Chapter Three: Web of Lies

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Chapter Three: Web of Lies

Caspian rode through the trees, he thought he could hear talking, he dismounted Destier and jogged over to the ruins of Cair Paravel, he couldn't identify the voices, but as he rounded the corner he saw King Edmund and Queen Lucy, "Caspian!" screamed Lucy, Caspian dropped to his knees and hugged Lucy, one hand going around her back and the other grasping her head, "We've missed you so much! Susan will-" began Lucy talking fast as Caspian stood up to break away from there hug but Edmund cut her off "Good to see you mate!" said Edmund shaking his hand, Caspian shook Edmunds hand but could not help looking around for the others, "Susan and Peter send their regards" said Edmund trying to make up for Lucy's out burst about Susan, "Yes, there weren't able to make it" said Lucy playing along like Trumpkin had said, Caspian stopped looking, he loved having Lucy and Edmund here, but he had hoped for more…

"It's great to have you here! Narnia is in desperate need of your help" said Caspian try to keep his eyes from betraying his secret disappointment, "What has happened?" asked Edmund, "The White Witch has returned" said Caspian leading them over to his horses, Edmund sucked in a quick breath, Lucy gasped, "How!" she asked sounding desperate, "I don't know, but I intend to make sure she never returns" said Caspian mounting Destier, Lucy mounted the brown and white horse she was guided to, Edmund looked over to the horse he was to be riding and smiled in delight "Phillip!" he said in surprise running to the horse and hugging him "my god old boy! Shouldn't you be dead by now?" asked Edmund, Caspian chuckled and Lucy giggled "No! there's a little magic in me too!" said Phillip, "well I'm glad to have you here old friend" said Edmund mounting Phillip, Caspian smiled, they may not have brought Susan with them, but Caspian felt the Lucy and Edmund were exactly what he needed, well almost exactly what he needed… he looked up into the sky, there was the constellation of stars called 'The Archer' and these stars that made up this constellation seemed to shine particularly bright tonight, Caspian spurred his horse, the battalion of Guards, Lucy and Edmund followed him into the night.

"Trumpkin should we be resting? I mean we herd Caspian's troops coming just as we left! He could be right behind us! I though you didn't want him to know Susan and I were here" said Peter as he dismounted his horse and Trumpkin ordered his men to set up a temporary camp, they had been riding for four hours, it was one o'clock in the morning, they were going to continue riding in the morning, "Caspian is at least six hours behind us, Aslan told him this path was blocked, so he'd have to use the other one, giving us at least two days at the Circle of Narnia before he gets there" said Trumpkin removing the saddle from his horse, the circle of Narnia was another name for the center of Narnia, there was a camp site there, it had been used for many battles in the Narnia golden age, but none so far in the Telmarine age.

Susan removed the saddle from her horses back, and sat it down on the ground, the horse walked away slowly, its knee's then buckled from underneath it, they had been galloping for four hours straight and the horse was exhausted, Susan rushed to the horses side, she rubbed a gentle hand along its neck, "what is this horse's name?" asked Susan "That is Jacob, Queen Susan" said a passing solider, "he's very old, Trumpkin are we going to be riding like this every day?" asked Susan looking up from the horse, "Yes!" answered Trumpkin gruffly, "Set this horse onto a lighter load, I will find another horse" said Susan standing up, Jacob looked up at her gratitude showing in his big brown eyes, before slowly closing them, Susan smiled, "I'll go get some wood for the fire" said Susan going into the woods, "Lyas, Randal, go with her! The witches spies may be about, I don't want her knowing that they're here" said Trumpkin, the two cheetah's that Trumpkin had spoken to nodded and went after Susan, who they court up to in three easy strides, once they were walking at a normal pace Susan scratched Lyas's golden head before disappearing into the woods.

Caspian slowed the pace to a steady walk about an hour ago, Queen Lucy had fallen asleep lying on her horse.

"Caspian were all about to drop off our horses! Lets make camp" yawned Edmund "alright, I think there's a small clearing up ahead" said Caspian.

