ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪʀᴇ~ᴇᴅᴍᴜɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴠᴇɴꜱɪᴇ

chapter 3

Edmund

We all walked over to a nearby wall that used to lead to the secret entrance of our treasure room. Peter and I began to move the wall to reveal the door which be broke down to get through. He then began to rip his school shirt and put it around a stick.

"I dont suppose you have any matches do you?" Peter asked me.

"No but.-" I said as I pulled my new torch from my bag. "Would this help?"

"You might've mentioned that a bit sooner!" Peter said causing everyone to laugh as we began to walk down the stairs. We got down to see that our chests were still standing. I went over to my chest to see if anything was still inside. "I can't believe it. It's all here." Peter said.

"I was so tall." Lucy said holding out one of her dresses and hugging it.

"Well you were older then." Susan said with a smile.

" As opposed to hundreds of years later when you were younger." I said having a helmet on my head which was now to big. Something wasn't right. If Hecta put all of this stuff in here where did she go.

"What is it?" Lucy asked as Susan rooted through her chest.

"My horn. I must've left it on my saddle the day we went back." Susan said.

Peter opened his chest and took out his sword and started to read inscription. "When Aslan bears his teeth, winter meets its death."

And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again." Lucy said finishing it off for him. "Everyone we knew Mr. Tumnus, the Beavers and Hecta they're all gone." I looked over and saw tears threaten to fall out of her eyes. Peter noticed this and pulled her closer to him.

"I think it's time we found out what's going on." Peter said.

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We had all gotten change out of our school uniform into our old Narnian clothes and began walking trying to find someone we can explain what's going on when we saw two soldiers trying to chuck a dwarf over the side of the boat.

Susan began to shoot her arrow on the side of the boat to gather their attention while the rest of us took out our weapons.

"Drop him!" She shouted which probably wasn't the best use of words as the soldiers did exactly what she said dropping him into the water. Peter jumped in immediately as Susan shot one of the soldiers whilst the other swam away. I brought the boat back to shore and saw there was a white bag inside but ignored it and went to the dwarf who Cat was checking up on.

"Drop him!? That's the best you can come up with." The dwarf said to Susan making us all look at each other.

"A simple thank-you would suffice." Susan said to the angry dwarf

"They were doing fine drowning me without your help." He retorted.

"Maybe we should have let them." Peter said with a glare.

"Why were they trying to kill you anyway?" Lucy asked.

"They're Telmarines. That's what they do." He said making us all look at each other whilst Cat went closer to Peter.

"Telmarines? In Narnia?" I asked trying to get more information.

"Where have you been for the last few hundred years?" He asked.

"It's a bit of a long story." Lucy said with a small smile as the dwarf looked towards Peters sword. I could hear rustling behind me but I just assumed it was a small animal so i ignored it.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me. You're it? You're the kings and queens of old?" He said as he glanced over at the boat.

"High King Peter... the Magnificent." Peter said sticking his hand out towards the small dwarf which he didn't take.

"You probably could have left out the last bit." Cat said making the dwarf chuckle.

"Probably." He said still laughing.

"You might be surprised." Peter said drawing out his sword.

"Oh, you don't want to do that, boy." The dwarf said.

"Not me. Him." Peter said as I took his sword.

"Fine." He said as I got ready but he looked behind me. "Not me. Her" I looked behind me and saw the one girl I've been dreaming about for two years straight. She was alive but had marks along her wrists and a mark on her arm. I felt the wind be knocked out of me as she picked up a sword and walked towards us. She looked younger than when we left.

"We fighting or not?" She asked as I began to get my stance ready.

Hecta was the only one who was able to challenge me and make me lose. She leaped towards me and swung her sword at my face which I dodged. I went for her legs which she sense and jumped over kicking me in the face in the process causing Lucy to gasp and the dwarf to chuckle. I got back up and swung my sword which she blocked causing our swords to go round in a circle until I lost grip of mine and her sword was still pointed at me.

"Beards and bedsteads! Maybe that horn worked after all." The dwarf said but my attention was on Hecta. I was in shock she survived this long. She dropped the sword and put it on her side.

"What horn?" Susan asked

"Yours. Prince Caspian the Telmarine Prince used it and now you're here. "She said walking back to the boat. "Come on, we dont have all day." We all immediately followed her onto the boat and began sailing.