Disclaimer: Nope. Don't own Narnia. I only own Sophie.

Note: There'll be a two week time jump in this story just so you know. Enjoy!

Chapter 8

Sophie

"One and two and no, no wrong footing" Lucy said sternly.

It's been almost a month since I've been in Narnia and I must say that it felt different than being at home. I told Peter and the rest of the group about how I got here and I told them about the prophecy I found but Peter told me that as far as he know, no threat has been presented to Narnia in awhile.

I pray and hope it stays that way.

Now, fast forward to now. The summer ball is going to be in a few days and I wasn't sure on how I got roped up into ballroom dancing. Hell, I didn't even have a dress for that night. Susan assured me she sent my measurements to the seamstresses in town. Do I fear of what my dress would look like? Not really, I just hope that no colors that don't match would, well match.

"How is that wrong footing?" I asked. Yeah did I mention that I'm having dance lessons?

"It didn't look right" she replied.

"I told you I wasn't made to dance this type of dance" I said, sitting on the steps in the throne room.

"You've never done this before have you?" she asked.

"Never" I replied. "Maybe I shouldn't go."

"Why not?"

"It'll save me and the castle the embarrassment of my coordination" I replied.

"Susan wouldn't be too thrilled that you won't be going" Lucy said.

"I'm still going to go" I assured her. "I'm just not going to dance."

"I have a feeling you will" she said.

"What makes you say that?"

"Come on, let's try it again" she said. I got up from the steps and took my place on the floor.

"I remember seeing a waltz being done on TV back home. My grandmother watched these ballroom shows on TV when she was alive. I remember catching a glimpse of what they were doing and that was pretty much it after that.

I started to dance those steps as I try to remember what I saw on TV. When I was done, I looked over and saw that Lucy had a surprised look on her face.

"Did I do something wrong?" I asked worriedly.

"No you didn't it's just how did you learn how to do that?" she asked in awe.

"Back home we have like ballroom show competitions on TV and my grandmother would watch them and I guess I picked up a few steps" I replied.

"And you said you had no skills" she said.

"But don't expect me to dance like this in a few days" I said with a smirk.

Before she had a chance to say anything, the door opened and a centaur came inside. "Your highness, your presence is requested in Queen Susan's room" he said.

"I'll be right there" Lucy said. "I'll see you later I think I know what Susan needs to see me about."

"Does it have to do with me?" I asked.

"You'll see" she replied with a mischievous look on her face.

Now I was scared to know.

As soon as she left, I sat in the throne room just spacing out. I couldn't help but wonder what was home like now that I'm here. I wonder what my parents were doing, Jason was doing. Well, with him probably either hanging over his Xbox or something. Hell, I wonder what's Jane was doing though I left her house being on not so good terms with her.

Was it even impossible to think Narnia was in some other realm that I don't know about? Was I even on earth still?

Did I even die? Nah, why the hell am I thinking that in the first place?

I rolled my eyes as I got up from my spot and headed out into the courtyard. I continued to walk until I reached the stables and opened up the door. I walked in and saw that some of the horses were gone while a few stayed behind.

"Miss Sophie I was hoping you would visit" Buttercup said as I approached her stall.

"Hello Buttercup" I said. "How are you?"

"Eh, what can I say?" she replied.

"You're bored huh?"

"You could say so. A horse can spend so much time in here it's actually dreadful" she said.

"Would you fancy for a ride?" I asked.

"Sophie have you ridden a horse before?" she asked skeptically.

"Once. When I was twelve so it's been a few years" I replied.

"I suppose it will get me out of here" she said. I smiled as I opened up her stall and tied her reins to the post as I went to grab her saddle.

"Have you seen the kings and queens?" she asked as I was gearing her up.

"I saw them this morning and I was with Lucy as she was helping me with dance lessons for the ball" I replied.

"Ah yes there is much buzz around that" she said.

"I'm guessing it's a big deal" I noted.

"With parties like these it's a big deal" Buttercup said. I got up on her back and we rode out of the stables and towards the fields. We talked for a bit as she explained to me some more of Narnia's history. I looked around and all I saw were wildflowers and some trees.

I looked over and saw that some of the trees were dark. I started to move an inch closer before I got stopped.

"I wouldn't go in there" Buttercup said.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because that's when some of the folk from the other lands hide there to wait on other people and attack" she said.

"Does that worry everyone in Narnia?" I asked.

"At the moment no, but if something were to happen then we would be at war" she said. This got me thinking to my dreams from the other night.

Could those dreams have some symbolic meaning as well as the field and the woods that I was in?

I shook that feeling off as we rode around some more. I saw up in the sky that it was starting to change so we headed back. We got back and I led Buttercup back to her stall and I bid her a goodbye for now. As I was heading up towards the castle, I saw someone running in my direction. I couldn't make it out on who it was but I saw that it was Edmund coming towards me.

"There you are" he said as he came up to me.

"What happened?" I asked, thinking something happened while I was gone.

"I was looking all over for you to see if you were alright" he said.

I looked at him weird. "Why wouldn't I be?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. He was worried about me? That's why he ran out here for when he saw me?

"I didn't see you around today until someone told me you went horseback riding" he replied. "I thought something happened."

"Well as you can see I'm fine and I'm sorry I scared you I was a little bored after Lucy went off to see Susan so I went out for a little ride" I said.

"You could've come to me, I wasn't doing anything after I took care of stuff with Peter and Caspian" he said.

He did have a point there. Suddenly an idea popped into my head.

"Are you doing anything now?" I asked.

"No, why?"

"I propose a challenge with you" I said.

"And what would that be?" he asked with that smirk on his face.

"A duel" I simply said.

"With swords?"

"No Edmund I want to duel with kitchen butter knives of course with swords" I replied with a few hints of sarcasm in my voice.

"Are you bloody mad?" he asked, the smirk going away from his face.

"No I'm not insane, I want to duel with you" I replied.

"I don't think it's a good idea" he said, looking at me funny.

"Come on it's not like I can challenge you to bows and arrows. You know how much I suck at that" I said.

"That's beside the point."

"What's the point then?" I asked.

"I just don't want you-"he started to say but stopped almost immediately. I raised my eyebrow in confusion.

"You don't want me what?" I asked.

"I just don't know if you are properly trained for a sword fight just yet" he replied quickly. I thought he was going to say something else, but I decided to let it go.

"Look how about this, we do a small duel. If you think I'm going to struggle or something, we'll stop. No one's going to get seriously hurt or killed" I said. "What do you say to that?"

Edmund looked at me for a few moments which felt like forever. It's not like I was dueling for death or anything.

"Fine I'll accept" he said."If I see you fumble, we're stopping." I smiled brightly.

"I can't wait so bring it on" I said winking at him as we headed towards the field. Oh my god did I actually wink at him? What the hell is wrong with me?

A/n: Okay so a duel will commence…in the next chapter. Bummer I know but this would be a really long chapter and I wanted to plan it out well so yeah.

I don't know with Pirates of the Caribbean 4 out this weekend and watching POTC 2 and 3 the amount of sword fighting gave me the inspiration for them to have a duel just for fun and for Sophie to get better if a battle was to come.

Okay so I do have a little bit of bad news, there will be no update next week cause I'll be out of town visiting one of my friends whose at college however, I'll be planning out the chapter as me and my two friends are driving down there. Unless I'm asked to take over the drive since it's a 3-4 hour trip then that's what I'll be doing.

I hope this chapter does justice. Don't forget to review! They mean a lot and they do help me out while I write. Thanks once again for your patience and support! They mean a lot!

Signing out for now,
Spikluver89