Disclaimer: I do not own, Kingdom Hearts, its characters, anything or Narnia. Just Nairbix.
"So, this is Narnia?" Kairi asked her father but he did not reply, instead he was staring of into space with a blank expression.
"Nairbix, what is it?" Mickey asked.
"…There's something that I need to do." Nairbix replied slowly, he then looked to the others and began to explain, "Alright, from what I have sensed, time has greatly changed since my last visit to Narnia."
"How long has it been?" Elsa asked.
"Several hundred years, roughly. And things have greatly changed here, I need to look for Aslan on my own." He explained.
"But what should we do?" Kairi asked.
"Here take this map," Nairbix said handing them the map from his coat, "Go to Cair Paravel. From what I have sensed there will be people who will take you to where you need to be. Just tell them who you are and they will help, alright? It would also be best if we deactivated the experiments while we are here."
"Understood, brother, but where will you be going?" Jumba asked as he dehydrated General and Catastrophe.
"I don't know, I'll just let Narnia guide me." He replied, and with that he made his way to an unknown destination.
After walking for several hours, the VanSulls had finally found the ruins of the once great castle. "This is very strange, I thought Dad said that this was the home of Narnia's rulers?" Kairi asked as she examined the ruble.
"It was, I guess the line of rulers ended at some point and the castle was destroyed due to war. From the signs of damage it was done by catapults." Elsa described as she inspected the remains. Just then behind them, the sound of a door opening and swords ringing could be heard.
"Who are you?" Asked a blonde headed boy with his sword pointed out, in return Mickey and Kairi summoned their Keyblades and Elsa made two ice swords while Jumba put on his mechanical glove.
"Peter, wait." The youngest girl said, she then slowly walked closer to them.
"Lucy, stop, they could be dangerous." The older girl said with her bow loaded and ready to fire.
"Susan may be right, Lu. You need to get back." The youngest boy added but Lucy would not listen.
"Are those Keyblades?" Lucy asked which shocked everyone.
"Lucy, that's impossible." Peter waved off, "The only one who could wield a Keyblade was-"
"Nairbix." Mickey whispered as he began to realize who these children were.
"How do you know that name?" Susan asked aiming at the Mouse King.
"Are you four the Pevensie siblings?" Mickey asked as he lowered his Keyblade.
"Yes, who are you?" Lucy asked.
"My name is Mickey Mouse. This is my brother, Jumba Jookeba and these are our nieces, Kairi and Elsa VanSull." Mickey introduced. "We're Nairbix's family, Jumba and I are his brothers and these are his daughters."
"Now that you mention it…" Edmund began looking at Elsa. "Nairbix did name his daughter Elsa, and she did have ice powers like this woman."
"And the red head does resemble him a little." Susan added.
"Is Nairbix here with you?" Lucy asked in excitement at the thought of seeing their old friend.
"Well, he came here with us. But he left to take care of something a few hours ago, he told us to come here and meet up with you four." Mickey explained with his gloved hand reached out for a friendly handshake, "If it's okay with you, we would be honored to travel with you, Your Majesties." Lucy gladly shook it with a sincere smile.
"Hmph, three Kings, three Queens, a Princess and an evil genius scientist. If Nairbix were here he would say that this is the beginning of a bad joke." Jumba snickered gaining laughter from the others.
After making their way down from the ruins of Cair Paravel the companions made their way to the beach, but what they did not expect were two humans about ready to dump a bond and gaged dwarf into the water. Susan then made the mistake of firing a warning shot at the men and said two very poor choice of words.
"Drop him!" And believe it or not they dropped him. Peter and Edmund then dove in after the dwarf as Susan shot one of the men while the other escaped, once Peter dragged the old blonde dwarf Lucy cut his bonds. Now you might think this is where the dwarf would have shown his gratitude right? Well he didn't.
"Drop him?!" He asked Susan harshly, "Is that the best you can do?!"
"A simple 'thank you' would suffice." Susan retorted.
"To be fair, you did kind of encourage them." Kairi pointed out.
"They were doing fine drowning me on their own!" The dwarf bellowed at the young Queen.
"Maybe we should have let them." Peter retorted.
"Why were they trying to drown you?" Lucy asked.
"They're Telmarines, it's what they do." He replied bluntly.
"Telmarines, here in Narnia?" Edmund asked.
"Where have you been for last few hundred years?" The dwarf asked. "Trumpkin." He muttered.
"What?" Kairi asked.
"My name, Trumpkin." He introduced.
"Well then, Trumpkin, my name is Kairi and this is my sister Elsa, my uncles Mickey and Jumba, and these are Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy." Kairi said motioning to everyone she listed. But Trumpkin only stared at the four siblings and began to realize who they really were.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" He groaned with disappointment, "You're them, the Kings and Queens of old?" Peter then stepped up with his hand out for a shake.
"High King Peter the Magnificent." He said proudly, off to the side Kairi whispered in her sister's ear.
"He is exactly like Dad described him."
"Right!" Elsa whispered back although everyone could hear them, especially Peter.
"I think you could've left the last part out." Lucy giggled.
"I have to agree with her on that." Trumpkin added with his own gruff chuckle. Peter then unsheathed his sword. "Oh, you don't want to do that, boy." Trumpkin advised but Peter gave him his sword instead.
"Not me, him." Peter replied as Edmund drew his sword. At first Trumpkin made it seem as though he was helpless by making it look like the sword was too heavy for him, but that was quickly dismissed as he easily parried Edmund's strike, he even went as far as to deliver an elbow strike to the boy's nose.
"Oh I'm sorry, are you alright?" He taunted. After several more clashes and clangs from the swords, Edmund was able to break Trumpkin's grip and leave him in awe at the boy's skill. "Beards and bedsteads!" He exclaimed, "Maybe that horn worked after all."
"What horn?" Susan asked. Not too later, everyone had managed to fit in the boat previously owned by the Telmarine soldiers as they gently traveled across the great river.
"They're so still." Lucy said gazing at the trees above them.
"They're trees, what do you expect?" Trumpkin asked bluntly.
"They used to dance." She replied, hearing this made the red dwarf sigh sadly.
"It wasn't long after you left the Telmarines came." Trumpkin explained, "Those who survived fled to the woods, as for the trees…they fled so deep inside themselves they haven't been heard from since."
"It's always a shame to see beautiful worlds like this be ravaged by war." Mickey said sadly as he helped Peter row.
"I don't understand, how could Aslan let all of this happen?" Asked Lucy.
"Aslan?" Trumpkin asked, "Thought he abandoned us with you lot and Nairbix."
