The Chosen One

Ch. 6 Difference Between kings

Terrains POV

We have been walking for hours following Peter. All I want is to be with my brother. This is the first time we have ever been apart. I miss him greatly, however I need to focus on what's happening right now. "Are you okay?" I look to my side to see Ed now standing beside me.

"Not really," I say looking ahead.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I face him and see his face covered with concern. I shake my head. "Okay, then what do you want to talk about?" He asks, emphasizing the "do."

"I don't know, Ed what do you want to talk about?"

"Well since I don't really know you all that well, I am going to ask you a few questions about yourself, and if you don't want to answer that's fine."

"Okay, ask away."

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen, what about yourself?"

"Now Terrain I don't think you were listening to the rules. Only I get to ask the questions." He says amusingly. I lightly push his arm and smile.

"Do you ride?"

"Yes, my horse is named Griffin, he is a beautiful stallion." Sadly our conversation ends with Queen Susan telling Peter she doesn't know where we are.

"That's the problem with girls. You can't carry a map in your heads." Peter smirks.

"That's because our heads have something in them," Lucy states.

"You know she's right," Edmund states.

"Lucy?"

"Yes. I have always believed that girls are smarter than us mindless boys."

"Really?" Ed nods his head smiling. "Good, because I thought that as well." I walk ahead of him smiling.

"I was only joking Terrain," he says trying to catch up. Ed and I are walking side by side once again, Trumpkin behind us, Susan, Lucy in front of us and Peter leading the way.

"I wish he'd just listen to the D.L.F. in the first place," Susan says to Lucy, making me wonder what D.L.F meant.

"D.L.F.?" Ed asks confused.

Lucy speaks up "Dear Little Friend." She smiles and continues to walk.

"Oh, that's not at all patronizing is it?" Trumpkin asks from behind. Edmund and I laugh then continue to follow Peter. We walk on for a while before we enter a cavern. Peter comes to a halt, debating if he should continue.

"I'm not lost." He states.

"No." Trumpkin says, making Peter turn around to face him. "You're just going the wrong way."

"You last saw Caspian at the Shuddering Woods, and the quickest way there is to cross at the river Rush." Peter says, clearly getting annoyed not only by Trumpkin (but who can blame him for getting annoyed by Trumpkin) but also by not remembering the way. Also you can't really blame that on him either, it has been 1300 years since they lived here.

"But unless I'm mistaken, there's no crossing in these parts," Trumpkin plainly states.

Peter face goes from soft to intimidating. "That explains it then. You're mistaken." The High King then turns around and continues to walk.

"Point one, Peter," I whisper, Ed just smirks.

We have been walking for hours since we had gotten out of the cavern. I walk alongside Peter, noticing every detail about him. His face is pudgier than Ed's is, his blond hair is swept to the left of his face right above his eyebrows, like Edmund's. His body is well built, Edmund is a little more slender than he was. However, the two brothers' lips are completely different. Peter's look softer than Ed's, however Ed's also look soft. Throughout my interest in Peter's appearance I get distracted from our surroundings.

Suddenly I slip off the edge of a cliff that I did not notice, being too distracted from looking at the High King. A terrifying scream leaves my lips. Before I make contact with the ground, someone catches my arm. I look up to see Peter holding my arm with both his hands. I grip my other hand in his as he pulls me to safety.

Once I'm safely on the ground I wrap my arms around his figure and thank him. He whispers in my ear, "Next time instead of admiring my dashing good looks, maybe you can pay attention."

I pull back from the hug and push him to the ground laughing. I stand up and walk over to Edmund. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, thanks for asking." I give him a side hug which he accepts.

"Terrain, are you okay?" Lucy asks. I nod.

"You see, over time, water erodes the earth's soil carving deeper..."

"Oh shut up," Peter cuts Susan off.

Edmund turns to Trumpkin "Is there a way down?"

"Yeah, falling." I lean my head on Ed's shoulder, tired of Trumpkin and Susan for that matter.

"Well, we are not lost," Peter says turning around to face Trumpkin, Ed and I.

"There's a ford near Beruna. How do you feel about swimming?"

"Rather that than walking," Susan answers the dwarf.

Out of the blue Lucy starts talking about seeing Aslan across the river. Once she turns back to see where Aslan was, he is gone.

"Do you see him now?" Trumpkin asks, as if he thinks she's is crazy,

"Oh shut up. I'm sick and tired of you and your mouth. If Lucy saw Aslan, then she saw him. From what I read about the Kings and Queens of Old is that Lucy was the one who found Narnia, so why not Aslan appear to her." After rambling on, everyone stares at me, shocked. Peter, Edmund and Lucy are smiling, however Susan looks mad.

"Thanks Terrain, he was there Peter. He wanted us to follow him."

"Look," Trumpkin starts. "I'm not about to jump off a cliff after someone who doesn't exist."

"The last time I didn't believe Lucy, I ended up looking pretty stupid," Ed says from behind me.

Peter turns to his youngest sister. "Why wouldn't I have seen him?" He looks back to where she saw Aslan, lost. I feel bad for him. He and his siblings come back to Narnia and everything has changed. Probably all the people they knew are gone. This is like a whole new world to them.

"Maybe you weren't looking."

"I'm sorry Lu." He starts to follow Susan and Trumpkin. I feel so bad for Lucy. I go up to her and give her a hug. After the hug she looks to Ed, who nods towards Peter and the rest of the group. I wrap my arm around Lucy and walk beside Ed. Lucy lean's some of her weight on me as we walk through the woods. I feel Edmund's hand slid into mine, making my face go red.

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