Soo...I have a request. All of you guys who review and say that you love Lucian stories...write some please! i have read EVERY SINGLE one of them and I need new ones! Pleaseeee! Anyways...

Chapter 5

CASPIAN'S POV

Ten days had passed since the incident on the Lone Islands. They would have been overall wonderful days, for he and Lucy had been spending much time together, talking or playing games below deck after the day's work had been completed. One of the things Caspian loved most about Lucy was that she was very playful, hyper, and wild, but also could be serious and thoughtful when the situation called for it. But no, although Caspian was enthused to be spending so much time with his favorite Queen, these joys were somewhat diluted by a monstrous storm that had been flapping the Dawn Treader like a pancake ever since they left Doorn. Caspian groaned as another giant wave rose above the head of the ship as if towering over it like a bully, and crashed down upon them, nearly flooding the deck. Crew members had been working nonstop since they came upon the storm, miserably attempting to shovel the water off of the deck and back into the sea as more and more waves pummeled water over their heads. Caspian stood with Drinian at the helm, trying his hardest to help him steer as mother nature fought to toss the ship whichever way she pleased. Edmund worked below deck with the rowers, pushing and pulling harder than ever to get the boat to move in the direction of their desires. Lucy, to Caspian's relief, had been ordered to stay below deck. She was livid at his request, but after Edmund, Drinian, Reepicheep, Rynelf, and even Eustace practically shoved her down there, she really had no choice. Eustace, even though he posessed an absolutely repulsive personality in Caspian's opinion, actually consented to help the crew fend off the storm, and was working diligently with the crew members on deck shoveling water back into the sea. Drinian, who was still trying to steer the ship with Caspian's assistance, shook his head in utter disbelief that he led his crew into a storm of this magnitude.

"It is downright foolish of us to play games with nature, sire. We should've turned around as soon as seeing the dark clouds."

"And go back to let retched island? No thank you," Caspian grunted as he heaved the wheel to the right with all of his strength. "Besides, it's not as bad as it was two nights past."

"That may be," Drinian stopped to catch his breath. "But it's still not a good situation. The crews getting testy." It was true, crew members that had been given orders to search for food while on Felimath ran short of time, for they were off in such a hurry once learning that their King and his friends had been taken as slaves. Although they were able to gather some food, it was not as much as they had hoped for, and now the entire crew was living off of half of their usual rations a day. What was worse, was that they were bound to run out of these little rations in a week, and they had yet to spot land. Caspian remained stubborn as a rock, though, insisting that a man could go through far worse times in his life than to be without a little food or water, and ordered that the Dawn Treader crew pull through this storm. After another hour or so of diligent work from all, Caspian, Eustace, and half of the crew members responsible for shoveling water and rowing turned in. The men that went to bed that were rowing and shoveling water would wake half through the night to replace the men that had stayed up first, Drinian would work throughout the night steering the ship. Since it was not quite too late yet, Caspian hoped that Lucy would still be awake. So he made his way to the cabin she was staying in and gently knocked on the door.

"Come in," He heard her say softly from inside the room. He opened the door, and felt the corners of his mouth pull into a smile as he saw her in another shirt of his for a night gown, sitting on his bed with her legs tucked behind her reading a book she had found. She looked up at him, and gave him a sweet smile. He moved to sit next to her.

"What are you reading?" He asked, leaning over slightly to look over her shoulder at the leather bound book in her hands. Curly cursive writing covered each page.

"A Narnian fairytale book. I found it on the bookshelf. It's quite fascinating, I didn't know Narnia had fairytales like back in my world, since Narnia is such a fairytale in itself." Her eyes remained glued to the page as she said this, and her hand rose to tuck a soft curl behind her ear. As Caspian looked over the book, he began to recognize it, and a smile graced his lips as he remembered receiving the book as a present.

"Ah, I remember. My old professor gave me this as a gift, when I lived back in the Telmeraine castle. I never had time to read any of it, it was just days after receiving it that I was swept away." Lucy had looked up at him as he began to speak, and watched his eyes sadden at the memories of leaving his home, for the fear that his own uncle would kill him. She said nothing, only leaned closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder. He replied by wrapping an arm around her, pulling her closer.

