CHAPTER SEVEN

GIMLI

Peter and Edmund tied up the boat while Susan set up camp and Lucy want with Gimli to get firewood.

"Gimli," she said timidly.

"What is it, lass?" Gimli replied.

"I'm sorry about what I said, earlier on the boat, I mean. I didn't mean to offend you."

"It's OK, lass. I wasn't offended; I just got a little angry. I didn't mean to upset you." Lucy smiled,

"It's OK, and I really am sorry."

"So am I, lass."

Later that evening, or was it early next morning? Gimli wasn't sure, but he did know that he saw something. Lucy's body shivered; then her head jerked up. "Susan?" she whispered to her sister. Susan muttered something in her sleep, but then turned over. Lucy looked around, and it must of appeared as though everyone was asleep as she then stood up and wandered towards the woods. Gimli watched for a minute before standing up and waking Peter,

"Peter? Peter! Wake up, laddie!" Eventually, Peter woke up.

"What's going on?"

"I should have you know that your sister has gone wandering off into the woods and that I think that you should go after her," Gimli told him.

"Lucy?" Peter immediately shot up at the very thought that Lucy had wandered off.

"Yes. Off into the woods."

"You wake up the others; I'll go ahead and find her."

"I think you should very well do that, laddie!" Gimli called as Peter ran into the trees, the very same way Lucy had gone.

Gimli managed to wake up Edmund, as he had half been awakened by Gimli and Peter's conversation, but he needed some help from Edmund to wake Susan, who was the most resilient. After Gimli had explained what he had seen, the three of them ran into the woods to eventually see Lucy standing, facing Peter and another boy, wielding Peter's sword, surrounded by many Narnians, "PETER!" Susan yelled to her brother as they had previously heard the clang of swords and Lucy's shouting.

They boy took one look at Susan, Edmund and Lucy then said to Peter, "High King Peter?"

"At least we know some of you can handle a blade, because we're gonna need every sword we can get."

"Well then, you will probably be wanting yours back," Caspian held out Peter's sword and handed its hilt to Peter. Peter put the sword back at his belt and walked away. The others instinctively followed.