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The wind brushed against my face as Peter and I ran down the steps to the beach. The boats were just starting to pull up and everyone was ready. As soon as I felt the shifting sand underneath my shoes I knew this could be the last time I'd ever have that feeling again. Noticing my hesitation to continue walking towards the front of our army, Peter took my hand and gripped it tight. He then lifted it to his mouth and kissed it softly, never taking his eyes from mine. I smiled at him with thanks and love.
As we made it to the front of the army, I faced my people and smiled reassuringly. To my left Peter nodded at Susan. Taking this as a sign to get ready she shouted, "Archers at the ready." And at once a hundred arrows were set in its bow. Suddenly an angry cry came from the ships behinds us, "Take your aim,' shouted Susan. The Narnian army braced itself for what could be its most gruesome battle yet. The Telmarines rushed the beach; sand was flying everywhere and what seemed to be happening in slow motion was suddenly stopped when the Gentle Queen yelled, "FIRE!".
In that second a third of the Telmarine soldiers dropped to the sand and at least fifty more became injured. To my left Peter gave a final cry and the Narnian army rushed into the Telmarines. I flew into the pack, swinging my curved blades with discipline into the Telmarines' bodies. My two swords worked against the strength of the other men, blocking their attacks and managing to find openings to wound them. I twirled and spun my way through the bloody crowd all the while making sure to watch the skies for Edmunds phoenix.
I had reached the shoreline as had many other Narnians after we'd worked our way through the pack and I looked around nervously for Peter; his gold helmet was nowhere to be seen. I turned to the solider next to me, he was a red dwarf by the name of Merigin.
"Merigin, I'm going back in. You watch the skies for King Edmunds phoenix. You hear me?" I asked him.
"Yes, your majesty. Be careful," he said placing his hand on top of mine in a sign of good luck. I nodded to him in thanks.
I ran back into the crowd looking for Peter, "Peter! Peter! Where are you?".
"A little busy Lex," he replied. I turned trying to look for him, but was knocked down hard by a Telmarine. I turned around on my back, looking up to see the most blood thirsty looking man standing above me.
"Well little Princess. I see I shall be the one to take my countries revenge."
"We'll see about that," I yelled as I kicked him in the stomach sending him back a few feet. He pulled his sword forward and charged towards me, but I dodged it just in time and swung my blades. In a split second his flesh on his back was ripped apart and he fell face down onto the sand.
"A little bit gruesome, don't you think Alexea," Peter's voice said behind me.
"Would you rather me dead or alive," I told Peter a little annoyed.
"Alive," he grunted as he took another soldier out of the war. As he turned to face me, I saw a group of Telmarines run at us over his back.
"On the count of three, you're going to grab my arm and swing me around alright," I told him.
"What?" he asked puzzled.
"Just do it," I told him. He grabbed my arm tightly, and with the number three and a slight nod, he swung me as high and fast as he could, causing me to kick the approaching Telmarines square in the head rendering them unconscious.
"Nice plan." Peter said astonished.
"Had to save your royal self somehow," I told him. As we looked around there was only a few Telmarines left standing. It had only been an hour and a half since the battle had started. I looked towards Merigin and caught his eye. I pointed to the sky and he shook his head letting me know Edmund had yet to send his phoenix.
"There is still no sign on the phoenix," I said to Peter.
"Good, that may give us time to move our injured and then the remaining can go up to the front," he replied. By this time, the last Telmarine standing surrendered.
"Amira," I called out to her. She came running over at once.
"Take all of our injured up to the infirmary tent quickly. There has been no sign of the phoenix so we plan to go up there and help. But first we need to clear the beach," I told her.
"Yes, your majesty. We'd already started," she said and headed off in the other direction at once.
Peter and I started to climb the steps at once, then he turned and said to me, "Something isn't right."
"What do you mean Pete?".
" I thought the battle on the beach would be so much longer. Looking around they only sent at least two hundred men."
I stopped suddenly. In my time living at the Telmarine Castle, I'd seen the soldiers and I knew that if they split the whole army into two, there would be at least a thousand men on one side. My heart dropped in realisation.
"Peter, the beach was a decoy. The majority of the army will be coming through the front. They know we'd had access to their plans."
"How?" he asked me.
