Chapter 4

The next morning, Lucy woke up and saw the blue star that the magician Coriakin was talking about. She called to everyone to wake up and get to the ship. A while later, everyone was on board; Jill talked to Eustace as they flew alongside the ship.

What is this star everyone's talking about?

I'm not sure; all I know is that we're on a quest to find seven swords of seven lords to defeat some evil green mist, and to do that, we have to find all the swords and place them at Aslan's Table.

Who's Aslan?

I'm not exactly sure. He's a lion that watches over Narnia and the surrounding countries.

Are you from Narnia?

Eustace laughed. No, my cousins and I are from England. We came from a parallel universe. Lucy and Edmund have been here before. When Jill looked puzzled, Eustace laughed even more. It's hard to explain, I know.

The wind was blowing slowly, and soon it stopped altogether. The Dawn Treader stalled.

"If I get any hungrier, I'll eat that dragon." Eustace heard a crew member say.

Which one? He said to Jill.

"If this wind doesn't pick up soon, we may well eat that—"

Just then, the Dawn Treader started moving at an amazing speed. Edmund saw that Eustace was pulling the Dawn Treader by his tail.

"Eustace, that's brilliant!" he praised.

Reepicheep stood on Eustace's head and pulled out his sword. "Onward towards our destiny!"

They flew on until they reached Ramandu's Island. The crew got out, but Eustace and Jill stayed behind. They wanted to talk more.

So, Jill, you said you've been a dragon for three years. How did you get transformed?

Jill sighed. I was exiled from my home, Archenland, by my father Cor. I had done something horrible and he exiled me to sea. So I sailed until I found the island, discovered the treasure, and touched it. I didn't want to; something was tempting me. After that, I was transformed and have been living as a dragon ever since. She blushed. There's something I'd like to tell you, Eustace. Ever since we met, I've grown fond of you. I—I—lo—like you.

Eustace also blushed. I…I like you, too.

You do?

Yes. I've never felt this way towards anyone before I met you. I—think I'm falling for you.

And I, you. Tell me, if you were to go back to England, would you?

I—I'm not sure. My family and friends are there, so… he sighed. I'm don't know. Why do you ask?

I'd like you to stay here with me. Before, I was lonely, but now that there's another dragon in the world, I felt as if I'm not the only one anymore. Think it over, will you?

I will. I promise.