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Chapter 12

Sophie

I avoided Edmund for almost three days. Okay that sounded a bit overdramatic and not to mention childish, but I remained civil towards him but I couldn't be in the same room for three days with him. There we go. I wasn't avoiding him because of what I saw, well just a little bit of that but ever since my developing feelings for him, I didn't know what to do.

I know that Edmund had sincerely apologized for that night and I told him that there was nothing to apologize for and I did take it.

Now with me falling for him, it makes things a bit complicated.

I do want to tell him but I'm afraid on how he would react. I mean I still can't believe that I would fall for him. Hell it's a miracle that I've fallen for a guy. I've never had any interest in the guys at my school. Either I would see them as friends or they just weren't my type. I sometimes started to wonder if I did have a specific type for a guy.

Why must this be so confusing?

It was a late afternoon as I was in the armory room picking out a sword. I decided to go out for a ride in the fields and maybe some parts of the woods. I shifted the sword back and forth in my hands for a second before I put it through the belt loop and wrapped the belt around my waist on my grey and black dress.

"Sophie, what are you doing in here?" Lucy asked as she and Susan came in.

"Oh I'm sorry I was just looking for a sword" I replied.

"Going for a small ride?" Susan asked.

"Yeah I just need to clear my head" I said not looking up at them.

"I see. Sophie, I know that Edmund had apologized to you about what happened…."

"I know and I do feel awful on how I acted towards you when you saw me Susan" I apologized.

"It's not your fault but I've never seen Edmund looking so guilty" Susan said.

"Also you've been acting a bit strange" Lucy noted.

"I don't know what you're talking about" I said.

"You can tell us. We won't say anything" Susan said.

I looked up at the Queens thinking if I should tell them about my recent mood. Hopefully they would understand.

"Okay" I breathed out as I shut the door. "The reason why I'm acting weird is that I've recently have feelings for Edmund."

"As in romantic feelings?" Lucy asked. I nodded.

"We're not surprised" Lucy said.

"You're not?" I asked.

"I had a feeling you were but then again it was quite obvious from the way you two look at each other" Susan noted.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" I asked.

"It's just-"Susan was going to say but then we heard voices. It sounded like Edmund's and someone else's.

"Please don't tell him where I'm going" I pleaded.

"Will you at least be back for dinner?" she asked. I nodded quickly as I opened the other door. I gave a quick goodbye as I headed through the secret door that was in the room. I ran down the hallway towards the rose garden and ran towards the stables.

"Took you long enough" Buttercup said as I was getting her ready.

"Sorry I got held up" I said.

"Do they know where we'll be going?" she asked.

"I told them we're going for a ride. They don't have to know it's by the woods" I said as I led her out of the stables. I got up on the saddle as I took one last look at the castle before I rode off.

It was only just a ride, what could happen?

"Where are we anyways?" Buttercup asked later as we got to one part of the forest.

"I was here when I woke up the first time I came here" I replied.

"I see" she said as I got off the horse. "I remember checking to see if I had everything but I didn't have my cell phone."

I looked around the forest. I did made a note to myself to come out here to look for it and with everything going on recently, I never got a chance.

I walked around slowly as the wind blew into the trees. I shivered, cursing myself as I should've brought my sweater or a cloak or something. This what happens when I decided to wear a third quarter sleeved dress. I walked a little bit further away from Buttercup and with my hand on the handle of the sword.

All I heard was my footsteps and that was it. I made a frown as I stood there. I don't know where my phone was hell; I don't know where to begin to look. I may have misplaced it a few times before but never in my life had I lost a phone. I didn't know what to do.

I started to walk back when my foot hit something. I crouched down and moved some the dead branches away and saw something shining. I reached forward and grabbed it. My mouth dropped as I saw that I had my phone in my hands.

I started to laugh as I was overcoming with shock. I saw that my phone was off and I hit the power button to turn on but as soon as I saw the screen lit up, it went off.

Crap, either my phone broke or it's low on battery. I shoved the phone in the little pouch on my belt and decided to head back to Buttercup.

"Come on let's get out of here" I said as I was near her.

Just as I was mounting, I heard a branch snap and footsteps coming closer.

Edmund POV

"Has anyone seen Sophie?" I asked Caspian and Peter.

"I think she was with the girls before" Peter replied.

"Doing what?"

"Girl things I don't know" Peter mumbled.

It was getting near sunset and I haven't seen them since breakfast. I noticed how Sophie was acting different ever since that night. I had apologized to her and told her it was just a misunderstanding. She did say that she was fine and not to worry about it.

I also noticed how she was acting recently. It's like she was hiding something from me but I didn't know what it was. I wanted to talk to her about it but she was up to something as well.

Susan and Lucy came into the room later on. I noticed that she wasn't with them.

"What are you guys doing?" Lucy asked.

"I'm glad you guys are here" Peter said. "I got word from our messenger that there had been a threat planning from Calorie and it came to us this morning."

"What's the threat about?" Susan asked.

"It said that we should give in to their negotiations otherwise they'll spring war on us" he replied.

"But I thought they were taken care of" I pointed out.

"Well apparently they weren't and from what I heard, they had their soldiers stake out in the woods if any of the Narnians comes across them they'll take them as prisoners" Caspian said.

I saw Susan and Lucy give each other horrified looks. "What is it?" I asked.

"Might as well tell them they have to know" Susan said.

"As if they weren't" Lucy said. "Susan and I ran into Sophie before."

"And?" I pressured. I had a gut feeling where this was going but I didn't want to be so sure.

"And she said she was going out for a ride" she continued.

"Do you know where?" I asked.

"She said didn't say she just wanted to clear her head" Lucy said.

"How long has she been gone?" Peter asked.

"For over an hour" Susan replied. "She said she was coming back for dinner and that would be over an hour ago."

I jumped out of my seat and ran out of the room. "Edmund where are you going?" Susan as she ran after me.

"To find Sophie" I replied as I ran into the armory and grabbed my sword.

I had to find her before something happens to her. I grabbed a cloak and ran towards the stables. I got Philip out of his stall and leaped up on his back.

"Do you know where Buttercup went with Sophie?" I asked as we ran out of the stables.

"I heard them saying about some part of the woods" he replied.

We took off as fast as we could. I could hope and pray to Aslan that she would be alright and unharmed.

Sophie POV

"Come on we better go" I said.

"What's wrong?" Buttercup asked.

"I have a bad feeling something's going to happen" I replied.

We started to ride off after that. I couldn't help but fell my hands shaking as we were riding back. I wanted her to go faster but I didn't want to pressure her out.

The next thing I knew, Buttercup stopped short and she kicked the air and neighing while I let go of the reins and fell off. I landed on my left arm and cried out in pain.

"I'm sorry dear I didn't mean it" she said.

"No it's not your fault but seriously, what the hell" I said, groaning in pain. I touched my left shoulder and felt pain as I hissed.

"Well, well, well who do we have here?" an eerie voiced asked as I looked up in horror.

Oh damn.

A/n: I know I'm such a cliffy bitch LOL. Don't be surprised if you expect a few more of these in the future in this story. You have been warned.

So what's going to happen to Sophie? Will Edmund get to her in time? Will she have the guts to tell Edmund how she feels about him? Will I ever stop asking these questions? Actually I can answer the last one but the others well, you would have to wait at that in the next few chapters.

You know what to do! Thank you so much for your patience and support! They mean a lot to me!

A picture of Sophie will be posted on my blog hopefully this week. I'm debating on three pictures now so I'll let you know when the picture is up when I next update.

Signing out for now,
Spikeluver89