The men all dismounted and went to huddle around separate fires they had made, Caspian made a small fire for him, Edmund and Lucy to share, Edmund laid a sleeping Lucy on the ground next to the fire, he then laid down on the ground next to her, Lucy to his Right, Caspian to his left.

"Edmund?" asked Caspian as he lay on the ground looking up at the sky, "hmm?" asked Edmund, "Susan has she… has she found someone else?" asked Caspian, finally voicing the fear he had been hiding since she left, "No Caspian, she hasn't, and I don't think she ever will" said Edmund, "what do you mean?" asked Caspian turning his head to face Edmund, "Caspian she loves you, leaving here was the hardest thing she's ever done, she just cant move on from you after that" said Edmund "I don't think I can move on from her either, but I'll have to try, she's never coming back is she" said Caspian staring back at the sky, Lucy's eyes peeped open, Edmund stared at her a minuet before staring back to Caspian, "yeah, I guess not" he said rolling over to face Lucy, Caspian stared at Edmund for a second, he felt a pain in his heart, although he had know this from the moment Susan had stepped through the tree barrier a part of him had hoped she would come back, but that was never going to happen, he rolled over and closed his eyes.

"I hope Trumpkin knows what he's doing" whispered Edmund so only Lucy could hear, "Me too, I hate lying" whispered Lucy "we've got no choice, and we'll see Trumpkin in three days, three days of lying wont be so bad" whispered Edmund "easy for you to say" grumbled Lucy shifting uncomfortably on the dirt, Edmund looked at her and sighed he then shifted as well so he was face down on the ground, his head facing to Lucy.

"Ok Trumpkin out with it! You may be able to hide this mission of yours from Susan but you will not hide it from me, what is going on?" asked Peter as he watched Trumpkin poke the fire, Trumpkin sighed and leaned back, "the White Witch is back, Caspian is going to need all of his strength to face her" said Trumpkin, "that still doesn't explain why Susan and I have been brought back when Aslan himself told us we wouldn't return" said Peter as he polished his sword that Trumpkin had given him, "For two years Caspian has been losing strength day by day because she hasn't been here" said Trumpkin, Peter stopped shining his sword and looked up, "The fate of this world lies in her hands, Caspian is going to need her" said Trumpkin "Then why cant he know we're here?" asked Peter "because Aslan wants to speak to you first" said Trumpkin, Peter thought for a moment, "he really does love doesn't he?" asked Peter, "I cant imagine how he could be feeling this way if he didn't" said Trumpkin poking the fire again, Peter laid down on the ground, "so we spin this web of lies, and hope that Caspian forgives us when we tell him" said Peter looking up at the sky, "that's Aslan's plan" said Trumpkin giving the fire one last poke and settling down on the ground.

Susan walked through the forest; Lyas and Randal were nearby play wrestling each other, Susan smiled she walked along a path, she saw a broken branch a little way off the path and stepped off the path to grab it, as she did she heard something snap, Susan shot up and looked around, she saw something white move between the tree, it was getting closer, it was to dark to make out what it was but for some reason, Susan wasn't sacred, as the white blur moved closer it took the shape of a horse, a beautiful white horse ran through the trees, its beautiful muscular flanks shone in the moon light, its stopped in front of her, its main slightly moving in the cool night breeze, "Shadowfare, lord of all horses!" exclaimed Susan, the horse nuzzled her hand, Susan scratched his forehead, "I am glad have met you great horse" said Susan nodding her head as she realized she was standing in front of Horse royalty, Shadowfare then dipped down to one knee and bowed his head, Susan laughed, "Queen Susan?" called Lyas, "I'm sorry your highness I must leave" said Susan turning to leave but as she walked down the path the horse followed, Susan stopped, Shadowfare stopped, Susan took a step and Shadowfare took a step, Susan laughed and continued back to camp having the horse follow her.

Susan dropped the small load of wood she had collected next to the fire where she laid down, Shadowfare then laid down behind her, Susan laid her head on next to Shadowfare's belly, hearing the great horses heartbeat, "I'm glad you're here Shadowfare, I feel I will need a friend in the time to come" whispered Susan snuggling into the horses warmth.

Shadowfare laid his head on the ground, Aslan was right, this girl was special, and she was going to need him, as much as he was going to need her.