✧ 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 ✧

Twelve ✧ Curiosity and Greed

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THE NEXT MORNING, LONG AFTER THE SUN had fully risen, we set out on boats to get to an island we had finally found after ages of sailing empty waters.

It had been almost three weeks since we left Coriakin's island.

I was on the boat with Reepicheep, sat just behind him as he stood on the end of it. My satchel with my Bible, sketchbook, and letter to my uncle all tucked inside was around my shoulders, the bag itself sitting in my lap. I had my lower lip, once again, tucked between my teeth. I scowled at myself once I caught it and put my lip back where it belonged - not being torn to bloody shreds.

Jack was on my shoulder, chittering. He reached out for the tip of Reep's tail, only for it to be swiped out of his reach.

"Ah-ah-ah," said the mouse, waving his sword back and forth. "Keep that up, and no more juicy grapes for you, little friend!"

"Little?" said another crewman rowing the boat. "Mind you - and with all due respect-" he said sarcastically, "Jack is bigger than you."

The mouse pointed his sword at the grinning man. "Does it really matter?"

He shrugged. "S'pose not." He continued rowing.

"I doubt the lords stopped here, my liege," Reep called to the boat with Caspian, Edmund, Eustace, and Lucy in it, among a couple other men. "There's no sign of anything living."

"Right," the King yelled back. "Well, once we get ashore, take your men and search for food and water. The four of us will look for clues." By four, he referred to himself, Edmund, Lucy, and I, and Eustace knew that.

"Hang on, you mean the five of us."

In an instant, everyone stopped rowing and turned to look at the young boy at the same time.

"Come on, please don't send me back to the rat."

"I heard that," said "rat" yelled over, clearly offended.

Turning away and lowering his voice, Eustace let out a quiet "Big ears", to which the mouse yelled back:

"I heard that, too."

I, along with everyone else, laughed at that. All except for Eustace himself.

Once we got ashore, I helped unload some of the supplies from the boats. We all went back and forth, picking up crates and bags and dropping them onto the shore, handing each other supplies, and generally having a good time.

I noticed Eustace had wandered off - which came as no surprise at all - and wanted to genuinely know how he was feeling about this all. I know he said he didn't like nor believe it, that he hated everything about it, but that couldn't be true.

So, when Caspian, Edmund, and Lucy set out to look for anything that would help them out in the quest, I had told them I'd catch up with them. I also made sure Captain Drinian knew I would be looking for Eustace, and he nodded with a "Be very careful, lass. We've no idea what dangers this island holds."