Chapter 4
After that encounter, everybody rode towards the how. All of the children rode on horses toward their destination. Caspian couldn't take his eyes off Kathryn as she stared at the ground; Caspian still with all his might couldn't move his eyes. "Who is she?" Caspian asked Susan.
Susan
As soon as Caspian asked her that, Susan couldn't help but stare at Caspian. Her heart was beating out of her chest at the sight of him. For awhile as Caspian was trying to ask Susan, but Susan didn't answer him.
Normal
After the hundreth time, Susan was finally snapped out of her reverie. "Huh?" Susan asked. Caspian asked again "Who is your friend over there?" Susan sighed "That's my friend Kitty" Caspian looked at Kathryn "That's an odd name" Susan giggled "That's what we call her, her real name is Kathryn" Caspian glanced at Kathryn again. "Thank you Susan" Susan blushed at those three words. Caspian then rode towards Kathryn.
Kathryn
Kathryn saw Caspian ride towards her: and at the sight of him she wondered why is he coming towards me Kathryn tried to ignore him and increase her speed, but to no avail he caught up to her. Her heart then began to beat rapidly and she didn't know why.
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As soon as Caspian caught up to her he questioned "Are you trying to run away from me?" Kathryn shook her head no. Caspian chuckled "What's wrong, cat got your tongue" Kathryn answered quietly "No" Caspian looked at her with curiosity "You should speak up, you have a lovely voice" Kathryn blushed at those words and looked away so he wouldn't see. Caspian was about to ask her something when Peter called him. Caspian said "I'll see you again soon" Kathryn blushed again as he galloped away.
Lucy came over and said "Hello Kathryn, do you like Caspian?" Kathryn answered quietly " Yes, he's very amiable" Lucy giggled " You like him don't you?" Kathryn answered "No, he's just very nice" Lucy giggled again. "We're almost approaching the How" Kathyn inquired "The place where Aslan was on the sacrificial table?" Susan answered "Yes, and you do pay attention do you?" Kathryn giggled and saw they were approaching their destination.
Once they got there, everybody settled down and put their belongings away. Everybody then went inside the cave and looked in dismay at the paintings on the wall for an hour. While Lucy and Kathryn packed the belongings away, Kathryn asked "Do you think Susan, Caspian, Edmund or Peter will teach me how to fight?" Lucy answered "I don't see why not, go ask them" Kathryn then went to go ask Susan, who appeared to be watching Caspian. "Susan" Susan looked at Kathryn and asked "Yes?" "Susan, can you refresh my memory of how to use a bow and arrow ?" Kathryn asked. Susan answered "Of course, but don't worry you'll remember in a split second because you are a really good archer because you took archery" Kathryn smiled and said "Thank you Susan" Susan laughed "What are friends for anyway and perhaps Peter or Caspian can teach you how to use a sword" Kathryn paused for a second and asked "Susan I've noticed you've been looking at Caspian a lot, do you like him?" Susan gasped "Are you insane we're hundreds of years apart" Kathryn sighed "Susan, I'm not dumb and you know that I am quiete observant and I've observed the way you at him" Susan sighed "I'm sorry I've shouldn't have hidden the truth from you and yes I do like Caspian very much" Kathryn giggled "Don't worry Susan, I bet he likes you too" Susan gasped "You think so?" Kathryn nodded and said "I know so, and he would have to be eccentric if he didn't like you back" Susan hugged Kathryn and said "Thanks Kitty..come on let's refresh your memory on archery"
Susan and Kathryn went to the fields and set up targets to practice. Susan showed Kathryn how to set up the arrow "Now..you set it up like this" Kathryn did as she was told and before Susan could instruct her any further Kathryn shot an arrow right in the bulls-eye. Everybody including Susan gasped. Susan proudly said "See, you really didn't need my help, now just practice a few times so you get the feel of it, okay?" Kathryn answered "Okay" Reepichap, a little brown field mouse came up to Kathryn and said " I must say, that was a very nice shot miss" Kathryn looked at the mouse and answered "Thank you kind mouse, but I do not know your name" the mouse bowed and said "I am Reepichap miss, and if there is anything you need, please don't hesitate to ask " Kathryn smiled at the little creature and said "If there's anything you need, you let me know to ; now if you don't mind I have to get back to practicing" The mouse bowed "As you wish miss" After the mouse scurried away Kathryn began to practice.
