"Sight Unseen"
Ch. 4
(Narnia, )
Audrey stood on top of the tallest cliff, along with Edmund and several archers. Her maroon dress flapped in the wind. Peter, along with Oreius, would command the troops from the ground. The Witch's army had only just arrived. The day was clear, with only a few scattered white clouds in the sky. There was an eerie silence among both armies.
Audrey was engulfed in fire and disappeared from the cliff. She now stood beside Peter.
"The griffins are ready, Sire," Audrey reported.
"Any sign of the girls?" he asked her.
"None," she told him. "But, I think that's a good thing right now. They'll be safer wherever they are."
Peter nodded in agreement.
"Deploy the griffins. Have the archers ready for the second wave," he ordered.
She bowed.
Before leaving, Audrey told him, "Good luck."
Audrey engulfed in flames and was transported to the top of the cliff again. Edmund looked over to her. She nodded. He glanced back at the griffins, awaiting for their orders. Edmund lifted up his sword and motioned them forward, signaling them. They took off, carrying big boulders.
"Archers at the ready," Audrey commanded.
The archers raised their bows and flaming arrows, but not yet fired. Audrey, herself, raised a bow and flaming arrow. On the ground level the Witch's army charged forward. The boulders from the griffins were effectively knocking over the Witch's army to the ground.
"Archer's aim," Audrey ordered.
Audrey had aimed for Jadis.
"Fire!"
She released her arrow, along with the other archers. The arrow that Audrey released turned into Daja. The fire bird now flew past the other arrows and made a wall of fire that divided the Witch's army from Aslan's army.
Unfortunately, it hadn't worked. Jadis just put it out easily with her chariot. The army had continued to charge.
Audrey could hear Peter from the bottom of the cliff, "For Narnia! And for Aslan!"
Peter's horse immediately went into a gallop. Daja landed on Audrey's shoulder.
"You did your best," Audrey told the phoenix.
She gave the bird a gentle kiss with her smooth lips on the phoenix's head. The bird then flew away to safety.
Audrey then glanced to Edmund. He didn't look happy. Peter had ordered the both of them to stay on top of the cliff with the beavers to command the archers. Why Peter had ordered her not to be down in the battle was a mystery to her. After all she was immortal. And Peter and Oreius had taught her the basics of sword fighting the day before.
Audrey wasn't a master with a sword. But she could do some damage. She had made her decision. Audrey went to the other side of Edmund.
"When I get down there have the next wave of archers ready," she told him.
"Aren't I the one supposed to be giving the orders?" Edmund told her half annoyed and half amused.
"With respect, Sire, I have sat by and watched the people I care about suffer and even killed by Jadis. I'm not going to let anything else happen," Audrey told him firmly.
She engulfed herself in flames once more and transported herself in the middle of the battle.
To be continued . . .