Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia, I only own Sophie.

Chapter 13

Sophie

"Could she be the next daughter of eve?" one man asked.

"I don't know she could either be Narnian or Telmarine and we haven't seen those in months" the other man replied.

I looked at the two men as I rested my hand on the handle of my sword. I've never heard of those words unless there some gang names I wasn't aware of.

"Nah she has to be Narnian since I saw her outside the palace a few days ago" he said.

Hold up right there. "You were spying on me?" I asked.

"Oh look, she talks" he said. Um, no shit Sherlock.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Isn't it that obvious love" he said, creeping closer to me. I took a few steps back away from them.

"No it isn't since I have no idea what the hell you're talking about" I said.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Do what? Talk like I just did before? Well news flash, in case you're wondering I really don't care. I've had a bad few days and I don't need you two to hound on my ass about anything so if you two would mind letting me through that would be great and by the way as you can tell I don't give a rat's ass that you two try to scare me but it didn't work on me" I said.

Okay so the last part was a bit of a lie but what was I going to do? The men looked at each other after I gave my rant. Something was telling me to run, but I wasn't so sure on whether or not to trust my instincts.

"Where's the rope?"

"What for?"

"So we can bring the girl with us back to Calormen" he replied, rolling his eyes.

Ah, shit.

The man stepped forward with a rope and started to walk towards me. I felt a chill going through me as he came closer. I unsheathed my sword and place it in front of me.

Dear lord, don't make me miss.

I swung my sword and I kicked him down. The other man lunged forward and I drove my sword into something and when I pulled it out, I saw blood and my eyes went towards the dead man.

Holy crap, I killed someone.

I started to freak out and I ran towards Buttercup. I jumped on her back and rode out of there as fast as we went. We flew past the trees as she galloped. I looked back and saw that one of them was hot on our trail.

Why the hell did I ride out here?

"How far along do we have?" I asked.

"Hopefully not far" she replied.

We got to a clearing and I could still hear them coming closer. I jumped off of Buttercup and tossed the belt on to her saddle and strapped it on the saddle.

"Buttercup listen to me. Go back the castle and get help" I instructed her.

"Sophie I don't think it's wise for me to leave you out here alone" she said.

"I know and I'm probably going to kick my ass over it later but I don't want you getting hurt. Please, just do this for me" I pleaded.

She looked at me before she sighed. "Be careful" she said.

I nodded as she took off running. I looked behind me and sure enough there was the man himself. He jumped off his horse as I raised my sword in the air.

"Defensive are we?" he asked taking a few steps towards me.

"What do you want?" I asked warily.

"What I was sent to fetch for" he replied.

He lunged at me but I managed to block him off with my sword. I saw him pull his sword out and we began to fight. I've managed to block his attacks while he did the same to me. I kicked him in the stomach and decided right then it was the perfect time to run.

I ran as fast as I could through the woods. I was dying to get out of there and let the others know what happened. I hope Buttercup managed back there alive.

Just as I was about to jump over a log, I felt my foot getting stuck on something which made me trip. I tried to get back up but someone stopped me from doing so.

"Now, now why did you have to make this difficult?" he pulled me up from the ground roughly as I hissed in pain as he grabbed my left arm.

"I'm afraid that I have no other choice" he said.

I struggled to get out of his grasp but he held on tighter. Just as he began to gag me, an arrow flew past us and everything was going on in slow motion.

The man letting me go and I was losing my balance.

I was flying over a tiny cliff that was behind me.

I was tumbling down the cliff and I landed in the water.

I was floating until I gathered enough strength to float back up. I was swimming up towards the surface and gasped for air. I was floating down the river as I tried to swim with my one good arm while my other arm was throbbing in pain.

All I could hear was voices and shouting. I went under water again and by the time I resurfaced, I saw a big rock and I swam over and held on tight. I counted to three mentally as I pulled myself out of the water and l lied on the ground.

I was breathing heavy as I was trying to catch my breath. I heard voices coming closer and stayed where I was lying.

"Oh thank Aslan Sophie."

"Edmund?" I asked hoarsely. I looked up and I saw him kneeling towards me and helping me up and then out of nowhere he pulled me into a hug tightly. I saw him take his cloak off and draped it around me as he held on to me again.

"Thank goodness you had us worried" Edmund whispered as his grip got a bit tighter.

I winced in pain as I saw Peter, Susan and Caspian coming towards us. "Where's Lucy?" I asked as we pulled apart.

"Back at the castle" Peter said.

"And Buttercup?"

"She's safe."

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" I said as tears came down my cheeks.

"It's not your fault" Susan said. "You had no idea this was going to happen."

"We better get back and figure out a plan" Peter said as the five of us climbed up the small hill with Edmund never leaving my side.

We made it over to the horses when Edmund stopped and took one look at me. He helped me up on Philip as I wrapped my arms around his waist tight as we rode back in silence.

I sat in silence as I was getting checked over. It turned out I bruised my left shoulder bad and I did sprained my wrist when I fell off of the horse. But with help of the healing cordial, it was back to itself and the bruise was slowly fading away. Edmund wouldn't leave my side as if this whole thing was his fault.

We left the infirmary and walked down the hallway in silence. I kept my head down while I felt eyes on me and I can pretty tell whose eyes they belong to.

"Oh Sophie thank god you're alright" I heard Lucy say to me as we ran into her in the hall. She pulled me into a hug as I returned one as well.

"Yeah I guess you can call it luck" I said softly.

"You wish" I heard Edmund mumbled. I looked at him with my eyes narrowed at him while Lucy gave him a dirty look. What the hell was his problem?

"Dinner's going to be served in a few minutes, Susan just wanted me to let you two know" she said.

"I don't think I'll be joining you guys" I said.

"Is something wrong? Are you ill?"

"No I'm not but I don't have much of an appetite" I replied.

"But you have to eat something" Edmund insisted.

"I don't think so" I said. "Knowing me, it would be my luck that I ruin dinner."

"That's not what I meant…." Edmund started to say but I cut him off.

"Oh like you didn't mean how it was luck that I almost got captured? What's next? You're going to say how it's my fault that I went riding by myself and got you guys in shit's creek? Maybe it would be better off if I should've left the day I came here" I said coldly.

"Soph, you really don't mean it" Lucy said while Edmund continued to look at me.

"I don't know. I really don't know anymore. I'm sorry I won't be joining you for dinner. Excuse me." I walked around Lucy as I left her and Edmund in the hallway with their eyes on me.

I ran up the stairs and into my room. I took off the wet dress and tossed it on the chair. I threw on the tank top I found in my closet and my gym shorts. I zipped up my sweatshirt and sat on the armchair which was near the balcony window.

I couldn't stop the tears that were coming down my face as I cried. I cried for my parents, Jason surprisingly, Jane, Peter, Susan, Lucy, Caspian and Edmund. I covered my mouth so I would try to contain the sobs that were being let out so no one would hear me.

For the first time since I've been in Narnia, I was missing home.

A/n: I feel bad for Sophie now. I bet you guys do too.

Next chapter I think you guys will be happy for. There will be some drama but at the end I think you guys will be happy.

Don't forget to review! They mean a lot and I thank you guys once again for your support and patience! I'll try to update next week pending on my work schedule since I'm working almost every day and I'm lucky enough to have either two or three days off!

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