Da Da Da Da

Da Da Da Da! The chapter you've all been waiting for! I hope I don't disappoint anyone with there meeting!

I have another surprise that'll make you want to read more after the meet! Trust me! Keep reading!

Oh and you may think that it'll be boring after they meet, but you'd be mistaken, this old gal has a few tricks up her sleave!

Oh and note, this battle in not the final battle in which I refer to in the title.

;) Little hint there as in what is to come.

Enjoy!

Chapter Eight: Meeting

Caspian sat on Destier, his black armor heating up in the warm sun in the afternoon, he could hear the army marching, an army of fifty thousand against Caspian's thirty thousand, Edmund and Trumpkin sat beside him, both on horses, where was Adam? Thought Caspian.

He looked around; twenty five thousand of his men were standing at the bottom of the cliff, the other five thousand were up on the cliff, covered by the trees, one thousand of the Archers and Three thousand of them Centaurs.

The Witches army moved closer, Caspian could make out some of the creatures faces, they were mostly goblins, but Caspian spied a few dwarfs.

The largest Goblin rode forward on a horse, Caspian rode out to meet him with Trumpkin and Edmund.

Susan stood in the forest on the highest platform, she could see Caspian on Destier, she looked down at Peter, he was sitting upon Andrew standing in line with the Centaurs.

Susan exhaled, she thought of her other siblings, Lucy was in the tent back at the camp waiting with the nurses, she hoped Caspian would arrange for her not to be caring for anyone with wounds that might taint her sister's innocence.

Edmund, riding Phillip along side Caspian, an axe slung over his shoulder, a tool from Farther Christmas no doubt.

What was going on down there? What was the Goblin saying to Caspian?

Caspian pulled Destier up, he didn't want to get to close to the Goblin suspecting a trap.

"Surrender Boy King, or watch your Army perish!" Hissed the goblin, "State your demands!" growled Trumpkin "Your Throne Boy King is to go to the White Witch, and my Master" said The Goblin, "And who would your Master be?" asked Edmund, "King Edmund of Old? What are you doing here?" asked the goblin, Edmund raised his head in a smug look on his face, "We will not Submit to your terms goblin, No Ruler of Narnia will ever submit to a foreign ruler!" said Caspian, "They submit to you don't they?" hissed the goblin, his yellow fangs showing through his lipless mouth, Caspian raised his head at this insult, "We will crush you!" said The goblin turning his horse and riding back to his army, Caspian turned back to his army and rode to the head of the pack, "On my signal tell the Narnian's to break forward with all haste" said Caspian to Trumpkin as he rode back to the head of the army.

HE drew his sword given to him from Farther Christmas, "Telmarines! Narnia's! fight! Fight for you King! Fight for your country and above all, Fight For Freedom!" yelled Caspian as he rode Destier along the front lines of his army.

Caspian's voice echoed through the forest, he had grown into a fine King, and Susan smiled, a small smile, she was proud of the man he had become.

The Goblins army began to run at Caspian's.

Caspian held his sword above his head that was the signal for the Archers.

"Archers ready!" called Susan raising her bow through the trees and aiming it at the goblins, all of the other Narnia's and women raised there bow like Susan, "Loose!" called Susan, one thousand arrows went sawing through the air, hitting the first row of goblins.

Caspian threw his sword forward and his army ran forward, charging at the goblins.

"Fire at will!" called Susan as she knocked an arrow to her bow.

Peter rode through the trees, the Narnian riders were to pull to the right and force the goblins to circle to the left closing them against the cliff, making them easier targets for the archers.

Any moment Caspian was going to hit into the Goblins first line of defense, five four, he counted in his head bracing himself for the attack, three, two, he opened his eyes. One.

Caspian swung his sword to the goblins that trailed down below, he was surprised at how fast the moved, the attack was taking place just in front of the end of the cliff.

Caspian swung his sword left to right, striking down anything in his path.

