Beyond the dreamgate | A Caspian love story

Chapter 3

My body felt cold and my oxygen was slipping away from me.

Who was I kidding? I cannot do this, I am a nobody. And no one want a nobody. With that thought in mind I started to swim up again, hoping Aslan will just send me back to my own world. The stress was getting to me because I was losing oxygen and I was still swimming up.

My arms and legs were getting tired and my heartbeat was getting faster and faster.

I broke the surface and took a deep breath in. I turned my head all around but there wasn't anything insight. Waves were high and clashed down on me taking me under again.

"Aslan!" I yelled at the top of my longs, but he was nowhere insight.

All of the sudden I heard people around me breaking the water. Two boys and one girl. I looked at them in confusion. How did they get here? The same way I did?

"Edmund?" I heard the girl say. I twisted my head to her and followed her line of sight.

"Lucy?" I heard the boy say .

Edmund? Lucy? It can't be. Are they the Pevensie's? Then the other boy must be Peter, but where is Susan?

I looked more around, but there was not sight of another girl.

"Swim Eustace, swim!" The girl screamed.

A magnificent ship broke the wave and was heading right towards us. I started to swim faster and faster. I quickly swam to the right side so the ship will hopefully past me and not go right over me.

All of the sudden I felt someone grab my arm and I quickly turned around to the person who grabbed me. I screamed at the unknown man and tried to make them let go of me, but they were to strong.

"Edmund!" I heard the girl scream to her brother. "It's Caspian."

I knew he was the prince and now king, but there never was a part in the book that involved a boat. Maybe I should have read more, I scolded myself silently.

The young man who grabbed me helped me on the boat and quickly handed me a towel.

"You can have that, I will take the next one." I said to the man. He gave me a kind smile and walked back to fetch me a towel. I started to shiver a bit, but it quickly faded away when he placed a towel around me. I gave him a grateful smile and walked a little bit to the left and stood behind some of the crew.

The two Pevensie's started to talk to who I think was Caspian. I leaned a little bit to the left to look around the person who stood in front of me to take a look at the three. They were catching up like old friends.

"AAAH!" I heard a scream on my right. A boy with blond hair was screaming like his life depended on it. On his body stood a big mouse, I assumed it was Reepicheep.

"Get that thing off of me." He pushed the mouse of his body. The mouse quickly made his way to Lucy, Edmund and Caspian. He greeted the two newcomers on the ship.

"Now what should we do with that thing?" Reepicheep asked the three people in front of him.

The boy was trying to collect himself and couching some left water up. "That giant rat thing just tried to claw my face off!" He screamed.

I felt kind off bad for him. He probably has never been to Narnia and this was not a good impression. I already collected myself and took a glance at the crew. Just seeing some normal people and some minotaurs. Don't get me wrong I was still freaking out, but this was normal for them.

I zoned out the rest of their conversation and taking in the view I was having. The ship was beautiful and big, which made me feel safe. Even if the Pevensie's are here, which means there is trouble somewhere in these waters.

Before I knew it the boy who was screaming just a minute ago was laying down on his back. Completely and utterly passed out. Everyone was watching him and I took a little step back behind another person so I was out of sight.

The king was walking to the minotaur who was standing a few feet away from me.

"Was it something I said?" He asked the king.

"See to him, will you?" He replied back with a smile of amusement on his face.

"Yes, your Majesty." He took the boy and took him what seems to be below the ship.

"Men." Caspian called and walked up the stairs.

"And women." I mumbled more to myself.

I saw Lucy turn her head to me and saw me standing there with soaking clothes and a towel around my body. She gave me a questionable look and I glanced at my feet which were bare. I wish Aslan was right and I will get some clothes soon. Wearing shorts is not smart in this time, in 1941.

"Behold our castaways." This made Lucy turn around to Caspian and I released the breath I was holding. "Edmund the Just and Lucy the Valiant."

Lucy gave the crew a smile and a slight bow that said, here we are.

"High King and Queen of Narnia."

This gave me chills through my body. I am really here. In one of my favourite books.

Before I knew it, everyone took a bow to them making me a little bit too late. Lucy glanced at me and I was visibly stressing out. She knew something was up, fuck.

"Lets set sail." Caspian finished and everyone got back to work. People shuffling all around on deck, making me feel more and more insecure.