Hey guys! I am gonna make this A/N really quick I promise. Here are the responses to my reviewers and then you can read:
Samuel La Flame: I'm gonna be doing mostly book-verse with a little bit of movie-verse, but I watched the movies before I read the books so there will be movie-verse in there. Eustace will not be in this, because I couldn't think of a way to put him in. I'm not quite sure what to do with the Star's daughter yet, but she will not end up with Caspian like she does in the book.
And that's it! Thanks for being patient, and you can read now!
Disclaimer: Not mine. 'Nuff said.
Susan was in the bedroom, sitting on the bed and reading a book when the man from the bows suddenly announced that there was land in sight. She instantly jumped up in excitement before remembering to be ladylike and smoothing out her clothing before walking onto the deck.
There she found Caspian standing, like most of the crew, on the side of the boat as he eagerly tried to catch a glimpse of the islands coming ever closer. She walked up to him and stood there, looking out onto the open waters awkwardly for a moment before looking up at him just as he looked down at her.
"I need to speak wi-"
"I need to spea-"
They both cut off when they found that they were speaking at the same time. "You go first," said Caspian. "No," said Susan. "You go." "Tell you what," said Caspian. "Why don't we both say it at the same time?" "Sure," said Susan. "On three."
"One," said Susan.
"Two," said Caspian.
"Three!" they both said. And then…
"I think we should only be friends."
"I don't think we can be together right now."
The two teens looked at each other for a moment before Caspian nodded. "I'm glad you feel the same way," he forced himself to say, trying his best to hold in the discontented feeling that he was currently experiencing. "Yeah," said Susan awkwardly. Yet another awkward silence passed before Peter came up from behind them and leaned on the side of the ship to see the islands that were coming close and closer to them.
It was a coldish morning, the sky very pale and the sea very dark blue with little white caps of foam, and there, a little way off on the starboard bow, was the nearest of the Lone Islands, Felimath, like a low green hill in the sea, and behind it, further off, the grey slopes of its sister Doorn.
"Same old Felimath! Same old Doorn," said Lucy, clapping her hands. "Oh - Edmund, how long it is since you and I saw them last!"
"I've never understood why they belong to Narnia," said Caspian. "Did you conquer them, Peter?"
"Oh no," said Peter. "They were Narnian before our time - in the days of the White Witch."
"Are we to put in here, Sire?" asked Drinian.
"I shouldn't think it would be much good landing on Felimath," said Edmund. "It was almost uninhabited in our days and it looks as if it was the same still. The people lived mostly on Doorn and a little on Avra - that's the third one; you can't see it yet. They only kept sheep on Felimath."
"Then we'll have to double that cape, I suppose," said Drinian, "and land on Doorn. That'll mean rowing."
"I'm sorry we're not landing on Felimath," said Lucy. "I'd like to walk there again. It was so lonely - a nice kind of loneliness, and all grass and clover and soft sea air." "And I remember as well how nice the walks there used to be," said Peter wistfully.
"I'd love to stretch my legs now too," said Caspian. "I tell you what. Why shouldn't we go ashore in the boat and send it back, and then we could walk across Felimath and let the Dawn Treader pick us up on the other side?"
If Caspian had been as experienced then as he became later on in this voyage he would not have made this suggestion; but at the moment it seemed an excellent one. "Oh do let's," said Lucy.
"You'll come, will you?" said Caspian to Susan, who up until this point had been quiet.
She thought for a moment before looking at her siblings, who all obviously wanted her to join the little adventure. She tried to fake a smile. "Of course," she said. "I'd love to." "Well then," said Caspian. "Will you tell them to lower the boat, Drinian?"
The King and the Pevensies all got into the boat and were pulled to the beach of Felimath. When the boat had left them and was being rowed back they all turned and looked round. They were surprised at how small the Dawn Treader looked.
Susan was of course barefoot, having kicked off her shoes while swimming, but that is no hardship if one is going to walk on downy turf. It was delightful to be ashore again and to smell the earth and grass, even if at first the ground seemed to be pitching up and down like a ship, as it usually does for a while if one has been at sea. It was much warmer here than it had been on board and Lucy found the sand pleasant to her feet as they crossed it. There was a lark singing.
They struck inland and up a fairly steep, though low, hill. At the top of course they looked back, and there was the Dawn Treader shining like a great bright insect and crawling slowly north-westward with her oars. Then they went over the ridge and could see her no longer.
Doom now lay before them, divided from Felimath by a channel about a mile wide; behind it and to the left lay Avra. The little white town of Narrowhaven on Doorn was easily seen.
