Caspian, with his head bandaged, opens his eyes, a bit disoriented, wondering where he was and how long he had been asleep, reaching up, he removed the bandage from his head and slowly gets to his feet, all the while making sure he had a good balance before he trusted himself to walk.
"This bread is so stale" a voice, Nikabrik, said as Caspian walked forward
"I'll just get him some soup then" another voice, Trufflehunter, said
"You said you were going to get rid of him." Nikabrik said
"No, I said I'd take care of him" Trufflehunter countered "there's quite a difference"
"Well, I don't think I hit him hard enough." Nikabrik muttered
"Nikabrik, he's just a boy!" Trufflehunter replied, both of them not knowing Caspian had been listening
"He's a Telmarine, not some lost puppy!" Nikabrik shot back, wanting the boy dead
"We can't kill him now, not after bandaging his head." Trufflehunter said "it would be like murdering a guest"
"Ah, and how do you think his friends are treating their guest?" He asked, referring to his captured friend
"Trumpkin knew what he was doing." Trufflehunter said "we'll get him back"
Caspian bolts for the door, making Trufflehunter drop the bowl of soup. Nikabrik stands in Caspian's way, which caused him to pull a hot poker from the fire, his only defense in blocking Nikabrik's blows, Caspian standing on guard,
"See? I told you we should've killed him!" Nikabrik said
"You know why we can't!" Trufflehunter replied
"If you're taking a vote, I'm with him." Caspian said
"We can't let him go! He has seen us!" Nikabrik said
Nikabrik swings his sword a few more times, but Caspian blocks him.
"That's enough, Nikabrik!" Trufflehunter exclaimed "or do I have to sit on your head again?" causing Nikabrik to stop "now, look what you made me do! I spent half the morning on that soup" picking up the bowl he dropped
"Wh-what are you?" Caspian asked
"It's funny. You'd think more people would recognize a badger when they saw one." Trufflehunter replied, going back to get more soup
"No, I mean . . ." he trailed off "you're Narnians" looking at them "you're supposed to be extinct"
"Sorry to disappoint you" Nikabrik said dryly
"Here we are. Still hot" Trufflehunter said, returning with more soup
"Since when did we become a boarding house for Telmarine soldiers?" Nikabrik asked
"I'm not a soldier!" Caspian said "I'm Prince Caspian . . . the tenth" hesitantly sitting down
"What are you doing here?" Nikabrik asked
"Running away" Caspian replied simply "my uncle has always wanted my
throne. I suppose I have only lived this long because he did not have an heir of his own"
"Well, this changes things" Trufflehunter said, looking at Nikabrik
"Yes . . . " he replied, looking at Caspian "It means we won't have to kill you ourselves"
"You're right" Caspian replied
Caspian gets up and starts putting on his armor,
"Where are you going?" Trufflehunter asked, standing from his seat
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Supreme Sorceress
FanfictionWhen Hilaria was a child, she found in the woods by Aslan, her wounds had been too great for any healer and if she didn't get help soon, she would die. But the great lion saw something within Hilaria that even her own parents couldn't see, taking it...