"It's alright, Lucy. If I had not left the Telmeraine castle, I would have never become King of the land I actually love. If I had never left, I would not have met you." He looked down at her, his voice trailing in a whisper as he spoke as her big hazel eyes tugged at him, leaving him feeling slightly light headed. Lucy's mouth turned to a sly smile.

"What a horrible future. I life with out me." She joked, giggling after she finished. Caspian shook his head and laughed, poking her side and earning a squeal. Lucy was utterly ticklish. Their laughter died down, and Lucy looked down at the fairytale book once more, her hair moving forward to shield her face in a mass of glossy reddish brown curls. Caspian tucked it behind her ear, her eyes darted to him, she smiled, then looked back at the book.

"So you never read any of these stories?" Caspian shook his head. She sighed.

"What a shame. They're wonderful." She leaned closer to him and she began to read him a story. About a King who was a jerk until he got a new female maid. The girl was more beautiful than all of the princesses in the land, and had a heart of gold. Even though the girl ranked much lower than the King, he could not help to spend as much time with her as possible. When the King's mother arranged for him a marriage to a pretty but profound princess, the man was distraught. Although the maid hid it well, she was also upset about the arrangment, and barely talked to the King at all after learning this. Much time passed when the two did not speak at all, time in which they both realized how much they loved one another. The King became very depressed, and eventually the day arrived for him to marry the princess. He went through the whole ceremony barely speaking above a whisper, but when it came time for him to say "I do" he rejected the princess, telling her that he loved his maid and that he could not be in a marriage in which no love had flourished between the two. The princess was livid, and stomped off back to her home. The King's mother was angry with him as well, but after a talk between the two she felt awful that she had kept her son from true love, and gave permission to him to marry the maid. The King rushed down to the basement where his true love slept, and found her humming a beautiful song with tears gently falling from her lashes. The man felt awful, and swept his love into his arms, declaring to her his love, and asking her to be his bride. The two were married shortly after, and lived happily ever after. Lucy finished, and turned to look up at him. He smiled warmly down at her.

"It's a nice story." Lucy nodded and laughed, closing the book. To Caspian's disappointment, she sat up straight, pulling away from him. When her eyes returned to his, he saw that they were full of sadness. He sat up, placing a hand on her arm, giving her a questioning look.

"What's the matter, Lucy-love?" She looked down at her hands, which were wringing in her lap.

"Edmund and I have been back in Narnia for over a month now, and he still hasn't come to see me." Caspian knew who she was speaking of. He himself thought it odd, that the great lion had not yet come to visit Lucy, to answer any of her questions.

"I'm sure he'll come." He replied, thinking of nothing else to say. She shook her head, still looking upset.

"It's not that I'm afraid I won't see him. It's that I don't know when we will have to return back to England. I know this will be my last time here. I can feel it. Before returning to Narnia this time, I didn't even know if I would be back at all." She did not cry, she only spoke frantically, as if she had been holding in these thoughts for quite some time. Caspian felt himself begin to feel sick at the thought of Lucy leaving him for good, never again to see her face or hear her melodic laugh again. He tried not to think about it, and focused his attention on her.

"Lucy-I..." But he could think of nothing to say that would diminish the young Queen's worries. He knew as well as anyone that Aslan was firm in all decisions, that if he decided Lucy would not return to him, than Lucy would not return. There was nothing to say, though he wished he could pull all worries and sadness from her heart. She looked at him desperately, as if waiting for him to tell her that she would stay in Narnia forever, but he said nothing. She searched his face for any answer at all, but when she found nothing, she looked back down at her hands. Why does she have to leave? It doesn't make sense to bring her here, have her fall in love with Narnia and consider it her home, and then just rip her away for good. It isn't fair, Caspian thought as he stared at Lucy. He watched her fold her arms across her stomach, and let her hair once again shield her face. Caspian sighed and reached for her, pulling her onto his lap and wrapping his arms tightly around her, tucking her head in the crook of his neck. Her body shook as she began to cry softly, so soft he couldn't even hear it. Lucy rarely cried, she was so strong, which is why it hurt him even more to see her do it now. Caspian lifted her with ease as he scooted to sit up against the headboard of the bed, and rocked her gently. He did this for a while, and eventually he felt her body stop shaking, and her breathing change. He knew she had fallen asleep. He looked down at her, her mouth parted slightly and her cheeks were tear-stained. Caspian sighed, he knew he had to leave her. As much as he wanted to stay, he knew he would be in much trouble with Edmund if he was found in Lucy's cabin in the morning. So he stood, still holding her to him, and moved back the blankets before placing her down on the bed, and pulling the covers up over her. He leaned over and brushed his lips against her forhead.

