Author's note: I dont own Prince Caspian or any of it's characters. I do own Ella!

Chapter 3

The Pevensies walked slowly to the mouth of the cave as Ella looked around in astonishment. Where had the train gone? More importantly, what had happened?

Ella followed several steps behind the Pevensies as they all ran down to the water and began to splash one another. Ella stared around in wonder, trying to take everything in.

"Where do you suppose we are," Edmund asked staring at the top of the cliffs.

"Where do you think?" Peter asked back.

"Well I don't remember any ruins in Narnia," Edmund replied.

Ella gasped loudly as she understood. She turned around quickly to face the Pevensies. "Narnia? We're in Narnia," Ella asked staring at Peter.

"Yes," Peter replied slowly.

"You said it wasn't real. That it was only pretend," Ella said looking at the Pevensies carefully. "You all lied to me."

"Well yes, but we didn't think you would believe us," Lucy said quickly. "I mean a magical land filled with talking animals and magic creatures, which we found in an enchanted wardrobe? You would have thought we were all crazy."

"This is really Narnia? Not some sort of dream? I didn't fall down and hit my head?" Ella asked swiftly.

Peter chuckled at her comment. "This is really Narnia Ell. It's not a dream and you didn't fall down. I'm sorry we lied to you," Peter replied. Peter glanced back up at the ruins. "I think we need to figure out where we are."

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"I wonder who lived here," Lucy said softly as Ella and Susan joined her on the remains of a balcony. Ella glanced around at the ruins curiously. "It looks like it was a castle," Ella replied.

Susan picked up a chess piece and examined it closely. "I think we did," she said still looking at the piece. Lucy and Ella moved closer to look. Lucy obviously recognized it.

Edmund and Peter joined the girls. "Hey that's mine, from my chess set," Edmund said.

"Which chess set?" Peter asked curiously.

"I didn't exactly have a solid gold chess set in Finchley did I?" Edmund asked as he took the piece from Susan.

"Solid gold," Ella repeated before whistling softly. "A solid gold chess set."

"It can't be," Lucy said looking panicked. She ran over to platform and began arranging her family on it. "Imagine walls, and columns there, and a glass roof."

"A throne room?" Ella guessed.

"Cair Paravel," Peter said softly.

"But what happened to it? I thought you said it was a beautiful palace. No offense, but this isn't what I imagined," Elle replied.

Edmund made his way over to something laying in the grass and knelt next to it. "Catapults," was all he said.

"What?" Peter and Ella asked together.

"This didn't just happen. Cair Paravel was attacked," Edmund replied. Ella looked anxiously around and could see that Edmund was right. Several large boulders were lying around looking out of place.

The Pevensies and Ella followed Peter over to a stonewall which he and Edmund pushed aside to reveal a wooden door. Peter broke it open and cut the bottom of his shirt off to make a torch.

"I don't supposed you have any matches do you," Peter asked Edmund.

"No, but would this help," Edmund asked pulling out his flashlight. Ella giggled as Peter groaned.

"You might have mentioned that a bit sooner," Peter said laughing with the rest of them. Edmund led the way into the ruins and down the stairs. Peter pushed open a large gate as they all looked around.

"I can't believe it. It's all still here," Peter commented. By all, he meant four large chests behind which stood a statue of each Pevensie. Edmund, Susan, and Lucy made their way over to their chests. Peter examined a shield that was sitting next to the gate.

Ella joined Susan and Lucy at their chests. "I was so tall," Lucy said pulling out a gold dress.

"Well you were older then," Susan replied.

"As opposed to hundreds of years later when you're younger," Edmund joked with a large helmet on his head. Peter crossed the room to his chest not looking away from his statue.

"What is it," Lucy asked Susan with concern.

"My horn, I must have left it on my saddle the day we went back," Susan replied sadly.

Peter opened his chest and pulled out his sword. His slid it out of the scabbard. "As Aslan bares his teeth, winter meets its death," Peter said.

"When he shakes his main, we shall have spring again," Lucy finished. "Everyone we knew, Mr. Tumnus and the beavers, they're all gone."

"I think it's time we found out what's going on," Peter said calmly.