Chapter 14. I love this chapter because we get to dig down deep into Atreyu and Lucy's dynamics and soon the change which will come in a few more chapters. It's very touching as well.

Enjoy! :)

Cair Paravel- That Night

Peter and Edmund helps Josaphir down beneath Cair Paravel's surface after getting him off of the sinking ship, fire torches were glimmering around the cavern everywhere as they found their way down. Queen Susan gasps as they came in after comforting everyone else.

Susan brings a flask of spiced wine for their wet and wounded guest. Josaphir sits down quickly as he could as soon as he reached the bottom of the sharp steps still very breathless, not that he was tired but that his shocked and fearful expression remained the same. He nods thankfully to the Queen Susan as she helped him drink down the spiced wine. She then took a look at the mans wound on his leg.

"Do any of you know where Lucy's magic cordial is?" Susan said as she takes an unlit torch and unwraps the cloths. She places the cloth around Josaphir's wound where it bled and looked infected.

"I'll go look in her treasure chest." Peter suggests and runs off as Edmund and Susan stayed with the man.

Josaphir looks around anxiously at everyone their minded their own business or stared at him frightened not only of him, though he did know what was going on outside when they didn't.

"How did you get your wound sir?" Susan asks.

"A piece of starboard fell on me your highness." Josaphir replied and grunts at the pain as Susan tightens the cloth around his leg. "We all aren't going to be safe here for too long."

"Don't talk so silly," Susan chuckles softly. "We are all very deep underground. The winds will not catch us down here."

"This is no ordinary storm your highness." Josaphir spoke in a somewhat harsh tone. Susan looks at him bewildered.

"Please forgive me," He continued. "I have seen what this dark storm can do." Edmund begins to look more interested because he had not heard the full story yet from the man. "I was one of 49 other crew members from the lone Islands. We were to come here to seek help when as soon as we left port the winds picked up and it swallowed the islands as well as the people on it." Josaphir stops for a moment looking a lot more horrified then he was already. "I watched as it took away my wife and son."

Peter and Susan were speechless as they showed the man sympathy and he began to cry.

Dancing Lawn

Atreyu had gathered a lot of talking animals, fauns and centaurs around but no one knew what he was talking about or what his questions were supposed to mean except for Lucy and Bryian.

When it was hopeless trying to ask anyone else questions Lucy comes up to his side as they decided to take a brief walk through the forest and be able to try and calm Atreyu down.

"Perhaps there's a different warning and cure about all of this." Lucy suggests to him.

Atreyu shakes his head feeling hopeless. "If I can't figure out what it is and what I must do I can't save this place and everyone from the Nothing."

"Who's to say you must know right now?" Lucy asked a tad paranoid with the way Atreyu thinks. "Maybe your answer will come later or it might be right in front of you but just don't know it yet."

Atreyu stops and Lucy steps in front of him and stares hard at him with a look of hope. The forest was very quiet at that moment and they both wondered if they had walked too far away from the lawn. "I'm sorry your highness, but isn't that simple. Right now we are still wasting time." Atreyu continues his walk with his head hanging low.

"I know what it's like," Lucy said still standing in the same spot where she's at.

Atreyu stops again and tilts his head to look at her. "What's what like?"

"To not have people listen to you and you feel as if you deserve more credit and respect for the things you do for everyone but still it isn't enough for them." Lucy explained and Atreyu felt as though Lucy was right about everything that she had just said.

A sort of glimmer touched Atreyu. "Do you feel that way too?"

Lucy nods her head. "I'm the youngest of my siblings. People tend not to listen to me, not even my brothers and sister sometimes."

"Well in that case, I'll take your advice to heart." Atreyu said with a grin and Lucy smiles back at him.