Week VI- September 10th, 1940
Peter: "Today was the first day we had led armies after the coronation. Every time you go into battle, you can't help but have a fear that you won't return. The fear just comes about naturally. There were remnants of the White Witch's forces scattered across the lands, with some reports of them as being as far south as Calormen. And there were even rumours of them in some of the islands in the Great Eastern Sea, most notably in Terebinthia, but we could not go there. The only one of who could was Kayla, but even then she couldn't without sparking danger for all of us. There were reports of minotaurs in the Lone Islands, but it seemed absolutely strange for minotaurs to be out that far, no matter if they were evil or not. I learned from leading armies and being a fifteen-year-old king that a king does not rule over his people, he serves them. Only a few English kings ever truly knew that. All of the queens knew that. Look at me, I'm a man saying that the majority of kings throughout history were arrogant pompous bastards, at least the majority of the ones in the British Isles."
Ivar: "I had hacked evil things to death with my axe before, that was not the hard part. The hard part was how to sneak up on the creature I was about to hack to death. I am not silent when I move, that I know for sure, so I always suggested to Edmund and Peter that I should never be the one sent for scouting. I would most definitely accidentally give away our positions. I was better at leading the secondary forces into battle. I do miss using my axe. It's a wonder my muscles didn't stay built up as they did over fifteen years. The ladies from other countries were always latching onto me at balls and parties, but there is only one woman I want to see by my side. I wonder if the professor would let me use any of his axes to chop down wood. I think we might be staying here through the winter, so we will need it. It would give me a chance to get the muscles I had for so long back. You would think a line of kings would choose a sword as their sacred weapon, but no, they chose an axe. Not that there are any problems with that. I think I look good holding an axe. But I owe it to all of my ancestors to carry it on."
Susan: "I was always the one leading the archers. How did my arrows never miss? What was in them? Archery was never my thing to begin with, at least not that I remember. My bow and arrows were made by the Elves in Rivendell, a gift for my mother from Lord Elrond. My mother was interested in archery. I need more memories of her. Why couldn't my childhood memories of Narnia be completely restored to me when I returned? Oh, Aslan, please restore all of my Narnian memories. How did the White Witch not cast a spell on my brothers, Lucy, and I? Surely she knew my parents had children. Surely she knew who exactly would be sitting in the four thrones at Cair Paravel. Did she think it would be just any four human children? And what if we were adults when we came back? Did we have to be children? It seemed Jadis just wanted to destroy the descendants of Aslan. And she came pretty close to getting us all."
Kayla: "Me being at the head of the army with Peter and Edmund was always a given. Of course, for me, it didn't actually matter where in the army I was, just so long as I was in it. They always needed me to set fire to something. Sometimes, I would be up on a hill, or hiding in a cave, or up in a tree. I would be given a signal, and then I would light up whatever needed to be lit up. It's amazing how one battle turned Erdudvyl into a war horse. But I guess she already had it in her. She'd have to after so many years of a murderous cold dictator in the form of an immortal woman. I really miss Erdudvyl. Leave it to her to decide when it was time to ride into battle. Giving animals the ability to speak was the greatest gift that God gave to Athair. Were we given back to Narnia just as a quick escape from reality? Considering the war, God and Athair knew we would need it. I'll at least say a thank you prayer for that. I just hope the next time I ride into battle, it will be to rescue Terebinthia."
Edmund: "Would you believe that I had only gotten wounded in battle ONCE? I think I deserved more wounds than that. Ladies love scars, and I only have two. They're still on me even in this world. The first scar is from betraying my family, and the second is the stab wound the witch gave me. What if Mum and Da ever see that scar? How will I explain it to them? I better think of something and fast. I don't know how long we'll be here. Every time I walk past a set of swords hanging on the walls of this house, I want to grab them down and charge into battle again. I am going to ask the professor today if we can all get into weapons play. It would be nice to know if we still have it with our signature weapons. Mrs. Macready would just say we are all crazy children just wanting to scare the living daylights out of her. That's not too hard to begin with. Peter always wanted me to lead the secondary armies, but I refused. I always told him he would die without me there on the frontlines with him. Have I been proven wrong? No, not even close, when Lucy, myself, and Ivar all led an army into Archenland against the Calormene armies."
Lucy: "In the tents with the wounded was my place, but I didn't mind it. It's what my gift from Father Christmas was for. I was not going to waste it. Though there was that one time when Edmund, Ivar, and myself went against the Calormene army. They had my dear sister Kayla in shackles and almost beaten to a pulp, and it was almost impossible to keep Ivar in a sound state of mind when he saw her like that. But after one quick drop of my healing cordial, she was herself again. It's a wonder how my cordial had never run out. The vial was never empty. If only there was good medicine like that in this world."