Peter

The battle was finally over. At the sight of their dead captain, the pirates had left the ship. My leg still burned like it was on fire, but I didn't make a big deal out of it. Ariane told me to go to my room; she'd be waiting for me there. On the way there, I bumped into someone. He was a young boy with brown hair, he looked very familiar, but I was sure I'd never met him. I realized he was a pirate so I put my sword to his throat. I wanted to kill him, he was probably just waiting for an opportunity to kill us all, but I felt the need to ask Caspian first, who had been walking behind me.

"Caspian, there is a pirate on the ship, still. Should I kill him?" I asked.

"No, he's just a boy, I want him to explain." He said. I suppose he's still new at being King, so he doesn't understand that a brainwashed kid was just as dangerous as the next adult. Besides, at his age, I could do wicked things with a sword.

"He's armed." I pointed out. What he did next surprised me. He put his sword down.

"Now he's not. Follow me, please." He said to him. We both followed him into Caspian's room. Then, he told us his story. It was probably all a big lie and he was just trying to spy on us and then communicate it to other pirates.

"He's a pirate. We need to get rid of him. He's trouble."

"He's like me." The realization hit me. They were both misunderstood orphans with a big heart.

"Right"

The boy had reminded me of Caspian. They even looked similar. I understood why Caspian had shown him sympathy. But I don't know if I should. They story could still be a lie, but before I could say anything, Lucy came into the room. The boy, whose name was Jack, looked shocked. Lucy blushed. I realized she was the pretty girl he's seen. I'll be keeping an eye on him.

"Pete, Ariane wants to see you." And with that she left the room. It's true, my leg is still bleeding, I had forgotten about that. I went back to my room and let Caspian talk to Jack. Ariane first tried to clean my leg, it was still full of blood, but the major bleeding had stopped. Then, she put on the disinfectant. I winced because it stung quite a bit. Finally, she put on the bandages.

"Don't walk much if you can help it and it will heal more quickly. It was not a very deep cut."

"Alright." A few weeks passed and my leg had fully healed, but once more, the crew was inpatient. If we didn't find land soon…

"Land ho!" I heard. Thank Aslan.

I went to the deck to see what the island looked like. Its appearance confused me. It looked like a forest of a sort, except the trees were a lot taller and more uneven and there were vines hanging from them. When we got there, we found it was a lot more humid and hot than a forest. Devon had stayed on the ship because she was "sick". Then something whizzed past my ear.

Susan was the first to react. She quickly notched an arrow on her bow and got prepared to shoot. Then I realized what had happened. Someone had shot me from the trees. "Who's there?"

"We come in peace." Caspian said. The trees rustled and suddenly, there was a woman standing in front of us. She had strong brown eyes and straight brown hair in a braid. She was beautiful in a fierce way. I could tell she was in charge by the way she talked.

"I am Selene, Queen of the Amazons." She said. "If you can pass my tasks I'll let you leave this island unharmed, if not, you will face certain death. You must choose a representative for each challenge." Well she's straight-forward. We could tell her who we were, but I remembered a deal we made in our Golden Age with the Amazons: they had their own little kingdom if they left us alone.

"What are the tasks you speak of?" Susan asked. These two may have been friends under different circumstances, I realized.

"Well, there is a sword-fighting, a knife-throwing, a crossbow tournament, a wrestling match, and, most importantly, an archery contest." Susan smiled; she could beat anyone out there.

"Choose your representatives."

"I'm at the sword challenge, Caspian is at the crossbow, Lucy is at the knives, and Susan is at the archery challenge. I suppose Edmund will wrestle." I said.

"Very well. Susan is up against our best archer, Diane, Caspian will battle Bellona, Edmund, you're with Claire, and Lucy will up against Hylla. You're with me."

I had to go first, and against the Queen.

"First one to disarm the other wins. Let the games begin!" And with that, she started slashing away at me.

She was very good; the fight kept going for hours. I was starting to get really tired. I know she probably was too, but she did a fantastic job hiding it. I had cuts on my cheek, arm, and leg. She had one on her cheek and knee. The fight kept going for a few more minutes, until finally…

She won.

She was the first person to ever beat me in a sword fight. I was extremely disappointed in myself; I had just lost a point to my team.

"Good game, you fought well." She said and shook my hand. It was Caspian's turn. He shot three times, all of them in the bulls-eye. The Amazon that was up against him, Bellona, hit them all in the bulls-eye, too, so they had a rematch. Caspian won that round. It was Edmund's turn.

The Amazon that he had to wrestle was twice as large as he was. We all knew he would lose. Surprisingly, he put up a good fight. It took ten minutes for Claire to get him down long enough to win.

It took Lucy five rematches, but she finally won. Now it was up to Susan. She needed to get all three arrows in the bulls-eye to win. Usually simple, but I could see she was nervous.

Susan took her arrow and landed it in the centre. At lightning speed, she shot her other arrows, splitting up the previous.

We won.

We raced to congratulate Susan. She had hit her arrows in the exact same spot. We were all very proud, and happy that we weren't going to die.

"May I talk to you?" Selene said to Susan. Susan nodded and followed her. They came back an hour later, Su smiling.

"I have an announcement to make." Selene said, lifting her hands. All the Amazons listened to her. "I will be leaving on the Dawn Treader in order to aid our guests in their noble quest. I will leave in charge, Hylla." No one protested when she got on the ship. In fact, she became best friends with Su in the week that followed. Eight days after we left the Amazons, we came across a strange island full of mountains and caves. We decided to send a scouting party to explore: Susan, Caspian, Devon, Eustace, Selene, Jack, Edmund, and I. We had been walking for over a day now, we were all extremely tired. I was practically carrying Eustace, Caspian took turns carrying Susan and Lucy, and Selene was walking on, not a bead of sweat on her face. I had to admire her, we were all tired and grouchy and she was just walking like it was nothing, barely opening her mouth. Devon was complaining loudly to Caspian, who looked like he was going to faint, but held on for the girls' sake. Then I noticed a cave different from the rest, I told everyone to get inside so we could investigate. Inside, it looked like nothing special was going on, so I just decided to rest. Then Devon leaned back against a huge rock and disappeared completely. Everyone followed immediately. I went through and I knew two things:

One: This isn't England. Two: This isn't Narnia.