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Note: Ok, I know I have about 2 or 3 other story's I should be focusing on, but I was re-reading this story, and came up with a new plot, and found I could take it ALOT farther than what I had in mind when I first wrote it. It's main characters stay the same, and this chapter has some action, some brother-sister bonding, and humor! And I'm planning on keeping it Edmund's POV. I hope you like it!

It Started At The Creak

Chapter 1. Dreams Of Wolves

"Do you know where I might find Lucy?" I asked one of the dryads.

"No sire." she replied curtseying.

I sighed. "Ok. Thank you." I said. Sire. She called me Sire, I'M NOT A KING! I just couldn't get used to the idea of being one, just like getting used to using a sword. I wasn't doing to well in that department. I continued my search. Lucy had been distant ever since I got back. And everybody else was busy, except me, for the time being anyway, so it looked like it was up to me. It was time for me to step up and be a better big brother to her.

"Are you looking for something sire?" someone asked from behind me.

I gritted my teeth at the word sire. I... AM... NOT... A... KING! But I kept calm and said "I'm looking for my sister."

"Which one?" the centaur asked. Ohhh! She is good! This one apparently had a sense of humor! That was funny. I had to fight to keep from laughing.

I cleared my throat to hide it and bent my head down "The younger one." I said stifling the laugh.

She caught this. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you laugh." she said.

"It's fine, I needed it, thank you." I said "So have you seen my sister?" I asked "The younger one."

It was her turn to laugh. "I saw her walking, actually sneaking, down to the creek." she said.

I turned around. "Thank you." I said and then stopped "Wait. Sneaking?" I asked turning back around.

"Yes. Your brother told her not to go down there, because of what hapened." she replied.

"What happened?" I asked.

"They didn't tell you?" she asked. I shook my head. "Then I'll wait for them to tell you." she replied walking off. When I got to the creek, she was on the other side. The look on her face was like one I had never seen before, and she was starring at the ground. I carefully crossed the creek and walked over to her. When I touched her on the shoulder she jumped and nearly screamed.

"Lu, it's just me." I said concern filling my voice.

"Oh, Ed, you scared me." she said.

"Apparently, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing." she replied.

"Lu, please tell me." I said.

"Peter, he almost... he almost..." but she broke off, curled into a ball, and started crying.

"Lucy, what happened to Peter?" I asked gently. She continued to cry so I put my arm around her. She looked up at me, but then started crying into my shoulder.

"I'm sorry." I said.

She looked up. "For what?" she asked.

"Everything, I've been a bad brother, a bad friend, whatever you considered me, I know, and I betrayed you. I'm sorry." I said.

What she did next I would have never expected, she kissed me on the cheek. "What was that for?" I asked. She didn't respond, just burried her head into my neck.

"You asked, what happened to Peter. Susan and I came down here yesterday, and we were attacked by wolves." she said. I gasped. "But Peter came up. The wolf jumped him. I thought we had lost him Ed. I thought I had lost both of my brothers!" she said crying harder. "But, when Susan and I got to him, it turned out he had gotten in a lucky shot, and had stabbed the wolf." she said. I knew how she had felt, though she only felt it for a moment.

The witch had kept saying 'My wolves have probably ripped them apart by now' or 'Did you hear that howl, you might as well give up hope'. But I tried not to. I kept the hope alive that somehow, someway, they were still alive. She yawned. I layed down on the grass, pulling her with me and she yawned again. Eventaully she fell asleep, and I starred up at the sky. A leaf blew over my face and I huffed and nearly sneezed because it hit my nose. I looked up and a dryad was waving at me.

"Just checking on you." she said before drifting away. It must have been bad if dryads were checking up on us. Then suddenly Lucy jumped up, eyes wide.

"Bad dream?" I asked sitting up. She didn't answer but continued to look around.

After a while she asked "Did you hear that?". I shook my head. It was somewhat sad for me, because I looked and Lucy had her hand on her dagger. She was so small, so young, and people wanted her dead. Or to go into battle, or injured one. She had a dagger to defend herself. "That bush, it's rustling." she said.

