Chapter 9: Turmoil & Loss

Lillian's POV

It was all ridiculous really. She was no longer able to move her body, and on the ground, all she could do was cry. As frustrated as she was, when she saw the necklace thrown on the ground, Lillian could only remember one thing: her promise to Caspian.

Caspian took his mother's necklace from his own neck and put it around Lillian's. At that moment, Lillian, who knew the significance of the necklace, was speechless.

"Caspian, I-"

"Don't. Please keep it. I want you to bring that back safely. That way, I will know if you are safe or not. Alright?"

The emotions that ran through Lillian made her almost cry. However, she withheld her own emotions. Eventually, all she could say was

"Thank you Caspian. I will bring it back safe and sound."

All she could think about as she struggled to move was her wish to grab the necklace and bring it back to herself. Yet all she could do was let out little noises of pain and frustration. And the only thing that she refused to do was to lose her own identity even if she lost control of her body and mind to the Sorceress.

The Final Battle

The war between Narnia and the Sorceress's armies did not quite begin.

The Sorceress made sure Lillian was prepared and would remain safe in most of the battle against Narnia. Therefore, she had a lot more guards provided for Lillian than herself. For what could possibly go wrong when should influence many of the Narnia soldiers to become her own?

Yet there was one thing that she did not realize. Narnia had been preparing itself by trying to find ways to weaken the Sorceress's power. And they had finally found the answer to their problem. At this point, however, it is not fair to say that both sides were balanced. Rather, Narnia was still overpowered since the could not prevent Lillian's attacks.

Eventually both armies headed out, fully armored and prepared to decimate each other in order to gain power or to retrieve their previous ones and the safety of Narnia.

Once both armies arrived to the battlefield, the Sorceress and Caspian spoke to their respective soldiers.

"My people, let us rejoice in the new age of Narnia, OUR Narnia, no longer ruled by some strange king in a faraway place, but ruled by us TRIBES!" the Sorceress yelled to her vast and powerful army.

"Today, we will be fighting for the safety of Narnia, for all to be equal, for our own families. And for Aslan. Do your best to survive and head back home! FOR ASLAN, FOR NARNIA!" Caspian yelled.

And with that, the two leaders faced each other by turning their horses around. With that, there was a momentary pause of tension which soon dissipated by the loud noises from the soldiers who ran towards the center for the battlefield.

During that moment of pause, Caspian ardently looked for Lillian. He spotted her to the left of the Sorceress, standing with closed eyes, as if she was concentrating on her surroundings. Caspian then realized that Lillian had also fallen under the Sorceress's influence, just like they had feared. This angered Caspian further and he yelled,

"CHARGE!" and he and his soldiers set out to fight the Sorceress and her army.

For a while, the soldiers were fighting with a balanced amount of power. However, some Narnian soldiers fell into the earth and killed after the ground gave way. Caspian looked up and realized that he lost his soldiers due to Lillian. Bit by bit, Caspian wanted to rush towards the princess, but he refocused and made his way towards the Sorceress.

Time seemed to slow down dramatically for Caspian and the Sorceress as they approached each other in the middle of the battlefield. Occasionally, they would slay the enemy soldiers with their respective weapons.

The Sorceress held a golden spear that had a sharp and long blade. It easily cut through her enemy's armors and killed them. The King of Narnia had former High King Peter's sword and shield as he approached the Sorceress. However, the previously smiling Sorceress's face turned into a frown when she realized that Caspian's army was somehow immune to her powers.

"Now now, what could be wrong? Is the Sorceress having difficulties with her powers?" Caspian mocked to the Sorceress. Further angering the Sorceress.

Meanwhile, the Captain approached Lillian as much as he could and tried to protect her after killing the guards the Sorceress had assigned for the princess.

Yet there was something that the princess was internally struggling, for the Captain was not attacked although Lillian continued to attack the rest of the Narnian soldiers. The Captain looked at his King and waited for what he should do.

Eventually, the Sorceress and Caspian were sharing blows they sent with their weapons. However, Caspian became injured and was on the defense. The Captain on the other hand, realized that Lillian was moving towards his King and the Sorceress. He followed from a safe distance just to make sure he could attack the princess when the situation called for it.

"You poor King, do you recognize her? Princess Lillian as you Narnians call her?" The Sorceress mocked Caspian as she saw the way how he looked at Lillian.

Caspian glared at the Sorceress as he struggled to stand up. The Sorceress had cut him on the side of his body and he was bleeding a little too heavily for comfort. He groaned in pain as he got onto his feet and ready to fight. Once he killed the Sorceress, the war would be over. With that, the Sorceress and Caspian continued fighting. Caspian was able to successfully injure the Sorceress in the leg, which prevented the woman from standing up anymore.

"How dare you!" screamed the Sorceress. In her fury, she did not realize or see Lillian approaching ever closer. Rather, if she had, she would have thought Lillian was coming to aid her.

"No more shall you ever cause pain, anguish, and death of hundreds of people of this world!" Caspian coldly stated to the woman who was struggling to stay upright with her bleeding leg.

Yet something clicked into Caspian as he looked at the woman in front of him. The idea of mercy was on his mind. As a king, he saw that the Sorceress must have had a valid reason for starting an uprising.

However, as he was pondering about the Sorceress, the woman thought that this was an opportunity to kill the King right then and there. Still hesitating and lost in his thoughts, he did not see or hear the Sorceress.

"Lillian, observe what happens to your King that you so fought and resisted me for," she said, and threw her spear towards the king.

With a blur of movement, Caspian realized too late that the Sorceress had attacked him when he looked up to see what had happened.

Both the Sorceress and Caspian were silent from shock. The person who had gotten stabbed from the Sorceress's spear was not Caspian. In between the two leaders was Lillian, who had intervened the last minute as she had tried to fight against the Sorceress's influence throughout the entire battle and finally managed to do so when she saw the Sorceress aim to kill Caspian.

She managed to save Caspian, but she also felt the loss and emptiness of it all as she felt the pain. Gasping from the overwhelming pain, Lillian, with the last amount of strength, killed the Sorceress before anything else happened. Once she did, she fell backwards, feeling the loss of air and consciousness.

"No," Caspian whispered. He quickly grabbed hold of Lillian's limp body and positioned himself so she would be a little more comfortable. He put one of his hands on her face and he wanted to scream and cry.

"Lillian, Lillian please, stay with me. Don't leave me alone."