Hello everyone! I am so sorry for not updating in ages! I have been away and just done seven performances of my first big musical (Gypsy – I was Teen Louise). Also, because I have taken Art, Electronics and Drama at GCSE, I have been given so much homework, and I need to get it all neatly presented and coloured in to get good grades, so sorry. Nevertheless, enjoy this chapter.

I do not own Narnia or any of the characters that belong to the story – they belong to C.S Lewis and no financial profit is made from this story.

Lucy dragged me through the corridors and into my room, which, by the way, was huge!

"And here is your room," she announced proudly, stopping in the centre of the room.

The room had cream walls, with gold gilding on the sideboards, the floor was made up of cool white marble tiles, there was a huge four poster King-size-Deluxe bed, with golden sheets and gold posts at each of the four corners, there was a huge closet, a door to an en-suit bathroom and there were other things, such as a fire place, sofa in front of the fire, rug in front of the fire, a vanity table and two large windows, one of which, led to a balcony.

Laid out on the bed was a deep brown dress, with a slit down the front to show the blue underskirt, red sleeves that came down to my thumb knuckles and blue stitching on the dress. To match was a pair of brown boots, and I fell in love with the outfit completely.

"Wow," I said, looking around the room and at all of the objects inside it.

"I know, I loved decorating this room, I painted this picture," she pointed to a painting above the fireplace.

It was of a mighty golden lion, standing in between the five Kings and Queens.

"It's beautiful," I murmured.

"It's Aslan, when he was here for Caspian's coronation," she explained.

"Who's Aslan?"

"He's the King of Narnia, the real King, we're just here to keep peace, but he controls how Narnia works."

I looked at the picture and had a strong feeling that Aslan was looking directly at me.

"The maids will bathe you so you will be clean and fresh and then, I'll take you on a tour of the castle," she said, before slipping out of the room.

I was about to take a step forwards, when three Dryads (or tree Nymphs) walked into the room.

"This way for your bath, Lady Alena," one said, taking my wrist and pulling me towards the bathroom.

The bathroom was marble, with a marble seat, that I guessed was the toilet without flushing systems, the sink was just a marble basin with water that you filled using a bucket, and the bathtub was a golden metal, full of hot water.

The maids undressed me and helped me into the bath, where they washed my hair with an apple smelling soap, before drying me off with a large towel.

I walked back into the main room and took my dress from one of the Dryads.

"If you will change behind the screen, ma'am, we will then braid your hair," the Dryad with green eyes said.

I thanked her and took the dress behind the screen. I dropped the towel and slipped into the dress, feeling the silk run over my skin.

"Um...excuse me, could you fasten the laces for me, on the corset?" I asked one of the Dryads.

"Of course, your Ladyship," she tied up the laces for me; quite tightly, if you ask me, I found it hard to take deep breaths in.

As soon as she had done that, the three Dryads started braiding blue flowers into my hair. I asked them why I had a brown and blue dress and the answer was 'the colours bring out my eyes' as if they weren't already blue enough.

Soon enough, Lucy was dragging me through the castle, showing me the different rooms at top speed.

"This is the kitchen...this is the main hall...this is the dancing hall...this is the servants chamber...this is the library...this is Peter's room...this is Caspian's room...this is my room...this is Susan's room...this is Edmund's room...this is the reading room (it's where Peter, Edmund and Caspian hold boring meetings so don't even think about going in there, you will be bored to death)...this is the grand staircase...this is the infirmary...this is the dressmaker's room (although she much prefers to work in her cottage, so it's best to go there for new gowns) and this is the throne room, if you look out from the balcony, you can see the training grounds," Lucy let me have a breather. "This reminds me, Caspian and Susan are waiting for you on the training grounds as they wish to see if you are better at archery or sword-fighting."

"Okay," I nodded, before Lucy grabbed my arm again and started dragging me backwards.

I stumbled backwards, before realising I was falling.

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! S.O.S! Falling girl about to hit the floor!

Oh, I am not on the floor.

