Selene

"That's the island of the Sirens! Quick, Drinian, does this ship have wax?" Susan asked.

"Yes, Milady."

A man went below deck to get the wax while Susan explained to me what the Sirens would do. They'd make you see your biggest wish in their song, draw you to them. Then they'd crash your ship against the rocks and eat the survivors. Once in a while, if they saw an exceptionally handsome man, one of them would take him to the island. If he didn't want to get married to her, she'd kill him. Extra info: Their Island is freezing cold so the men don't last very long. I put the wax the man brought up in my ears. Soon, all I could hear was my own thinking.

Caspian had to steer the ship and Su decided to stay with him. Against Peter's pleas, Lucy stayed, too. Edmund stayed to protect her while Peter supervised the men who were rowing. I don't know why Pirate boy stayed here, but I won't ask.

I saw the Sirens when we got close. They were singing, as Susan had told us. Luckily, I couldn't hear them. I saw that one Siren had stopped singing and was not coming towards us. Then I remembered something Su had told me. If a Siren seen an exceptionally handsome man, she will take him to the island to get married. My first though was: They're coming for Peter. Then I realized Peter wasn't here. But it was too late. The Siren was a few inches away from Caspian, and she would have gotten him, if Susan hadn't thrown herself in front of him. I was frozen in fear for my best friend. I couldn't believe she would be so stupid. No boy is worth giving your life for, no matter how much you love him. Over all my years as an Amazon I had learned something: Love is not worth fighting for. And to top it all off, Caspian was still on the ground, as paralyzed as I felt. But it was all his fault! If he's been smart enough to notice a huge bird swooping to get him, Susan wouldn't be in danger!

Then I turned and saw Lucy with Susan's bow, in position. The arrow zoomed past us when she let go, striking the monster in the side. I felt completely useless as Su fell into the sea. I had forgotten to be brave. I shall never forget that again.

Caspian was about to throw himself off the ship to get Susan but as far as I could see, Susan was doing more than fine on her own so I stopped him. He needed to learn that Susan wasn't like other queens. She wasn't fragile; the girl had been through more than we could dream of.

"You underestimate her." I told him. He looked taken aback somehow. He opened his mouth as if to say something when we hear Susan yell:

"Rope, please!" There was no time to set up the rising platform, so I rushed to get a simple ladder. Finally I found one and got Su out of the water. She was freezing cold, her lips blue and her cheeks pale. Caspian had fetched a towel for her and pulled her into his arms. He looked at me and I nodded, she needed it this time. When I saw she had warmed up enough to walk, I took her below deck.

"Come on, Su, let's get you changed."

Another few days passed, when we heard:

"Land ho!" I went to grab my sword then headed out of the ship in our usual scouting party: Me, Caspian, Susan, Peter, Lucy, and Edmund. We finally decided it was wiser to leave Devon and Eustace behind in the ship (Pirate boy stayed behind to look after them).

The island was a paradise. It was full of people; it even had waitresses giving food to them. The water around it was a beautiful blue and it was full of rivers. There were tall palm trees full of delicious-looking fruit. Everyone in the island looked happy.

We walked in and a waitress came to offer us some of their food.

"Please try some of our Lotus Flowers, they're our specialty." I looked at everyone else. They seemed to be eating them just fine, so I decided to try one.

"Thank you." I said as I took one. I bit into it and suddenly everything changed. The sun was brighter, the water was purer, and the sand was softer. I was extremely happy all of a sudden. The flower itself tasted like a sweet apple pie or some honey croissants or maybe some delicious butter buns. I wanted more and more and so I took more out of the tray the waitress held.

"Relax, if you want any more, you just have to call us." She said.

Hours passed. Susan, Lucy and I played in the water, Caspian and Edmund were whispering and looking at us for some reason I didn't feel like thinking about. Peter was just reading under the shade of a palm tree when he dropped his flower like it had burned his hand.

He ran towards Caspian and Edmund and slapped the flowers out of their hands and grabbed their wrists. They both got extremely angry.

I saw Peter telling Edmund something I couldn't hear, but it seemed to make sense to Edmund because he stopped struggling. Caspian, however, did not.

"I don't have time for this, Caspian." He said, releasing his wrist. Caspian picked up his flower and started eating it again. Peter rushed to where we were, leaving Edmund to deal with him.

"Su, I'm not going to take away your flower. I want you to figure this out on your own. Is there something you've read, perhaps, Greek mythology, where there was an island, the island of the Lotus-eaters? Come on, Su, I saw you secretly reading The Oddesy, you know what I mean." Suddenly, Su gasped and dropped the flower like it too had burned her. She turned and slapped the flowers out of Lucy and my hands as well.

"Hey!" I shouted. "That's my flower!"

"Sele, it's a bad flower that will make you want to stay here forever!" It took me awhile to process what she was saying. Then I realized that I hadn't wanted to stay until I'd eaten the flower. It had confused my senses. Then I remembered my brother's words, which strangely bring me comfort and courage: Be brave. I noticed how stupid I'd been and was about to apologize when Edmund shouted:

"A little help over here!"

He was doing his best to hold on to Caspian, who looked as if he'd tear him apart. Then Peter explained about the flowers, and with Lucy doing her best to soothe him they finally got him to understand. I don't know why the flowers affect him the most, but they clearly do. When he realized how stupid he'd been, he looked at Susan. She looked extremely disappointed in him. When I looked back at him, he looked like he wanted to die. He looked so frail and poor I felt bad for him. I somehow knew that the flower's effect on him were not his fault.

I was actually very impressed that Peter figured out about the flowers. I decided to tell him, after all, why not?

"That was impressive, you know, the flower thing." I said when we were back on the ship.

"Thank you." He said, with a nod and a smile.