Bonjour! Thank you all so much for the reviews and the favorites and follows thus far in the story!
I am so sorry that it took so long to update and that this is so short, but I just got a writer's block so it was already Thursday and I only had 600 words done. That is slower than usual, I know, but I just couldn't seem to get anything done. This was never really my favorite part of the movie, so I guess that's part of the reason why this is so hard to put together, as well as the fact I started school today so I had to start going to bed earlier about a week ago, so I couldn't have as much time to write.
Anyway, I'm sure you don't wanna hear my excuses anymore, so here's my replies and then on with the chapter!
Michael: I swear you're a mind reader. I honestly was just about to think about doing that myself when I saw that review. Honestly, I don't really know what I am gonna do as to that yet, but if I do put her with one of the boys it will be Peter. Honestly it comes down to what you guys want, as I have no opinion on that prospect.
Disclaimer: Not mine; never has been, never will be.
The crew was all on deck, and the ship was fast approaching the Dark Island. "I want you all to know," said Caspian to the crew. "That no matter what happens on this island you are all the best crew I could have possibly had on this voyage, even those of you who were not originally supposed to be here."
"For Narnia!" yelled one crewmember. The rest of the crew soon started in soon, and not too long after they had started up a chant. Caspian grinned at them all gratefully. He hadn't expected that they would back him up as fully as they were doing right then.
The ship sailed into the Dark Island, and the crew all readied themselves for any sort of attack that might happen. Some were holding torches, some were readying their bows and arrows, and some were arming themselves with swords. The sky was dark, and they weren't about to let themselves be caught unawares.
Edmund shone his light everywhere, trying to see if he could find the sword. Suddenly it shone on a rock. Not just a rock, but a man! He was standing on top of the rock, waving his hands back and forth. "Go away Demon!" the man demanded, looking straight at them all with eyes that showed how batty he had become. "I don't fear you!"
"Caspian!" exclaimed Lucy. "Look at his sword!" Caspian looked at the man's sword, which he had in his hands now, and realized with a start that it was the last Lord's. "Get him aboard!" yelled Caspian. The crew scrambled to do as their king had asked, and soon they had done just that, though the Lord writhed around so much that it was very hard.
Eventually they had convinced the Lord that they were, in fact, friends and not enemies. "Turn this ship about!" he yelled, running up to the wheel and trying to do so. "We'll all die! Turn this ship about!" several of the crew members grabbed him in an effort to keep him from hurting someone.
"Do as the man says, Drinian," said Caspian, and the captain went to the wheel to try and do just that. "And whatever you do," yelled the Lord. "Do not think! This place turns your worst nightmares into a reality!" Edmund's face seemed to go white at that point, which was not missed by Susan.
"Edmund," she said. "What did you just think about?" Edmund looked at his sister, his eyes full of regret. "I'm sorry," he said. Susan was just about to ask what he meant when all of a sudden the ship tilted to the side as though it had been bumped by something very big.
"What was that?" one crew member shouted. The ship rocked again, and the crew all ran to the side to see what was going on. "Are those rocks?" Mister Rince asked. True enough, on the side of the ship there seemed to be many boulders sticking up from the water. Captain Drinian shook his head solemnly. "Those aren't rocks," he said.
Susan looked again and gasped. The rocks were moving steadily, delving in and out of the water. "It's too late!" yelled the Lord, who Susan now remembered was named Rhoop. "It's too late!" He had completely lost all touch to his right mind.
Suddenly the ship rocked again before a huge shape came into view where the "rocks" used to be.
A huge serpent came out of the water, its head no less than two hundred feet above the deck. It had horrible scales all over it, and it had no less than three sets of teeth in its huge hole of a mouth. It only showed for a second before it dived back under the water. "It's gone under the boat!" Rince shouted.
They all turned to see the serpent at the other end of the boat, and again it's head was very far above the deck. Everyone with a weapon (meaning everyone on deck) took them out and prepared to fight. "For Narnia!" yelled Reepicheep, rushing forward and climbing up the mast before stabbing the serpent with his little sword.
Susan notched her arrow in her bow and took aim before letting out a calming breath and letting her arrow fly, hitting the dead center of the serpent's eye. It made a horrible, animalistic sound of pain and sank back into the water for a moment before appearing on the other side yet again.