"Peter, gryphons aren't exactly subtle nor are they native to any other country. They must've figured out they were patrolling and that we'd send some sort of spy out to get their plans. So they must've used a decoy plan where the beach is the decoy."
"You're not making sense Lex," he said worriedly.
"Long story short, is that Heckacheep heard the wrong plan. He heard the decoy plan about the beach. What he didn't hear is the plan where the majority of the Telmarines will infiltrate the front of the castle."
Realisation hit Peter hard, "We have to help Ed, he won't know what's hit him!".
Just then we'd heard the high pitch screech of the phoenix. We looked up and saw the red and purple bird fly above us and then perish into a bright flame.
We gathered the army and told them what was going on; they soon rushed to the front of the castle to join the others.
"Alexea, what's going on?" asked Susan as we rushed past her.
"The beach was the decoy, the rest of the army are infiltrating through the front gates."
"How do you know that?" she asked.
"Long story," said Pete who'd run back to us. "Su, right now, you have to get the archers to the Cair's balconies. That way you'll all have a better chance of shooting down the Telmarines," he said.
She nodded and with a quick hug to both of us, she ran off gathering her archers and began to scale the Cair's walls as all the doors were locked protecting the women and children inside.
Peter looked at me intensely and I returned the gaze. "I love you Lex,"
"I love you too Pete." I said smiling.
"Tell me again after battle alright?" he asked kissing my forehead.
"I'll tell you every day for the rest of my life." And with that little bit of sweetness through all the sour we'd endured that day Peter and I rushed to Edmund's side.
By the time we got there, Edmunds face was a little pale as he kicked down a Telmarine and looked around at all of our fallen and injured soldiers.
"We're falling fast. We don't have a plan if call a fall back," said Edmund looking at us.
"We don't have a plan for fall back because we have a preventative plan," Peter said.
"You've gotta go Lex," Edmund said and he placed a hand on my shoulder. "I know you can get us out of this mess, like you got us out of the Witch's camp."
"I haven't used my powers in ages," I told him shaking my head.
"I know Lex, but I believe you can," Edmund said. And with his vote of belief he disappeared into the crowd of bloody men.
I stood there in my own bubble until Peter's gaze caught my eye. He nodded, which was my signal to go. I looked to the sky, which was darkening rapidly. I waved down to the hovering gryphon and once I was sure he'd caught my eye, I took off in a sprint towards the edge of the Cair. I leaped forward over the edge and just as I felt my body fall, I was caught in the claws of the gryphon.
"Thanks for catching me," I told him.
"I could never let my Princess fall," he said as he took me higher into the sky to survey the battle. As we looked down, I saw how bad the situation was. We were losing our soldiers to injuries fast. We needed a barrier to block out the Telmarines the remaining Narnia soldiers couldn't handle yet. I looked over to the ocean and conjured a wave that came crashing down in front of the approaching Telmarines. I held it steady and supplied my people with an unbreakable wall of water.
"You've still got it Princess," said the gyrphon.
The Telmarines faltered at the sight of the wall, yet the Narnians cheered with delight, and each one of the remaining fighters began to fight harder now.
"How do you suppose we get more soldiers?" I asked the gryphon.
"Well you can always use the earth," he suggested. With his suggestion my head began ticking with ideas. And then as the suns final rays shone over the battle, I held out my hands, summoning the cobble stone on the pathway that led to the front of the Cair to turn into stone warriors. They arose from the ground, rising over the men in all their glory.
The Narnians cheered once more and started to push the Telmarines back. The Telmarines had nowhere to go and they were pushed right back against the wall of water. The stone warriors were dominating and had managed to break through the wall and started to fight the other Telmarines. I looked around the front of the Cair and saw the Narnian comeback. It was a much welcomed sight.
I kept scanning around until I saw a familiar person lying on the ground clutching the side of his abdomen.
"Jake!" I cried. After everything we'd been through I could not let him die. "Get me down there right now!" I yelled.
Obediently, the gryphon gently put me on the ground. I ran to Jake. His hands were covered in blood and his breathing was barely existent.
"Jake, can you hear me?" I said as I shook him.
"Alexe-," I cut him off.
"Jake, it's me. You're going to be alright. I'm going to take you to the infirmary."
"Thankyou, Alexea."