"We didn't mean to leave, you know? And neither did Nairbix." Peter defended as he, his siblings and Elsa grew guilty looks on their faces.
"Makes no difference now, does it?" Trumpkin said in spite.
"Get us all to the Narnians, and it will." Peter replied. They then docked the boat on shore and came across a rather large black bear near the water.
"Hello, there." Lucy said to the bear cheerfully as it and the others looked at her, she then began to walk towards it while she continued to talk. "It's alright, we're friends." She reassured, but the bear said nothing.
"Don't move, Your Majesty!" Trumpkin shouted just before the bear began to charge at Lucy.
"Don't come any closer!" Susan warned with her bow drawn while Kairi readied her Keyblade, but the bear kept coming. Just as it was about to take a swing of its claw at Lucy, an arrow flew right into its heart, and the arrow belonged not to Susan but to Trumpkin.
"Why wouldn't he stop?" Susan asked as Trumpkin walked over to the corpse.
"I suspect he was hungry." Kairi suggested as they all walked over to check on Lucy.
"He was wild." Edmund pointed out in shock.
"I don't think he could talk at all." Peter said surprising all but Trumpkin.
"Get treated like a dumb animal long enough, it's what you become." He said sadly. "You may find Narnia a more savage place then you remember." He said as he began to skin the fallen bear while Lucy broke down in tears in her brother's chest.
"I wonder if this is the reason Brother left us when we got here." Mickey said sadly at the fallen Narnian. After the previous events the party members were making their way through rocky hills ahead of the beach.
"I don't remember this place." Susan said from behind Peter who was leading them all.
"Well that's the problem with girls, can't keep maps in their heads." Peter said smugly, this did not go unheard by the VanSull sisters. So Elsa then sent a blast of her icy magic one step in front of Peter's foot causing him to slip and fall flat on his back groaning.
"That's because we have something else in them." Elsa replied as she and Kairi walked past the High King.
"We also have good hearing and low tolerance for stuck up boys." Kairi added, Edmund then stood next his brother as he was still laying on the ground.
"They're definitely Nairbix's daughters." Peter said as Edmund helped him back up.
"Look at it this way, at least neither of them are calling you boy." Edmund said reminding Peter of the nickname Nairbix gave him when they first came to Narnia.
"I wish he would just have listened to the D.L.F. in the first place." Susan muttered under her breath.
"D.L.F.?" Edmund asked, Lucy then smirked and replied, "Dear little friend." Both Trumpkin and Mickey heard this and stopped for a moment.
"Well, that's not at all patronizing, is it?" Trumpkin asked unamused, Mickey then patted his shoulder and gave him some encouragement.
"At least you're not the only short one here." He reminded causing the dwarf to chuckle and agree with the little King. Peter, who had retaken the lead stopped at passage through the rocks causing the rest to stop as well.
"I'm not lost." He whispered to himself.
"No." Trumpkin sarcastically agreed, "You're just going the wrong way."
"You last saw Caspian at the Shuddering Woods, the quickest way there is to cross at the River Rush." Peter retorted hotly at Trumpkin who was losing his patience.
"Then unless I'm mistaken, there's no crossing in these parts." He replied.
"That explains it then, you're mistaken." Peter said through his gritting teeth before continuing his way in the wrong direction.
"Brilliant, let's not take directions from a local." Elsa said to herself as they followed the young arrogant King, as they continued through the woods they all looked far down the ravine to see the river.
"See, over time water erodes the soil causing it to-" Susan began to explain before Peter cut her off.
"Oh, shut up." He said still looking at the rapid river.
"Is there another way down?" Edmund asked Trumpkin who gave the same answer as Mickey, Jumba, Elsa and Kairi.
"Yeah, falling." The all replied.
"Well, we weren't lost." Peter defended, Jumba then nudged his brother and whispered in his big round ear.
"500 munny, Nairbix sends a Flux Wave to his chest before we leave."
Mickey then replied, "500 says, that he'll sucker punch him in the face."
"Deal." The evil genius agreed with his signature smirk.
"There's a fjord near the river. How do you feel about swimming?" Trumpkin asked.
"I'd rather do that than keep walking." Elsa muttered as her sister nodded in agreement. Lucy then looked across the ravine and said something that gained everyone's attention.
"Aslan, Nairbix?" She asked, "Its Aslan and Nairbix! Don't you see they're right over…?" She carried on as she noticed that her old friends were no longer there. "There."
"Do you see them now?" Trumpkin teased.
"I'm not crazy." Lucy defended, "They were there, and they wanted us to follow them." She insisted.
"I think there are plenty of lions and Telmarines in these woods, Lucy." Peter consoled as he put a hand on his sister's shoulder but she quickly shoved it off.
"I know Aslan and Nairbix when I see them." Lucy retorted.
"Look, I'm not about to fall off a cliff for people who don't even exist." Trumpkin reasoned.
"Hey, I don't know about Aslan being here in Narnia or not, but Nairbix is here and they are both as real as any of us." Kairi snapped at the dwarf.
"Please, what do you know about Narnian legends?" He asked the Princess.
"Elsa and I happened to be the daughters of one of your so-called "Legends"." Kairi replied, Trumpkin then looked over at Elsa for a moment and then unsheathed his sword about to charge at the Ice Queen. But he was stopped by both Mickey and Jumba after Elsa had tripped over a log as she backed away in fear.
"What are you doing?!" Susan shrieked as her brothers pulled him back.
"I'm trying to end a surviving bane of Narnia!" Trumpkin shouted as he struggled to get out of the Kings' hold, he then pointed at Elsa and said, "The White Witch incarnate!" Hearing this, Elsa began to tear up a little bit and Kari to bring out her Keyblade and press it against Trumpkin's throat.
"Don't think that I won't kill you, dwarf. It would be my pleasure after what you called my sister." She growled. "Get this through your head, this is not the White Witch Jadis, this is Elsa Queen of Arendele and daughter of Nairbix VanSull as well as my sister. So I suggest you apologize to her before I give us a reason to search for another guide."
"Forgive me, Your Majesty." Trumpkin begged with a reluctant bow, "The Witch gave my people a lot of grief before and after the war."
"I forgive you, and I'm sorry too." Elsa said in a shaky voice.
"You don't need to apologize, Elsa. You didn't do anything wrong, not now and not before or during the war." Edmund reassured knowing fully well who was to blame.
Again after traveling, the party had come to the fjord only to find it overrun with both Telmarine soldiers and workers tearing down trees to build something. Fortunately they were smart enough to avoid them and make their way to the opposite side of the ravine.
"Where was it you saw Aslan and Nairbix again?" Peter asked Lucy who did not looked amused.
