AN: One more chapter after this one everyone! R&R!

Chapter 25.

My mind was still trying to wrap itself around what was going on. One minute, we were rushing to get out of this Hell hole to place the final sword at Aslan's table, then the next the world was in chaos. A giant, green creature was lurking under the water as a terrible storm raged on.

Thank you dear Edmund for having such a terrifying mind.

"It's gone under the boat!" a crew member shouted.

"GAEL!" I heard Lucy scream at the top of her lungs. I whipped around and saw a very frightened Gael pressed against the side of the boat on deck.

Something green and serpent-like shot out of the water, right by where Gael was, causing her to scream. It looked like a giant snake with an evil looking face. It stared at us with its demonic looking eyes. I was pretty sure I'd seen more attractive slugs.

At the same time, Lucy and I ran forward and we both grabbed Gael and began pulling her back to the other side of the boat.

I could barely see where I was going. The wind was wildly whipping my soaking wet hair around and the rain was clouding my vision. I blinked rapidly, just in time to see Edmund dash forward and push the three of us back, pointing his sword at the beast.

Then, out of nowhere, Eustace shot out of the sky like a meteor and began attacking the serpent with a fiery ball of flames. I couldn't believe it. Seriously, what happened to that coward of a boy?! Oh yeah, he turned into a dragon and became a bad ass!

The serpent didn't appreciate Eustace's efforts as much as we did, unfortunately. It went crazy, shrieking and throwing itself against the boat and jerking around. Eustace clung to the serpent though. I could barely make out Reep yelling something, shortly followed by another shriek of pain from the monster. I seriously hope he stabbed him with his midget sword.

Reep jump onto boat nets, meanwhile, Eustace was still holding on as it whipped around, trying to throw him off.

"Eustace, no!" I screamed as the creature threw him against a huge rock. For a moment, I thought he wouldn't get up again. But he slowly lifted his head up and shot a mouthful of boiling hot fire at the serpent. I could hear its scaly flesh sizzling. We all watched in horror, mixed with a little awe as the creature slowly sank.

"Out, creature!" I was roughly shoved aside as Lord Rhoop came running forward. Before I could even so much as blink, he launched the seventh sword at Eustace, which went into him.

"Eustace!" Lucy cried. I could only grip the rail, staring in complete disbelief as Eustace roared in pain, then took off into the air, along with the sword.

"No, come back!" Lucy called.

"We're doomed!" Lord Rhoop wailed. "Doomed!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I screeched, very nearly pulling my sword out on HIM.

He ignored me and ran for the wheel. "Someone turn this ship about!"

"Stop him!"

"Someone stop him!"

It was too late. Lord Nutcase the Seventh had gotten hold of the wheel and tried to turn us around. Everyone gripped the rail to keep from flying. I lifted my head up just in time to see Drinian deliver a well-deserved punch in the lord's face. I burst out laughing while Lucy grimaced sympathetically.

"I always liked him," I crowed.

"Now, crew!" Drinian called, sounding steady and powerful, even over the harsh sounds of the waves and thunder. "To your rowing positions! Oars at double speed!"

"Aslan," Lucy said softly. Edmund and I both looked at her. "Please help us."

Then, from the dark clouds in a single ray of light, a seagull came down, cawing.

Lucy stared at it hopefully as I cocked my head and stared at it weirdly.

"I'm guessing seagulls are something significant to you guys?" I asked awkwardly.

I looked to Edmund who shrugged. I looked back to the water and felt my heart drop.

"Looks like it isn't done playing with us," I said as it came charging back towards us.

I felt Edmund grab my arm and begin yanking me away as it came slithering at top speed over our ship, practically breaking it in the process. We ran, nearly sliding on the water on the deck. Yells were coming in all directions and I heard Lucy call for Gael. The serpent wrapped itself around the ship as if it were a boa constrictor that wanted to squeeze the life out of its prey, which, let's face it, was probably its intentions.

"Don't let go of me, Rose!" Ed yelled over the sound of the monster roaring.

I gripped his arm with both hands. "I won't! Even though this is sounding just like Titanic, I actually won't let go!"

"Ed! Ed!" We looked to see Caspian at the wheel. "We ram the serpent-smash him on the rocks!"

Ideas and a speech all in one day. Pretty Boy was making me feel like a proud parent today, no lie.

"Steer her to port!" Ed called. "We'll keep it on the prow!"

"What does that mean exactly-" I was cut off when he took off running, dragging me with him.

Not until he actually started climbing up into the ship's very own serpent's mouth did I catch up on what was going on.

"Hurry!" he called down to me.

"It's a little slippery!" I yelled back, rolling my eyes.

He got inside the mouth and grabbed my hand, pulling me safely in with him before getting out that flashlight of his. We both pulled out our swords, ready.

He turned the flashlight on and shone it at the serpent, distracting it. It turned and looked at us.

"Try and kill us!" Ed yelled. "Come on, we're here!"

My eyes widened. "Uhh or we could have a nice heart to heart and a cup of tea!"

It reared its head back and shot forward. Edmund and I grabbed each other and threw ourselves back as far as we could. It bit into the wooden serpent mouth, but thankfully not into us.

We had nothing to support us other than ourselves. We were sliding down, every bit of protection gone.

"Come on!" he shouted. We both began climbing on top of the serpent's head, giving me tons of splinters from the sharp wood prodding out.

"Rose, go climb down!" he said as we backed up as far as possible.

"No way!" I insisted. "I'm staying with you!"

Everything happened in a blur. I felt his hand wrench my sword out of my hand before he shoved me and I was falling. It felt as if the world was going in slow motion as I watched him yell at the serpent. I curled up into a ball, hoping that it'd break my fall. I felt myself roll down the side and smack into the monsters harsh body before landing roughly on the deck, probably bruising every bone in my body. But I was alive.