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Caspian was down on the ground he had been fighting for two hours, he was tired, his arm was sore, his sword was caked with blood, he spotted Edmund swinging his axe from side to side, cutting down goblins like storks of wheat, "Edmund! Signal Trumpkin tell his to send in the Narnian riders to here!" yelled Caspian ducking a blow from a goblin, Edmund nodded, he looked over to Trumpkin who was standing on the second ledge of the cliff, "Trumpkin signal the riders to come here!" yelled Edmund, Trumpkin nodded then ran to the top of the hill, he grabbed his black and red horn from his belt, and blew, he blew with all the air he had left in his lungs.

Peter looked up from the goblin he was fighting Trumpkin had blown the horn, he turned to Glenstorm, "Send half the riders into the trees to protect Susan and the others!" yelled Peter jumping onto Andrew, Glenstorm nodded, he then waved his arm and half of the centaurs moved into the forest.
Peter spurred Andrew as hard as he could, if Caspian had called for them that meant that the goblins were pushing all there forces towards the cliff, out numbering Caspian's battalion.

Susan looked behind her, the centaurs were running through the trees towards them, why were they here? She looked towards the battle Caspian was surrounded he was being over run, no! there's too many of them for him to fight.
She looked down the goblins were climbing up the cliff.

Susan ran to the edge of the platform and slid down the rope, "ready Shadowfare!" she said throwing a sword she had picked from the ground to one of the passing centaurs, "My lady! What are you doing?" asked Glenstorm, "If you think I'm going to stay in this forest and watch my people die you are mistaken, Goblins are scaling the cliff, if they reach the top they can go straight to our camp!" said Susan fiercely.

Susan walked forward through the trees, she was the only one she stood at the edge of the forest clearing firing arrows at any goblin that made it to the top of the cliff, Glenstorm and his centaurs charged through the forest, Susan turned around, Glenstorm was holding Shadowfare reins.
Susan grabbed onto Shadowfare's saddle as he galloped past, pulling her off the ground Susan swung her leg as she flipped up into the saddle, riding forward to the edge of the cliff.

Caspian swung his sword bringing it crashing down onto a dwarfs skull, the centaurs had rode in but were bringing little relief to Caspian for as soon and he had slain one enemy another took it's place.

Susan had dismounted Shadowfare, she pulled her swords out from her back and swung them through a goblins chest.

Caspian turned around, the lead goblin was standing behind them, he brought his blade crashing down, Caspian lifted his sword above his head to block the goblins blow, "Ready to die Boy King?" hissed the goblin, Caspian kicked the goblin away, with only a moment t breath for the goblin came back attacking Caspian.

Peter looked up from his fight, he could see Caspian dueling a goblin near the base of a cliff, he looked up, Susan was fighting Goblins on the edge of the cliff swinging her two swords left to right, had Caspian seen them? Well if he hadn't it wouldn't be long, Peter thought as he made his way closer to Caspian, hindering only for moments to kill an enemy that was blocking his path.

Caspian swung his sword and ducked a hit from the goblin, he span around but wasn't quick enough, the goblins sword came slashing down across his stomach, Caspian felt the sting of blood bleed from his body but had no time to check the wound because the goblin was running at him again, he flung Caspian's sword out of his hand "From now on I shall be know and Hadelis Killer of the boy king" said Hadelis walking towards Caspian his sword raised, bringing his hand back Caspian hit the goblin in the mouth, The goblin turned his face for a moment but then looked back to Caspian, he smiled with blood oozing from his mouth,

Caspian turned to grab his sword from the ground, he gripped the tip, "Caspian Look Out!" some one yelled, Caspian looked up High King Peter was staring down at him, Caspian grabbed his sword and turned around as he did he thrust it up wards, as he did it stuck into Hadelis chest, who was standing right behind him, his sword raised above his head, the goblin gasped as all the air left his lungs, "No! you shall be known as Hadelis the fool, who thought he killed Caspian" said Caspian the venom oozing from his voice as he drove the sword further into the goblins chest.

