𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍 • book two

013.

THE BATTLE CONTINUES

All the Telmarine men that were still left alive at this point in the battle, retreated to Beruna.
Sopespian and his men stop when they saw a little girl walking up.
The Narnians ran through to the opening of the beach and stopped as well. The Narnians had the telmarines successfully trapped. Again.
Lucy walked up and pulled out her dagger.
Sopespian looked intimidated by all the Narnians around him. Aslan walked next to Lucy and growled.

Sopespian holds up his sword and yells again, "Charge!" and the telmarine men that are left run at the girl and the lion.

This, however, doesn't stop Aslan. He growls louder then he roars.

Sopespian stops again and the men in the water look around themselves.
"What is happening?" A Telmarine yelled as a tsunami came from down the river.
"The river!" a soldier yelled.
"Retreat!" another said.
"Back! Back!"
Sopespian, however, continued across the bridge toward Aslan and Lucy.
The title waves from the water form into the shape of a man.
Telmarine men that were on the bridge jump into the water. Sopespian was splashed with flying water.
The telmarine men tried to swim their way to freedom, but the man was literally made of the water they were in. The waterman took the bridge and ripped it up. Wood planks were piercing men left and right. The waterman swished back his hair and looked at Sopespian, who was the last person on the bridge in his hands.
Sopespian screamed and tried to slash at the god with his sword. The waterman just looked at him, then, he ate Sopespian. The bridge and all the water the god was made of fell down.
Finally, the water was able to run through the river clearly and not be held up by the wood.

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All of the Telmarine men that were now alive walked out of the water peacefully.
"Assemble on that bank!" a man yelled.  "You will not be harmed!"
Trumpkin took the sword of a telmarine.
"Surrender your weapons!"
"Take off the armor!"
Lucy put her dagger back and smiled at the end of the bridge. Or, the skeleton of the bridge.
She watched as Peter, Emma, Caspian, Susan, and Edmund walked up to her and Aslan. All five of the teens bowed simultaneously.
"Rise, Kings, and Queens of Narnia," Aslan said.
Peter, Susan, and Edmund looked up at the lion, then complied.
Caspian and Emma kept their heads down and were still bowed.
"All of you," Aslan said. This statement caused Caspian to look up first. Emma then looked up too. Both the teens that were still bowed shared a glance.
"I do not think I am ready," Caspian said avoiding eye contact with Aslan or any of the Pevensie's.
"It's for that very reason, I know you are," Aslan explained.
Caspian stood up and looked back down to Emma. He held out his hand for her, and she looked at it cautiously. She gave in, however, and took it, standing up next to the young telmarine.

Bagpipes started playing from behind the teens so they made a passageway between them.
There, the mice men were carrying a wet and unconscious Reepicheep. Emma gasped.
"Reepicheep?" she held onto Caspian's armored jacket as if she needed help standing.
The mice men placed the unconscious but breathing Reepicheep down onto the sand. Emma ran to him and kneeled down. Lucy also ran up, pulling out her healing potion. She popped the cork off it and tilted it slightly. Just letting one drop fall into the mouth of the mouse. All the mice men stood around Emma, chittering prayers that Reepicheep would be alright.
Lucy stood up and backed away after she placed the drop into his mouth. Reepicheep was gasping then he coughed. He tried to sit up but couldn't so Emma placed a hand behind his head to help him.
"Oh!" he gasped looking around. "Thank you, Your Majesty." Emma helped him stand and he muttered another 'Thank you' her way.
"Uh, Oh!" Reepicheep gasped as he noticed the lion. "Hail, Aslan! It is a great honor to be in-" he tried to bow but almost fell over. Emma helped him stand back up straight.
"I am completely out of countenance," Reepicheep said stretching his back. "I much crave your indulgence for appearing in this unseemly fashion."
He walked over to Lucy and whispered, "Uh, perhaps a drop more?"
"I don't think it does that," Lucy said solemnly.
"You could have a go," Emma said with a small smile.
Aslan chuckled, "It becomes you well, small one."
"All the same, Great King," Reepicheep answered without missing a beat. "I regret that I must withdraw, for a tail is the honor and glory of a mouse." Reepicheep unsheathed his sword and held it out to Aslan.
"Reepicheep.." Emma muttered, not wanting him to go.
"Perhaps you think too much of your honor, friend," Aslan said.
"Well, it's not just the honor. It's also great for balance. And climbing, and grabbing things!" Reepicheep explained excitedly. Emma and Lucy smiled at each other. Emma stood up and backed away to the line of the other teens.
"May it please, your high majesty, we will not bear the shame of wearing an honor denied by our chief." another noble mouse said.
Aslan chuckled again. "Not for the sake of your dignity, but for the love of your people," Aslan stated.
Reepicheep's tail grew back and the Narnians laughed.
"Look! Thank you, my liege. I will treasure it always." Reepicheep said gratefully. "From this day forward it will serve as a great reminder of my huge humility."
Aslan and the sons and daughters of adam and eve laughed at Reepicheep's excited manner.
"Now, where is this dear little friend you've told me so much about?" Aslan wondered looking around.
Everyone looked over to Trumpkin who was directing where the Telmarine soldiers would lay their weapons.
Trumpkin noticed them looking and looked behind him.
He then slowly walked over to them. Trumpkin stuck his sword into the ground and bowed. Aslan roared causing the man to flinch.
"Do you see him now?" Lucy asked Trumpkin with a smile. Trumpkin sighed in relief and smiled at Aslan, who was smirking.

chapter thirteen
THE BATTLE CONTINUES