Sorry for the late update everyone. But there were all of these snowstorms and I spent the past couple of days sitting in a cold dark house or shoveling snow. *yippee* Anyways, like always, enjoy:
Edmund shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Peter gave him a side-ways glance as he waited for his sisters, specifically Susan, to show up. Edmund had called a meeting between them all today, apparently there had been something important he had wanted to tell them, but Edmund's uncontrollable shifting, tapping, and nervous sighing had started to annoy Peter so he regressed into his thoughts while waiting. They had been to Narnia for about a week now. Peter had returned to the top of his sword game in the meantime, and it showed. Edmund went down to the docks with Drinian every day coming home later and later every night. Susan and Lucy on the other hand went to different parts of Narnia to investigate what was afflicting Narnia. Peter was quite worried when he had heard of the girls report, but let them do most of the investigating. What did he know about medicine and sickness? Now if there was some evil in Narnia threatening its safety then he would gladly fight it off, and with Aslan's help, win. But with sickness he felt... useless. How could he fight what he could not see? He was the High King of Narnia (although most of Narnia did not know of their return) and yet he could do nothing to defend his land. And when he heard that the Advisor Anwir closed off the borders... oh he almost ripped the advisor's head off. Lucy had held him back from doing just that though. But that didn't stop all four of them from marching straight into Caspian's study, and demanding to know why the borders were closed. Apparently Caspian was 'unaware' of its status but told them not to worry because he trusted Anwir's choices. And that was another thing that was bothering Peter; the way that Caspian was behaving. When they first arrived to Narnia he seemed like his old self just a bit.. older. Last time they had met Caspian had only been 13, now he was 19. He sure had changed physically, but recently Peter noticed that behavior was different than what it should have been. He wasn't the king that Peter had always pictured him being. Peter always thought that Caspian was going to be a great king that united the Telmarines and the Narnians together under one flag, and when Lucy and Edmund had met him on their last adventure, it seemed like he was doing exactly that. But now his behavior was becoming highly erratic, and frankly, it was annoying Peter to no end. Caspian seemed to be out on the balcony all the time, the same balcony that they met him on the first day they came back. The first day they were back Caspian seemed normal. But after that day he had become a recluse, the castle staff said that was how he normally was and him coming out was unusual, and the Pevensies rarely saw him. Peter had not once seen , or heard of, Caspian in a meeting whatsoever. When Peter was High King almost every day had been filled with meetings of one sort or another. And when he was not in meetings Peter had audiences with the people of Narnia. The people of Narnia had always needed their kings, no matter how young they have been. Peter wondered how Narnia was surviving with a king as absent as the one they had- they weren't, he corrected. Narnia was not surviving. Everyone was sick, and losing faith in their monarch. Narnia was just about to enter into the spring season. There were supposed to be parties and festivals leading up to the largest one- the Spring Festival, which was always a favorite of Lucy's; but this year it seemed as if Narnia was silent. There were no parties or festivals, no gaiety within Narnia. It was like the entire kingdom was in a state of mourning, but nobody would say why. They tried to get Susan to talk to Caspian, because she seemed to be the closest one to him, but she had vehemently refused that idea insisting that Peter was the one that spent the most time with Caspian when they were younger. But Susan was right, they, and Caspian, were so much different than what they once knew. Last time they had all met they were all but children, now... Peter's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door to the room opening up and his two sisters finally meeting up with them. Once they were settled Peter looked at Edmund, who had become rather calm in comparison to the past few minutes. "Alright then Ed" Peter said, "What did you want to talk to us all about?"
Edmund looked each one of his siblings confidently in the eyes, inhaled deeply and replied, "I'm leaving Narnia."
I know this chapter was short but I'll get more to you soon!