Caspian rolled out from under the goblin and pulled his sword out of the goblins chest, Peter walked over and gripped Caspian's hand he pulled him up, "What are you doing here?" asked Caspian breathless, "it's a long story" said Peter, So many question were running through his mind, Peter swung his sword to kill an approaching dwarf, Caspian ducked a blow from a goblin, "wait! Where's Su-" began Caspian but he stopped he looked up towards the top of the cliff and saw Susan standing there swinging two white swords to kill any goblin that came near her.

Susan swung her sword and pushed a goblin off the cliff, as she did she looked down, Caspian had just killed a goblin when he looked up and there eyes met.

So many emotions passed through this stare, time seemed to slow around them, the world went silent, the only thing that mattered to Caspian was Susan. Her eye's showed love, hope and a great happiness and sadness that he couldn't identify.

Susan looked into Caspian's eyes, she didn't care if she died right here and now, she would die happy, the main thing that could see if Caspian's eyes was surprise and shock but behind that she could see love, and hurt, a deep hurt, then she saw fear.

Caspian blinked and sound flooded back into the world as he ducked another blow from a goblin.

The rest of Susan's archers joined her on the edge of the cliff and they fired round after round of arrows, and slowly the goblins and dwarfs either threw down there arms in surrender or retreated.

As Caspian walked back towards his troop his vision began to blur.

Susan looked down she could see Caspian walking back towards the majority of the army, Susan walked to the edge of the cliff, as she did she saw Caspian's knees buckle and he fell to the ground, Susan gasped! What was wrong with him? She quickly slid down a slop that lead to the bottom of the cliff and ran to Caspian's side, Edmund, Trumpkin and Peter were already there.

"What happened?" asked Susan letting her knees sink into the ground beside Caspian's chest, "We don't know!" said Trumpkin, Susan pushed her fingers to Caspian's neck, she had dreamed of touching him for two months but she hadn't expected it to be under these circumstances, his neck was warm, a Susan could feel a weak pulse beating under her fingers, "His heart falters, we have to get him to Lucy" said Susan getting up, "I'll take him, you, Peter and Edmund stay here" said Trumpkin, he said this in a tone that invited no argument, and he got none, Susan walked over to the horses as Edmund and Peter carried him, "Glenstorm we need a lift back to camp!" called Trumpkin, Glenstorm approached and Edmund and Peter lifted Caspian onto his back, and Trumpkin sat behind he to hold him up.

Susan grasped Caspian's hand, his lifeless body showing no signs of waking, Trumpkin urged Glenstorm forward and he took off ripping Susan's hand from Caspian's, as this was done Susan felt her very heart being ripped out of her chest, he couldn't die, she only had a moment with him, and a moment wasn't long enough, it wasn't nearly long enough.

"He'll be Ok, Su" said Edmund placing his hand on Susan's shoulder, "Come! We have work to do!" said Susan moving forward out of Edmund's grip, she wasn't in the mood for Edmund pity, she wiped the tear away from her cheeks, she would not let them fall, she would not cry for Caspian, he wasn't dead yet.

Right now she needed to be distracted and that exactly what she did, she busied her self in work, trying to make her mind forget about the thing that her hurt clearly yearned for.

"What is it? What's the matter?" asked Lucy as she bursted into Caspian's tent. She looked around Caspian was lying on a bed not moving, Trumpkin was sitting by his side, Lucy fell to her knees and slid along the grass until she was side by side with Caspian, she looked over him "he's been poisoned!" gasped Lucy, "How!" growled Trumpkin.

Hadelis bowed before his master, "Strike Caspian with this, and he shall die, the blade is soaked in poison" said a hooded man presenting the goblin with a sword soaked in black liquid, "thank you master" hissed Hadelis.