𝐻𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒜𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝐹𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝐻𝑜𝓂𝑒

5.

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Seven swords for the seven lords of Telmar. Six more to go. Days always seemed to go slow when your on a ship, surrounded by only water. But I had honestly grown to love it.
I stood with Caspian steering the boat
"Trying to run away? We're in a boat you know" reep says to Eustace who had bumped into a few people already
"Look can't we just discuss this?" He asks as I see his face pale some
"That was for stealing. That was for lying. And that was for good measure" reep says slashing his sword at him
Then Eustace holds a sword and swings it at him
"That's the spirit! We have ourselves a duel!" Reep exclaims

"Catch!" Reep yells throwing a orange at Drinian who caught it with a hint of amusement on his face
"Now come on. Take your best shot. Is that it? Come on boy! Focus! Focus! Yes!" Reep yells as Eustace swings the sword
"Now stop flapping your wings like a drunken pelican. Posie!" Reep says showing him movements. Eustace then copy's his movements
"Keep your blade up! Up! Up! That's it.
Now-" reep starts to say but Eustace tries to grab him, reep jumping out of the way.
"Yoo-hoo! Over here! Now lunge with your foot. Not your left, your right" reep instructs him

"Got it. Come on. Be nimble. Be nimble" reep says moving to the edge of the ship again
"It's a dance boy come on. Come on" reep says and Eustace swings his sword but a lot better this time
"Now again again. That's right that's right. Oh no!" Reep yells when he falls backyards into the sea
Eustace face filled with fear and worry as he looked over the edge.
"And that... is that" Eustace mumble feeling taps on his shoulder but when he turned no one was there. Then reep trips his causing him to fall hitting some barrels. The crowd laughed until everyone heard a little girl yell.
We watched as the little girl from the town crawled out.
"Look" Lucy softly says pointing at her
"Gael? What are you doing here?" Her father asks
But she doesn't answer, her father moves the hair out of her face and embraces her in a hug.
"Looks like we have an extra crew member" Drinian says giving her the orange

Lucy and I then step forward
"Welcome abroad" I smile
"Your majesty's" she says giving a bow
"Call me Lucy" she tells her
"And please call me Cora, just don't tell the others" I whisper to her with smile
"Come along" Lucy smiles as we lead her to where she would sleep
"Come on look lively. Back to work" Drinian yells to the rest of the crew

After some time we saw an island in the distance as the sun was setting.
"It looks uninhabited" Caspian says holding spyglass
"But if the lords followed the mist to the east they would've stopped here" I tell them
"Could be a trap" Drinian says
"Or it could hold some answers. Caspian?" Edmund asks
"We'll spend the night on shore, scour the island in the morning" Caspian nods
"Aye your majesty" Drinian nods

I laid next Caspian as we all scatter around getting some sleep. In the morning I slowly sat up trying not to wake him. But then I saw Lucy's bed empty.
"Lucy?" I ask
"Lucy where are you?" I ask again louder, but no response
"Edmund! Caspian! Get up!" I yell shaking them awake
"Caspian Lucy's gone!" I tell him as he finally stand up
"Ed! Ed wake up!" I shake him awake
"What?" He groans
"Edmund, Cora, look" Caspian points

We turn to see the sand laid with different footsteps in the ground.
"Wheres Lucy?" Edmund asks finally getting up
"That's why I was waking you up idiot she's gone!" I say hitting his arm
"Everybody up! Get up! Get up get up I said!" Drinian yells
Everyone quickly grabbed their things and we took off following the footsteps.
"This way!" I yell
"Look lively. Move you braggards!" Drinian says

We walked into a grassy hilly area and that's when I saw Lucy's dagger.
"Caspian, Ed, Lucy's dagger" I tell them fear filling my eyes
But before they could answer loud noises came behind us, as if something big was running our way.
"Stop right there or perish" a voice speaks
Then something invisible hits the dagger out of my hand.
We all pull out our swords, our crew trying to swing at them but it didn't work considering we couldn't see them but they could see us.
"What sort of creatures are you?" Caspian asks
"Big ones, with the head of a tiger and a body of a-" one voice says
"Different tiger" another voice cuts him off
"You don't want to mess with us" they say
"Or what?" Edmund asks

Then slowly I could see a faint clear shimmering, then it slowly started to reveal color. In a few seconds we could fully see the creatures. They were uh... one footed person? I'm not to sure how to explain what they looked like. But definitely not scary considering how small they each were.
"Or I'll claw you to death!"
"And I'll ram my tusks right through you!"
"And I'll gnash you with my teeth!"
"And I'll bite you with my fangs!" They all say unknowingly coming visible to us one by one, and what they were saying was definitely not true.

"You mean squash us with your bellies?" Edmund laughs
"Yes!" One of the says
"Fat bellies huh?" They say catching on
Then they look down at themselves and turn into a panic
"Tickle us with your toes?" Caspian laughs
"Hate to break it to you but I'm not much of a foot fetish" I laugh
They all lose their balance and fall to the ground.
"What have you done with my sister you little pipsqueak?" Edmund says pointing his sword at them
"Now calm down, I'm not necessarily scared of you, so I'm not gonna answer by that" he says laughing but you could tell he was scared
"Éla" I whisper, even tho my sword was already in my hands I say it sometimes you just make it glow, to add some spice you know.
"Where is she? I won't ask again" I tell them in a harsh voice pointing my glowing sword at him
"You better tell them!"
"Tell her chief!" They tell him
"In the mansion" he answers
"What mansion?" I ask

Just then in the distance the mansion slowly started to come visible.
"Oh that mansion" Edmund mumbles
"You know I'm really getting tired of all you leaving me behind-" Eustace says coming through the bushes
"It's the pig"
"The pigs come back" people mumble
"This place just gets weirder and weirder" Edmund mumbles
"Trust me this isn't the weirdest thing I've seen sadly" I tell him

Then the creatures started yelling and jumping around.
"The Oppressor! The Oppressor!" They yell
I turn around to see a man in a long robe walking our way, and thankfully an unharmed Lucy next to him.
"Lucy" Edmund says first
"Your majesty's" the man bows
"Caspian, Edmund, Cora. This is Coriakin. It's his island." Lucy tells us
We all gave him a bow out of respect
"That's what he thinks. You have wrong us magician" the creature said
"I have not wronged you. I made you invisible for your own protection" Coriakin says
"Protection?"
"That's oppressive!" They all yell while doing their best to jump backyards away from him
"Oppressor!" They say
"I have not oppressed you" he tell's them
"But you could've.... If you wanted to" they answer
"Begone" he says throwing white stuff at them and they all jump away yelling
"What was that?" Lucy asks
"Lint. But don't tell them" he answers
"What were those things?" Edmund asks
"Dufflepuds." He answers
"Right of course silly me" Edmund laughs