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Chapter V
Annabelle's lesson began when Edmund smiled at her and showed her how to hold her weapons. They started with just one dagger for her to learn the basics.
Anne thought it to be very hard. Even though it wasn't heavy, the difficulty came from handling it. As the just king would show her a pose, she would try and immediately get it wrong.
"You have to relax" corrected Edmund "treat the handle of the blade as a part of your body, you move your arm, your feet move too."
She tried again but nothing. He just chuckled and made his way to stand behind her. He adjusted her body as she gave it another try and finally got it right.
"Oh thank-"she began while turning her head but soon stopped as their faces were just inches felt her heart doing aerobics in her chest, her breath hitching, you all guessed it, these feelings were too foreign for the poor girl. They gazed at each other before someone cleared their throat. It was Caspian of course, who really wasn't enjoying the exchange before his eyes, but Ed decided to ignore it and spoke to Anne:
"Here, try it again" she did as she was told. Edmund, satisfied with her progress, showed her another move. But it was really hard to concentrate as she felt his cool breath on her neck. How could she move her arms correctly, with all the shivers down her spine from nothing but his presence?!
She finally grew tired of the useless training and with the just king's consent, joined the others to drink water. They sat on the grass just enjoying the calm.
"You're pretty good for your first time" praised Lucy.
"If you're calling stumbling on the floor and almost hurting your brother many times pretty good. Then, yes I'm a genius thank you" she said with sarcasm. They just laughed at her.
"Well, you didn't hurt me so it went well" Edmund encouraged her.
"Yes, it's such such a shame, you could have been the only one to be able to do it, with the perfect excuse too."
" Caspian, jealousy is not a great thing"
"You're right Ed; you should probably get over yours then."
They glared at each other before Peter reasoned:
"Ok, that's enough both of you, and Anne had no reason to hurt him"
"Not if it was an accident" muttered Caspian.
"Why don't you do it yourself?" challenged the youngest king.
"Don't even think about it, fighting won't do you any good." Lucy had the final word on the subject.
Annabelle, who had no clue of what happened, turned to Susan:
"So, Susan I heard you practice archery?"
"Yes, I've been doing it since the first time I came to Narnia."
"Then, I guess you must be really good at it."
"Yes, I guess so."
Lucy laughed at her sister's modesty:
"Are you kidding me? She masters it, I'm a fine archer myself but no one can exceed her skills, she could be the perfect teacher for you."
"Oh no thank you, I was a disaster when I learned it, even my instructors gave up on me"
"Don't worry, I'm very patient, you'll excel at it in no time, but not today, you should be exhausted." Anabelle fely huge relief by noy undergoing another disastrous embrassement.
"Lucy, you made a great progress, your fighting skills are getting even better than before." Edmund noted while smiling at his sister.
"Oh no, she just got lucky today."
"Don't be such a baby Caspian" teased Lucy "I don't want you to cry if I beat you next time, and if you're a good boy I'll give you a candy" she smirked while pinching his cheeks.
"Oh stop it" he groaned, and then turned to Susan "Su, why don't you show us your skills?"
"Of course" she accepted with delight "Name the target"
"The choice's yours."
"Why not that pine cone?" she suggested while pointing at a faraway tree.
"Are you sure it's not an acorn?"
Susan laughed at the memory "Like old times"
"Yes, you quite impressed me woman."
"Well you must admit that I impressed you many times" she teased.
"We were young back then."
"And crazy too."
Their discussion was interrupted by Lucy's groan.
"Please, no one wants to hear about your former relationship, especially not me. It's really gross to hear about the past intimacy between my sister and best friend."
"As to hear you, one would think I'm more than a friend to you" Lucy glared at him
"Shut up Caspian"
He zipped his mouth and left Susan finish what she started. As expected she go it perfectly.
"And you Edmund? Do you practice archery?" asked Anne.
"Of course, you can't always choose your weapons"
"That's what annoys me most about you, how do you learn all of this?" complained Peter.
"Well I have very free time opposed to you and Caspian who woo girls all day."
"I don't woo girls all day." Caspian protested all anger forgotten.
"No, you just charm them until they are deeply in love to dump them."
"But now I don't see him doing that anymore."
"Well, peter, our youngest sister had a say in it, and the poor guy was so scared of her wrath that he ended every relationship he had."