"Would you stop treating me like I'm crazy? You're acting like grown-ups!" She snapped, Trumpkin, Elsa, Mickey and Jumba all thought the same thing Trumpkin said under his breath.
"I am a grown-up." Later on after making camp night fell and everyone fell asleep, well everyone except the two Queens of old.
"Lucy, are you awake?" Susan whispered getting a hum as a reply, "Why do you think I didn't see Aslan or Nairbix?" She asked.
"I don't know, maybe because you don't want to?" She pondered.
"I had just finally gotten used to England." Susan muttered but Lucy grew concerned at this.
"But aren't you happy to be here?" Lucy asked.
"While it lasts." Susan said curtly before rolling over to fall asleep, Lucy did the same and began to dream. It was the next morning and she woke up while the others were still asleep, she walked through the forest driven be some strange force. She even came across the girl made of petals she first met when she arrived at Aslan's camp, even the trees woke up for her creating a walk way for her as she followed two voices.
"Lucy." They called softly, she then followed it and came face to face with her dear old friends.
"Aslan, Nairbix!" She cried happily as she ran to hug them as the chuckled in her embrace. "I've missed you both so much. You've grown, both of you." She noticed.
"Every day you grow, so shall we." Nairbix replied with a warm smile.
"Where have you been, why haven't come to us sooner?" Lucy asked, Aslan looked at her solemnly and said, "Things never happen the same way twice, dear one." Then a branch snapped causing Lucy to wake up back at camp, at an attempt to relive her dream Lucy walked down the same path as she did before. She even pleaded to the trees to wake up before she went to find Nairbix and/or Aslan.
"Aslan?" She asked as she heard something rustle but a hand was placed over her mouth to silence her, thankfully it was Peter who had indicated to the white Minotaur stomping around just ahead of them. With his sword drawn Peter was about to end the creature he once faced many times in the battle against the White Witch, but it never happened because of a young black haired man around Peter's age parrying his sword with his own.
The two then began to fight and it appeared that they were evenly matched in skill, Peter had managed to break the young man's hold on his sword and knock it to the ground just before he attempted to cleave of his head.
But the young man dodged the strike causing it to be lodged in a tree and with a swift kick Peter was sent to the ground, but he would not allow defeat. So he picked up a rock but before they continued, Lucy pleaded for them to stop. And then something wonderful happened, dozens of Narnians surrounded them, Fauns, Centaurs, Minotaurs, Satyrs, animals, one or two giants, even dwarfs both red and black came to see the fight.
"Prince Caspian?" Peter asked the young man.
"Yes, and who are you?" Asked the Prince.
"Peter!" Susan shouted from below the hill as she and the others ran up it ready for battle. Caspian then noticed Peter's sword and realized who he was.
"High King Peter." He addressed.
"I believed you called."
"Well, yes, but I figured you'd be older."
"Well, we can come back in a few years, if you'd like?" Peter asked dryly.
"No, no, it's just…you're not what I expected." He reassured.
"Neither are you." Edmund said bluntly looking at what Narnians used to work along with the Witch.
"A common enemy can unite even the oldest of foes." Said a badger named Trufflehunter.
"We've anxiously awaited your return, my liege." A noble mouse chief said with a golden ring with a red feather around his left ear and a sword at his waist, the mouse was named Reepicheep. "Our heats and swords are at your service." He said with a bow.
"Oh, my gosh, he is so cute." Lucy whispered to Susan, but Reepicheep heard this.
"Who said that?!" He asked as he drew his little sword and looked around.
"Sorry." Lucy said sheepishly.
"Oh, Your Majesty. I do believe 'courageous,' 'courteous,' or 'chivalrous' would befit a knight of Narnia." Reepicheep insisted politely.
"Well, at least we know some of you can handle a blade." Peter complemented boosting the mouse's ego.
"Yes, indeed. And I have recently put it to good use, procuring weapons for your army, Sire." Reepicheep responded with pride.
"Good. Because we're going to need every sword we can get." Kairi pointed out motioning to the one on the ground.
"Well, then you will probably be wanting yours back." Caspian said to Peter as he handed it to him, everyone then made their way to the new camp of the forces of Narnia. Aslan's How in the Forest of Nairbix where he once lived in during his time as a child in the early days of Narnia. As they all arrived at the How, Centaurs had made an arch of swords for the Kings and Queens of Old, Prince Caspian, the VanSulls and the troops to walk under as they went into the catacombs underneath the small mountain and earth.
The clinging and clanging of metals clashing and being forged rang through the caves of the How as Narnians filled it. "It may not be what you are used to, but it is defensible." Caspian explained to the newcomers.
"Peter," Susan called from the entrance to another tunnel, "You may want to see this." In the light of the torch, carved pictures telling the story of the Pevensies when they arrived in Narnia riddled the wall.
"Kairi, come take a look at this." Elsa called for her sister as she stood in front of a much older carving. It was of a small boy wearing black standing underneath a tree that bore strange brown fruit, another was of the boy beaten and bloody as Narnians left him on the ground and went in the opposite direction of the child. The last one showing the boy, was with him and a large noble lion standing on the shore of a beach with a portal next to them.
"Is that…Dad?" Kairi asked in disbelief at the sight of her father as a child.
"Yeah, it's about when he lived here as a child before he was sent to Grandma Maleficent." Elsa said with a wide grin.
"Hmm, so that is what the Toffee Tree Nairbix was always talking about looked like." Jumba said looking at the tree carving.
"Toffee Tree?" The sisters asked at the same time.
"Oh, yeah, it was that tree he lived near that had those fruit that tasted like toffee. I remember that he always compared regular toffee to those berries when we were kids." Mickey chuckled at the fond memory.
"What is this place?" Susan asked Caspian.
"You don't know?" He asked slightly surprised, he then took the torch and lit a stream of oil that surrounded much larger carvings with one of Aslan that could be seen through a stone arch. There was even one of Nairbix as an adult with his arms crossed to the left of Aslan. But in front of them was a sight to behold, the Stone Table still cracked after Aslan's resurrection so many years ago.
"The Stone Table." Kairi whispered in awe. Lucy then walked over to stroke the old table fondly thinking about when she first saw it.
"They must know what they're doing." She said to her siblings.
"I think it's up to us now." Peter declared, it was clear to the VanSulls that Peter was angry at Aslan and Nairbix. Angry that they were the ones who actually defeated the White Witch and not him and cheated him out of his "rightful" glory.
The next day Peter was leading a war meeting to discuss their next plan of action. "It's only a matter of time." He said to them all. "Miraz's men and war machines are on their way. That means those same men aren't protecting his castle."
"What do you propose we do, Your Majesty?" Reepicheep asked.
