Thanks to all whom favourite/subscribed/reviewed my story in the last chapter.

This is officially the chapter where we get into The Voyage of The Dawn Treader!

Sorry this is short, but I had to end it here otherwise it would have gone into 5000+ words.

I hope you all like the next lot of chapters; I'll be following the movie, not the book, even though I love and have read the book multiple times.

Enjoy!

I elbowed Edmund in his ribs, so he huffed and pulled me into a tight hug. I smiled and pulled him down to kiss him. When he tried to deepen it, by sliding his hands down to my waist, I pulled away.

"Not in public," I scolded him with a smile.

He smiled back at me and took my hand in his, before we both wandered around the market, wondering what would happen next in our lives.

Two weeks later, I stood on the docks, looking at the Dawn Treader. She was a magnificent ship; she was very large, had a tall mast with a purple sail and Caspian's family crest emblazoned on it in gold, her prow was in the shape of a dragon, where someone could look out of the dragon's mouth, and her stern had the dragon's tail moulding in with the wood.

She, along with the docks, was full of life; sailors were saying goodbye to families whilst others and some servants loaded the Dawn Treader with plenty of supplies to last for a couple of months for the whole crew. The native Narnians and few humans were standing at the docks, but giving people enough room to move and load things, to see us off on the Dawn Treader's maiden voyage.

Peter and Susan were talking to Edmund and Lucy, probably saying goodbye and instructing them on several things, whilst Caspian was standing by the gangplank with Drinian, the Captain, and Tavros, the Minotaur. I believe Caspian had said they were going to be discussing where we could make port whilst on the journey.

"Excuse me, miss," a gruff voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

I turned and moved out of the way of two sailors, who thanked me, before carrying some large barrels onto the Dawn Treader.

I wore a white shirt, light brown trousers and a leather corset with dark brown boots. My hair was down, but the front parts were pulled back, woven together with leather string at the back of my head and hung down my back with the rest of my hair.

Lucy and I, much to Susan's horror, had decided against packing dresses; we pointed out that it would be pretty hard to climb the rigging if need be, wearing a dress. Susan had given in, but was still grumbling when we were riding in the carriage to the docks.

"All crew on deck!"

The cry of the Captain made the already busy dock get even busier; the sailors said their final goodbyes and began to make their way to the Dawn Treader.

"Alena!" I turned just in time to see Susan making her way towards me, before I was engulfed in a tight hug from her. "Goodbye, and stay safe."

"Bye Su," I smiled, letting go of her.

I looked at Peter, who quickly picked me up in a hug.

"Goodbye, sister," he said, kissing my forehead. "And as Susan said, stay safe."

"I will," I promised.

"No, I mean, stay safe," he reiterated, raising an eyebrow.

It took me a moment to understand, but when I saw his eyes flicker to Edmund and then back at me, I realised the true meaning of his words.

"Idiot," I muttered, moving to hit him.

He dodged it, grinning, and gave me another hug.

"But do stay safe, as in, health safe."

I smiled at the eldest Pevensie, before turning and walking to Lucy and Edmund, who were waiting for me, by the gangplank. They both climbed on before me, and I took Edmund's outstretched hand as he helped me onto the deck of the ship.

"Reepicheep," Lucy cried gleefully.

I looked, still holding Edmund's hand, and saw a mouse, about as high as my knee. It wore a red feather behind one ear and had a small sword on a belt around its furry waist.

"Your majesty," the mouse, evidently called Reepicheep, bowed.

"Hello Reep," Edmund smiled.

"My King," Reepicheep bowed once more. "And who is this lovely lass?"

"This is Alena," Edmund introduced me, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"Pleasure to meet you Sir," I said to Reepicheep.

"The pleasure is all mine, my Lady," he seemed very happy that I had called him Sir. "And might I say, you two make a perfect match."

I felt myself blushing slightly as the mouse scampered away, whistling happily to himself. Edmund didn't make things any better by pressing a kiss to my neck.

"Come on, let's wave goodbye."

I stood next to Lucy and Edmund as we waved to Susan, Peter and the Narnians who came to see us off.

"Bye!"

"Goodbye!"

"See you soon!"

"Stay safe!"

The Dawn Treader began to sail out of the port, and the crew waved to their families and friends, before beginning to disperse to do their designated jobs.

"Ed, Alena, Lu, can you come into my cabin for a minute?" Caspian asked us.

I followed the Telmarine King down the small corridor, where he paused in front of two doors and opened them with a flourish. He walked in, followed by Edmund, Lucy and me, all staring at the cabin in awe.

"Aslan," Lucy whispered, looking at a mural on the wall in the shape of the great lion's head.

Edmund walked up to a painting on the wall of four adults on horses, whom I guessed were Edmund and his siblings.

"Look," Lucy began, walking over to a stand. "Susan's bow and arrows."

"Lucy," Caspian got her attention, by pulling out of a small cupboard a wooden box.

"My healing cordial, and dagger," she smiled, walking over to them. "You brought them with you. Oh, may I?"

"Of course; they're yours."

"Peter's sword," Edmund said, striding to the other side of the room.

