Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia. I only own Sophie.
Chapter 3
You know those meetings that are something like alcoholics anonymous? Well this is what I'm sort of feeling at the moment, only it doesn't involve alcohol. I feel like saying Hi I'm Sophie and I've lost my mind.
"How is that even possible?" I asked.
"What, the fact that animals talk or you look like you've seen ghosts?" it said.
"I'm going for the first option" I replied, sinking down to the ground and placing the lantern next to me.
"I'm suppose you're clueless on what's going on and from the looks of it you're not from around here."
"Do you think I'm an enemy?" I asked. What the hell was I doing asking an animal if I was a threat?
"You're not" it replied. I looked at her in shock. "Don't be surprised. I can tell who's good and who's bad. I guess you can call it a horse's intuition."
"I bet. At least you think I'm a good person" I mumbled.
"What about the kings and queens?"
"Four out of five don't think I am bad" I replied.
"Then who would think so lowly of you?"
"King Edmund the Just. Actually he's more King Edmund the Judgmental" I snorted.
"He'll warm you up. I've heard that he's usually like this to guests. I don't know why though but just ignore him if anything" it said.
"I guess you're right. This did help a little" I said.
"I'm glad dearie. By the way my name is Buttercup if you ever want to hang here just to get away for a minute" it said.
"I'm Sophie you're stuck with me" I said. "I should let you get some sleep. I'm sorry if my banging woke you."
"Not to worry dear" she said. I got up and blew the flame out. I walked out of the stables, closing it for the night. When I turned around, I nearly jumped out of my skin.
"You know, you could give some warning" I said.
"I just saw you coming out of there" Edmund pointed out.
"Well you don't have to worry about me staying here longer" I said laced with venom in my voice.
"The bloody hell are you talking about?"
"I thought I was going to stay here and then well, you guys give me the boot tomorrow" I said. "Unless you want me to leave now…"
"No I don't want you to go" he said abruptly. I stared at him in shock. I saw him blush a little after he said that. Was this the guy that tried to accuse me of being an enemy?
"Why?"
"Well because it's not safe out there, especially for a girl like you" he replied. "And also, I was hoping that you would accept my apology."
Now that threw me off guard completely. "I didn't mean for my behavior to go that far" he said.
"I hope you do know that I have no idea what I'm doing here or why I'm here" I said trying to make myself warm as the cool night was settling in.
"I know that's what I'm reminded of after Lucy and Susan lectured me. They like you" he said.
"Fine I'll stay. It's not like I have a choice, do I?"
"Afraid not Sophie" he replied.
"However on one condition" I said. "Pull something like that and I won't hesitate to break your jaw."
"I promise" he said with a small grin. Even his grin is cute. Focus, Sophie.
"We'll see about that" I said as we headed back to the castle.
The sun was shining brightly early the next morning. I opened my eyes a little as I was trying to wake up. After I came back in last night, Lucy was kind enough to show me my room which was across from Edmund's in the same wing. How would I know that was going to happen, well I didn't.
I sat up on my bed and grabbed my sweatshirt and threw it over my tank top from last night. I was getting out of bed when the door opened and a faun walked in. I looked at her weirdly as she came in.
"Good I'm glad you're awake Miss" it said.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Lilly and you must be Sophie" she replied.
"Yeah um, what are you doing here? I don't mean to be rude or anything" I asked.
"Not to worry about Miss, I'm here to help you get ready for breakfast though you could've been up already and what in the devil are you wearing?"
"Um, clothes?"I said in a questioning voice.
"I can see that but I don't know any women here who wear something like that" she said, referring to my sweatshirt and my jeans that I slept in.
"Me?"
Lily shook her head as she shoved me into the adjoined bathroom that was in my room and made me go in the tub after I took off my clothes. I leaned back into the tub as she was washing my hair while I did my body. I don't even know if I can get use to this.
After my bath, I was ushered back into the room where I saw a beautiful dress laying on my bed. It was a dark green color with sleeves that were ending at the elbows.
"I wonder whose dress is that." I said.
"That's yours" Lily replied.
"Wait, what? How is that mine?"
"Queen Susan dropped it off while you were drying off. She insisted on you wearing it" she replied.
I stared at it for awhile before I went through my bag and found my gym shorts from school and I put them on over my underwear and I took the dress and put it on me. I tied my hair up in a short ponytail and took a good look in the mirror. I couldn't believe my eyes.
"I look so hot" I said, jumping up and down a bit.