"We need to get ready for it." Peter answered while Caspian at the same time said, "To start planning for…" They both looked at each other for a moment before Caspian stepped back.
"Our only hope is to strike them before they strike us." Peter continued, but Caspian interjected.
"That is crazy. No one has ever taken that castle."
"There's always a first time." Peter replied.
"We'll have the element of surprise." Trumpkin added.
"That element does not always give one favor." Elsa argued.
"And we have the advantage here!" Caspian pointed out as well.
"If we dig in, we could probably hold them off indefinitely." Susan added as she stood up with Caspian while Peter glared at the two of them.
"I for one feel safer underground." Trufflehunter threw in for no reason except to remind people that he was there. Peter then turned to Caspian and began to talk to him directly.
"Look. I appreciate what you've done here, but this isn't a fortress. It's a tomb." He dismissed.
"Yes, and if they're smart the Telmarines will just wait and starve us out." Edmund added proving a valid point.
"We could collect nuts!" A squirrel suggested.
"Yes, and throw them at the Telmarines." Reepicheep agreed sarcastically. "Shut up! I think you know where I stand, sire." He said to either Peter, Caspian or Edmund.
"If I get your troops in, can you handle the guards?" Peter asked the chief Centaur.
"Or die trying, my liege." He responded loyally.
"That's what I'm worried about." Lucy said drawing everyone's attention. "You're all acting like there's only two options. Dying here or dying there."
"I'm not sure you've been listening, Lucy." Peter lectured.
"No, you're not listening, she makes sense." Kairi interrupted.
"Or have you forgotten who really defeated the White Witch, Peter?" Lucy asked making her brother angry.
"I think we've waited for Aslan and Nairbix long enough." He replied as he walked away in a huff.
"So, I guess meeting adjourned?" Kairi asked jokingly.
"He's leading them into a blood bath." Elsa pointed out bluntly as the Narnians began to empty the chamber.
"He seems even more arrogant than when he came here the first time, from what Nairbix described." Mickey added.
"Maybe Elsa and I should go with them, just in case they need the sense only a VanSull can give." Kairi suggested teasingly.
"Fine with me, I'd like to see how formidable this castle is." Elsa agreed. After night had fallen, Peter led the troops to the Telmarine castle as Edmund had flown in via Gryphon to send the signal giving the Narnians the go. They slowly made their way from the forest while Peter had flown in to the upper wall with the other royals via Gryphon and Reepicheep led his mice to infiltrate the castle from the nooks and crannies.
As Peter, Susan, Trumpkin, Elsa, Caspian and Kairi entered a room, Caspian was searching for his Professor.
"I have to find him." He insisted to his friends.
"You haven't the time, you need to get to the gate." Peter reminded with a hiss.
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him, and neither would you." Caspian argued, to prevent any more time from being wasted Elda stepped up.
"Alright, Caspian go find your friend and hurry, if you can't get to the gate in time I'll cover for you." She said.
"Thank you, but I will still be able to get to the gate." He reassured.
"We can handle Miraz." Susan said to her brother who reluctantly nodded. In another room in another part of the castle, a lone Telmarine guard came across the most random thing he had ever witnessed. A cat tied up and gagged, he then turned around and saw Reepicheep hanging upside down.
"Yes, I'm a mouse." He said already knowing the response and swiftly sliced the guard's throat with his blade. His mice then took down two more guards before they opened the door to let Trumpkin in who also shot down another guard.
"Huh, well, we were expecting someone you know…taller." Reepicheep joked bluntly, and with humor Trumpkin replied, "You're one to talk."
"Was that supposed to be irony?" The mouse teased as they continued their way. In the dungeons of the castle, Caspian had found his friend/teacher and learned a shocking truth, Miraz had killed his own brother and Caspian's father. So he naturally went to his uncle's bed chamber with a sword at his uncle's throat.
"Thank goodness you're safe." Miraz taunted.
"Get up." Caspian commanded.
"Caspian, what are you doing?" His aunt asked in shock at the sight.
"Isn't it obvious, dear?" Miraz asked his wife. "Caspian has finally grown some backbone." She then drew a crossbow and aimed it at her nephew.
"Caspian, stop, you don't want me to do this." She threatened.
"We don't want you to do it either." Susan said as she and the others entered the room with weapons in hand.
"This used to be a private room." Miraz muttered.
"What are you doing?" Peter asked with anger, "You're supposed to be at the gate."
"No!" Caspian shouted, "For the first time in my life I want the truth! Did you kill my father?" He asked his uncle.
"Now we get to it." Miraz said with a nod.
"You told me your brother died in his sleep." Miraz's wife reminded.
"That was more or less true." He remarked.
"Caspian this won't make things any better." Susan pleaded.
"No, let him kill the bastard." Kairi encouraged, "Any man who would kill his own kin for power deserves to be six feet under as worm food."
"We Telmarines would have nothing had we not taken it. Your father knew that as well as anyone." Miraz said mocking his nephew.
"How could you?" She asked.
"For the same reason you will pull that trigger. For our son. You need to make a choice, dear. Do you want our child to be king? Or do you want him to be like Caspian here…fatherless?!" He shouted as his wife screamed and shot her nephew in the arm and begin to wail. Outside at one of the towers, Edmund had dropped his flashlight which was unfortunately turned on by a nearby soldier. Out in the woods, the Narnian troops saw the light and grew curious.
"What's that supposed to mean?" One of the dwarves asked bluntly. As the plan was unraveling, Telmarine soldiers were taking to arms.
"Edmund, signal the troops!" Peter shouted as they ran out to the courtyard.
"I'm a bit busy, Pete!" Edmund yelled back as he was fighting a Telmarine.
"Peter, we have to call it off while we still can!" Kairi shouted as Peter was trying to open the gate.
"No, I can still do this!" He snapped.
"Exactly who are you doing this for, Peter?" Susan asked as she and Caspian helped him. As soon as Edmund was able to send the signal, the Narnian troops charged into the castle and courtyard slaying all who would oppose them and their freedom.
"For Narnia!" Peter shouted as he and the others aided in the charge against the Telmarines. They all proved to be relentless as the Narnians slew their enemies, but soon things began to grow difficult for the raiders as archers began to fill the upper walls that surrounded the courtyard.
"Kairi, use your petals!" Elsa shouted to her sister as they both battled the soldiers.
"I can't, there are too many of our own troops, they'll get caught in the swarms!" She explained as she slashed away two more Telmarines. Thankfully, Edmund had kicked the Telmarine who was giving the orders to the other archers off of the wall just before he could yell, "fire." But the archers had seen him do this, so they naturally took aim at him and fired as he escaped through a tower door.