I looked up and saw Edmund had grabbed me just before I hit the ground.

"Here to go," he said, standing me up on my feet,

I blushed when I realised he still had his hands around my waist and he was holding me close to his chest.

He realised and quickly let go of me, both of us with blushes tinting our cheeks.

Lucy looked between us with her wide, blue eyes, before smirking.

"Edmund, aren't you going to the training grounds?" she eyed up his sword.

"Yeah, I am, Peter wanted to train with me, why Lu?"

"Well, we were just going down there as well, as Susan and Caspian want to train Alena in something, in case she needs protection," Lucy said.

I could see a plan forming in her eyes.

"Why don't we all go down there together?" she asked.

"Why not?" Edmund shrugged.

I sent a glare to Lucy's head as we started walking, luckily, both she and Edmund missed it.

It was an awkward walk to the training grounds, as I kept on looking at Edmund, but whenever he caught me glancing at him (and he did every single time) we both looked away, both with a blush painting our cheeks red.

"Finally, I honestly thought you had gotten lost in the castle," Susan called to us once we arrived at the field.

"Well, Alena bumped into Edmund, and he said he was going to the fields as well, so we decided we should all go down together," Lucy explained, skipping over to her sister and Caspian.

"Well then, we can start practising. Alena, have you ever used a bow and arrow or a sword before?" Caspian asked me.

"Never," I replied, biting my lip in embarrassment.

"Well then, you'll just have to try out both," Susan smiled.

She showed me how to use a bow and arrow, before stepping back and letting me line up to the target. I loosed the arrow and, with a dull 'thonk', it hit the centre of the target.

"Wow, you're even better than Susan was when she started out," Lucy said joyfully.

"Yes, well done Alena," Peter clapped.

I gave a small smile to Susan, who smiled back naturally. She knew I wasn't trying to beat or in archery, and I knew that we were still on good terms.

An hour later (at least, I think, as there were no clocks here) Caspian was teaching me how to use a sword, Edmund and Peter were sparring with each other and Susan and Lucy were playing together.

"Lunge...very good...now dodge...and strike...easy there, you nearly had my eye out!" Caspian warned me when one of my strikes had swung past his eye with about an inch spare.

"Sorry," I apologised, biting my bottom lip.

Caspian just smiled, but resumed his serious face to continue with the lesson.

As it got to evening, I was classed as a 'pro' at archery and 'skilled' at sword fighting. I was walking back with Lucy, with Susan and Caspian in front of us, and Peter and Edmund walking beside us.

I watch Susan and Caspian very carefully, as their facial expressions gave nothing away, yet their body language did.

Susan would walk with her upper body facing Caspian, and Caspian would make gestures with his hands, making sure they brushed Susan's hand whenever he could.

Lucy gazed at me, before following the direction of my eyes. She twigged onto that which I saw, and grinned at me. I knew she wasn't going to let me keep any secrets.

"What're you two gazing at?" Edmund asked us.

"Nothing," Lucy replied quickly.

"Well do stop, you look ridiculous with your mouths open."

"At least we don't look ridiculous any other time though," I replied without thinking.

Edmund glared at me as I slapped my hands over my mouth, eyes wide in shock.

"I-I-I am so sorry," I stuttered, mentally cursing myself.

"Save it," Edmund stalked off, followed by Peter after he gave me a look.

As Susan and Caspian had walked into the gardens, and Peter and Edmund had gone inside the castle, I was left in the courtyard with Lucy.

"Lu-" she cut me off.

"Don't worry, Ed's not usually like that – I think it's just because he has never had anyone other than Susan or myself stand up to him, so it came as a bit of a shock to his ego," she smiled at me.

"Thanks."

"I also have another theory – and that's because he likes you," she said, smirking.

"Yeah-hey!" I yelled at her, realising what she had just said.

She laughed as I chased her through the courtyard and into the castle.

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The game to guess who the mysterious 'Aunt' and 'Uncle' is now closed as no one has recently entered it and I will be revealing it all soon.

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