𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐀𝐍 || 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 [ I ]

Chapter 22

The Narnians charged, chasing after the Telmarines as they retreaded to the bridge.

It was quite a run, but both parties seemed persistent to get to the water. The Telmarines so that they could find a way to defeat the Narnians after the loss of several men and the Narnians so they could finish what they had started.

Lord Sopespian knew that his enemy had the upper hand and that they were incredibly strong after getting help from the trees, which incidentally had scared him greatly. After all, his army -or Miraz'- had seemed bigger and stronger than theirs not even an hour ago and before that hour he had never believed or dared to imagine that nature would come to life.

It was clear that the Telmarines would not win this war on land, where the roots of the trees -and the Narnians- were based. According to him the only way to defeat them was to lead them to the water, to the bridge that they had build, to Beruna.

But when he got there, with what were the remains of his army, and had crossed half of the bridge already, he was suprised to see a small girl at the end of the wooden structure.

He halted his horse, stopping his men from crossing as well and squinted his eyes to see if they weren't deceiving him.

Meanwhile, the Kings and Queens of old, Caspian, Muriel and all the other Narnians had caught up with the Telmarines and stopped at the edge of the river. It took them a moment to fixate on the figure that had stopped Sopespian from crossing, but Muriel smiled when she realized that the figure was Lucy.

She was glad to see the young queen standing there unharmed and she wasn't the only one, Edmund and Peter looked at each other in both suprise and relief when they saw their little sister.

Lord Sopespian looked anything but glad to be stopped by a little girl. Anyone who was standing close enough could see the confusion that was now present in his eyes and how his grip on the reins of his horse tightened out of frustration.

In the meantime, Lucy had unsheatened her dagger, almost as if daring the Telmarine lord to cross the bridge. The Telmarine lord glanced back at his men, who were desperately trying to distance themselves from the Narnians, who were all pointing swords at them, and then glanced back to the other end of the bridge. He had to get to the other side.

He decided that he could take a little girl, after all the only thing she got to defend herself with was a small dagger. But when the Telmarine Lord turned to observe the girl again, he was shocked to see that a giant lion had appeared next to the her.

Sopespian was not the only one who was taken by surprise.

Muriel's eyes widened as she took in the magnificent creature that had walked up next to Lucy. She glanced at Caspian to see if she was the only one at a loss for words, but realized she wasn't when Caspian did not even notice her gaze because he was so busy staring at the great Lion. Her eyes darted back to, what she assumed, or knew, was Aslan.

But there was not much time to take in all of his glory, even though Muriel wished she could stare at him for hours.

The reason she couldn't was Sopespian. The Telmarine Lord had had enough, he was already halfway across the bridge and he wanted to get to the other side already. It wasn't long before the man raised his sword at his troops and yelled at them to charge.

The sound of several men stepping down on the wooden bridge and their yelling was nothing compared to the almost deafening roar that came from Aslan. The Telmarines stopped their attack immediately. A few glanced down at the water below them, noticing its weird behavior, others, who were attempting to reach the shore while wading through the water, were surprised when the water seemed to dissappear, almost as if retracting to a spring further down.