Hey guys! Sorry but I'm having writers block! No more chapters until I get some reviews! It's nice knowing people are adding it to there favorites but please, please, please review!
Grrr! So annoyed that I cant figure out this Caspian/Susan meeting! Any suggestions for this? Or any suggestions for the story in general let me know!
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Disclaimer: Shadowfare is the horse out of lord of the rings! I do not own him!
I do not own any of the Narnia characters; I wish I did, but… I don't, I am a poor farm girl, and I only own the plot
Chapter Four: The Poison
Caspian woke ad last night happened? Were Lucy and Edmund really here?
Caspian kept his eyes shut, he heard a loud snoring sound, were those the snores of King Edmund?
Caspian opened his eyes lying on the ground next to him was King Edmund, with his mouth hanging open and loud snores admitting from it, Caspian sat up, Lucy was sitting at a near by group talking to the fauns eating a pear that one of the fauns had given her, Edmund let out a violent snore and jerked awake, "ah, what time is it?" asked Edmund rubbing his eyes, "Six o'clock in the morning" said Caspian, "what's for breakfast?" asked Edmund, "ah…" began Caspian looking around, it was then that he noticed two apples sitting by the fire, "apple's" said Caspian grabbing them and throwing one to Edmund, "Only one?" asked Edmund staring at his apple sadly, Caspian chuffed then threw Edmund his apple and stood up "thanks mate!" said Edmund, Caspian walked over to the group of fauns Lucy was talking to, "Caspian! How did you sleep?" asked Lucy looking up at him, "good" said Caspian "I thought we would head off soon" said Caspian, the fauns nodded and went to pack up what few supplies they had unpacked, Lucy walked over to her horse, Prancer, and pulled herself up, Caspian mounted (horses name) and Edmund climbed onto Phillip chewing the apple that Caspian had given him, "I want to get to Phoenix Peak before we set camp" yelled Caspian, Edmund groaned, this was going to be a very solid day of riding, "come on men, there'll be four days rest once we reach the Circle, now lets move!" called Caspian spurring (horse) and galloping forward.
"Is it a tree?" asked Susan, she and Shadowfare were playing I-spy, the horse shook its head, "oh another hint please!" pleaded Susan, the horse shook his head and Susan laughed looking around, Peter smiled as he watched his sister, he hadn't seen her this happy in months, although Susan wasn't exactly sad in England she was happy either, it was nice coming to Narnia and seeing her smile again, Trumpkin rode up beside Peter and stared at Susan, "How was she in your world?" he asked not taking his eyes off Susan, "she was... cold" said Peter, "England must be a terrible place to make anyone like her or Lucy cold" said Trumpkin thinking of Lucy, Peter thought for a moment, there world was full of pain, but here in Narnia things weren't in pain they were just… living.
"How is Caspian?" asked Peter, wondering if Caspian was suffering like Susan was, "He is a great King, but that's all he ever did, he let himself be consumed by his work s he wouldn't feel the pain" said Trumpkin, "How exactly do you think Susan will help him?" asked Peter, "I'm not sure, but Aslan must know what he's doing" said Trumpkin, Peter smiled, "you sound like Lucy" said Peter, Trumpkin pursed his lips, and shrugged gruffly, Peter smiled and continued looking at the road ahead.
A solider rode up beside Trumpkin, "Your Highness, Master, a scout says Caspian has increased his pace, he plans to reach Lions Peak by nightfall" said the Guard, "Everybody move!" yelled Trumpkin spurring his horse so it moved faster, Susan heard Trumpkin's order, "funs over" she said and Shadowfare galloped staying ahead of the group, none of the other horses dared run in front of him but they couldn't even if they tried, Shadowfare could outstrip them easily.
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"Ah! We made it! Finally" said Trumpkin stopping his horse on a hill that overlooked the Circle of Narnia, a few tents were already set up, "Come, we have a lot to do" said Trumpkin looking at Peter and Susan.
As soon and Trumpkin's men entered the camp they dismounted and found a tent, the soldier's all bowed as Peter and Susan entered riding there horses.
Susan helped a few of her maid setup the inside of her tent, she knew that Lucy would be joining her and was busy making sure there was room for her.
