Susan

I was shaken awake by a very alarmed-looking Peter.

"Rilian! No! She took him! She took my Rilian!" I yelled, looking around the room, hoping I would find Rilian.

At that moment, Caspian came in the room in a rush. He ran towards me, probably to comfort me, but I was still full of rage. He had married the woman and loved her, even though I thought he would only love me.

"Get away from me!" I yelled at him. He looked very hurt, but he deserved it. He left and I realized it had all been a dream.

I wanted to apologize, but I simply couldn't. Some part of me was still angry and hurt and until that passed, I wouldn't be ready to see him.

"What was that, Su?!" Peter said angrily. I started crying, trying to stop myself then crying all the more because I couldn't.

"I'm sorry. I-I just had a nightmare. He was in it an-and…"

"It's alright, Su." Peter said, interrupting me.

"Peter, I don't want to go back to England." I whispered when the tears had stopped.

He seemed to understand that was part of my dream because he nodded sadly.

"You're not the only one with nightmares, you know, Su."

I looked up, confused.

"You've had them, too?"

"Yes, in fact I was lucky; I woke up first. A few seconds later, I heard you screaming. Apparently so did Caspian. Do you want to talk about your nightmare?" I nodded, thinking that Peter was the only person I could confide in in this situation; at least about a part of it.

"Well, I was in some sort of field, you were there, and Lucy and Edmund were, too. Aslan came to us and told us that we had to go back to England. He told us that Caspian would rule it well and that we didn't belong. He said he wanted us to be regular schoolchildren. Then-then he told us to keep faith." Peter looked very sympathetic, and then he said:

"Well, I was in some sort of island, and Aslan was there. He looked sort of different; a lot more intimidating and scary. Anyway, he told me I was a disgrace." He looked down, ashamed. I was about to comfort him when we heard shouts. They were coming from Selene's room.

Peter and I opened the door to find Selene, still asleep, twisting and turning while screaming.

"No! No! Please!" She yelled. Peter was the first to react, waking her up quickly. She woke with one last scream; her nightmares must have been truly horrible, but, weren't all of ours?

"Selene, so you want us to leave?" I asked her. Knowing Selene, I knew she probably needed space. She nodded and we moved on.

As we went into the hallway, I saw a blur of red and suddenly, Lucy was holding on tight to Peter.

"Did you have a nightmare, Lu?" He asked.

"Oh, Peter it was horrible! And don't even ask me to tell you about it because I won't." Lucy said. The nightmare didn't look like it had scared her, more like psychological damage.

"Let's go see if Ed's up." I suggested.

"I don't think we need to, look!" Peter said, pointing at Caspian, Pirate Boy, and Edmund, who were coming down the hall. Edmund looked very self-disgusted, and I had a feeling I knew exactly what he'd dreamt about. The White Witch.

Pirate Boy looked very self-disappointed, too, and I wondered why. I didn't know him long enough to know, exactly, but I'm sure it had concerned Lucy.

"Morning, everyone," Peter said. "I'm not even going to bother saying good morning, for I can see it isn't a good morning for any of us."

Caspian looked at me, and I felt a twinge of anger. I still wanted nothing to do with Caspian. I was about to excuse myself when Brian came, looking slightly shaken.

"We have spotted the Dark Island." He said. I got my bow and arrows and headed out. On deck, I saw Eustace flying along with us, and Devon, who upon seeing Caspian ran to hug him.

"Oh, Caspian, you don't know about the horrible nightmares I've had!" She said, seemingly unfazed by the fact that we were a few minutes away from the darkness that surrounded the island.

"I'm afraid we all do." He said, looking at me while gently separating her from him. "Besides, he have more pressing matters to discuss and, Devon, I'm honestly tired of you not taking things seriously." She looked offended, then she turned around and took her bow, her cheeks flaming.

Then the darkness swallowed us whole, and I could see nothing that wasn't a meter in front of me, thanks to the ship torches.

Suddenly, I saw Caspian in front of me, but he was holding hands with another woman. The blonde one I had dreamed about. She was holding a baby.

"No!" I shouted. Then Caspian spoke:

"Poor Susan, did you really think my love would extend to you forever?" And he laughed. Behind him, Aslan appeared.

"Susan Pevensie, look what happened when you left Narnia. Tsk-tsk."

I screamed some more.

"Did you really think that Caspian would prefer you over me?" Now she laughed, with Caspian joining in. I started backing up from them. I bumped into something and nearly died from fright. I whirled around to find Caspian -the real Caspian- looking at me.

I threw myself into his arms, grabbing his shirt and holing on. Because he was real. Because he was there for me when I didn't deserve it. Because he was my beacon of hope in a dark world.