However one of the Telmarines took up an axe from a fallen Minotaur, and broke the chain that held the counter weight for the gate sending it down to trap the Narnians. Seeing this, another Minotaur sprinted over to catch the falling gate and mounted it on his shoulders, barely keeping up the great weight.
As he watched his brilliant plan unravel and his troops be massacred, Peter cried two words that gave him more inner pain than what any sword could do. "Fall back!" And so, the Narnians began to escape the courtyard, but Miraz would not show mercy. He then gave the order for the archers to fire at the courtyard, killing not only the Narnians but his own soldiers as well. Nearly everyone had made it out, several Narnians had followed Peter, Edmund, Susan, Elsa, Kairi and Caspian, but many were trapped after the Minotaur holding up the gate was shot down and crushed underneath the steel gate.
"Run for your lives!" A Narnian cried as he and his brothers were pierced by the Telmarine arrows.
"Save yourselves!" Another shouted, none of them wanted their remaining kin to die for them.
"Peter, the bridge!" Reepicheep exclaimed as the drawbridge slowly rose up, having no other option Peter fled.
"In the name of Aslan!" One final Narnian shouted before the silence of death filled the air.
It wasn't until morning that the remaining forces returned to Aslan's How greeted by anxious loved ones and supporters along with Lucy, Jumba and Mickey.
"What happened?" Lucy asked.
"Ask him." Peter growled as he glared at Caspian.
"Me?" He asked as anger grew inside him. "You could have called it off. There was still time."
"No there wasn't, thanks to you." Peter accused, "If you had kept to the plan, those soldiers might be alive."
"And if you'd just stay here like I suggested, they definitely would be!" Caspian snapped back.
"You called us remember?" Peter reminded as though that gave him the right.
"My first mistake." Caspian replied in hate.
"No, your first mistake was thinking that you could lead these people." Peter said coldly as he turned away, but Caspian wasn't finished yet.
"Hey!" He shouted making Peter turn around. "I am not the one who abandoned Narnia." He snarled.
"You invaded Narnia." Peter reminded pointing his finger at the former Prince. "You have no more right to lead it than Miraz does." Now it was Caspian who was walking away. "You, him, your father! Narnia is better off without the lot of you!" Peter shouted making Caspian roar in anger as he drew his sword and Peter drew his own.
Off to the side, Kairi was speed walking past one of the Centaurs as she grabbed his empty sheath, she made her way over to the bickering royals and brought the sheath down on their heads, much like her father would have done if he were there.
"You fools!" She shouted with gusto, "You ignorant, arrogant, egotistical, pig headed, damn fools! You are both to blame for the slaughter we faced last night. Peter, taking the troops to the castle was by far, the dumbest plan any of us could have come up with!" She yelled in fury as Lucy ran past her to heal a severely wounded Trumpkin.
"As for you, Caspian. If you had not let your anger get the better of you and stuck to the plan, then we would have at the very least returned with more than have now!" Kairi bellowed, in order to calm down she took a deep breath and continued her rant. "I may not be the VanSull you are accustomed to working with, but if my father was here, he would knock the both of your heads into the ground for acting like such fools." She then looked around as she noticed everyone was staring at her. "What are you all standing around for?!" She asked hotly, "The Telmarines will be here soon enough!" She yelled as she stormed off in a huff.
Jumba tapped Mickey's shoulder as Kairi stomped past them into the How and said, "She is as loud as her father, and as hot tempered as her mother." Mickey nodded in agreement. Later that day in the night, Caspian was staring at the carvings of the Kings and Queens of old, until a black dwarf by the name of Nikabrik broke his concentration.
"Still glad you blew that magic horn, boy?" He asked, "Your army's half dead. And those that aren't will be soon enough."
"What do you want, congratulations?" Caspian asked the dwarf.
"You want your uncle's blood?" He asked knowing the answer. "So do we. You want his throne? We can get it for you." He then led the Prince to the table chamber. "You tried one ancient power, it failed. But there is a greater power still. One that kept even Aslan at bay for near a hundred years." He said with an evil smirk at the thought of his kind's former mistress, in the darkness the sounds of rasping and growling could be heard.
"Who's there?" Caspian asked on guard.
"I am hunger." A husky deep voice growled, it was revealed to be a brown cloaked Lycian. "I am thirst. I can fast for a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze." It said as a hooded beak faced Hag slithered on the other side of the Stone Table as the Lycian continued. "I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies!" It shouted.
"What you hate, so will we." The Hag rasped, "No one hates better than us."
"You can guarantee Miraz's death?" Caspian hesitantly asked the Hag.
"And more." She replied with a bow. "Let the circle be drawn." She told the Lycian, she then began to chant in an ancient dark language as she circled Caspian while he stood in a dirt circle. She then pulled out the broken scepter that once belonged to Jadis the White Witch and slammed it at the base of the arch in front of the table. Ice then formed and rose up to create a wall of ice in between the columns, Elsa had now run into the ceremony and stared at it in shock.
"Grab her!" The Hag screeched, "She will be more suitable for this." The Lycian rushed over and pounced on Elsa and dragged her over to the circle as Nikabrik pulled Caspian out. From the ice wall, a tall figure began to take shape and even show a face. It was the face of Jadis the White Witch!
"Wait, please don't!" Elsa screamed as tears of fear formed in her eyes.
"You need not fear me." Jadis comforted, "We were as one once, and together we can save Narnia and reclaim your mother. All I need is just one drop of your blood, of our blood." She said in her soft evil voice as her hand reached for Elsa's. In her mind, Elsa could see all of the evil deeds Jadis had done in both Narnia and Charn.
"Make it stop!" Elsa pleaded as she clutched her head as the images continued.
"Elsa!" Mickey, Jumba and Kairi shouted as they, Edmund and Peter charged into the Chamber. They then attacked the three followers of the Witch as she tried to free herself from death. Peter rushed over and shoved Elsa out of the circle.
"Don't you dare touch her!" He warned, but Jadis looked at him fondly.
"Peter dear, I've missed you." She said lovingly as she tried to ensnare him as she did his brother. "Just one drop, you know you can't do this alone." But as she was speaking, a sword had struck the ice from behind and caused it to shatter. It belonged to none other than Edmund.
"I know, you had it sorted." He said to his brother before he and the others went to help Elsa. The next day, Peter was sitting on the Stone Table with Lucy at his side as the gazed at the carvings of Aslan and Nairbix.
"You're lucky, you know." He said to his sister, Lucy then asked, "What do you mean?"
Peter replied, "You've seen them. I wish they'd just given me some sort of proof."
