Peter

The fight was finally coming to an end. There were quite a few dead people, but they were all slave traders. They deserved it, they had been selling and buying innocent people, but then, they did the worst thing possible. They tried to sell my family. The royal family! Luckily, Reepicheep had come to our aid and got us out in time to save them. At first, it had been too late to save Lucy, but Caspian quickly retrieved Susan. Drinian had time to get our weapons and give them to us before the fight. Now that it was over, Lucy was running around the place, healing the town's people with the help of her healing cordial and Ariane, who had a nice gift for healing. When they were done, we saw to that all enslaved people from the town were returned to their families. Then, we walked back to our ship in glory, surrounded by the grateful people of Narrowheaven. A man came running at us and was stopped by Drinian, who was our guard until we returned to the ship.

"Your Majesties!"

"It's all right, Drinian, let him talk." Caspian ordered.

"My wife was taken by the Mist; please let me go on your trip to save her!"

"Of course, you must." I said. And with that, we got on the ship.

A few weeks later, I went to the lower deck to figure out where we would stop next. To help me with the math of it, I called Brian, the best person for the job. Brian was a small, skinny, and yet handsome boy. He had some nice blue eyes and some of the best hair on the ship. After Caspian, of course, who won't admit it, but has the best hair in all of Narnia. I was getting along well with him ever since we left the first time. Since then, I figured out he was a really nice young man with a bad past. He deserves to be king as much as I do, but just to be clear, I'm still High King. Anyway, Brian was incredibly smart; he loved math and logic. He also was gifted with a sword. He's the exact opposite of his twin sister, Ariane. She was pretty in a simple way, like Lu. Lucy and she were becoming very good friends. Ariane had blonde hair and soft, cow-like brown eyes. She hated violence. She was very gentle, more even than how Susan used to be. And, she had an incredible gift for healing. She may be the only one on this ship that wouldn't faint or vomit if someone was to come here with their muscles torn inside out. In fact, she would probably try to help them. She was also the only one who didn't find Eustace annoying. Long story short, that girl was a miracle. Alberta is their mom. Alberta was as kind as Adriane and almost as helpful. She was the official doctor on the ship, her daughter being her assistant. Alberta looked a lot like Ariane, too. She had the same eyes and from what I was told, her hair used to be blonde. Now, with age, it's white. Alberta married Drinian, and that's how she ended up in the ship. Brian resembles his father. They are both calculating and distant. They have the same eyes as well.

Brian and I had been trying to make maps as we went along the islands and try to say where we should land next. The goal of the expedition was to find the seven Lords of Telemar. They were Caspian's father's closest friends and advisors. In the time when his uncle Miraz ruled Narnia, they were sent to the Lost Islands so they could die and leave Miraz alone. However, Caspian still believes they are out there somewhere. Some of them dead, some of them alive. We had found one of them so far, Lord Bern. An hour later, we were finished with the map, so I went to my room to think. This was my favourite time of the day, when I got to think. Today, however, was plagued by bad thoughts. I thought of how we had to leave Narnia to the mercy of the Telemarines and how badly I acted when we got back. I was jealous and protective. I expected that when we got there, we would be greeted with parties and celebrations, instead, we found an upstart prince who barely knew what he was doing, and to top it all off, he wanted my sister! There had always been problems with men wanting Susan, in fact, she almost stared an uprising. This happened in the late years of our rule, when she was twenty. We were traveling to a council in Calormen. When we got to the King, who was about thirty, he demanded I hand her over. Then, she started fighting about that it was her choice and she was not mine and she was her own and she didn't want him. Naturally, the King got very angry and almost captured her, but luckily, we got away in time. The kingdom and its King wanted her so much, they hung a painting of her in the castle! Once in a while, they'd send troops to attack Narnia, but they never stood a chance. Anyway, when I saw Caspian staring at her I got very angry. I thought he only wanted her for her face. Needless to say she fell in love with him too. He was very handsome, it's true, but I thought she was better than that. I almost got angry at her too, but I don't like getting angry at her and it wasn't her fault he was charming. However, when we left for the second time I heard her crying through the wall that separated our chambers for an hour before we left. So I went to talk to Caspian. I was about to knock on the door to his chambers when I heard a soft whimpering inside. I realized he was crying, too. I knew I had been wrong about him, unfortunately, it was too late. Now, when I came here for the third time, and saw what a good job Caspian had done, I realized I wasn't needed anymore. My worst fear to date is that Aslan would show up and say "You have failed me Peter, you are no longer deserving of the crown." And with that I'd find myself in my bed in England. I honestly think I deserve that. And besides, it's not like
I'm needed. Caspian has proved he can rule just fine on his own. And with the years, he would marry Susan, who would only make it easier for him. Lucy is Aslan's favourite, even if he won't say it, so maybe she could stay. Edmund would probably be sent back with me. I thought about that, what I would do if I was sent back. I would probably have a breakdown similar to Susan's, I mean, you try growing up, perfectly ruling a kingdom, being taken away, only to come back and have it rubbed in your face that you are not welcome anymore. If Lucy had never discovered Narnia, I probably would have had a sad and boring life, full of crushing responsibility. I have good grades, almost as high as Susan's, clearly enough to go to a University.

I think about this fear almost every day, it's almost consuming. The logical side of me knows this will probably never happen, but, who knows?

I'm still deep in thought when I hear a few shouts coming from the deck. It sounds like Eustace. I better go check it out. On my way out, I almost bumped into Caspian and Susan, who were rushing out of his room as well. I'll ask them what they were doing later, probably just catching up, but still. Eustace was apparently fighting with Reepicheep, who was just teasing him and urging him to keep going. Everyone was laughing at him, but then, Reep fell off the ship. Or so we thought. The next second he was slashing away again, giving Eustace a good scare in the process. Then, Eustace fell backwards onto a sack of potatoes.

"Ahh!" we heard a girl shriek.

"Gael?" the man that had approached us on the island apparently recognized her. By the looks of it, he was her father. Drinian walked up to her and gave her an orange, which she accepted. Then, she was led inside by Lucy.

A few minutes later, we heard:

"Land Ho!" Finally, I was getting tired of the ship.

We got off to a shoreline that I recognized.

"No, no, no. Please, let's go back to the ship." Susan said.

Because, like me, she recognized this too. We were in Calormen.