Author's Note: Chapter four is now here! :) I'm sorry for the wait. I didn't mean to keep you guys waiting for that long, even though it was only a few days... I like updating. :) So, go read it and tell me what you think!

Song for this chapter: On My Own by Three Days Grace

The five teenagers started walking. They glanced around at the ruins. Lucy looked like she was trying to choke back tears. After a few moments Edmund's eyes widened. He looked at one of the oddly shaped rocks that were laid around the entire hillside. He dropped to his knees.

"Catapults." He said, though it came out as nearly a snarl.

"What?" Peter asked in confusion. Edmund looked up at him with a grim expression on his face.

"This didn't just happen." Edmund said, looking at each of them in turn. "Cair Paravel was attacked."

"Who would do such a thing?" Lucy gasped.

"I know there were a few countries that didn't like us, but none of them tried anything like this while we were still reigning." Susan said. Everyone could tell she was narrowing down the countries in her mind.

"There was Calormen though." Ari said.

"Ass." Lucy muttered darkly under her breath, referring to Prince Rabadash. Everyone laughed at her use of colorful language.

"There!" Edmund said, getting to his feet again. He ran over to a wall, or what looked like one. "Help me out, will you Pete?" He said and began to push the stone slab. With the efforts of both Peter and Edmund, they moved the stone out of the way, revealing a rotted wooden door.

Peter braced himself to push the door down. Lucy rolled her eyes and walked past him and simply pushed on the door, which proceeded to crumble into wooden splinters. Peter snorted while everyone else laughed. He looked through the door at the darkness and tore a piece of his white school shirt off. He picked a stick off of the ground and wrapped the piece of cloth around it. He then looked at Edmund, who was the only one with a bag.

"You wouldn't happen to have any matches in that thing, would you?" He asked.

"No..." Edmund said, opening his back. He pulled out a silver electric torch and twirled it in his hands. "But would this help?" He grinned.

"You might have mentioned that a bit sooner!" Peter said, rolling his eyes. He tossed the stick to the side. Edmund flicked the torch on and began to lead them into the dark underground chamber. They all stepped inside carefully, watching where they stepped on the crumbling rock. Lucy paused when she saw the treasure chamber, and their five chests below. Then she rushed down the stairs with the rest of them.

"I can't believe it's all still here!" Peter said in amazement. They all ran over to their chests. Lucy pulled out a brilliant red dress that looked like it had been made just yesterday. She held it up to herself and saw that it was several inches longer than she was tall.

"I was so tall..." She said in wonder.

"Well, you were older then." Susan said as she rifled through her chest.

"As opposed to hundreds of years later...when you're younger." Edmund said as he put on a metal helmet. It was far too big for him and fell to cover his eyes.

"I always knew you had a big head, Edmund." Ari laughed, earning a glare from her husband.

"Oh hush." Edmund said, rolling his eyes.

"I love you too." She laughed, blowing him a kiss from across the room. She then searched through her trunk for some clothes that would actually fit her after all of these years.

Nearby, Peter blew the dust away from the large shield in his hands. He saw the image of a golden lion. He looked away to the statue of himself standing behind his chest. He set the item back down and slowly walked over to his trunk. He opened it and pulled out his sword, Rhindon, that laid on top of everything else. He slowly, reverently, drew it.

"When Aslan bares his teeth, winter meets its death." Peter said, reading the incription engraved on the silver metal.

"When he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again." Lucy said. Her eyes became misty with tears. "Everyone we knew... Mr. Tumnus and the Beavers...they're all gone."

"I think it's time we figured out what has been happened in Narnia since we've left." Peter said, straightening up.

"What is it, Susan?" Ari asked as she saw Susan frantically searching through her things now.

"My horn. I must have left it in my saddle on the day we went back!"

"We'll find it." Ari assured her. She pulled out a dress that was black in color. It was simple, and would be easy enough to walk in for a long period of time. Lucy had chosen a dress that was fairly simple as well. It was a ruby red color and had golden trim on the sleeves. Susan, of course, chose something a little more elegant. It was a navy blue dress with red accents, and it had trumpet style sleeves.

"Trust you, Susan, to have a fancy dress to wear at a time like this." Ari said as she rolled her eyes.

"There's nothing wrong with looking good." Susan said. Lucy snorted at this. The girls went to one side of the room to change, and the boys went to another. After everyone was changed, they gathered at the center of the dark chamber. Peter had changed into a red tunic and black pants, with boots to match. Edmund had chosen a brown tunic, black pants, and black boots. Each of the boys had an overcoat to go with it.

"Do you think we should get cloaks to wear?" Lucy asked.

"It might get cold out at night, so I think we should." Susan said, grabbing a long red cloak out of her chest. They each grabbed one of their cloaks and grabbed their weapons. Peter and Edmund each grabbed their swords and shields. Susan grabbed her bow and quiver of arrows, as well as a knife that she normally carried with her for protection. Lucy fastened her belt around her dress with her dagger and healing cordial on it. Ari took her lightweight sword and her bow and arrows. She also tied a small knife to her belt. It was quite handy for throwing and close range attacks.

After double checking that they each had what they needed, they set off through the dense forest. They had no clue which direction to go, but anywhere was better than where they were.

Author's Note: I had a little trouble writing this chapter. I know, you would think that this was easy to write, but I went back and edited it so many times that I don't even remember how many it was. I'm not exactly sure that it turned out right, but...Just leave a smiley face if you liked it! :D