The Royal Rescue

Naked 12-year-olds from the Future

" Please ! " Peter said , suddenly very red in the face. 

" Don't use that kind of a language in front of Lucy , she's only 15 . " I looked at Lucy , who was quite fascinated by the whole turn of events.

" So what ? I'm 16 " I said to Peter. 

" What ? I thought you were 12 . " , Edmund said , a smile spread across his face. Lucy giggled and Susan tried to hide a smile. Peter shushed them with a glare while I got over my embarrassment. 

" Anyway , " I said , glaring at Edmund , " My point was that , its pretty common to use such ' abusive ' language because its what makes you fit in " I told them. Again the thought entered my mind , that if I'm not on Earth anymore .. why am I trying to fit in ?

" That's ridiculous . " Peter said , brushing it off with a wave of his hand. He thought for a moment , then he asked me , " What year are you from , Riva ? ". Edmund scoffed. I rolled my eyes.

" You're kidding. " I said , a smirk on my face.

" What year are you from ?! " Peter asked again , only this time in a firmer tone.

" Alright , Alright , I'll play along. I'm from 2014 . And let me take a guess , you're from the 1950s " I said in a playful tone.

" The 1940s , actually . " Susan said from behind me . My mind was throwing ridiculous ideas at me  . I internally asked it to shut up. Yes, I do like peace once in a while.

" But we've only spent around 7 years in Narnia . Is it possible that 70 years have passed on Earth ? " Lucy asked Peter. Peter seemed to be in deep thought. And I , well , I was utterly confused. So I decided to change the subject .

" You guys are siblings ? " I asked them in general.

Peter didn't answer. Edmund did. 

" Yes , how'd you guess that ? " 

" Mostly because you're not couples and partly because you resemble a bit. " I replied. Susan's face twisted into a weird one. She must have visualized her and Peter as a couple . 

" Well, you're one for making weird but correct observations. " Edmund said , smiling at me. I did not return that smile. I don't smile at boys. I don't like boys. The whole idea of romance and flirting stinks to me. And I'm also not the one to lead people on. 

" Lucy , you might be right. That's why she's so tiny and outright rude. She's from the future. Well , the future for us anyway. " Peter said pointing at me. 

" Hey ! I'm standing right here ! " I said , aghast .

" Sorry , heat of the moment . " Peter murmured . He sure does talk weird.

" Anyways , am I with you or not ? " I asked them. 

" Sure . " Peter said. Lucy smiled at me and this time I returned a smile. Peter called all of us forward and discussed what to do. He offered a plan. That we take a good drink of water from the pond and then set off forward . He had this thing in which he carried water . So did the other siblings. He said that If we don't find anything before the water runs out , we'll turn back. We all agreed to this. He asked me if I had anything valuable and I told him I had my IPOD , Cell and my headphones. He just looked at me blankly and muttered something about useless inventions of the future at which I rolled my eyes. He , however , did not ask to see them . Edmund asked some questions out of curiosity but I brushed him off with answers consisting of only ' Yes' and ' No.' We all took a good drink of water and splashed it on our faces . I was kind of getting used to the darkness around me and could see black hills rising from the horizon. If there was one.