Disclaimer~ I do not own Narnia! From my last chapter I talked about Catching Fire which I have to say was amazing! So much like the book. Can't wait for the two parts of mocking jay. Enjoy chapter 8 :)

Susan woke up to a pulling and tugging at the door. She noticed it was still pitch black outside, and she screamed at the top of her lungs. She felt Louise move swiftly next to her. Louise lit a candle and noticed Susan with fear in her eyes.

Louise croaked out, "What's wrong Susan? Did you have a nightmare?"

Susan shook her head. "No someone was at the door. They were trying to get in here somehow."

Susan heard a key go into the door, and Louise hugged Susan out of fear. The door burst open with two harried looking men. Susan and Louise at the same time sighed in relief. Caspian and Peter both came into the room at once.

Caspian said with concern, "Who screamed?"

Susan raised her hand. "Guilty."

Caspian came to her with concern and sadness on his face. "Why Susan? What happened?"

He sat down next to her on the bed. Peter and Louise left the room to give them privacy. Susan sat on his lap. "Well someone tried to get in. Thank Aslan I locked the door."

Caspian pulled her in closer to his chest to feel protected. She forgot about everything in his arms. She closed her eyes and just took in his warmth. She smiled into his chest.

He whispered, "Do you want me to stay in here the rest of the night?"

Susan nodded her head in his chest and said tiredly, "We can sleep on the floor while Peter and Louise sleep on the bed."

Caspian kissed the top of her head. "Okay. I'll be right back to get them."

Susan put a blanket on the floor and two pillows. The three came in, and Peter asked, "Everything alright Su?"

"Yeah. Caspian and I took care of my freak out."

Susan and Caspian laid on the floor cuddled up to one another, and they fell asleep. Caspian remembered to lock the door just in case.

Caspian woke up to a tapping on his shoulder. Caspian's eyes flew open, and he almost jumped off the floor to hurt someone. He didn't when he noticed it was Louise. She looked tired and worried at him.

Caspian rubbed his eyes and could barely see her face in the dark. She whispered, "I need some water….Peter's had a rough day. I thought that you wouldn't mind taking me."

Caspian felt Susan move at little next to him. He rubbed her hair and said, "Sure just let me stretch first."

Caspian got up and stretched just as he said and lit a candle to walk Louise out. He brought a sword as well. He walked her to the closet to get the water.

Susan woke up when Caspian got out of the space next to her. She felt cooler. She heard muffled snoring coming from her bed. She just kept her eyes open waiting for Caspian to come back.

She heard the door open, and she smiled. She turned and noticed it was a crew member with a candle trying to wake Peter up. Peter groaned a little, "Five more minutes Louise."

The crew member said, "King Peter, I'm sorry to wake you but there's a problem."

Peter's eyes opened in an instant. "I'm sorry. What's the problem?"

The crew member gave Peter a letter and said, "King Markell read it and said to give it to you and King Caspian, but I can't find King Caspian anywhere. I did not read it."

Peter took it and lit another candle. "Thank you sir. You can go back to sleep now" The crew member left, and Peter opened up the letter and read it. Susan couldn't take it anymore and got up. She walked to her bed and sat down next to Peter.

He didn't acknowledge her, he just read what was on the piece of paper. She leaned over his shoulder and read it herself it said:

Dear my fellow worker,

Take this note and make sure none of your Kings or Queens get a hold of it. They mustn't know you're working for me. Thank you for your report on the pregnant Queens. I know you'll be taking care of them soon enough. Once you kill the heirs, the monarchs will be depressed and too caught up in grief, they won't see us coming. Never reveal yourself.

From, Your captain

Susan started shaking in fear and anger. Peter held her against his chest. She whispered, "Peter what do we do?"

Peter sighed. "Well for once I actually don't know."

"Actually, it's the first time you've ever admitted to it."

Peter rolled his eyes. "We'll tell Caspian tomorrow morning, we need our rest."