"It is?" I asked. She nodded her head. I got up and started walking over, but she grabbed my hand. "NO! ED! PLEASE!" she begged.

"It's alright Lu, I'm just gonna make sure there's nothing there." I said.

"But what if there is something there?" she asked. I considered this. I had come to learn, trust Lucy's judgement.

I pulled out my sword. "I have this." I replied.

"PLEASE be careful Ed." she begged again.

"Stay right here, understand." I said.

She nodded her head and gripped her dagger tighter. I looked through the bushes, and then found what had caused the rustling, it was a squirrel, non talking. I smiled and turned back around.

"It was just a little..."

"EDMUND!" Lucy screamed before I could finish. I turned around and gasped, because I was face to face with a wolf. It nocked me down and tried to get in a bite but, since my sword had been nocked out my hand, I picked up a stick and put it in the way so he'd bite that. He was trying to push through the stick. I had chosen a really strong one. I heard Lucy scream and looked over, she was trying to scramble away from another wolf. And then the wolf brought her down, and bit her shoulder. She screamed in pain, and I turned my attention back to my wolf.

I growled and pushed him off. I had Lucy back and I wasn't going to loose her, not again. I used the stick to stab the wolf that was after me. I threw the stick back in the bushes, I wasn't going to use that again. I attacked the wolf off of Lucy, and we went rolling. My sword wasn't to far away so, since I thankfully wound up on top of the wolf, I scrambled for my sword. I was on the ground when he lunged but, out of reflex, I put my sword in the way, and it drove into his stomach. I looked at the two dead wolves I had just killed, and then looked over at Lucy.

I crawled over to her, and pulled her into my lap. She was breathing hard, and I saw that the wound was deeper, and worse than I thought, this wound, this could kill her. I wanted to cry but I held it in.

"Come on Lu, stay with me." I said.

"Cor..." she stuttered.

"What?" I asked.

"Cordia..." she stuttered again. What did she want? "Cor...dial." she stuttered.

"Cordial? Cordial... CORDIAL!" I said finally understanding. I pulled it out and gave her a drop. She was grimacing and then she suddenly stopped and gasped, and her eyes fluttered open all the way. By now I couldn't help but cry, but it didn't matter because she was too. We were crying into each other when Peter and a couple other creatures came running. The first thing he did was check on us. Then he went to make sure the wolves were dead, and not just playing it.

I jumped up, in a cold sweat, and then fell out of the bed with a loud blunder. I hit my head on something, wasn't sure what and started rubbing it. My door flew open and I saw Peter standing there, sword out, Susan behind him, bow in hand with arrow on the string, and I saw Lucy behind her, dagger in hand. When Peter saw me on the ground he ran over. "You ok Ed?" he asked. I rubbed my head. "More or less." I replied. Lucy walked up beside me and it brought back the dream. It had been a week and a day since this dream came to me, coming over and over again. It had happened, yes, but that didn't matter. Why was I having this dream over and over and over again. I was getting sick, of watching Lucy dying and then coming back over and over again. It wasn't the pleasentest dream that's for sure. "Peter, what was the report on the were-wolves last time you heard?" I asked. "Someone said their getting closer, but we're well protected Ed, you know that." he said helping me up. I looked at Lucy. "I don't want you out of sight of Peter or I until they find those bloody wolves, got it?" I said. She stood back. "Why?" she asked. "Just please, don't get out of our sight. Please." I said. She could probably see the worry in my eyes. She nodded her head. "Why Edmund?" Peter asked. "Bad dream." I replied "A year ago. Creek." "Ed, is that what your worried about?" Lucy asked. I nodded my head. "Alright if it'll make you happy, I'll stay in somebody's sight at all times." she said. "Thank you. Now, I'm fine, go back to bed and get out of my room." I said, pointing the last words at everybody. So they went on their way and I climbed back into bed. Peter was practically dragging Lucy to bed with him, he said after my reaction he didn't even want her to sleep alone. I figured that was going to far but I wasn't going to stop him, it just meant more protection for Lucy. But... what about Susan?