Chapter 7: Reunion

Lillian knew she had no time, so she tried to run as much as possible. But with her physical and emotional state, she felt as if she would faint in any moment. The pain from the physical torture was too much on her state. But then, just in her line of sight, she saw a Narnian encampment. She inwardly cursed as she remembered how much she wanted Caspian to stay in Narnia and not come so close but also remembered how much she wanted to see him.

She took the last of her energy and crept towards the encampment. Once she was at the entrance, she could barely stand, and all energy left her when she fainted at the entrance.

…

Caspian was looking walking with some of his advisors, talking about possible battle plans and more when the guards at the entrance yelled, "Who are you?" at a mysterious figure, who fainted. "Oh my god! King Caspian, come at once!" Yelled the other guard, who finally seemed to who have recognized the person who had just fainted. Caspian ran up to the figure and froze.

It was Lillian who was on the ground. She had fainted and looked dreadful as if she had been tortured beyond what she could resist.

"Lillian! Lillian wake up!" He asked. He held her up and ran towards a tent. And after a while, the princess had opened her eyes. Caspian sighed with relief but then jumped when Lillian suddenly stood up without warning. She looked manic, when she grabbed Caspian's shoulders and started yelling at him.

"You fool! Why did you come here? What for?! I thought I told you to not even think about coming to war!"

Caspian grabbed hold of the panicked princess and then yelled back,

"Lillian listen to me! I didn't want to see you hurt! It is insanity for you to be facing this all by yourself! You need my help! You need Narnia to help you fight!"

Lillian immediately stood up and escaped from Caspian's grasp. How long was she fainted for? She really needed to get back to the encampment. And with Caspian's arrival, things got more complicated.

"Caspian…" was all she could mutter. What would she do? She could barely stand, and this was too much for her to bear. Of all the people, he came, endangering himself. The one person that she didn't want to see fall under the sorceress's influence.

"Caspian, leave at once. Turn around, and go back to Narnia."

The King could not believe himself. Lillian was barely alive and she told him to leave without her! He quickly turned around and made her face him out of pure desperation.

"Lillian, please, don't go. Don't do this to me."

Lillian looked up, confused. "Do what to you?" She asked. She really did not like how desperate Caspian sounded.

"Don't leave me and go by yourself!" He exclaimed. His eyes was filled with fear and sorrow that she might leave him for good.

"I told you that you should not be here Caspian!" Lillian exclaimed back. She really did not want to hear any further. If she did, she feared that she would not be able to actually leave.

"Why cannot you understand me Lillian! I want you here with me, next to me, always. I-"

He stopped mid-sentence out of sudden fear. What if Lillian? But he continued anyway. Just in case this could stop her from leaving.

"I love you Lillian! I don't want you to go. When I saw you out there, almost dead, I did not know what to do with myself! And it looks like you are about to leave everything here for an uncertain lifestyle. So PLEASE, if you return my feelings, don't…"

Lillian looked at Caspian out of pure shock. He returned her feelings. He.. loved her… This made her miserable. She had to go back to her people, she had to go back before sunrise came or the sorceress would realize her absence. In desperation, she used her powers to trap Caspian and ran, uttering the words,

"I'm sorry Caspian." And ran far, until she was able to sneak into her own tent, acting as if she had never left.

Meanwhile, Caspian fell into despair, Lillian had chosen to risk her life, for him, for Narnia. The one thing that he selfishly pleaded with her and she had, accepted and left him regardless. Out of pure desperation for his friend, he decided against her wishes yet again, and called his advisors. Narnia will go to war once more. And this time, Caspian thought, he will make sure Lillian was brought back alive.

…

At sunrise, the sorceress entered the princess's tent and saw resignation in the poor girl. It was time, she thought, that the princess finally became hers. And the two will finally take over Narnia.

Forever.