My eyes fluttered open, adjusting to the dim light. From where I lay, I peered around the small room I was in. I gently lifted myself into a sitting position. Looking down, I realised I was on a bed. A soft snore erupted into the room, startling me. Whipping around, I saw Caspian asleep beside me. I noticed he had a bandage wrapped around his forehead. I raised my eyebrows in surprise; I wonder how he got that? Under my trimmed eyebrows I felt fabric rub against my forehead. Reaching up, I pulled off a bandage similar to Caspian's. I glanced from the bandage to Caspian, and then back to the bandage. What had happened?

"This bread is so stale!" A familiar voice complained. I froze. It all came back to me; the Telmarine soldiers, the forest, the dwarf.

I tenderly got off the bed and silently walked over to the edge. I stopped by the opening, sliding down the wall into a sitting position.

"I'll get them some soup then," a different voice said, thoughtfully.

The dwarf grunted, "You said you were going to get rid of them!"

As quietly as I could, I took a sneak peek round the corner. There sitting at a table was the dwarf who knocked out Caspian and I. Close by him was... a badger?

"No, I said I'd take care of them," It spoke. What? Badgers don't talk.

"Well, I don't think I hit them hard enough!" At these words, my heart jumped into my throat.

"Nikabrik, they are just children!"

Nikabrik snarled, "They're Telmarines, not some lost puppies!"

"We can't kill them now, not after bandaging their heads," The badger tutted. "It would be like murdering a guest."

Sighing, I turned back around against the wall. Suddenly, someone's hand spread across my mouth. I gasped and turned to my left. To my relief, it was Caspian. He took his hand away from my mouth and moved his finger to his lips, signalling me to stay unspoken. I nodded, twisting into my original position to listen.

The badger sighed, "Trumpkin knew what he was doing. It's not their fault."

Unexpectedly, Caspian shot out from beside me and bounded across the room. I watched from where I sat as I saw Caspian knocking the badger out of his way, making a clear exit for the door. Nikabrik grabbed his sword immediately, and blocked Caspian's way. Caspian was dumbfounded, as he had no sword. Looking around, he took hold of the fire poker that was sitting on the hearth of the open fire, and began to block Nikabrik's attacks. The badger shouted for them to stop. I promptly got up and rushed forward, pulling Caspian away from Nikabrik.

Nikabrik growled, "See? I told you we should have killed him when we had the chance!"

The badger sighed once again, "You know why we can't!"

Caspian nodded towards the badger, "If you're taking a vote, I'm with him."

"We can't let them go. They've seen us!"

I managed to pull Caspian out of the way before Nikabrik took another blow at him, but I lost my balance and fell onto a step. The dwarf swung his sword at Caspian again, who easily stopped them.

"That's enough, Nikabrik! Or do I have to sit on your head again?" The badger shouted. Nikabrik made a look of disgust.

The badger continued, "And you," He pointed his paw at Caspian, "Look what you made me do! I spent half the morning on that soup." He began to clean away the mess on the floor.

Caspian frowned, "Wh-what are you?"

"It's funny. You think more people would know a badger when they saw one!" The badger said, sarcastically.

"No, no, he means... You're Narnians. You're supposed to be extinct." I said, coming to Caspian's rescue.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Nikabrik scoffed, walking off to the end of the small table that he was originally sitting at.

The badger walked over to the table with two bowls of soup in his paws, "Here we are. Still hot."

"Since when did we open a boarding house for Telmarine soldiers?" Nikabrik argued.

"I am not a soldier! I am Prince Caspian, the tenth, and my sister -" I cut him off; I am capable of saying my name on my own.

"Princess Cassandra, the third," I glanced at Caspian, who looked back at me.

"What are you doing here?" Nikabrik said, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

I looked at Caspian once more; all emotion had drained from his face.

"Running away." I said; Caspian looked like he couldn't speak.

"Our uncle has always wanted our throne. I suppose we have only lived this long because he did not have an heir of his own," Caspian explained, while putting the poker back to where it was.

The badger deeply inhaled, "Well, this changes things."

"Yes," Nikabrik agreed, "It means we won't have to kill you ourselves!"

Caspian looked up from the fire, "You're right." He hurried over to where our armour was hanging.

"Where are you going?" The badger and I asked together.

"Our uncle will not stop until we are dead, Cassie."

I nodded, agreeing with him; Uncle Miraz was a ruthless tyrant. I rushed over to Caspian and began to heave on my armour.

"Wait, you can't leave! You're meant to save us!"

I stopped and looked at the badger, eagerly.

"Don't you know what this is?" The badger asked, holding up the horn that Caspian had blown earlier. Looking more closely at it, I immediately recognised its significance. It was Queen Susan's horn.

This means, help is on the way.

Hey everyone,

Just to let you know, I will not be posting a new chapter next week as I'm going on holiday/vacation.
It will only be for a week, and I will try my best to write more and hopefully upload two new chapters when I get back.

Please read and review.

Thanks,
~saraatheekidd.