Lord Rhoop pushed one of the crewmembers away from the ship's wheel, muttering to himself. "Turn this ship about!" he yelled out again. "Someone stop him!" yelled Caspian. Drinian came forward and knocked the psychotic Lord out before taking back the wheel and throwing Caspian the Lord's sword. Caspian then gave it to a Gryphin to take back to Liliandil to put on the table before going back to the serpent.
Aslan, prayed everyone. Help us.
A bright beam of light came through the darkness of the island as a seagull flew through the air, showing them the right course. Reepicheep went down to the bows and had a bunch of the crew start to row toward where the seagull was taking them.
The sea serpent followed the ship, attacking it ad wrapping itself around it. The crew fought it with all their might, and soon enough they had gotten it untangled from the ship, but that was the least of their problems.
Edmund got up on the top of the front of the ship, where the dragon's head was, and tried to stab the serpent with his sword. But the serpent was very fast, and it bit at the dragon's head and tore a chunk off. Edmund was just barely able to dodge it by jumping back onto the deck.
The serpent dove toward him again, and suddenly an arrow whizzed past him and hit it, breaking off a part of its skin, and Edmund gave Susan a grateful look, for it was her that shot it. The skin fell to the deck and turned to mist before Caspian's eyes.
"I know how to beat this!"
Caspian assembled everyone and quickly made them form a line, telling them what to do. The archers notched their arrows, preparing to shoot, and everyone else grabbed a spear and prepared to throw it. When the serpent got close enough, everyone let their weapon fly, hitting the serpent dead on.
The serpent fell into the water, dead, and the mist that came off of it quickly swirled around everyone. Susan saw Aslan appear before her, but it wasn't a good Aslan like the one she knew. This one had horrible, angry eyes, and it looked more evil.
"Susan," he said. His voice was not its usual kind, rich self. It was evil, hard, and cruel now. "You know that you will have to leave eventually. You know that what you are doing with Caspian won't last. You know that you are just going to end up hurt in the end; so why do you choose to do that to yourself?"
"No!" Susan yelled, readying her bow. She realized a second later that it was only a vision, and in reality she was aiming at Edmund. "Susan," yelled Caspian from somewhere near her. She turned to look at him. "It's just the mist! Whatever you saw, it isn't real!"
Susan nodded her head. She knew that Aslan would never do that to her; he wouldn't do what she had seen her nightmare, nor what she had just seen in the mist. He was not a tame Lion, but he wasn't a cruel one either. But what if he did decide to make her go?
The Mist dissipated then, leaving the island and leaving into thin air. Susan ran to Caspian. "Caspian," she said, burying her face in his chest. "We did it! Oh Caspian, we defeated it! What if I have to leave now, Caspian?" Sobs wracked her body, and she buried her face hard[er into his chest.
"Ssh," he consoled. "It's alright. Aslan will let you stay, I'm sure of it. He won't make you leave." Susan wrapped her arms around him tightly as he ran his hands up and down her back comfortingly. "It's alright," he said again and again, trying to make her feel better.
Soon after, Reepicheep saw something in the water that seemed to catch his eye. To this day nobody knows what it was, but whatever it was possessed him to jump in. "The water!" he yelled back to those on deck. "It's sweet! Just like in my song! We must be close to Aslan's country!"
Susan looked at Caspian. "Would you like to go see him?" Caspian asked her. She nodded solemnly, tears in her eyes. "Alright," called Caspian to the captain. "Everyone steer toward the East!"
Soon enough the ship entered a place where there were Lilies all floating around in the water. Caspian informed the crew that they were to all stay on deck while the royals (and Reepicheep of course) went in a rowing boat to see what was going on.
The little party rowed out to a place where they found there to be a huge wave standing tall, but unlike most ordinary waves it didn't go down. They walked toward it, and as they walked they suddenly heard a patting in the ground behind them and turned.
"Aslan!" Lucy shrieked happily, bounding toward the lion which had just appeared. "Hello dear one," the lion chuckled. He looked toward the others. "And hello to you all too." He looked to Susan especially. "I suppose you would like to ask some questions, Susan and Peter?"