Susan nodded her head feeling sleepy and walked to her area on the floor. She laid on the floor waiting for sleep to consume her.

Caspian came back into the room how he left it when he left. He walked Louise to the bed and plopped down next to Susan. He didn't know what was coming tomorrow.

Susan woke up in her bed. She didn't know how she got there, but she knew no one was in the room with her. She got up and heard talking outside of her door. It was cracked open enough to hear a crew member talking to another.

The one was whispering, "Did you hear Queen Susan is pregnant?"

The other whispered back, "No I didn't. Is she really?"

She walked out of her room and into them on the way. She noticed Caspian was talking to another crew member, and he was laughing. She grabbed his arm and pulled him to the secret place on the ship where no one goes. His face turned compassionate immediately, and Susan asked, "Did you tell any of the crew I'm pregnant?"

Caspian shook his head and crossed his arms. "Was the crew gossiping?" She made a face that meant an obvious yes.

"It's just going to be harder to figure out who this person is."

Caspian raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean Susan?"

She bit her lip. She thought that he already knew about the letter. "There's a letter. Peter and I read it last night."

Caspian tightened his jaw. "I think I shall have a talk with Peter then….if this letter can affect the lives of people on this ship, I think I deserve to know what this letter is."

Susan grabbed his arm. "Honey, please don't be angry. Peter didn't want to stress you anymore than you already are."

Caspian closed his eyes and breathed out of his nose. He then pulled his arm away from her and walked away. Susan could tell he was stressed and frustrated. She was too. She rubbed her belly and whispered, "It's okay. Daddy's just going to be fine."

Lucy saw Susan rubbing her belly and walked up to her slowly. Lucy hugged her sister, who was scared at first because she didn't see Lucy coming. But then Susan hugged her back. Lucy said disappointed, "Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant?"

"Because I didn't want Caspian to know at first. I know you and how you can't keep a secret. I was going to let you know eventually."

Lucy let go of Susan and smiled at her comfortingly. "Are you scared?"

Susan knew she couldn't lie to her sister anymore. "Very. But I know that things can only get better."

Lucy patted Susan's back. "I'll protect you."

"I don't need protecting Lu. I just need you to stay here and be there for me."

Lucy smirked. "Let's go eat. Feeding for two must be harder. How Louise describes it at least."

Caspian was shaking in anger crinkling up the paper in his hand. Someone on this ship betrayed him. Someone went behind his back to give information to an enemy. This information could cause deaths and trouble in his kingdom. He slammed the letter on Peter's chest, and Peter rolled it up.

Markell walked up to them. "Who do you think it is?"

Peter scoffed. "Obviously the letter is from that Bilias captain. But I have no idea who this letter is to."

Louise walked up to Marianna and Rose who were watching and chatting. Louise whispered to them, "What's going on?"

Rose whispered back sweetly, "They're talking about the letter they found the other day."

Marianna nodded her head at Louise then turned it back to the kings to watch them. She lingered her eyes on Caspian and mumbled, "Gorgeous."

Rose and Louise stared at her, and Louise asked, "What did you say?"

Marianna blushed a bright red. "Nothing. I just…sometimes I say things out loud that don't make sense."

Louise smiled at her. "You know that Queen Susan would have probably laughed if you said that around her."

"Oh no she'd probably have my neck…he's her husband."

"She thinks it's cute when people look at him. She knows there are so many things to love about him, and she loves it when people acknowledge it. She also knows it will probably never happen, so that's another reason why."

Rose nudged Louise. "Way to crush her dreams Louise."

Marianna just blushed more deeply. Susan and Lucy appeared behind them. Susan smiled. "What are we gossiping about? Peter's strange birthmark?"

Louise had a shocked look on her face. "He told me I only knew about that.."

Lucy chuckled. "Oh no everyone in the family knows about it. He'd run around the house naked saying 'I'm captain naked!'"