"Yes, he gave it to me before we left; a token of luck," Caspian explained, whilst Lucy fastened her dagger and cordial to her belt. "Here, hold it if you wish."

"No, no, it's yours; Peter gave it to you," Edmund refused.

"I did save this for you though," Caspian, grinned, turning around and reaching into another cabinet.

He pulled out a silver object and threw it to Edmund, who plucked it from the air. I saw it was a silver flashlight, and it obviously meant something to them, as Edmund and Lucy smiled.

"Thanks," Edmund said, turning it on before flinching away as the light flashed in his eyes.

I giggled at him, so he sent a smirk over at me, before putting it on his belt.

"Come on, Drinian is meeting us in the study," Caspian said, turning and walking towards the door.

Lucy followed him out immediately, and Edmund and I walked closely behind.

"Thanks for giggling," he muttered in my ear.

"That's for being silly and shining a bright light in your eye," I replied.

He pinched my side, causing me to hop forwards with a small squeal. I sent him a mock glare before striding off, down the corridor, with him catching up with me quickly and laughing.

"So, where are we sailing to?" Edmund asked Caspian, as we all stood around the desk, pouring over a map of Narnia and the Eastern Ocean.

"Before I took the throne back from my Uncle, he tried to kill my Father's closest friends and most loyal supporters," Caspian turned and gestured to the seven drawings of men on the wall behind him. "The Seven Lords of Telmar; they fled to the Lone Islands. No one has heard from them since."

"So you think something has happened to them?" Edmund asked him.

"As in, something bad?" I clarified.

"Well, if it has, it's my duty to find out."

"Well," Lucy looked up from examining the map. "What's east of the Lone Islands?"

Drinian stepped forwards, causing me to realise he had been here the whole time, and spoke out.

"Uncharted waters, things you can barely imagine."

"Drinian, what are you talking about?" I asked him cautiously.

"Tales of sea serpents and worse."

"Sea serpents?" Edmund laughed slightly, his eyebrows rising in disbelief.

"All right Captain, that's enough of your tall tales," Caspian said, biting into an apple.

A week into our voyage on the Dawn Treader, I was sat on one of the barrels, watching the sea rush past, when I heard a yell, followed by a splash.

"Man overboard!"

I leapt off the barrel and rushed to the other side of the deck, just in time to see Edmund, Lucy and Caspian dive into the water, along with a couple of sailors.

"Edmund!" I screamed, worried for his safety.

The five of them swam towards the thrashing figure, who was yelling so loudly I could hear him.

"I don't want to go! I want to go back to England! I'm going back to England!"

As soon as I saw they were all swimming back to the ship, I rushed below deck and grabbed a load of towels.

Caspian and Lucy arrived on deck, where Caspian took a towel and handed it to Lucy, before they began walking back along the deck.

"Ed," I sighed with relief, seeing him and pulling him into a hug as soon as he was on deck, not caring that he was soaked to the skin. He returned the hug, pulling me off my feet slightly. As we parted, I looked him fiercely in his eyes.

"Never do that again; I got scared that you might drown."

He laughed at me, so I shoved the towel on his head, muffling his laughter, which still carried on.

Taking my hand, we began to walk to where Caspian and Lucy were, when a cry pierced the air.

I spun around and saw the boy they pulled aboard was on the floor, writhing about with Reepicheep on his chest.

"Get that thing off me! Get that thing off me!" the boy yelled.

"Eustace," Edmund groaned.

"Who?" I looked at him.

"Our cousin," Lucy answered with a grimace on her face.

Reepicheep was thrown off by Eustace and landed just in front of us.

"Reepicheep, pleasure to see you again," Edmund grinned.

"The pleasure is all mine Sir, but first, what to do about this hysterical interloper?"

"That giant rat thing just tried to claw my face off!"

I was merely trying to expel the water from your lungs, Sir," Reepicheep sighed.

Eustace backed away with wide eyes.

"It talked! Did you see? Did anyone just hear that? It just talked!"

"He always talks," one crewmember said.

"Actually, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick," Caspian earned laughter from the crew.

"The moment there is nothing to be said, your highness, I promise you, I will not say it," Reepicheep promised.

Eustace, meanwhile, was close to hysteria.

"I don't know what kind of prank this is, but I want to wake up, right now!"

"Perhaps we could throw him back?" Reepicheep suggested.

I looked at Edmund, as did Lucy, and saw he was contemplating the idea.

"Edmund," Lucy elbowed him in the ribs, as I let out a small giggle.

"I demand to know," Eustace had surpassed hysteria, you could tell by his voice, and ran to the other side of the deck, "just where in the blazes am I?"

"You're on the Dawn Treader, the finest ship in Narnia's navy," Tavros, the Minotaur, said.

Apparently, this was the last straw for Eustace, as he dropped in a dead faint.

Everyone burst out laughing at this.

"Was it something I said?" Tavros asked Caspian as he reached him.

"See you him will you?" Caspian told Tavros.

"Come on, let's get you two cleaned up," I said to Lucy and Edmund, pushing them below deck.

Therefore, there's chapter 17 of The Call.

We're getting into the Dawn Treader storyline now, so I hope you're enjoying it all.

Thanks for reading,

Alexandra the Dreamer.