"Well someone has to keep Romeo in check" said Lucy.
All cracked in laugher except Caspian who didn't even know who Romeo was. Lucy soon noticed.
"Oh yes, you're not from our world"
"Nice to meet you too." He retorted sarcastically.
"We have to eat lunch; a council meeting is planned in the afternoon" Peter finally declared, ruining the peaceful moment they were having.
Everyone got inside and took their meal before attending their tasks.
Anne was left to wander between the castle's corridors in hope of finding the library. After many turns, and interrogations, she finally came across it and went inside. A short old man, who she assumed was the historian, was sitting behind a huge wooden desk,with piles of parchments covering its whole surface. Remembering her manners, she quickly greeted him:
"Hello, sorry to intrude, my name's Annabelle."
"Oh no, don't worry my lady, the library is open for everyone's use, I don't get many visitors, their majesties are the only ones who come here, I'm Cornelius by the way." That itself surprised the young lady, for the library was a majestic room itself, with non ending shelves of books, with varying subjects, science, biographies, fictions, politics, geography... but there was one that intrigued Annabelle the most.
"I was hoping to learn more about Narnia's history."
"Do you know about the hundred year winter and battle of deliverance?"
"Yes, indeed."
"Then you'll probably want to know about the Golden Age."
"The Golden Age?"
"Yes, the kings and queens of old's reign between 1000 N.T and 1015 N.T; it was the greatest time in Narnia."
"Where can I find it?"
"Third row on your left."
"Thank you sir."
"It's no problem my child, now I'll have to excuse myself, urgent business awaits me"
"Of course" And with that, the dankly dwarf left the room, while the young lady began her research.
Annabelle chose a book called "The finest reign". She immediately began reading it, entranced by its contents, and forgot herself until she finished it. She felt most sorry for Susan; Rabadash was a cruel man and hurt her deeply, but a wounded heart could never heal. It would scar but never disappear, she knew it better than anyone.
She squealed as someone covered her eyes:
"Guess who?" she smiled at the voice she knew too well.
"The one who is going to kill you." she retorted back.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"What yourself, Ed, you scared me!"
"Do you always have these weird reactions when scared?" he asked her, barely containing his smile as he looked into her eyes.
"You're lucky that it was you, or else i would have screamed bloody murder." At that, the just king laughed, he just found out another side of the shy young lady he recently met, while she just grinned sheepishly. After catching his breath, he finally asked:
"How did you know it was me?"
"I would recognize your voice miles away"
"Really?"
"Really."
They continued on with a flow of conversation and mindless chit-chat before he remembered why he came.
"Why were you so terrified about the idea of having a ball?"
"It's nothing, just me being silly." she answered, looking down and tucking her hair behind ear.
"I learn something more about you by the second."
"Like?"
"You are a terrible liar."
"Tell me about it." she muttered under her sighed as she knew there was no way to avoid the subject.
"When I was young, I was bullied at school. As you know already I'm a half-half, never really had a place where I could fit and it only got worse after my parents' divorce, I constantly changed schools. Boys treated me kindly, but girls made sure to always make my life hell. The school held a ball, all students were to be escorted and the most popular guy asked me to go with him" she took a deep breath before continuing "I was 16 and so naive, and accepted gladly, I thought I finally found the right guy for me but I soon found out that I was the main part of a bet. The guy who escorted me would get his award from girls. They tricked me and treated me like I was a mere object to win a price. I was made a fool in front of the whole school, but what really hurt was that his love was fake, he did so because his "girlfriend" asked him to. I didn't even know the reason behind her mistreatment." She finished with tears in her eyes.
"Jealousy"
"What?"
"Annabelle, they were jealous of you, not only are you beautiful on the outside but on the inside as well. You could easily win a man's heart without even trying. I know one that fell for your charm" Edmund said while looking straight in her eyes as if he was reading her soul. She soon averted her eyes and the ground looked most interesting for her at the moment. He started leaning closer to her before someone barged in.
"Edmund, you have to come quick." Susan called and then noticed the blush in their faces "Sorry, did I interrupt something?"
"N-No it's okay, Anne I have to go see you later" he kissed her cheek then stood up.
Susan and Annabelle were left dumbfounded, his sister was about to speak but he interrupted:
"Su, don't." she just smiled and followed him.
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