Close Your Eyes

06

A crew member had seen land and Caspian was staring at the island through his spyglass.

"It looks uninhabited. But if the lords followed the mist east, the would have stopped here," he said to Clara, Drinian and Edmund.

"Could be a trap," Edmund guessed.

Clara shook her head. "I don't believe so. Caspian?" He handed her the spyglass and she stared at the island for a moment. "I still don't believe it to be."

Caspian took the spyglass back from Clara's outstretched hand and pushed the end down. "We'll spend the night on shore. Scour the island in the morning." He handed it to Drinian.

Drinian nodded. "Aye, Your Majesty."

Clara made her way over to the boats, followed by Lucy. They explored the island a short while before falling asleep. The two faintly heard voices and next they knew, they were being taken somewhere. They couldn't get away, Clara couldn't use her powers, and they couldn't scream.

Lucy and Clara were carried to a garden in a maze and fell to the ground with a grunt.

The girls stood and Lucy unsheathed her dagger, pointing it in every direction. Clara formed a flurry of ice in her hand, ready to fling it. One of the invisible creatures disarmed her. Lucy's dagger fell to the ground. The queens ran towards it, but were pushed back to the floor. Lucy and Clara slowly crawled towards a bush.

"There is no escape," a deep voice told them.

"Well put."

"Scary."

"Yeah."

"What are you?" the girls asked.

"We are terrifying invisible beasts."

"If you could see us, you would be really intimidated."

"You forgot to mention that we are very large."

"Well, what do you want?" Lucy asked again.

"You two. You'll do what we ask."

"They will."

"Very clear."

"Well put."

"Yeah."

Lucy and Clara rose to her feet and questioned in a confident manner, "Or what?"

"Or death," the one in charge threatened.

"Death?" numerous of them answered, taunting Clara and Lucy.

Lucy frowned. "Well, we wouldn't be much use to you dead, now would I?"

"I hadn't thought of that."

"No, you hadn't."

"Fair point."

"All right, we'll just kill them," one said, yanking Lucy and Clara's hair.

"Fine. Take me," the girls told them.

Clara narrowed her eyes. "Take me. Do not harm her."

"Ohh."

"Good idea."

Clara asked, "What do you want with us?"

"You two will enter the house of the Oppressor."

"What house?" Lucy questioned in a defeated tone.

"This one," the one in charge answered as a house appeared. Two double doors opened and light shined upon them. "Upstairs, you'll find the Book of Incantations. Recite the spell that makes the unseen seen."