Feeling numb to any sort of pain, I jumped to my feet and I just stared up at the idiot boy who thought he was doing me a favor. If he lived, I was going to kill him.

I watched as an arrow zoomed by overhead and plant itself into the serpent, distracting it long enough to let itself be crashed into the rock, as well as the front of the ship.

"Edmund!" I screamed as he jumped, falling in similar fashion to me. He bounced off the serpent's body and rolled across the deck, right by me. I rushed to his side. His eyes were closed, but he was breathing. If I had to use my body as a shield for him, so be it.

I touched his cheek with my fingertips and his eyes flew open. I sighed in relief. There really was nothing that could keep this king down.

"I lost your sword," he said, apologetically. "I'm sorry."

"I don't care," I assured him, kissing every part of his face I possibly could.

Our reunion was short. Caspian ran to us and pulled us to our feet. The impact from the crash had sent the Dawn Treader floating backwards. The serpent sounded pissed. It looked like it was dying, it was splitting down the middle.

Never mind, it was still alive.

"Die already, damn it!" I shouted as its insides wiggled around.

"Move!" Caspian hit us like a ton of bricks, shoving us to the ground as the serpent lunged itself where we had just been standing. I barely recovered from the fall when he was using a sword to slice at the serpent. I stared at the piece he cut off. It was dissolving into nothing.

"We can beat this," Caspian said, looking slightly, well, crazy. I didn't blame him, I was feeling it myself. No wonder Lord Rhoop had gone psycho.

"We have to get it closer," Edmund said before running off.

"No, wait!" I pleaded, my voice lost in the storm.

"All hands on deck!" I heard Drinian yell.

"Man the harpoons!" Caspian shouted. He grabbed me as I tried to run after Edmund.

"Let him go, Rose!"

I watched, terrified, as Edmund jumped off of the ship, grabbing a rope and swung on the climbing net.

"Go to Lucy!" he yelled in my ear before releasing me with a hard shove. I didn't fight him for once in my life, though I desperately wanted to. I ran up the stairs to the upper deck where Lucy was. Immediately, I wrapped my arms around her in a fierce hug.

"That was some awesome arrow work back there!" I told her in awe. "You put Robin Hood to shame!"

She pulled back and grinned. "You should have seen my sister with a bow."

We looked over just in time to see over a dozen harpoons shoot out and land into the creature.

"This better work," I muttered. I grasped Lucy's hand and we watched as the monster began to weaken. The men were pulling it down with their harpoons.

"Where did Edmund go?" Lucy asked me. Cringing, I pointed up at the crows nest, where Edmund was climbing towards. It seemed like months ago when Edmund and I had snuggled up there and he told me about the White Witch, when he confided in me. I felt my resolve begin to shake as he climbed higher and higher. I had already almost lost him so many times, I couldn't handle it if I really did. I didn't think Narnia could handle it either.

"Please protect him, Aslan," I whispered as he made it onto the crows nest. The men pulled the creature so hard it nearly knocked into it. I shrieked, watching Edmund fall back briefly. He stood up straight-and suddenly froze, staring at nothing.

"What is he doing?!" Lucy cried.

"The mist," I hissed. "It's trying to stop him."

Suddenly, the creature wrenched a piece of the ship off as it thrashed around, trying to escape the harpoons.

We had come way too far to let the Witch Bitch stop us now.

I ran forward, and jumped up onto the railing overlooking the deck. I cupped my hands around my mouth and screamed as loud as I possibly could, most likely damaging my throat. "EDMUND, DON'T LISTEN TO HER!"

I saw his head whip to look at me. He was so far up I couldn't read his expression for the life of me.

Then, his sword began to glow a bright blue. I'm going to assume that's a good thing.

"DO IT!" I heard Caspian shout. Edmund turned around and faced the monster again. "Come on!" he yelled, egging it on. Beaming, I climbed off the railing and went back to Lucy who looked as proud of her brother as I was.

I would give anything to see the Witch's face, mist monster or not.

The serpent lunged, mouth open at Edmund and he was gone. No, no, no, he couldn't have been eaten. The serpent screamed a horrible, ugly wail before yanking back. Edmund was still standing there, his sword positioned. He did it.

Blue electrical sparks shot from the serpent with a crackling noise as it crashed back into the water, sinking into the ocean. Beams of light broke through the dark clouds. I could see the blue sky peeking through.

"The spell," Lucy said, a smile creeping on her face. "It's lifting!"

We watched in amazement as the black clouds and smog swirled around, slowly but surely disappearing.

"Edmund!" Lucy called. I looked and saw him climbing down, unharmed. "Caspian!" He was lying on a pile of debris, looking shaky but also unharmed.

"Look!" she said beaming. At this point, the black fog was almost completely gone. I ran to the bottom of the crows nest.

"Hurry up!" I called up, teasingly. He looked down at me and grinned before continuing his climb down.

When he reached the bottom, we just stared at each other. We were both drenching wet. I couldn't even imagine how I looked. He, however, never looked more regal.

Finally, I spoke. "Edmund Pevensie, you're going to kill me one of these days, I swear."

I threw myself into his arms and we held onto each other like there was no one else around in the world. He lifted me off the ground and swung me around in a circle, making me giggle. I wrapped my legs around his waist and clung to him.

"I love you," he murmured in my ear.

"I love you too," I whispered. "Please don't ever leave me."

He stroked my hair softly. "I'm not leaving you, Rosie. I promise."

I pulled my head back and kissed him so hard he had to back up and lean against the pole. We stayed like that for awhile, kissing fiercely while ignoring the wolf whistles and teasing from the crew.

Hopefully Rhince was covering Gael's eye. I'd corrupted that child enough for a lifetime.