"Hullo! What's this?" said Edmund suddenly.
In the green valley to which they were descending six or seven rough-looking men, all armed, were sitting by a tree.
"Don't tell them who we are," said Caspian. "It just occurred to me that no one here can have heard from Narnia for a long time. It's just possible they may not still acknowledge our over-lordship. In which case it might not be quite safe to be known as the King."
By this time they were quite close to the strangers, one of whom - a big black-haired fellow - shouted out, "A good morning to you."
"And a good morning to you," said Caspian. "Is there still a Governor of the Lone Islands?" "To be sure there is," said the man, "Governor Gumpas. His Sufficiency is at Narrowhaven. But you'll stay and drink with us."
Before Caspian could say yes or no, Susan grabbed his arm and said, "I'm going to talk to Caspian for a moment. We'll be right back." Then she led him a little ways away, where she could talk to him without being overheard. When they were a safe distance away, she turned toward him.
"I don't like the idea of talking with those men, let alone sitting and drinking with them!"
"Me neither," admitted Caspian. "But really what choice do we have? I want to learn more about these people if I can. What if they plan to do something bad? Then am I, as king, supposed to just let them? No, we have to sit and drink and learn more about these men before we can move on."
"But Caspian," said Susan. "What if they decide to kidnap us? What if they are slave traders, or pirates, or thieves, or anything of that sort? Then what?" "I don't know," said Caspian. "But I don't feel right, as king, letting these men get away with something potentially harmful to my kingdom."
Susan was about to respond, but before she could Caspian walked off and went back toward the group. "Sorry," he apologized. "Anyway, I would love to stay and drink with you, and so would my comrades, wouldn't you guys?" "Yeah," replied the group halfheartedly.
All of them sat down. But hardly had they raised their cups to their lips when the black-haired man nodded to his companions and, as quick as lightning, all the five visitors found themselves wrapped in strong arms. There was a moment's struggle but all the advantages were on one side, and soon everyone was disarmed and had their hands tied behind their backs.
"Whew!" whistled the slave merchant (for that is what he was). " Blowed if I take less than five hundred crescents for this lot." The Calormen crescent, which is the chief coin in those parts, is worth about a third of a pound.
"So that's what you are," said Caspian. "A kidnapper and slaver. I hope you're proud of it."
"Now, now, now, now," said the slaver. "Don't you start any jaw. The easier you take it, the pleasanter all round, see? I don't do this for fun. I've got my living to make same as anyone else." "Where will you take us?" asked Lucy, getting the words out with some difficulty. "Over to Narrowhaven," said the slaver. "For market day tomorrow."
"So that's what you are," said Caspian. "A kidnapper and slaver. I hope you're proud of it."
"Now, now, now, now," said the slaver. "Don't you start any jaw. The easier you take it, the pleasanter all round, see? I don't do this for fun. I've got my living to make same as anyone else." "Well, I've had enough of this jabber," said the leader of the slavers. "Off we go, mates.
Then the four human prisoners were roped together, not cruelly but securely, and made to march down to the shore.
When they got down to the shore that looked towards Doorn they found a little village and a long-boat on the beach and, lying a little further out, a dirty bedraggled looking ship. "Now, youngsters," said the slave dealer. "Let's have no fuss and then you'll have nothing to cry about. All aboard."
The prisoners, finding no other option, begrudgingly went onboard the ship and awaited their fates. Hopefully the crew onboard their own ship would know that something was wrong and come looking, or else they would most likely be lost, having been stripped bare of their weapons.
The only one putting up a fight, much to her own annoyance, was Susan, who was shouting out many mean things to the men holding her. Many of the things she said actually were very impressive to her brothers, who smirked as they saw the men's surprise at the fact that the girl would use such language. Needless to say, Edmund had never been so proud.
Okay guys so I know that it is a short chapter (being only roughly 2,000 words counting this note), but I couldn't put it any longer because of what I wanted in the next chapter. I promise the next one will be longer, and hopefully it will be okay anyway.
Also, I wanted to inform you guys that net chapter will mostly be movie-verse because I just love the net scene in the movie and just don't like it much in the book, so I hope I'm as good at writing movie-verse as book-verse.
Please be nice when you review for this chapter, guys. I love every review I get, good and bad, but I just couldn't get this chapter right for some reason. As a matter of fact, I actually had a previous version up before I posted this one, so I hope I did a better job on this than that. but if you are mean in your review, at least leave a name and not just Guest.
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