"Aslan," said Susan. "Is there a way that I could possibly stay here if I wanted to?" Aslan smiled at her. "There is no way to go back, child," he said. Susan frowned. "What do you mean?" she asked the Lion. He looked at every one of the Pevensie children before he spoke again.
"Do you remember what was going on the day that you all left your world?" he asked them. They all looked at one another. "I went to a party before I came," said Susan. "And I went to the grocery store with Ed," said Lucy. Edmund nodded. "And I was at the Proffessor's house," said Peter.
"There is one thing in common about all of those places, children," said Aslan. "Do you remember what it was?"
Susan thought back to before she left. She remembered flopping down on her bed… before that she was walking home from the party… and she remembered something going on in the sky…
She gasped.
"So I see that you have figured it out?" asked Aslan. Susan nodded, her eyes watering. "There were planes circling in the sky," she answered. "At first I didn't suspect anything, that happens all the time. But now I think about it, they looked different from the normal ones."
"Yes my dear," said Aslan before turning to look at the others. "There were air raids the day that you all left. You have all died in your world, and therefore you will not be able to go back." "But what happened to our cousin, our aunt, and our uncle?" asked Susan. "And the Professor?" added Peter.
"They are all still alive," said Aslan.
Susan took a moment to process this before she turned around, grinning, and before anyone could think to stop her she flung herself in Caspian's arms and kissed him. He stood still for a moment, shocked, before his arms wound themselves around her waist and he kissed her back.
When they pulled away, everyone else grinned and Susan blushed as well as Caspian.
"I take it you have no problems with staying then?" asked Aslan, chuckling.
Suddenly Reepicheep spoke up. "Please sir," he addressed the Lion. "I have had many great adventures in this world, but none to compare with the joy of going to your country. If I could be so worthy, I would like to humbly ask if it would be possible for me to do this."
"Of course," said Aslan. "My country was made for noble hearts such as yours." Reepicheep smiled before turning around to face Caspian and the Pevensies. "I am glad that I was able to know you all," he said to them. Lucy looked like she was about to cry as she stepped forward and held her arms out.
"May I?" she asked. Susan knew she had never been allowed to hug him before. "Well," he said. "This once I guess-" But he wasn't able to finish the sentence because the little girl grabbed him suddenly and enveloped him in a hug. Once he had got over the shock he did his best to put his small arms around her as well and smiled as they pulled back.
"Will I ever see you again?" asked Lucy tearfully. "One day," said Reepicheep. "I would love to see you all again. But until that day, know that I am happy and that I await the day that that will happen."
Presently it came time for Reepicheep, and he saw a small boat and ore just his size and rowed it out onto the wave before disappearing over it. "Now," said Aslan after. "I believe it is time for you all to take your leave of this place and go greet your subjects in Narnia."
The children and Caspian said their goodbyes and left, going back to the boat. All of the crew was happy to hear that their Kings and Queens were all there, and most were unhappy to find that they had lost Reepicheep. But they went back to Romandu's island anyway.
When they got there, they met Liliandil again by the front. "Hello again," she greeted them. "You have defeated the Evil. For that, all of Narnia is grateful." She curtsied to them all and smiled kindly, making Susan wonder why she ever hated this girl.
Peter bowed back to her. "There was never any trouble for us to do so," he told her. "And we thank you for helping us along the way." Liliandil blushed lightly, something that did not go missed by Susan, but she kept it to herself. "Y-You're welcome, Your Majesty," Liliandil stuttered as Peter laid a soft kiss on her hand.
Soon after they all went inside for a last meal on the island before they departed for the Narnian mainland the net day. Right before they left, Susan clasped Caspian's hand in hers and smiled at him. he returned the smile before they both looked forward again and Susan grinned even wider at the thought that she was going home.
Alright guys! What did you think?
I am very sorry to say that this story is completed. For those of you that have stuck by me through all the ins and outs of it, I am so happy that you did that and I thank you again for doing so. I cannot say that there will be a sequel, because honestly I think I am done with VotDT for a while. I think I just want to focus on my other story for the moment.
I hope you all liked the last chapter, and I am not doing the epilogue only because whenever I try to do epilogues I always end up making the characters die at the end (look at my epilogue for Walt Disney High School) so I am not doing one for this fanifiction.
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-CahillGirl2001