Lucy then said, "Maybe we're the ones that need to prove ourselves to them."
"Peter, you may want to see this." Edmund said as he rushed to his siblings out of breath, they ran outside to see the massive army that belonged to Miraz.
"Cakes and kettledrums." Trumpkin said astonished at the war meeting Peter called for. "That's your next big plan? To send a little girl into the darkest parts of the forest, alone?!" He growled showing his concern for Lucy.
"It's our only chance." Peter insisted.
"And she won't be alone." Susan reassured, Trumpkin walked up to Lucy and asked with a heartbroken face, "Haven't enough of us died already?"
"Nikabrik was my friend too. But he lost hope." Trufflehunter reminded the red dwarf.
"Queen Lucy hasn't, and neither have we." Elsa stated as he family stood by her.
"For Aslan and Nairbix." Reepicheep said softly as he drew his sword, a sleepy brown bear then repeated what he said.
"Then I'm going with you." Trumpkin decided.
"No, we need you here." She politely refused.
"We have to hold them off until Lucy and Susan get back." Peter informed.
"If I may…" Caspian said sheepishly, "Miraz may be a tyrant and a murderer…but as King, he is subject to the traditions…and expectations of his people."
"Of course!" Mickey exclaimed cheerfully, "He can't refuse a duel if someone challenges him for his crown!"
"Exactly, my friend." Caspian said with a smile at the mouse King, "And it may buy us some time." At the Telmarine camps, Edmund and Kairi had come bearing a message for the newly crowned King.
"I, Peter, by the gift of Aslan, by election and by conquest, High King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel and Emperor of the Lone Islands, in order to prevent the abominable effusion of blood, do hereby challenge the usurper Miraz to single combat upon the field of battle. The fight shall be to the death. The reward shall be total surrender." Edmund recited as he read the scroll.
"Tell me, Prince Edmund-"
"King." He corrected.
"Pardon me?" Miraz asked.
"It's "King Edmund", actually. Just "King," though. Peter's the High King. I know, it's confusing." He admitted.
"Why would we risk such a proposal, when my armies could wipe you out by nightfall?" Miraz asked.
"Haven't you already underestimated our numbers?" Edmund asked. "I mean only a week ago Narnians were extinct."
"And so you will be again." Miraz promised.
"Then you should have little to fear." Kairi retorted causing Miraz to laugh.
"This is not a question of bravery." He dismissed.
"So you're bravely refusing to fight a swordsmen half your age?" Edmund tauntingly asked.
"You should hope that your brother's sword is sharper than his pen." Miraz warned with his own sword out and pointing at the King.
"And you shouldn't underestimate the warrior my father made out of that boy." Kairi warned giving Miraz a glare as hard as her father's.
"And just who is your father, my dear?" Miraz asked with a wicked smile, she then gave a similar one of her own and replied.
"The manifestation and embodiment of Narnia's firstborn darkness, Nairbix VanSull." And with that the two friends left their foe's camp, on the eve of the battle, both sides were roaring for their Kings to clash and claiming victory. Peter, Edmund, Kairi, Elsa, Jumba and Mickey walked out of the How and to the arena for Peter's duel. The two then walked up to each other and exchanged their banter.
"There is still time to surrender." Miraz suggested.
"Feel free." Peter shot back.
"How many more must die for the throne?" Miraz asked, Peter then replied.
"Just you." And with that and the clashing of their swords, the duel that would decide the fate of Narnia began.
In the forest of Nairbix, Susan and Lucy were riding out to their destination that is until Telmarine scouts spotted them. Susan then sent her little sister away on the horse while she took care of the enemy. Back at the duel, both Kings were proving their skill in battle as the clashed. Miraz even manage to knock off Peter's helm, but this would not break the High King, he managed to gain the upper hand and sliced his opponent's leg. Miraz retaliated by knocking Peter down to his knees and dislocating his shoulder.
"Does the High King need respite?" Miraz mocked as he was catching his breath.
"Five minutes?" Peter asked.
"Three." Miraz responded. After both Kings briefly chatted with their escorts the fight resumed while Susan joined the archers after she returned with Caspian. As the two fought Peter swept Miraz to the ground and rid him of his sword. But Miraz used his shield to bump the younger King only to have it twisted with his arms behind his back by the young King. After the Telmarine elbowed Peter in the face, he took the chance to jab at Miraz's leg wound bringing him to the ground pleading for another respite.
"Now's not the time for chivalry, Peter!" Edmund barked at his brother.
"Finish him off!" Elsa and Kairi shouted along with their uncles and the Narnians behind them, but Peter turned his back on the older man who tried to decapitate the boy. But with what little strength he had left along with adrenaline Peter took the Telmar King's own sword and sheathed it his gullet.
"What's wrong, boy?" Miraz asked on his knees at Peter's mercy, "Too cowardly to take a life?"
"It's not mine to take." He replied as he handed the sword to Caspian, he raised it up to where he could easily pierce his uncle's throat.
"Perhaps I was wrong, maybe you have the makings of a Telmarine King after all." Miraz commented as he stared into his nephew's rage filled eyes. Caspian then let out cry of anger and struck the ground with the sword sparing his uncle's pathetic life.
"Not one like you." He disagreed. "You keep your life, but I am giving the Narnians back their kingdom." The Narnians then began to cheer at their victory as Miraz was helped up by the Telmarine Lord Sopespian.
"I will deal with you when this is over." Miraz growled at his most hated advisor.
"It is over." Sopespian said as he stabbed his King in the back with the same arrow Susan shot with. "Treachery!" He shouted pointing at the Narnians, "They shot him! They murdered our king!" He cried as he ran back to the Telmarines.
"Get ready!" Kairi alerted the troops as the Telmarines fired their catapults hurdling boulders that shook the ground, the land was filled with the sound of battle cries and the thundering of hooves as they charged.
"Archers at the ready!" Susan ordered from above the entrance to Aslan's How with the other archers. Caspian had run back inside to lead the Narnians in his phase of the plan.
"Narnians, charge!" He cried as he and his forces sprinted through the depths of the How through dozens of support columns as the fanfares rang through the ground giving Peter their position.
"One, two…" He counted.
"Three, four…" Caspian said as he ran underneath the plains in between Aslan's How and the Forest of Nairbix.
"Five, six…" Peter continued.
"Take your aim!" Susan commanded as she and the archers readied to fire.
"Take to arms!" Jumba shouted as he readied his glove and the Narnians at the base of the How prepared to strike.
"Eight, nine…Get ready!" Peter warned, underneath them Caspian led his assault.
"Now!" The Prince cried as he and all of the Narnians who followed him destroyed the columns causing the land to cave in beneath the Telmarines.
