"The fields? Who would be here? Aslan sent most of the trainers to get Ed…Oh I hope he's all right." Peter thought as he walked to the training tent. He peeked inside but no one was there. "Hmm?" he looked around again, but nope.
-"Hello? Any one in here?" he shouted, but no reply. He gave a sigh of frustration, "Oh, where are you, whoever I'm suppose to meet." He said to himself walking out, failing to notice he walked into the archery range.
-"Look Out!" a person cried out, just as Peter turned he saw an arrow burst into flames before making contact with him. He looked around and felt his heart skip a beat… Claire came running down from where she was…
-"Peter, are you all right? I hope I didn't harm you!" she said panicking. He only gave a chuckle,
-"You? Harm me?" he said laughing. She only looked at him,
-"If I hadn't burst my arrow into flames, then yes, it would have done some damage." She said putting her hands on her hips. He quickly stopped laughing.
-"You did that?" he said surveying her. She gave a smile before nodding,
-"Of course, I can do lots of things, flame, water, wind, … you name it." She said in a majestic tone.
-"Right, well do you know where I can find a trainer? Aslan said I should practice." He said drawing his sword. She bit her lip as if she was deep in thought…
-"I could help, although, I'm better off with archery, but I'm decent in hand to hand combat." She said picking up a sword from the barrel. Peter looked at her,
-"Claire, can you really teach me?" he said admiring the way her hair and dress moved with the wind.
-"Of course, that is if his majesty wishes it," she said smiling, he smiled back,
-"I wouldn't have it any other way." He said before she led him to the open fields…
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-"Okay, Pete, all you got to do is block!" Claire shouted over the wind. Peter only gaped at her,
-"What?" he shouted back not understanding any of the words.
-"Block!" she yelled, all he did was shake his head and shrugged. She laughed,
"Oh, brother." She waved her hand and the wind stopped. He looked around at the sudden calmness, but remembered she did it…
-"I said…block." She said calmly. He wiped his hair out of his eyes,
-"Oh, well how do I do that?" he said lowering down his sword, but no reply came. For as soon as he lowered his sword (as planned by Claire), she made a blow which he, to his surprise, blocked.
-"What was that for!" he said looking at her as if she was crazy. All she did was laugh at his expression,
-"Well, idiot, you blocked…" she said lowering her sword. He gave a blush,
-"Well then, sorry." He said sheepishly, she took his hand and squeezed it,
-"It's all right, some don't realize that at first also, but I bet if you tried hard enough you could beat me at a duel…" she said hinting a bit of a challenge in her tone. For Peter, he always never backed down from a challenge.
-"Well let's do it then!" he said standing in a battle position. She only tilted her head,
-"What are you doing?" she asked with amusement. He grinned,
-"Duel." Was all he said before striking for her.
-"Pete! You can't fight yet!" she yelled blocking his blows. He only laughed,
-"You wanted too!" he yelled back striking harder. She only shook her head,
-"No Peter! You really shouldn't try to fight!" he only laughed again,
-"Nice try!" he said attacking with more speed.
-"I'm not joking!" she yelled back trying much harder to block his blows. She could blast him, but that could hurt him…
-"Peter, Stop!" she said in a warning tone, but he kept on harder…
-"What's the matter 'Empress'? Can't fight a king?" he said mockingly. Surprisingly, she felt her strength fade.
-"Peter," she said breathing more heavily; her sword began to slip from her hands. Yet, he thought all these were jokes. She tried to block a blow to the shoulder but failed, for his sword scraped her upper arm, but to make matters worse, she tripped over her legs spraining her left ankle as she crashed into the soil.
-"Ugh," she cried out in pain. Seeing she was not joking, Peter immediately crouched next to her panicking.
-"Claire! I'm really sorry!" he said putting her on his lap, but all she did was nod and hold her upper arm.
-"Ugh, Pete, you got it really good." She said biting her lips in pain. He looked all over for something to stop the bleeding, but all he could do was rip off a piece of his tunic and tie it around the wound to slow the bleeding. He looked back at her with a few tears in his eyes. She gave a cry of pain again; he pulled her closer trying to comfort her,
-"Shh, it's all right…Oh, I'm really sorry, Claire." He said rocking her….
-"Ugh! It's all right," she said trying to stand but crashed back into the dirt. He caught her before any more damage could be done. She closed her eyes,
"I'm going to have to do this, although I don't want too."
-"Peter," she breathed, he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer, "a drop…of your blood, just a prick from your finger…" she said grabbing onto his tunic. With out even thinking, he did so. He placed his finger over the wound as instructed and let the drop of blood fall…. The first magical thing Peter saw in Narnia was the healing of a witch… Her wound quickly closed as steam came out. She opened her eyes and smiled. Her heart dropped when she saw he had some tears…
-"Hey," she breathed "I'm fine, thanks to you." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek. Poor Peter, he could not even concentrate…
-"I…I didn't mean to hurt you….I thought your were playing…" he said rushing every word, he did not know where to start… she smiled shaking her head and gave him a kiss on the lips…Their first kiss…
This calmed him down, and yet shocked him….
"What do I do, Kiss her back? What if I don't? Would she think I do not love her? Am I doing this right?" his mind raced with questions…
Just as she pulled away, he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer giving her a kiss on her lower chin, although his target was her lips… She gave a soft laugh,
-"Peter," she said quietly, laying her hands on her sword.
-"Hmm?" he said burying his head in her neck. The sun began to set and the darkness started to creep in…
-"Camp." She said giving a soft laugh as she felt him shiver as a cold wind blew.
-"What about it?" he asked looking at her. All she did was look at him with an 'Are you serious?' look. "Oh! Camp!" he said standing up helping her up as well. She only shook her head before walking with him…
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-"What did you want to become in Finchley?" she asked trying to make talk. He only shrugged,
-"I don't know, Study medicine when I'm older, an author…soldier." He said causing Claire to stop.
-"Soldier?" she questioned, all he did was nod,
-"Yeah, Why?" he asked looking at her puzzled,
-"It's just…Well why give your life away like that?" she asked with surprise,
-"I want to protect those I love, is it that hard! Surly you should understand!" he yelled, his temper getting the best of him. She only stepped forward,
-"But Peter, That's certain death!"
-"And this is not!" he said walking away; she only let her head hang low. They had their first kiss, and now their first fight…
-"Peter," she breathed; almost he missed it, but stopped in his tracks. "I know you feel like you need to make a difference, but here is where you're needed, I'm sorry, but England is lost, that war will only lead to more death, and the Narnian's are ready to make a stand as long as you lead them… It will come down to you, Pete," she said stressing each important word she could think of, but he only turned around and sighed,
-"I'm sorry Claire, good night... You and Aslan can lead them…" He said shakily before walking away… She wiped a few tears from her eyes,
-"Oh, Peter…that's just it… I fear I won't be alive to do it." She whispered to herself before walking away and lying around a campfire…
Peter walked into his tent and looked at the empty bed next to him. He gave a sigh of pain,
-"Ed, I'm really sorry." He said before lying on his own bed and letting sleep come to him…
A/N: Hey, I am happy to get another chapter up, although I am going to be busy all this week, or at least till after Christmas! A little bit of fluff, and anger, but it will all add up in a few more chapters!!! Thanks for all who reviewed and left alerts!!! Ideas, thoughts, opinions, and REVIEWS Welcomed!!! : )
Merry Christmas!!!