"You don't need to thank me; you saved me from unhappiness, now I'm returning the favor." I threw his arm around my neck and lifted him up. I half dragged, half carried him towards the tent until I felt a sharp edge up against my back.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked a familiar Telmarine drawl.
"I'm helping your brother Isobella. I won't let him die," I said slowly putting him against the wall so he wouldn't get hurt even more.
"Why should you care about him, huh? You left him at the altar and broke his heart," she spat.
"I can't break his heart, it never belonged to me, and you know that. It belongs to Eva. Now put down your sword and let me help your brother otherwise he will not live."
"I don't care about him. Let him die for all I care," she said raising her sword to my neck. My hands moved slowly down to the hilt of my swords.
"You are pure evil," I spat which provoked her even more.
"I never wished to be this way you know. When he died, every inch of goodness within me died too," she said swinging her sword wildly as she referred to her dead love I'd discovered during my time at Telmar.
"Well I'm sure he'd be disappointed in what you have become," I said, and with that she yelled loudly and thrust her sword towards my neck. I ducked in time and pulled my blades out of their covers and blocked her next attack. She pulled away from the fight and waited for me to strike. I struck once with my left sword and then once with my right, and then putting my blades in an 'x' shape, lunged forward so they would puncture her neck. She was too quick and leaned back in time letting out a grunt.
She swung at my middle and I jumped back, I swung at her middle twice, she blocked both attacks and our swords danced and shone in the air like a bolt of lightning. Once she pulled back I took the chance and attacked. One of my blades pierced through her stomach and the other held her close to me. Her face was painted with pain. Despite how much I hated her, I couldn't believe what I had done.
"Isobella," I murmured, "I'm so-," she cut me off.
"Don't be sorry Alexea. Its war," she replied as her breathing started to become slower.
"But, you're going to d-," she cut me off once again.
"Yes, I'm going to die," she said staggering, "but now I'll be with Jaxon."
"The one that died?" I asked her.
"Yes, Alexea. I get to be with him now," she said eyelids fluttering. And in her last breathe she smiled at me and said, "Thankyou."
I stood there, tears filling my eyes. I held her lifeless body in my arms and didn't know what to do. I turned and looked at Jake, who was still sitting there oblivious to his surroundings. I drew my sword out from her body and laid her down gently. I walked over to Jake and carried him over to the infirmary tent. After that, the rest of the battle passed in a blur.
I walked out to the front of the Cair were the Narnians had won and captured the remaining Telmarine soldiers. I staggered over to Peter and fell into his arms. My body was wracked with guilt and he knew it.
"What's wrong Lex? Why aren't you happy? We won!" he said holding me close.
"I killed her."
"Killed who?" he asked and he brushed the hair out of face.
"Isobella." He stood there looking at me. And we stood like that for a long time. He finally pulled me into his arms and I fell into the embrace practically lifeless. I began to cry until I saw red flames engulf the Cair. People began to scream and run. I looked up to the windows and saw Lucy's face which was plastered with a look of fear.
"The Cair's on fire!" I yelled. Peter pulled away and turned around. The fire that was engulfing our home reflected in his eyes.
"Who did this!?" Peter yelled at the Telmarine prisoners.
"There's someone over there!" I yelled to the soldiers. They ran to the free Telmarine and captured him.
"The women and children!" yelled Susan running over to us.
"Everyone, get water buckets now!" yelled Edmund.
I ran to the edge of the Cair's walls that overlooked the ocean. With the remaining strength I had, I conjured another wave. It rose over the walls and even became higher than the Cair. I struggled to control it in my guilty and weak state. With a final effort, I directed it towards the Cair and it swallowed the flame engulfed castle, wrapping it in a crystal blue abyss. Everyone turned towards me, watching me as I manipulated the strongest element in every world.
Once I could no longer see the red colouring of the flames, I sent the water back into the ocean. I staggered back and forth, holding on to the wall to keep my balance. I slowly made my way to ground as I could no longer keep myself up.
"Lex, are you alright?" asked Peter.
"I'm f-fine," I told him as I let him hold me up. I could feel my eyes beginning to close. I always felt tired after using my powers, but never this tired. And then as I looked around, my eyes flickering closed, I gave into my body's pleas to rest and fell into darkness.
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