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— THE PANACEA .
chapter five

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[ THIRD PERSON ]

The six of them walked through the woods with their eyes scanning everywhere. "I don't remember this way" Susan said and Peter shook his head as he glanced at his sister. "That's the problem with girls. You can't carry a map in your heads" he said and Aurora rolled her eyes at the statement before releasing a scoff.

"That's because our heads have something in them" Lucy said and the blonde girl hummed in agreement as they walked around the unfamiliar place that they were exploring in. They were were looking for the way to find the other Narnians. "I'm not lost" Peter stated out and everyone stopped walking as they looked around to find where they should pass by. "No. You're just walking the wrong way" Trumpkin said and they began bickering.

Aurora squinted her eyes as she felt a little light headed, she looked up the blaring sun before she gasped and collapsed on the grass beneath them. "Aurora!" They called and moved towards her. She spasmed and moved around while her eyes were closed, she could hear voices in her head, a familiar voice that she knew so well but couldn't point out who was it.

Her head was aching so badly that she wanted to cry out in pain, but the only thing that she did was claw her hands on the ground. As she did that, a small amount of ice started to rise from the ground making them back away and look at the girl on the ground who was withering. She gasped one last time before she sat up and opened her eyes that was in the shade of dark red. Lucy gasped as she watched Aurora, they all did. They were confused.

Aurora breathed slowly before her eyes turned back to her normal green ones before she panted hardly and looked at the others with blurry eye sight. "Ava" she whispered before losing consciousness and laid down on the ground once again. Everyone was in shocked to what they witnessed, but Trumpkin wasn't.

"She is a Narnian. I assume she is one of the powerful ones as well" he said and knelt down to hold Aurora's wrist and felt her pulse. When he felt the heartbeat he nodded, "She's alright.. she's breathing" Trumpkin said making everyone sigh in relief. Edmund looked at his friend on the ground, he shook his head and knelt down to pick her up.

Once he carried her, the ice around the girl faltered and disappeared. They watched Aurora resting her cheek against Edmund's chest peacefully. "Her powers, or whatever it is" Susan said and they turned to her and furrowed her brows. "It reminds me so much of the White Witch" she finished and they looked down, stopping themselves from the horrible memory of Jadis.

Edmund sighed and walked ahead, "Lets just go" he said and walked away with Aurora in his arms. Everyone went silent and then followed the younger one. They continued to walk until they stopped and looked at Peter, "Well we weren't lost" He said and looked at the others who were looking down the river.

"There's a ford near Beruna. How do you feel about swimming?" He asked and looked at them. Edmund raised his brow who pointed at the unconscious girl in his arms who was breathing steadily. "I'd rather that than walking" he said and everyone shook their head and looked at each other. A few moments they heard Lucy gasp, "Aslan?" She called and smiled widely.

"It's Aslan! It's Aslan over there!" Lucy faced them and pointed at a spot around the trees. They turned to look at it, "Don't you see? He's right-" Lucy looked back and her smile was slowly fading as she stared into an empty space that she thought. "there.." she finished and sighed when she realised that there was no one there. Trumpkin chuckled under his breath, "Do you see him now?" He asked and Lucy glared at him and looked at the others.

She sighed, "I'm not crazy. He was there. He wanted us to follow him" Lucy explained and faced them with a frown on her face. "I'm sure there are any number of lions in this woods. Just like that bear" Peter said and they kept quiet as they looked at Lucy's expression change. "I think I know Aslan when I see him" Lucy said before looking back at the spot she saw him.

Aurora in her unconsciousness felt so cold, her heart was beating so fast and her breathing became ragged. Her hand reached to clasp her hand on to Edmund's shirt, he looked down at her and furrowed his brows, he felt cold in her grasp and he sighed. "Aurora.. hey" he called and shook her a little.

The girl groaned and kicked her feet and hit Trumpkin by accident before she opened her eyes. She gasped once again and looked up at the trees, she sighed out an looked at the brown eyed boy on top of her. He was so close to her making her eyes widen up a bit, "Ed? W-What happened?" She asked and looked around them. Edmund just shook his head and set her back down beside him before she adjusted her eye sight.

"Look, I'm not about to jump off a cliff after someone who doesn't exist" Trumpkin said and chuckled before Aurora gave him a look making him shut up. Edmund looked at his younger sister and pursed his lips, "The last time I didn't believe Lucy. I ended up looking pretty stupid" he said standing up for his sister. Lucy gave him a small look that made him send her a nod. Peter walked around and looked back at the younger girl, "Why wouldn't I have seen him" Peter questioned Lucy.

"Maybe you weren't looking" she reasoned out and looked at them with another frown etching on her face. Aurora sighed and held her head as she looked around, her hands were itchy. She walked away from them as she felt a vile thing in the bottom of her throat. She held the trunk of the tree and thew up, Aurora applied pressure to the wood that she was holding not noticing that the cold was spreading throughout the tree. "Ro?" Lucy called as her eyes widened as she looked at the frozen tree in front of her.

Aurora coughed and spat before she pulled away and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "Yeah?" She asked and faced the younger girl that was looking at her with wide eyes. She turned around and looked at the tree that was already frozen and blue. Her mouth gaped as she stared at it, "Did I do that?" She asked and walked towards it and swallowed thickly. Lucy laughed in joy before nodding, "You did!" She exclaimed and Aurora furrowed her brows before looking back at the kid and nodded.

She stood there just staring at it, "Come on" Lucy grabbed her hand that was really cold and icy. Aurora being afraid that she might freeze the girl to death pulled away, she pursed her lips. "For safety" she said and Lucy nodded before she walked ahead and she sighed deeply before she looked back and stared at the tree. Taking a deep breath she followed the others.

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