"Now!" Susan yelled as the archers let loose their volley of arrows and the upper forces charged, behind the enemy lines Caspian and his troops emerged from the ground and charged at the rear forces. From the pit of sprawled Telmarines most of the animals focused on taking them down. Two of the Telmarines managed to climb out only to meet the level of both Mickey and Reepicheep.
"You're mice." They both said surprised.
"You people have no imagination!" The two noble mice exasperated as they slew the two humans. Not a moment later, the rest of the Telmar army marched towards the battle as a group of Gryphons carrying dwarf archers let loose their aired assault. Sadly they were shot down by multiple arrows.
"Back to the How!" Peter shouted over the battle, but they could not make it to the entrance, it was caved in from the boulders launched from the catapults.
"Crush them all." Sopespian whispered darkly, at the How Peter was rejoined with his brother, sister, Kairi, Elsa, Jumba, Mickey and Caspian, they all looked forward at their enemies with fire in their eyes, and for a moment Peter thought he could here Nairbix's voice inside his head.
"Never retreat, boy." The voice said as they all charged and killed the opposing forces. Out in the Forest of Nairbix, Lucy was trying to outride some Telmarines. But she stopped when an all too familiar Lion roared in her direction and leapt over her to tackle the human, and the familiar face of a certain True Keyblade Master flew past her head snarling with his Keyblade above his head as he severed the head of the last Telmarine and jumped over to his lifetime friend.
"Aslan, Nairbix!" She shouted gleefully as she ran to tackle her friends in a big hug bringing them all to the ground chuckling at the young Queen. "I knew it was you. The whole time, I knew it. But the others didn't believe me." She admitted with a sad tone.
"And why would that stop you from coming to us?" Nairbix asked.
"I'm sorry. I was too scared to come alone. Why wouldn't you show yourselves? Why couldn't you both come roaring in and save us like last time?" Lucy asked.
"Things never happen the same way twice, dear one." Aslan repeated.
"If I had come earlier, would everyone who had died…could I have stopped that?" She asked softly.
"We can never know what would have happened, Lucy." Aslan informed sadly over the loss of his Narnian children.
"Death is something that we all must face one day." Nairbix said wisely, "But don't feel too sad for them. Rejoice for them that they may begin their new adventure. And what will happen is another matter entirely." He said with warmth in his voice.
"You mean you'll help?" Lucy asked as hope found its way to her face.
"Of course we will." Nairbix replied.
"As will you." Aslan added.
"Oh, I wish I was braver." She said making the other two chuckle.
"If you were any braver, you would be a lioness." Aslan complemented.
"Or a Keyblade Master." Nairbix added with a smirk. "Now, I think your friends have slept long enough, don't you? Would you care to do the honors, old friend?" Nairbix asked Aslan who responded with a booming mighty roar.
The battle still continued to rage on with the Telmarines gaining the advantage with their numbers, but when all hope seemed lost, the trees charged in from the forest crushing the Telmarines in the grips and weights of their roots.
"Lucy." Peter said with pride over his little sister. He then raised his sword with a wide smile on his face and cried, "For Aslan and for Nairbix!"
With even more strength in them all, the Narnians, Kings and Queen of Old and the VanSulls charged to their victory as the Telmarines retreated to the Great River. Once they got onto the bridge led by Sopespian, they stopped as they saw Lucy on the other end as she drew her dagger and stared them all down. Aslan and Nairbix then stepped up from behind her and stood by her side and glared at the humans who dared to take away the freedom of the Narnians.
"Charge!" Sopespian cried with his sword aloft as they ran towards the trio. But Aslan stopped and silenced them all with a great roar that even caused ripples in the river. But it was not a roar of intimidation, it was one of calling and it called something that to this day left all who saw in awe. A flood of the river water made its way to the bridge but in actuality, it was the God of the river heeding Aslan's call.
Made entirely of water, the River God's body pelted the soldiers with the river he protected and picked up the despicable bridge as the Telmarines fell into the river and drowned. With only Sopespian on the bridge, the River God looked at Nairbix who gave a small bow and nod of respect, and Aslan who nodded his golden head. The River God opened his great mouth and swallowed the corrupt Telmar Lord and ending the last Telmarine threat.
"Now I know why Dad loves this world so much." Kairi said in awe with a big smile on her face as she stood next to her sister and uncles who had the same looks on their faces. As the water calmed Peter and the others came over to greet the great lion, True Keyblade Master and the Queen of Narnia. They all looked to the two friends and bowed on one knee with their heads down.
"Rise, Kings and Queens and friends of Narnia." Aslan ordered, but Caspian stayed down.
"All of you." Nairbix said to Caspian who looked reluctant.
"I do not think that I am ready." He replied humbly.
"It is for that very reason we know you are." Aslan told him as Nairbix nodded in approval, and so the acknowledged King rose. Then everyone turned to the sad tune of little bagpipes played by the Mouse Knights as they carried an injured Reepicheep on a cot, Lucy then rushed over to heal her little friend.
"Oh, thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you." Reepicheep said through his deep breaths. He then got up and realized that he was in the presence of his idols.
"Oh! Hail, Aslan and Nairbix! It is a great honor to be in…" He began before he fell over due to the loss of his tail. "I'm completely out of countenance. I must crave you indulgences for appearing in this unseemly fashion." He pleaded as Nairbix and Aslan just warmly smiled at the little Chief, Reepicheep then turned to Lucy and look at the bottle of Fire Flower Juice. "Uh…perhaps a drop more?" He hoped.
"I don't think it does that." Lucy said sadly.
"You could have a go." Reepicheep insisted as Aslan and Nairbix chuckled.
"It becomes you well, small one." Nairbix teased.
"All the same, great Lord. I regret that I must withdraw, for a tail is the honor and glory of a mouse." Reepicheep replied disappointed as he offered his little sword to the pair.
"Perhaps you think too much of your honor, friend." Aslan pondered.
"Well, it's not just the honor." Reepicheep defended, "It's also great for balance. And climbing and grabbing things."
"May it please Your High Majesty, we will not bear the shame of wearing an honor denied to our Chief." A mouse said as he and the other mice readied their swords to cut off their own tails.
"Not for the sake of your dignity." Aslan began.
"But for the love of your people." Nairbix finished with a wave of his hand, and sure enough Reepicheep's tail grew back surprising everyone.
"Thank you, thank you, my Lords! I shall treasure it always as a great reminder of my huge humility, and the great generosity of the noble Lords of these great lands." Reepicheep said in gratitude as he held his new tail.