Susan and Lucy chuckled back on the memories, and so did the rest of the girls. Louise pointed to Caspian. "So how's he taking it?"

Susan sighed. "Not very well. He might look fine on the outside, but on the inside he's cracking."

Marianna looked at Susan and back at Caspian. She was right he could fake emotions pretty well. A man on the crows nest yelled, "King Caspian! We have to go through the black cave!"

Caspian looked up at the man and yelled back, "I'll take the wheel! Keep a look out for rocks for me Roy!"

Susan never liked narrow paths and these caves were narrow. One wrong turn and, the ship would get ripped apart. She ran up the stairs and stood next to Caspian.

She whispered, "I don't trust these caves."

Caspian kept one hand on the wheel, wrapped his arm around her waist, and pulled her into his chest. He kissed her temple and let her lean her body on his. He whispered, "I'll make sure that nothing happens."

Susan grinned still having fear in her eyes. She did feel safe in his arms though. She took his hand that was around her waist and placed it on the wheel. She whispered, "Two hands on the wheel please."

Caspian grinned at her and looked at the black rocks, which opened up big enough for the ship to fit. Susan stood near the railing, trying not to overly panic and hyperventilate. She felt a person stand next to her and lean on the railing as well. She turned to face Markell. He was eating a pickle.

He smiled at her with his mouth full of pickle. She tried to smile back. He said with a full mouth, "So you seem a little…hesitant and anticipated."

"I'm anticipated to get out of this place. I'm hesitant because I'm panicking and freaking out!" She lifted her arms in the air.

Markell grinned. "Who knew someone that could fight wars in an instant would be scared of narrow pathways."

She nudged him. "Well what are you scared of, hot shot?"

He rolled his eyes and took another bite. "I'm scared of losing the people I love. That includes Rose and….you, Susan."

Susan looked at him sympathetically. She touched his shoulder lightly. "Markell…."

He ignored her. "Knowing that the two of you are okay is the only thing that's keeping me calm, never scared."

Susan hugged him again. She knew it might have reopened some wounds for him, but she knew that he loved her in a different way than Rose; just like she loved Lucy in a different way than Caspian. Susan pulled away from him and heard women voices. The women were singing beautifully.

Susan looked at Markell baffled by the voices. "Do you hear that?" Apparently he did because he ran down the stairs trying to listen closer like every other man on board. Susan looked at Caspian who had a confused look upon his face.

Susan stood next to him. "We need to give these women assistance they might be stuck somewhere in here."

Caspian had a look of fear on his face. "I'm so sorry. They're not women. I remember now they're sirens. We never should have come this way."

Susan backed away from him and noticed the crew starting to become mystified by the voices of sirens. Susan ran to Louise, Rose, Lucy, and Marianna, who were all watching the crew becoming loopy on love.

Susan yelled, "It's sirens! Keep the crew away from the edge of the ship! The music will entrance them, and they will fall in the water! The sirens will drown them to death!"

The girls all started running up in front of crew, who seemed to be in a different world. Susan grabbed rope, and then she fell to ground with the rest of the crew. She hit her jaw on something metal. She got back up and noticed the wheel of the ship spinning uncontrollably. She threw the rope to the girls. She noticed Caspian wobbling down the stairs.

Susan ran up the stairs and fell again from another jolt of the ship. She didn't care about the damage to the ship right now. She took the wheel and turned it in the right direction. They started moving on the right path again.

Susan noticed the girls struggling to tie the men up to the masts. She then noticed a womanly figure come out of the water. She was beautiful looking but then the creature smiled at Susan showing off its sharp-razor teeth. Its eyes glowed a scary looking yellow and then fell back into the water.

Susan found Caspian heading towards the edge of the ship and she panicked. She yelled, "Marianna! Stop him!"

Marianna noticed Caspian heading towards the railing as well. She tugged on the back of his shirt pulling him backwards. She got in front of him and started pushing him towards a mast. She tied his hands to the mast. He struggled underneath the rope.

