Peter

"It's alright, we're past the Sirens." Edmund said after he made a signal for us to take the wax out of our ears.

"Thanks, Ed." I said.

"Oh and, one more thing. I don't think you want to go to Su's room right now."

"Why not?" I started feeling worried.

"Um, Drinian's calling me." He said and ran to the deck. I ran to Susan's room. I didn't expect to see her being spoon-fed a bowl of stew by Selene and leaning into Caspian like her life depended on it.

"What's going on?" I asked them.

"Peter, when we were with the Sirens, one of them was coming to take Caspian. Susan launched herself in front of him and the Siren took her instead. Luckily, Lucy took her bow and killed the Siren, who dropped Susan into the freezing water. And I mean freezing as in negative ten degrees, but Susan swam her way back. So now we're taking care of her." I didn't know who I madder at: Susan or Caspian. I was about to start yelling at them when Selene added: "I'd like to talk to you." The look in her eyes told me she didn't approve of me yelling. I decided to go with her, what could I lose?

When we were safely in my quarters, she said:

"Why are you angry?" I said:

"Because Caspian is like a brother to me, but that doesn't mean my real sister has to give up her life for him!"

"I agree it is stupid to do, but don't yell at her for something she did honourably! Besides, she lived. I think you should be congratulating Lucy for her bravery instead of yelling at Susan for hers!"

"You are in no position to talk to me this way."

"Why not? I am your equal as Queen of the Amazons, a kingdom separate from Narnia; therefore, I as Queen, can talk to you, as King, however I want. And by the way, Caspian feels like dirt and Susan feels like an icicle, and instead of telling Caspian it's not his fault, which it isn't, and getting Susan more blankets, you're too busy being mad at the good they have done!" And with that, she left, slamming my door in my face.

I was quite surprised; no one had ever talked to the High King of Narnia that way before. Not even the kings of other kingdoms. I admired her for that. I was also rather mad at Selene, but why? Then I realized I was mad at her because she was right. It wasn't Caspian who asked the Siren to capture him. And right now, he's giving Susan warmth and making her comfortable and probably feeling like it's all his fault and I'm only strengthening his claim. Susan was only trying to save the man she loved, I should be praising her. I really ought to congratulate Lu, too.

A few days passed and I apologized to Caspian, helped take care of Susan, and encouraged Lucy. I'm lucky Selene knocked some sense into me or I could have ended up like Eustace.

I was practicing my sword-fighting with Edmund when I heard the familiar "land ho!" that meant land. I looked at the island we were going to dock in. It was beautiful: the sea around it was bright blue and the sand was light. There were hammocks in palm trees and a small café. Some waitresses circled the island, giving food to its inhabitants.

When we docked at its port, we didn't think twice before running into the beautiful island. A waitress stopped us and asked:

"Please try some of our Lotus Flowers, they're our specialty." The flowers looked delicious so I checked that the other people were eating them too. I saw they were, so I ate one.

It tasted magical: like honey or chocolate or sugar. Or maybe all of them. I changed as well; I was happy all of a sudden, it seemed like a perfect idea to go on a hammock and eat these for the rest of my life. So that's what I planned to do.

I lay down on one and stuffed myself with flowers. I looked at the girls, who were playing in the water. I noticed Selene was smiling. She almost never smiles, now that I've seen it, I think she has a nice smile. At one point I must have fallen asleep and all I can remember is my dream.

"Hello, Peter."

"Hello Aslan. Why did you summon me?"

"This is a dream, I didn't summon you, but I do need to tell you something. Peter, do not eat the flowers. They will make you forget everything."

I woke up and found a book beside me. The title read: The Oddesy.

Susan had read that book once, in secret. She didn't want Mum and Dad to know that she could read so well, for they might send her away to some fancy school and her chances to come back to Narnia were over.

I decided to read it. The first few chapters were a tad confusing, but by the time I got to the fourth chapter, I was alright. In this chapter, the main character, Odysseus, has docked on an island. In it, there are tons of people, all eating a strange flower. This flower makes them forget their past little by little until they want to stay in the island forever. I almost fell off my hammock when reality struck: we were on that island, we were eating those flowers. I quickly dropped the flower and ran to Edmund and Caspian, who'd been talking this whole time. I slapped the flowers out of their hands and grabbed their wrists so they wouldn't get the flowers. They got extremely angry.

"Do you want this to be like the Turkish Delight incident, Ed?" I said. This brought him back into reality. Caspian; however, didn't want to leave. I had to get to the girls before the waitresses noticed so I said: "I don't have time for this, Caspian." Caspian picked up his flower and started eating it again. I ran to the girls, 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." Her eyes went wide when she figured out what I meant and dropped her flower. Then she made Selene and Lucy drop theirs too.

"A little help over here!"

Ed was doing his best to hold on to Caspian, who looked as if he'd fight him then and there. Then I explained about the flowers, and with Lucy doing her best to soothe him we finally got him to understand. When he realized how stupid he'd been, he looked at Susan, who looked extremely disappointed in him. He looked like he wanted to die. I sort of felt bad for him; after all, he didn't want the flowers to affect him like that. My theory is that his brain is hardwired for pain because of everything he's been though, and when he finally got a respite with the flowers, he didn't want them taken away.

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

"Thank you." It meant a lot; I don't know why, that she would praise me. I think it's because she does everything easily and some things are hard to me, so her recognition is a sign I did something great.