"Goodnight, Lucy." He blew out the candle on the bedside table, and left the room.

LUCY'S POV

Lucy woke up, feeling even more exhausted then when she had gone to sleep. She remembered crying herself to sleep in Caspian's arms, and felt disappointed that she had not awoken with him lying next to her. She knew though, that Edmund would not be happy about that at all, so that's probably why he left. Lucy groaned, she felt embarassed about crying in front of Caspian, she rarely ever cried. But how could she not? The thought of leaving Narnia, her home, forever made her feel a pain uncomparable to any other that she had ever felt. What was more, when told Caspian these things, he had nothing to say that comforted her at all, he knew as well as she did that she would have to leave. She could not blame him, she would rather him say nothing to her anyday than lie to her and give her false hope. She remembered when Peter and Susan left Narnia forever, they were both so distraught, as were Edmund and Lucy at the thought of no more adventures with their eldest siblings. Peter loved it here, he loved having a kingdom to look over and the responsibility for keeping it safe. Susan had loved it as well, she made so many friends here, especially during their Golden Age, when suitors were coming at her left and right. Peter, even though he still sometimes talked about the adventures shortly and though he had loved it here dearly, had grown up so much and was now working on university and getting a plan for the future made out. Susan, to Lucy's disappointment, never spoke of Narnia after the first year from her parting, and it seemed as if she had forgotten in completely in the midst of her life in America and dating. Lucy knew she would never forget Narnia, but she was worried that after a while, Edmund would turn out just like Peter and Susan, never to speak of the great land. She sighed, trying not to think about it, and dressed in Caspian's black pants and white shirt, using two belts, one for the pants and one to go around her waist to fit the shirt. She left her hair down, and walked out of the cabin and above deck. She had not noticed until above deck, that the storm was over, and sun gleamed over the Dawn Treader and all of the crew members. Eustace was having an argument with Reepicheep, she heard something about stolen rations. She heard someone call, "Land ho!" She saw Edmund, speaking with Rynelf and laughing. She moved to join them when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you okay?" Caspian asked, looking at her with concerned eyes. Lucy smiled at him half heartedly.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about crying all over you, I was just so upset. I don't wanna leave." Caspian shook his head.

"Don't worry about that Lucy. I just want you to be okay. I don't want you to leave either," She blushed, looking down, before feeling herself being pulled into a warm embrace. It didn't last as long as their hugs normally did, for the whole crew was watching plus Edmund, but it was warm and comforting and just what Lucy needed. After pulling away, Caspian smiled gently down at her, giving her a look she didn't know how to read. Drinian called for Caspian, Edmund and herself, and he gave her hand a final squeeze before leading her up towards the helm where Edmund already had reached. Drinian stood, looking through a telescope at an island a few miles in the distance. It was the first of the two islands before Ramandu's. Edmund, Caspian, and Lucy took turns looking through the telescope, Lucy last. She saw a relatively peaceful looking Island, with lots of green grass and hills. It looked alright.

"Seems as if it's uninhabited." She said, handing the telescope back to Drinian. Drinian nodded to her in agreement, looking at it again.

"But it also seems as if it would be a good place for food. For us and for the Lord's if they passed by on their way to Ramandu's Island. Sire?" He looked to Caspian for an order of whether or not to land on the island.

"We'll go. Seems as if we will reach it by sunset so we will spend the night on shore, scower the island in the morning."

"Aye your majesty." Drinian said, leaving them to tell the rest of the crew. Lucy looked up into the sky, and noticing that the sun was much higher than an average morning. She looked over to Edmund and Caspian, confused.

"Is it morning or afternoon?" She asked them. Edmund rolled his eyes and shook his head, Caspian chuckled.

"It's afternoon. You slept a long time, Lu. Were you not feeling well?" Edmund asked. She blushed, she wasn't normally a late sleeper, but she had worked herself crying so hard and for so long. She hadn't woken once throughout the night. She shrugged.