"Well you best go downstairs before breakfast is over in the dining hall" she said. I thanked her before I ran out of the room. As soon as I ran out of my room, I stopped short.
Where was the dining hall?
"About time you showed up" Susan said to me as I walked into the hall with Lily. "By the way that dress does look good on you."
"Um, thanks" I said, sitting down next to Lucy. I took some toast and started to eat.
"So, Sophie where did you come from exactly?" Peter asked.
"Peter" Edmund, Susan and Lucy said in a warning tone.
"Oh no it's okay but I don't think you guys would believe me if I told you" I replied.
"Why don't you try then?" Caspian asked.
"Well I think I should ask how you four got here anyways" I said.
"We came here from the 1940s" Susan said. "Lucy here found the wardrobe in the professor's spare room and she was the first out of the four of us to come here."
"We didn't believe her at first until we went in there afterwards" Peter said. Then he explained on how they met Aslan, which I would have to meet one day eventually, and how he sacrificed himself to the White Witch during the battle for Narnia and then they left Narnia after being there for years only to return thirteen hundred years to meet Prince Caspian and ever since the war is over, they lived here.
"So why don't you tell us about you now?" Edmund asked.
"Would you guys believe me if I came from the future?" I said.
"What year did you come from?" Lucy asked.
"When I came here yesterday it was October 15th, 2010" I replied. I was met with four shocked looks and an interested look from Caspian.
"Do tell us more" Edmund said, leaning his chin on his hands.
"I suggest you get comfortable as what I'm about to tell you is a long story" I said. "Where I am, everything has changed. We have technology and cars and more advanced weapons like guns and such."
"Hold up is the war over?" Peter asked.
"What war?"If I remember correctly, there are two wars going on right now.
"World War II" he replied.
"Oh that war. That ended a long time ago" I said. "We won though if that's what you're thinking." I saw a sigh of relief from the siblings. Then an idea came to me. "Hold on one second." I got up from my seat and ran out of the room and back to my room. I grabbed my bag and tossed my gym shirt on the bed along with the clothes from yesterday and headed back into the dining hall.
I moved my plate to make room and I took out the contents that were in my bag.
"What is all of this?" Susan asked.
"This is my world whichever is in my bag" I replied. "Allow me to show you." I picked up my iTouch. "This is an IPod but it's called an iTouch. You can play music, watch shows and have these cool applications or as we call them apps."
"This is my makeup bag. I don't have much but I think you get the idea" I said showing off my Emily the Strange makeup bag. "Then I have my house key, my wallet and my old concert ticket when I went and seen Weezer."
"Hold up, what sort of music do you have in your world?" Lucy asked.
"We have all sorts. There's rock, punk rock, pop, soul, hip hop which I'm not a fan of and country but the list goes on" I replied. "We also have computers which you can send emails which is way faster than sending a letter. We got cell phones and I do have one but it went missing."
"Why?"
"I don't know when I checked on my items, it was nowhere to be seen" I replied.
"I'm sorry but why do people from your time have a cell phone? It sounds like a pain to have" Peter said.
"It's not all bad, besides a cell phone can be useful. If you can't get a hold of someone at home, try the cell phone. If you can't get a hold of them, there's texting" I said. You can say I'm addicting to texting, well okay I am full blown addicted to it.
"Do you know any musicians that you have on your musical device?" Caspian asked.
"Well I have Green Day, The Killers, Spice Girls, and Katy Perry and of course there's Lady Gaga and a whole bunch" I said.
"What's Lady Gaga?" Caspian asked.
"I think more of along the line is who" Susan replied.
"I'm afraid to know" Peter said.
I giggled a bit as I put my things in my bag. "That's the story of my life basically" I said.
"Wow, I don't think I would've been able to live in your time period no offence" Peter said.
"None taken I mean our world isn't what yours was all those years ago but I'm surviving it or at least I was" I said the last part softly to myself.
Lucy gave me a small smile to which I returned to her. I excused myself to return my bag and I would meet up with them later. I walked to my room by myself letting my mind process on what happened just now.
I got to my room and tossed my bag on to the bed. If I was going to be stuck here, I was going to put in the effort to get use to living here.
I also couldn't help but notice how Edmund was staring at me down in the dining hall. One minute, he didn't want me here and next he wanted me to stay. From the looks of it, it seemed like he was glad that I was here and not out in the woods.
I couldn't help but question myself what was I getting myself into?
A/n: okay so now Edmund is starting to warm up to our Sophie. I don't think it'll be too long before they get comfortable with each other or rip their heads apart. Whichever comes first it's bound to happen.
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