Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia. Sheesh, how many times do I have to tell you that? I only own Sophie.

Chapter 24

Edmund POV

"Sophie?" I said, as I knocked on the door.

"It's open" she said through the door.

I opened up the door and I can see her sitting at the edge of her bed, strapping her wrist guards on. She was wearing a dark green dress but what was different was that the dress only landed at the bottom of her knees, and a pair of black boots. Her hair was pulled into a ponytail and she had her body armor on.

"I feel like I'm Xena" she mumbled.

"Who?" I asked.

"Never mind that's a long story" she replied, looking up at me.

"I see" I said. I heard her move off the bed to get something. I walked over there and saw something lying on her bed. It was her musical device and I picked it up and saw a picture of her and I'm assuming her brother since they had almost the same looks.

"Sophie, I thought this carried music" I said.

She looked over and smiled as she made her way towards me. "It does, but you can take pictures, videos, whichever. I thought I told you" she said.

I felt her hand on my arm as she rested her head on my shoulder. "Does it feel wrong to be scared for today?" she asked.

"No, love it doesn't" I replied. I have to admit I was scared not only for myself and the others but terrified for her as well. I didn't want anything happening to her.

"I don't know maybe it's just the fact that I know it'll work but I'm afraid it won't" she said. I felt her move towards the desk nearby as she placed the device in a drawer. She grabbed her bag and was phishing around in it until she took out her key.

I walked over towards where she was standing and I wrapped my arms around her waist and pressed a kiss on the back of her neck. I felt her fingers running through my hair as I bask in her touch.

"I love you" I said.

"I love you too" she said. She looked up and her eyes were even more beautiful up closer.

"Come on love, we better meet with the others" I said.

She sighed reluctantly but nodded as she shoved her house key in the small pouch on her belt. Sophie made sure she had everything before we left her room. The walk down towards the stables was quiet as she held on to my hand. She wasn't holding on to it too tight but she was squeezing it every once in awhile.

I wish there was some way I would calm her down but as long as there is this threat against us and her, there was nothing we could do at this point.

We got down to the courtyard where there was a small army gathering and I saw Peter and Lucy over by the griffins they were supposed to ride to the How. I remembered a few days before when Sophie met them; she couldn't believe that they actually exist.

"You know how to ride them right?" Peter asked.

"I think I know now since the other day" she replied.

"Okay remember girls, just stick to the plan and get back here safely" he said.

"We're not going to meet up with you?" Sophie asked.

"I'm afraid not" he replied.

Sophie shrugged her shoulders as she checked herself over one more time. As she was about to mount on to the griffin, I took her hand and she looked at me with a confused look before I pulled her against me and held her before I kissed her on the lips hard.

"I love you. Be careful" I whispered as I looked at her in the face.

"You do the same and I love you too" she said.

We parted as she climbed on the griffins' back. She took one last look at me before she and Lucy flew off to Aslan's How while I got ready to ride to Calormen, praying that they would be safe and come back alive with the chest.

Sophie POV

"Okay so this How it has only one opening from when it was damaged?" I asked.

"I believe so" Lucy replied. "It's been so long since we've all been there."

"I bet" I said.

Flying above Narnia, I'll admit that it was scary at first but now I'm used to it. I think. Seeing Narnia from above is pretty amazing. It looked like it was just a land full of trees and grass along with the rivers but it was still a sight to see.

We came up to a big clearing and I can see a mountain like figure in the distance. I'm guessing it was the How since it only had one opening in the mountain. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down as we were getting closer and closer.

We landed on the ground and I jumped off. I rummaged through my bag until I found my lighter. I looked over and saw that Lucy came over towards me.

"Remember what we talked about? If we get ambushed, you take the chest and fly to the others and find help" I said.

"Don't worry I haven't forgotten though I am worried that it might not work" she said.

"I hope it'll work" I said. I found two clubs nearby and lit them up and we made our way into the How.

It was eerie quiet as we walked down the hallway. We didn't speak as we walked. I looked around and took in the surroundings.

"Have you ever felt like you were in some weird horror movie?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"No I don't think so" Lucy replied chuckling a bit. "Why do you ask that?"

"I don't know I mean I feel like we're going into a room and something is looking at us but we don't know it. Crazy I know but that's what it feels like" I replied.

"I see" she said. "It's been so long since we've been here last."

"Did you guys ever think that you guys would've came back if Narnia was still the same as you guys left?" I asked.

"Probably I mean, we've been here until we followed that stag for the past fifteen years. It's been different since we went back home. We had to act like nothing happened but I somehow believed that we would've come back here" she said.

We came to a stop in since the opening in front of us was completely dark. I put my club in front of me and all I could make out was some rubble and a broken table. I looked over and saw that we did make it to the table where I read that Aslan had sacrificed himself to the white witch.

"Okay so now where do we look?" she asked.

"According to this map" I said, taking out the map I had made up since I sketched it from the book. "It said that the chest should be somewhere in here."

"Guess we better start."

I nodded as we went separate ways in the room as we tried to find where the chest was hidden. I never knew that this would be so hard. I hope that the others were okay. I felt myself shaking with anticipation as I continued to look around.

I was about to turn back when my foot hit something. I looked down and saw something sticking out of the ground. I knelt down to see what it was and it looked like the edge of a box. I wonder if this could be it.

"Luce, I think I found it" I said.

She rushed over as I blew out the fire and I dug it out while Lucy held the club so I can see. I felt a rush of adrenaline as I was digging it out. I hope that this was it. I knew at this point anything could happen but I just pray that it wouldn't be the worst of it.

"Got it" I said, as I pulled it out. It looked small but it wasn't too big.

"Thank Aslan" she said.

"Yeah who knew what he would do" I said.

I held the chest close as I stood up from my spot. "Let's just get the hell out of here" I said.

"I agree" she said.

We both ran out of there as fast as we could. Lucy got rid of the flame as soon as we seen the opening from the How. I wanted to get back as soon as possible and hopefully this whole mess was over.

I almost ran into Lucy who I noticed she stopped short.

"What happened, why did you stop?" I asked.

"Look" she replied, pointing ahead.

I looked over and I saw a small army heading towards us. I didn't recognize any of them who were from Narnia. I handed the chest to Lucy as I went over to the edge to get a closer look. They had different clothing on and they were pointing at us and some got off their horses and made their way towards us.

This wasn't good.

I looked over at Lucy with a frightened look on my face, unsure on how I would tell her this.

"We're in trouble" I said.

A/n: Dun, dun, dun! A cliffy I know! It must be done.

Okay guys I know I'm going to get off topic a bit from this story but I need your help with something for Crazy Adventure. I'm thinking of titles for my characters Madison and Taylor. Any ideas would be great and you can read through the story if you want to see what comes to mind. I do have some titles in mind but I'm afraid it won't make sense.

Now things are getting tense! Well, in the chapter it will be. This is only the beginning. Will the girls make it out okay? Will Edmund help get to them in time? Will their plan work? Got to stick around and find out!

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