Chapter 4

"Ally!" I yelled and practically knocked her over as I hugged her.

"How did you get here?" I asked.

"How did I get here? I think the bigger question is how did you get here?" So, I told her how I was reading my book and it somehow sucked me in and I appeared in Cair Paravel.

"Well," she started, :I came into the room while you were reading with your suitcase to ask you if you wanted your name tag thing on it, but when I looked up, you were gone. Their was just an open book on the empty chair.

"So, I picked up the book, but before I could tell what it said, I felt this jolt like I got punched straight in the back and then I fell and landed here. So, where is this exactly?"

"You wouldn't believe me," I told her.

"Oh, please, Carls. I would believe you if you said that in 2 minutes, there would be no gravity on Earth." I laughed, thinking about how gullible Ally really was sometimes.

"We're in Narnia." Ally jaw dropped. "And this is Cair Paravel, where the king and queen live," I added. She started turning around admiring the castle.

"Wow. I mean, wow. This is incredible!"

"I know, right? And guess what!" I beamed, wanting to tell her all about Caspian.

"Wha-" She stopped as he, Caspian, came into the room.

"Ah, Scarlet, I see you're awake. And who is this? Another random guest? I hope you don't plan on bringing all of America here or something." He chuckled and I giggled. Ally smiled and held out her hand to him.

"I'm Ally. Scarlet's cousin. Well, more like sister, really." He kissed her hand and introduced himself. My heart dropped a little. So, it was polite. Not a special thing for me.

"Well, Scarlet? Ally? Would you two care to join me for breakfast? I believe we will be eating with everyone now."

"Sure!" Ally smiled. I nodded and followed.

My head was slightly down the whole walk to the dining area. I stared at my feet as I walked. Then, I stared at Caspian. His gorgeous wavy black hair and that smile that could brighten anyone's day. The way he walked; not proudly, but more like sophisticated and humble.

At breakfast, I sat next to Kristen and Ally with Caspian at the head of the table, three seats down from me. I didn't eat much. For some reason I felt like Kristen didn't like me, but I wasn't paying attention to her that much, so I couldn't say.

After breakfast, Caspian approached me and I smiled.

"Hello, Scarlet. As you only have one change of clothes I think you-"

"Oh, she doesn't! She has practically her whole wardrobe!" At first I thought she was mocking me, but then I saw that she still had the suitcase. My suitcase that was fully packed with every piece of clothing I had. However, Caspian still looked confused.

"She has my suitcase. It has all my stuff in it. I was about to leave to somewhere else before I got here and I had all my stuff ready to go, so Ally was holding it when she got teleported, I guess and it came with her."

"Fantastic! Well then there's no need for anything else. Now, I do believe I have a sword fighting match with my cousin and fellow ruler, Kristen. So if you'll excuse me, I will be going. Goodbye, Scarlet! Goodbye, Ally." He waved as he left. I sighed with deep contentment.

"Some-body likes some-one!" Ally teased, poking me.

"Hey! Hey, stop it!" I laughed and smiled again in the direction Caspian walked away. Ally was right.

Kristen's P.O.V.

I pulled on my boots, pulled on my belt 'til it was snuggly around me, and put my hair up in a high ponytail. I hadn't done sword fighting with my cousin in almost 2 months! I could not wait to get back out there. I glanced in the mirror, grinned, and then skipped to the arena area outside. Caspian was just walking in as I was. One of our front guards was reffing. He gave us both our face helmets and metal chestplates. After sliding them on, we faced each other and got into position. Swords at hand, glares on eyes, and smirks on lips, we were ready.

Then, it started. It's hard to explain it because it all goes so fast. One second your slashing forward, the next your diving under and rolling to dodge it. I lunged at him. He dodged. I growled with fury. He slashed. I blocked it and swung his sword away from me. I rolled right through his legs and lunged at him before he had time to realize what I had done. The metal clanked against my sword and the guard yelled, "Match One goes to Kristen!" I beamed.

"Nice move, Kris!" Caspian remarked from across the arena where he was talking to another guard. As I waited, I looked up at the stands to see if anyone was watching. A couple maids, the one girl that showed up this morning (go figure), and then… I saw him. Edmund. As I reached his seat with my eyes, I looked up at his and ours met. I waved and smiled. He did the same. I blushed a light pink and prayed that he couldn't tell from this distance.

After 4 more matches, the game ended up with 3 matches to me and 2 to Caspian. I high-fived him afterwards and told him "great job," and all the other normal stuff you say after a game. Then, I hurried off to my room to get changed and try to run into Edmund again. My luck was high today, and I planned on keeping it that way.

Edmund's P.O.V.

I raced to the Grand Entry Hall after they finished the game and waited there. I hoped that Kristen would come out after changing and "coincidentally" find me here. I waited for a few minutes. No one. A few more minutes. No one.

Finally, after about 20 minutes she finally came out. Beautiful as ever, I strolled by her.

"Kristen!" I said, getting her attention. She turned to me and her lovely hair gracefully flew, then bounced down again.

"Oh, Edmund! Hello there. I, um, saw you at the games."

"Yep. I was there." Why did I say that? Why didn't I say a compliment or something?

"So, did you iike them?"

"Oh yeah! They were great! You're a brilliant sword-fighter! I don't think I've ever seen a better girl sword-fighter!" Okay, so that was alright. Not terrible, at least.

"Thank you so much! That means a lot to me." She smiled her irresistible smile. I sighed inside. Ah, she looked so beautiful in the late morning sunlight pouring in from the windows. Her eyes glistened, and her hair sparkled as if it was sprinkled with gold dust. I sighed again inside.

"Alright, well I should go I have to go talk to some of the maids. I'll see you later, Edmund!"

"Bye," I mumbled and waved acutely. Then sighed deeply-for the last time- externally and walked off to go find Caspian or someone to talk to.

After walking around a couple halls I found a slightly darker hall with less maids and servants. I knew Caspian wouldn't be here, but hey! I might find someone new and exciting to meet. Maybe another boy like me who could teach me things and I could teach him things about our different worlds! And we could talk about cultures and all sorts of other things. Someone who could help me through things and could be another good guy friend to me.

But, after I opened the first door, who I found was far from my expectations.