"Queen Susan, King Peter request your present's outside" said a female Faun entering Susan's tent, "Coming" said Susan leaving the work she was doing and stepping outside, Peter was standing at the base of a small rocky hill, "What is it Peter?" asked Susan walking over to him, "Aslan is coming to speak to us" said Peter, "Makes you feel like last time doesn't it?" asked Susan, "no, it makes me feel like the first time he spoke to us" said Peter grimly, "What has you worried?" asked Susan "We've never been separated from Edmund and Lucy, when we left them I didn't really think about it, but now that we have, I can't help but think about them" said Peter, Susan put her arm around her brothers shoulders and pulled him into a hug, "they're safe, Caspian will look after them until they get here" said Susan breaking away from there hug, Peter nodded slowly he then looked up, Aslan had been watching them, "Come, Susan and Peter we have much to discuss" said Aslan turning around and walking up the rocky slope, Susan took a deep breath and continued after him, she stopped and turned around seeing Peter was not following, she extended her hand, Peter took it, knowing he was going to need the love of all his siblings for this battle to come.
"I swear Caspian if you make us ride like that again tomorrow I'm going to kill you! My but is killing me!" said Edmund lowering himself onto the ground slowly, Caspian laughed, "no, if we ride steadily we should get to the Circle just after midday" said Caspian poking the fire, "Edmund! How many times do I have to tell you! You have to take the bridle and hang it in a tree! Don't just leave it lying on the ground" said Lucy coming and sitting between Caspian and Edmund, "here is your dinner your Highnesses it's not much! But its hot" said a Telmarine solider hand Lucy, Edmund and Caspian a bowl, "What is it?" asked Edmund sniffing the contents of his bowl, "It's a stew" said The solider walking away, "Oh thanks" said Caspian taking his bowl, he took a spoonful but just as he was about to put the spoon into his mouth he looked up, he noticed a small group of Telmarine men looking at him, he looked at his stew it didn't look right, something had unsettled him, he grabbed his bowl and tipped it in the fire, "I think I'll get my own bowl" said Caspian getting up and leaving the fire, "what's up with him?" asked Edmund grabbing a spoonful of his stew and shoveling it into his mouth, Lucy grabbed Caspian's bowl and examined it, "it was poisoned!" exclaimed Lucy, "what!" coughed Edmund spitting up the mouthful he had just swallowed, "Look! See the black in the bottom of his bowl? That's poison!" she said showing Edmund the bowl, "Do you think ours were poisoned?" asked Edmund, "I don't know, but I'm not eating mine, and you should have a droop of my cordial just to be safe" said Lucy un-strapping her cordial from her belt and pouring a drop into Edmunds mouth, "Oh man! I'm so hungry" said Edmund lying down on the ground, Lucy could hear his stomach rumbling, Caspian came and sat down, "Are you okay?" asked Lucy, "I'm fine" said Caspian breaking up a hunk of bread into three giving two of the pieces to Lucy and Edmund, and keeping one for himself "lets get some sleep, we have another early start in the morning" said Caspian lying down, as he did he grabbed a small dagger out of his pack and sat it near him of a rock.
"Do we know who set her free?" asked Peter as he sat on the ground next to Aslan and Susan, "no we do not, but we do know that they needed human blood to free her" said Aslan, "But who would do that? Don't they know what she did to Narnia last time?" asked Susan, "This person obviously does not care for Narnia" said Aslan, "Aslan why are Peter and I back?" asked Susan letting go of a breath she wasn't aware she had been hold, she had been wanting to ask Aslan this question since they had seen him, "I said you had no more lessons to learn here, I never said you couldn't teach someone a lesson" said Aslan, "Had you planned to bring us back the whole time?" asked Peter, "no, I hadn't it seems I too, make mistakes" said Aslan, "Aslan last time we were gone thirteen-thousand years past, how is it that we were able to come back and only two years have past?" asked Susan, "Some one here has a deep connection with someone in your world, making the time slow here" said Aslan, "I don't really understand" said Susan, "you will in time" said Aslan, Susan exchanged looks wit Peter, "now remember everything I have told you, Caspian will be here tomorrow" said Aslan getting up and walking back towards the camp.
