssa's smile slipped off her face slightly.
Peter noticed Alyssa's uneasiness and spoke, "I don't think Alyssa wants to Lu. Why don't you—"
"Oh, no! It's fine. I love horses…its just…" Alyssa looked down at her dress and sighed.
"Just what?" Edmund asked hesitantly.
"Well, I'm fine getting on a horse and riding it, but getting off is the problem. I've fallen off a horse before and landed on my back…hard. Luckily I didn't break anything, a few bruises on my back and a few bruised ribs, but it really hurt. The moment it happened I thought I broke my spine and would be paralyzed." Alyssa didn't look at any of the siblings in the eye thinking they would laugh at her. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked into a pair of warm blue eyes, the hue reminding her of the ocean here. ((A/N:: True story. I fell off a horse on my senior trip. Got the breath knocked out of me and I freaked out, thinking I would be paralyzed. The horse was so sweet and adorable; He stepped toward me after I stood up, as if to see if I was okay, it was so cute. I love him and I wanna go back and see him again.))
Peter smiled to Alyssa reassuringly, "Our horses won't let you fall."
She smiled to him and blushed slightly, feeling silly, and nodding her head once, "Thanks. Well come on Lucy. Lets go."
Lucy squealed happily and pulled Alyssa toward the stables. Aly turned her head to see Edmund and Susan following them.
Once they reached the stables Alyssa turned to Edmund, while Susan went to help Lucy. She looked for Peter, disappointed in not finding him anywhere. "Where's Peter?" Alyssa asked voicing her thoughts.
Edmund smirked at Alyssa before turning serious, "Well, he wanted to start looking through Prophesies of Narnia, to see if he could find out why you're her. He sent us along to make sure you won't get hurt." Edmund said smiling at the last bit.
"Oh, well then I guess he's going to miss out on the fun…" Alyssa bumped Edmund's shoulder playfully as they walked into the stables, "I'm not fragile you know. Its not like I'm a china doll."
"Doesn't hurt to be careful does it?"
"I guess so." Alyssa looked up at the four horses before them, ready to ride, and gasped as she walked over to one of them.
Its hair was dark brown and he had a big white spot behind his front legs. There was a thick white stripe that went from the bottom of his snout up into his mane. There were two light brown spots a few inches above his nostrils. He looked exactly like the horse she had ridden and fallen off of.
"What's your name cutie?" She asked the horse as she rubbed his nose, knowing he'd answer for himself.
"Bo, milady."
"Well Bo. You'll have to be careful with me. I'm afraid I can't get off a horse without falling." She had noticed the other had already mounted their horses.
Alyssa put her left foot in on Stirrup Iron, holding the Pommel with her left hand and the Cantle with her right, hoisting herself up and sitting lightly on the seat careful not to plop down as to not hurt the horses back. Alyssa placed her right foot in the other Stirrup, resting her foot on the Iron bar. Picking up the Reins resting on the Pommel of the Saddle she followed Lucy, Edmund and Susan out of the stables.
Alyssa was amazed at the beauty of Narnia. Susan, Edmund and Lucy had shown Alyssa more of the strange land during the ride. Bo was sure to be careful with her as the horses walked through the forest and Cair Paravel.
After the ride was over they returned to the stables and Edmund had helped Alyssa off of Bo, which she was immensely thankful for. By the dim light from the sky they assumed it was around suppertime and headed for the Dining Room.
Peter hadn't shown up for dinner. Mrs. Beaver had informed them he had eaten dinner earlier so he could continue searching through Prophesies. They ate dinner quickly with the siblings joking about Peter getting lost in the library, again. Susan had promised to show Alyssa around the library after they ate.
Once they had finished dinner they walked through the halls of Cair Paravel. Edmund and Lucy had pointed out where everything was, so she wouldn't get lost, while Susan led the way to the castles' library.
After another few minutes of the quick tour Alyssa watched as Susan pulled open the double doors revealing the vast beautiful library holding books with Narnia's history covering its pages.
"Damn, you guys have everything." A playfully jealous expression crossed Alyssa's face when she turned to the three siblings. They fixed her with a look of amusement before she turned back to look at the books.
"The section holding Narnian Prophesies is over this way. Peter is still probably looking through some," said Susan as she led the way through row after row of bookshelves towards the far corner to the right of the room. Sure enough when they had rounded the last corner Alyssa saw Peter's back. He was sitting at a long table bent over a book. An impressive pile of books that have been opened and checked through were cluttered on the right side of the table and the left had books piled high waiting to be searched through.
Peter gave a sigh of annoyance as he pushed the book in front of him to the right not finding anything. Peter spoke to himself as he picked up another, unchecked, book, "Still nothing."
"Wow and to think you could've had fun by taking a ride through Narnia with us and save yourself for the stress you seemed to have caused yourself," Alyssa said watching as Peter jumped and turned quickly. He seemed to have been so immersed in his search that he didn't even hear them coming down the isle of books. His reaction had caused his siblings to laugh.
