Miraz stood, still unsure of what had happened, and went to his councilmen.

Lord Sopespian bowed his head to the king, a secret in his dark Telmarine eyes, "my King."

Miraz's voice was vicious, "I'll deal with you when this is over."

Lord Sopespian took Miraz by the shoulders, meeting his eyes.

"It is over."

Lord Sopespian took out an arrow, one that belonged to the Narnians that had been recovered from the castle raid, and stabbed his king in the side.

Miraz stared at his comrade in shock, his face shaking with pain, as he sank to the ground. He was dead.

"TREACHERY!" Lord Sopespian shouted.

Lily and Caspian looked up in surprise, their eyes falling on the arrow in Miraz's side.

"THEY SHOT HIM!"

Lord Alvarez put on his helmet silently, his expression never changing, and mounted his horse to ride to his troops.

Peter shouted to the Narnians, "BE READY!"

Edmund cursed, "I knew it!"

Peter looked at Caspian, "GO!"

Caspian and Lily went to their horses and rode to the stables again. The centaurs, fauns, and the big cats waited in the underground caverns. There were at least one hundred strong waiting to attack.

Peter went to the How's entrance where more Narnians emerged with swords and shields. There they waited for the Telmarines' move. Everything was chaotic, yells and shouts piercing everyone's ears.

The Telmarines readied their catapults.

"ARCHERS!" Peter order.

Susan and the Narnians above drew back their arrows and when they heard Peter's voice, they released them, sending a shower upon the Telmarines. But their armor was thick.

Large boulders came hurling at the How and everyone took cover. The boulders smashed the How's outer shell.

The Telmarines began to charge and Peter yelled with all his might to the troops below the earth: "NOW!"

Caspian heard Peter and began to count to ten. Lily was at his side along with Glenstorm and the other Narnians formed a barrier behind him, his strength.

When Caspian reached five, the infantry began to gallop through the dark stables. They were riding towards the columns on the other side. Peter above was counting too, hoping it would work. He ordered the army to move in and the Narnians followed Peter as they galloped towards the advancing Telmarines.

At the same time, the infantry began knocking out the old columns, their stone falling and the ground above quivering from the blow to its support. The ground began to crumble and when the last major support column was knocked out by Glenstorm, the land crumbled and created a great crater in the field, all the Telmarines falling into it as the Narnian army pounced on them. The infantry emerged from the underground into the sunlight.

The Telmarines halted, terrified and confused. The Narnians attacked them with full force. Weapons clashed, shouts and roars erupted like a volcano, growing louder. Lily thrust her sword into a mounted soldier, sending him falling to the ground. She longed to look around to make sure her friends were alright but there were too many soldiers around her, many of them confused by her armor and some recognized her.

The chaotic fighting lasted for what seemed like a day; endless sword clashing and attacking, many falling to the ground, both Telmarine and Narnian alike. Peter called for the Narnians to retreat back to the How but the catapults knocked down the How's entrance. The battle took a bad turn. Lily felt lost in the fray, worried about Caspian, the one who needed to survive above everyone else.

A Telmarine came up behind her and without hesitation, she lunged at him and stabbed him. The length of her blade was immersed in his body and he fell to his knees. But she stared at him for a moment then quickly dropped her sword and removed his helmet.

It was her father, Alvarez.

She stared at him, his dark eyes clouding as he gasped for air. She felt conflicted but as he began to fall, she reached out and lowered his body gently. The war raging around them seemed to fade.

She kneeled next to him and stared down at him, wanting to speak but could not find the words.

His lips shook and he groaned.

She shook her head, looking at him with pity in her eyes.

"How could you?"

He said nothing. For the first time in her life, he was looking at her.

Tears formed in her eyes and she shouted at him, "How could you do the things you did? To me, to Leland-"

"I…" his voice was weak and she waited.

He swallowed, "I…never meant…to hurt you…or your brother…"

Her laugh was dark, angry, "But you did. You killed your own son."

She froze when he shook his head.

Tears filled his eyes, "I was never…a good father…but he is my son…and he is alive."

Lily covered her mouth, crying as she stared at her father.

He reached his hand up to her face, touching her cheek, "Lily…"

But for a moment, she knew he was not speaking her name, but someone else's…

"Forgive me…"

His hand fell and the life disappeared from his eyes.