Lucy
"We need to get out of here." Su said. I couldn't agree more.
"After them!" Queen Fleur commanded. Quickly, the Veelas that had been on the streets ran after us. The crew, Eustace, Devon, Gael, Brian, and Ariane ran after them. Caspian started yelling for them to snap out of it. All but five crew members went back on the ship. We had no choice but to drag the rest onto the ship, which slowed us down quite a bit. Luckily, the Veelas refused to get their dresses wet, so they didn't follow us past the water.
A few days had passed. I was in my room, talking to Ariane about how I didn't think Pirate Boy would ever like me when the door opened.
Pirate Boy stood in the entryway, looking a bit uncomfortable. I blushed deep red, how much had he heard? From the looks of him, nothing, good.
"We have spotted land again." Was it just me, or was he blushing a little, too? He doesn't like you, remember? "Um, Lucy, are you alright?" He asked. I realized I'd been staring at him, but Ariane covered up for me:
"Of course, she's just very tired; she had too many nightmares last night."
"Oh, that makes sense. Anyway, we need to get going. Lucy, grab your knife and cordial and meet Peter on deck." I nodded and when he left, I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding.
The island looked a little bit like Narnia: it wasn't the ruined village that had been Narrowheaven; neither did it have the perfection of Veela Island. It wasn't like Narnia in the sense of population. As far as we could see, the island was deserted. The whole crew decided to go down again, for fear that the trees might obscure us were we in danger. I could see that the Sun was setting and so could everybody else.
"We should spend the night on the beach." Caspian said. The rest nodded in approval. When Su was asleep, I decided to take a look at a book she'd been reading. Apparently, it was called "A Midsummer Night's Dream." I tried to read it, but it was so hard, I fell asleep trying. I was sleeping when I started to hear voices, which I thought were part of my dream, for there was no one in sight.
"Here's a girl!"
"Not her, this one reads!"
I felt something on my mouth. I tried to scream, but it was impossible. I was lifted into the air by some invisible force that seemed to be the source of the voices. I was carried through the forest until I reached a clearing, with a path that led to a meadow.
"Listen, you'd better do what we say or we'll kill you!" I heard some murmuring that sounded like: Well said, Chief, well done, Chief, good job, Chief…
"I wouldn't be much use to you dead, will I?" I said. The murmuring changed to: Didn't see that coming, do something about it, Chief, yeah, show her...
"Then we'll just kill your friends." The Chief said.
"Yeah, we're big and scary!" Another invisible monster said.
"We've got the teeth of a tiger and the claws of a hawk and the legs of a tiger!" Said another.
"What do you want with me?" I asked, finally giving in.
"You must go to the house of the Oppressor and his daughter, and say the spell to make the unseen seen!" Said the Chief.
"How do I get in? I don't see a mansion." I said. Then, out of nowhere, an invisible door opened at the entrance of the meadow. I felt something pushing me through. Inside, the mansion was a bit mediocre, with old sets of armour and dark paintings on the walls. Soon, I arrived at a giant library, so amazing, I'm sure Susan would want to live in it. The books reached the roof, which was incredibly high. The room itself was round, and so were the bookshelves. There were even ladders to get to the top books. There was a book in a stone stand in the middle of everything. It had a colourful cover that gave me a mysterious magical feeling. I realized this must be the book the invisible monsters were referring to. I opened the first page, and, sure enough, there was a spell. It was a spell to make it snow. I decided to try it, for I didn't see how it could fit in a library. As soon as I finished, snow started falling from the ceiling. It was truly beautiful. I turned a few more pages, trying to find the invisibility spell, but then something caught my eye. It was a page with some sort of mirror and words written around it in beautiful handwriting. At first, I saw myself, then, the image turned into none other than Susan.
"Susan what's going-" I stopped as I saw the mirror talking at the same time as I. I touched my face in disbelief, but it still felt like my face. Then, the image of Su started disappearing.
"No, no, no!" I said, for I had enjoyed being beautiful for once. The words in the previous page read:
An infallible spell to make you she; the beauty you've always wanted to be
"I don't care, I will recite the spell." I said to myself, for I had a bad feeling about it. But right now, I have a mission. I decided I would recite the spell in the safety of my quarters, so I ripped the page out. The second I did, I heard a tremendous roar and the pages started flipping. When the pages stopped, I read the title of the page it had landed on: A spell to make the unseen seen. I knew this was the spell I'd been sent for and so I read it out loud. Nothing seemed to happen. Then, suddenly, a ladder moved to the side and a man appeared on it reading. The man started walking towards me. He had grey hair and knowing brown eyes and a long beard. A moment later, the door to the library reopened and in came a pretty young lady. She resembled the magician, who seemed to be her father. She had bushy brown hair that somehow looked very good on her and the same eyes as her father.
"Hello, I am the wizard Coriakin and this is my daughter, Gema."
"Welcome, Queen Lucy." Gema said.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
"I can see the future and my father is a magician. Anyway, your friends are getting quite worried about you; don't you think we should let them in?" She said. I nodded, worried about my friends.
"Are they all right?" I asked.
"Yes, they have by now figured out that the horrible monsters aren't all that horrible." She responded as she walked to the front door with her father, beckoning me to follow.