Ignoring the chuckles coming from his family he smiled to Alyssa politely, "How was it? You didn't fall did you?"
"It was fun," Alyssa nodded happily, "Edmund helped me get off the horse so I didn't hurt myself thankfully. Which I'm surprised I didn't I'm quite accident prone."
Peter chuckled lightly and nodded his head once, his mood slightly brighter than it was a few moments before, "That's good."
Susan had already set to work looking through a book from the untouched pile while Alyssa and Peter were speaking, "I'm guessing from all the books to your right you haven't found anything that could tell us why Alyssa has come here."
Peter shook his head his mood quickly darkening, "No, its frustrating. Nothing in these books say anything about a Daughter of Eve coming to Narnia."
Susan sighed, "Well then lets get to work."
Lucy and Edmund did as their sister had, each taking a book and sitting down opposite Peter and Susan leaving the last seat open on Peter's right for Alyssa to take. She smiled to him as she grabbed a book and sat down quietly not quite sure what to look for.
Flipping through the pages slowly reading a bit from each page she kept turning the pages not finding anything that could remotely be about her. Looking up she glanced to Susan who had stopped on a page and began to read through it for a few moments before turning the page giving a slight shake of her head. Next she looked to Edmund and Lucy who were both scanning the pages of their books and not finding anything either. Alyssa sighed quietly to herself before feeling a pair of eyes on her, turning her head slightly her eyes locked with a pair of sea blue eyes that belonged to Peter. Smiling Aly looked back down to the book in front of her blushing lightly.
What had felt like countless hours passing, which were only really about two, Peter shut his big in frustration and tried suppressing a yawn. Lucy had already fallen asleep an hour before that and Edmund wasn't far from closing his eyes for the night as well. Alyssa was exhausted too but wanted to continue to search through the books finding whatever she read interesting, although nothing pertained to her and the reason she was there in the first place. Not that she minded being there she already loved it after a day but it would have been nice to know why.
Susan closed her own book and looked across at her little sister smiling gently at the smaller girl, "Well I think its time we all went to bed. Alyssa you must be tired after today. I'll take you to your quarters if you'd like."
Alyssa was about to decline, she still wanted to search through the books, until a yawn overcame her. Alyssa sighed, nodding reluctantly, "Sure. We can look through the books more tomorrow."
Peter stood up and walked around the table to pick up the sleeping Lucy. They all got up and Susan once again led the way through the library and out towards the bedchambers. After stopping momentarily at Lucy's room to lay her down for bed they stopped at another room a few doors down from the young Queens room. Susan opened the door and ushered Alyssa in.
It was gorgeous to put it simply. The room was big, not nearly as big as the library of course, but definitely bigger than the one she had at home back in Australia. A huge four-poster best stood in the middle against the stone wall. The bedding was red and a golden lion was embroidered in the middle, the curtains surrounding the bed were a golden silk material. There was a vanity, the wood it was made with was the same as the wood used to make the bed frame to match, was placed against another wall next a door Alyssa was certain led to a bathroom. A wardrobe stood out near the balcony doors and there was other furniture placed neatly around the room.
"Okay, you guys officially have the best life ever," said Alyssa half jokingly to Peter, Edmund and Susan.
"Good night. I shall come by in the morning to wake you. My room is next door, to the right," Susan said smiling as she walked out of the room lowering her head in a small bow.
Edmund smiled to Alyssa sleepily, "Good night Lady Alyssa."
"Good night Edmund," After Edmund had left Alyssa turned to Peter and smiled awkwardly to the High King.
"Well goodnight milady. I have you have pleasant dreams," Peter bowed and kissed her hand before leaving the room leaving a blushing Alyssa.
As he walked out of the room and was closing the door behind him Alyssa spoke, "Good night Peter…sweet dreams."
She walked to the wardrobe and opened the doors finding dresses that looked as if they were made especially for her already hung inside. Alyssa smiled lightly as she pulled out a nightgown and quickly changed before blowing out the various lit candles around the room. She saved the one closest to her bed for last, blowing it out she pulled back the comforter and lay in the bed thinking to herself.
Were we looking at the wrong prophesies? Is it because I'm part mermaid that I might not be considered a human in this world? Even so, I don't want to tell them what I am yet…I know I may be able to at least trust Lucy with my secret but I can't be sure until I've spent more time with them all, Alyssa yawned again and turned onto her side the same thoughts still running through her mind as her eyes closed and sleep overcame her to let her mind rest.
That night she dreamt of a great Lion walking with through Narnia to the beach. Although she never even met the lion yet she knew that it must be Aslan. Everything in Narina seemed like it was only a dream; the forests, the beach, the waters, the animals, the unique creatures, and the Pevensie's