"Now then," Aslan said looking towards Lucy, "Where is this dear little friend you've told us so much about?" He asked as Trumpkin walked over and bowed in fear as Aslan roared at him and Nairbix roared while making an arch of black lightning in his hands at the red dwarf.
"Do you see them now?" Lucy asked as Trumpkin let loose his breath. Two days later after Caspian's coronation and the celebration of peace, it was time to say goodbye as everyone gathered in front of a beautiful ash tree that was on the edge of the castle's pavilion.
"Narnia belongs to the Narnians, just as it does to man." Caspian addressed his people as they looked to him. "Any Telmarines who want to stay and live in peace are welcome to. But for any of you who wish, Aslan will return you to the home of our forefathers."
"It's been generation since we left Telmar." An old man called out.
"We're not referring to Telmar." Aslan informed. "Your ancestors were seafaring brigands. Pirates run aground on an island. There they found a cave, a rare chasm that brought them here from their world. The same world as our Kings and Queens. It is to that island I can return you. It is a good place for any who wish to make a new start."
"I will go." A man called out from the crowd. "I will accept the offer." He said.
"So will we." Miraz's wife said as she held her baby and walked with her father to the noble lion.
"Because you have spoken first, your lives shall be good." Aslan said before gently breathed on them, then the tree behind them began to unwind and create a hole in the trunk. The Telmarines then walked through it and vanished causing an uproar from the humans, Aslan and Nairbix then looked to the Kings and Queens of Old.
"We'll go." Peter said sadly to calm everyone down.
"We will?" Edmund asked.
"Come on. Our time's up." His brother said to him, he then walked over and gave Caspian his sword. "Besides…we're not really needed here anymore."
"I will look after it until you return." Caspian said to his friend.
"That's just it, we won't be coming back." Susan said sadly.
"We won't?" Lucy asked heartbroken.
"You two will." Peter reassured, he then looked at Aslan and Nairbix and continued, "At least, I think they mean you two."
"But why, did they do something wrong?" Lucy asked.
"Quite the opposite, dear one. But all things have their time." Aslan said with a smile.
"Your brother and sister have learned all they can from this world. It's time they use that in their own." Nairbix added. Peter then walked up to him and playfully asked.
"So does this mean you'll give me a Keyblade?"
Nairbix smiled at him and grabbed his shoulders as he said bluntly, "Not a chance, not on your life and no way in hell, boy."
They all hugged their friends goodbye with tears in their eyes and left this world for their own after Susan had kissed Caspian goodbye.
"Pardon me, Lord Aslan." Elsa said hesitantly. "But could you help us with finding someone?"
"Relax, Elsa. Aslan has already told me what had happened all those years ago." Nairbix explained.
"Well, what did happen to Mom?" Kairi asked as she stepped forward.
"What was ten years ago for all of you, your mother had come to Narnia by the power of a magical bauble that transported her here. If I recall correctly, it was a device that you had created yourself, Nairbix." Aslan said as he looked to his friend.
"Indeed it was, that was how I knew to come here. Please continue, my friend." Nairbix ushered.
"When she came here, she sought me out. The thought of living in her husband's and daughter's birthplace was too much pain for her heart to bear. I had shown myself to her and heard the woeful tale of the at the time recent events. She had pleaded with me to send her to the one world Nairbix had never been to, as a means to complete her beloved husband's journey for him." The great lion said finishing his tale.
Aslan then gave another soft roar to the tree, and one more to the VanSulls. "You all now have the capability to return to this world, so long as you have good intentions for your visit." He then put a paw on Nairbix's shoulder and looked at his oldest friend with pride and love. Nairbix had then hugged Aslan tightly and whispered in his ear like he once did as a child.
"Narnia, and all the good folk in it, is my home and family." His actual family began to walk through the tree with Nairbix looking behind to take a good look at his home world before he left for the third time.
They found themselves in a large people filled city with happy smiles on their faces as they heard a mighty lion roar in their ears. "We made it." Nairbix breathed in happiness as he turned to his family. "Alright, you guys need to find a place to set up the cloaking field for our camp and stay there."
"But why, we want to help look for Mom." Kairi argued.
"I know, sweetie, but you all are still injured from the battle and need your rest. I'll find her and bring her to the camp, sound good?" He asked as they all nodded, "Come here." He said to his daughters with open arms. They rushed into his embrace trying to control their tears as he held them. "I love you two so much." Nairbix whispered as he kissed their heads.
Once they were far enough away, Nairbix summoned a ball of magenta fire into the sky. The ball of fire then shot straight into the air and began to take shape, the fire soon created his symbol in order let his wife know that he was here.
Several miles away, a woman with long red curly hair dressed in a black bodysuit was walking through the halls of a large building with her friend right beside her. Her friend was dressed in what seemed like to be an archer's uniform, especially since he had a quiver filled with arrows on his back.
"All I'm saying is, that you should at least give one guy a chance." The archer pleaded to the redhead.
"Clint, I've already told you a million times, I'm not interested in dating anyone!"
"Look, I know you have your secrets why you won't. But I just think that if you found a nice guy, then maybe you could find a bit of happiness, Natasha."
She then looked at her friend with the saddest smile and responded, "I had that once. Two beautiful little girls and a husband who made me feel like I was walking on air. And then I lost it." She said as her voice began to crack and tears began to form in her eyes. Clint said nothing as he began to comfort her, but she pushed him away and told him that she was alright.
"I'm alright, you would think that after ten years the pain would slowly go away. But it just festers in you every day that you live without them." As she said this, Clint looked out the window next to them and noticed Nairbix's blazing symbol in the sky.
"What the hell was that?" He asked himself, Natasha turned and saw it for herself. For a moment, it felt like she was going to faint at the familiar sight.
"Natasha, I'm sorry it took me so long, but I'm here and I'm gonna bring you home and at last after ten long years…we can be a family again." Nairbix said to himself as police began to surround him. A man dressed in a patriotic uniform with a large round shield walked up to him and began to interrogate him.
"Sir, can I ask what exactly that is?" He asked.
Nairbix replied with, "It's a message, if you want more answers take me to your leader." He demanded.
Yes! Nairbix is married to Natasha Romanoff from the Avengers! I bet a lot of you thought it was Merida from Brave, right? Wrong! At first I was going to use my own character but then I decided to make things interesting and go with Natasha and you will flip when you see what I did to her!
The next chapter will have their reunion and the Avengers as well as some familiar agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. Also, to save future confusion, I wrote the next chapter before Season two of Agents and after Winter Soldier so in case you've already seen Avengers 2, Natasha will in no way be infatuated with Banner. After that chapter, there will be one final chapter and the story will be over. A little heads up, this story took me eight months to write.
See you next time!