We walked back into the now visible mansion, and Lucy asked, "What did you mean you made them invisible for their own protection?"
"It seemed the best way to protect them from the evil." Coriakin replied simply. Edmund picked up his step and matched his pace with Coriakin.
"You mean the mist," He stated matter-of-factly. We came back to the big library room at the end of the hall.
"I mean," Coriakin replied. "what lies behind the mist."
The room had changed in our absence though. The lights had been dimmed, but the walls had a water-like effect. Like when the sun reflects it. I shared a look with Peter while Coriakin grabbed a scroll-looking thing and unrolled it. He threw one end, and it stretched on—about twenty feet. It lay perfectly on the ground, and took on a map like image.
We all gathered around it, and I recognized the camp from our first time in Narnia. The map was moving, the people coming to life. It panned over to the battle, and I had an aerial view of Peter and the Narnia troops charging off to meet the white witch and her army.
"This is the source of your troubles," Coriakin stated, causing the map to change. It panned across bodies of water and came across an Island. Coriakin walked on the map, and came around the image of the Island. "Dark Island," He started. "A place where evil lurks—it can take any form. It can make your darkest dreams true. It seeks to corrupt all goodness." I looked to Caspian, and he had a worried look on his face.
"It sucks the light from this world," Coriakin finished. We were all silent for a second.
"How do we stop it?" Lucy asked shyly. Coriakin put his hands behind his back and walked around the map.
"You break its spell," The magician stopped, and pointed at Edmund. "That sword you carry, there are six others."
"Have you seen them?" Edmund asked, his hand tightening around the hilt of the sword reflexively.
"Yes," Coriakin responded. He didn't say much more, but Caspian caught on.
"The six lords, did they pass through here?" He asked, walking and standing next to me.
"Indeed," said Coriakin. Caspian seemed pent up with these one word answers, but kept calm.
"Where were they headed?" He asked, shifting his weight impatiently.
"Where I sent them," Coriakin fluttered his hand in the air, and the map changed again. "To break the spell," He started back up. "You must follow the blue star to Ramandu's Island. There the seven swords must be laid at Aslan's table. Only then can their true magical power be released. But beware; you are all about to be tested." He finished, and collapsed his hands back behind his back.
"Tested?" I prompted, wanting to know the rest. He turned and walked towards me, stopping just a foot in front of me.
"Until you lay down the seventh sword, evil has the upper hand. It will do everything in its power to tempt you." He leans in closer and then says, "Be strong, don't fall to temptation." He pulled back sharply and turned to Caspian.
"Don't fall to…temptation," Peter's voice faded into the background. We all turned to look towards him. He had a black note pad flipped open and a pen. He finished scribbling and then looked up.
"Where did you find that?" Coriakin asked him.
"Oh, you mean my new note book? It was on that table over there." Peter pointed the pen towards an end table.
"That was my new note book." Coriakin sighed. Peter's eyebrows shot up.
"Oh, sorry. I just figured I should write all this down…it seemed kind of important."
"This is very important!" Coriakin responded in a shout. He turned back to Caspian. "To defeat the darkness out there, you must defeat the darkness inside yourself." Caspian looked to Edmund, and he stood straighter. I looked to Lucy, and she was looking at the floor.
"Defeat the darkness…inside yourself. Got it," Peter smiled.
A/N I just want to say that I am in love with Peter. He is so goofy. I know it's nothing like he is in the movies/books, but, my younger sister and I used to play Narnia and this is how she made Peter. I cannot write him any other way... Okay, well, that's not true. This is just so much more fun!
REVIEW or else I will shave Caspian's head!