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Note: Sorry it's so short! But this is all I could come up with. Besides the more imprtant one is the other story from Susan and Lucy's perspective. Or at least with THIS chapter! But still, long or short, I hope you enjoy! Oh and don't forget... review, review, review! :)

A Problem In The Golden Age

Chapter 3. Sparring

Edmund's POV

After breakfast all of us went to the training field for sparring. Acctually it was Peter and I who would spar but there was nothing in the world that would make us leave the girls alone for that long. Sparring was even more fun now though because we had an audience. Susan was cheering for Peter and Lucy was cheering for me. And Lucy was also shouting out pointers and when I would follow them Peter would end up getting hit. I had been training Lucy sword fighting, without Peter and Susan knowing, hence, Peter's complete bewilderment.

We went four rounds and it was at two/two and getting ready for the tie breaker when there was a muffled scream off to the side. I looked over and Susan and Lucy were struggling to get out of the grip of two strangers with one standing in the way so we couldn't get to them. I took off before I even knew I was moving. I was fighting two strangers to get to Susan and Lucy but before I could really do anything Lucy paled and she was behind the bush before I could see anything else. By now Peter was fighting with me but it seemed like everytime we knocked one stranger off another was there in his place. Soon Susan was out of sight and every stranger dissapeared.

We looked around. Nothing. I looked over at where the girls had been sitting having a good time not to long ago. There was no Susan. There was no Lucy. Our sisters were gone. They were the ones that held us together. Comforted us after battle. Stayed up with us when we couldn't sleep. They were...our sisters, there was no better way to explain them. What were we going to do without them!

We started calling their names but no answers. Orieus came galloping up. He asked where Susan and Lucy were but neither of us could answer that question. We looked around in the bushes and behind trees still calling their names. This time we had Orieus who was the only one who seemed to have a calm head. I wondered what he was thinking. Was he freaking out on the inside like Peter and I were on the inside AND outside.

Of course they were OUR sisters. The ones WE'VE known all of OUR lives. The ones WE grew up with. Of course they were HIS queens. The ones HE promised to protect, as well as Peter and I. We looked and looked and looked some more but to no avail. We would just have to hope and pray that they would be home soon, safe and sound. But for the moment we just had to plan for battle. This was to serious of a situation for just single combat. And it wouldn't help Peter and I fighting over who was to go to the single combat. This way we could both fight. Either to get our sisters back or avenge them. Soon we had decided, battle was our only option.