"I was just so tired." Edmund laughed, ruffled her hair, and walked away from her and Caspian, going to see what all the fuss was about between Reepicheep and Eustace. When she turned back to Caspian, she saw that he was once again giving her that unidentifiable look, it made her nervous. She blushed, looking down at her feet.

"Why don't we join Edmund? See what your cousin has gotten himself into," Caspian offered. She nodded, not seeing much else to do, and followed Caspian.

That night, the Dawn Treader reached the island where they would be spending the night. Lucy climbed into a boat with Edmund, Caspian and Eustace and rowed over to the shores while other boats followed. As she stepped out onto the sand, she admired the beautiful island. It was quiet, but not as quiet as the Lone Islands, for she could hear birds chirping and water rushing from what must have been a waterfall close by. She longed to look around, to find the source of rushing water and take a swim, but Edmund and Caspian had told her to stay with them, and that they would explore in the morning. Instead, she helped to set up camp, and pulled herself under the blankets on the sand, finding it more comfortable than she thought it would be. She was placed between Edmund and Caspian, both boys sleeping a few feet away from her on their own blankets. A fire crackled a few feet away. She tossed her head to the side, looking where Caspian lay. He had already fallen asleep, he had been acting exhausted all day. She felt a tug of guilt at her heart, he must have been tired from staying up with her the previous night. She sat and admired him for a few moments. He looked peaceful, yet he also looked as if even in his sleep, he was ready to jump into action at the first sound of danger. She turned her head around to look at Edmund, he had fallen asleep already as well. It seemed as if everyone had except for her. She supposed it was because she had slept so much the night before. Lucy sighed, closing her eyes, and after at least another hour of trying, fell asleep.

"This ones female, lets take her." Lucy's eyes shot open as she felt a hand wrap around her mouth and a arm pick her up. She looked around frantically, no one seemed to be there. But someone had picked her up, and was carrying her off of the beach and deeper into the forest. She tried her hardest to scream but the hand on her mouth was silencing her. Who or whatever had her was strong enough to carry her. She tried to use her hands to pry the invisible hand off of her mouth so that she could scream, but they were snatched and held behind her back. After what seemed like forever of kicking and attempting to scream, Lucy was dropped into the grass. She stood up, grabbing her daggar and pointing it at whatever her enemy was.

"Won't be needing that." She heard, and she felt her daggar be ripped from her hands and thrown on the ground a few feet away. She moved to pick it up but was thrown backward by some invisible force. It seemed as if their was more than one of the creatures that had taken her. She opened her mouth to scream for Edmund or Caspian, but was punched in the gut.

"Quiet!" She turned in circles, she knew she was surrounded, but she didn't know by what.

"What are you?" She asked, fearful.

"Were big, scary creatures!"

"Were really intimidating!"

"Yeah, if you could see us you would be really intimidated!" Lucy shook her head, that wasn't much of an answer. But she let it go.

"What do you want?"

"For you to do what we say!" Lucy crossed her arms.

"Or what?" She asked.

"Death!" Her arms dropped, and she took a step back, her mouth opening in suprise and fear. She blinked a few times, hoping to wake up from a crazy dream. She thought for a moment.

"Well I won't do you very much good dead now will I?" She heard breath catch, and then there were a few moments of silence.

"Fine! Then we'll just kill your friends!" Once again, Lucy was at a loss for words. She closed her eyes, thinking of Edmund, the crew, of Caspian...

"What do you want me to do?"

"Enter the house of the oppressor!"

"What house?" She asked, annoyed. As she finished, a door appeared out of nowhere, opening and letting light shine on the grass. She stepped forward, peeking inside.

"Your gonna go upstairs, find the book of spells and recite the spell that makes the unseen seen!" She turned to whatever was behind her.

"Why don't you do it yourselves?" Silence again.

"We can't read." Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Why didn't you say so?" She turned back to the door.

"Beware the oppressor!"

She nodded before taking a deep breath, and stepping inside the door. It shut behind her loudly.

Okay! That's chapter 5! I looked back and realized that was a lot of dialogue for the last part...but whatever (: I probably can get in two more chapters before I go to school Tuesday! Thanks for reading!