All Susan worried about was getting out of these never ending caves. She saw sunlight from a distance and sighed of relief. She saw water spray over top of the ship and the girls get drenched. All of the men's ropes came mysteriously undone.

Susan's eyes widened, she couldn't do anything to stop them. Lucy was pushing back Frederick with all of her might. He was strong, especially when he was under a curse. It was the same with all of the men; they were all stronger.

Susan left the wheel and ran into her room and got her bow and arrows. She saw another siren come up from the water, and she put the arrow in the string and released. The siren hissed and fell back into the water.

Susan knew it was a lost cause to do this. She ran back up to the wheel and prayed to Aslan to get out of there safely. Suddenly, a great big gust of wind took the ship sailing forward. All of the crew and Susan fell on their backs.

Susan got up and rubbed her eyes. She noticed it was bright and sunny. All of the men got up wondering how they got out of the caves. Markell went up the stairs to Susan. "You know those horrible things ruined our conversation?"

Susan giggled and looked everywhere for Caspian. He was nowhere to be found. She ran to Markell. "Did you see Caspian?"

He shook his head and became instantly concerned. She pushed her way through the crowd and yelled, "Caspian? Where are you?"

She heard someone yell, "Man overboard!" Susan looked down out into the water and noticed black hair in the water. Caspian's body was unmoving and not doing anything. Susan screamed, "It's Caspian! Someone help!"

Peter dove into the water with Markell. They both pulled up Caspian out of the water. They laid him on the ship on his back. Susan pushed her way through the crowd and put her ear over his lips. No breath.

She let fear consume her and then made it fade away. She gave him CPR. She pressed down on his chest and counted to three. Still no breathing. She placed her lips on him and pinched his nose and breathed in. Still nothing. She pressed on his chest and counted to five. Finally, he let out a gust of air. He coughed out water and moved onto his side.

Everyone sighed of relief, and Susan had tears fall from the fear she hid away, now showing up. He choked out. "I told you there were sirens."

Susan smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. He grabbed her waist, and he let the silent tears fall out on his shoulder. She whispered between sobs, "I thought I lost you. Don't you ever do that again." She emphasized the word ever.

He chuckled in her ear moving hair out of her ear from his breath. They pulled away and noticed the crowd was gone. And he wiped the tears from her eyes. "Okay so what did I miss?"

"You missed some creepy looking water women. They were pretty, but they had razor sharp teeth as well."

"Are there any islands nearby? Because the ship looks pretty badly wrecked." He got up and held his hand out for Susan to grab it.

Susan nodded and pointed. "That one over there….I have no idea where we are though."

Markell gave Rose a quick kiss and said comfortingly, "You saved many lives, my darling. I wish I was as daring as you."

Rose blushed. "I have my moments. So you and Susan?... I noticed the two of you were talking."

"Yes. We were catching up. You know us royalty, barely have any time to talk anymore."

Rose blurted out, "Do you still love her?"

Markell tilted his head to the side wondering where that came from. "Yes I do. Just in a different way. She's like a sister to me. I love you like my true love, and you know that."

Rose grinned and pulled him into a hug. "I just needed to know. I love you."

Markell closed his eyes and breathed in his love's smell. Normally, she smelled like vanilla, but now she smelled like rosemary.

Lucy watched as the island they were heading towards get bigger. She noticed Edmund stand next to her. He smiled at her. "So….how bad was I, during the enchantment?"

Lucy turned to him. "Not as bad as some. You surprised me Ed."

"So tell me. Do you know where we are going now?"

"I think we're headed to that island…the ship is damaged pretty badly."

Edmund looked out and saw the island Lucy was talking about. It looked like any other island. But it looked abandoned to Edmund, like no one lived there.

Peter was staring out at the open sea wondering how they got there. He heard talk about sirens, he thought they were just legend. In Narnia, you never know anymore. Louise hugged him from behind, and he smiled.

