Chapter Nine: Rescued

Adventuria's POV

Susan, Lucy and I sat by a tranquil river, uninhabited by naiads.

"I'm sorry I had to departure so...abruptly." I apologized, but Susan waved it away.

"That's alright. It wasn't your fault; you had to go." I couldn't help smiling.

"You know Susan, you use to be so fun..." Lucy trailed off.

Her elder sister raised her eyebrows. "Use to?"

Lucy grinned, "Yeah, before you got BORING!"

"Oh boring, am I?" and she chucked a handful of water at her younger sister. Lucy squealed, and before I knew it, I had joined in the water fight.

"Having fun, are we, Daughters of Eve?"

Susan screamed, Lucy shrieked and I froze on the spot.

Only about a metre away, was Head of Jadis' secret police, Maugrim. How did he dare to come so close to Aslan's camp?

"Jadis sent you a message, Adventuria," he spat my name, as if it was something bitter.

"And what is that? That she knows now that her eternal winter has now ended, Aslan is now here and she will soon die?" I asked coolly.

"The boy will be dead by the time you reach him again. Dead. You are a failure, you do not know anything. You are not a warrior, but a useless orphan by the name of-"

"Shut up!" I yelled, my voice powering over the wolf's voice. I started to panic. How did the Witch know my real name?

Maugrim sneered at me. Not until then, did I realize all of us, Susan, Lucy and I, were surrounded by the pack of wolves loyal to Jadis.

"He. Will. Be. Dead."

"You only tell lies, Maugrim!"

Oh why did I leave my sword in the tent? Sword! Sword! I thought desperately.

Out of no where, my sword came spinning towards me, and I grabbed its silver hilt which was encrusted with rubies. Another advantage of having magic.

I extended it in front of me, like Peter had done not so long ago.

Maugrim laughed, "Why do you not kill me? Chicken?" The Talking Wolf used my own words against myself.

I made my move then, slashing at the wolves face, at the same time shouting to the others. "Get up the tree, NOW!"

I saw Susan and Lucy scramble up the scratchy bark, making it to the first and lowest branch. Great, now I was surrounded with no one to help me.

"Susan's fainting!" Lucy cried.

Great time to faint, Susan! Another problem I need to add to my mind on the already mountainous pile. These thoughts was pure sarcasm.

"I can't hold on to her, Adventuria!"

Without thinking, I swung my sword in an arc, forcing some of the wolves to step back. I dashed past them, but they were instantly on me, snapping at my feet as I scrambled up the tree trunk that Susan and Lucy were also on. In the process, Maugrim had managed to bite off one of my shoes, but thank Aslan it hadn't been my foot.

I then spotted Susan's horn. It was still strapped around her hips and I made and instant grab for it, and blew hard.

A loud, rich noise filled the air and soon, various people from the army had arrived, including Peter.

To my surprise, most of the wolves ran off, leaving Maugrim to fend for himself.

Who's the chicken now?

Aslan appeared, just as Maugrim and Peter started circling each other.

"Centaurs, Talking Horses! Follow those wolves, they will bring you to the Witch's camp. There, you will rescue the last boy. Adventuria, lead them!"

I slid down the tree easily, though I received a few splinters.

"Lady Adventuria," a white horse trotted up to me, and I instantly recognized who it was.

"Crystal!" I cried. I gave her a brief hug around her flank, before climbing up on her. "Come on," I said to the rest of the tiny army that I was to lead, "we've got a king to rescue!"

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We galloped, a few hundred metres behind the wolves returning to Jadis' camp. We soon stopped.

I turned around facing the centaurs and talking Horses. "I will go to the Witch's camp by myself. No, Oreius, do not interrupt. When I signal to you, I want you to charge in and kill as many as the Witch's followers as possible."

"But that will cause an up roar!" came a voice from within the crowd.

"We are already at war. Besides, she has killed so many. I am sure every one of you know someone who has been turned into stone."

Silence.

I got off Crystal and put a finger to my lips, before changing into a robin.

Jadis' camp reminded me of a cemetary, so dull, quiet and frightening. I spotted a tree...with Edmund tied tightly to the trunk and guarded by the White Witch's cursed dwarf.

I landed on Edmund's shoulder and saw that he was sleeping. I hopped over to his face and pecked him. Edmund instantly woke, and when he saw me his eyes widened.

Casting a glance at Ginabrik, I shapeshifted back into Adventuria the human, and quietly took out a dagger that I strapped to the lower part of my leg.

Calmly, I started to saw through the ropes, taking no notice of the enemy behind me.

"Mhm!"

I swung around, slashing out in front of me, earning a satisfying yowl from Ginabrik.

"Obstupefa!" I whispered the petrifying spell.

The dwarf's eyes opened to the full and his limbs snapped to his body. Ginabrik fell down into the grass, his eyes darting everywhere.

I turned around and continued to saw through Edmund's ropes. As soon as they had been cut, I hacked through the ropes binding his feet, whilst Edmund tackled the gag tied around his mouth. In the end, I cut that for him too.

"Did you come alone? It's dangerous!"

"I'm fine. Now, keep quiet." I ordered.

I swivelled on the heels of my feet, facing away from the boy and cupped my face with my hands. I let out three loud trills that was disguised as a bird's.

I instantly heard hooves, pounding on the dead leaves.

Unsheathing my sword, I took a few steps back until I was beside Edmund.

"Get ready." I murmured.

Shouts filled my ears and my friends surrounded me.

"Marianna!" I yelled and I jabbed a finger at Edmund. The female centaur took care of Edmund and I covered, blocking a blow from a minotaur that would of killed me instantly.

After some time I yelled out, "Retreat!" and I saw the small army fall back. I ran towards Crystal, and saw that she was rather uncomfortable, and I guessed it was because Edmund was on her back. Talking Horses usually only had one rider.

I put my foot into the stirrup and swung myself onto her back and whispered in her ear.

"As fast as you can go, Crystal. And don't worry, he's a friend."

"Very well." And we took off, with a very much alive Edmund.

Hallo! Rewrote this chappie cause I made a huge mistake. As you can see, I modified it quite a bit. Hope u enjoyed it!

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