For an hour, Kathryn sent arrows whizzing at the bulls-eye and kept on hitting it at dead aim. During the hour all the Narnians watched in amazement and whispered " She's just as good as Susan or maybe even better" Kathryn then ended the practice and sat down and sighed " Now, I need to know how to use a sword" Caspian then came out of the cave and saw Kathryn sitting on the ground and couldn't take his eyes off her and walked towards her. Kathryn heard footsteps approaching and looked up and saw Caspian; at the sight of him her heart began pounding out of her chest and a red blush came across her pale, porcelin white cheeks. Caspian asked "How are you liking Narnia?" Kathryn was momentarily lost for words and stuttered "Fi--n--e.. thank-you" Caspian then said "If there's anything you need don't hesitate to ask me" As Caspian was walking away Kathryn said "Wait! There is something I need actually" Caspian looked back at her and said "Go on" Kathryn sighed and asked "If you please, can you teach me how to defend myself myself with a sword?" Caspian said "Yes, I will, come let's go to the armory and get you a sword" Kathryn followed after Caspian and went to the armory which had a variety of weapons in all shapes and sizes. Caspian looked for a sword which wouldn't be too big for Kathryn. After Caspian found a sword for her he said "Come let's go practice"
Caspian led Kathryn to an open field where they would have privacy. Caspian handed te sword to Kathryn to Kathryn and said "Here" Kathryn took the sword, which was a little heavy; but not too heavy so she couldn't hold it. Caspian then began "Now I want you to swing your sword like this" Caspian began showing her some sword exercises and Kathryn watched attentively so she could later mimic his moves. Caspian stopped and said "Alright now you try" Kathryn then lifted the sword and began mimicking Caspian. Caspian looked st her in surprise on how rapidly she picked up on those moves. Caspian exclaimed "Well done, let's have a joust" Kathryn and Caspian began to go head on. The battle went head on and both of them moved their swords. As Caspian went towards her she dodged his move and Caspian said "Excellent you're learning quickly" Kathryn and Caspian then continued fighting, and then all the narnians began to watch in curiosity at Caspian and Kathryn fighting. Both of them continued to fight for an hour: both of them dodging each other and fighting head on. After a few minutes, the fight ended with Kathryn on the ground with the sword pointing at her, but Kathryn countered him by tripping him and pointing the sword in his face. Both of them stared at each other for awhile, and couldn't take their eyes off each other. Caspain breathed and said "Good fight I think you'll be ready for future combat" Kathryn offered her hand to Caspian and he graciously took it and he got up. "You did good, just keep practicing and you'll be in good shape" Both of them looked at each other for awhile and couldn't take their eyes off each other until Caspian broke the silence "I should go" Before Caspian walked away Kathryn said "Thank you" Caspian sais 'It was my pleasure" and walked away.
After Caspian walked away, Edmund came up to her and excitedly said "That little joust was spectacular you and Caspian were neck and neck" Kathryn chuckled nervously "It was nothing" Edmund punched her playfully and said "Come on let's have a go" Both Kathryn and Edmund were having a go at it, for almost an hour until a centaur came up and announced "The majesties summoned you to attend the meeting" After they were summoned, they followed the centaur into the cave. After they got into the cave; the meeting began. Kathryn looked around for a place to sit and Lucy waved to Kathryn, and Kathryn joined Lucy and the meeting began.
Peter said "Everyone, we need to decide on a course of action in order to defeat the Telmaranians" Everyone nodded their heads in unison. Susan replied "What do you suppose we do then?" Peter replied "We'll attack them at their base" Caspian stepped forward and said "I do not think that would be the best cause of action" Peter said " Caspian I thank you for everything you have done, but we can take everything over from here" Susan then spoke up "I agree with Caspian" Caspian then said "I don't think it's a great idea to attack Miraz at the home base" Reepichap perked up "I agree with High King Peter" Caspian then said "What will we have by doing this?" Reepichap answered "We'll have the element of surprise"
Caspian said in disagreement " I think we should remain in the cave" Peter asked "How will we live?" One mouse exclaimed "We can gather nuts!" Everyone was silent for awhile until Reepichap said "Brilliant we can gather nuts and throw them at the Telmaranians! Brilliant!" After everybody started arguing Lucy spoke up "I agree with Caspian and we should wait for Aslan" Peter scoffed "We waited long enough, now it's our time" Kathryn spoke up in Lucy's defense "Peter I understand what you're trying to do, but I think there should be a better course of action" Peter scoffed "What would you know?' Kathryn answered "I have a feeling that your plan might not work and we should listen to each other so we all can go and fight Miraz" Peter exclaimed 'There is no way you're fighting" Kathryn replied "Yes I am, I have much as right as everybody else" Edmund answered in Kathryn's defense "She does and she can fight you saw her even you did Caspian" Caspian answered "Yes, but I agree with Peter" Kathryn then said "I can hold my own and I will prove my worth and fight" All the narnians nodded their heads and shouted "Here, Here" Susan stood up next to Kathryn and said "I stand beside you" Edmund stood up next to her " I stand beside you too"
After all that, the narnians started making preparations for the surprise attack but in Kathryn's heart she knew something bad would happen.