She placed her cheek on his back and whispered, "You scared me. I didn't know that those creatures were real. I was scared."

He turned to face her with a most comforting glance. "You never have to be scared. You're stronger than you believe. Never let your fears get to you and never be afraid. I will always be here to protect you."

She smiled at him faintly and planted a kiss on his cheek. She truly loved him. She wouldn't know what to do if she lost him.

The crew noticed there wasn't a dock to place the ship. So they put the ship to anchor as close as they could to the beach, without ruining the ship anymore. Caspian, Markell, Peter, Edmund, and Frederick went on a little boat to get to the island.

They wanted to leave the girls behind because they wanted to make sure it was safe first. Normally, Susan and Lucy would be stubborn about not being able to go. But this time, Susan and Lucy thought it would be best for the men to check it out first.

Susan gave Caspian a tight reassuring hug. "Be careful, you don't have me to back you up this time."

He put one hand behind her hair and chuckled. "I think I can handle myself. Besides a search around an island with boys would be good for me….too many women gets to a man after a while."

Susan smirked in his chest, and when they pulled away, he gave her a peck on the lips. Then he gave her one last smile before leaving.

Caspian walked past three other hugging couples of Lucy and Frederick, Markell and Rose, and Peter and Louise. He walked up behind Edmund and put a firm hand on his shoulder.

Edmund turned to him and nodded once. "I have a bad feeling about this island Caspian."

"The infamous Edmund Pevensie is scared of an island?" Caspian joked.

Edmund crossed his arms. "I'm actually serious…but I know I should trust we'll be safe."

Caspian looked out to the island that Edmund had a bad feeling about and had a brief wave of nervousness inundate him. He looked back at Edmund. "You should always trust Edmund. Never fear."

They dropped a wooden boat that just fit all of the boys. They rowed to shore, and it was hazy. Susan couldn't see the boat after the five minutes of them leaving.

They got to the island and placed the boat near some black rocks along the sand of the beach. They all had their weapons out and ready to go. Edmund still had a weird feeling about this island. He didn't show or say anything about it though.

They walked into a thick jungle with a great biodiversity of plants. It was very hot and humid. Caspian was used to the heat, but everyone else not so much. Peter was getting dehydrated, and sweat was sticking his shirt to his back.

They walked around for almost thirty minutes trying to find something to patch up the holes in the ship. Frederick found some wood and sap in buckets that could patch it up.

Markell raised an eyebrow at the buckets. "Where did the buckets come from? If this island is uninhabited…"

Markell felt something prick the back of his neck. He pulled whatever it was out and it was a dart. He felt his vision go blurry, and he fell. Peter caught him and put him down gently and pulled out his sword.

Frederick drew back his bow and saw movement in the jungle. He shot at it and at the same time a dart hit him in the back of his neck. He fell over as well, then Peter fell over.

Caspian and Edmund were the only two left. Caspian whispered, "I guess we'll have to take your weird feelings into more of an account."

Edmund rolled his eyes. He felt something hit his neck. He said before he fell, "Caspian….run!" He fell.

Caspian took Frederick's bow and arrows and started to run back to the ship. He was paranoid and shot at everything he thought moved. He ran into a different looking man. He was half naked with a bone sticking through his nose and paintings and piercings all over him.

Caspian took out his sword and almost sliced the man. But before he could do anything, a dart got him on the neck. He saw the man put a finger to his lips, and Caspian's vision went blurry and dark.

He saw more silhouettes of people before everything went completely dark. He fell on his back and looked up into the deeply fading sky.

Oh No! Maybe they should have listened to Edmund. But please review, follow, and favorite. I've been thinking about a third story to this series...Then that would be it...any thoughts? Not that this one is going to be over soon..I was just wondering. Questions of the chapter: Do you like Marianna? Who do you think is the person receiving the letter is?